The Secret Agent 666:Aleister Crowley

Aleister Crowley, who called himself the Great Beast 666, was an accused traitor in addition to being an occultist, poet, painter, author, mountaineer, chess master, and prophet of the New Aeon. However, Aleister Crowley's resume also includes his work as a spy, an aspect that both the authorities and Crowley himself have long overlooked.

A number of Crowley's writings, including his 1929 book Confessions, allude to his intelligence service, most notably his assignment in the United States of America from 1914 to 1919. He said that there he was serving His Majesty's hidden agenda as an anti-British propagandist. Most people believed that these complaints were merely a face-saving tactic, but they marked the start of the "Wickedest Man in the World"'s clandestine existence.

Long-lost Crowley file in the archives of the United States Army's Military Intelligence Division, which belonged to the World War I period.The conclusion that came to mind was that Crowley "was an employee of the British Government on official business of which the British Consul, New York City, has full cognizance," as well as "the British Government was fully aware of the fact that Crowley was connected with.German propaganda and had received money for writing anti-British articles." So, it seems the Beast had been somewhat accurate.

The most important piece of advice I received was to learn more about Crowley's espionage career, which led to other pieces of information. Crowley's relationship to the intelligence community and its inhabitants, such as Everard Feilding, Maxwell Knight, and Ian Fleming, was reluctant at first but with increasing delight as the jigsaw pieces came into place. Secret Agent 666: Aleister Crowley, British Intelligence and the Occult reveals the tale of Crowley, beginning with his Victorian dalliance with the Order of the Golden Dawn and continuing through his twilight years during WWII.

The agencies MI5 and MI6, whose files may have offered final solutions or at least more viewpoints on persistent concerns, should be held partially responsible.

As usual, the second group declined to say whether or not they had any information on the Beast, but they did come up with a string of news references that may have been pulled from the same dossier. At first, MI5 maintained their ignorance of the infamous Mr. Crowley. Their archives did, in fact, include at least two files pertaining to Crowley, but when asked about this, they admitted they were wrong but maintained that the data had been deleted long ago, "we think." Maybe they had neatly erased from their minds what should never have been recalled.

Reference

https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/603/1/was-aleister-crowley-a-secret-agent

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