I personally think that Aliestar Crowley was very fortunate to be born of a wealthy family who had certain connections, for if he had been born in a working class family in London at the time, he would of been sent to a lunatic asylum! Crowley, still to this day has a lot of info written about him and the books do sell a lot, but he was a very egositical type of man.
Has anyone heard of the arguments that he and Mathers used to have, when he was in The Golden Dawn? Those fights were legendary, but on a serious more sober note, all the lady friends of Crowley ended up destroyed.