Aleister Crowley, (1875-1947) by Gordon Wain Born in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, he was an occultist, mystic, hedonist and sexual revolutionary. He was a habitual drug user and liked to record his drug induced experiences. He gained much notoriety during his lifetime and was once dubbed,'The Wickedest Man in the World'; the term first appeared in 1928 in John Bull, a tabloid pictorial. ?006 TopFoto / Fortean