The Decadent Diet of Aleister Crowley

Last year, Atlas Obscura published an article by Carolyn Tillie on Aleister Crowley’s eating habits as deduced from his diary entries (which are indeed full of details on his daily breakfast, lunch and dinner!) The article starts:

Controversial and colorful British occultist Aleister Crowley (1875–1947) was a man of many epithets, known variously as “The Wickedest Man in the World,” “The King of Depravity,” and even “The Beast 666.” He was praised as an accomplished mountaineer, poet, novelist, painter, chess master, and philosopher. He was also maligned as a drug addict, hedonist, and sex fiend. But another apt descriptor, though rarely mentioned, greatly shaped much of his life and writings: He was the ultimate gourmand.

Read the whole piece:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/aleister-crowley-diet.

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