Peyote and Aleister Crowley - Patrick Everitt

Patrick Everitt holds a B.A in Philosophy and Classics from Maynooth University, and was awarded several prizes by the Department of Philosophy for his grades during his degree. He also holds a Baccalaureate in Philosophy from St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, and previously completed a . in Software Engineering and an . in Security and Forensic Computing, both at Dublin City University. He studied for an M.A. in Philosophy at KU Leuven and is currently completing an M.A. in Western Esotericism at the University of Amsterdam. His current research focuses on the work of the occultist Aleister Crowley and the field of study Prof. Wouter J. Hanegraaff has recently dubbed ‘Entheogenic Esotericism’. Aleister Crowley (1875 – 1947) is one of the most colorful characters in the history of modern religion. Once an initiate of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, he was also one of the first Westerners to study and practice Eastern yoga. Crowley advocated a scientific investigation into th