THE  ALEISTER  CROWLEY  TIMELINE

 
 
 

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— 1916 —

 

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

 

 

circa 1916

                        

 

- The book The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse is published containing three poems by Crowley.

- Crowley, through the O.T.O., publishes a pamphlet entitled O.T.O. Ordo Templi Orientis. An Open Letter to Those Who May Wish to Join this Order. [138]

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

   - George MacNie Cowie to London Lodge

News Related to Crowley:

    - Neutrality

    - Rose Cross Order

 

 

—  January  —

 

Saturday, 1 January 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

Location: New York, New York.

- The International publishes Crowley's essay “The Crime of Edith Cavell.”

- Vanity Fair publishes Crowley's articles “Three Great Hoaxes of the War” and “Anna of Havana.”

- Charles Stansfeld Jones steps down as Master of the Lodge for the British Columbia Lodge No. 1 and appoints Benjamin Dawson to the position for the first six months and W.C. Clark for the remaining six months of the year. Catherine Skidmore is appointed Warden Within (second officer) and Wilfred Talbot Smith Warden Without (third officer). [7]

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - International

    - Vanity Fair

    - Vanity Fair

Current Events:

   - First blood transfusion using stored and cooled blood is performed.

 

Sunday, 2 January 1916

                        

 

Location: New York, New York.

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Tuesday, 4 January 1916

                        

 

Location: New York, New York.

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Chicago Daily Tribune

 

 

Wednesday, 5 January 1916

                        

 

Location: New York, New York.

- The Fatherland publishes Crowley's essay “Behind the Front (Part II).”

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

News Related to Crowley:

    - Fatherland

 

 

Friday, 7 January 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: New York, New York.

- At 12:30 a.m. Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Rita Gonzales with the object being 'Money.' [238]

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 8 January 1916

                        

 

Location: New York, New York.

- At 4:12 a.m. Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Rita Gonzales with the object being 'Hilarion [Jeanne Foster] back to me.' [238]

 

 

 

 

Monday, 10 January 1916

                        

 

Location: New York, New York.

 

  

Current Events:

   - George Cecil Jones is 43 years old.

 

Tuesday, 11 January 1916

                        

 

Location: New York, New York.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Wednesday, 12 January 1916

                        

 

Location: New York, New York.

- Crowley writes a poem to Jeanne Foster entitled "You are so Live with Laughter". [376]

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Jeanne Foster which was sullied by "general depression caused by disappointment in the long absence of Soror HILARION [Jeanne Foster]." [238]

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 16 January 1916

                        

 

Location: New York, New York.

- The Arizona Republican publishes a review of Crowley's essay "The Crime of Edith Cavell."

- Charles Stansfeld Jones reads Crowley's  The Message of the Master Therion at today's meeting of the British Columbia Lodge No. 1. [7]

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Advertiser

    - Arizona Republican

Current Events:

   - Norman Mudd is 27 years old.

 

Monday, 17 January 1916

                        

 

Location: New York, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Jeanne Foster with the object being 'I love you.' [238]

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, 19 January 1916

                        

 

Location: New York, New York.

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Friday, 21 January 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: New York, New York.

- At 12:30 a.m. Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Rita Gonzales with the object being 'Hilarion [Jeanne Foster] back to me.' [238]

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 22 January 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

 

 

Current Events:

   - Karl Germer is 31 years old.

 

Sunday, 23 January 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: New York, New York.

- At 1:48 p.m. Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Laylah with the object being 'Money.' [238]

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Monday, 24 January 1916

                        

 

Location: New York, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Rita Gonzales with the object being 'the well-being of Hilarion [Jeanne Foster].' [238]

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, 25 January 1916

                        

 

Location: New York, New York.

- Benjamin Dawson resigns from the British Columbia Lodge No. 1 stating that it was his patriotic duty to enlist in the military. [7]

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 27 January 1916

                        

 

Location: New York, New York.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

   - Frank Bennett to Crowley

   - Frank Bennett to Crowley #2

 

 

 

Friday, 28 January 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: New York, New York.

- At 6:15 p.m. Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Jeanne Foster with the object being 'a pure heart.' [238]

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 29 January 1916

                        

 

Location: New York, New York.

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Arizona Republican

Current Events:

   - First bombing of Paris by German Zeppelins.

 

—  February  —

 

circa February 1916

                        

 

- Wilfred Talbot Smith completes his work on his Probationer Exam for the A∴A∴ that he began in May 1914. His exam can be seen HERE. [7]

- Crowley publishes his pamphlet The Message of the Master Therion.

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

Tuesday, 1 February 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: New York, New York.

- The Open Court publishes Crowley's essay “An Orgy of Cant.”

- Vanity Fair publishes Crowley's poem “To A Brunette.”

- At 12:04 a.m. Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Rita Gonzales with the object being 'magical Courage. To live up to the Formula of my Grade.' [238]

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Open Court

    - Vanity Fair

 

 

Wednesday, 2 February 1916

                        

 

Location: New York, New York.

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Thursday, 3 February 1916

                        

 

Location: New York, New York.

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Colorado Springs Gazette

 

 

Friday, 4 February 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: New York, New York.

- At 12:14 a.m. Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Rita Gonzales with the object being 'for spiritual insight, especially into [the] Formula of my Grade.' [238]

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 5 February 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Wednesday, 9 February 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Thursday, 10 February 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

Current Events:

   - Forced military service begins in Great Britain.

 

Friday, 11 February 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

 

 

Current Events:

   - Political activist, Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.

 

Saturday, 12 February 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Monday, 14 February 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

Friday, 18 February 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York. 

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Tuesday, 21 February 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Continental Times

 

 

Wednesday, 23 February 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Friday, 25 February 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Leila Waddell with the object being 'Power over LXXVI [Jeanne Foster].' [78], [80], [238]

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

Saturday, 26 February 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

 

 

Current Events:

   - Germany sinks the French transport ship Provence II, killing 930 people.

 

Monday, 28 February 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with the object being 'Phallic-force.' [78], [80]

- Wilfred Talbot Smith submits his Probationer Exam paper to Charles Stansfeld Jones. [7]

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, 29 February 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

 

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

—  March  —

 

circa March 1916

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Theodor Reuss

 

 

 

Wednesday, 1 March 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: 25 West 44th Street, New York City, New York. [238]

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Leila Waddell with the object being 'Thanks be unto the Lord!' [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 2 March 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York. 

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Friday, 3 March 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with the object being 'Phallic-force.' [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 5 March 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Doris Gomez with the object being 'Phallic-force.' [78], [80]

 

 

Current Events:

   - Anniversary of Edward Crowley's death.

 

Monday, 6 March 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: New York City, New York.

- [circa sometime between 5 and 17 March] Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with the object being 'Phallic-force.' [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, 7 March 1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

 

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

Wednesday, 8 March1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

- The Fatherland publishes Crowley's essay “Leaves from a Lost Portfolio.”

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Fatherland

 

 

Thursday, 9 March 1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Germany declares war against Portugal.

 

Friday, 10 March 1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

 

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

   - John Quinn to Crowley

 

 

 

Sunday, 12 March 1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

 

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

Monday, 13 March 1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

- The International publishes Crowley's essay “The Crime of Edith Cavell.”

- Vanity Fair publishes Crowley's articles “Three Great Hoaxes of the War” and “Anna of Havana.”

- Charles Stansfeld Jones accepts Wilfred Talbot Smith as a Probationer in the A∴A∴. Smith takes the motto Nubem Eripiam "I will snatch away the cloud." [7]

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, 14 March 1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

 

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley #2

   - John Butler Yeats to John Quinn

 

 

 

Wednesday, 15 March 1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

- The Fatherland publishes Crowley's essay “Lifting the Mask from England.”

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Fatherland

    - Fatherland

 

 

Thursday, 16 March 1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

 

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

   - John Quinn to Crowley

 

 

 

Friday, 17 March 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

   - Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with the object being 'Phallic-force.' [78], [80]

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

Sunday, 19 March 1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Chicago Examiner

    - Denver Post

    - Richmond Times-Dispatch

    - San Antonio Light

 

 

Monday, 20 March 1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

 

 

Current Events:

   - The Spring Equinox.

 

Tuesday, 21 March 1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

   - George MacNie Cowie to Frank Bennett

   - L.B. Yardley to Frank Bennett

 

Current Events:

   - Jane Wolfe is 41 years old.

 

Sunday, 26 March 1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - San Francisco Examiner

 

 

Monday, 27 March 1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Wednesday, 29 March 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with 'Carter' with the object being 'to replace LXXVI.' [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 30 March 1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

—  April  —

 

circa April 1916

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

Saturday, 1 April 1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Lyceum World

 

 

Sunday, 2 April 1916

                        

  

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones is 30 years old.

 

Monday, 3 April 1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

Correspondence:

   - Miss Hobbs to George MacNie Cowie

 

 

 

Tuesday, 4 April 1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Frank Bennett

   - Crowley to Frank Bennett #2

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

   - Miss Hobbs to George MacNie Cowie

 

 

 

Wednesday, 5 April 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Lilian Ham with no object. [78], [80]

 

 

Current Events:

   - Actor, Gregory Peck is born.

 

Thursday, 6 April 1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

   - Miss Hobbs to George MacNie Cowie

 

 

 

Saturday, 8 April 1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

 

 

Current Events:

   - Anniversary of Crowley receiving the Book of the Law.

 

Sunday, 9 April 1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

 

 

Current Events:

   - Anniversary of Crowley receiving the Book of the Law.

   - Leah Hirsig is 33 years old.

 

Monday, 10 April 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Lydia with the object being ''Hail Priapus!' Thanksgiving to the god of creation.' [78], [80]

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

Current Events:

   - Anniversary of Crowley receiving the Book of the Law.

 

Wednesday, 12 April 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Gerda von Kothek with the object being 'Thanksgiving.' [78], [80]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Theodore Roosevelt

 

 

 

Thursday, 13 April 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Gerda von Kothek with the object being 'Magical Energy.' [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Friday, 14 April 1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52 Street, New York City, New York.

 

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

News Related to Crowley:

    - St. John's Daily Star

 

 

Saturday, 15 April 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: 224 West 52nd Street, New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Alice Coomaraswamy with Crowley having forgotten the object of the ceremony. [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Monday, 17 April 1916

                        

 

Location: 224 West 52nd Street, New York City, New York.

 

Correspondence:

   - John Quinn to Crowley

 

 

 

Thursday, 20 April 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

Location: New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Alice Coomaraswamy with the object being 'Glory to God!' [78], [80]

- At 11:40 p.m. Charles Stansfeld Jones takes a "vow of holy silence " which he vows to continue until Midnight on 23 April. [264]

 

 

 

 

Friday, 21 April 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

Location: New York City, New York.

- Charles Stansfeld Jones continues his three-day vow of silence. [264]

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 22 April 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

Location: New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Alice Coomaraswamy with the object being 'Glory to God!' [78], [80]

- Charles Stansfeld Jones continues his three-day vow of silence. [264]

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

News Related to Crowley:

    - Saturday Review

 

 

Sunday, 23 April 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

Location: New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Alice Coomaraswamy with the object being 'Glory to God!' [78], [80]

- Charles Stansfeld Jones completes his three-day vow of silence. [264]

 

 

 

 

Monday, 24 April 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

Location: New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Alice Coomaraswamy with the object being 'Namo shivaya namaha Aum!' [78], [80]

 

 

Current Events:

   - The Easter Rising of Irish republicans against British occupation begins in Dublin.

 

Wednesday, 26 April 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Alice Coomaraswamy with the object being 'Power over this woman' [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 27 April 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Alice Coomaraswamy with the object being 'May god give us a boy.' [78], [80]

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Friday, 28 April 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Alice Coomaraswamy with the object being '? ? ?.' [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 30 April 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Chicago Tribune

    - Denver Post

    - Richmond Times-Dispatch

    - Washington Post

 

 

—  May  —

 

circa May 1916

                        

 

- Crowley writes the Introduction to the book A Prophet in His own Country by Henry Clifford Stuart.

 

 

 

 

Monday, 1 May 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Alice Coomaraswamy with the object being 'Success at the recital tomorrow.' [78], [80]

- The Lone Hand publishes a copy of Crowley's essay "Three Great Hoaxes of the War."

- Vanity Fair publishes Crowley's articles “Ratan Devi: Indian Singer” and “On the Management of Blondes.”

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Lone Hand

    - Lyceum World

    - Vanity Fair

    - Vanity Fair

 

 

Tuesday, 2 May 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

   - L.B. Yardley to Frank Bennett

 

 

 

Wednesday, 3 May 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Alice Coomaraswamy with the object being 'Namo shivaya namaha Aum!' [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 4 May 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Saturday, 6 May 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

Current Events:

   - Victor B. Neuburg is 33 years old.

 

Sunday 7 May 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

 

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

News Related to Crowley:

    - San Francisco Examiner

    - Seattle Daily Times

 

 

Monday, 8 May 1916

                        

 

Location: The Home of Henry Stuart (Stuart X.), 2619 Woodley Place, Washington, D.C.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Wednesday, 10 May 1916

                        

 

Location: The Home of Henry Stuart (Stuart X.), 2619 Woodley Place, Washington, D.C.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Mines

   - Crowley to Reedy's Mirror

 

 

 

Thursday, 11 May 1916

                        

 

Location: The Home of Henry Stuart (Stuart X.), 2619 Woodley Place, Washington, D.C.

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Friday, 12 May 1916

                        

 

- The Washington Post publishes a Letter to the Editor from Crowley concerning his declaration of the independence of the Irish Republic that he carried out on 3 July 1915 at the foot of the Statue of Liberty. [78]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Washington Post

News Related to Crowley:

    - Washington Post

 

 

Sunday, 14 May 1916

                        

 

Location: The Home of Henry Stuart (Stuart X.), 2619 Woodley Place, Washington, D.C.

Correspondence:

   - Frank Bennett to Ernest Dunn

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Monday, 15 May 1916

                        

 

Location: The Home of Henry Stuart (Stuart X.), 2619 Woodley Place, Washington, D.C.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

   - Frank Bennett to Crowley

   - Frank Bennett to L.B. Yardley

 

 

 

Tuesday, 16 May 1916

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Wednesday, 17 May 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

- Crowley travels to Philadelphia to meet Louis Wilkinson for the first time. [261]

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Alice Coomaraswamy with the object being 'Thanks and praise to the Lord most High.' [78], [80]

Correspondence:

   - Frank Bennett to George MacNie Cowie

   - Frank Bennett to Crowley

   - Frank Bennett to L.B. Yardley

 

 

 

Thursday, 18 May 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Alice Coomaraswamy. [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Friday, 19 May 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Alice Coomaraswamy with the object being 'Gold.' [78], [80]

- Reedy's Mirror publishes a Letter to the Editor from Crowley.

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Reedy's Mirror

 

 

Sunday, 21 May 1916

                        

 

Location: The Home of Henry Stuart (Stuart X.), 2619 Woodley Place, Washington, D.C.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

Current Events:

   - British Summer Time (Daylight Savings) begins.

 

Monday, 22 May 1916

                        

 

Location: The Home of Henry Stuart (Stuart X.), 2619 Woodley Place, Washington, D.C.

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Chess News

 

 

Thursday, 25 May 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

   - Wilfred T. Smith

Location: The Home of Henry Stuart (Stuart X.), 2619 Woodley Place, Washington, D.C.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Alice Coomaraswamy with the object being 'a safe pregnancy for Alice Coomaraswamy.' [78], [80]

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

Friday, 26 May 1916

                        

 

Location: The Home of Henry Stuart (Stuart X.), 2619 Woodley Place, Washington, D.C.

- Crowley plays the local chess master, Norman T. Whitaker, four games of chess at the National Press Club. Crowley loses all four games "but only after some excellent playing on both sides." [Washington Post]

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 27 May 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: The Home of Henry Stuart (Stuart X.), 2619 Woodley Place, Washington, D.C.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Alice Coomaraswamy with the object being 'Glory to God!' [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 28 May 1916

                        

 

Location: The Home of Henry Stuart (Stuart X.), 2619 Woodley Place, Washington, D.C.

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

News Related to Crowley:

    - New York Herald

    - Washington Post

 

 

Monday, 29 May 1916

                        

 

Location: The Home of Henry Stuart (Stuart X.), 2619 Woodley Place, Washington, D.C.

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Bridgeport Evening Farmer

    - New York World

 

 

Wednesday, 31 May 1916

                        

 

Location: The Home of Henry Stuart (Stuart X.), 2619 Woodley Place, Washington, D.C.

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Waterloo Evening Courier

Current Events:

   - The Battle of Jutland. The largest naval battle of World War I between Britain and Germany results in 8,645 dead.

 

—  June  —

 

circa June 1916

                        

 

- Crowley inscribes a copy of his book Household Gods "To AKC (Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, mongrel pup,) from the Author, June 1916." He later inscribed this very same book to Gerda von Kothek  "To Gerda von Kothek from Aleister Crowley, Sept 1916 E.V." [358] 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 1 June 1916

                        

 

- Vanity Fair publishes Crowley's article “Vanity Fair's Prize Movie Scenario.”

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Fort Wayne Daily News

    - La Crosse Tribune

    - Lyceum World

    - Oakland Tribune

    - Ottumwa Daily Review

    - Sandusky Star Journal

    - Stockton Daily Evening Record

    - Vanity Fair

    - Wisconsin State Journal

 

 

Friday, 2 June 1916

                        

 

- The Washington Post publishes a Letter to the Editor from Crowley.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to the Washington Post

News Related to Crowley:

    - Chicago Examiner

    - Des Moines News

    - Detroit Times

    - Philadelphia Inquirer

    - Seattle Star

    - Washington Post

 

 

Saturday, 3 June 1916

                        

 

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Evening News

 

 

Sunday, 4 June 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Gerda von Kothek with the object being 'Youth.' [78], [80]

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Boston Sunday Post

 

 

Monday, 5 June 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Blackwell Daily News

 

 

Thursday, 8 June 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

 

Correspondence:

   - Frank Harris to Crowley

 

 

 

Friday, 9 June 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

- Wilfred Talbot Smith celebrates his 31st birthday. Emily Talbot Smith and Katherine Talbot have his copies of Crowley's Book 4 Part I and Book 4 Part II bound in red leather with the initials of his Probationer's motto (Nubem Eripiam) stamped in gold on the upper boards. Charles Stansfeld Jones presents Smith with an "O.T.O. IV° degree jewel", being a silver English member's jewel for the Holy Royal Arch. [7]

- Crowley grants Charles Stansfeld Jones the IX° degree.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

Current Events:

   - Wilfred Talbot Smith is 31 years old.

 

Saturday, 10 June 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Soror L.I.N.B.W. [Leila Waddell] with the object being 'Youth.' [78], [80], [238]

 

 

 

 

Monday, 12 June 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Alice Coomaraswamy with the object being 'Youth.' [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, 13 June 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

 

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

Thursday, 15 June 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

- Wilfred Talbot Smith declares his love for his step-daughter Katherine Talbot. [7]

 

 

Current Events:

   - The Boy Scouts of America forms.

 

Friday, 16 June 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Alice Coomaraswamy with the object being 'Youth.' [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 17 June 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

Correspondence:

   - Frank Bennett to George MacNie Cowie

 

 

 

Sunday, 18 June 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

   - Wilfred T. Smith

Location: New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Alice Coomaraswamy with the object being 'Youth.' [78], [80]

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - New York Times

 

 

Monday, 19 June 1916

                        

 

Location: New York City, New York.

Correspondence:

   - Leila Waddell to Ernest Dunn

   - Leila Waddell to Ernest Dunn #2

 

 

 

Tuesday, 20 June 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

Location: New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Gerda von Kothek with the object being 'Youth.' [78], [80]

- At the meeting of the British Columbia Lodge No. 1, Howard White reads The Message of the Master Therion. Afterwards Charles Stansfeld Jones arises and states that "the way to avoid conflict is to take what no one else wanted." He then says "I take the grade of 8º=3o because my master does not want it." [7]

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, 21 June 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley arrives by train in Bristol, New Hampshire. [238]

- At 10:00 p.m. Charles Stansfeld Jones wakes from his sleep and finds he has "crossed the Abyss." [264] In the city of North Vancouver, British Columbia, at 11:34 p.m., Charles Stansfeld Jones takes the Oath of the Abyss claiming the Grade of a Master of the Temple. [30], [262]

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

Current Events:

   - The Summer Solstice.

 

Thursday, 22 June 1916

                        

 

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Charles Stansfeld Jones declares that Katherine Talbot is now an Adeptus Minor of the A∴A∴. [7]

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

Friday, 23 June 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Alice Coomaraswamy with the object being 'A new girl this summer.' [78], [80]

- Charles Stansfeld Jones conducts a sexual magical operation with Rubina Stansfeld Jones. He records in his diary that he attains the grade of Magus at noon. On the same day he later records that he is an Ipsissimus. [7], [264]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

News Related to Crowley:

    - Reedy's Mirror

 

 

Saturday, 24 June 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Alice Coomaraswamy with the object being 'A new girl this summer.' [78], [80]

- Charles Stansfeld Jones conducts a sexual magical operation with Rubina Stansfeld Jones. He records in his diary that he has plunged from the grade of Ipsissimus to the grade of Neophyte and retakes his old motto of Unus in Omnibus. [7], [264]

 

 

Current Events:

   - Actor, Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to get a million dollar contract.

 

Sunday, 25 June 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley conducts two sexual magical operations with Alice Coomaraswamy with the object being 'A perfect girl for the summer.' [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Monday, 26 June 1916

                        

 

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Alice Coomaraswamy leaves Crowley. [238]

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, 27 June 1916

                        

 

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Charles Stansfeld Jones initiates Katherine Talbot into 0° and I° of the O.T.O. [264]

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Wednesday, 28 June 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley takes 200 drops of Anhalonium Lewinii and dreams. [59]

- Charles Stansfeld Jones receives a package from Crowley containing his Diploma of O.T.O officially confirming his IX° Degree and making him an Honorary X° and Viceroy of the O.T.O. for the Dominion of Canada. [264]

Correspondence:

   - L.B. Yardley to Frank Bennett

News Related to Crowley:

    - Bystander

 

 

Thursday, 29 June 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Charles Stansfeld Jones resigns from his job although he promises to give them two more weeks of work before he leaves their employment. [264]

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Friday, 30 June 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

   - Charles Tower to Ernest Maxse

 

 

 

—  July  —

 

Saturday, 1 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- The International publishes Crowley's essay “The American Verdict on the War.”

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

News Related to Crowley:

    - International

    - Lyceum World

Current Events:

   - The first day of the Battle of the Somme. The British Army suffers its worst day, with 19,240 men killed.

 

Sunday, 2 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

 

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

Monday, 3 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley finishes writing "De Thaumaturgia". [59]

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Tuesday, 4 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, 5 July 1916

                        

 

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Thursday, 6 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

 

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Saturday, 8 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 9 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

News Related to Crowley:

    - San Francisco Examiner

    - Sunday Tribune

 

 

Monday, 10 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Tuesday, 11 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley hears a second time from Charles Stansfeld Jones that he as attained to 8º=3o. [59]

- It's announced at the meeting of the British Columbia Lodge No. 1 that not only has Charles Stansfeld Jones attained the IX° degree but has been appointed "Hon. X° and Viceroy of His Most Sacred Majesty of Ireland, Iona and all the Britains for the Dominion of Canada that is in the Sanctuary of the Gnosis." [7]

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Wednesday, 12 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley experiences ball lightning during a storm. on July 13th he writes to the New York Times about the experience. See Crowley's 26 July 1916 letter to William Sturgis Bigelow for a detailed account. [59]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Thursday, 13 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to New York Times

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Friday, 14 July 1916

                        

 

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

 

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Saturday, 15 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Sunday, 16 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley writes "Good Hunting". [59]

- The New York Times publishes a Letter to the Editor from Crowley.

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

News Related to Crowley:

   - New York Times

 

 

Monday, 17 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley performs Liber LXX "The Cross of a Frog". [59]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Tuesday, 18 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

   - Thomas Wodehouse Legh to the Home Office

 

 

 

Wednesday, 19 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley is reading and revising the IX° books of the O.T.O. and “The Paris Working.” [59]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Thursday, 20 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley conducts a 'solo' sexual magical operation with the object being 'Completion of Grade of 9º = 2o.' [78], [80]

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Saturday, 22 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

- Crowley goes to Boston, Massachusetts where he has $30 stolen from him. [59]

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Sunday, 23 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

- Crowley is in Boston, Massachusetts. [59]

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Marie Roussel with the object being 'Glory to Hermes.' [78], [80]

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

Current Events:

   - Rose Kelly is 42 years old.

 

Monday, 24 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley returns to Adams Cottage. [59]

Correspondence:

   - Leila Waddell to Frank Bennett

 

 

 

Tuesday, 25 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, 26 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley writes "The Law of Liberty.” [59]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to William Sturgis Bigelow

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

   - George MacNie Cowie to Frank Bennett

News Related to Crowley:

    - Publishers' Weekly

 

 

Thursday, 27 July 1916

                        

 

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

 

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

   - Mary Davies to George MacNie Cowie

 

 

 

Friday, 28 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley takes 400 drops of Anhalonium Lewinii. [59]

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 29 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Frank Bennett

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Sunday, 30 July 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley writes "Felo de Se" later published in the August 1917 issue of the International. [59]

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Sunday Star

 

 

Monday, 31 July 1916

                        

 

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

 

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Elihu Thomson

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

—  August  —

 

Tuesday, 1 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Vanity Fair publishes Crowley's essay “Stuart X—The Great Unknown” and his translation of Charles Baudelaire's short story “The Cemetery and the Shooting Gallery.”

- The Etude publishes a Musical Score for Crowley's translation of Paul Verlaine's poem “With Muted Strings.”

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Bulletin of NY Public Library

    - Etude

    - Lyceum World

    - Vanity Fair

    - Vanity Fair

 

 

Wednesday, 2 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 3 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley edits The Golden Rose. [59]

- Crowley conducts a 'solo' sexual magical operation with the object being 'Women.' [78], [80]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

   - Frank Bennett to L.B. Yardley

News Related to Crowley:

   - Musical Courier

 

 

Friday, 4 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley writes the short story 'Black and Silver.' [59]

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 5 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley spends the day writing Liber CCC. [59]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

News Related to Crowley:

    - Publishers' Weekly

 

 

Sunday, 6 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley spends the day editing The Golden Rose and later takes 400 drops of Anhalonium Lewinii with wine. [59]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

   - A.E. Waite re R.W. Felkin

 

 

 

Monday, 7 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley works all morning on The Gospel According to Bernard Shaw. [59]

Correspondence:

   - William Sturgis Bigelow to Elihu Thomson

 

 

 

Tuesday, 8 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley works all day on The Gospel According to Bernard Shaw. [59]

   - Crowley to William Sturgis Bigelow

 

 

 

Wednesday, 9 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley works all day on The Gospel According to Bernard Shaw. [59]

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 10 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley works all day on The Gospel According to Bernard Shaw. [59]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

News Related to Crowley:

    - New Age

 

 

Friday, 11 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

Correspondence:

   - Frank Bennett to Crowley

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Saturday, 12 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley goes to Boston, Massachusetts. [59]

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Marie Roussel with the object being 'Success in The Gospel According to Bernard Shaw article.' [78], [80]

- Crowley conducts a homosexual sexual magical operation with the object being 'None.' [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 13 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley is in Boston, Massachusetts.[59]

- Crowley conducts a homosexual sexual magical operation with the object being 'None.' [78], [80]

 

 

Current Events:

   - Frieda Harris is 39 years old.

 

Monday, 14 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley returns from Boston, Massachusetts. [59]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

   - John Quinn to Crowley

   - William Sturgis Bigelow to Elihu Thomson

 

 

 

Tuesday, 15 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley works on The Gospel According to Bernard Shaw. [59]

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, 16 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley makes a preliminary experiment with Ether. [59]

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Thursday, 17 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley works on The Gospel According to Bernard Shaw. [59]

 

 

Current Events:

   - Anniversary of Edward Crowley's birth.

 

Friday, 18 August 1916

                        

 

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

 

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Saturday, 19 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley works on The Gospel According to Bernard Shaw.[59]

- Crowley tries another experiment with Ether.[59]

- Crowley conducts a 'solo' sexual magical operation with the object being 'the Promulgation of the Law of Thelema.' [78], [80]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Monday, 21 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Tuesday, 22 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Wednesday, 23 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley conducts another experiment with Ether. [59]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Elihu Thomson

 

 

 

Thursday, 24 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley works on The Gospel According to Bernard Shaw. [59]

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Vancouver Daily World

 

 

Friday, 25 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley conducts another experiment with Ether. [59]

- Crowley conducts a 'solo' sexual magical operation with the object being 'the Promulgation of the Law of Thelema.' [78], [80]

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Saturday, 26 August 1916

                        

 

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley works on The Gospel According to Bernard Shaw. [59]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Frank Bennett

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

   - D.I. Herbert Fitch to Superintendent P. Quinn

 

 

 

Sunday, 27 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley works on The Gospel According to Bernard Shaw. [59]

 

 

Current Events:

   - Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.

 

Monday, 28 August 1916

                        

 

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

 

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

Current Events:

   - Germany declares war on Romania.

   - Italy declares war on Germany.

 

Wednesday, 30 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley works on The Gospel According to Bernard Shaw and begins writing "The King of the Wood". [59]

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Thursday, 31 August 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley works on The Gospel According to Bernard Shaw and finishes writing "The Mass of St. Secaire". [59]

 

 

 

 

—  September  —

 

circa September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Golden Book

- Crowley inscribes a copy of his book Household Gods "To Gerda von Kothek from Aleister Crowley, Sept 1916 E.V." He had previously inscribed the very same book "To AKC (Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, mongrel pup,) from the Author, June 1916." [358] 

- Crowley's pamphlet "The Law of Liberty" is made available. [G. M. Cowie letter to O.T.O. Lodges]

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to OTO Lodges

 

 

 

Friday, 1 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley finishes The Gospel According to Bernard Shaw and "The Mass of St. Secaire". [59]

- The Smart Set publishes Crowley's short story "The Stratagem."

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Commoner

    - Lyceum World

    - Smart Set

Current Events:

   - J.F.C. Fuller is 38 years old.

   - Bulgaria declares war on Romania.

 

Saturday, 2 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley writes "The Burning of Melcarth". [59]

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

   - Stansfeld Jones to Mussett & Co.

 

 

 

Sunday, 3 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley writes "Corycian Cave". [59]

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Monday, 4 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley finishes "Corycian Cave". [59]

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Doris Gomez with the object being 'the Promulgation of the Law of Thelema.' [78], [80]

- The Washington Post publishes a Letter to the Editor from Crowley.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

   - Crowley to the Washington Post

   - William Steff-Langston to George MacNie Cowie

 

 

 

Wednesday, 6 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley begins writing "The Priestess of Cybele". [59]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

Current Events:

   - The first true supermarket is opened in Memphis, Tennessee.

 

Thursday, 7 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley finishes writing "The Priestess of Cybele". [59]

- Crowley conducts a 'solo' sexual magical operation with the object being 'the Promulgation of the Law of Thelema.' [78], [80]

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Friday, 8 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley begins writing "The God of Ibreez". [59]

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 9 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley finishes writing "The God of Ibreez". [59]

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 10 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley is writing "The Old Man of the Peepul-Tree". [59]

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Monday, 11 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley finishes writing "The Old Man of the Peepul-Tree". [59]

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, 12 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Wednesday, 13 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley is writing "The Hearth". [59]

- Crowley conducts a 'solo' sexual magical operation with the object being 'the Promulgation of the Law of Thelema.' [78], [80]

Correspondence:

   - Superintendent P. Quinn to the Home Office

 

 

 

Thursday, 14 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley finishes writing "The Hearth". [59]

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Friday, 15 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley is visited by Professor Lindley Miller Keasbey. [59]

 

 

Current Events:

   - The first use of tanks in warfare.

 

Saturday, 16 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley is visited by Professor Lindley Miller Keasbey. [59]

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 17 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley is visited by Professor Lindley Miller Keasbey. [59]

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Monday, 18 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley is visited by Professor Lindley Miller Keasbey. [59]

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Tuesday, 19 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

Wednesday, 20 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley is using Ether. [59]

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Frank Bennett

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

Friday, 22 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley receives the Word of the Equinox. [59]

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with the object being 'The Word of the Equinox. [59], [78], [80]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Saturday, 23 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley is revising The Gospel According to Bernard Shaw. [59]

 

 

Current Events:

   - The Fall Equinox.

 

Sunday, 24 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley learns that Gerda von Kothek is coming to visit him at the cottage. [59]

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

Monday, 25 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Gerda von Kothek who is visiting him at the cottage with the object being 'Wealth.' [59], [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, 27 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Gerda von Kothek who is visiting him at the cottage with the object being 'Wealth.' [59], [78], [80]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Thursday, 28 September 1916

                        

 

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

 

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

   - Althea Hobbs to George MacNie Cowie

 

 

 

Friday, 29 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Gerda von Kothek who is visiting him at the cottage with the object being 'Wealth.' [59], [78], [80]

 

 

Current Events:

   - Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller becomes the world's first billionaire.

 

Saturday, 30 September 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley conducts two sexual magical operations with Gerda von Kothek who is visiting him at the cottage with the object being 'Wealth.' [59], [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

—  October  —

 

circa October 1916

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to George MacNie Cowie

   - Eustace Miles to George MacNie Cowie

 

 

 

Sunday, 1 October 1916

                        

 

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Vanity Fair publishes Crowley's essay “Mystics and Their Little Ways.”

- American Rosae Crucis publishes a review of Crowley's book the Goetia.

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

News Related to Crowley:

    - American Rosae Crucis

    - Vanity Fair

 

 

Monday, 2 October 1916

                        

 

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- The Washington Post publishes a Letter to the Editor from Crowley.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to the Washington Post

News Related to Crowley:

    - Washington Post

Current Events:

   - Jack Parsons is 2 years old.

 

Tuesday, 3 October 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Gerda von Kothek who is visiting him at the cottage with the object being 'Wealth.' [59], [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, 4 October 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Gerda von Kothek who is visiting him at the cottage with the object being 'Wealth.' [59], [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 5 October 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Gerda von Kothek who is visiting him at the cottage with the object being 'The fullest understanding of the IX°.' [59], [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Friday, 6 October 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley devises a constitutional government for the O.T.O. [59]

  

 

 

 

Saturday, 7 October 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Gerda von Kothek who is visiting him at the cottage with the object being 'Glory to the Holy Phallus.' [59], [78], [80]

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Sydney Morning Herald

 

 

Monday, 9 October 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Gerda von Kothek who is visiting him at the cottage with the object being 'Concentration on the Holy Phallus for Samadhi and Art.' [59], [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 12 October 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley is 41 years old.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Gerda von Kothek who is visiting him at the cottage with the object being 'Service, Holiness to the Lord.' [59], [78], [80]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

Saturday, 14 October 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Gerda von Kothek who is visiting him at the cottage with the object being 'Enlightenment.' [59], [78], [80]

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

Sunday, 15 October 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Adams Cottage, Bristol, New Hampshire.

 

 

 

 

Monday, 16 October 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Traveling to "Potter's Place."

- Crowley leaves Adams Cottage and travels to "Potter's Place." [59]

 

 

Current Events:

   - Margaret Sanger opens the first birth control clinic in the United States.

 

Tuesday, 17 October 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: Traveling to New York.

- Crowley travels to New York. [59]

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, 18 October 1916

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

Saturday, 21 October 1916

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Monday, 23 October 1916

                        

 

 

 

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Tuesday, 24 October 1916

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - Eustace Miles to George MacNie Cowie

 

 

 

Thursday, 26 October 1916

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

Current Events:

   - Sex educator, Margaret Sanger is arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control).

 

Friday, 27 October 1916

                        

 

- The Leavenworth Tribune reprints a copy of Crowley's essay "The Attitude of America to the War" originally published in the September 1915 edition of the International.

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Leavenworth Tribune

 

 

Tuesday, 31 October 1916

                        

 

 

Correspondence:

   - Eustace Miles to George MacNie Cowie

 

 

 

—  November  —

 

circa November 1916

                        

 

- Crowley's poem "Anna of Havana"  is published in the book A Dictionary of Similes.

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

Wednesday, 1 November 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: New York.

- Crowley arrives in New York and stays until December 9 when he arrives in New Orleans. [59]

- Crowley conducts a 'solo' sexual magical operation with the object being 'Glory to the Phallus, All-devourer, All-begetter.' [78], [80]

- Vanity Fair publishes Crowley's essay “The Attainment of Happiness.”

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

News Related to Crowley:

    - Buddhist Review

    - Lyceum World

    - Vanity Fair

 

 

Friday, 3 November 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Holland House, New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Vera Gilbert with the object being 'Thanksgiving and glory to the All-One.' [78], [80]

- Initial play-testing of Crowley's variation on the game Bridge, Pirate's Bridge takes place New York’s Knickerbocker Whist Club, with Crowley and Frank Crowninshield observing. [56]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Sunday, 5 November 1916

                        

 

Location: Holland House, New York City, New York.

- An exhibition of works by Stella Marks including a miniature portrait of Crowley goes on display through 10 December 1916 as part of the 15th annual exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Annual Water Color and Miniature Exhibition. [more info]

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Water Color Catalog

 

 

Tuesday, 7 November 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Holland House, New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts two sexual magical operations with Anna Grey with the object of  the first working being 'Sex-force and attraction' and the second working 'Help for Leila Waddell.' [78], [80]

 

 

Current Events:

   - Jeanette Rankin becomes the first female representative in the United States Congress.

 

Thursday, 9 November 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: Holland House, New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Anna Grey with the object being 'Glory to The Holy Phallus.' [78], [80]

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

Sunday, 12 November 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

   - Charles Stansfeld Jones

Location: Holland House, New York City, New York.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Doris Gomez with the object being 'Wealth.' [78], [80]

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Truth

 

 

Monday, 13 November 1916

                        

 

Location: Holland House, New York City, New York.

 

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Catalogue of Copyright Entries

 

 

Wednesday, 15 November 1916

                        

 

Location: Holland House, New York City, New York.

 

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

   - Mary Davies to George MacNie Cowie

 

 

 

Thursday, 16 November 1916

                        

 

Location: 113 East 28th Street, New York. [247]

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Friday, 17 November 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: 113 East 28th Street, New York. [247]

- Crowley conducts three sexual magical operations over the period 17-18 November with the object of the first working being 'Help for Leila Waddell.' [78], [80]

 

 

Current Events:

   - Israel Regardie is 9 years old.

 

Saturday, 18 November 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

   - Wilfred T. Smith

Location: 113 East 28th Street, New York. [247]

- Crowley conducts three sexual magical operations over the period 17-18 November with the object of the first working being 'Help for Leila Waddell.' [78], [80]

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

 

 

Current Events:

   - British General, Douglas Haig calls off the 1st Battle of the Somme after more than one million soldiers have been killed or wounded.

 

Sunday, 19 November 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: 113 East 28th Street, New York. [247]

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Anna Grey with the object being 'To change my luck!' [78], [80]

 

News Related to Crowley:

    - Indianapolis Sunday Star

 

 

Monday, 20 November 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: 113 East 28th Street, New York. [247]

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Anna Grey with the object being 'Wealth.' [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, 21 November 1916

                        

 

Location: 113 East 28th Street, New York. [247]

Correspondence:

   - Ernest Dunn to George MacNie Cowie

 

 

 

Wednesday, 22 November 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: 113 East 28th Street, New York. [247]

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with the object being 'Wealth.' [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Friday, 24 November 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: 113 East 28th Street, New York. [247]

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with the object being 'Wealth.' [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 26 November 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: 113 East 28th Street, New York. [247]

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with the object being 'Wealth.' [78], [80]

- Wilfred Talbot Smith, Emily Talbot Smith, and Katherine Talbot resign from the O.T.O. Their resignation is not accepted by Charles Stansfeld Jones. [7]

 

 

Current Events:

   - Greece declares war on Germany.

 

Tuesday, 28 November 1916

                        

 

Location: 113 East 28th Street, New York. [247]

 

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

Current Events:

   - The first German air attack on London.

 

—  December  —

 

circa December 1916

                        

 

- Crowley begins writing Not the Life and Adventures of Sir Roger Bloxam.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Frank Bennett

 

 

 

Friday, 1 December 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: 113 East 28th Street, New York. [247]

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Anna Grey with the object being 'Wealth.'  [78], [80]

- Vanity Fair publishes Crowley's essay “An Improvement on Psycho-Analysis.”

- The International publishes Crowley's article “A Noisy Noise Annoys an Oyster.”

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

News Related to Crowley:

    - International

    - Lyceum World

    - Theosophist

    - Vanity Fair

 

 

Sunday, 3 December 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: 113 East 28th Street, New York. [247]

- Crowley conducts three separate sexual magical operation with the object being 'Wealth.' [78], [80]

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Tuesday, 5 December 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: 113 East 28th Street, New York. [247]

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Anna Grey with the object being 'Wealth.'  [78], [80]

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

Wednesday, 6 December 1916

                        

 

 

 

  

Current Events:

   - David Lloyd George becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

 

Friday, 8 December 1916

                        

 

 

 

 

Current Events:

   - Allan Bennett is 44 years old.

 

Saturday, 9 December 1916

                        

 

Location: 323 Dauphine Street, New Orleans. [372], [247] + [Crowley to John Cosgrave]

- Crowley arrives in New Orleans for a Greater Magical Retirement with forty dollars and a return ticket to New York. [59], [372]

 

 

Current Events:

   - Actor, Kirk Douglas is born.

 

Sunday, 10 December 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: 323 Dauphine Street, New Orleans.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Irene Standfield with the object being 'Dedication of myself to Tahuti at the beginning of this Great Magical Retirement.' [59], [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Monday, 11 December 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: 323 Dauphine Street, New Orleans.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Irene Standfield with the object being 'Power to carry out the Will of Therion.' [59], [78], [80]

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, 13 December 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: 323 Dauphine Street, New Orleans.

- Crowley conducts a sexual magical operation with Eleanore Jackson with the object being 'Wealth.' [59], [78], [80]

 

 

Current Events:

   - An avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops during a 24-hour period in Tyrol, Italy.

 

Thursday, 14 December 1916

                        

 

Location: 323 Dauphine Street, New Orleans.

 

Correspondence:

   - Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

 

 

 

Friday, 15 December 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

   - Crowley (Rex de Arte Regia)

Location: 323 Dauphine Street, New Orleans.

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 16 December 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: 323 Dauphine Street, New Orleans.

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 17 December 1916

                        

 

Location: 323 Dauphine Street, New Orleans.

 

 

Current Events:

   - Louis Wilkinson is 35 years old.

 

Monday, 18 December 1916

                        

 

Location: 323 Dauphine Street, New Orleans.

 

 

Current Events:

   - The Battle of Verdun officially ends in German defeat after nine months of fighting and almost one million total casualties.

 

Tuesday, 19 December 1916

                        

 

Location: 323 Dauphine Street, New Orleans.

 

 

Current Events:

   - Gerald Yorke is 15 years old.

 

Wednesday, 20 December 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: 323 Dauphine Street, New Orleans.

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 21 December 1916

                        

 

Location: 323 Dauphine Street, New Orleans.

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

Friday, 22 December 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: 323 Dauphine Street, New Orleans.

 

 

Current Events:

   - The Winter Solstice.

 

Saturday, 23 December 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: 323 Dauphine Street, New Orleans.

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 24 December 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: 323 Dauphine Street, New Orleans.

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Frank Bennett

 

 

 

Tuesday, 26 December 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: 323 Dauphine Street, New Orleans. e]

Correspondence:

   - Crowley to Stansfeld Jones

 

 

 

Wednesday, 27 December 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: 323 Dauphine Street, New Orleans.

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 28 December 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: 323 Dauphine Street, New Orleans.

Correspondence:

   - George MacNie Cowie to Crowley

 

 

 

Friday, 29 December 1916

                        

Diary Entries:

   - Aleister Crowley

Location: 323 Dauphine Street, New Orleans.

 

 

Current Events:

   - Mystic, Gregori Rasputin dies.

 

 

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