Boleskine House (boll-ESS-kin) was the estate of Aleister Crowley from 1899 to 1913. It is located on the South-Eastern shore of Loch Ness in Scotland. It was built in the late 18th century by Archibald Fraser. Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was an occultist, mystic, hedonist and sexual revolutionary. ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Loch Ness (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Nis) is a large, deep freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands () extending for approximately 37 km (23 miles) southwest of Inverness. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...

Crowley purchased the home in order to perform the operation found in The Book of the Sacred Magick of Abra-Melin the Mage. In order to perform it, Crowley (1989) says,

One must have a house where proper precautions against disturbance can be taken; this being arranged, there is really nothing to do but to aspire with increasing fervor and concentration, for six months, towards the obtaining of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel.

In Confessions (Ch. 22), he continues: Within the system of Thelema founded by Aleister Crowley in 1904, the Holy Guardian Angel is the Silent Self, representative of ones truest divine nature. ...

The first essential is a house in a more or less secluded situation. There should be a door opening to the north from the room of which you make your oratory. Outside this door, you construct a terrace covered with fine river sand. This ends in a "lodge" where the spirits may congregate.

Crowley eventually sold the manor in order to fund the publication of The Equinox, Vol. III. However, he later alleged that the funds were stolen by the Grand Treasurer General of the Order, George MacNie Cowie. (The extensive mortgaging of the house by that time may in fact have left little funds to steal.) The Equinox was a large bi-annual periodical published by Aleister Crowley that served as the official organ of the A∴A∴ and later the O.T.O. It was subtitled The Review of Scientific Illuminism. ... Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) (Order of the Temple of the East, or the Order of Oriental Templars) is an international fraternal and religious organization. ...

For a short time in the 1970s, Boleskine was owned by famed Led Zeppelin guitarist, Jimmy Page. Led Zeppelin was a English rock band formed in 1968. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The Kiblah of Thelema

Aleister Crowley considered Boleskine to be the Thelemic Kiblah, the holiest of shrines. It is is mentioned by name in several rituals written by Crowley, and is identified with the East. It is considered to be the focal point of the magical energies (also called the "93 Current") of the Aeon of Horus, similar to Jerusalem of Christianity and Mecca of Islam. Thelema is the English transliteration of the Ancient Greek noun θέλημα: will, from the verb ἐθέλω: to will, wish, purpose. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Within the system of Thelema, history is taken and broken down into a series of Aeons, each with its own dominant concept of divinity and its own formula of redemption and advancement. ... Jerusalem (; Hebrew: Yerushalayim; Arabic: al-Quds, Greek Ιεροσόλυμα), the capital of Israel, is an ancient Middle Eastern city on the watershed between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea at an elevation of 650-840 meters. ... Christianity is a monotheistic religion centered on Jesus of Nazareth, whom Christians call Jesus Christ, and New Testament accounts of his life and teachings. ... CITY OF TRASH ... Islam (Arabic: ; ) is a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the Quran. ...

Specifically the Gnostic Mass and Liber Reguli [1] both identify the principal orientation (sometimes known as "Magical East") as being towards Boleskine. Aleister Crowley wrote The Gnostic Mass—technically called Liber XV or Book 15—in 1913 while travelling in Moscow. ...

As Sabazius (1998) notes:

Thus, the location of Boleskine House is to be the Omphalos or Center of Power for Thelema, and is to continue as such for the duration of the Aeon of Horus, regardless of the physical presence of the Stèle or of the house itself. Thus, O.T.O. Lodges, Profess-Houses and Gnostic Mass Temples are ideally to be oriented towards Boleskine.

The house

Boleskin House is located on the South-Eastern shore of Loch Ness in Scotland at latitude 57.14 N., longitude 4.28 W.

Crowley describes Boleskine in Confessions:

The house is a long low building. I set apart the south-western half for my work. The largest room has a bow window and here I made my door and constructed the terrace and lodge. In side the room I set up my oratory proper. This was a wooden structure, lined in part with the big mirrors which I brought from London.

The home includes the entrance hall, 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a drawing room, dining room, family room, kitchen, utility room, and the cellars. The grounds (about 47 acres) includes the Gate Lodge, which was originally the home for a coachman. It has a living room, kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom, as well as a pond, small garden and an orchard.

External links

• Boleskine House at LAShTAL.com, a series of articles about Boleskine, including photos
• The Kiblah, by Sabazius X°
• Computing the Kiblah, instructions to determine the direction of Boleskine

References

• Thelemapedia. (2004). Boleskine House. Retrieved May 2, 2006.
  • Crowley, Aleister (1979), The Confessions of Aleister Crowley, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London;Boston
  • Crowley, Aleister (1997), Magick: Book 4, Weiser, York Beach, ME
  • Sabazius. (1998). The Kiblah. Retrieved on Sept. 30, 2004.