1939

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

Wednesday, 4 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer. [41]

Thursday, 5 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to John Jameson

Friday, 6 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

Saturday, 7 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for health. [41]

Sunday, 8 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley travels to Brighton where he has lunch at the Metropole and dinner at the Royal Albion. [41]

Monday, 9 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley, Frieda Harris and Louis Wilkinson go to the Holborn Empire Theatre where the have "great fun". [41]

Correspondence:

- Crowley to John Jameson

Tuesday, 10 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

Current Events:

- George Cecil Jones is 66 years old.

Wednesday, 11 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer. [41]

Correspondence:

- John Jameson to Crowley

Thursday, 12 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

Current Events:

- Marvel Comics is founded.

Friday, 13 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley cooks dinner for Frieda Harris and Tom Driberg. [41]

Saturday, 14 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley Travels to Brighton where he eats at Sweeting's and plays some chess. He returns at 8.00. [41]

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer. [41]

Sunday, 15 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

Monday, 16 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley has Gerald Hamilton to dinner. [41]

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for power, appeal, etc. [41]

Current Events:

- The debut of the "Superman" comic strip in newspapers.

- The Irish Republican Army (IRA) begins a 14 month bombing campaign in England.

Tuesday, 17 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

Wednesday, 18 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for to work M-L idea. [41]

Thursday, 19 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

Friday, 20 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

Saturday, 21 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for to work M-L idea. [41]

Sunday, 22 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

Current Events:

- Karl Germer is 54 years old.

Monday, 23 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley has dinner with Frieda Harris. [41]

Tuesday, 24 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

Current Events:

- An earthquake in Conception, Chile kills 30,000 people.

Wednesday, 25 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley is visited by Louis Wilkinson. [41]

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Frieda Harris

Current Events:

- An earthquake in Chillan, Chile kills 10,000 people.

- The first splitting of an uranium atom in the U.S.

Thursday, 26 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley has lunch with Gerald Hamilton. [41]

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer to help John Jameson in his vigil. [41]

- Crowley sets John Jameson with an exercise called "the Vigil" where the Candidate sits or walks all night by the light of a night-light. [113]

Friday, 27 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley drives to Clarendon Oxford. [41]

Saturday, 28 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley sees the movie Fools for Scandal. [41]

Sunday, 29 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

Monday, 30 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

Current Events:

- Adolph Hitler threatens Jews during his speech to the German parliament.

Tuesday, 31 January 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

— February —

Wednesday, 1 February 1939

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley has lunch with Pearl Brooksmith. [41]

Thursday, 2 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

Friday, 3 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- John Jameson confronts Crowley in a violent manner and accuses him of having furniture taken away from 6 Hasker Street, treating Peggy Wetton badly, and living extravagantly on Jameson's money. [113]

Saturday, 4 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Jo Blackley for victory over John Jameson. [41]

- John Jameson takes Peggy Wetton out of the rest home where she is recovering from her burns and brings her to 6 Hasker Street. He then informs Crowley that he wants to end all relations with him and wants him out of 6 Hasker Street by February 11. [113]

Sunday, 5 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

Monday, 6 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

Tuesday, 7 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to John Jameson

Wednesday, 8 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley has lunch with Frieda Harris at her home Morton House. [41]

Thursday, 9 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley has dinner with Anthony Greville-Gascoigne. Dinner consists of Caviar frappé, Latvian-Rye Vodka / Paté aux perdreaux, Montrachet 1929, Salade Apropos / Creme fraises au Kirsch, Reine Claude en fine, Champagne / Café. Chateau de Chasseneuil 1827. After dinner Greville-Gascoigne entertains all with accounts of his character and exploits. The evening ends with Crowley throwing him out of his house and "kicking him down the steps." [113]

Friday, 10 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Unknown

News Related to Crowley:

- London Gazette

Saturday, 11 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

News Related to Crowley:

- Daily Mail

Sunday, 12 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

Monday, 13 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

Tuesday, 14 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley has dinner with Frieda Harris at the Shanghai Restaurant. [41]

Wednesday, 15 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

Thursday, 16 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley is in the process of moving out of 6 Hasker Street to 20 Jermyn Street. [41]

Friday, 17 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley continues the process of moving out of 6 Hasker Street to 20 Jermyn Street. [41]

Saturday, 18 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley continues the process of moving out of 6 Hasker Street to 20 Jermyn Street. [41]

Sunday, 19 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

Monday, 20 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: Grosvenor Hotel, London.

- Crowley leaves 6 Hasker Street to stay at the Grosvenor Hotel. [41]

Tuesday, 21 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 6 Hasker Street, London S.W.3.

- Crowley moves to Gordon Chambers, 20 Jermyn Street, REG 6651. [41]

Correspondence:

Wednesday, 22 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: Gordon Chambers, 20 Jermyn Street, REG 6651.

Correspondence:

Thursday, 23 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: Gordon Chambers, 20 Jermyn Street, REG 6651.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Mary Margaret Mitchell to restore ideas. [41]

Friday, 24 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: Gordon Chambers, 20 Jermyn Street, REG 6651.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for energy and appeal. [41]

Saturday, 25 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: Gordon Chambers, 20 Jermyn Street, REG 6651.

- Anya Sosoyeva, 32, Russian-born dancer and former Ziegfeld Follies performer, is murdered on the Los Angeles city college campus. Her death is initially tied to Wilfred Talbot Smith's Church of Thelema known in Los Angeles as the 'Purple Cult'. The police are told by Regina Kahl, drama teacher at the college, that the 'Purple Cult,' is only the students' name for a religious organization called Thelema, which meets every Sunday night in Hollywood.

Sunday, 26 February 1939

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: Gordon Chambers, 20 Jermyn Street, REG 6651.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer rebuff magical attacks. [41]

Monday, 27 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: Gordon Chambers, 20 Jermyn Street, REG 6651.

News Related to Crowley:

- Dallas Morning News

- Idaho Daily Statesman

- Milwaukee Journal

- News and Courier

- Omaha World-Herald

- Richmond-Times Dispatch

- San Bernardino County-Sun

- San Diego Union

- San Francisco Chronicle

Tuesday, 28 February 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: Gordon Chambers, 20 Jermyn Street, REG 6651.

- Crowley has lunch with Peggy Wetton and dinner with Frieda Harris. [41]

News Related to Crowley:

- Los Angeles Times

— March —

circa March 1939

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Correspondence:

- Fester Darby & Co to Crowley

Wednesday, 1 March 1939

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley moves to 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1. [41]

- Newspapers throughout the United States begin publishing a photo of Wilfred Talbot Smith, Regina Kahl, and Luther Carroll performing the Gnostic Mass. The photo is titled 'Slaying Probers Uncover Cult' and is linked by the newspapers to an investigation of the murder of Anya Sosoyeva, 32, a Russian-born dancer and former Ziegfeld Follies performer, who was murdered on the Los Angeles city college campus.

News Related to Crowley:

- San Antonio Light

- True Mystic Science

Thursday, 2 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

News Related to Crowley:

- Fairfield Daily Ledger

Current Events:

- Eugenio Pacelli is chosen as Pope Pius XII.

Friday, 3 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

News Related to Crowley:

- Albuquerque Journal

- Elwood Call-Leader

- Morristown Gazette and Mail

- Salem News

Current Events:

- Mahatma Gandhi begins a fast in Mumbai (Bombay) to protest against autocratic rule in India.

Saturday, 4 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

News Related to Crowley:

- Tipton Daily Tribune

Sunday, 5 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

News Related to Crowley:

- San Francisco Chronicle

Current Events:

- Anniversary of Edward Crowley's death.

Monday, 6 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

News Related to Crowley:

- Times Recorder

Tuesday, 7 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has dinner with Frieda Harris at her home, Morton House. She shows him the completed artwork for X and SC cards for The Book of Thoth and he deems them "not quite A1". [41]

Correspondence:

News Related to Crowley:

- Blackwell Morning Tribune

- Danville Daily Messenger

- Star

Wednesday, 8 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

News Related to Crowley:

- Oregon Statesman

Thursday, 9 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley designs the dust-jacket and receives the first page proofs (pages 1-31) for his book, Eight Lectures on Yoga. [41]

Friday, 10 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

News Related to Crowley:

- Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle

- Daily Courier-Gazette

Saturday, 11 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Sunday, 12 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Monday, 13 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

News Related to Crowley:

- Cushing Daily Citizen

Tuesday, 14 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Wednesday, 15 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Ethel Archer

Thursday, 16 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Friday, 17 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has lunch with Frieda Harris at Kempinsky's restaurant. [41]

Correspondence:

Saturday, 18 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Maisie Clarke to get the Word of the Equinox. [41]

Sunday, 19 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Monday, 20 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has dinner with Frieda Harris at her home, Morton House. [41]

Tuesday, 21 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley ritually publishes his book Eight Lectures on Yoga at two minutes past noon.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Max Schneider

Current Events:

- The Spring Equinox

- Jane Wolfe is 64 years old.

Wednesday, 22 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation. [41]

- Crowley has lunch with Pearl Brooksmith. [41]

- Crowley receives the Word of the Equinox. [41]

Thursday, 23 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Friday, 24 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Current Events:

- The film, Wuthering Heights premieres in Los Angeles.

Saturday, 25 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Sunday, 26 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Monday, 27 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley and Peggy Wetton go to a show called Geneva. [41]

Tuesday, 28 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Wednesday, 29 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Thursday, 30 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation for magical protection. [41]

Friday, 31 March 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Current Events:

- Britain & France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany.

- The Hound of the Baskervilles, the first of 14 films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes, is released.

— April —

Saturday, 1 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Sunday, 2 April 1939

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Current Events:

- Charles Stansfeld Jones is 53 years old.

Monday, 3 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Nellie Butler. [41]

Tuesday, 4 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Wednesday, 5 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has lunch with Pearl Brooksmith. [41]

Current Events:

- Membership in Hitler Youth becomes mandatory in Nazi Germany.

Thursday, 6 April 1939

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has lunch with John Jameson. [41]

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Jo. [41]

Friday, 7 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer. [41]

Current Events:

- Italy invades Albania.

Saturday, 8 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

News Related to Crowley:

- John Bull

- News Chronicle

Current Events:

- Anniversary of Crowley receiving the Book of the Law.

Sunday, 9 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has lunch with Gerald Hamilton. [41]

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for health and strength. [41]

Current Events:

- Anniversary of Crowley receiving the Book of the Law.

- Leah Hirsig is 56 years old.

Monday, 10 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has Alan Burnett-Rae to dinner. [41]

Current Events:

- Anniversary of Crowley receiving the Book of the Law.

Tuesday, 11 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for the Great Work especially the Tarot. [41]

Wednesday, 12 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Thursday, 13 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for money. [41]

Friday, 14 April 1939

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Current Events:

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

- Author, John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath is published.

Saturday, 15 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for lust and the power of lust. [41]

Sunday, 16 April 1939

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer. [41]

Monday, 17 April 1939

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Tuesday, 18 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for his book, Eight Lectures on Yoga. [41]

Wednesday, 19 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

News Related to Crowley:

- Daily Express

Thursday, 20 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for lust and the power of lust. [41]

- Major-General J.F.C. Fuller attends a parade in Berlin held to celebrate Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday. General Fuller is one of only two British citizens who attend as personally invited guests of Hitler's. General Fuller also attends a gala opera performance in the evening and other events arranged by Hitler for his personal guests. View Fuller's PASS issued to him to attend Hitler's celebration.

News Related to Crowley:

- Birmingham Mail

- Daily Express

- Liverpool Daily Post

- Manchester Evening News

- Nottingham Post

Friday, 21 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

News Related to Crowley:

- Daily Herald

Saturday, 22 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for money. [41]

Sunday, 23 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer. [41]

Current Events:

- The first performance of Bela Bartok's 2nd Concerto for Violin.

Monday, 24 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Tuesday, 25 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for health and strength. [41]

News Related to Crowley:

- Western Mail

Wednesday, 26 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Thursday, 27 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer. [41]

- Crowley sees a performance of Dracula at the Lyceum. [41]

Friday, 28 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

News Related to Crowley:

- Devon and Exeter Gazette

Saturday, 29 April 1939

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer. [41]

Sunday, 30 April 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Current Events:

- Opening of the New York World's Fair.

— May —

Monday, 1 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley goes to the Embassy Theatre and sees the movie Prison without Bars. [41]

Current Events:

- Comic book hero "Batman" first appears in Detective Comics.

Tuesday, 2 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley throws a birthday party for his son Aleister Ataturk Some of the guests include Louis Wilkinson, Charles Cammell, Gerald Hamilton, Peggy Wetton and Catherine Falconer. [41]

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer. [41]

Current Events:

- Aleister Ataturk is 2 years old.

Wednesday, 3 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Thursday, 4 May 1939

Diary Entries:

- Maurice Richardson

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has lunch with Maurice Richardson. [41]

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer. [41]

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Edward Noel Fitzgerald

Friday, 5 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has dinner with Peggy Wetton. [41]

Saturday, 6 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Current Events:

- Victor B. Neuburg is 56 years old.

Sunday, 7 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer. [41]

Current Events:

- Germany and Italy announce an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis.

Monday, 8 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has lunch with Frieda Harris. [41]

- Crowley and Catherine Falconer see the movie A Slight Case of Murder. [41]

Tuesday, 9 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for good luck. [41]

Wednesday, 10 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Martha Kuntzel

- Crowley to Jane Wolfe

Thursday, 11 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has to pawn his ring. [41]

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for the Tarot. [41]

Friday, 12 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Saturday, 13 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Sunday, 14 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for lust and the power of lust. [41]

Monday, 15 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Tuesday, 16 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer. [41]

Wednesday, 17 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has lunch with Gabriel Toyne. [41]

- Crowley has dinner with Catherine Falconer at the White Tower restaurant. [41]

Current Events:

- The first televised baseball game is broadcast on NBC.

Thursday, 18 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer. [41]

- Crowley sees the movie Pygmalion. [41]

Friday, 19 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Saturday, 20 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer. [41]

Sunday, 21 May 1939

Diary Entries:

- Maurice Richardson

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Monday, 22 May 1939

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has lunch with Gerald Hamilton and Maurice Richardson. [41]

Tuesday, 23 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has lunch with Gerald Yorke at the White Tower restaurant. [41]

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer to salute the moon. [41]

Wednesday, 24 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley sees the movie Dark Victory. [41]

Thursday, 25 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has dinner with Catherine Falconer at the White Tower restaurant. [41]

Friday, 26 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for money. [41]

Saturday, 27 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Sunday, 28 May 1939

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has lunch with Gerald Hamilton. [41]

Monday, 29 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Tuesday, 30 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley takes his book, the Khing Kang King and prospectus to the printer. [41]

- Crowley has Edward Noel Fitzgerald to dinner. [41]

Wednesday, 31 May 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for lust and the power of lust. [41]

— June —

Thursday, 1 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley visits Frieda Harris at Morton House. [41]

Friday, 2 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley visits Frieda Harris at Morton House. [41]

Saturday, 3 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for health and strength. [41]

Sunday, 4 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has Gerald Hamilton to lunch. [41]

Monday, 5 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley visits Frieda Harris for lunch at Morton House. [41]

Tuesday, 6 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Frieda Harris visits Crowley to take dictation for The Book of Thoth. [41]

Wednesday, 7 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley visits Frieda Harris for dinner at Morton House. [41]

- Crowley continues dictating The Book of Thoth to Frieda Harris. [41]

Current Events:

- British King George VI and Queen Elizabeth become the first King and Queen of Great Britain to visit the U.S.

Thursday, 8 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley continues dictating The Book of Thoth to Frieda Harris. [41]

Friday, 9 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley visits Frieda Harris for lunch at Morton House and continues dictating The Book of Thoth. [41]

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer. [41]

Current Events:

- Wilfred Talbot Smith is 54 years old.

Saturday, 10 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Frieda Harris visits Crowley to take dictation for The Book of Thoth. [41]

Sunday, 11 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has Gerald Hamilton to lunch. [41]

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer. [41]

Monday, 12 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley visits Frieda Harris for lunch at Morton House and continues dictating The Book of Thoth. [41]

Current Events:

- The Baseball Hall of Fame is dedicated in Cooperstown, New York.

Tuesday, 13 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley visits Frieda Harris for lunch at Morton House and continues dictating The Book of Thoth. [41]

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for lust, etc. [41]

Wednesday, 14 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Frieda Harris visits and buys a copy of Crowley's newly published book, Khing Kang King. [41]

Thursday, 15 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has lunch with Gerald Yorke and sells him a copy of his newly published book, Khing Kang King. [41]

Friday, 16 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Frieda Harris visits Crowley to take dictation for The Book of Thoth. [41]

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer. [41]

Saturday, 17 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Current Events:

- The last public guillotining in France.

Sunday, 18 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Monday, 19 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley visits Frieda Harris at Morton House and continues dictating The Book of Thoth. [41]

Tuesday, 20 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Frieda Harris visits Crowley to take dictation for The Book of Thoth. [41]

Correspondence:

Wednesday, 21 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley visits Frieda Harris at Morton House and dictates 4-9 Swords for The Book of Thoth. [41]

Thursday, 22 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has lunch with Louis Wilkinson. [41]

- Crowley visits Frieda Harris at Morton House. [41]

- Crowley ritually publishes his book Khing Kang King at 7:40 a.m.

Current Events:

- The Summer Solstice.

Friday, 23 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley sees the movie Confessions of a Nazi Spy. [41]

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer. [41]

Saturday, 24 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Sunday, 25 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has lunch with Gerald Hamilton. [41]

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for health. [41]

Monday, 26 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley visits Frieda Harris at Morton House and finishes the small cards and all Court Cards but two for The Book of Thoth. [41]

Tuesday, 27 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for Evelyn. [41]

Wednesday, 28 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley and Frieda Harris take a car to Gloucestershire with tea in Chipping Campden and then on to Evesham. [41]

Thursday, 29 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley and Frieda Harris tour Evesham, Forthampton Court, and Boughton-on-the-Water. [41]

Friday, 30 June 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley sees the Shakespeare play The Taming of the Shrew and he and Frieda Harris later return by car to London from Gloucestershire. [41]

— July —

circa July 1939

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Saturday, 1 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for The Book of Thoth. [41]

Sunday, 2 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has lunch with Frieda Harris and finishes the Court Cards for The Book of Thoth. [41]

News Related to Crowley:

- Philadelphia Inquirer

Monday, 3 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Tuesday, 4 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Wednesday, 5 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Thursday, 6 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley works on revising preliminary scraps and designing the XXI card for The Book of Thoth. [41]

- Crowley has Gerald Hamilton to dinner. [41]

Friday, 7 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has lunch with Frieda Harris at Morton House. [41]

Saturday, 8 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Sunday, 9 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has Gerald Hamilton and Frieda Harris to lunch. They later all go to the zoo. [41]

Correspondence:

Monday, 10 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Tuesday, 11 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Wednesday, 12 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has dinner at Morton House. [41]

Thursday, 13 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Current Events:

- Singer, Frank Sinatra makes his recording debut.

Friday, 14 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Saturday, 15 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Correspondence:

Sunday, 16 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Monday, 17 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Correspondence:

Tuesday, 18 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley visits Morton House. [41]

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for appeal. [41]

Wednesday, 19 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Thursday, 20 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Friday, 21 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley visits Frieda Harris at Morton House. [41]

Saturday, 22 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Sunday, 23 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has Gerald Hamilton to lunch. [41]

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer. [41]

Correspondence:

Monday, 24 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley pawns his ring for £2. [41]

Tuesday, 25 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Correspondence:

Wednesday, 26 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Thursday, 27 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has Gerald Hamilton to lunch. [41]

Friday, 28 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Saturday, 29 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Sunday, 30 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley has lunch with Gerald Hamilton and Antoine. [41]

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer. [41]

Monday, 31 July 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley visits Morton House. [41]

— August —

Tuesday, 1 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley visits Brighton. [41]

Wednesday, 2 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley retrieves his ring from the pawn shop. [41]

- Crowley learns of the death of H. Spencer Lewis. [41]

Correspondence:

Thursday, 3 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Catherine Falconer for a Great Magical Retirement. [41]

Friday, 4 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: 24 Chester Terrace, London, S.W.1, SLO TREY.

Saturday, 5 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley moves to The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond. [41]

Sunday, 6 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley has Gerald Hamilton to lunch. [41]

Monday, 7 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Tuesday, 8 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley continues dictating The Book of Thoth working on XX, XIX and XII. [41]

Correspondence:

Wednesday, 9 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley continues dictating The Book of Thoth working on VII, XIX and XVII. [41]

Correspondence:

Thursday, 10 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley continues dictating The Book of Thoth working on VI and XIV. [41]

Friday, 11 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Saturday, 12 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Sunday, 13 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley meets with Louis Wilkinson and Gerald Hamilton to discuss TARO and the AMORC. [41]

Current Events:

- Frieda Harris is 62 years old.

Monday, 14 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Correspondence:

Tuesday, 15 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley continues working on The Book of Thoth with Atu XII and X. [41]

News Related to Crowley:

- Catalog of Copyright Entries

Current Events:

- The film, The Wizard of Oz premieres in Hollywood.

Wednesday, 16 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley continues working on The Book of Thoth with Atu X and beginning I and XI. [41]

Thursday, 17 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley continues working on The Book of Thoth finishing with XI and beginning to work on the divination meanings of Trumps. [41]

Current Events:

- Anniversary of Edward Crowley's birth.

Friday, 18 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley meets with Louis Wilkinson and Tom Driberg. [41]

Correspondence:

Saturday, 19 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

News Related to Crowley:

- Herald

Sunday, 20 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley has Gerald Hamilton to lunch. [41]

Correspondence:

Monday, 21 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Correspondence:

Tuesday, 22 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Wednesday, 23 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley has dinner with Sir Percy Harris. [41]

Correspondence:

Thursday, 24 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley visits the House of Commons. [41]

Current Events:

- Nazi Germany and the U.S.S.R. sign a 10-year non-agression pact.

Friday, 25 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Saturday, 26 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Phyllis Seckler takes the Minerval degree in the O.T.O. It is administered by the Agape Lodge on the sands some distance out from Playa Del Rey, California. [304]

Sunday, 27 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Monday, 28 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Wilfred Talbot Smith and Regina Kahl, along with Roy and Rhea Leffingwell visit Floyd Wade at his 640-acre ranch in Rainbow Valley, California, and celebrate the Gnostic Mass in the open air. They then initiate Floyd into the O.T.O. in the Minerval and I° Degrees. [7]

Tuesday, 29 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Ruby Butler for money. [41]

Wednesday, 30 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley has dinner with Gerald Hamilton. [41]

Thursday, 31 August 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley continues working on The Book of Thoth finishing Atu II. [41]

- Crowley has dinner with Frieda Harris, Tom Driberg and Gerald Hamilton. [41]

— September —

circa September 1939

- Phyllis Seckler takes the I° degree in the O.T.O. administered by the Agape Lodge. [304]

Correspondence:

- Crowley to H.M. Government

Friday, 1 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Correspondence:

Current Events:

- J.F.C. Fuller is 61 years old.

- Adolf Hitler orders the extermination of the mentally ill.

- The first astronomy paper is published dealing with "Black Holes."

- Switzerland declares neutrality at the outbreak of World War II.

- WORLD WAR II STARTS when Germany invades Poland.

Saturday, 2 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Sunday, 3 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley has lunch with Gerald Hamilton. [41]

- Britain and France declare war on Germany.

Current Events:

- The German submarine, U-30 sinks the British passenger ship Athenia killing 117 people.

Monday, 4 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Current Events:

- The Netherlands & Belgium declare neutrality in World War II.

- The Royal Air Force (RAF) bombs Wilhelmshafen, Germany.

Tuesday, 5 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley continues working on The Book of Thoth finishing Atu I. [41]

Current Events:

- U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt declares U.S. neutrality at the start of World War II.

- New Zealand declares its support for Great Britain in its fight with Germany.

Wednesday, 6 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley continues working on The Book of Thoth by beginning the study of Atu 0 MAT. [41]

- Crowley sends copies of England Stand Fast! to the printer for a September 23 publication date. [41]

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Ruby Butler for money. [41]

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Montgomery Evans

- Crowley to Unknown

Current Events:

- The first German air attack on Great Britain in World War II.

- South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.

Thursday, 7 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley continues working on The Book of Thoth with the Fool. [41]

- Maurice A. Sutherland visits Crowley to play chess. [41]

Correspondence:

Friday, 8 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley continues working on The Book of Thoth with the Fool. [41]

Saturday, 9 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Ruby Butler to play his part well in the Great Work. [41]

Sunday, 10 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Correspondence:

- Admiral John Godfrey to Crowley

Current Events:

- Canada declares war on Nazi Germany.

Monday, 11 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Current Events:

- Iraq & Saudi Arabia declare war on Nazi Germany.

Tuesday, 12 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Beryl. [41]

Wednesday, 13 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Maurice A. Sutherland visits Crowley to play chess. [41]

Thursday, 14 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Beryl. [41]

Correspondence:

Current Events:

- The world's first practical helicopter takes flight in Stratford, Connecticut.

Friday, 15 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley continues working on The Book of Thoth with the Aces. [41]

Correspondence:

Saturday, 16 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Sunday, 17 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley has Gerald Hamilton to lunch. [41]

Current Events:

- A German submarine sinks the British aircraft carrier Courageous killing 519 people.

- The U.S.S.R. invades Eastern Poland allowing Germans to advance to the West.

Monday, 18 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Correspondence:

Tuesday, 19 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley has dinner with Edward Noel Fitzgerald. [41]

Current Events:

- The German army murders 100 Jews in Lukov, Poland.

Wednesday, 20 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Maurice A. Sutherland visits Crowley to play chess. [41]

Thursday, 21 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley continues working on The Book of Thoth and completes the Preface. [41]

Correspondence:

Friday, 22 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Ruby Butler to get the Word of the Equinox. [41]

Saturday, 23 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley ritually publishes his pamphlet England Stand Fast! at 10:50 p.m.

Current Events:

- The Fall Equinox.

- Psychiatrist, Sigmund Freud dies.

Sunday, 24 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley has Gerald Hamilton to lunch. [41]

Correspondence:

Monday, 25 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Current Events:

- The German Luftwaffe strikes Warsaw, Poland with firebombs.

Tuesday, 26 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Wednesday, 27 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Thursday, 28 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Jo Blackley for money. [41]

Friday, 29 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Saturday, 30 September 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley has Edward Noel Fitzgerald to lunch. [41]

— October —

Sunday, 1 October 1939

Correspondence:

Sunday, 1 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley has Gerald Hamilton to lunch. [41]

News Related to Crowley:

- True

Monday, 2 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Current Events:

- Jack Parsons is 25 years old.

Tuesday, 3 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley has lunch with Gerald Hamilton. [41]

Correspondence:

Wednesday, 4 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Thursday, 5 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Friday, 6 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Lillian Finch for the U.S.A. job. [41]

Saturday, 7 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Sunday, 8 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley sends a copy of England Stand Fast! to Winston Churchill, Neville Chamberlain and the B.B.C. [41]

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Jo Blackley for the nest job.[41]

Monday, 9 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley has lunch with Gerald Hamilton. [41]

Tuesday, 10 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Correspondence:

Wednesday, 11 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Thursday, 12 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley is 64 years old.

Friday, 13 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Jo Blackley for money. [41]

Saturday, 14 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Sunday, 15 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Monday, 16 October 1939

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Correspondence:

Tuesday, 17 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley has lunch with Gerald Hamilton. [41]

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Montgomery Evans

Wednesday, 18 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Alice Florey for money. [41]

Current Events:

- Grady McMurtry is 21 years old.

Thursday, 19 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Friday, 20 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Jo Blackley for money. [41]

Saturday, 21 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley has lunch with Gerald Hamilton. [41]

Sunday, 22 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Correspondence:

Current Events:

- NBC becomes the first network to televise a professional football game.

Monday, 23 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Tuesday, 24 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Alice Florey for success to "Memo Dial" (a telephone mnemonic dictionary invented by Crowley). [41]

Current Events:

- Nylon stockings go on sale for the first time.

Wednesday, 25 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Thursday, 26 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Friday, 27 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Saturday, 28 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Sunday, 29 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Bertha Busch for success to "Memo Dial" (a telephone mnemonic dictionary invented by Crowley). [41]

Monday, 30 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Alice Florey for success to "Memo Dial" (a telephone mnemonic dictionary invented by Crowley). [41]

Tuesday, 31 October 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

— November —

circa November 1939

Correspondence:

Wednesday, 1 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley presents Gerald Hamilton with a copy of the Khing Kang King for his birthday. [41]

News Related to Crowley:

- Sensation

Current Events:

- The first animal (a rabbit) conceived by artificial insemination is displayed.

Thursday, 2 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Bertha Busch for success to "Memo Dial" (a telephone mnemonic dictionary invented by Crowley). [41]

Friday, 3 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Correspondence:

Saturday, 4 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Correspondence:

Sunday, 5 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Monday, 6 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Alice Florey for success to "Memo Dial" (a telephone mnemonic dictionary invented by Crowley). [41]

Tuesday, 7 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley dictates descriptions of diagrams for The Book of Thoth. [41]

Correspondence:

Wednesday, 8 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Current Events:

- A failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler.

Thursday, 9 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Correspondence:

- Jack Parsons to Wilfred T. Smith

Friday, 10 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Saturday, 11 November 1939

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Current Events:

- Singer, Kate Smith first performs the song "God Bless America."

Sunday, 12 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Monday, 13 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Alice Florey for the Great Work. [41]

Tuesday, 14 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Wednesday, 15 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley visits Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire.

Current Events:

- The Nazis begin a mass murder of Warsaw Jews.

Thursday, 16 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Correspondence:

Current Events:

- Ganster, Al Capone is released from Alcatraz jail.

Friday, 17 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Current Events:

- Israel Regardie is 32 years old.

Saturday, 18 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Today is Crowley's 41st "magical" birthday—The anniversary of his initiation into the Golden Dawn on 18 November 1898.

Current Events:

- The Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes three bombs in Piccadilly Circus, London.

Sunday, 19 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Bertha Busch for health, etc. [41]

Monday, 20 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Alice Florey for health, etc. [41]

Tuesday, 21 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Wednesday, 22 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Thursday, 23 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Alice Florey for health. [41]

Current Events:

- The Nazi Governor of Poland requires Jewish Poles above the age of 11 to wear a blue Star of David.

Friday, 24 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Saturday, 25 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Sunday, 26 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Margot Cripps and Bertha Busch for health. [41]

Monday, 27 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Alice Florey for health. [41]

Tuesday, 28 November 1939

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Charles Stansfeld Jones pays a visit to the Agape Lodge at 1746 N. Winona Avenue. [211]

Wednesday, 29 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Thursday, 30 November 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley finishes dictating descriptions of diagrams for The Book of Thoth. [41]

Current Events:

- The U.S.S.R. invades Finland.

— December —

circa December 1939

Correspondence:

Friday, 1 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Margot. [41]

Saturday, 2 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Sunday, 3 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Margot Cripps for the Great Work. [41]

Current Events:

- Composer, Dmitri Shostakovich's 6th Symphony premieres.

Monday, 4 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley has lunch with Gerald Hamilton. [41]

Tuesday, 5 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Wednesday, 6 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Margot Cripps for the Great Work. [41]

Thursday, 7 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Alice Florey for money. [41]

Friday, 8 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Saturday, 9 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Margot Cripps for the Great Work. [41]

Sunday, 10 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley has Alan Burnett-Rae to lunch.[41]

Monday, 11 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley sends a copy of Temperance: A Tract for the Times to the printer. [41]

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Margot Cripps for the Great Work. [41]

Correspondence:

Tuesday, 12 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Wednesday, 13 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Margot Cripps for money. [41]

Thursday, 14 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Friday, 15 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley has lunch with Gerald Hamilton. [41]

Current Events:

- The film Gone With The Wind premieres.

Saturday, 16 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Sunday, 17 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley has lunch with Gerald Hamilton. [41]

Current Events:

- Louis Wilkinson is 58 years old.

Monday, 18 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Correspondence:

Tuesday, 19 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Frieda Harris

Current Events:

- Gerald Yorke is 38 years old.

Wednesday, 20 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Thursday, 21 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Margot Cripps for money. [41]

Friday, 22 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Alice Florey for health, etc. [41]

- Crowley ritually publishes his book Temperance: A Tract for the Times at 6.6 p.m.

Correspondence:

Current Events:

- The Winter Solstice.

Saturday, 23 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Sunday, 24 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Margot Cripps for power and appeal. [41]

Monday, 25 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Tuesday, 26 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Wednesday, 27 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Thursday, 28 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

- Crowley performs a magical sexual operation with Alice Florey. [41]

Correspondence:

Friday, 29 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Karl Germer

Saturday, 30 December 1939

Diary Entries:

Residence: The Paragon, 57 Petersham Road, Richmond.

Sunday, 31 December 1939

Diary Entries: