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Aleister Crowley Diary Entry Monday, 23 September 1901
For P[rana] Y[ama] be fresh, cool, hot, excited, not sleepy, not full of food, not ready to urinate or defaecate, not anywhere near that.
Dharana of tongue-tip. Burning sensation. Every separate tooth can be felt, as if each had an ego, almost.
Tried drinking through nose; but could not accomplish it properly.
7.0 a.m. - 7.10 a.m. Tried Dhâranâ on Nose as Ida[1] was stopped up. Eyes watered, and the breathing was difficult, could not concentrate.
7.15 a.m. - 7.38 a.m. Prânâyâma. Twenty-two minutes 10. 20. 30. Could have gone on.
5.35 p.m. - 6.5p.m. Prânâyâma very difficult.
Dhâranâ on nose nine minutes. The nose is perhaps my least sensitive organ. Would I do better to try my tongue?
Dhâranâ, four minutes on tip of tongue. Burning feeling as usual. Can feel every tooth as if each had become a conscious being.
Prânâyâma. Broke down badly on second Rechaka of 30. 15. 60. I will do this, and often.
10.15 p.m. - 10.44 p.m. Prânâyâma. Ten minutes 10. 20. 30.
Dhâranâ on nose seven minutes.
One Grand Prânâyâma. 30. 15. 60.
[N.B. for Prânâyâma be fresh, cool, not excited, not sleepy, not full of food, not ready to urinate or defćcate.]
1—[Crowley's nickname for his left nostril.]
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