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An Litir Bheag 827

Litir Bheag na seachdain sa le Ruairidh MacIlleathain. Litir 脿ireamh 827. Roddy Maclean is back with this week's short letter for G脿idhlig learners.

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An Litir Bheag 827

Bha mi ag innse dhuibh mu Aleister Crowley agus Taigh Bhoth Fhleisginn. Ann an Lunnainn, thachair Crowley ri fear a bha an s脿s ann am buidheann d矛omhair, The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Bha iadsan ri draoidheachd de dh鈥檌omadh se貌rsa. Cha b鈥� fhada gus an robh Aleister na bhall. Dh鈥檌onnsaich e mu dheas-ghn脿than draoidheil agus mar a bhiodh cleachdadh dhrogaichean mar ph脿irt dhiubh. Goirid an d猫idh sin cheannaich e Taigh Bhoth Fhleisginn.

Chaidh Crowley agus muinntir Golden Dawn a-mach air a ch猫ile. Bha cuid m矛-thoilichte leis an dol a-mach feiseil aig Crowley. Bha e d脿-she貌rsach agus bha iomadh c猫ile feiseil aige. Ge-t脿, ph貌s e t猫 Shasannach, Rose Kelly, ann an naoi ceud deug 始s a tr矛 (1903). Bha dithis chloinne aca c貌mhla. Thachair rudeigin 鈥榮pioradail鈥� dhaibh nuair a bha iad anns an 脠iphit.

Chruthaich Crowley n脿dar de chreideamh air a bheil Thelema. Tha Thelema a鈥� dol fhathast. Gu 矛re, tha e st猫idhichte air leabhar beag ris an canar Leabhar an Lagh. Thuirt Crowley gun do sgr矛obh e fh猫in an leabhar. Sgr矛obh Crowley na briathran a chuala e aig n脿dar de dh鈥檃ingeal 鈥� facal air an fhacal. Co-dhi霉, 始s e sin a bha e fh猫in a鈥� cumail a-mach.

Fhuair Crowley cuidhteas Taigh Bhoth Fhleisginn ann an naoi ceud deug is ceithir-deug (1914). She貌l e dha na St脿itean Aonaichte. Tro bhliadhnaichean a鈥� Chogaidh Mh貌ir, bha e a鈥� coiteachadh 脿s leth na Gearmailt ann an New York. Ach gu f矛rinneach, bha e ag obair 脿s leth nan seirbheisean brathaidh Breatannach. Bha e a鈥� d猫anamh brathadh air Gearmailtich ann an Ameireagaidh.聽

Anns na ficheadan, bha e ann an Sicily greis. Ach chaochail fear dhen luchd-leantainn aige an sin. Bha an riaghaltas faisisteach m矛-thoilichte agus dh鈥檌arr iad air Crowley an d霉thaich fh脿gail.聽

Chaochail Crowley ann an Sasainn ann an naoi ceud deug, ceathrad 始s a seachd (1947). Bha Taigh Bhoth Fhleisginn leis an fhear-chi霉il ainmeil Jimmy Page anns na seachdadan is ochdadan. Chaidh an taigh a sgrios le teine o chionn beagan bhliadhnaichean. Ach tha e a-nise le buidheann-chathrannais ionadail. Tha planaichean aca an taigh a leasachadh 脿s 霉r. Cha t脿inig sgeul fada Thaigh Bhoth Fhleisginn gu cr矛ch fhathast.

The Little Letter 827

I was telling you about Aleister Crowley and Boleskine House. In London, Crowley met a man who was involved in the secret group 鈥楾he Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn鈥�. They were involved in many types of magic, sorcery. It wasn鈥檛 long until Aleister was a member. He learned about magic ceremonies and how the use of drugs would be part of them. Shortly after that he bought Boleskine House.

Crowley and the people of Golden Dawn fell out with each other. Some people were displeased with Crowley鈥檚 sexual behaviour. He was bisexual and had many sexual partners. However, he married an Englishwoman, Rose Kelly, in 1903. They had two children together. Something 鈥榮piritual鈥� happened to them when they were in Egypt.

Crowley established a sort of religion called Thelema. Thelema is still going. To an extent it is based on a small book called The Book of the Law. Crowley said that he wrote the book himself. Crowley wrote the words that he heard from a sort of angel 鈥� word-for-word. Anyway, that鈥檚 what he maintained himself.

Crowley got rid of Boleskine House in 1914. He sailed to the United States. Through the years of the Great War, he was lobbying on behalf of Germany in New York. But, in truth, he was working for the British security services. He was spying on Germans in America.

In the twenties, he was in Sicily for a while. But one of his followers died there. The fascist government was unhappy and they asked Crowley to leave the country.

Crowley died in England in 1947. Boleskine House was owned by the famous musician Jimmy Page in the seventies and eighties. The house was wrecked by fire a few years ago. But it鈥檚 now owned by a local charity. They have plans to develop the house anew. The long story of Boleskine House has not yet ended.

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