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Aleister Crowley Diary Entry Saturday, 27 September 1930
Sat[urday] 27.
H.J. [Hanni Jaeger] to Armstrong[1] “Sir, it is my intention to forward to Washington a formal complaint of your conduct towards me on the 17th-20th instant y[ou]rs f[aith]f[ul]ly. H.L. Jaeger].” Sent by registered post.
.4% [albumin][2].
Kusseln[3]-Mixen[4] 2.30-4.15. Anu [Hanni Jaeger] shows Cora [Cora Germer] her back: we all go to the Mikado,[5] a free fight of drunks, but not much Panic Comedy. Cora the life and soul of the party— . . .
We got back and started again—we have quite lost our minds.
1—Lawrence S. Armstrong (1895-1952) was the American consul in Lisbon between 1930 and 1934. 2—Crowley carried with himself a device to test the level of albumin in his blood, probably through urine. Other similar annotations from this point on show that he was testing the level of albumin almost on a daily basis, comparing it with his general physical condition. Normal levels of albumin in blood range from 3.5 to 5 g/dL. 3—This term occurs several times in the diary with variable spelling (küsseln and kusseln). The term probably derives from German sexual slang and indicates oral sex.
4—Mixen: lit.
“dunghill,” i.e. anal sex.
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