Centre of a Thousand Legends

Occultist, mountaineer, and chess player Aleister Crowley purchased Boleskine House in 1899, after offering the current owner twice its market value. The seclusion of the location - his closet neighbors were 8 miles away -appealed to him.

It was here that Crowley is known for conducting an extensive practice known as the “magic of Abramelin.” Contrary to popular opinion believing it to be a black magic ceremony, this austere rite originated out of a mid-fifteenth-century manuscript of Jewish provenance outlining a rigorous set of practices involving devotion and prayer as a method to speak directly with God.

Increasing financial problems forced Crowley to sell Boleskine by 1918.