I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff.
Source: The Confessions of Aleister Crowley, ch. 5 (1929; rev. 1970).
-- Aleister Crowley, (Oct 12 1875-1947), English occult writer; The Great Beast was a writer of occult lure and Black Magic rites.