1942

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Friday, 2 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Current Events:

- Japanese troops occupy Manila, Philippines.

Saturday, 3 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley sees the movie Unholy Partners. [44]

Sunday, 4 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Monday, 5 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley is visited by Frieda Harris. [44]

Tuesday, 6 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Wednesday, 7 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

Thursday, 8 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

- Dion Fortune to Crowley

Friday, 9 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley is visited by Frieda Harris. [44]

Saturday, 10 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

- Wilfred T. Smith to Karl Germer

Current Events:

- George Cecil Jones is 69 years old.

Sunday, 11 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Monday, 12 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Tuesday, 13 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Wednesday, 14 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Thursday, 15 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Friday, 16 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

Saturday, 17 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Current Events:

- Boxer, Muhammad Ali is born.

Sunday, 18 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Monday, 19 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Current Events:

- Japanese forces invade Burma.

Tuesday, 20 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley has lunch with Frieda Harris. [44]

Current Events:

- Nazi officials hold the Wannsee Conference in Berlin to organize the extermination of Europe's Jews.

Wednesday, 21 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Thursday, 22 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Current Events:

- Karl Germer is 57 years old.

Friday, 23 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley is visited by Frieda Harris. [44]

Saturday, 24 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

Sunday, 25 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Monday, 26 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Tuesday, 27 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley is visited by Frieda Harris. [44]

Wednesday, 28 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley is visited by Gerald Hamilton who is arranging Crowley's "Winston Churchill" photographs [Version 1, Version 2]. [44]

Thursday, 29 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley is visited by Frieda Harris. [44]

- Crowley sees the movie The Sea Wolf. [44]

Correspondence:

- Jane Wolfe to Crowley

Friday, 30 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Saturday, 31 January 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

— February —

Sunday, 1 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- James Gilbert Bayley takes Crowley's "Winston Churchill" photographs [Version 1, Version 2]. [44]

- The Agape Lodge publishes a folding variation of Crowley's publication, Liber OZ. [369]

Monday, 2 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley is visited by James Gilbert Bayley. [44]

- Grady McMurtry writes the poem "Elusian."

Current Events:

- U.S. automobile factories switch from commercial to wartime production.

Tuesday, 3 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley has lunch with Robert Cecil. [44]

Wednesday, 4 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Thursday, 5 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

Friday, 6 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley is visited by James Gilbert Bayley. [44]

Correspondence:

Saturday, 7 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Sunday, 8 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Grady McMurtry writes the poem "Zeus."

Current Events:

- Composer, Igor Stravinsky's Danses Concertantes premieres in Los Angeles.

Monday, 9 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

- Max Schneider to Perry Tull

Current Events:

- Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in the United States.

Tuesday, 10 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley is visited by James Gilbert Bayley and Gerald Hamilton. [44]

Wednesday, 11 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

Thursday, 12 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Grady McMurtry writes the poem "The Mass."

Friday, 13 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Saturday, 14 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Gerald Yorke

Sunday, 15 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley is visited by James Gilbert Bayley and Gerald Hamilton and later plays chess with Maurice A. Sutherland. [44]

- Crowley publishes the first postcard variation of his publication, Liber OZ. [369]

- Jack Parsons and Helen Parsons are initiated into the III° degree of the O.T.O.

- Grady McMurtry writes the poem "Adonis."

Current Events:

- British-ruled Singapore surrenders to the Japanese.

Monday, 16 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Tuesday, 17 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Director of Naval Intelligence

Wednesday, 18 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Grady McMurtry writes the poem "Urnie."

Thursday, 19 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Grady McMurtry writes the poem "Spring Fever."

Correspondence:

Current Events:

- 150 Japanese warplanes attack the Australian city of Darwin.

Friday, 20 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Saturday, 21 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Sunday, 22 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Monday, 23 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

Tuesday, 24 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Current Events:

- The Voice of America begins radio broadcasting in German.

Wednesday, 25 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Thursday, 26 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

- Karl Germer to Montgomery Evans

Friday, 27 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

- Wilfred T. Smith to Crowley (not sent)

- Wilfred T. Smith to Crowley

Saturday, 28 February 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley is visited by James Gilbert Bayley and Gerald Hamilton. [44]

- Mildred Burlingame takes both the Minerval and I° degrees in the O.T.O. and becomes a member of the Agape Lodge. [304]

— March —

circa March 1942

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Correspondence:

Sunday, 1 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley plays chess with Maurice A. Sutherland. [44]

Monday, 2 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Grady McMurtry writes the poems "Toast of the Schowlar" and "Atavism."

Tuesday, 3 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley is visited by James Gilbert Bayley. [44]

- Charles Stansfeld Jones writes a Letter to the Editor of the Vancouver Daily Province praising the efficiency of Air Raid Precautions Wardens.

News Related to Crowley:

- Vancouver Daily Province

Wednesday, 4 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley plays chess with Maurice A. Sutherland. [44]

Thursday, 5 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

Current Events:

- Anniversary of Edward Crowley's death.

- Composer, Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony premieres in Kuybyshev, Russia.

Friday, 6 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley is visited by Evan Morgan and Gerald Hamilton. [44]

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Mr. Hughes

Saturday, 7 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Sunday, 8 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley is visited by Gerald Hamilton and plays chess with Maurice A. Sutherland. [44]

Monday, 9 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

- Jane Wolfe to Crowley

Tuesday, 10 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley is visited by Frieda Harris. [44]

Wednesday, 11 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley is visited by Frieda Harris. [44]

Thursday, 12 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley is visited by Evan Morgan. [44]

Correspondence:

Friday, 13 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley plays chess with Maurice A. Sutherland. [44]

Saturday, 14 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley plays chess with Maurice A. Sutherland. [44]

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Karl Germer

Sunday, 15 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Monday, 16 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Tuesday, 17 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Wednesday, 18 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Current Events:

- U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an Executive Order, creating the War Relocation Authority, which was charged with overseeing the internment of Japanese- Americans during World War II.

Thursday, 19 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Max Schneider

Friday, 20 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley has lunch with Robert Cecil. [44]

- Crowley plays chess with Maurice A. Sutherland. [44]

Correspondence:

Saturday, 21 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley receives the Word of the Equinox. [44]

Correspondence:

News Related to Crowley:

- Catalog of Copyright Entries

Current Events:

- The Spring Equinox

- Jane Wolfe is 67 years old.

Sunday, 22 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley has Gerald Hamilton to tea. [44]

Correspondence:

Monday, 23 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Tuesday, 24 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley sees the movie Ball of Fire. [44]

Wednesday, 25 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

- Jack Parsons to Grady McMurtry

Thursday, 26 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Friday, 27 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

- Helen Parsons to Perry Tull

Saturday, 28 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

- Karl Germer to Montgomery Evans

Sunday, 29 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

Monday, 30 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

Tuesday, 31 March 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

— April —

Wednesday, 1 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

Thursday, 2 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Current Events:

- Charles Stansfeld Jones is 56 years old.

Friday, 3 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley plays chess with Maurice A. Sutherland. [44]

Saturday, 4 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Karl Germer

Sunday, 5 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

Monday, 6 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Tuesday, 7 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Wednesday, 8 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Current Events:

- Anniversary of Crowley receiving the Book of the Law.

Thursday, 9 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Grady McMurtry writes the poem "Weighting at the Gate."

Current Events:

- Anniversary of Crowley receiving the Book of the Law.

- Leah Hirsig is 59 years old.

Friday, 10 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Current Events:

- Anniversary of Crowley receiving the Book of the Law.

Saturday, 11 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley is visited by Louis Wilkinson and later plays chess with Maurice A. Sutherland. [44]

Correspondence:

Sunday, 12 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley plays chess with Maurice A. Sutherland. [44]

Monday, 13 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Tuesday, 14 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Current Events:

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

Wednesday, 15 April 1942

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Jack Parsons and Helen Parsons are initiated into the II° degree of the O.T.O. at the Agape Lodge. Acting as officers were Wilfred T. Smith as Saladin, Regina Kahl as Emir and Jane Wolfe as Wazir. [304]

Thursday, 16 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

Friday, 17 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Saturday, 18 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley plays chess with Maurice A. Sutherland. [44]

Sunday, 19 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

Monday, 20 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley sees the movie Ladies in Retirement. [44]

Tuesday, 21 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Wednesday, 22 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

Thursday, 23 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Friday, 24 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley has Gerald Hamilton to tea. [44]

Saturday, 25 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Sunday, 26 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

- Crowley plays chess with Maurice A. Sutherland. [44]

Monday, 27 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

Tuesday, 28 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Montgomery Evans

Wednesday, 29 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

Thursday, 30 April 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 10 Hanover Square, London W.1.

— May —

circa May 1942

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Karl Germer

Friday, 1 May 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: Arlington Chambers, 5 Dover St, London, W.1.

- Crowley moves to a flat at Arlington Chambers, 5 Dover St, London, W.1. [44]

Saturday, 2 May 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: Arlington Chambers, 5 Dover St, London, W.1.

- Crowley is visited by Gerald Hamilton. [44]

Current Events:

- Aleister Ataturk is 5 years old.

Sunday, 3 May 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: Arlington Chambers, 5 Dover St, London, W.1.

Correspondence:

Monday, 4 May 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: Arlington Chambers, 5 Dover St, London, W.1.

- Crowley plays chess with Maurice A. Sutherland. [44]

Current Events:

- Food rationing begins in the United States due to World War II.

Tuesday, 5 May 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: Arlington Chambers, 5 Dover St, London, W.1.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Frieda Harris

Wednesday, 6 May 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: Arlington Chambers, 5 Dover St, London, W.1.

- With the idea of bringing Crowley to California to live out his last years surrounded by students and supporters Wilfred Talbot Smith visits the U.S. Department of Immigration and Naturalization. His plan to sponsor Crowley's move to the United States is unsuccessful. [56]

Correspondence:

Thursday, 7 May 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley moves to 140 Piccadilly, London W.1. [44]

- Grady McMurtry writes the poem "The Elfinwise."

Current Events:

- Nazis order all Jewish pregnant women of the Kovno Ghetto to be executed.

Friday, 8 May 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Saturday, 9 May 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Sunday, 10 May 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley writes the poem "The Jealous Patriot", later published in his book Olla. [44]

Monday, 11 May 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

- Grady McMurtry to Marjorie Fox

Tuesday, 12 May 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Current Events:

- 1,500 Jews are executed with poison gas in the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.

Wednesday, 13 May 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Thursday, 14 May 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Friday, 15 May 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Monday, 18 May 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley goes to Ascot, East Berkshire, England, to visit his friends Brigadier General and Deborah Hogg. [250]

- Grady McMurtry writes the poem "Godhead."

Tuesday, 19 May 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley is in Ascot, East Berkshire, England, visiting his friends Brigadier General and Deborah Hogg. [250]

Correspondence:

Wednesday, 20 May 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley is in Ascot, East Berkshire, England, visiting his friends Brigadier General and Deborah Hogg. [250]

Correspondence:

- General de Gaulle to Crowley

Thursday, 21 May 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley returns to London from Ascot, East Berkshire, England, where he was visiting his friends Brigadier General and Deborah Hogg. [250]

Friday, 22 May 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Current Events:

- Mexico declares war on Germany & Japan.

Sunday, 24 May 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to James Cabell

- Crowley to Wilfred T. Smith

Tuesday, 26 May 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley gifts a copy of his Collected Works previously possessed by Raymond Radclyffe to Collin Brooks, a writer for the Sunday Express, with the following inscription:

"I am sad, for he [Radclyffe] was one of the very best that ever lived; a City Editor straight as Euclid before Einstein attacked him, and one of the best literary critics and friends in the world. But now I am glad, for Collin Brooks to whom I give this copy (which is not mine to give) has restored me to that 'too much love of living' which I thought I had parted from. Aleister Crowley 26-5-42 E.V. [238]

- Crowley has lunch with Gerald Hamilton. [250]

Current Events:

- Adolf Hitler orders 10,000 Czechs murdered.

Thursday, 28 May 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Friday, 29 May 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Sun Engraving Co.

Current Events:

- Singer, Bing Crosby records the song "White Christmas."

Saturday, 30 May 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Louis Wilkinson

— June —

circa June 1942

Correspondence:

Monday, 1 June 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Jack Parsons and Helen Parsons take out a two-year lease of the house at 1003 S. Orange Grove Avenue, Los Angeles, California. [238]

Tuesday, 2 June 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Friday, 5 June 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Grady McMurtry writes the poem "Cyclops."

Current Events:

- The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary & Romania.

Monday, 8 June 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Tuesday, 9 June 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley has dinner with Frieda Harris. [see correspondence]

- The Church of Thelema moves into Jack Parsons' house at 1003 S. Orange Grove Avenue, Los Angeles, California.

In a solemn manner Jane Wolfe enters the house first at precisely 11:00 A.M., carrying a signed portrait of Crowley. Wilfred Talbot Smith carries in the lance borne by the Priest in the Gnostic Mass and the Book of the Law, followed by Regina Kahl with a copy of the Stélé of Revealing that has been painted in watercolors. Helen Parsons is the last to enter, bearing the small model ark used in the O.T.O. degree work; she places it on a mantel in the room they have designated the Chapel and Smith then deposits the Book of the Law in the ark. [238], [7]

Current Events:

- Wilfred Talbot Smith is 57 years old.

Wednesday, 10 June 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Thursday, 11 June 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Friday, 12 June 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Current Events:

- Adolf Hitler orders the enslavement of the Slavic peoples.

Saturday, 13 June 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Current Events:

- The first launch of a V-2 rocket in Peenemunde, Germany.

Thursday, 18 June 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Current Events:

- Musician, Paul McCartney is born.

Sunday, 21 June 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- The formal dedication of the Church of Thelema profess house at 1003 S. Orange Grove Avenue, Los Angeles, California, takes place.

The residents of the house raise the American flag and pledge allegiance and when the sun sets they lower the flag. After moonrise they gather in a circle in the sunken garden and Jane Wolfe, Jack Parsons, and Frederic Mellinger recite selections from Crowley's poetry, "Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente" and the Gnostic Mass. After desert Jane reads a poem by Frederic written in honor of the inauguration. [7]

Current Events:

- The Summer Solstice.

- Germany's Panzer Tank Army led by Erwin Rommel takes Tobruk in Libya, North Africa.

Monday, 22 June 1942

	Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Wednesday, 24 June 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Current Events:

- Adolf Hitler's Africa Korps invades Egypt.

Thursday, 25 June 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Current Events:

- The British RAF stages a 1,000 bomb raid on Bremen, Germany.

- Major General Dwight Eisenhower is appointed as Commander of U.S. forces in Europe.

Saturday, 27 June 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Current Events:

- The F.B.I. captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a submarine off New York's Long Island.

Sunday, 28 June 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Tuesday, 30 June 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

— July —

circa July 1942

Correspondence:

Wednesday, 1 July 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- An exhibition of Frieda Harris' Tarot Cards is held at the Berkeley Galleries located at 20 Davies Street. See the Catalog HERE.

Thursday, 2 July 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Friday, 3 July 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Grady McMurtry writes the poem "Spirit of Earth."

Saturday, 4 July 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Current Events:

- The first American bombing missions against Nazi Germany begin.

Wednesday, 8 July 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

News Related to Crowley:

- London Standard

Thursday, 9 July 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Friday, 10 July 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

- Karl Germer to Crowley

Current Events:

- Heinrich Himmler orders the sterilization of all Jewish women in the Ravensbruck Concentration Camp.

Saturday, 11 July 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley has lunch with Robert Cecil. [370]

Monday, 13 July 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Cora Germer, Karl Germer's second wife, dies this date in New York.

Correspondence:

Current Events:

- 5,000 Jews of Rovno Polish Ukraine are executed by the Nazis.

- The Nazi SS shoots 1,500 Jews in Josefov, Poland.

Tuesday, 14 July 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley's pamphlets La Gauloise: Song of the Free French and La Gauloise: Song of the Fighting French are published today. [233]

Thursday, 16 July 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

News Related to Crowley:

- Birmingham Post

Current Events:

- French police arrest 13,152 Jews in Paris.

- Jews are transported from Holland to an extermination camp.

Saturday, 18 July 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley catches a "slow, dirty crammed train" with no first-class or corridor from Paddington to Maidenhead for an "A1" party with Arthur Hornsby, Dr. de Moor, Pam and Laurence Felkin at Skindles restaurant by the Thames. [370]

Monday, 20 July 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

News Related to Crowley:

- Star

Tuesday, 21 July 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley has dinner at Lady Waldie-Griffith's. [370]

- Joe Miller takes the Oath of a Probationer in the A∴A∴ under Wilfred Talbot Smith. [7]

Wednesday, 22 July 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Current Events:

- 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto are sent to the Treblinka Extermination Camp.

Friday, 24 July 1942

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

- Grace St. George to Forsyte, Kerman & Phillips

Sunday, 26 July 1942

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley orders two new postcard variations of his publication, Liber OZ. [369]

Monday, 27 July 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley runs into Louis Wilkinson having lunch with Lady Denny. [370]

Tuesday, 28 July 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley Meets Peter Brook of Magdalen College, Oxford. [370]

Current Events:

- The Nazis execute 10,000 Jews in the Minsk Belorussia Ghetto.

Thursday, 30 July 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Current Events:

- The German SS kills 25,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia.

Friday, 31 July 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley records an air raid alert at 3:40. [370]

Current Events:

- The German SS gasses 1,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia.

— August —

circa August 1942

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Correspondence:

- Hidden Masters to Crowley

- Crowley to Hidden Masters

Saturday, 1 August 1942

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Peter Brook informs Crowley that Frieda Harris is showing her Tarot paintings at the Royal Watercolour Painters Society. [370]

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Louis Wilkinson

Current Events:

- Race riots take place in Harlem, New York.

Monday, 3 August 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Tuesday, 4 August 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- An exhibition of Frieda Harris' Tarot Cards is held at Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours on Conduit Street. [56]

Thursday, 6 August 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Friday, 7 August 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

- Karl Germer to Jane Wolfe

Monday, 10 August 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley publishes two new postcard variations of his publication, Liber OZ. [369]

Correspondence:

- Forsyte, Kerman & Phillips to Cannon Brookes & Odgers

Tuesday, 11 August 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

- Cannon Brookes & Odgers to Forsyte, Kerman & Phillips

Current Events:

- (11 Aug - 30 Sep) The SS begins executing 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz, Poland.

Wednesday, 12 August 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley takes Deborah Hogg to lunch and the to Frieda Harris' Tarot Card Exhibition. [250]

Correspondence:

- Cannon Brookes & Odgers to Forsyte, Kerman & Phillips

Thursday, 13 August 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Current Events:

- Frieda Harris is 65 years old.

Saturday, 15 August 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

- Forsyte, Kerman & Phillips to Crowley

- William T. Smith to Perry Tull

Monday, 17 August 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Current Events:

- Anniversary of Edward Crowley's birth.

Tuesday, 18 August 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

- Wilfred T. Smith to Crowley

Wednesday, 19 August 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

- Oliver H. Masters to Crowley

Current Events:

- Over 4,000 Canadian and British soldiers are killed, wounded or captured in a raid on Dieppe, France.

Thursday, 20 August 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

- Forsyte, Kerman & Phillips to Cannon Brookes & Odgers

Friday, 21 August 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Current Events:

- The Walt Disney animated film Bambi is released.

Saturday, 22 August 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Current Events:

- Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan & Italy.

Sunday, 23 August 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Current Events:

- 600 German Luftwaffe planes bomb Stalingrad killing 40,000 people.

Monday, 24 August 1942

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley is in Hants (Hampshire, England).

Correspondence:

- Cannon Brookes & Odgers to Forsyte, Kerman & Phillips

Tuesday, 25 August 1942

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley is in Ascot, East Berkshire, England, visiting his friends Brigadier General and Deborah Hogg. [250]

- Grady McMurtry is granted a divorce from Claire Palmer. [304]

Wednesday, 26 August 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley returns to London and has lunch with Alice Upham and James Gilbert Bayley. [250]

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Forsyte, Kerman & Phillips

- Crowley to Oliver H. Masters

Thursday, 27 August 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Current Events:

- Cuba declares war on Germany, Japan & Italy.

Saturday, 29 August 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley goes shopping with Deborah Hogg. [250]

Sunday, 30 August 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley goes to Ascot, East Berkshire, England, to visit his friends Brigadier General and Deborah Hogg. [250]

— September —

Tuesday, 1 September 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley is in Ascot, East Berkshire, England, visiting his friends Brigadier General and Deborah Hogg. [250]

Current Events:

- J.F.C. Fuller is 64 years old.

Wednesday, 2 September 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley is in Ascot, East Berkshire, England, visiting his friends Brigadier General and Deborah Hogg. [250]

Correspondence:

Thursday, 3 September 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley is in Ascot, East Berkshire, England, visiting his friends Brigadier General and Deborah Hogg. [250]

Friday, 4 September 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley returns to London after visiting his friends Brigadier General and Deborah Hogg. He has an A1 lunch at the Piccadilly Brasserie with Alice Upham. [250]

Saturday, 5 September 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Today is the dress rehearsal at the Torch Theatre of Dr. Faustus being staged by Peter Brook. Crowley is acting as a consultant to the play as an expert in conjuring. [250]

Sunday, 6 September 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

- Jane Wolfe to Crowley

Wednesday, 9 September 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Thursday, 10 September 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Current Events:

- The British RAF drops 100,000 bombs on Dusseldorf, Germany.

Saturday, 12 September 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Roy Leffingwell

Monday, 14 September 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley goes to Ascot, East Berkshire, England, to visit his friends Brigadier General and Deborah Hogg. [250]

Tuesday, 15 September 1942

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Wednesday, 16 September 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley is in Ascot, East Berkshire, England, visiting his friends Brigadier General and Deborah Hogg. [250]

Correspondence:

Thursday, 17 September 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Grady McMurtry writes the poems "Dance of the Gargoyle" and "Entity."

Wednesday, 23 September 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Karl Germer marries his third wife, Sascha Ernestine Andre.

- Crowley is in Ascot, East Berkshire, England, visiting his friends Brigadier General and Deborah Hogg. [250]

News Related to Crowley:

- Reno Gazette

Current Events:

- The Fall Equinox.

Thursday, 24 September 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley is in Ascot, East Berkshire, England, visiting his friends Brigadier General and Deborah Hogg. [250]

Correspondence:

Friday, 25 September 1942

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley returns to London after visiting his friends Brigadier General and Deborah Hogg. [250]

Sunday, 27 September 1942

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Tuesday, 29 September 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

- Forsyte, Kerman & Phillips to Cannon Brookes & Odgers

Wednesday, 30 September 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Ben Stubbins

Current Events:

- The Nazi SS executes 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz, Poland in a six week period.

— October —

circa October 1942

	- Crowley request for a passport to visit the U.S. is denied 'at the present time'. [233]

Thursday, 1 October 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley attends the play The Tragedie of Dr. Faustus being staged by Peter Brook at the Torch Theatre. Crowley is acting as a consultant to the play as an expert in conjuring. [250]

- A Program for the play was annotated by Crowley with an Astrological Chart drawn up by him for Peter Brook — Program-1 / Program-2. [431]

Correspondence:

- Chiswick Press to Crowley

Friday, 2 October 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Current Events:

- Jack Parsons is 28 years old.

Sunday, 4 October 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Monday, 5 October 1942

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Current Events:

- 5,000 Jews of Dubno, Russia are executed.

- 90 French-Jewish women are beaten to death by German prison guards at the Auschwitz sub-camp.

Wednesday, 7 October 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley sees the movie The Gay Sisters considering it to have "damned good characterization, and A1 acting." [370]

Correspondence:

- Crowley on reaction to Liber OZ

- Forsyte, Kerman & Phillips to Crowley

- Forsyte, Kerman & Phillips to T. Cannon-Brookes

Thursday, 8 October 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Current Events:

- Comedy duo, Abbott & Costello launch their weekly radio show.

Monday, 12 October 1942

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley is 67 years old.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Roy Leffingwell

Tuesday, 13 October 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley attends the play No Orchids for Miss Blandish. He is sick in the stalls after the curtain falls. [250]

Correspondence:

Thursday, 15 October 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

- Roy Leffingwell to Crowley

Friday, 16 October 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley makes a recording of the Hymn to Pan at Star Sound Studios. A dispute between Crowley and the studio's founder, Derek Faraday, results in Faraday's refusal to furnish the recording to Crowley. [343], [369]

Sunday, 18 October 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Current Events:

- Grady McMurtry is 24 years old.

Tuesday, 20 October 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley is at the Randolph Hotel in Oxford. [113]

Correspondence:

Wednesday, 21 October 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley attends a matinee in Oxford at the Phoenix of the Oscar Wilde play The Importance of Being Earnest. [21 October 1942 Crowley correspondence]

Correspondence:

Friday, 23 October 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Roy Leffingwell

Monday, 26 October 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Tuesday, 27 October 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley makes a recording of the Call of the 1st Aethyr (Enochian) / (English) and the Call of the 2nd Aethyr (Enochian) / (English) at Levy's Sound Studios, 73 New Bond St May 8521. [369]

Thursday, 29 October 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Current Events:

- The Nazis murder 16,000 Jews in Pinsk, U.S.S.R.

Saturday, 31 October 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Current Events:

- German U-boats sink or damage 120 Allied ships during the month of October.

— November —

circa November 1942

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Unidentified

Sunday, 1 November 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley has lunch with Frieda Harris. [see correspondence]

Correspondence:

Monday, 2 November 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley receives a call from baritone Laurence Holmes who, on 13 November, records Crowley's La Gauloise, re-titled “L’Etincelle” (“The Spark”), with music by Roy Leffingwell. [370]

Correspondence:

Wednesday, 4 November 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley digs out the poem The Fun of the Fair. Lamenting that it never appeared as scheduled in the October 1914 edition of the English Review, he decides to publish it for Christmas.

Thursday, 5 November 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Crowley receives a printing estimate for his publication of The Fun of the Fair. [370]

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Unidentified

Friday, 6 November 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

- Crowley to Wilkinson

Current Events:

- The Nazis murder 12,000 Jews in the Minsk Ghetto.

Saturday, 7 November 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Sunday, 8 November 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

Wednesday, 11 November 1942

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

Correspondence:

- Chiswick Press to Crowley

Friday, 13 November 1942

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 140 Piccadilly (Hamilton House), London W.1., Telephone GRO 2434 & 4626.

- Frieda Harris terminates the stipend she is paying Crowley to teach her in matters of the occult. [233]

- Crowley's La Gauloise, re-titled “L’Etincelle” (“The Spark”), with music by Roy Leffingwell is recorded by a French baritone (Laurence Holmes) and later played by the BBC on December 10. [369]

- Laurence Holmes rehearses La Gauloise with Miss Colleen Clifford on piano, generating four "demo" discs. Bookseller Harold Mortlake receives five pounds for the discs, Laurence Holmes receives five guineas, and Miss Clifford one guinea. Mortlake plays the disc to Kenneth McAlpine at the B.B.C. on November 24. [370]

Current Events:

- The minimum draft age in the United States is lowered from 21 to 18.

Monday, 16 November 1942

Residence: 93 Jermyn Street, London S.W.1.

- Crowley moves to 93 Jermyn Street. [250]

- Crowley attends a lecture by Frieda Harris on the Tarot cards at the Sesame Club, Grosvenor Street. [370]

Correspondence:

- Jane Wolfe to Perry Tull

Tuesday, 17 November 1942

Residence: 93 Jermyn Street, London S.W.1.

Current Events:

- Israel Regardie is 35 years old.

Wednesday, 18 November 1942

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 93 Jermyn Street, London S.W.1.

- Today is Crowley's 44th "magical" birthday—The anniversary of his initiation into the Golden Dawn on 18 November 1898.

Correspondence:

- Chiswick Press to Isidore Kerman

Thursday, 19 November 1942

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 93 Jermyn Street, London S.W.1.

Friday, 20 November 1942

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 93 Jermyn Street, London S.W.1.

Saturday, 21 November 1942

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 93 Jermyn Street, London S.W.1.

Correspondence:

News Related to Crowley:

- Times

Sunday, 22 November 1942

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 93 Jermyn Street, London S.W.1.

Monday, 23 November 1942

Diary Entries:

- Jane Wolfe

Residence: 93 Jermyn Street, London S.W.1.

Correspondence:

- D.S. Erulkar to Isidore Kerman

- Isidore Kerman to Chiswick Press

Tuesday, 24 November 1942

Residence: 93 Jermyn Street, London S.W.1.

Correspondence:

- Isidore Kerman to D.S. Erulkar

Thursday, 26 November 1942

Residence: 93 Jermyn Street, London S.W.1.

Current Events:

- The movie "Casablanca" is released.

Friday, 27 November 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 93 Jermyn Street, London S.W.1.

Correspondence:

- D.S. Erulkar to Isidore Kerman

Current Events:

- Musician, Jimi Hendrix is born.

Saturday, 28 November 1942

Diary Entries:

- F.B.I. Memo - Jack Parsons

Residence: 93 Jermyn Street, London S.W.1.

Sunday, 29 November 1942

Residence: 93 Jermyn Street, London S.W.1.

Correspondence:

Monday, 30 November 1942

Diary Entries:

Residence: 93 Jermyn Street, London S.W.1.

- Crowley gives Alice Upham face powder and cigarettes for her birthday. [250]

Current Events:

- German U-boats sink or damage 142 Allied ships during the month of October.

— December —

Wednesday, 2 December 1942

Residence: 93 Jermyn Street, London S.W.1.

- Grady McMurtry writes the poem "Sterility."

Correspondence:

Current Events:

- The world's first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction occurs at the University of Chicago and is overseen by Enrico Fermi.

Friday, 4 December 1942

Residence: 93 Jermyn Street, London S.W.1.

Correspondence:

- Karl Germer to Jane Wolfe (2)

- Forsyte, Kerman & Phillips to The Times

Sunday, 6 December 1942

Residence: 93 Jermyn Street, London S.W.1.

Correspondence:

Monday, 7 December 1942

Residence: 93 Jermyn Street, London S.W.1.

Correspondence: