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— 1912 —

 

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

 

 

circa 1912

                        

 

- Crowley privately publishes his book Household Gods.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - New York University Catalogue

     

 

—  January  —

 

Monday, 1 January 1912

                        

 

 

 

  

Current Events:

   - Sun Yat-sen forms the Republic of China.

 

Saturday, 6 January 1912

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Light

 

 

Wednesday, 10 January 1912

                        

 

 

 

  

Current Events:

   George Cecil Jones is 39 years old.

 

Friday, 12 January 1912

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Yorkshire Post

 

 

Tuesday, 16 January 1912

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   Norman Mudd is 23 years old.

 

Monday, 22 January 1912

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   Karl Germer is 27 years old.

 

Saturday, 27 January 1912

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - John Middleton Murry to Katherine Mansfield

 

 

 

Sunday, 28 January 1912

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Artist, Jackson Pollock is born.

 

—  February  —

 

Sunday, 11 February 1912

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Oakland Tribune

   - Washington Post

 

 

Monday, 12 February 1912

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Yorkshire Post

 

 

Saturday, 17 February 1912

                        

 

- The London Monitor publishes a review of Crowley's book Hail Mary.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - London Monitor

 

 

Sunday, 18 February 1912

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Oregon Daily Journal

 

 

Saturday, 24 February 1912

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Ethel Archer

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 25 February 1912

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Ethel Archer

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, 28 February 1912

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Ethel Archer

 

 

 

 

 

—  March  —

 

circa March 1912

                        

 

- Crowley publishes The Equinox Volume I, No. 7.

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 2 March 1912

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Ethel Archer

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, 5 March 1912

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Anniversary of Edward Crowley's death.

 

Thursday, 7 March 1912

                        

 

- The Literary World publishes a review of Crowley's book Hail Mary.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Literary World

Current Events:

   - The Spring Equinox.

 

Wednesday, 20 March 1912

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Bridgeport Times

   - Newark Daily Advocate

   - Topeka Capital

 

 

Thursday, 21 March 1912

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Jackson Daily News

Current Events:

   Jane Wolfe is 37 years old.

 

Friday, 22 March 1912

                        

 

- Crowley writes "Mandarin-Meals" for his book The Book of Lies.

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 23 March 1912

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Rocket scientist, Wernher von Braun is born.

 

Monday, 25 March 1912

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

 

 

—  April  —

 

circa Spring 1912

                        

 

- Crowley dictates Part 3 of Book IV [Magick in Theory and Practice] to Leila Waddell while at Fontainebleau, France. [237]

 

 

 

 

Monday, 1 April 1912

                        

 

- The English Review publishes a review of Ethel Archer's book The Whirlpool.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - English Review

 

 

Tuesday, 2 April 1912

                        

  

 

 

 

Current Events:

   Charles Stansfeld Jones is 26 years old.

 

Friday, 5 April 1912

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - William Wynn Westcott to F.L. Gardner

 

 

 

Monday, 8 April 1912

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Anniversary of Crowley receiving the Book of the Law.

 

Tuesday, 9 April 1912

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Anniversary of Crowley receiving the Book of the Law.

   Leah Hirsig is 29 years old.

 

Wednesday, 10 April 1912

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Anniversary of Crowley receiving the Book of the Law.

 

Friday, 12 April 1912

                        

 

T.P.'s Weekly publishes a review of Ethel Archer's book The Whirlpool.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - T.P.'s Weekly

 

 

Monday, 15 April 1912

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - The RMS Titanic sinks at 2:27 a.m. off Newfoundland after hitting an iceberg. Between 1,490 and 1,635 people are killed.

 

Friday, 19 April 1912

                        

 

T.P.'s Weekly publishes a review of The Equinox Vol. I, No. 7.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - T.P.'s Weekly

 

 

Sunday, 21 April 1912

                        

 

Theodor Reuss issues a charter in the name of Aleister St. Edward Crowley, 33°, 90°, 95°, X° (O.T.O.) making Crowley the National Grand Master for Great Britain and Ireland. Crowley was to head a British section in association with Reuss called the Mysteria Mystica Maxima acquiring the title: "Supreme and Holy King of Ireland, Iona and all the Britons within the sanctuary of the Gnosis." [27]

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 25 April 1912

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Leader

 

 

Saturday, 27 April 1912

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Forbes Times

 

 

—  May  —

 

circa May 1912

                        

 

Crowley is visited by Theodor Reuss who accuses him of publishing the greatest secrets of the O.T.O. in his Book of Lies. [287]

 

 

 

 

Monday, 6 May 1912

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   Victor B. Neuburg is 29 years old.

 

Thursday, 9 May 1912

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - Augustus John to Crowley

 

 

 

Sunday, 26 May 1912

                        

 

- The New York Times publishes Crowley's poem "Titanic Disaster."

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - New York Times

 

 

—  June  —

 

Tuesday, 4 June 1912

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Ethel Archer

- William Schmiechen, the husband of Jeanne Heyes, files for divorce naming Victor B. Neuburg in the complaint. [420]

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 9 June 1912

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   Wilfred Talbot Smith is 27 years old.

 

Tuesday, 11 June 1912

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - R.W. Felkin to J.W. Brodie-Innes

 

 

 

Wednesday, 12 June 1912

                        

 

- Crowley's book Sir Palamedes is published by Wieland publishers. [English Catalogue of Books] 

- Crowley's book Mortaldello is published by Wieland publishers. [English Catalogue of Books] 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - English Catalogue of Books

 

 

Friday, 14 June 1912

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Bookseller

 

 

Friday, 21 June 1912

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Ethel Archer

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 23 June 1912

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Mathematician, Alan Turing is born.

 

Wednesday, 26 June 1912

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Composer, Gustav Mahler's 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna.

 

—  July  —

 

Monday, 1 July 1912

                        

 

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

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Rhythm

 

 

Friday, 12 July 1912

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Bookseller

 

 

Saturday, 20 July 1912

                        

 

- The Publishers' Circular publishes a review of Crowley's book Mortaldello.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Publishers' Circular

 

 

Tuesday, 23 July 1912

                        

 

 

 

  

Current Events:

   Rose Kelly is 38 years old.

 

—  August  —

 

Thursday, 1 August 1912

                        

 

- The Open Court publishes a review of The Equinox Vol. I, No. 1.

- The English Review publishes reviews of Mortaldello and The High History of Good Sir Palamedes.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - English Review

   - Open Court

 

 

Friday, 2 August 1912

                        

 

Victor B. Neuburg's lover, Jeanne Heyes, shoots herself in the heart with a revolver. [420]

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, 7 August 1912

                        

 

John Yarker grants Crowley a gratis dispensation "to revive the dormant Mount Sinai and Rose of Sharon" two long-inactive London Chapters of the Antient & Primitive Rite. [7]

Correspondence:

   - John Yarker to Crowley

 

 

 

Monday, 12 August 1912

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - John Yarker to Crowley

 

 

 

Tuesday, 13 August 1912

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - John Yarker to Crowley

 

Current Events:

   Frieda Harris is 35 years old.

 

Friday, 16 August 1912

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - John Yarker to Crowley

 

 

 

Saturday, 17 August 1912

                        

 

 

 

  

Current Events:

   - Anniversary of Edward Crowley's birth.

 

Sunday, 18 August 1912

                        

 

Eugene John Wieland is initiated into the O.T.O. [56]

 

 

 

 

Monday, 19 August 1912

                        

 

- Crowley visits W.J. Songhurst, Secretary of the Quatuor Coronati Masonic Lodge N. 2076 and enquires about the possibility of joining an English Masonic Lodge. Songhurst tells him plainly that as far as he is concerned, he would refuse Crowley's admission into any English Lodge. [284]

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, 20 August 1912

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - W.J. Songhurst to William Westcott

 

 

 

Friday, 23 August 1912

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to John Yarker

 

 

 

Saturday, 24 August 1912

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to John Yarker

 

 

 

Thursday, 29 August 1912

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - John Yarker to Crowley

 

 

 

Friday, 30 August 1912

                        

 

Vittoria Cremers, in the presence of Crowley, takes the Oath of Probationer in the AA, taking the motto "Peto Lux". Crowley's notes later state "All well". [341]

  

 

 

 

—  September  —

 

circa September 1912

                        

 

- Crowley's publishes The Equinox Volume I, No. 8 and Book 4 - Part I.

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 1 September 1912

                        

 

- The Poetry Review publishes a review of Crowley's Mortaldello.

- The Poetry Review publishes reviews of The Equinox Vol. I, No. 7 and The High History of Good Sir Palamedes.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Poetry Review

   - Poetry Review #2

Current Events:

   J.F.C. Fuller is 34 years old.

 

Sunday, 15 September 1912

                        

 

Location:  3 Great James Street, London.

Correspondence:

   - R.W. Felkin to W.B. Yeats

 

 

 

Tuesday, 17 September 1912

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, 23 September 1912

                        

 

- Leon Engers Kennedy, in the presence of Crowley, joins the AA\ as a Probationer with the magical motto of T.A.T.K.A. [56] Crowley's notes later state "All well". [341]

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, 24 September 1912

                        

 

- Olivia Haddon, in the presence of Victor B. Neuburg, joins the AA\ as a Probationer with the magical motto of "Nihil Obstat". Crowley's notes later state "All well". [341]

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 28 September 1912

                        

 

Victor B. Neuburg completes his unpublished poem, The New Diana.

 

 

 

 

Monday, 30 September 1912

                        

 

Location:  3 Great James Street, London.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Ethel Archer

 

 

 

—  October  —

 

Tuesday, 1 October 1912

                        

 

Rhythm publishes a review of Crowley's Mortaldello.

- The English Review publishes a review of The Equinox Vol. I, No. 7.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - English Review

   - Rhythm

 

 

Tuesday, 8 October 1912

                        

 

Location:  3 Great James Street, London.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Ethel Archer

 

 

 

Wednesday, 9 October 1912

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, 11 October 1912

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 12 October 1912

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

- Crowley is 37 years old.

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 19 October 1912

                        

 

- The Cambridge Magazine publishes a review of The Equinox Vol. I, No. 7.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Cambridge Magazine

 

 

—  November  —

 

Tuesday, 5 November 1912

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Woodrow Wilson is elected 28th President of the United States.

 

Sunday, 17 November 1912

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   Israel Regardie is 5 years old.

 

Monday, 18 November 1912

                        

 

Location:  3 Great James Street, London.

- Today is Crowley's 14th "magical" birthday—The anniversary of his initiation into the Golden Dawn on 18 November 1898.

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 30 November 1912

                        

 

Location:  3 Great James Street, London.

- The Freemason publishes a letter to the Editor from Crowley.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to The Freemason

News Related to Crowley:

   - Freemason

 

 

—  December  —

 

circa December 1912

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Frederick Carter

 

 

 

Sunday, 1 December 1912

                        

 

- The Poetry Review publishes Crowley's poem "Villon's Apology (On Reading Stevenson's Essay)."

- Crowley writes Liber C vel Agape while confined to bed 'with a grievous sickness of which I was instantly cured upon the Celebration of this Eucharist'. [233] 

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Poetry Review

 

 

Monday, 2 December 1912

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

- Crowley records his first formal use of sex magic. [233] 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 8 December 1912

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Allan Bennett is 40 years old

 

Monday, 9 December 1912

                        

 

Location:  3 Great James Street, London.

- Crowley works on revising Liber C vel Agape. [233] 

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Louis Wilkinson

 

 

 

Tuesday, 10 December 1912

                        

 

Location:  3 Great James Street, London.

- Crowley works on revising Liber C vel Agape. [233] 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 12 December 1912

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - Augustus John to Crowley

   - Crowley to Louis Wilkinson

 

 

 

Tuesday, 17 December 1912

                        

 

- The Pall Mall Gazette publishes a review of The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse.

 

News Related to Crowley:

   - Pall Mall Gazette

Current Events:

   Louis Wilkinson is 31 years old.

 

Thursday, 19 December 1912

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   Gerald Yorke is 11 years old.

 

Sunday, 22 December 1912

                        

 

Location: 33 Avenue Studios, Fulham Road, South Kensington, London.

 

 

Current Events:

   - The Winter Solstice.

 

Monday, 30 December 1912

                        

 

Location: 33 Avenue Studios, Fulham Road, South Kensington, London.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to George MacNie Cowie

 

 

 

 

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