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- Crowley
inscribes copy No. 51 of
Konx Om Pax
to
A. R. Orage with the inscription "To A. R. Orage, with
the author's kindest wishes. January 12, 1909."
[375]
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Thursday, 16
January 1908 |
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Wednesday, 22
January 1908 |
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See
Crowley's account of the Vuibez Séracs & the Aiguilles Rouges in the book,
Walks and Climbs Around Arolla. |
- Rose Kelly
completes her two-month treatment for alcoholism and she and
Crowley go to visit his mother at Eastbourne where they go on some easy climbs.
During their visit Crowley takes five days to write
The
World's Tragedy.
[56]
- Crowley
presents
J.F.C. Fuller
with a copy of the 1903 edition of
The Star and the Garter with the inscription "J.F.C.
Fuller. from A.C. Feb 08".
[Harry Ransom Center]
- Crowley publishes his
second issue of the book
Konx Om Pax.
- Crowley's
first edition of his book
Amphora
is privately published anonymously. Its
epilogue contains an acrostic
that by reading the first word of each line and then the
last letter of each lines reveals the phrase: "The Virgin
Mary I desire, but arseholes set my prick on fire."
[56]
It is later republished, again anonymously, by
Burns and Oates. This edition omits the Epilogue from the
privately published edition.
- J.F.C. Fuller publishes
the second edition of
his book
The Star in the West. |
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Saturday, 1
February 1908 |
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Saturday, 8
February 1908 |
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Saturday, 15
February 1908 |
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Saturday, 22
February 1908 |
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Saturday, 29
February 1908 |
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Location:
21 Warwick Road, London.
- Crowley and his wife, Rose Kelly,
go to live in a house at 21 Warwick Road, London. The
house is put in Rose's name so that Crowley can
avoid responsibility for the rent as he was becoming
short on cash.
[Northern
Scot and Moray Express]
- Just days after she and
Crowley move into their new house at
21 Warwick Road, London Rose Kelly
begins drinking heavily again.
[56]
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Location:
21 Warwick Road, London. |
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Current Events:
- Anniversary of Edward Crowley's
death. |
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Location:
21 Warwick Road, London.
- What's
On publishes Part V of a puzzle competition written by
Crowley entitled "The
Murder in X. Street." |
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News Related to Crowley:
-
What's On |
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Location:
21 Warwick Road, London. |
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Current Events:
- First
performance of composer, Maurice Ravel's Rapsodie
Espagnole. |
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Location:
21 Warwick Road, London.
- The New
Age publishes a poem by Crowley entitled "The
Pentagram." |
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News Related to Crowley:
-
New Age
-
Sphere |
Current Events:
- The Spring
Equinox.
- Jane Wolfe
is 33 years old. |
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Location:
21 Warwick Road, London.
- Victor B. Neuburg
inscribes a copy of his book
A Green Garland to
J.F.C. Fuller with the inscription "To Captain Fuller.
With the best wishes of the Author. Cockfield, Apr: 2, 1908.
Many thanks. Forgive delay. The cloth copies have only
turned up very recently.
[Harry Ransom Center (call number PR 6027 E73 G733 1908)]
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Current Events:
- Charles Stansfeld Jones
is 22 years old. |
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Location:
21 Warwick Road, London. |
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Current Events:
- Actor,
Bette Davis is born.
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Location:
21 Warwick Road, London. |
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Current Events:
- Anniversary
of Crowley receiving the
Book of the Law.
- H.
H. Asquith becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Location:
21 Warwick Road, London. |
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Current Events:
- Anniversary
of Crowley receiving the
Book of the Law.
- Leah Hirsig
is 25 years old. |
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Location:
21 Warwick Road, London. |
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Current Events:
- Anniversary
of Crowley receiving the
Book of the Law.
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Location:
21 Warwick Road, London. |
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News Related to Crowley:
-
Academy |
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Location:
21 Warwick Road, London.
- Allan Bennett
arrives at the Tibury Docks aboard the S.S. Ava from
Rangoon. His stated mission is to spread a knowledge of
Buddhism in the British Isles. |
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Location: Hôtel de Blois,
49 rue Vavin, Paris, France.
[233]
- Crowley
leaves his wife, Rose
Kelly,
and
travels to Paris, France.
[233]
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News Related to Crowley:
-
Sphere |
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Current Events:
- The Summer Solstice. |
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Current Events:
- The
Tunguska Fireball flattens 80 million trees near the Stony
Tunguska River in Yeniseysk Governorate, Russia. |
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- Crowley inscribes a copy
of his book
Gargoyles to
Frank Harris with the inscription "21
Warwick S.W. / Dear Mr Harris, / It is difficult to give you
a book representative of my work, for I never do the same
thing twice. Form and Matter must be new, or I don't do it.
/ I was most deeply touched by your great kindness to me a
stranger, at a time when you must have been worried almost
to death. / Yours most sincerely / Aleister Crowley".
[Harry
Ransom Center, call number PR 6005 R7 G3 1906 cop.2] |
Correspondence:
-
Crowley to
J.F.C. Fuller |
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Location: Hôtel de Blois,
49 rue Vavin, Paris, France. |
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Current Events:
- Rose Kelly
is 34 years old. |
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Location: Paris, France.
- Crowley
and
Victor B. Neuburg leave Paris by train for
Bordeaux to begin a
walking trip through Spain.
[56],
[249]
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Location: Walking
through Spain.
- Crowley
and
Victor B. Neuburg, on a walking trip through Spain,
continue on to Bayonne. In the afternoon they start for the
frontier and reach Ustaritz by nightfall.
[249]
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Location: Walking
through Spain.
- Crowley
and
Victor B. Neuburg, on a walking trip through Spain,
travel across the Pyrenees to Pamplona.
[249]
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Location: Walking
through Spain.
- Crowley
and
Victor B. Neuburg, on a walking trip through Spain,
travel across the Pyrenees to Pamplona.
[249]
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Location: Walking
through Spain.
- Crowley
and
Victor B. Neuburg, on a walking trip through Spain,
travel across the Pyrenees to Pamplona.
[249]
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Location: Walking
through Spain.
- Crowley
and
Victor B. Neuburg, on a walking trip through Spain,
spend some time in Longroño.
[249]
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Location: Walking
through Spain.
- Crowley
and
Victor B. Neuburg, on a walking trip through Spain,
spend some time in Longroño.
[249]
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Location: Walking
through Spain.
- Crowley
and
Victor B. Neuburg, on a walking trip through Spain,
spend some time in Longroño.
[249]
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Location: Walking
through Spain.
- Crowley
and
Victor B. Neuburg, on a walking trip through Spain,
travel over a high pass and by nightfall reach "a wretched
hamlet."
[249]
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Wednesday,
12
August 1908 |
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Location: Walking
through Spain.
- Crowley
and
Victor B. Neuburg, on a walking trip through Spain,
reach Soria.
[249]
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Current Events:
- The
Ford Motor Company builds the first Model T car. |
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Location: Walking
through Spain.
- Crowley
and
Victor B. Neuburg, on a walking trip through Spain,
strike out for Burdo de Osma. Their first night on the road
is spent at a place they called "Witches' Kitchen Village."
[249]
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Current Events:
- Frieda Harris
is 31 years old. |
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Location: Walking
through Spain.
- Crowley
and
Victor B. Neuburg, on a walking trip through Spain,
travel 44 kilometers to Burdo de Osma, arriving just in time
for the city's annual two days of festival.
[249]
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Location: Walking
through Spain.
- Crowley
and
Victor B. Neuburg are on a walking trip through Spain
from Bayonne over the Pyrenees to Pamplona, then on to
Longroño, Soria and Burgo de Osma, and finally on to Madrid.
[286]
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Current Events:
- Anniversary of Edward Crowley's
birth. |
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Wednesday,
19 August 1908 |
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Location: Gran Hotel
Cervantes, Madrid, Spain.
- Crowley
and
Victor B. Neuburg are on a walking trip through Spain
from Bayonne over the Pyrenees to Pamplona, then on to
Longroño, Soria and Burgo de Osma, and finally on to Madrid.
[286]
- The U.K.
Vanity Fair publishes Part V of Crowley's
"Expedition to Chogo-Ri." |
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News Related to Crowley:
-
Vanity Fair |
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Location: Gran Hotel
Cervantes, Madrid, Spain.
- Crowley
and
Victor B. Neuburg are on a walking trip through Spain
from Bayonne over the Pyrenees to Pamplona, then on to
Longroño, Soria and Burgo de Osma, and finally on to Madrid.
[286]
- The U.K.
Vanity Fair publishes a short story by Crowley
entitled "Ezekiel
in the Quartier Montparnasse." |
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News Related to Crowley:
-
Vanity Fair |
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Location: Spain.
- Crowley
and
Victor B. Neuburg are on a walking trip through Spain
from Bayonne over the Pyrenees to Pamplona, then on to
Longroño, Soria and Burgo de Osma, and finally on to Madrid.
[286]
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Correspondence:
-
Crowley to
William Westcott |
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Location: Spain.
- Crowley
and
Victor B. Neuburg abandon the idea of walking to
Gibraltar and instead leave Madrid for Granada.
[249]
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Tuesday, 1
September 1908 |
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Wednesday, 2
September 1908 |
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Sunday, 13
September 1908 |
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Tuesday, 15
September 1908 |
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Location: Traveling by
Boat to England.
- Crowley
sails back to London on the Marlborough. When he arrives he checks on the
progress of
Rose Kelly's attempt to stop drinking. He finds that her
drinking problem is worse than ever so he takes their
daughter,
Lola, with him to Paris.
[56]
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Wednesday,
16 September 1908 |
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Saturday, 19
September 1908 |
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Current Events:
- Composer,
Gustav Mahler's 7th Symphony premieres in Prague. |
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Wednesday,
23
September 1908 |
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Current Events:
- The
Fall Equinox. |
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Tuesday, 29
September 1908 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Location: Paris, France.
- Crowley continues his
Great Magical Retirement. His magical record is later
published as "John
St. John".
[89],
[90] |
Correspondence:
-
Crowley to
J.F.C. Fuller |
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Current Events:
- Pravda
newspaper is founded by Leon Trotsky & other Russian exiles
in Vienna. |
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Wednesday, 7
October 1908 |
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Saturday, 10
October 1908 |
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Saturday, 7 November 1908 |
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- What's
On publishes a book review by
Crowley entitled "The
Bomb." |
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News Related to Crowley:
-
What's On |
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Tuesday, 10 November 1908 |
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Current Events:
- The
first Gideon Bible is placed in a hotel room. |
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Saturday, 14 November 1908 |
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Current Events:
- Albert
Einstein presents his quantum theory of light. |
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Tuesday, 17 November 1908 |
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Wednesday,
18 November 1908 |
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- Today is Crowley's 10th
"magical" birthday—The anniversary of his initiation into
the
Golden Dawn on 18 November 1898. |
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Location: London,
England.
- Crowley attends a dinner
in honour of Robert Ross celebrating his achievement of
publishing "The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde." Over one
hundred of Wilde's friends, publishers and admirers were in
attendance to celebrate Ross's success.
[Quorum] |
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Wednesday, 2
December 1908 |
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Thursday, 3
December 1908 |
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Current Events:
- Composer,
Edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A premieres in
Manchester, England. |
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Wednesday, 9
December 1908 |
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Thursday, 17
December 1908 |
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Saturday, 19
December 1908 |
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Tuesday, 22
December 1908 |
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Current Events:
- The Winter Solstice. |
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Saturday, 26
December 1908 |
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Location: 21 Warwick
Road, Earl's Court,
England. |
Correspondence:
-
Crowley to
J.F.C. Fuller |
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Current Events:
- An
earthquake strikes Messina in Italy, killing nearly 80,000
people. |
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30 December 1908 |
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