Theosophy and Erotic Poetry: Crowley's Story

In 1910, Crowley joined a secret society called the Ordo-Timply Orientis or OTO. Thanks to his charisma and his erotic poetry, Crowley rose to eventually command the English speaking sections of the OTO. He deliberately spread lies about horrible things he'd done that he hadn't really done. "I honestly don't know enough about the man to declare him a bastard or not"