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Aleister Crowley Diary Entry Friday, 10 December 1909
[See Introduction to The Vision and the Voice for background information] [Map of Crowley's travel through Algeria]
The God who presides over my travels is no slouch; but it was NOT my first object in coming to the Sahara desert to investigate the nature of snowstorms. Misunderstanding me on this point, he had a beautiful specimen in full swing when I woke at 7. And the snow lay where it fell! But about 9 it turned to sleet and hail. At 10 it cleared, and we started, reaching Ben-S'Rour at 1:00 P.M. The wind was terrific, 50 miles an hour at least.
We spent the day at Ben-S'Rour and did the 6th Æthyr. The scribe [Victor B. Neuburg] defiled himself with impurity and spake great ranting words of blasphemy; wherefore on the night of Dec. 11[1] was he stricken down by a foul and malignant disease; but on the intercession of the Seer, he was miraculously restored in the morning.
1—Apparently this was the early morning of the 11th.
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