Portal:Aleister Crowley Timeline/On this Day/May

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May 1

• 1906 - "A.'. fair."

• 1947 - Meets Gerald Gardner for the first time, having tea with AC in Hastings; being introduced by Arnold Crowther.

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May 2

• 1906 - Works on the comment on Liber Legis, decides he could do better if he did it in Egypt. "A.'. good." Considers the option of doing a "dead stunt".

• 1907 - Rose visits, helps with Tankerville.

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May 3

• 1901 - Ships-off to Hawaii on a Japanese vessel.

• 1906 - Works out a new ritual. "A.'. mediocre."

• 1907 - Working on proofs.

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May 4

• 1906 - "A.'. very enegetic on my part, intensely so, better perhaps than ever before."

• 1907 - Invents "Indoor Golf“.

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May 5

• 1906 - "A.'. medium."

• 1907 - Golf at Chislehurst.

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May 6

• 1901 - Concentration on the symbol of an Egg in between two white pillars- 32 minutes with 10 breaks, noting that it was best after the tenth break.

• 1906 - "A.'. tired and excited, yet with great resolution."

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May 7

• 1901 - Concentration on the symbol of an Egg in between two white pillars- 6 minutes with 3 breaks. "I seemed to collapse suddenly." Later that evening he concentrated on the Golden Dawn symbol of a white triangle surmounted by a red cross- 14 minutes with 3 breaks.

• 1906 - "A.'. good."

• 1907 - Sees Charlie who likes him. Tankerville confirms Rose’s clairvoyance.

• 1942 - Moves into Hamilton House, Piccadilly.

• 1947 - Second meeting with Gardner. AC's diary records, "Wed 7 Dr Gardner about 12......".

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May 8

• 1906 - "A.'. good."

• 1907 - Tankerville’s servants sick, so is Rose’s nurse.

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May 9

• 1906 - "A.'. poor."

• 1907 - Preliminary Lection and Obligation for Tankerville.

• 1910 - Evocation of Bartzabel, the spirit of Mars. Assistants were Commander G.M. Marston (Frater All For Knowledge)- a Probationer of A:.A:. and Leila Waddell (Soror Agatha) who attained to Philosophus and IX* O.T.O.. Frater Omnia Vincam (I will conquer all) is, of course, Victor Neuburg, was inside the Triagle of Art who acted as the material basis through which the spirit could manifest itself.

• 1942 - Writes a letter to Lady Frieda Harris. Referring to his new accomodations, AC writes, "I have Byron's bath. It's a lovely piece of marble with lion's heads. It's all marble here; the rest a mixture of decay and blitz!"

• 1947 - Letter to Gerald Yorke, "This week I have had Dr. Gardner […] here. I would be grateful if you would send to him one of the 4 copies of the Equinox of the Gods, which he has purchased."

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May 10

• 1906 - "A.'. poor - am really worn out."

• 1907 - Not-golf in Chislehurst. Rose "keeps his chains rattling at 60!“

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May 11

• 1906 - "A.'. better - much reverie."

• 1920 - Wrote the poem Happy Dust. It was published in Temperance, A Tract for the Times in 1939.

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May 12

• 1906 - "A.'. not bad."

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May 13

• 1907 - Jones and Tankerville meet.

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May 14

• 1906 - "A.'. sleepy."

• 1937 - Writes to Ian Fleming offering to interview Rudolf Hess.

• 1947 - Third meeting with Gardner. AC's diary records, "Wed 14 G.B.G."

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May 15

• 1906 - "A mediocre and unwilling."

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May 16

• 1906 - Arrived in New York after sailing on the Empress of India from Shanghai. "A.'. better but sleepy."

• 1907 - Walter Scott Publishing Company accepts Star in the West.

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May 17

• 1906 - "A.'. better."

• 1907 - Leaves for Cambridge.

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May 18

• 1906 - "A.'. elaborate and really not bad."

• 1907 - Gives talk in Cambridge.

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May 19

• 1906 - "A.'. gabbled." A heat wave in New York.

• 1920 - Wrote an essay that is not extant, The Moralist.

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May 20

• 1906 - "A.'. a shade better."

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May 21

• 1902 - Made another "agreeable march" to Yuno.

• 1906 - "A.'. not altogether bad."

• 1907 - Back to London. A Dhyana while Rose is in the room.

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May 22

• 1902 - Forged through miles of river bed filled with rounded stones; AC notes, "we had a most unpleasant day."

• 1906 - Reads the Hashish-Eater.

• 1907 - Dined with Mrs. McCarthy.

• 1920 - 3:30 AM: Wrote Hymn to Astarte. It was published in Temperance, A Tract for the Times in 1939.

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May 23

• 1902 - To Ghomboro.

• 1906 - "A.'. at first disturbed - with resolution better."

• 1907 - "Slave to a phonograph“

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May 24

• 1902 - Saturday. Left Ghomoboro (NB: spelling variance from 23rd to 24th is AC's) at 4:40 a.m.

• 1906 - "A.'. in P.M. tired and sleepy."

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May 25

• 1902 - To Askoli.

• 1906 - "A.'. not so bad."

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May 26

• 1906 - "A.'. poor in vision."

• 1916 - Loses four games of chess in an evening match against local master Norman T Whitaker at the National Press Club in Washington DC, despite excellent playing on both sides.

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May 27

• 1906 - "A.'. poor in vision."
• 1947 - Fourth meeting with Gardner. AC's diary records, "Tues 27 Gardner here"

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May 28

• 1906 - "A.'. got through after an incredible struggle."

• 1907 - Dinner with Tankerville.

• 1941 - Writes a letter to Lady Frieda Harris. Largely regarding his financial situation, AC writes, " I have never had any use for money since I took the Oath of the Abramelin Operation, save only to further the Great Work. At present A.C. does need it for his personal use, because he can no longer work in a tent on a glacier. He does need space, access to works of reference, reasonable comfort ...." In an interesting idea, he also mentions that he would like to have copies of his works available in free libraries all over the world and that, "Publicity is wanted, that the seeker may know where to look."

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May 29

• 1906 - "A.'. a shade better."

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May 30

• 1906 - "A.'. very good indeed." Renews the vows of this initiation.

• 1906 - "Augoeides very good indeed. Renewed the terrible vows of this initiation, and was rewarded by the Divine Kiss. O Self-Glittering one, be ever with me! Amen."

• 1907 - Takes Oath of 8°=3° in presence of Tankerville and Rose

• 1940 - Death of Victor Neuburg from tuberculosis.

• 1947 - AC writing to William Bernard Crow, "I suggest that you refer all your following in the London district to Dr.Gardner so that he may put them properly through the Minerval degree, and some of them at least might help him establish the camps for the higher degrees up to Perfect Initiate or Prince of Jerusalem.

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May 31

• 1906 - "A.'. better than ever yet."

• 1906 - "Augoeides better than ever yet. Vision quite perfect; I tasted the sweet kiss and gazed in the clear eyes of that Radiant One. My own face became luminous."

• 1907 - Arranges with Tankerville a Magical Retirement. Maybe Spain?

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