The infamous occultist Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) and
his adherents also possess a ritualistic connection to Sankt
Gallon. Crowley was a pioneer in recreational drug
experimentation, a bisexual, an esoteric occultist, poet,
painter, and outdoorsman. He was derided as the
"wickedest man in the world” and labeled a Satanist. He
was not formally a Satanist but was a self-proclaimed
prophet and founder of the religion of Thelema. As an
enthusiastic mountaineer, Crowley spent much of his time in
Switzerland.
His religion centered on "sex-magick” of the Order of
Templars of the Orient (OTO), of which Crowley was a
member. Originally OTO was European Freemasonry, but
under the leadership of Crowley, OTO was reorganized
around the Law of Thelema: "Do what thou wilt shall be the
whole of the Law.''^^ Unlike explicit Freemasonry, the OTO
includes an ecclesiastical and liturgical "church”: the
Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica (EGC) or Gnostic Catholic
Church. The purpose of this church is to restore Christianity
to its original status as a “solar-phallic religion.” The OTO is
a phallic cult, and its oldest lodge is in Switzerland. [https://archive.org/stream/infiltration-2-the-plot-to-destroy-the-church-by-taylor-r.-marshall/Infiltration%282%29%20The%20Plot%20to%20Destroy%20the%20Church%20%20by%20Taylor%20R.%20Marshall_djvu.txt]
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