Aleister Crowley Diary Entry

Monday, 18 January 1943

 

 

[I Ching hexagram] 37.

     

5 Woke: for some time there has been heavy & continuous gunfire.

     

5.10 Lots of planes overhead.

     

5.45 R.[aiders] P.[assed] I heard no bombs; but there were > 300 casualties.

     

Lunch with Frieda [Frieda Harris]: she took me to the London library.

     

$200 only from Saturnus [Karl Germer] £49.9.11.

     

Turkey & Brazil. van R2 Loan I.K. [Isidore Kerman] 10 Lombardy 6. Maw has £250 from the master-cheat!

     

Cabled Saturnus [Karl Germer]—see Memoranda p1*.

     

7.50 [Air Raid] Sirens—as I started to telephone! 8.20 R.P.

 

* There is success.

 

NLT [night letter] to Saturnus Jan 18 “Cable fixing responsibility fault or misfortune |stop| Position can be restored provided you cable Maw instructions confirming by letter dispose according my directions |stop| Perique [tobacco] overdue please repeat love Alex C.

 

 

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