THE OREGONIAN

Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.

2 December 1947

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Life Ends Despite Anti-Death Elixir.

HASTINGS, England, Dec. 2.

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. Last night, at 72, he died.

Crowley, center of fantastic stories, once said of himself, “They have called me ‘the worst man in the world.’ They have accused me of doing everything from murdering women and throwing their bodies into the Seine to narcotics peddling. . .”

“We magicians are misunderstood,” he added.

Eighteen years ago, when he was refused the right to live in France, Crowley denied practicing black magic.