Abbey of Thelema at Cefalu for sale ! (1984)

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IN VENDITA IL COVO DEL MAGO CROWLEY
Repubblica — 19 maggio 2010 pagina 16 sezione: PALERMO

ACEFALÙ be for sale by the 'Abbey of Thelema, the place where you would have to create a beacon to illuminate the' humanity under the guidance of Aleister Crowley. A symbolic place that hosted the greatest occultist of the last century, considered one of the fathers of modern Satanism. He has appeared in recent days, a website specializing in property sales' s announcement of the sale of the famous Abbey of Thelema Contrada Santa Barbara. The description speaks of a building of historical value - artistic, a house on the ground floor of 120 square meters with a large garden of 1850 square meters, building, totally renovated, private negotiation. It is the house where Crowley had to earn those magical energies needed to win and bend the world to his rule. Aleister Crowley was an eccentric Englishman who in the twenties moved to Sicily, Cefalu and gathered followers from all corners of Europe '. To describe the antics of the sect, which met five times a day to summon the devil, sacrificing animals and giving herself to sexual rites under the 'influence of drugs are walls, doors and sections of the floor of the house all decorated and painted by Crowley. Figures together in sexual practices, men who mated with animals, symbols of the deities created by his imagination, evil images that served as backdrop to the meeting for daily prayers. In 1923, alarmed by rumors that came from Sicily, Benito Mussolini signed a handful of his deportation order of the English magician suspected of anti-fascist activities. Was driven away from Cefalu 's orders not to reside in any part of' Italy. Crowley in 1924 ran away from his followers but also his numerous debts. What remains of the so-called "Thelema Abbey" in 1990 was declared, on 'Regional Department of Culture, well' of important historic and artistic interest and subject to the provisions of protection. " Now a piece of history is on sale at the price of one million euros. i. m - I. m


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Photos of the Abbey from 2005 -by Frater Kybernetes
Photos of the Abbey from 2006 -by Luigi
Photos by Rosslyn Sanctuary