Aleister Crowley Diary Entry

Rex de Arte Regia

Saturday, 4 December 1915

 

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[In the wee hours of a bitterly cold night by gaslight]

     

[Assistant: "Mierka." (Floria Comtesse de Martinpré.] [a] respectable married woman [and] drug fiend [with jet-black hair and] beautiful, statuesque figure. Astoundingly sensual, passionate, and voluptuous.

     

[After the operation, Crowley's health cleared up suddenly, and he awoke without a cough and in] perfect condition.

 

 

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