Aleister Crowley Diary Entry

Friday, 4 August 1944

 

 

[I Ching hexagram] 44.

     

Began XLVII [letter that eventually became part of Magick Without Tears]. Importance of Greetings. Finished it 6.30—

     

8.30 PM To Aylesbury—had to stand all the way.

     

Gertler away. No desks or pigeon-holes or spice chests. Tried to return—queues a mile long.

     

Burber chock-a-block.

     

Mail-only one chit, nagging from Paper control—all [I Ching hexagram] 44 Kau.

     

[Air Raid] Alert 6.16.27.

     

R.[aiders] P.[assed] 6.18.42.

     

Began XLVIII on Golden Mean.

 

 

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