THE COURIER JOURNAL

Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.

2 December 1947

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Drinker of 'Elixir of Life' Dies.

HASTINGS, England, Dec. 1.—Aleister Crowley, magician and mystic, claimed that when he was 40 he had distilled and drunk the true elixir of life supposed to prolong life forever. Tonight, at 72, he died.