He Attempted to Summon His Guardian Angel
The Book of Abramelin in an esoteric grimoire written in the 14th or 15th centuries. It recounts the story of Abraham the Worm, a German Jew passing on his Kabbalistic knowledge to his son and he acquired this knowledge. Its contents include Abraham’s journey throughout the land to acquire his information in Kabbalistic practices as well as a manual that allows experienced mages to perform a ritual know as the “Abramelic Operation”.
The ritual begins by stating that no one should ever attempt this ritual. The ritual involves a 6 months long process of intense fasting, self torture, and rigorous ceremonial rituals to invoke your guardian angel. If one is successful in such invocation, they may ask their guardian angel to do anything or answer any burning questions they may have. If the ritual fails or is not carried though all the way, demonic spirits infiltrate both the space the ritual is conducted in and the person conducting the ritual. By all accounts, it is considered one of the most dangerous rituals known in magic.
Of course, Aleister Crowley was up to the challenge. In his twenties, he purched a house outside of Loch Ness in Scotland, the Boleskine residence, specifically to perform this ritual. He made his plans no secret to the villagers around him. Many condemned his actions, many were afraid, and most avoided going anywhere near the house. They had a healthy suspicion of the gravity of Crowley’s task and wanted no part of it.
Crowley eventually grew tired of performing the Abramelic Operations. He grew tired of consuming so little food and performing such tedious tasks. He gave up on the ritual and left the Boleskine house on the south-east side of Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. Many people believe this opened up the possibility that Crowley became possessed by a demonic presence afterwards, and all actions performed by Crowley after Boleskine were under the directive of the demon itself.
