That is quite a statement!  The quotation refers directly to ex-Plymouth Brother Aleister Crowley.  Much has been written about this man, who was brought up in a strict Plymouth Brethren home full of rules and enforced piety.  It is a psychologist’s dream – the study of what could turn a member of a Plymouth Brethren home into one of the most influential Paganists of the 20th century.

Most professional opinion seems centered upon a simple rebellion against a restrictive childhood. It is a topic that strikes home with any person who was born into the Exclusive (Plymouth) Brethren and who decided one day that they were not sheep, not to be forced into submission and gradually begin to summon the courage and energy to break free …

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