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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley
-
Eliza M. Butler |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex.
- Crowley is visited
and interviewed by
Professor
Eliza M. Butler of Newnham College. Her detailed account
of her interview with Crowley can be found
HERE.
[110] |
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Current Events:
- The Completion
of ENIAC, the first computer.
- Emperor
Hirohito of Japan announces that he is not a god. |
Wednesday, 2
January 1946 |
Wednesday, 9
January 1946 |
Thursday, 10
January 1946 |
Saturday, 12
January 1946 |
Wednesday,
16 January 1946 |
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January 1946 |
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January 1946 |
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23 January 1946 |
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January 1946 |
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January 1946 |
Wednesday,
30 January 1946 |
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January 1946 |
Saturday, 2
February 1946 |
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February 1946 |
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February 1946 |
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February 1946 |
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February 1946 |
Wednesday,
13 February 1946 |
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February 1946 |
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February 1946 |
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February 1946 |
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20
February 1946 |
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February 1946 |
Saturday, 23
February 1946 |
Tuesday, 26
February 1946 |
Wednesday,
27
February 1946 |
Thursday, 28
February 1946 |
Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex.
- A
"nice old man" tending the
Netherwood garden finds Crowley's missing gold mohur, a
standard gold coin of India. It had gone missing in early
November of 1945.
[54] |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex.
- Crowley sends the
Word of the Equinox
to
Karl Germer,
Jack Parsons,
Louis
Wilkinson,
Grady McMurtry,
Gerald Yorke,
Edward Noel Fitzgerald,
Evan Morgan,
Robert Cecil,
Dr. W.B. Crow,
Kenneth Grant,
David Curwen,
Frederic Mellinger,
James Gilbert Bayley,
Ethel Archer,
Alex Watt,
Dion Fortune, Tranchell Hayes,
Pearl Brooksmith,
Jane Wolfe,
Lady Aberconway and
Frieda Harris.
[48] |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex.
- Crowley
completes his book
OLLA.
[233] |
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Current Events:
- Singer, Cher is born. |
Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- The
first bikini bathing suit is displayed. |
Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex.
- Crowley
is visited by
John Symonds who returns to London later on in the day.
While there Symonds proof reads Crowley's copy of the page
proofs for
his book,
OLLA.
[48] |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- The Summer Solstice. |
Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- The
United States test an atom bomb on Bikini atoll. |
Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Composer,
Benjamin Britten's opera Rape of Lucretia premieres. |
Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex.
- Crowley has lunch with
Augustus John.
[370] |
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Current Events:
- Dr.
Benjamin Spock's book, Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care is
published. |
Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- The
United States performs an atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini
atoll. |
Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Comedians,
Dean Maritin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show together
as a comedy team in Atlantic City, New Jersey. |
Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- An
earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits the Dominican Republic. 100
people are killed and 20,000 are left homeless. |
Wednesday,
14
August 1946 |
Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Anniversary of Edward Crowley's
birth.
- Author,
George Orwell's book Animal Farm is published in the U.K. |
Wednesday,
21
August 1946 |
Wednesday,
28
August 1946 |
Tuesday, 3
September 1946 |
Wednesday, 4
September 1946 |
Thursday, 5
September 1946 |
Saturday, 7
September 1946 |
Tuesday, 10
September 1946 |
Wednesday,
11 September 1946 |
Thursday, 12 September 1946 |
Friday, 13 September 1946 |
Saturday, 14
September 1946 |
Sunday, 15
September 1946 |
Monday, 16
September 1946 |
Tuesday, 17
September 1946 |
Wednesday,
18
September 1946 |
Thursday, 19
September 1946 |
Friday, 20
September 1946 |
Saturday, 21
September 1946 |
Sunday, 22
September 1946 |
Monday, 23
September 1946 |
Tuesday, 24
September 1946 |
Wednesday,
25
September 1946 |
Thursday, 26
September 1946 |
Friday, 27
September 1946 |
Saturday, 28
September 1946 |
Sunday, 29
September 1946 |
Monday, 30
September 1946 |
Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Twenty-two
Nazi leaders are found guilty of war crimes and sentenced to
death or prison at the Nuremberg War Trials. |
Wednesday, 2
October 1946 |
Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Composer,
Charles Ives' 2nd String Quartet premieres. |
Wednesday, 9
October 1946 |
Thursday, 10
October 1946 |
Saturday, 12
October 1946 |
Wednesday,
16
October 1946 |
Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Ten
Nazi leaders are hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg War
Trials. |
Thursday, 17
October 1946 |
Saturday, 19
October 1946 |
Wednesday,
23
October 1946 |
Thursday, 24
October 1946 |
Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- A
camera aboard the V-2 No. 13 rocket, launched from White
Sands, New Mexico, takes the first photograph of the earth from
outer space . |
Saturday, 26
October 1946 |
Wednesday,
30
October 1946 |
Thursday, 31
October 1946 |
Saturday, 2
November 1946 |
Wednesday, 6
November 1946 |
Thursday, 7
November 1946 |
Saturday, 9
November 1946 |
Tuesday, 12
November 1946 |
Wednesday,
13
November 1946 |
Thursday, 14
November 1946 |
Saturday, 16
November 1946 |
Tuesday, 19
November 1946 |
Wednesday,
20
November 1946 |
Thursday, 21
November 1946 |
Saturday, 23
November 1946 |
Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex.
- Crowley inscribes a copy
of
The Book of the Law to
Johnnie Symonds with the inscription:
'To "Johnnie:'—
not to be surprised, or
shocked, or put in fear by the horrors which encompass us
about on every side.
These are no more than
the birth-pangs of the New Aeon, of Horus, Crowned and
Conquering Child.
Gratefully, from
Ankh-f-n-Khonsu.
[54] |
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Tuesday, 26
November 1946 |
Wednesday,
27
November 1946 |
Thursday, 28
November 1946 |
Saturday, 30
November 1946 |
Wednesday, 4
December 1946 |
Thursday, 5
December 1946 |
Saturday, 7
December 1946 |
Tuesday, 10
December 1946 |
Wednesday,
11
December 1946 |
Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex.
- Crowley
makes his very first sale of his book,
Olla to "Rowan." |
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Current Events:
- Musician,
Hank Williams begins his recording career. |
Thursday, 12
December 1946 |
Saturday, 14
December 1946 |
Tuesday, 17
December 1946 |
Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex.
- Crowley is visited by
Louis
Wilkinson.
[48]
- Crowley
inscribes a copy of his book
Olla to
Louis
Wilkinson with the inscription "To my old
friend Louis Wilkinson on his 65th birthday with sincere
appreciation, Aleister Crowley."
[Harry
Ransom Center, Austin, Texas (call number PR 6005 R7 O5 -
Copy 3)]
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Correspondence:
-
Crowley
to Louis Culling
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Current Events:
- Louis Wilkinson
is 65 years old. |
Wednesday,
18
December 1946 |
Thursday, 19
December 1946 |
Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex.
- Crowley is visited by
Louis
Wilkinson.
[48] |
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Current Events:
- The
classic Christmas movie It's a Wonderful Life premieres in
New York City. |
Saturday, 21
December 1946 |
Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex.
- Crowley
ceremonially publishes his book
Olla at 10:54 a.m.
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Current Events:
- The Winter
Solstice. |
Tuesday, 24
December 1946 |
Wednesday,
25
December 1946 |
Thursday, 26
December 1946 |
Saturday, 28
December 1946 |
Tuesday, 31
December 1946 |
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