Aleister Crowley Diary Entry

Thursday, 18 November 1909

 

 

[See Introduction to The Vision and the Voice for background information]

[Map of Crowley's travel through Algeria]

 

 

[Algeria. November 18, 1909 E.V.]

 

On November the 18th 1909 O.S. (a most memorable day in my existence seeing that upon that day in 1898 did I behold )[1] I landed in Algiers with but a single chela [Victor B. Neuburg] and only five legions of angels.

 

 

1—Today is Crowley's 11th "magical" birthday—The anniversary of his initiation into the Golden Dawn on 18 November 1898.

 

 

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