Aleister Crowley Diary Entry

Friday, 16 October 1931

Called on Saturnus [Karl Germer] and Cora [Cora Germer]. She stamped and swore, and cursed first me, then him, then both of us together. He abused Frau Billy Busch [Bertha Busch] violently as usual, and repeated his insane delusions re Birven [Henri Birven].

Karl is in possession of 1750 “Magick” [Magick in Theory and Practice] in Paris (750 of these bound). There are near 1000 at Dixon’s.

[Karl Germer] rings up that Hamilton [Gerald Hamilton] is a crook pretending to be on “Times.” (The maniac must have rang up all the old cats in Berlin the moment I left them—having let his name slip out. “AC is friends with a prominent man—let’s get out and smash it up!”) H. here—delightful talk—I got Germer to repeat this rot to him! S.W. [Scarlet Woman—Bertha Busch] rang Mrs. Grey to confirm. The cat ’phoned lies to , who rang up furiously insane “I won’t pay rent: I won’t give you any more money: I won’t bring Miss Küntzel [Martha Küntzel] from the station”!!!

S.W. made terribly ill by this Schweinerei [mess]: had to call in Dr. Weidling: will put whole case in writing before him to-morrow.

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