Mystery - Aleister Crowley - In Search Of The Great Beast

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Aleister Crowley, self proclaimed The Great Beast and known by press as The Wickedest Man in the World, was perhaps the most controversial and notorious individuals in British History. This dramatically reconstructed film unearths the barely believable and shocking facts surrounding a man who was voted in a BBC poll to be one of the most influential Britons of all time. Was he related to US President George Bush? How was he connected to the founder of Scientology, NASA, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jack the Ripper, Winston Churchill, Ian Fleming and how did this Occultist, Spy, Poet, Writer and accomplished Mountaineer come to know and influence so many other remarkable people? Through dramatically reconstructed period scenes, this biographical film explores the boundaries of the self appointed Beast 666" a man who is not only said to have inspired the free-love movement, but also through his literature is notorious for replacing the Ten Commandments with just one do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.