Lea (Leah) Hirsig (April 9, 1883, Trachselwald, Canton of Bern – February 22, 1975) was a Swiss-American notably associated with the author and occultist Aleister Crowley.
She and her older sister Alma were drawn to the study of the occult, and this interest led them in the spring of 1918 to pay a visit to Aleister Crowley, who was living at the time in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan. Crowley and Hirsig felt an immediate and instinctive connection. Leah asked him to paint her as a "dead soul" and in fact Crowley painted several portraits of her.
In 1919, after seeking out Aleister Crowley due to her interest in the occult, she was consecrated as his Babalon or, "Scarlet Woman", taking the name Alostrael, "the womb (or grail) of God." Leah Hirsig wrote in her 1921 diary: "I dedicate myself wholly to The Great Work. I will work for wickedness, I will kill my heart, I will be shameless before all men, I will freely prostitute my body to all creatures."
Leah had previously been married to Edward Hammond, by whom she had a son, Hans Hammond (13 Nov 1917-Oct 1985).
She then helped found the Abbey of Thelema with Crowley in Cefalù, Italy.
At the Abbey, Hirsig was instrumental in guiding Crowley, the Prophet of the New Aeon, to a deeper understanding of the Law of Thelema.
She and her older sister Alma were drawn to the study of the occult, and this interest led them in the spring of 1918 to pay a visit to Aleister Crowley, who was living at the time in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan. Crowley and Hirsig felt an immediate and instinctive connection. Leah asked him to paint her as a "dead soul" and in fact Crowley painted several portraits of her.
In 1919, after seeking out Aleister Crowley due to her interest in the occult, she was consecrated as his Babalon or, "Scarlet Woman", taking the name Alostrael, "the womb (or grail) of God." Leah Hirsig wrote in her 1921 diary: "I dedicate myself wholly to The Great Work. I will work for wickedness, I will kill my heart, I will be shameless before all men, I will freely prostitute my body to all creatures."
Leah had previously been married to Edward Hammond, by whom she had a son, Hans Hammond (13 Nov 1917-Oct 1985).
She then helped found the Abbey of Thelema with Crowley in Cefalù, Italy.
At the Abbey, Hirsig was instrumental in guiding Crowley, the Prophet of the New Aeon, to a deeper understanding of the Law of Thelema.
Crowley wrote one of his most confronting poems, "Leah Sublime", (which has been called "alarmingly obscene") in her honour. In Leah Crowley he found an ideal magical partner. He called her vagina "the Leah Hirsig patent vacuum-pump".
Leah Hirsig died in 1975 in Meiringen, Switzerland.
Leah Hirsig died in 1975 in Meiringen, Switzerland.
by Magdalenawoman November 06, 2012
by jdance16 February 17, 2019
Leah is most likely a girl.But she’s definitely a sussy baka of a bussy saka no in between. She definitely loves kangaroos and probably a magician.🙎 ♀️ she loves her job and her 8 kids that she sends to boarding camp. And they prob play roblox and their favorite game is adopt me and among us roleplay she’s always imposter.
Girl 1:Who’s that girl she looks sus and she playing adopt me and she a magician with 8 kids?
Girl 2:Oh that’s definitely leah zysk!
Girl 2:Oh that’s definitely leah zysk!
by That cool unicorn June 29, 2021
To pull a Leah can mean to cause annoyances or anger someone. It can also be used to describe a female who acts condescendingly fake and slutty.
by definitelynotachopstickmaster December 04, 2016
Leah-Ann means protective grace from a Christian understanding.
But don’t let her innocent face fool you, she’s a devil when she want to be. She tries her best to be there for her friends. An emotional being she is, highly sensitive but savage☝🏽
But don’t let her innocent face fool you, she’s a devil when she want to be. She tries her best to be there for her friends. An emotional being she is, highly sensitive but savage☝🏽
by Elaine Mukheli 😉 December 01, 2021
Leah swain is one of the nicest people I know. She has a huge loving family who all look out for each other! Leah is really pretty , she is probably the best person to talk to if you have any problems. If your day has been one of the worst she will lighten it up within 2 minutes.
Leah is an animal lover and has three pet hamsters (coco,kiwi and honey).
Me (anonymous) and Leah have a really close bond!!!
Her personality is amazing .
She honestly is a true bestfriend to me and I hope nothing will come between us.
We have planned our whole life out together. The conversations we have are the best !
The memories we create are the best. Every time we look back at them we always laugh!
We have our own little words /sayings that always make us giggle for our own reasons ;
Contagious
Lesbian moms
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I could go on for age’s.......
Hope you see this one day leah
Love you soooooo much 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
This was made on the 18th April 2019 xxxxxx
Leah is an animal lover and has three pet hamsters (coco,kiwi and honey).
Me (anonymous) and Leah have a really close bond!!!
Her personality is amazing .
She honestly is a true bestfriend to me and I hope nothing will come between us.
We have planned our whole life out together. The conversations we have are the best !
The memories we create are the best. Every time we look back at them we always laugh!
We have our own little words /sayings that always make us giggle for our own reasons ;
Contagious
Lesbian moms
....
I could go on for age’s.......
Hope you see this one day leah
Love you soooooo much 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
This was made on the 18th April 2019 xxxxxx
by .Love.you.leah. April 18, 2019
Tiktok musician who makes nursery rhymes into uncreative "rock" music about her ex(s), and then goes around to call Melanie Martinez "a flop"
by Philip, Duke of Parma April 02, 2023