THE  ALEISTER  CROWLEY  TIMELINE

 

 

 

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— 1911 —

 

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

 

 

circa 1911

                        

 

- Crowley writes the Introduction for Ethel Archer's book The Whirlpool.

- The book For Her Namesake, edited by Stephen Lanton, is published and contains Crowley's poem "Dora."

- Crowley's publishes his pamphlet, The Rosicrucian Scandal, under the pseudonym of "Leo Vincey." It's a parody of the testimony presented by MacGregor Mathers in his legal injunction attempting to prevent Crowley from publishing a Golden Dawn ritual in The Equinox, Vol. I, No. 3.

- The Co-Mason publishes a review of Victor B. Neuburg's book The Triumph of Pan.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Americana Supplement

   - Co=Mason

 

     

 

—  January 

 

Sunday, 1 January 1911

                        

 

Location:  Hotel Royal, Biskra, Algeria.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Sunday Oregonian

 

 

Wednesday, 4 January 1911

                        

 

Location:  Hotel Royal, Biskra, Algeria.

- The Manchester Guardian publishes a review of Victor B. Neuburg's book The Triumph of Pan.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Manchester Guardian

   - Sketch

 

 

Saturday, 7 January 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

Location:  Hotel Royal, Biskra, Algeria.

- Charles Stansfeld Jones begins an experiment to control his speech through the use of Liber III. [151]

- The Academy, the Light & the Publishers' Circular publish reviews of Victor B. Neuburg's book The Triumph of Pan.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Academy

   - Light

   - Publishers' Circular

 

 

Sunday, 8 January 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

- Charles Stansfeld Jones continues an experiment to control his speech through the use of Liber III. [151]

 

 

 

 

Monday, 9 January 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

- Charles Stansfeld Jones continues an experiment to control his speech through the use of Liber III. [151]

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, 10 January 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

- Charles Stansfeld Jones continues an experiment to control his speech through the use of Liber III. [151]

 

 

Current Events:

   George Cecil Jones is 38 years old.

 

Wednesday, 11 January 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

- Charles Stansfeld Jones continues an experiment to control his speech through the use of Liber III. [151]

- The Morning Leader publishes a review of Victor B. Neuburg's book The Triumph of Pan.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Morning Leader

 

 

Thursday, 12 January 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

- Charles Stansfeld Jones continues an experiment to control his speech through the use of Liber III. [151]

 

 

 

 

Friday, 13 January 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

- Charles Stansfeld Jones continues an experiment to control his speech through the use of Liber III. [151]

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - T.P.'s Weekly

 

 

Saturday, 14 January 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

- Charles Stansfeld Jones continues an experiment to control his speech through the use of Liber III. [151]

- The Light publishes a review of Victor B. Neuburg's book The Triumph of Pan.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Light

 

 

Monday, 16 January 1911

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   Norman Mudd is 22 years old.

 

Saturday, 21 January 1911

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - George Raffalovich to J.F.C. Fuller

 

 

 

Sunday, 22 January 1911

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   Karl Germer is 26 years old.

 

Saturday, 28 January 1911

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Mainly About People (M.A.P.)

   - Sun

 

 

Sunday, 29 January 1911

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - H.E. Inman to J.F.C. Fuller

 

 

 

—  February 

 

Sunday, 5 February 1911

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - H.E. Inman to J.F.C. Fuller

 

 

 

Monday, 6 February 1911

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Actor & U.S. President, Ronald Reagan is born.

 

Tuesday, 7 February 1911

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Standard

 

 

Saturday, 11 February 1911

                        

 

John Henry Bennett, in the presence of MDA, takes the Oath of Probationer in the AA, taking the motto "Da Mihi Veritatem". Crowley's notes later state "Under Inman [Herbert E. Inman]. Lost sight of". [341]

Correspondence:

   - A. Elliott to Crowley

 

 

 

Tuesday, 14 February 1911

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - Arnold Bennett to Crowley

 

 

 

Saturday, 18 February 1911

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Nation

   - Sydney Morning Herald

 

 

—  March 

 

circa March 1911

                        

 

- Crowley publishes The Equinox Volume I, No. 5.

- Crowley publishes an edition of The Vision and the Voice as a separate book from The Equinox Volume I, No. 5.

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, 1 March 1911

                        

 

- The Bystander publishes Crowley's article "A Blizzard in the Sahara."

- The Occult Review publishes a Letter to the Editor from Crowley."

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to the Occult Review

News Related to Crowley:

   - Bystander

   - Occult Review

 

 

Sunday, 5 March 1911

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Anniversary of Edward Crowley's death.

 

Monday, 6 March 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 12 March 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, 13 March 1911

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - Lord Dunsany to Crowley

 

 

 

Wednesday, 15 March 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, 17 March 1911

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - John Yarker to Crowley

 

 

 

Monday, 20 March 1911

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - Leila Waddell to J.F.C. Fuller

 

 

 

Tuesday, 21 March 1911

                        

 

 

 

  

Current Events:

   - The Spring Equinox

   Jane Wolfe is 36 years old.

 

Friday, 24 March 1911

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - George Cecil Jones to J.F.C. Fuller

 

 

 

Tuesday, 28 March 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 30 March 1911

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to J.F.C. Fuller

 

 

 

—  April 

 

Saturday, 1 April 1911

                        

 

- The English Review publishes a review of Victor B. Neuburg's book The Triumph of Pan.

- The Occult Review publishes a review of Crowley's book The Winged Beetle.

- The Occult Review publishes Crowley's short story "The Camel."

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - English Review

   - Occult Review

   - Occult Review

 

 

Sunday, 2 April 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

- Today is Charles Stansfeld Jones' 25th birthday.

 

 

Current Events:

   Charles Stansfeld Jones is 25 years old.

 

Monday, 3 April 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 8 April 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Anniversary of Crowley receiving the Book of the Law.

 

Sunday, 9 April 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Anniversary of Crowley receiving the Book of the Law.

   Leah Hirsig is 28 years old.

 

Monday, 10 April 1911

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Anniversary of Crowley receiving the Book of the Law.

 

Thursday, 13 April 1911

                        

 

- The New Age publishes a review of Crowley's book Ambergris.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Birmingham Daily Mail

   - New Age

 

 

Sunday, 16 April 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 22 April 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

- The Athenaeum publishes a review of Victor B. Neuburg's book The Triumph of Pan.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Athenaeum

 

 

Sunday, 23 April 1911

                        

 

Thomas Lawrence Walter, in the presence of Crowley, takes the Oath of Probationer in the AA, taking the motto "Excelsior". Crowley's notes later state "Under J.T. Windram [James Windram]. Who says he is in danger. (Spiritualism)". [341]

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, 26 April 1911

                        

 

- The Libel Action brought by George Cecil Jones against the Looking Glass begins today. The suit was in respect of statements made by the Looking Glass connecting him with Crowley. The Official Transcript is available via the 27 April 1911 Times.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Evening Despatch

   - Standard

   - Westminster Gazette

 

 

Thursday, 27 April 1911

                        

 

- The Libel Action brought by George Cecil Jones against the Looking Glass concludes today with Jones losing his libel suit. The suit was in respect of statements made by the Looking Glass connecting him with Crowley. The Official Transcript is available via the 27 April 1911 Times.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Bradford Telegraph

   - Daily Chronicle

   - Daily Mirror

   - Daily News

   - Daily Telegraph

   - Dublin Evening Mail

   - Evening News

   - Globe

   - Irish Independent

   - Irish Times

   - Morning Leader

   - Sheffield Daily Telegraph

   - Times

 

 

Friday, 28 April 1911

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Jarrow Express

 

 

Saturday, 29 April 1911

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Banbridge Chronicle

   - Bucks Standard

   - Chemist and Druggist

   - Exmouth Journal

   - Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard

 

 

Sunday, 30 April 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

Location: Paris, France. Hôtel de Blois, 50 rue Vavin.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to J.F.C. Fuller

News Related to Crowley:

   - American Register

   - Lloyd's Weekly News

 

 

—  May 

 

Monday, 1 May 1911

                        

 

Location: Paris, France. Hôtel de Blois, 50 rue Vavin.

- The Occult Review publishes a review of Crowley's The Equinox Vol. I, No. 5.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Occult Review

 

 

Tuesday, 2 May 1911

                        

 

Location: Paris, France. Hôtel de Blois, 50 rue Vavin.

Correspondence:

   - J.F.C. Fuller to Crowley

News Related to Crowley:

   - Tenbury Wells Advertiser

 

 

Wednesday, 3 May 1911

                        

 

Location: Paris, France. Hôtel de Blois, 50 rue Vavin.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to J.F.C. Fuller

 

 

 

Thursday, 4 May 1911

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Somerset Advertiser

 

 

Saturday, 6 May 1911

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   Victor B. Neuburg is 28 years old.

 

Sunday, 7 May 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, 19 May 1911

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Composer, Maurice Ravel's opera L'Heure Espagnole premieres in Paris, France.

 

Sunday, 21 May 1911

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Oakland Tribune

 

 

Monday, 29 May 1911

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Daily News

 

 

—  June 

 

Thursday, 1 June 1911

                        

 

- The English Review publishes Crowley's poem "On the Edge of the Desert."

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - English Review

 

 

Friday, 9 June 1911

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   Wilfred Talbot Smith is 26 years old.

 

Saturday, 10 June 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Country Life

 

 

Sunday, 11 June 1911

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Sunday Times

 

 

Monday, 12 June 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Telegraph

 

 

Thursday, 15 June 1911

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Waikato Argus

 

 

Saturday, 17 June 1911

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Academy

   - John Bull

 

 

Wednesday, 21 June 1911

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Barrier Miner

 

 

Thursday, 22 June 1911

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - The Summer Solstice

 

Friday, 30 June 1911

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Kalgoorlie Miner

 

 

—  July 

 

Saturday, 1 July 1911

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - English Review

   - Western Herald

 

 

Thursday, 6 July 1911

                        

 

- The New Age publishes a review of Victor B. Neuburg's book The Triumph of Pan.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - New Age

 

 

Saturday, 8 July 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 22 July 1911

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Mainly About People (M.A.P.)

 

 

Monday, 24 July 1911

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - American explorer, Hiram Bingham discovers Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas.

 

—  August 

 

Sunday, 6 August 1911

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Actor, Lucille Ball is born.

 

Thursday, 10 August 1911

                        

 

Leila Waddell's 31st birthday. To memorialize his year together with Waddell, Crowley writes "A Birthday." [56]

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 13 August 1911

                        

 

 

 

  

Current Events:

   Frieda Harris is 34 years old.

 

Monday, 14 August 1911

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Bush Advocate

 

 

Thursday, 17 August 1911

                        

 

Location: Paris, France. Hôtel de Blois, 50 rue Vavin.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to J.F.C. Fuller

 

Current Events:

   - Anniversary of Edward Crowley's birth.

 

Monday, 21 August 1911

                        

 

 

 

  

Current Events:

   - The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre.

 

Wednesday, 23 August 1911

                        

 

 

 

  

Current Events:

   Rose Kelly is 37 years old.

 

Friday, 25 August 1911

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Bookseller

 

 

—  September 

 

circa September 1911

                        

 

- Crowley publishes The Equinox Volume I, No. 6.

 

 

 

 

Friday, 1 September 1911

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   J.F.C. Fuller is 33 years old.

 

Sunday, 24 September 1911

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - The Fall Equinox.

 

Wednesday, 27 September 1911

                        

 

- Crowley's wife Rose enters an asylum suffering from alcoholic dementia. [31]

 

 

 

 

—  October 

 

circa October 1911

                        

 

- Crowley's book Hail Mary is published by The Equinox/Wieland & Co.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - English Catalogue of Books

 

 

Wednesday, 11 October 1911

                        

 

Location: London, England.

Hener Skene invites Crowley to the Savoy Hotel where Isadora Duncan is throwing a fortieth birthday party for her best friend Mary d'Este Sturges. Crowley spends the evening sitting cross-legged on the floor with Mary "exchanging electricity with her." [56]

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 12 October 1911

                        

 

Location: London, England.

- Crowley is 36 years old.

 

 

 

 

Friday, 13 October 1911

                        

 

Location: London, England.

- Crowley meets Mary d'Este Sturges for tea. [56]

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 14 October 1911

                        

 

Location: London, England.

- Crowley has dinner with Mary d'Este Sturges and after a snack of chocolate and rolls, Crowley leaves for Northern England. [56]

 

 

 

 

Friday, 20 October 1911

                        

 

Location: Hoy Lake, England.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to J.F.C. Fuller

 

 

 

Sunday, 29 October 1911

                        

 

Location: London, England.

- Crowley goes to the Savoy Hotel seeking Mary d'Este Sturges to berate her for ignoring his letters. After meeting her, he forgives her, and passes several hours in her company. [56][68]

 

 

 

 

Monday, 30 October 1911

                        

 

Location: London, England.

Mary d'Este Sturges leaves London for Paris on the 11:00 A.M. train. [68]

 

 

 

 

—  November 

 

Wednesday, 1 November 1911

                        

 

- The English Review publishes Crowley's poem "The Sevenfold Sacrament."

- The Occult Review publishes a review of Crowley's book Hail Mary.

George MacNie Cowie, in the presence of Crowley, takes the Oath of Probationer in the AA, taking the motto "Quaerens Serenitatem". Crowley's notes later state "Passed to Neophyte on 1 November 1912 with the motto "'Fiat Pax' ". [341]

  

News Related to Crowley:

   - English Review

   - Occult Review

Current Events:

   - The first aerial bomb is dropped by an Italian pilot on Turkish troops in Libya.

 

Tuesday, 14 November 1911

                        

 

Location: Paris, France.

- Crowley has lunch with Mary d'Este Sturges at her Paris flat. [68]

 

 

 

 

Friday, 17 November 1911

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   Israel Regardie is 4 years old.

 

Saturday, 18 November 1911

                        

 

Location: Paris, France.

- Today is Crowley's 13th "magical" birthday—The anniversary of his initiation into the Golden Dawn on 18 November 1898.

- In the evening, Crowley and Mary d'Este Sturges go to Montparnasse. [68]

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 19 November 1911

                        

 

Location: Paris, France / Traveling to Switzerland.

- In the evening, Crowley and Mary d'Este Sturges leave Paris and travel to Switzerland. [68]

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, 21 November 1911

                        

 

Location: Zurich Switzerland, the National Hotel. [56]

- Crowley and Mary d'Este Sturges spend the evening at the National Hotel in Zurich, Switzerland. [68]

- Ab-ul-Diz appears to Mary d'Este Sturges and declares that he will return again at 11:00 P.M. in seven days. [68]

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, 22 November 1911

                        

 

Location: St. Moritz Switzerland, Palace Hotel.

- Crowley and Mary d'Este Sturges travel to St. Moritz and take a suite at the Palace Hotel. [56]

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, 28 November 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Ab-ul-Diz Working)

Location: St. Moritz Switzerland, Palace Hotel.

- Crowley and Mary d'Este Sturges begin the Ab-ul-Diz Working. [68]

 

 

 

 

—  December 

 

Friday, 1 December 1911

                        

 

- The Evening News and Morning Leader publish reviews of Crowley's book Hail Mary.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Evening News

   - Morning Leader

 

 

Sunday, 3 December 1911

                        

 

Mary d'Este Sturges, in the presence of Crowley, takes the Oath of Probationer in the AA, taking the motto "Virakam". Crowley's notes later state "Work apparently finished. Only a messenger of AA. Not serious". [341]

  

 

 

 

Monday, 4 December 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Ab-ul-Diz Working)

Location: St. Moritz Switzerland, Palace Hotel.

- Crowley and Mary d'Este Sturges continue the Ab-ul-Diz Working. [68]

  

 

 

 

Friday, 8 December 1911

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Allan Bennett is 39 years old

 

Sunday, 10 December 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Ab-ul-Diz Working)

Location: St. Moritz Switzerland, Palace Hotel.

- Crowley and Mary d'Este Sturges continue the Ab-ul-Diz Working. [68]

 

 

 

 

Monday, 11 December 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Ab-ul-Diz Working)

Location: St. Moritz Switzerland, Palace Hotel.

- Crowley and Mary d'Este Sturges continue the Ab-ul-Diz Working. [68]

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, 13 December 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Ab-ul-Diz Working)

Location: St. Moritz Switzerland, Palace Hotel.

- Crowley and Mary d'Este Sturges continue the Ab-ul-Diz Working. [68]

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - O. E. Library Critic

 

 

Thursday, 14 December 1911

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Norwegian, Roald Amundensen's expedition reaches the South Pole.

 

Sunday, 17 December 1911

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   Louis Wilkinson is 30 years old.

 

Tuesday, 19 December 1911

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Ab-ul-Diz Working)

Location: Milan, Italy.

- Crowley and Mary d'Este Sturges continue the Ab-ul-Diz Working. [68]

 

 

Current Events:

   Gerald Yorke is 10 years old.

 

Wednesday, 20 December 1911

                        

 

Location: Traveling to Rome.

- Crowley and Mary d'Este Sturges travel to Rome and continue on to Naples in an effort to find a villa where it had been foretold in the Ab-ul-Diz Working that they would together write a book on Crowley's system of Mysticism and Magick, to be called Book Four [Part I and Part II]. [56]

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 21 December 1911

                        

 

- The New Age publishes a review of Crowley's book Hail Mary.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - New Age

 

 

Friday, 22 December 1911

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - The Winter Solstice.

 

Friday, 29 December 1911

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Sun Yat-sen is elected as first President of the Republic of China.

 

 

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