Norman Mudd's job was to be a type of PR man to rehabilitate Crowley's reputation. In November of 1923, he was writing to the editor of "Isis," "The Oxford University Magazine" and other organs, prefixing his letters with "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law." "I have known Aleister Crowley for 13 years. He is admittedly one of the most remarkable poets and writers of the present day. I have studied his scientific memoranda with great care and I am satisfied that they would lead to discoveries which will furnish mankind with a new instrument of knowledge and a new method of research...the honor of England is concerned that her greatest poet should not perish under the neglect of his fellow-countrymen."
Norman Mudd was one more of Crowley's associates to end up badly. In Mudd's magickal diary for 19 November 1924 was pasted a ticket: "#10513 Metropolitan Asylums Board--Homeless Poor--Please admit Norman Mudd."
Aleister Crowley had prophesized that Mudd would die by drowning. Mudd must have been eager to fulfill his master's prophesy. On 16 June 1934 a body was found near the island of Guernsey, fully clothed, cycle clips around the bottom of the trousers and all the pockets filled with stones. This was the body of Norman Mudd.