1932

Location: Pension d Este 29 Kurfuerstendamm, Berlin.

- While holding Bertha Busch against the wall with one hand and beating her with his other, Crowley is (as is his story) "set upon by a gang of ruffians in the Kurfurstendamm." He complains that he is robbed of his cane and some loose cash and suffers two black eyes and a swollen cheek. [250]

Thursday, 31 March 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley moves to Sybelstrasse 68. [27]

Correspondence:

— April —

Friday, 1 April 1932

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation for the Great Work (Opus 118). [35]

Correspondence:

- Bertha Busch to Wilfred T. Smith

Saturday, 2 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Current Events:

- Charles Stansfeld Jones is 46 years old.

Sunday, 3 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Monday, 4 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley pawns Bertha Busch's fur. [35]

Tuesday, 5 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Wednesday, 6 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Thursday, 7 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation (Opus 119). [35]

Friday, 8 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Current Events:

- Anniversary of Crowley receiving the Book of the Law.

Saturday, 9 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Current Events:

- Anniversary of Crowley receiving the Book of the Law.

- Leah Hirsig is 49 years old.

Sunday, 10 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation (Opus 120). [35]

Current Events:

- Anniversary of Crowley receiving the Book of the Law.

- Paul von Hindenburg is re-elected President of Germany in a runoff election against Adolf Hitler.

Monday, 11 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Tuesday, 12 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Wednesday, 13 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation (Opus 121). [35]

Thursday, 14 April 1932

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Current Events:

- Anniversary of the death of Crowley's mother, Emily.

Saturday, 16 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Sunday, 17 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Monday, 18 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Tuesday, 19 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation (Opus 122). [35]

Wednesday, 20 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Thursday, 21 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Gerald Yorke arrives for a visit. [35]

Saturday, 23 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley has a night out with Gerald Yorke. [35]

Sunday, 24 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Gerald Yorke is visiting. [35]

Monday, 25 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Gerald Yorke is visiting. [35]

Tuesday, 26 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Gerald Yorke is visiting. [35]

Wednesday, 27 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Gerald Yorke is visiting. [35]

Thursday, 28 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Gerald Yorke is visiting. [35]

Friday, 29 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Gerald Yorke is visiting. [35]

Saturday, 30 April 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation (Opus 123). [35]

- Gerald Yorke returns to England. [35]

— May —

circa May 1932

Correspondence:

Sunday, 1 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation (Opus 124). [35]

- In May Jane Wolfe, Regina Kahl, and Wilfred Talbot Smith decide to share quarters and find a house at 1746 Winona Blvd., Hollywood, California. This house would later become Agape Lodge. [209]

Monday, 2 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Tuesday, 3 May 1932

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Wilfred Talbot Smith and Regina Kahl move into 1746 Winona Boulevard in Los Angeles, California which becomes the new Agape Lodge. [7]

Wednesday, 4 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin..

Correspondence:

Current Events:

- Gangster, Al Capone enters the Atlanta Penitentiary after being convicted of income tax evasion.

Thursday, 5 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley is having great pain due to his teeth. [35]

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Jane Wolfe

Friday, 6 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley visits the dentist. [35]

Current Events:

- Victor B. Neuburg is 49 years old.

Saturday, 7 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley visits the dentist. [35]

Sunday, 8 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley receives the news that Rose Kelly, his first wife, died in February. [35]

Correspondence:

Monday, 9 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley visits the dentist. [35]

Current Events:

- Piccadilly Circus, London, is first lit by electricity.

Tuesday, 10 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley visits the dentist. [35]

Wednesday, 11 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley perform a magical sexual operation for health. [35]

Thursday, 12 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation for money (Opus 126). [35]

Friday, 13 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Bertha Busch pawns her coat and ring. [35]

Correspondence:

Saturday, 14 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch go on holiday to Kurbeim Werlsee Fangschleuse to stay with her friends. [121]

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation for money (Opus 127). [35]

Correspondence:

- Martha Küntzel to Gerald Yorke

Sunday, 15 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch are on holiday at Kurbeim Werlsee Fangschleuse staying with her friends. [121]

Monday, 16 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch are on holiday at Kurbeim Werlsee Fangschleuse staying with her friends. [121]

Correspondence:

Tuesday, 17 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Wednesday, 18 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation for money (Opus 128). [35]

Thursday, 19 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation for money (Opus 129). [35]

- Crowley visits the dentist. [35]

Friday, 20 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Correspondence:

Current Events:

- Aviator, Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland on her journey to become the first woman to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean.

Saturday, 21 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Monday, 23 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley visits the dentist. [35]

Correspondence:

Tuesday, 24 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation for money (Opus 130). [35]

Wednesday, 25 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley's dentist begins working on his teeth. [35]

Correspondence:

Thursday, 26 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation for nerves (Opus 131). [35]

- Crowley's dentist continues working on his teeth. [35]

Friday, 27 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley's dentist continues working on his teeth. [35]

Saturday, 28 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Sunday, 29 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Bertha Busch leaves for London to negotiate monetary loans with Gerald Yorke. She arrives in old clothes and stays in a cheap Fitzrovia hotel, with Yorke feeding and supporting her. [35], [56]

Monday, 30 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley's dentist continues working on his teeth. [35]

Tuesday, 31 May 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation to change his luck. [35]

— June —

circa June 1932

Correspondence:

- Gerald Yorke to Crowley

Wednesday, 1 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation for the Great Work. [35]

News Related to Crowley:

- Honolulu Advertiser

Thursday, 2 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley's dentist continues working on his teeth. [35]

Friday, 3 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley goes to Nicolasse Lake, southwest of Berlin. [35]

Saturday, 4 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Sunday, 5 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Correspondence:

Monday, 6 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Crowley's dentist continues working on his teeth. [35]

Correspondence:

News Related to Crowley:

- Sunday Times

Tuesday, 7 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Wednesday, 8 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Montgomery Evans

- Gerald Hamilton to Karl Germer

Thursday, 9 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Current Events:

- Wilfred Talbot Smith is 47 years old.

Friday, 10 June 1932

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Correspondence:

- Karl Germer to Gerald Yorke

Sunday, 12 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Monday, 13 June 1932

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Correspondence:

Tuesday, 14 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Wednesday, 15 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

Thursday, 16 June 1932

Correspondence:

- Gerald Yorke to Crowley

Friday, 17 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Syblestrasse 68, Berlin.

- Martha Küntzel pays Crowley a visit. [35]

- Crowley is kicked out of his apartment for nonpayment of rent. [56]

Correspondence:

Saturday, 18 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Berlin.

- Crowley is packing and trying to raise cash to leave. [35]

Sunday, 19 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Berlin.

- Crowley is packing and trying to raise cash to leave. [35]

Correspondence:

Monday, 20 June 1932

Diary Entries:

- Crowley travels from Berlin to Köln on the 10:15 train arriving at 7:03 p.m. [35]

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Bertha Busch

- Gerald Yorke to Karl Germer

Tuesday, 21 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Köln, Germany.

Correspondence:

- Martha Kuntzel to Bertha Busch

Current Events:

- The Summer Solstice.

Wednesday, 22 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Traveling from Köln, Germany to London.

- Crowley arrives in London at 9:20 p.m. and meets up with Bertha Busch. [35]

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation for love (Opus 132). [35]

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Karl Germer

Thursday, 23 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: London.

- Crowley meets with Montgomery Evans at the Café Royal. [35]

Friday, 24 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: London.

- Crowley meets J.W.N. Sullivan for dinner at Simpson's. [35]

Saturday, 25 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: London.

- Crowley has dinner with Gwendolen Otter. [35]

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation for success with Gerald Yorke (Opus 133). [35]

Sunday, 26 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: London.

Monday, 27 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: London.

Tuesday, 28 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: London.

- Crowley has lunch with Gerald Yorke. [35]

Wednesday, 29 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Cavendish Hotel, London. [250]

- Crowley has dinner with J.W.N. Sullivan. [35]

Thursday, 30 June 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Cavendish Hotel, London.

— July —

Friday, 1 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Cavendish Hotel, London.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation for success to Haynes' plan (Opus 134). [35]

Saturday, 2 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Cavendish Hotel, London.

Sunday, 3 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Cavendish Hotel, London.

Monday, 4 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Cavendish Hotel, London.

Tuesday, 5 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Cavendish Hotel, London. [250]

- Crowley and Bertha Busch visit Maria de Miramar at the mental hospital at Colney Hatch in North London. [250]

Wednesday, 6 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

- Crowley has lunch with Gerald Yorke. [35]

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation for money (Opus 135). [35]

- Crowley takes a flat at Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3. [35]

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Louis Wilkinson

Thursday, 7 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

- Crowley has dinner with Gerald Yorke. [35]

Friday, 8 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Ethel Archer

Saturday, 9 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Sunday, 10 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation (Opus 136). [35]

Monday, 11 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Wilfred T. Smith

Tuesday, 12 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Wednesday, 13 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Louis Wilkinson

Thursday, 14 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Friday, 15 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

- Crowley has dinner with Louis Wilkinson. [35]

Saturday, 16 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Sunday, 17 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Monday, 18 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Tuesday, 19 July 1932

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Correspondence:

- Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

Wednesday, 20 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Thursday, 21 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

News Related to Crowley:

- Marietta Journal

Friday, 22 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Saturday, 23 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Sunday, 24 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation for success (Opus 136). [35]

Tuesday, 26 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Wednesday, 27 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Thursday, 28 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Friday, 29 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Saturday, 30 July 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

— August —

circa August 1932

Correspondence:

Monday, 1 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Tuesday, 2 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Wednesday, 3 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Correspondence:

- Unknown Correspondent to Crowley

Thursday, 4 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

- Crowley meets Mrs. Paul Robeson for lunch. [35]

Friday, 5 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Saturday, 6 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Correspondence:

Tuesday, 9 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Correspondence:

Wednesday, 10 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Correspondence:

- Stansfeld Jones to Crowley

Thursday, 11 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Ribbons

Friday, 12 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Jane Wolfe

Saturday, 13 August 1932

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Current Events:

- Frieda Harris is 55 years old.

Sunday, 14 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Monday, 15 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Tuesday, 16 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Correspondence:

Wednesday, 17 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation to put over Mortaldello (Opus 138). [35]

- Crowley is asked by Christina Foyle to speak at a luncheon on 15 September about "The Philosophy of Magick." [35]

Current Events:

- Anniversary of Edward Crowley's birth.

Thursday, 18 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Friday, 19 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

- Crowley has lunch with William and Christina Foyle of Foyle's bookshop. He offers them 400 copies of Magick in Theory and Practice at 5 shillings apiece. [35], [56]

Saturday, 20 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Sunday, 21 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Monday, 22 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Current Events:

- The BBC begins experimental regular television broadcasts.

Tuesday, 23 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation to re-consecrate himself to the Great Work (Opus 139). [35]

Wednesday, 24 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Thursday, 25 August 1932

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Karl Germer

Friday, 26 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

- Crowley has dinner with Gerald Yorke. [35]

Sunday, 28 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Monday, 29 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Tuesday, 30 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Wednesday, 31 August 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

- Crowley meets Tom Driberg at the Café Royal at 1:30.

— September —

circa September 1932

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Ernest Thesiger

Thursday, 1 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Current Events:

- J.F.C. Fuller is 54 years old.

Friday, 2 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation for success for Crowley's 15 September speech on "The Philosophy of Magick" at Christina Foyle's luncheon. (Opus 140). [35]

Saturday, 3 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

News Related to Crowley:

- Evening Post

Sunday, 4 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Monday, 5 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Tuesday, 6 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation for success in the Gerald Yorke action (Opus 141). [35]

Wednesday, 7 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

- Crowley reads Nina Hamnett's book, Laughing Torso, for the first time and considers her written words about him to be "abominable libels." [56]

- Crowley files a £40,000 suit in damages against Gerald Yorke claiming this was the sum he would have made if Yorke hadn't mismanaged his finances. [56]

Correspondence:

- Legal Suit - Crowley vs. Gerald Yorke

Thursday, 8 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

News Related to Crowley:

- Belfast News-Letter

Friday, 9 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Saturday, 10 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation (Opus 142). [35]

Sunday, 11 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

News Related to Crowley:

- Sunday Dispatch

Monday, 12 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

News Related to Crowley:

- Daily Independent

- Scotsman

Tuesday, 13 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

- Leila Waddell passes away at the age of 52 after suffering with uterine cancer.

Wednesday, 14 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

News Related to Crowley:

- Sydney Morning Herald

Thursday, 15 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

- Crowley delivers a speech on "The Philosophy of Magick" at Grosvenor House as part of Christina Foyle's luncheon series. [35] Crowley is accompanied to the luncheon by Louis Wilkinson and while there meets John Cowper Powys and Sir Denison Ross.

News Related to Crowley:

- Manchester Guardian

Friday, 16 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

News Related to Crowley:

- Aberdeen Press and Journal

- Daily Express

- Daily Independent

- Daily Sketch

Saturday, 17 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation (Opus 143). [35]

Sunday, 18 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

- The San Diego Union publishes a review of Nina Hamnett's book Laughing Torso.

News Related to Crowley:

- San Diego Union

Monday, 19 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

News Related to Crowley:

- Bay of Plenty Times

Tuesday, 20 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

- Crowley's attorney serves a writ on the publishers of Laughing Torso to cease production of the book until Crowley's libel case could be heard in court. [56]

Current Events:

- Mahatma Gandhi begins a hunger strike to protest against the way Hindu untouchables are treated.

Wednesday, 21 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

News Related to Crowley:

- Sydney Mail

- Truth

Thursday, 22 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

- Mr. Justice Lawrence in the Vacation Court hears a request for an injunction to restrain the further publication of Nina Hamnett's book Laughing Torso. An order is made directing the motion to stand over until October 5. Crowley had complained that certain passages in the book were untrue.

News Related to Crowley:

- Evening Despatch

- Nottingham Evening Post

- Yorkshire Evening Post

Friday, 23 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

- Crowley and Bertha Busch perform a magical sexual operation (Opus 144). [35]

- Crowley divines the Word of the Equinox. [35]

- The Word is AIND (= 65 Ego and Love) VACIMA (pron.S).

- The Thelema Oracle is AL II.58 (Thumb on yea!).

- The Yi King Omen is K of [Moon] [I Ching Hexagram] Sze VII.

Correspondence:

- Joseph Bannister to Constable

News Related to Crowley:

- Daily Express

- Daily Herald

- Daily Independent

- Daily Mail

- Gloucester Citizen

- Leeds Mercury

- Liverpool Post

- Scotsman

- Times

- Yorkshire Post

Current Events:

- The Fall Equinox.

Saturday, 24 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Albermarle Court, 27 Albermarle St., Mayfair, London. Telephone Regent 5761-3.

Correspondence:

- L.C.R. Cameron to S.J. Looker

Monday, 26 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

- Crowley moves into 20 Leicester Square, London. [35]

Correspondence:

- Elliot Darby to Michael Sadlier

Tuesday, 27 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Wednesday, 28 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

- Crowley lodges a legal suit against Gerald Yorke. [121]

Correspondence:

- Gerald Yorke to Mr. F. Covell

- Constable to Joseph Bannister

- Constable to L.C.R. Cameron

- F.C. Winchester to Constable

- Constable to C. Somerford

- Constable to F.C. Winchester

Thursday, 29 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Friday, 30 September 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Wilfred T Smith

— October —

circa October 1932

Correspondence:

- Violet Hunt to Otto Kyllmann

- Laughing Torso Libel Suit

- Nina Hamnett Statement

Saturday, 1 October 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Correspondence:

- Elliot Darby to Michael Sadleir

News Related to Crowley:

- O. E. Library Critic

Sunday, 2 October 1932

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Current Events:

- Jack Parsons is 18 years old.

Monday, 3 October 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

News Related to Crowley:

- Franklin Times

Tuesday, 4 October 1932

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Correspondence:

Wednesday, 5 October 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

- Mr. Justice du Parq in the Vacation Court refuses an application for an injunction to restrain the further publication of Nina Hamnett's book Laughing Torso. Crowley had complained that certain passages in the book were untrue.

See HERE for a transcript of the trial.

- Crowley gives a lecture entitled "The Elixir of Life: Our Magical Medicine" presented at the National Laboratory of Physical Research at the invitation of ghost-hunter Harry Price. [230]

Thursday, 6 October 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Correspondence:

News Related to Crowley:

- Birmingham Gazette

- Daily Herald

- Daily Mail

- Daily Mirror

- Evening Despatch

- Gloucester Citizen

- Huddersfield Daily Examiner

- Liverpool Post

- Nottingham Evening Post

- Sheffield Daily Telegraph

- Times

- Yorkshire Post

Friday, 7 October 1932

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Correspondence:

- Constable to Violet Hunt

Saturday, 8 October 1932

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

- Crowley inscribes a copy of his book Moonchild to Hilary Clements Hassell with the inscription "To Clements Hassell, with sincere admiration of a fine artist and appreciation of an excellent friend from Aleister Crowley Oct 8. '32 e.v." [366]

Correspondence:

- Constable to Charles Harper

Sunday, 9 October 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

- Victor B. Neuburg reviews Magick in Theory and Practice in the Sunday Referee. [250]

News Related to Crowley:

- Sunday Referee

Monday, 10 October 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Wednesday, 12 October 1932

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

- Crowley is 57 years old.

Correspondence:

- Guy Boys to Waterhouse

Thursday, 13 October 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Friday, 14 October 1932

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Correspondence:

- Michael Sadleir to Elliot Darby

Saturday, 15 October 1932

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Correspondence:

- Michael Sadlier to Charles Harper

- Elliot Darby to Michael Sadleir

Sunday, 16 October 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

- Crowley meets with Ethel Archer at the Café Royal. [35]

Tuesday, 18 October 1932

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Correspondence:

Current Events:

- Grady McMurtry is 14 years old.

Wednesday, 19 October 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Correspondence:

Friday, 21 October 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Correspondence:

- F.C. Winchester to Constable

Saturday, 22 October 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Correspondence:

Monday, 24 October 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Tuesday, 25 October 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation. [35]

Correspondence:

News Related to Crowley:

- Singapore Daily News

Current Events:

- Benito Mussolini promises to remain dictator of Italy for 30 years.

Thursday, 27 October 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Saturday, 29 October 1932

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Correspondence:

Sunday, 30 October 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Monday, 31 October 1932

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Correspondence:

- Statement of Claim

- Charles Harper to Michael Sadleir #2

- Mrs. J. Fothergill to Constable

— November —

circa November 1932

Correspondence:

Tuesday, 1 November 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

- The Occult Digest publishes an article by C. F. Russell entitled "The Ritual of the Flaming Star."

Correspondence:

- Dion Fortune to Israel Regardie

News Related to Crowley:

- Occult Digest

- Occult Review

Current Events:

- Scientist Wernher von Braun is names as head of German liquid-fuel rocket program.

Wednesday, 2 November 1932

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Correspondence:

- Constable to Mrs. J. Fothergill

Thursday, 3 November 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Correspondence:

News Related to Crowley:

- South Wales Post

Friday, 4 November 1932

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

News Related to Crowley:

- Nottingham Journal

Saturday, 5 November 1932

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

News Related to Crowley:

- Vancouver Sun

Tuesday, 8 November 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Current Events:

- Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected as the 32nd President of the United States.

Wednesday, 9 November 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Thursday, 10 November 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation for success, sex energy, etc. [35]

- Charles Stansfeld Jones gives a lecture on "The Kabbalistic Interpretation of Parsifal" at 8:00 p.m. at Unity Hall, 641 Granville Street, Vancouver, Canada. [Vancouver Sun]

Correspondence:

Friday, 11 November 1932

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Correspondence:

- R.W.M. to Deborah Hogg

Saturday, 12 November 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Correspondence:

News Related to Crowley:

- Province

- Vancouver Sun

Sunday, 13 November 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Monday, 14 November 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: 20 Leicester Square, London.

Correspondence:

- Dion Fortune to Israel Regardie

Tuesday, 15 November 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Langham Hotel, Portland Place, London.

- Crowley moves to Langham Hotel, Portland Place, London. [35]

- Charles Stansfeld Jones gives a lecture on "The Kabbalistic Interpretation of Parsifal" at 3:00 p.m. at Unity Hall, 641 Granville Street, Vancouver, Canada. [Province]

Correspondence:

Wednesday, 16 November 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Langham Hotel, Portland Place, London.

Correspondence:

- Dion Fortune to Israel Regardie

Thursday, 17 November 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Langham Hotel, Portland Place, London.

- Charles Stansfeld Jones gives a lecture on "The Kabbalistic Interpretation of Parsifal" at 8:00 p.m. at Unity Hall, 641 Granville Street, Vancouver, Canada. [Province]

Current Events:

- Israel Regardie is 25 years old.

Friday, 18 November 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Langham Hotel, Portland Place, London.

- Today is Crowley's 34th "magical" birthday—The anniversary of his initiation into the Golden Dawn on 18 November 1898.

Saturday, 19 November 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Langham Hotel, Portland Place, London.

News Related to Crowley:

- Vancouver Sun

Sunday, 20 November 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Langham Hotel, Portland Place, London.

Monday, 21 November 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Langham Hotel, Portland Place, London.

Tuesday, 22 November 1932

Location: Langham Hotel, Portland Place, London.

- Charles Stansfeld Jones gives a lecture on "The Kabbalistic Interpretation of Parsifal" at 8:00 p.m. at Unity Hall, 641 Granville Street, Vancouver, Canada. [Vancouver Sun]

Correspondence:

- F.J. Romanes to Otto Kyllmann

Wednesday, 23 November 1932

Diary Entries:

Location: Langham Hotel, Portland Place, London.

Thursday, 24 November 1932

Location: Langham Hotel, Portland Place, London.

- Charles Stansfeld Jones gives a lecture on "The Kabbalistic Interpretation of Parsifal" at 8:00 p.m. at Unity Hall, 641 Granville Street, Vancouver, Canada. [Vancouver Sun]

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Wilfred T. Smith

- Charles Harper to Otto Kyllmann