stackyFACTSExhibit 666 in the old Bulaq Museum wasn't an earth-shattering archeological find; it was just a regular wooden funerary tablet for an obscure Egyptian priest.
Exhibit 666 in the old Bulaq Museum wasn't an earth-shattering archeological find; it was just a regular wooden funerary tablet for an obscure Egyptian priest. But when Aleister Crowley's wife pointed to it while in a mystic trance, it became the 'Stele of Revealing.' This wildly unremarkable piece of wood effectively triggered the modern occult movement, proving you don't need a burning bush to start a religion—just a good catalog number.
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