Aleister Crowley Diary Entry

Monday, 25 August 1930

Brit. Mus. Discovered Sarcophagus of Ank-f-n-Khonsu! ! !.

London is hellish. Every one as dead as when I left. M E 2 [Montgomery Evans] back from Paris, feeling worse. Thynne [Major Robert Thynne] evidently avoiding me.

Yorke [Gerald Yorke] & Hoggs still away. Inky [P.R. Stephensen] hysterical, vomiting accusations against Thynne and McAllan. Watson Turner very glum, stern, and embarrassed. Badcock pale but smiling. Foreman desperate, hating it all, but pursuing. Gorman the only cheerful voice I've heard so far.

Inclined to push for Portugal on 29th.

13^[1] The G∴W∴ [Great Work]—with something of this idea. I can't work in this abyss.

1—The symbol “ ” indicates sexual magical operations, which Crowley differentiates from normal sexual intercourse. The progressive numbering indicates the number of times the operation has been conducted with a particular partner.

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