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Wednesday, 7
January 1914 |
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Saturday, 10
January 1914 |
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Wednesday,
21 January 1914 |
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Thursday, 22
January 1914 |
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Wednesday,
28 January 1914 |
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Thursday, 29
January 1914 |
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Wednesday, 4
February 1914 |
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Thursday, 5
February 1914 |
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Saturday, 7
February 1914 |
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Location:
Paris, France.
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Current Events:
- Actor,
Charlie Chaplin debuts his silent film character The Tramp
in the movie Kid Auto Races at Venice. |
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Tuesday, 10
February 1914 |
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Wednesday,
11 February 1914 |
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Thursday, 12
February 1914 |
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Wednesday,
18
February 1914 |
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Current Events:
- The Spring
Equinox.
- Jane Wolfe
is 39 years old. |
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- In an effort to protect
himself from creditors, Crowley sells
Boleskine House
to the M.M.M. for £500 and the assumption of £900 in
debts and bills on the property. The property will be
administered by the trustees of the M.M.M. (namely Crowley,
Leila Waddell,
and
George MacNie Cowie).
[56] |
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Current Events:
- Victor B. Neuburg
is 31 years old.
- The
British House of Lords rejects women's suffrage. |
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Current Events:
- The
United States Congress establishes Mother's Day as a holiday. |
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Current Events:
- Boxer,
Joe Louis is born. |
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Current Events:
- The Summer Solstice. |
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Current Events:
- The
assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, sets
off a chain of alliances that begin World War I. |
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Current Events:
- Baseball
player, Babe Ruth makes his Major League Baseball debut. |
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Current Events:
- Armed
resistance against British rule begins in Ulster. |
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Current Events:
- German
troops overthrow Luxembourg.
- Russian
troops invade Eastern Prussia. |
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Current Events:
- German
troops invade Belgium and declares war on France.
- The
official beginning of World War I. |
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Current Events:
- Britain
declares war on Germany.
- The
United States declares neutrality in World War I. |
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Current Events:
- Cuba,
Uruguay, Mexico and Argentina declare neutrality in World
War I. |
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Current Events:
- Austria-Hungary
declares war on Russia.
- Serbia
declares war on Germany. |
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Current Events:
- Russia
invades East Prussia. |
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Current Events:
- Montenegro
declares war on Germany. |
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Wednesday,
12
August 1914 |
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Current Events:
- France
and Great Britain declare war on Austria-Hungary. |
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Current Events:
- Japan
joins the side of the allies in World War I. |
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- The
Sunday Times newspaper in Perth, Australia
prints a copy of Crowley's "The
Stratagem." |
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News Related to Crowley:
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Sunday Times |
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News Related to Crowley:
-
Chicago Tribune |
Current Events:
- The
first battle between British and German troops. |
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Current Events:
- Japan
declares war on Germany. |
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Current Events:
- German
troops march into France. |
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Current Events:
- First
German plane bombs Paris. |
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Tuesday, 1
September 1914 |
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Wednesday, 2
September 1914 |
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Thursday, 3
September 1914 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia) |
- Crowley conducts
a sexual
magical operation with Marie Maddingley for the purpose of
Sex-force and sex-attraction in order to facilitate the
practice of the
IX° for these experiments.
[78],
[80]
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Diary Entries:
-
Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia) |
- Crowley conducts a sexual
magical operation with Christine Rosalie Byrne (Peggy
Marchmont) for the purpose of 'knowledge of the Mysteries of
the
IX° and power to express the same.'
[78],
[80]
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Monday, 14
September 1914 |
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Tuesday, 15
September 1914 |
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Thursday, 17
September 1914 |
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Saturday, 19
September 1914 |
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Monday, 21
September 1914 |
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Tuesday, 22
September 1914 |
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Location: 33 Avenue Studios, South
Kensington, S.W. |
Correspondence:
-
Crowley
to The Observer |
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Current Events:
- One
German submarine sinks three British warships killing 1,459
people. |
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Wednesday,
23
September 1914 |
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Location: 33 Avenue Studios, South
Kensington, S.W. |
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Current Events:
- The
Fall Equinox. |
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Thursday, 24
September 1914 |
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Friday, 25
September 1914 |
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Sunday, 27
September 1914 |
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Current Events:
- The
first aerial combat of World War I to result in a kill. |
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Wednesday, 7
October 1914 |
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Saturday, 10
October 1914 |
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Wednesday,
14 October 1914 |
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Saturday, 17
October 1914 |
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Thursday, 22
October 1914 |
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Saturday, 24
October 1914 |
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- Crowley leaves
by boat for the
U.S.A. aboard the Lusitania.
[238] |
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Location: Traveling
from England to New York
City, New York.
- Crowley
is traveling by boat for the
U.S.A. aboard the Lusitania.
[238] |
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Location: Traveling
from England to New York
City, New York.
- Crowley
is traveling by boat for the
U.S.A. aboard the Lusitania.
[238]
- J.N.
Bedson signs a pledge indicating his readiness to join the
Vancouver Lodge of the M∴M∴M∴
and take initiations up
to the
III°.
[336] |
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Wednesday,
28
October 1914 |
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Location: Traveling
from England to New York
City, New York.
- Crowley
is traveling by boat for the
U.S.A. aboard the Lusitania.
[238]
- Charles
Titchmarsh & James Ollason
sign a pledge indicating their readiness to join the
Vancouver Lodge of the M∴M∴M∴
and take initiations up
to the
III°.
[336] |
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Thursday, 29
October 1914 |
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Location: Traveling
from England to New York
City, New York.
- Crowley
is traveling by boat for the
U.S.A. aboard the Lusitania.
[238] |
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Saturday, 31
October 1914 |
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Location: New York
City, New York.
- Crowley
is traveling by boat for the
U.S.A. aboard the Lusitania.
[56] |
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Current Events:
- Great
Britain and France declare war on Turkey. |
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Location: New York
City, New York.
- Crowley
arrives in New York aboard the Lusitania and $200 in
his pocket. He is met at the dock by Henry Hall, a reporter
with the New York World Sunday magazine.
Mr. Hall's article on Crowley is published on 13
December.
[56] |
Correspondence:
-
L.B. Yardley to Frank Bennett |
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Current Events:
- Russia
declares war on the Ottoman Empire. |
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Wednesday, 4
November 1914 |
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Location: New York City, New York. |
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News Related to Crowley:
-
Evening Post |
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Saturday, 7
November 1914 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia) |
Location: New York
City, New York.
- Crowley conducts
a 'solo' sexual
magical operation with the object being 'Success.'
[78],
[80]
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Thursday, 12
November 1914 |
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Location: New York
City, New York.
- Crowley
meets
John Quinn
for the first time.
[238] |
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Saturday,
14
November 1914 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia) |
Location: New York
City, New York.
- Crowley conducts
a sexual
magical operation with Elsie Edwards with the object being 'Thanksgiving.
The Glory of the sacred
and the Establishment of the Holy Kingdom in this country.'
[78],
[80]
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Diary Entries:
-
Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia) |
Location: New York
City, New York.
- Crowley conducts
a 'solo' sexual
magical operation with the object being 'Αυδρα
H C J P similem. Babalon [looks like] a man like H C J P [Herbert
Charles Jerome Pollitt].'
[78],
[80]
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Current Events:
- Pope
Benedict calls for peace in World War I. |
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Tuesday, 17 November 1914 |
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Current Events:
- Israel Regardie
is 7 years old.
- The
United States declares the Panama Canal Zone as neutral in
World War I. |
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Wednesday,
18 November 1914 |
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Location: New York
City, New York.
- Today is
Crowley's 16th "magical" birthdayThe anniversary of his
initiation into the
Golden Dawn on 18 November 1898. |
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Saturday, 21
November 1914 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia) |
Location: New York
City, New York.
- Crowley conducts
a sexual
magical operation with Florence Galy with the object being 'Lord
S[haitan] that art M[aster] of the G[ods], let A G [Aimιe Gouraud]
be my W[oman] S[carlet] as I have several times tried
before with partially good results.'
[78],
[80]
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Wednesday,
25
November 1914 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia) |
Location: New York
City, New York.
- Crowley conducts
a sexual
magical operation with the object being 'Eloquence. Special
reference to my lecture on Buddhism on Sunday next, 29 Nov.
1914 E.V.'
[78],
[80]
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Location: New York
City, New York. |
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Saturday, 28
November 1914 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia) |
Location: New York
City, New York.
- Crowley conducts
a 'solo' sexual
magical operation with the object being 'to attract a woman
who could fulfill the office of Scarlet Woman.'
[78],
[80]
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Location: New York
City, New York.
- Crowley presents a
lecture on Buddhism.
[78],
[80]
- Charles Stansfeld Jones
and
Howard White
conduct the first public performance of "A
Rite of Isis" at the Labor Temple in Vancouver. The
drama was written by Stansfeld Jones and White with Jones
acting as the Magus and White playing the part of the
Assistant Magus.
[264] |
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- Crowley
appoints
Charles Stansfeld Jones as Soverieign Grand Inspector
VII° and his personal representative in the City of
Vancouver.
- Crowley issues a pamphlet
announcing "The Master will remain in New York until the end
of January" to advertise a series of classes he was giving
on world religions, divination, and magic.
[56]
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Saturday, 5
December 1914 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia) |
Location: The Wolcott, 4 West 31st, New York
City, New York.
- Crowley conducts
a 'solo' sexual
magical operation with the object being 'Success tonight,
i.e. in lecture on Magick at 32 West 58th Street.'
[78],
[80]
- Crowley
presents a lecture on Magick at 32 West 58th Street.
Crowley's diary states that 'Abramelin
demons did their utmost to stop this lecture. A 70-mile gale
blew and they tried to upset me both physically and
mentally.'
[78],
[80]
- The
Sun newspaper in Kalgoorlie, Australia prints
Crowley's "The
Stratagem." |
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News Related to Crowley:
-
Sun |
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Diary Entries:
-
Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia) |
Location: The Wolcott, 4 West 31st, New York
City, New York.
- Crowley conducts
a sexual
magical operation with the object being to 'become one with
the Lord.'
[78],
[80]
- The
New York World publishes a rather flattering
interview with Crowley in which he is described as
being "5 feet 11 in his boots and weighing 158 pounds." |
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News Related to Crowley:
-
New York World |
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Location: The Wolcott, 4 West 31st, New York
City, New York.
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Correspondence:
-
Crowley
to Stansfeld Jones |
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Current Events:
- U.S.
President Woodrow Wilson signs the Harrison Narcotics Tax
Act, to regulate and tax production, importation and
distribution of opiates and coca products. |
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Tuesday, 15
December 1914 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia) |
Location: The Wolcott, 4 West 31st, New York
City, New York.
- Crowley conducts
a sexual
magical operation with Lea Dewey with the object being 'ΕΡΜΗΣ,
[Hermes] i.e. a general invocation of his powers: magick,
wisdom, eloquence, success in business, letters, etc. etc.'
[78],
[80]
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Wednesday,
16 December 1914 |
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Location: The Wolcott, 4 West 31st, New York
City, New York.
- Crowley
has dinner with
John Quinn
and a few of Quinn's friends including John Butler Yeats,
writer and art critic, Frederick James Gregg, and Quinn's
mistress, Dorothy Coates.
[238] |
Correspondence:
-
George MacNie Cowie to Crowley |
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Current Events:
- German
battleships bombard the English ports of Hartlepool and
Scarborough. |
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Thursday, 17
December 1914 |
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Location: The Wolcott, 4 West 31st, New York
City, New York.
- Crowley
sells a collection of his books to
John Quinn
for $500.
[238] |
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Current Events:
- Louis Wilkinson
is 33 years old.
- Great
Britain declares Egypt as a protectorate. |
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Saturday, 19
December 1914 |
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Location: The Wolcott, 4 West 31st, New York
City, New York.
- At 8:45 p.m. Crowley is
at 34th Street and Broadway looking for "a soul-mate, a
destined bride, an affinity, a counterpartal ego etc., and
should have considered the conditions satisfied by any
orifice into which I might plunge my penis at a cost not
exceeding $2.50. I now saw a girl who might have served but
did not think it worth while to speak, as she looked
expensive." He later found the same woman "Mildred Rose," a
pianist, on 42nd Street. They walked back up 40th Street
until they reached a point where they stood chatting and
"flirting, very mildly. I am to ring her tomorrow or she is
to come to my lecture," recorded Crowley.
[78],
[80]
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Current Events:
- Gerald Yorke
is 13 years old. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia) |
Location: The Wolcott, 4 West 31st, New York
City, New York.
- Crowley conducts
a sexual
magical operation with the object being 'ΕΡΜΗΣ,
[Hermes] i.e. a general invocation of his powers: magick,
wisdom, eloquence, success in business, letters, etc. etc.'
[78],
[80]
- Crowley
gives a lecture for which no one turned up except those he
had brought with him.
[238] |
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News Related to Crowley:
-
Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette |
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Tuesday, 22
December 1914 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia) |
Location: 40 West 36th
Street, New York
City, New York.
- Crowley conducts
a 'solo' sexual
magical operation with the object being 'ΕΡΜΗΣ,
[Hermes] i.e. a general invocation of his powers: magick,
wisdom, eloquence, success in business, letters, etc. etc.'
[78],
[80]
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Current Events:
- The Winter Solstice. |
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Wednesday,
23 December 1914 |
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Saturday, 26 December 1914 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia) |
Location: 40 West 36th
Street, New York
City, New York.
- Crowley conducts
a sexual
magical operation with Grace Harris with the object being
'To be one with ΘΩΘ
[Thoth]'.
[78],
[80]
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Wednesday,
30 December 1914 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia) |
Location: 40 West 36th
Street, New York
City, New York.
- Crowley conducts
a sexual
magical operation with Lea Dewey with the object being 'Sex
attraction'.
[78],
[80]
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