Our age is inarguably a scientific one, marked by an unparalleled degree of technological achievement. When speaking this way, scientifically, a man can recite more facts about more things than anyone ever could. See that shining dot about the horizon just before dawn? That is Venus, the second planet from the sun; its equatorial diameter is 7521 miles; it is 67.2 million miles from the sun; its period of revolution is 224.68 days. That red dot over there? It is Mars, the fourth planet; it has a diameter of 4222 miles and orbits at 141.6 million miles every 686.95 days.

But in this flurry of fact, something has been lost: meaning.

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This one is interesting. Not that we would ever post a wiki of the week that wasn't, but this has all the things you look for in a good read: sex, magic, scandal, and the occult. The man you will be reading about was referred to as "The Beast" by his mother, and by the press as "The Wickedest Man in the World".

You're curious now?

We are referring to none other than Aleister Crowley.

Enjoy!