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Aleister Crowley Diary Entry Saturday, 27 March 1943
[I Ching hexagram] 3.
Shopping all AM. B&I £7.7.1. No ballon(?), clock. or within limit sponge.
[Frater] LOV [James Gilbert Bayley] to copy 777 & chess.
E.B. [Edward Bryant] came in.
J.G.B. [James Gilbert Bayley] beat him easily.
I give him Q & d[itt]o, d[itt]o, d[itt]o.
7-11 LOV went early:
I told EB all about Tub [Alice Upham]—prepared phenomenon!—with note on Spellerisms.
Then: my relations with Fra I[ehi] A[ur] [Allan Bennett] and proposed a book on him as he was, not Baz’s wishy-washy pastel chocolate box. “Gentle Allan, meek & mild”. He agreed. See Memoranda, p 5*.
* Allan Bennett—MacGregor—VOCO—Iehi Aur—Ananda Maitriya-Sayadaw Ananda Metteya—Allan Bennett. Plan: EB [Edward Bryant] to draw AC out: M.B. [Maisie Burger] to stenograph dialogue: EB to write book: AC to oversee as regards balance, emphasis, and total impression as well as accuracy?
Who pays sederunts? Ask V[olo] N[oscere] [George Cecil Jones] to contribute his quota. Also, he will copy my Yi notes, etc. Talk of musical aspect of Yi,
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