Jimmy Page Once Lived In The Home Of This Occultist

In 1899, Crowley (pictured above) bought Boleskine House as a place for him to perform his dark arts (via The National). He believed that it would take six months of celibacy and being sober to fully prepare the site, but he couldn't quite take a break from his vices for that long. Crowley, however, did still manage to call forth some dark spirits. "The demons and evil forces had congregated round me so thickly that they were shutting off the light," Crowley once wrote (via The Guardian). Perhaps these forces may have contributed to the tragedies that occurred while Crowley owned the property, including the mysterious deaths of the lodge keeper's two children (via The Scotsman).

According to The National newspaper, Page reportedly conducted a ritual at the house based on Crowley's work with the other members of Led Zeppelin (except for John Paul Jones) to bring them success. But only a string of bad luck followed, including Robert Plant and his family getting in a serious car accident. Still, Crowley had an influence on the group. Crowley's motto of "Do what thou wilt" (via National Trust) can be seen inscribed on the band's "Led Zeppelin III" album (via Discogs).

Page held on to the property until the 1990s, once telling Rolling Stone that his main attraction to the place was "the unknown." Today, there are efforts underway to restore Boleskine House after two separate fires damaged the house in recent years (via BBC).

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