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Aleister Crowley Diary Entry Saturday, 5 November 1921
What line to take in present situation? [I Ching Hexagram] XIV. Ta Yu. Be dignified.
5.30 P.M. I was. Erna amazed at failure to get me on a string. They leave tonight.
I feel that I have kept the Oath of Friday week in spirit and letter.
What is the symbol for future relations with Erna? [I Ching Hexagram] P[hallus] of Air 44. The Bold Woman. None at all. I should say. Yet it might mean a S.W. [Scarlet Woman]!
What line shall I take in writing to Aimée [Aimée Gouraud]? P[hallus] of Water X. Pleased satisfaction. Triumph and amusement.
What part if any did Roy Webber[1] play in the issue? [I Ching Hexagram] XXX. Quite honourable.
What shall I now concentrate upon? (i.e. how work to establish the Law.) [I Ching Hexagram] Sol of Earth. LVI. Lu. Strangers. Read chapter: evidently the AThNA business,
Shall I resume sexual relations with 93 [Leah Hirsig]? [I Ching Hexagram] 42 Yi. Air of Fire. Yes.
Shall we use the IX° for preparing AThNA? (hereafter 452)? [I Ching Hexagram] XII P[hallus] of K[teis]. Phi. No.
Shall we use the IX° at all, or fuck quite simply? [I Ching Hexagram] XX Air of K[teis] "Big Earth". Yes: Manifestation comes thereby.
What shall be our object? [I Ching Hexagram] Luna of Luna 29 Khan. "Light on the Path".
8.8. P.M. I confess to a complex sensation "at the back of my mind" which is very intense. With a jubilant relief at not being compelled to carry out the distasteful programme of going away with Erna—"once-born", imbecile, vulgar, and Nastasia—Philipovna-like, and a certain self-satisfaction at having fulfilled my magical formula, there coexists a sort of depression at having failed from a superficial point of view. I therefore ask AIWAZ for a special Message—an Oracle of Thelema.
CCXX.II.21. "this is the law of the strong: this is our law and the joy of the world". I think this means that He is arranging my affairs; I need not worry about anything.
What line shall we take as to immediate money? [I Ching Hexagram] Fire of Moon. 40. (Curious! same as we got about the Bank flurry.) Push hard: waste no time; make elastic plans; remove obstacles make friends when the time comes, strike swiftly and ambitiously.
What is the nature of the next "current"? [I Ching Hexagram] Earth of K[teis] 23. "Falling" Something may happen to upset our present position.
What line shall I take about it when it starts? [I Ching Hexagram] K[teis] of Luna 7. "Hosts". Correct strategy: use it to gain power.
1—Roy Weber was the United States Vice-Consul at Palermo.
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