AHC: Prime Minister Crowley

With a POD of no earlier than 1905 (when he claimed to have received "transmissions" that caused him to write The Book Of The Law), make Aleister Crowley Prime Minister by 1930 (age 55) at the very latest.
 
Well, maybe if you moved the POD foward, and he cut back on the heavy drugs so he lived longer, his spy work could've gotten him up in the military, and use that as a potential jumping off point. Also you either have to have him have a massive following of over 50% the British population. This comes with it's own problems however, what with the increased fanatisism, and risk of theocracy. You could also go the way having a theocratic revolution putting him in power. Otherwise get rid of the religous side of it entirely, or simply have him be a more mainstream christian preacher. In short you have two options:
1. Dystopian Crowley Theocracy
2. A Cowley radically altered from the lovable excentric scamp we all know and love.
 
Perhaps if his friendship with JFC Fuller gets him better known?
What if he climbed K-2? (At one point, he held the record for the longest time at altitude without oxygen.)
 
Nothing better than a close association with a senior member of the British Union of Fascists to kick-start a career at Number 10, eh?
Well, Fuller was a highly praised officer, until his turn to Fascism.
Crowley was opportunistic, offering Thelema as a tool to aid the Nazis, offering to assist Trotsky in exterminating Christianity form Russia, writing patriotic verse for the British and French (the French even thanked him!). And that's in WWII!

Perhaps if the Germans win WWI absurdly, and make Crowley ruler of occupied Britain?
 
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