The western and eastern traditions of expanding consciousness and becoming divine was researched by Crowley. The Modern day culture has much to do with the influence of Crowley.
Concerning the idea of Crowley as father of the psychedelic revolution, it is sometimes claimed that, in October, 1930, during his time in Berlin, he ‘gave mescal to, amongst others, the youthful Aldous Huxley’ (King 2013: 138). James Webb even claims that there is ‘first hand evidence’ provided by ‘a former disciple of Crowley’ (1976: 439, 482; see also, Churton 2014: 171-172).
This would, of course, be significant, in that it would establish a very clear historical link between Crowley and the psychedelic counterculture. Unfortunately, it is hampered by a comprehensive lack of evidence. There is little doubt that the two briefly met during the evening of October 4 at the Müncher Hofbrau, but there is no evidence that they took mescaline together or that it was even a topic of conversation. Indeed, not only does Huxley never mention the encounter with Crowley, but there is not the slightest suggestion of him ever having taken the drug prior to 1953, when he declared to Humphry Osmond, ‘I am eager to make the experiment and would feel particularly happy to do so under the supervision of an experienced investigator like yourself’ (Huxley, quoted in Murray 2003: 399).
https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/84818/1/Crowley_on_Drugs.pdf