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Aleister Crowley Diary Entry Tuesday, 12 March 1907
7 slips in the Practice.
At 10 P.M. about, the minimum dose of F.E. Anhalonium Lewinii being 2 drops, took 1 drop only.
TAROT drew 3 of Cups (curiously
enough the card re Tankerville [Lord Tankerville] said by D.D.S. [George
Cecil Jones] to be Black Magic) =
Before taking drug, I not my physical condition excellent, my mental depressed from not being able to write what I want to, my magickal exalted and on the verge of samadhi. See opposite.1[1]
I proceed to A∴[ugoeides] I∴[nvocation].
10.15 As stated opposite took 1 drop A[nhalonium] L[ewinni] in a good deal of warm water. The taste is not unpleasant; it is very strongly reminiscent of the tea of Yunnan, as there prepared and drunk.
I proceed to A∴ I∴.
10.35 Am busying myself with colour-thoughts of divine nature and the A.L. having produced no perceptible result whatever took 1 drop more.
10.55 Still no apparent result. Took 2 drops.
Possibly the Violet centres are stimulated. I see the flame of a match with green blue & violet at its edge. Probably this is mere Pratyahara resulting from intention to attain. Closing the eyes produces no result.
11.7 Striking the magic Bell, closed eyes, I saw an opalescent light, not well marked.
Further I had seen some fine opal matrix in Bond St a few hours earlier.
11.27 Have made and drunk much tea. No symptom whatever from the A.L.
11.30 Took 3 drops more.
11.50 No symptom. Took 3 drops more. 1 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 3 = 10 drops in all. This being max dose, mentioned on label, will take no more.
1—[i.e.; the continuation of the day’s entries, resuming with 10.15, given in order in the text.]
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