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Aleister Crowley Memorandum re Mr. John Bland Jameson Thursday, 12 May 1938
See HERE for Full Memorandum (12 May 1938 - 7 February 1939)
I received a letter from Mr. John Bland Jameson, dated from the Theatre Arts Club, saying that he had wished for a long time to make contact with me on the grounds of my unique eminence in certain matters of philosophy, and particularly occult philosophy. He claimed to have studied a good many of my works and to possess some of the rarer examples. (He was born on March 28 1918, educated at Winchester and Magdalen Cambridge, but refused to complete his course because he was stage struck; this annoyed his family very much. His father is Colonel Jameson, late of the Indian Medical Service (See Who's Who) The letter concluded by inviting me to dinner.
Finding myself in the neighbourhood of the Theatre Arts Club, I dropped in there at 1.30 on the chance of finding Mr Jameson. I did so, and we had a drink together. He gave me his address and telephone number—6 Hasker Street—Kensington 4145, and asked me to dine at 8 o'clock on the following Thursday 19 May.
Mr Jameson was living in a very curious way. He occupied a dark, crowded, and very depressing basement, and had his meals cooked—or rather miscooked— by a woman across the street, at No. 15; and apparently because of some law, about which I am not quite clear, he had to fetch the plates across himself. I thought this a very curious arrangement, but our conversation was very satisfactory, and he expressed a wish to study with me on the subjects in which I am supposed, rightly or wrongly, to be pre-eminent.
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