Saturday, June 8, 2013

Greenwich Village - Aleister Crowley's Life in New York

As it turns out, as we were doing some research on this subject we noticed that Aleister Crowley had actually lived in Lower Manhattan, New York for some part of his life.

Aleister Crowley lived in West 9th Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY which is not very far off from the Twin Tower section, both are actually considered parts of Lower Manhattan, New York.














Lower Manhattan Skyline























This drawing by Crowley 
appeared in the "Dead Souls" exhibition held 
in Greenwich Village, New York in 1919



"Soon after moving from West 9th St. in Greenwich Village, New York City, to Palermo, Sicily, with their newborn daughter Anne Leah (nicknamed Poupée, born February 1920, died in a hospital in Palermo 14 October 1920), Crowley, along with Leah Hirsig, founded the Abbey of Thelema in Cefalù (Palermo) on 14 April 1920, the day the lease for the villa Santa Barbara was signed by Sir Alastor de Kerval (Crowley) and Contessa Lea Harcourt (Leah Hirsig). The Crowleys arrived in Cefalu on 1 April 1920." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley

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