Aleister Crowley Diary Entry

Tuesday, 23 November 1909

 

 

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

[Map of Crowley's travel through Algeria]

 

 

A nice slack day at Aumale [Modern-day Sour El Ghozlane], chiefly billiards and such things as playing footer with an old tin can, wrestling, and boxing. M. Lesur offered me the aperitif, and we chatted awhile. Aumale is really rather a jolly place. The bottle turned out to be hopelessly poxed and we o.s.j.ed[1] it.

     

In the evening I did the 28th Æthyr.

 

 

1—"Over the sweet Jordaned" it—slang for throwing it away.

 

 

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