Aleister Crowley Diary Entry

Friday, 30 November 1945

[I Ching hexagram] 12.

[Heroin] came.

Chit from D.C. [David Curwen] [Letter - 29 November 1945] ans[were]d.

Wrote L.U.W. [Louis Wilkinson] re Magick. My analogy is one of the best I ever made.

D.C. wrote: how could publ[icatio]n AL cause a war? Reply: suppose a "X-ray" which photographs all except metal. Picture No 1. Mr. A. stands with arm extended. Mr. B. faces him. No 2 Same, but A.'s forefinger is bent, & B. lies dead. Absurd! That A. should kill B. by crooking his finger.

Chess v.[ersus] Wiser—drawn. V.[ersus] Watson^[1] (Q) 1-0.

1—[Refers either to William G. Watson, a member of the Hastings Chess Club, or Herbert Watson.]

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