Tour Boleskine House!

Boleskine house, the Scottish mansion once owned by Aleister Crowley, has been restored. Not only that, it has made the list of top ten tourist destinations in Inverness after being open only one week. The mansion was was nearly destoyed by a fire in 2015. It has been painstakingly restored by the Boleskine House Foundation and opened to the public. From the photos the restoration looks amazing.

Dating back to the 1760s and known for its notorious previous ownership, Boleskine House — located near Foyers — opened to the public for the first time in 260 years earlier this month, with more than 600 people attending the inaugural weekend.

The mansion, which was previously owned by occultist Aleister Crowley and Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, was purchased and restored by The Boleskine House Foundation after seven years of hard work.

Now the charity running the venue has announced that, in just the first week after the Grand Opening, Boleskine House achieved a perfect 5-star rating on TripAdvisor and has entered the platform's rankings as one of the top 10 Things to Do In Inverness.

Reviewers praised the quality and care of the restoration, the warmth of the staff and volunteers, the beauty of the grounds, and the rich history of the house itself.

One visitor remarked, “From the moment we arrived, it was clear how much care, dedication, and thought had gone into every detail," while another called it “truly a magical place."

Aleister Crowley originally purchased Boleskine because it fits all the criteria laid out in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, the grimoire from which Crowley adapted the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. He completed the first half of the Abramelin operation while living there before being called away by the Golden Dawn drama that led to the "London revolt" against MacGregor Mathers.

Crowley never finished the Abramelin operation itself, but adapted it into Liber Samekh, a ceremonial version of the working based on the Stele of Jeu from the Greek Magical Papyri. He eventually sold the mansion in 1913, but it retained a spooky reputation. Some sources alleged that Crowley called up demons in the house and never properly banished them, though such stories, true or not, were commonly written about him in the tabloids of his day.

In fact, The Book of the Law mentions Boleskine and predicted that it would burn in a fire. Chapter II, verse 34 reads in part "But your holy place shall be untouched throughout the centuries: though with fire and sword it be burnt down & shattered, yet an invisible house there standeth, and shall stand until the fall of the Great Equinox; when Hrumachis shall arise and the double-wanded one assume my throne and place." Boleskine stands today, and judging from vistors' reactions it is anything but invisible.

If you're ever in Inverness, be sure to add Boleskine House to your itinerary. The restored mansion is beautiful and has an amazing history, especially as relates to Crowley's work and the practice of magick in general.