Aleister Crowley Diary Entry

Monday, 1 September 1930

Mon[day] 1.

On Saturday Aug[ust] 30 we got the idea to go round the world. Should we adopt this? Would it bring success? [I Ching Hexagram] LXI Kung Fu. The best hexagram in the Yi [King]! Note the Boat symbol! Only shag line 6: moral, don’t try to do too much.

8:30 Still stuck in Vigo [Spain] with fog. Shall have cold albatross for brekker [breakfast]. Trapped behind reef where Highland Piper^[1] was ripped last year.

2.0 P.M. Got off.

5.0 P.M. Still dangerously crawling between reefs off Vigo. Fog v[ery] thick; horn still going on at 2 A.M. [Tuesday]

 17^[2] with active conscious help. To go round world together.

1—A passenger and cargo liner, operating for the Nelson Line company until 1929.

2—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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