trashgender-garbabe-nova:

Interestingly enough, L. Ron Hubbard was a close friend of Aleister Crowley.

Nah, they were aware of each other (Crowley thought Hubbard was a dickhead and I LOATHE Crowley with a passion, but score one for the great beast there) but never actually met, he was however a close friend of Crowley disciple Jack Parsons.
http://io9.gizmodo.com/5978746/the-strangely-true-connection-between-scientology-the-jet-propulsion-lab-and-pagan-sorcery