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Aleister Crowley Diary Entry Wednesday, 15 March 1944
[I Ching hexagram] 40.
Chit from Joe Miller.
Dried fruit from Jean Phillips.
Perique [tobacco] from Saturnus [Karl Germer]—couldn’t pay duty.
Saturnus sent only £37.2.3: still, a day early—40 Kieh.
Mr. Bray [from Sangorski & Sutcliffe] here. perfectly charming: made no difficulties whatever!!!
Mike here re prospectus [for The Book of Thoth]. bought £2 books.
Frieda [Frieda Harris] subscribed [for The Book of Thoth] for Jack, her he-son by Leo (July 23). Left me £5 on a/c [account]!!!!!
[Air Raid] Alert 8.53.1. Hardly any guns.
R.[aiders] P.[assed] 9.23.25.
A remarkable day: everything went well, yet not as well as might have been expected.
9 1/2 PM Miss Manning [Crowley's landlady]—long talk etc. I did her horror [horoscope] Luna Jupiter Neptune Venus within 1°!! and N E half blank! All angles d[itt]o!
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