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Aleister Crowley Diary Entry Wednesday, 5 April 1922
Opus[1] II 93 Op[eratio]n A.1.—after so long. Obj[ect] Sze to get our nerves etc in order for campaign for Law.
Gen[era]l symbol Mrs. Harris. [I Ching Hexagram] XXV.
Line to take with her. [I Ching Hexagram] XIX. Act on great principles: don't haggle, show energy.
Line to take with Aimée [Aimée Gouraud] [I Ching Hexagram] III. "Wait for her to ask help: refrain from any advances whatever on your part."
Action re Genesthai [C. F. Russell]. [I Ching Hexagram] I.
Lea's [Leah Hirsig] health—action. [I Ching Hexagram] XVI. Ease—pleasure.
Message about her work? [I Ching Hexagram] LII. Deliberate inaction—refuse to be anxious about it.
Corde [?] Nast [?]—genl symbol. [I Ching Hexagram] XXXII. Does his Will.
His use to G.W. [Great Work]? [I Ching Hexagram] XXXV.
Advance line to take? [I Ching Hexagram] VI. Clean 'pro-German' slander (line 1) Speak as from Cefalu, be royally modest as 666: Contend: never admit being beaten.
Course of action to put over Ania Zina. [I Ching Hexagram] XXXV.
Should Lea go to Switzerland for her cure? [I Ching Hexagram] XXXIX.
Obstacles. To Cefalu? [I Ching Hexagram] XXXV. Doubtful. To England? [I Ching Hexagram] IV. No.
Symbol place for her cure. [I Ching Hexagram] XV. She must place herself entirely in the hands of a good doctor. A spa is indicated.
Genl. symbol 666 going to London? CCXX.I.51. "Let him enter in turn or at once the four gates: lrt him stand on the floor of the palace". Note phrases sqq.
Genl. symbol for Per Ardua [J.F.C. Fuller] at present. [I Ching Hexagram] II.
What line to take? [I Ching Hexagram] XXII. "Adorn him" i.e. shew favour to him.
Message re Settlement. [I Ching Hexagram] XLVIII. The Well "Be persistent in arranging the matter rightly".
Messages to my personal eleutherio [in Greek = health]. [I Ching Hexagram] LVI.
Financial aspect of my going to England? [I Ching Hexagram] VIII. Good but avoid the wrong people and prepare plans thoroughly.
Gnl. Symbol project of founding Review. [I Ching Hexagram] XXII. "Go ahead" obviously.
Northclyffe? [I Ching Hexagram] XVII. Leads by asking . . .
His use? [I Ching Hexagram] XXVIII. New stunt: big trouble.
Line to be taken with him? [I Ching Hexagram] XXV. Big ideas; beware misunderstanding: be sincere.
Lea to Divonne-les-Bains? [I Ching Hexagram] III. No.
Lea's G.M.R. [Great Magical Retirement] Fontainebleau district? [I Ching Hexagram] XXII. Good.
Genl. symbol Kaikhosru Sorabji? [I Ching Hexagram] XV. "Humility".
His use? [I Ching Hexagram] XIX. Cooperation is starting a big movement.
Line to take? [I Ching Hexagram] VI. Waiting.
Shall I write Per Ardua or drop in on him? General message.[I Ching Hexagram] XXII again (who said the Yi was unreliable?) CCXX.III.2 "Before. Hold. Raise the shelf of Ra-Hoor-Khuit"
Genl. symbol prospects of advances on plays? [I Ching Hexagram] LVII. Should get them by not insisting too violently, yet being form, and having patience. Prepare plans carefully and avoid surprising the victim.
Message for 156's [Leah Hirsig] G.M.R. CCXX.II.43.
Message for object of XI° and IX° work. VII.3.37. "I know that awful sound of primal joy: let us follow on the wings of the gale even unto the holy house of Hathor; let us offer the five jewels of the cow upon her altar". Interpretation by Yi: [I Ching Hexagram] LVI. To create a current of Love toward me, so that even strangers are brought to the Law. It refers to my journey to England, which will be like the self-immolation and self-renewal of the Phoenix.
1—[Crowley performs a magical sexual operation.]
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