THE  ALEISTER  CROWLEY  TIMELINE

 
 

 

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— 1899 —

 

January   February   March   April   May   June   July   August   September   October   November   December

 

 

circa 1899

                        

 

- Crowley's poem "An Appeal to the American Republic" is published in the Cambridge Magazine.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Gerald Kelly

   - Crowley to Gerald Kelly

   - Crowley to Gerald Kelly

   - Crowley to Gerald Kelly

News Related to Crowley:

   - Cambridge Magazine

 

 

—  January  —

 

circa January 1899

                        

 

- Crowley's book The Tale of Archais is published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Ltd. [56]

- Crowley receives initiation as a 2°=9° Theoricus in the Golden Dawn. [56]

- Crowley writes "The Lord's Day" from his book The Mother's Tragedy.

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 1 January 1899

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- Crowley is conducting experiments with astral visions. [147]

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Scottish Mountaineering Journal

 

 

Tuesday, 10 January 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

  

Current Events:

   - George Cecil Jones is 26 years old.

 

Thursday, 12 January 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Bookseller

 

 

Monday, 16 January 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

  

Current Events:

   - Norman Mudd is 10 years old.

 

Tuesday, 17 January 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

 

Current Events:

   - Gangster, Al Capone is born.

 

Wednesday, 18 January 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Daily News

   - Evening Standard

   - Morning Post

   - Westminster Gazette

 

 

Thursday, 19 January 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Cambridge Review

 

 

Saturday, 21 January 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Academy

   - Westminster Gazette

 

 

Sunday, 22 January 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

 

Current Events:

   - Karl Germer is 14 years old.

 

Wednesday, 25 January 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Oxford Magazine

 

 

Thursday, 26 January 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Daily Chronicle

 

 

Saturday, 28 January 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Speaker publishes a review of Crowley's book Songs of the Spirit.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - The Speaker

 

 

—  February  —

 

circa February 1899

                        

 

- Crowley receives initiation as a 3°=8° Practicus in the Golden Dawn. [56]

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, 1 February 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Bookman publishes a review of Crowley's book Songs of the Spirit.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Author

   - Bookman

 

 

Friday, 3 February 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Bookseller publishes a review of Crowley's book Songs of the Spirit.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Bookseller

 

 

Saturday, 4 February 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

 

Current Events:

   - The Philippine-American War begins.

 

Saturday, 18 February 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Bristol Times publishes a review of Crowley's book The Tale of Archais.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Anthenaeum

   - Bristol Times

 

 

—  March  —

 

Thursday, 2 March 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The St. James's Gazette publishes a review of Crowley's book Songs of the Spirit.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - St. James's Gazette

 

 

Friday, 3 March 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Bookseller

 

 

Sunday, 5 March 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

 

Current Events:

   - Anniversary of Edward Crowley's death.

 

Monday, 6 March 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

 

Current Events:

   - Aspirin is patented by the German company Bayer.

 

Saturday, 11 March 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Academy

 

 

Tuesday, 14 March 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

 

Current Events:

   - German inventor Ferdinand von Zeppelin receives a U.S. patent for a "Navigable Balloon."

 

Tuesday, 21 March 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

  

Current Events:

   - Jane Wolfe is 24 years old.

 

Saturday, 25 March 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Anthenaeum publishes a review of Crowley's book Songs of the Spirit.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Anthenaeum

 

 

—  April  —

 

Sunday, 2 April 1899

                        

  

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

 

Current Events:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones is 13 years old.

 

Sunday, 9 April 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

 

Current Events:

   - Leah Hirsig is 16 years old.

 

Saturday, 15 April 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Academy publishes a review of Crowley's book The Tale of Archais.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Academy

   - Mainly About People

 

 

Friday, 21 April 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- Literature publishes a review of Crowley's book Songs of the Spirit.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Literature

 

 

Thursday, 27 April 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- Crowley's poem "Ballade of A Far Country" is published in the Cambridge Magazine. [Belfast Newsletter]

 

 

 

 

—  May  —

 

circa May 1899

                        

 

- Crowley receives initiation as a 4°=7° Philosophus in the Golden Dawn. [56]

- Crowley meets MacGregor Mathers for the first time in Paris, France. [261]

- Crowley meets American operatic prima donna Susan Strong when he takes in MacGregor Mather's original stage production of the Rites of Isis. [287]

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 4 May 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- Crowley's poem "The Siegfried Finale" is published in the Cambridge Magazine.

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 6 May 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- Literature publishes a review of Crowley's book Songs of the Spirit.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Belfast News-Letter

   - Literature

Current Events:

   - Victor B. Neuburg is 16 years old.

 

Thursday, 11 May 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- Crowley's poem "Ballade of Ursa and Ursala" and the "Ballade of Whist" are published in the Cambridge Magazine.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Cambridge Magazine

   - Cambridge Magazine

 

 

Thursday, 18 May 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- Crowley's poem "Ballade of Criticism" is published in the Cambridge Magazine.

 

 

 

 

Friday, 19 May 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Church Times publishes a review of Crowley's book Songs of the Spirit.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Church Times

 

 

—  circa May / June 1899  —

 

circa May / June 1899

                        

 

- Crowley writes in his short story "At the Fork of the Roads" of a black magic encounter between himself & Althea Gyles, supposedly at the behest of W. B. Yeats. [56]

 

 

 

 

—  June  —

 

circa June 1899

                        

 

- Crowley receives initiation as a Philosophus in the Golden Dawn. [56]

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 1 June 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- Crowley's poem "Ballade of Summer Joys" is published in the Cambridge Magazine.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Belfast News-Letter

   - Cambridge Magazine

 

 

Wednesday, 7 June 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Yorkshire Post

 

 

Friday, 9 June 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

 

Current Events:

   - Wilfred Talbot Smith is 14 years old.

 

—  July  —

 

circa July 1899

                        

 

- Crowley's book Jephthah; and Other Mysteries, Lyrical and Dramatic is privately published. [56]

- Crowley's book “The Honourable Adulterers” is printed from the paged type of “Jephthah and Other Mysteries,” currently in the press, and then issued separately as an advance edition.

 
   

 

Saturday, 1 July 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

 

Current Events:

   - The Gideon Society is established to place bibles in hotels.

 

Saturday, 8 July 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- An interview with Crowley concerning the recent deaths of climbers at Beachy Head is printed in the Pall Mall Gazette. [Pall Mall Gazette]

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Pall Mall Gazette

   - Times

 

 

Tuesday, 11 July 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Morning Post

   - Pall Mall Gazette

   - Standard

 

 

Wednesday, 12 July 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Glasgow Herald

   - Greenock Telegraph

   - North British Daily Mail

 

 

Thursday, 13 July 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Scotsman publishes a review of Crowley's book Jephthah, and Other Mysteries, Lyrical and Dramatic.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Glasgow Herald

   - Scotsman

 

 

Saturday, 15 July 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Eastbourne Chronicle publishes an article concerning Crowley's suggestion on how to cut down on climbing fatalities at Beachy Head.

- The Eastbourne Chronicle also publishes an Interview with Crowley concerning the perils of climbing at Beachy Head.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Eastbourne Chronicle

   - Eastbourne Chronicle #2

   - Saturday Review

 

 

Wednesday, 19 July 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Liverpool Mercury

   - Pall Mall Gazette

   - Westminster Gazette

 

 

Thursday, 20 July 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Glasgow Herald publishes a review of Crowley's book Jephthah, and Other Mysteries, Lyrical and Dramatic.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Glasgow Herald

 

 

Friday, 21 July 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Daily News publishes a review of Crowley's book Songs of the Spirit.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Daily News

Current Events:

   - Author, Ernest Hemingway is born.

 

Sunday, 23 July 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

  

Current Events:

   - Rose Kelly is 25 years old.

 

Thursday, 27 July 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Dundee Advertiser publishes a review of Crowley's book Jephthah, and Other Mysteries, Lyrical and Dramatic.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Dundee Advertiser

   - Nation

 

 

Friday, 28 July 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Literature

 

 

Monday, 31 July 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Aberdeen Journal & the Belfast News-Letter publish reviews of Crowley's book Jephthah, and Other Mysteries, Lyrical and Dramatic.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Aberdeen Journal

   - Belfast News-Letter

 

 

—  August  —

 

Tuesday, 1 August 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - English Catalogue of Books

 

 

Friday, 4 August 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Bookseller & the Jewish Chronicle publish reviews of Crowley's book Jephthah, and Other Mysteries, Lyrical and Dramatic.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Bookseller

   - Jewish Chronicle

   - Jewish World

 

 

Wednesday, 9 August 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Daily Chronicle publishes a review of Crowley's book Jephthah, and Other Mysteries, Lyrical and Dramatic.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Daily Chronicle

 

 

Saturday, 12 August 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Speaker & the Sydney Morning Herald publish reviews of Crowley's book Jephthah, and Other Mysteries, Lyrical and Dramatic.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Speaker

   - Sydney Morning Herald

 

 

Sunday, 13 August 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

  

Current Events:

   - Frieda Harris is 22 years old.

   - Director, Alfred Hitchcock is born.

 

Monday, 14 August 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Westminster Gazette publishes a review of Crowley's book Jephthah, and Other Mysteries, Lyrical and Dramatic.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Westminster Gazette

 

 

Tuesday, 15 August 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Manchester Guardian publishes a review of Crowley's book Jephthah, and Other Mysteries, Lyrical and Dramatic.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Manchester Guardian

 

 

Wednesday, 16 August 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Manchester Courier publishes a review of Crowley's book Jephthah, and Other Mysteries, Lyrical and Dramatic.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Manchester Courier

 

 

Thursday, 17 August 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

 

  

Current Events:

   - Anniversary of Edward Crowley's birth.

 

—  September  —

 

Friday, 1 September 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Bookman and the Westminster Review publish reviews of Crowley's book Jephthah, and Other Mysteries, Lyrical and Dramatic.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Bookman

   - Critic

   - Review of Reviews

   - Westminster Review

Current Events:

   - J.F.C. Fuller is 21 years old.

 

Saturday, 16 September 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Saturday Review publishes a review of Crowley's book Jephthah, and Other Mysteries, Lyrical and Dramatic.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Saturday Review

 

 

Friday, 29 September 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Morning Post publishes a review of Crowley's book Jephthah, and Other Mysteries, Lyrical and Dramatic.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Morning Post

 

 

—  October  —

 

circa October 1899

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - MacGregor Mathers to F.L. Gardner

 

  

 

Sunday, 1 October 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Scottish Review publishes a review of Crowley's book Jephthah, and Other Mysteries, Lyrical and Dramatic.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Dublin Review

   - Scottish Review

 

 

Monday, 9 October 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Gerald Kelly

 

 

 

Thursday, 12 October 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- Crowley is 24 years old.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Bookseller

Current Events:

   - The South Africa Boer Republic declares war on Britain.

 

Tuesday, 17 October 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Pall Mall Gazette publishes a review of Crowley's book Jephthah, and Other Mysteries, Lyrical and Dramatic.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Pall Mall Gazette

 

 

Thursday, 19 October 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

Correspondence:

   - MacGregor Mathers to Annie Horniman

 

 

 

Tuesday, 31 October 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- Gerald Kelly, sponsored by George Cecil Jones, is initiated into the Golden Dawn and takes the motto Eritis Similis Deo ("You will be like God"). [56]

 

 

 

 

—  November  —

 

circa November 1899

                        

 

- Crowley purchases Boleskine House from Mary Rose Burton for £2,000. [56]

- MacGregor Mathers authorizes Crowley to act as his London agent concerning publication and distribution of his translation of The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. [56]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Gerald Kelly

 

 

 

Wednesday, 1 November 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Literary Era publishes a review of Crowley's book Jephthah, and Other Mysteries, Lyrical and Dramatic.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Literary Era

 

 

Thursday, 2 November 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Cambridge Review publishes a review of Crowley's book The Tale of Archais.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Cambridge Review

 

 

Thursday, 16 November 1899

                        

 

Location: 67 and 69 Chancery Lane, London. [287]

- The Nation publishes a review of Crowley's book Jephthah, and Other Mysteries, Lyrical and Dramatic.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Nation

 

 

Friday, 17 November 1899

                        

 

Residence: Boleskine House, Foyers, Inverness, Scotland.

- Crowley purchases Boleskine House in the name of Aleister MacGregor for £2,300 plus another £700 in settlement of an outstanding bond on the property. [233],  [286]

- The Jewish World publishes a review of Crowley's book Jephthah, and Other Mysteries, Lyrical and Dramatic.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to F.L. Gardner

News Related to Crowley:

   - Jewish World

 

 

Saturday, 18 November 1899

                        

 

Residence: Boleskine House, Foyers, Inverness, Scotland.

- Today is Crowley's 1st "magical" birthday—The anniversary of his initiation into the Golden Dawn on 18 November 1898.

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, 21 November 1899

                        

 

Residence: Boleskine House, Foyers, Inverness, Scotland.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to F.L. Gardner

 

 

 

Friday, 24 November 1899

                        

 

Residence: Boleskine House, Foyers, Inverness, Scotland.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to F.L. Gardner

 

 

 

Saturday, 25 November 1899

                        

 

Residence: Boleskine House, Foyers, Inverness, Scotland.

Correspondence:

   - F.L. Gardner to Crowley

 

 

 

Wednesday, 29 November 1899

                        

 

Residence: Boleskine House, Foyers, Inverness, Scotland.

- The Oxford Magazine publishes a review of Crowley's book Songs of the Spirit.

- The Oxford Magazine publishes a review of Crowley's book The Tale of Archais.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Oxford Magazine

   - Oxford Magazine

 

 

—  December  —

 

circa December 1899

                        

 

Residence: Boleskine House, Foyers, Inverness, Scotland.

- Crowley's book An Appeal to the American Republic is published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Ltd.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - English Catalogue of Books

 

 

Friday, 8 December 1899

                        

 

Residence: Boleskine House, Foyers, Inverness, Scotland.

 

 

Current Events:

   - Allan Bennett is 27 years old

 

Tuesday, 12 December 1899

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Residence: Boleskine House, Foyers, Inverness, Scotland.

- Crowley conducts a magical ceremony intended to obsess F.L. Gardner. [233]

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 17 December 1899

                        

 

Residence: Boleskine House, Foyers, Inverness, Scotland.

 

 

Current Events:

   - Louis Wilkinson is 18 years old.

 

Wednesday, 20 December 1899

                        

 

Residence: Boleskine House, Foyers, Inverness, Scotland.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Evening Mail

   - Times

 

 

Thursday, 21 December 1899

                        

 

Residence: Boleskine House, Foyers, Inverness, Scotland.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Daily Chronicle

   - Scotsman

 

 

Thursday, 28 December 1899

                        

 

Residence: Boleskine House, Foyers, Inverness, Scotland.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Glasgow Herald

 

 

Saturday, 30 December 1899

                        

 

Residence: Boleskine House, Foyers, Inverness, Scotland.

- The Outlook publishes a review of Crowley's book Appeal to the American Republic.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Outlook

 

 

 

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