THE SHEFFIELD DAILY TELEGRAPH

Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

6 October 1932

(page 8)

REJUVENATION SECRET.

People Who Say They Know All About It.

REMARKABLE CASES.

Secrets of a magical elixir by which the old can be made young again were partially revealed by Mr. Aleister Crowley at the National Laboratory of Physical Research in London last night.

Mr. Crowley is a well-known "magician" and occultist and a member of the mysterious Cult of Adepts.

He said this was the first time that the subject had ever been mentioned, except under vows of greatest secrecy.

"I may even get a rap or two over the knuckles for the hints I am giving," he said, "but I can at least give my personal testimony to the fact that this process is not chimerical, but is a living reality of science.

"The Adepts, as men of science, have refrained from publishing such dangerous information."

Mr. Crowley described some cases which he, himself had seen.

"The first," he said, "was that of a man of 40 years of age. He prepared very hastily and ignorantly the elixir from the doubtless imperfect data at his disposal. The stuff began to work in the most violent way. He lost the whole of his intellectual interests. He became a rather stupid boy in his teens. He began to cut down trees like a madman and pout in 15 hours a day at it.

"This fantastic burst of energy lasted a couple of months, then he was more or less ill for half a year. When he came to do the experiment again, some six years later he took the proper precautions. This experiment was a complete success. Instead of 47 one would have taken him at the most for 35. He retained all his intellectual interests and, in fact, they were very greatly enhanced.

"The other case is that of a woman of just under 40 years old, who suffered from complete nervous exhaustion and disability. In this case two doses of the elixir not only restored her to more than her normal health and strength, but took a good ten years off her apparent age.

"These are, no doubt, spectacular results, but I have no doubt that practice and further experiment would enable us to perfect this method of physical rejuvenation within a very short time."