Aleister Crowley Diary Entry

Friday, 9 April 1926

 

 

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

 

Seriat-el-Kiton—the Lair of the Lion.

 

An 02 in 18° in 11°

     [circa April 9, 1926]

 

     

4 a.m. Have made love to Astrid [Dorothy Olsen] for 3 hours. Will now work.

     

4.44. Have worked on Thelema analysis Essay.

     

Note. Astrid is right about our living alone. It is the AA rule.

 

Fashion note.

I don't care what clothes women wear—in any case they come off.

 

Success in life is Nature's compensation for lack of intelligence.

 

Christian Science is a disease of the half-educated in the sheltered life.

 

William or Adela (when Tim announces marriage) "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do."

 

 

Sitting Rabbit

1st act. Bring in Prince of Wales.

Puts on war-paint and dances—smashes and drinks from bottles in chamber scene—she tortures and scalps her lover who comes in and talks Jesus and hangs herself.

 

 

Gen[era]l symbol: message re 3

[I Ching Hexagram] Hwan

Impression [?]:

          

[Line] 1. Rescue.

[Line] 2. Go to earth.

[Line] 3. Ignore personal crisis.

[Line] 4. Divide et umpera.

[Line] 5. Issue message

[Line] 6. All clear.

 

 

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