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Tobias Churton | Crowley In America: Art, Espionage & Sex Magic
Aleister Crowley Espionage Claims, Richard Spence Investigation
Tobias Churton evaluates claims made by author Richard Spence regarding Aleister Crowley's potential role as a British intelligence asset. While J. Edgar Hoover and the Bureau of Investigation looked into Crowley's activities in 1918 and 1919, the results remained inconclusive. Churton notes that Crowley's lack of legal consequences upon returning to England suggests his controversial activities during World War I may have been sanctioned or at least known by high-level officials.