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   in Aleister Crowley's introduction to the occult, Magick Without Tears   
   (1954; written in the 1940s), chapter 66.  He writes:   
      
   "You, however, are thinking more of the vampire of romance.  Bram   
   Stoker's Dracula and its kindred.  This is a splendidly well-documented   
   book, by the way; he got his facts and their legal and magical   
   surroundings, perfectly correct."   
      
   While Wikipedia disagrees, many believe Bram Stoker to have been a   
   member of the secret magical society The Golden Dawn, along with   
   Crowley.  No one however argues that they were not occult   
   contemporaries and even friends.   
      
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