born october december english ceremonial poet painter novelist founded religion philosophy identifying prophet entrusted guiding humanity early 20th century born wealthy family royal spa rejected christian faith pursue interest western educated university_of_cambridge focused poetry resulting publications biographers recruited british intelligence agency suggesting remained spy life joined order golden dawn trained ceremonial magic moving scotland went mexico studying hindu buddhist practices india married kelly cairo egypt claimed contacted supernatural entity named provided book law sacred text served basis announcing start book declared followers adhere code thou seek align practice unsuccessful attempt climb visit india china returned britain attracted attention prolific author poetry novels literature george cecil jones founded order propagated religion spending time algeria initiated order german based rising leader british branch accordance beliefs groups established britain australia north_america spent world war united_states took painting campaigned german war effort britain later revealing pro german movement assist british intelligence services established religious sicily lived followers lifestyle led british press italian government evicted divided following decades france germany england continued promote death gained widespread notoriety lifetime recreational drug bisexual social critic denounced popular press man world remained highly influential figure western counter culture continues considered prophet bbc poll ranked seventy greatest time early life youth born square royal spa october father trained engineer share lucrative family business allowed retire son born mother emily came family strained relationship son described beast couple married london november evangelical christians father born converted exclusive faction christian group known plymouth emily joining marriage father particularly devout spending time travelling preacher sect reading chapter bible wife son breakfast day following death baby daughter moved surrey age sent evangelical christian boarding school hastings preparatory school cambridge run reverend henry considered march father died tongue cancer described turning point life maintained admiration father describing hero friend father wealth began school harshly punished family removed school developed attended despised left terms increasingly christianity pointing inconsistencies bible religious teachers went christian morality upbringing smoking having sex prostitutes contracted sent live tutor undertook chemistry courses developed interests chess poetry mountain climbing climbed visiting alps joining following year returned alps climbing cambridge_university having adopted edward october began year course cambridge entered moral studying philosophy approval personal tutor changed english literature curriculum offered spent time university engaged president chess club practising game hours day briefly considered professional career chess player embraced love literature poetry particularly works poems appeared student publications continued going holiday alps climb year friend ascent guide feats led recognition alpine community significant mystical experience holiday stockholm december biographers including believed result sex sexual experience enabled recognise cambridge maintained vigorous sex life largely female prostitutes caught eventually took sex activities despite october met president entered relationship broke apart share increasing interest western breakup regret years travelled russia later claiming trying learn russian considering future diplomatic career biographers richard suggested intelligence agent employ british secret service enlisted cambridge october brief illness triggered considerations mortality human abandoned thoughts diplomatic career favour pursuing interest march obtained book black magic cloud sanctuary interests privately published copies poem place bury strangers particular success year published string poems including collection erotic poetry printed abroad publication prohibited british authorities july left cambridge having taken degree despite class showing exams consistent second class honours results golden dawn august switzerland met chemist began discussing common interest london baker introduced baker brother law fellow member society known golden dawn founded initiated november group leader ceremony took place held london took magical motto interpreted shall endure end biographers richard suggested joined order command british secret services monitor activities known moved luxury flat soon invited senior golden dawn member live personal magical tutor bennett taught ceremonial magic ritual use drugs performed rituals bennett left study buddhism november purchased shore scotland developed love scottish culture describing took wearing traditional highland dress visits london continued writing poetry publishing tragic poems tales songs spirit appeal gained mixed reviews literary critics considered particular critical success soon progressed lower grades ready enter group inner second order unpopular group lifestyle gained bad reputation developed feuds members including london lodge refused initiate visited paris personally admitted developed london members golden dawn unhappy rule acting orders help mistress fellow initiate attempted seize vault temple space road london lodge members case taken court judge ruled favour london lodge paid space rent leaving isolated group suggested entire scenario intelligence operation undermine authority mexico india paris marriage travelled mexico united_states settling mexico_city taking local woman mistress developing love country continued experimenting ceremonial magic working later claimed initiated wrote play based series poems published joined later year climbed mountains including abandon owing volcanic eruption suggested purpose trip explore mexican oil prospects british intelligence headed san_francisco sailing hawaii aboard ship brief affair married woman named saying fallen love wrote series poems romance published alice adultery briefly stopping japan hong_kong reached ceylon met studying pair spent time bennett decided buddhist monk tradition travelling burma decided tour india hindu practice claimed achieved spiritual state spent time studying time composed wrote poetry published sword song contracted malaria disease calcutta joined india expedition attempted climbed journey afflicted malaria snow expedition members struck illness reached altitude feet turning having arrived paris november friend future brother law painter fixture arts scene whilst authored series poems work acquaintance sculptor poems later published briefly meeting later model character novel returning april august sister marriage convenience prevent entering arranged marriage marriage appalled kelly family damaged friendship heading honeymoon paris cairo ceylon fell love rose worked prove affections honeymoon wrote series love poems published love songs religious satire jesus developing egypt book law february rose arrived cairo claiming prince princess rented apartment set temple room began ancient egyptian deities studying islamic arabic according later account rose regularly informed waiting march explained god march proclaimed gods come led nearby museum showed seventh century bce known thought important exhibit number number beast christian belief later years termed revealing according later statements april heard voice claimed messenger said wrote voice told course days titled book law book proclaimed humanity entering new serve prophet stated supreme moral law introduced thou shall law people learn live tune book philosophy espoused cornerstone religion said time unsure book law said ignored instructions text commanded perform included taking revealing museum island translating book world languages according account instead sent work knew putting manuscript away ignoring china returning came believe begun magic relationship broke july rose gave birth child daughter named pornographic garden entertain wife founded publishing company publish poetry naming society propagation religious truth parody publications collected works edited poetry received strong reviews positive negative sold attempt gain publicity issued reward best essay work winner british_army officer military historian essay star west heralded poetry greatest written decided climb widely recognised world mountain assembling team consisting expedition marred argument thought reckless eventually control heading mountain nightfall approached despite warnings dangerous subsequently killed accident widely blamed community spending time took big game hunting wrote work garden met rose calcutta forced leave india shooting dead native man tried briefly visiting bennett burma family decided tour hiring purpose suggested trip china orchestrated british intelligence scheme monitor region trade smoked journey took family way spent time spiritual magical work reciting ritual invocation holy guardian angel daily basis rose returned europe headed shanghai meet old friend fascinated book law performed rituals attempt contact sailed japan canada continuing new_york_city unsuccessfully support second expedition arrival britain learned daughter died later blamed rose increasing alcoholism emotional distress health began suffer underwent series surgical operations began short lived actress née author rose gave birth second daughter february old mentor continued performing rituals park hotel surrey claimed attained union marking turning point life making heavy use rituals wrote essay psychology championed drug aid claimed contacted late october november adding dictated texts vii later classified corpus holy books wrote months year including sub claimed received source stated june manuscript book law rediscovered developed opinion represented objective truth inheritance running trying earn money hired earl help protect recognising bennett paranoia based cocaine addiction took holiday france morocco began taking paying students instructed magical practice met february sexual partner closest disciple pair toured northern spain heading morocco following year stayed engaged continued write producing works poetry clouds water attempt autobiography recognising popularity short horror stories wrote published published articles vanity_fair magazine edited friend wrote book magical borrowed bennett november jones decided found order act successor golden dawn aided fuller result group headquarters temple situated victoria street central london rites borrowed added basis earliest members included solicitor artist author engineer march began production periodical titled billed periodical official organ review scientific increasingly frustrated rose alcoholism november divorced grounds adultery entrusted rose care couple remained friends rose continued live alcoholism worsened result september algeria november travelled algeria touring desert reciting daily basis trip invoked thirty magic recording results later published vision voice following sex magic ritual performed invocation demon involving blood sacrifice considering results watershed magical career returning london january found publishing golden dawn secrets court found favour case widely reported press gaining wider fame enjoyed played stereotype advocate human sacrifice despite publicity attracted new members australian soon lover deciding expand teachings wider audience developed rites public performance magic symbolism featuring members deities performed headquarters attendees given fruit punch containing enhance experience members press attended reported largely positively october november decided stage similar hall westminster time press reviews mixed came particular criticism editor looking glass newspaper called cold villains modern times articles suggested jones involved homosexual activity mind jones unsuccessfully sued libel fuller broke friendship involvement scandal returned algeria magical workings continued publishing books literature poetry published imprint like winged beetle garden triumph pan wrote producing poems short stories plays works magic including final paris met scarlet woman undertaking magical workings believed speaking based statements trance wrote volume book time developed spelling reference paranormal phenomenon means distinguishing stage magic early published book lies work biographer described greatest success merging talents poet scholar german later accused publishing secrets order book convinced similarities friends appointed head british branch ceremony adopted magical proclaimed supreme master general ireland permission set advertising writing rituals based largely incorporation elements proved controversial group fascinated emphasis sex magic devised magical working based anal sex incorporated members initiated eleventh degree march acted producer group female led performed london old theatre subsequently performed moscow weeks relationship hungarian moscow continued write plays poetry including hymn pan mass ritual key suggested travelled moscow orders british intelligence spy revolutionary elements city january settled apartment paris involved controversy surrounding new monument performed week paris working period intense ritual involving strong drug use invoked gods mercury ritual couple performed acts sex magic times joined journalist inspired results working authored treatise sex magic following began distance resulting argument cursed united_states living hand mouth existence relying largely donations members payments transferred ownership financial reasons july went swiss alps time world war broke bout set sail united_states aboard october arriving new_york_city moved hotel began earning money writing american edition vanity_fair undertaking freelance work famed city continued experimenting sex magic use female prostitutes male clients turkish encounters documented diaries irish ancestry supporter irish independence great_britain began support germany war britain involved new_york pro german movement january german spy employed writer paper dedicated keeping neutral conflict later years detractors denounced traitor britain action reality double agent working british intelligence services infiltrate undermine germany operation new_york articles instance comparing kaiser jesus christ july orchestrated publicity stunt reported new_york_times declared independence ireland statue liberty real intention german lobby appear ridiculous eyes american public argued encouraged german_navy destroy informing ensure stayed war reality hoping bring war britain entered relationship toured west_coast vancouver headquarters met smith discuss propagation continent detroit experimented visited seattle san_francisco los_angeles san_diego returning new_york befriended wife richardson performed sex magic april following pregnant later year took magical retirement cabin owned heavy use drugs undertook ritual proclaimed master wrote short stories based golden work literary criticism gospel according december moved new_orleans favourite city spending february evangelical christian relatives florida returning new_york moved artist member learning mother death collapse continued association appointed contributing editor arts journal international promote soon ceased publication moved studio apartment partner rituals believed contacted entity named relationship soon ended went magical retreat wilderness hudson_river began translation painted riverside cliffs later claimed experienced past life memories pope new_york moved took lover took painting hobby exhibiting work attracting attention financial assistance sympathetic revived issue volume iii known blue spent climbing holiday returning london december abbey london came attack tabloid labelled work german war effort friends aware intelligence work urged sue decided suffering doctor prescribed heroin soon addicted january moved paris renting house soon joined newborn daughter ideas forming community called satire consulting chose sicily italy location arriving began renting old villa santa barbara abbey april moving children howard described scenario perfectly happy idea heaven wore robes performed rituals sun god set times day occasionally performing mass rest day left follow interests undertaking widespread continued paint wrote commentary book law revised book offered education children allowing play day witness acts sex magic occasionally travelled visit rent boys buy supplies including drugs heroin addiction came dominate life cocaine began nasal cavity cleaning wild dogs cats building soon died october gave birth daughter soon new followers continued arrive abbey taught film star arrived july initiated secretary cecil argued sex sexual magic required perform left year australian spent months abbey february returned paris retreat unsuccessful attempt kick heroin addiction went london search money published articles english review criticising dangerous drugs act wrote novel diary drug completed july publication received mixed reviews sunday express called burning influence prevent subsequently young named moved abbey wife betty devoted life later said drink blood sacrificed cat required cut time drank local stream soon developing liver infection resulting death february returning london told story press proclaimed man world man like hang deemed accusations unable afford legal fees sue result continued attack stories repeated newspapers europe north_america fascist government learned activities april given notice forcing leave italy abbey closed later life tunisia paris london went continuing poor health unsuccessfully tried heroin began writing termed confessions joined public relations consultant employing local boy servant went retreat performed sex magic january travelled nice france met underwent series nasal operations visited positive opinion founder took wealthy student taking american follower took tunisia magical retreat wrote man declaration status prophet entrusted bringing humanity spending winter paris early returned wrote heart master account vision experienced trance march pregnant called care following took france later distanced denounced according named head death challenged leader called germany attended prominent members like championed leadership key figures like backed opposing resulting split moving paris broke went large number lovers following years experimented sex magic poor health largely caused heroin cocaine introduced young embraced secretary years year met began organising finances befriended accept published significant works theory practice received little attention time december met deported france authorities disliked reputation feared german agent join britain married august based london agreed publish autobiography limited edition volume set publishing novel book short stories went november entirety confessions published owner wrote legend analysis media coverage surrounding berlin london april moved berlin took magical partner relationship troubled september went lisbon portugal meet poet decided fake death help rock formation returned berlin reappeared weeks later opening art exhibition paintings fitted fashion german sold press reports largely favourable august took new lover violent relationship physically assaulted continued affairs men women city met famous people like january took communist introduced figures berlin far left possible operating spy british intelligence time monitoring communist movement left returned london took new undergoing nasal surgery invited guest honour invited speak need money launched series court cases people believed proved successful gained publicity lawsuit publishing book thought lost case court case added financial problems february declared bankrupt hearing revealed spending times income years developed friendship offered bear child born named nicknamed continued friends holding parties cooked particularly food published book years gods contained book law considered volume iii number periodical work sold resulting second print run gave series public lectures living largely contributions supplied california led rocket scientist john jack parsons intrigued rise germany influenced friend believed adolf hitler convert nazis abolished imprisoned fled hitler black second world war death second world war broke wrote offering services declined associated variety figures britain intelligence community time including claimed victory sign bbc proven worsened german produced medication unavailable returned heroin addicted blitz hit london relocated briefly hospitalised entertained visits local chess club returned london visited american awarded title alpha stipulated immediate successor succeed head death initiate developed plans produce card set designed painted harris accompanying book published limited edition book aid war effort wrote proclamation rights humanity poem liberation france final publication lifetime book poetry anthology years song projects explains posthumously published tears april briefly moved visited poet relocating hastings sussex took residence boarding house took young man named secretary paying magical teaching wages introduced appointed literary thought little later publishing negative biographies corresponding introduced future founder friends revive britain ailing visitor interviewed book myth friends family spent time son december died chronic aggravated aged funeral held brighton december dozen people attended read excerpts mass book law hymn pan funeral generated press controversy labelled black mass ashes sent buried garden new_jersey beliefs thought thought cohesive influenced variety sources ranging eastern religious movements practices like hindu buddhism scientific currents western ceremonial magic opined thought rooted movement assessment shared historian noted adhered movement life believed twentieth century marked humanity entry new era humans increasing control destiny believed follows religions like christianity islam buddhism dominated world turn followed isis dominated goddess worship revolves idea human beings true discover pursue exists harmony cosmic universe moral code thou believed faith ethical law academic noted structure saw individuals wider societal organism believed objective existence magic chose spell book theory practice defined science art causing change occur told disciple getting communication individuals exist higher plane raising oneself level saw way religion science giving subtitle method science life widely described usually detractors stated consider worship accept christian world view believed exist accused advocating human sacrifice largely passage book stated male child perfect innocence high intelligence satisfactory victim intended reference male personal life biographer asserted self confident eccentric highly intelligent arrogant witty wealthy suited cruel similarly noted capable immense physical emotional cruelty biographer noted exhibited courage skill energy remarkable focus time showing blind arrogance petty fits contempt abilities fellow men noted means perfect alienated loved enjoyed outrageous conventional morality noting revolt moral religious values time political thought subjected depth study academic noted socio political concerns subordinate spiritual ones argued difficult classify political left right best conservative revolutionary despite affiliated german based conservative revolutionary movement noted extreme like wished violently society hoped nazi germany soviet_union adopt described democracy cult weakness commented book law proclaimed master slave noble lone wolf herd attitude influenced work saw describing contempt british aristocracy described ideology aristocratic communism bisexual exhibited sexual preference women particular attraction exotic women claimed fallen love multiple occasions stated loved passion typically short lived later life able attract young bohemian women lovers largely charisma sex anal intercourse usually played passive role booth believed appealed argued gay bisexual people suppress sexual orientation commenting person ashamed afraid homosexual happens heart attempt violate true nature public opinion medieval morality religious prejudice wish issues adopted conservative attitude opposed abortion moral grounds believing woman following true desire views race gender biographer stated blatant persistent minor element writings thought wealthy victorian family embodied worst racial social upper class contemporaries noting embodied contradiction western intellectuals time deeply held racist viewpoints courtesy culture coupled fascination people colour insulted close jewish friend victor anti semitic mixed opinions jews group praised sublime poetry stated exhibited imagination romance loyalty humanity thought centuries persecution led jews exhibit rest known praise ethnic cultural groups instance thought chinese people exhibited spiritual superiority english praised muslims exhibiting subtlety self respect exhibited general booth believed arose bad relationship mother noted largely accepted notion embodied victorian women secondary social beings terms intellect sensibility described women moral treated kindness justice legacy influence remained influential figure popular culture particularly britain parts world bbc poll placed seventy list greatest written native talent penetrating intelligence determination best equipped emerge seventeenth century asserted extreme representation dark philosopher opined stood modern master compared prominent figures like describing living embodiment man biographer considered pioneer consciousness research thought distinctly original contributions study west continued develop spread following death reactivated california leadership right title unsuccessfully challenged court rival group society led brazilian american filmmaker influenced writings young age united_kingdom propagated tradition known organisation later renamed britain known claimed son refuted academic investigation argued false religion created hide true teachings claimed western traditions influenced founder use published material composing ritual australian witch heavily influenced ideas american founder involved early 1940s argued ideas influenced work prominent figures religious influenced work wider influence british popular culture included figures cover art beatles album sgt motto thou inscribed vinyl album founder bought band film song remains filmed grounds sold david_bowie reference lyrics song lyricist wrote song titled
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