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Aleister Crowley

From TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference.

Aleister Crowley was a British occultist and mystic. Prior to 1915, Crowley gave his copy of the grimoire known as the Necronomicon to Dr. Howard Phillips in lieu of payment for an ulcer operation. (NA: White Darkness)

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