73 Confessions, 770.
74 While this collection was never published in AC’s lifetime, the following selections appeared in The International: “In the Red Room of Rose Croix,” 11(10): 294 (Oct 1917); “Love is One,” 11(10): 309 (Oct 1917); “Hymn” (from Baudelaire), 11(11): 333 (Nov 1917); “A Riddle,” 11(12): 379 (Dec 1917); “Dawn,” 12(1): 9 (Jan 1918); “A Vision of the Eucharist,” 12(2) (Feb 1918); “Knight-errant,” 12(3): 85 (Mar 1918); “Visions” 12(4): 117 (Apr 1918).
75 Published in The International 1918, 12(1): 25 and later in The Equinox 1919, 3(1): 39.
76 Confessions, 805.
77 Richard Londraville, private communication.
78 A septennial. The International 1917, 11 (12): 376.
79 Leila Waddell, “Two Anzacs Meet in London,” Shadowland: Expressing the Arts, Oct 1923, 9(2): 51, 72.
80 Incoming passenger lists show that Leila Waddell arrived from Sydney in Vancouver/Seattle on April 3, 1925, aboard the Aorangi, en route to England; she departed from New York aboard the Aquitania, arriving in Southampton on May 5, 1925. In 1926, she traveled from Sydne aboard the Jervis Bay, arriving in London on October 29, 1926.
81 David Waddell died at Randwick in 1929, age seventy-nine. Registry of Death 13559/1929, New South Wales.
82 Gibney and Smith, A Biographical Register, v. 2, 321. The Elizabeth Bay school, known as Kincoppal, was founded in 1909. In 1971, it merged its campus with that of its older sister, the first Convent of the Sacred Heart (which was founded in 1882) and became known as Kincoppal-Rose Bay, School of the Sacred Heart.
83 “The Late Leila Waddell,” Sydney Mail, 21 Sep 1932, 8.
84 Clare Thornley, The Royal Philharmonic Society of Sydney: The Rise and Fall of a Musical Organisation, master’s thesis, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney, 2004.
85 Registry of death, 16225/1932, Woollahra, New South Wales.
86 Crowley’s works continued to appear in the International and Vanity Fair on a regular basis. Likewise, The Open Court paid Crowley $10 for “Culture vs Kultur.”
87 Confessions, 805.
88 Confessions, 774.
89 Aleister Crowley, The Gospel According to George Bernard Shaw (n.p., 1953), 101. I have been unable to trace a Gerda Maria von Kothek; however, the 17 Apr 1918 entry of Crowley’s Rex De Arte Regia names her as Gerda von Kothek (Gebauer), suggesting that, sometime between 1916 and 1918, Gerda married. A Rudolph and Gerda Gebauer appear in the 1920 U.S. Census at St. Luke’s Place in Manhattan; both were German-born, she (born c. 1897) immigrating in 1908 and he in 1913. Further research is required.
90 Confessions, 806.
91 “Peculiarity of Hindu Music Compared with the Occidental: Recent Recitals in Manhattan Give Opportunity for Analysis of Songs Peculiar to East India—Concerts and Recitals in Two Boroughs for the Week,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 7 May 1916, 11.
92 Roger Lipsey, Coomaraswamy. 3: His Life and Work (Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1977), 92–3.
93 Thirty Songs from the Panjab and Kashmir: Recorded by Ratan Devi with Introduction and Translations by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy and a Foreword by Rabindranath Tagore (London: The Authors, 1913).
94 Joyce Kilmer, “Oriental Poetry More Realistic than Ours: Not Result of Deliberate Effort, Says Hindu Philosopher; Part of Everyday Life of People, Says His Wife, Madame Devi,” New York Times, 2 Apr 1916, SM12.
95 [Aleister Crowley], “Ratan Devi: Indian Singer,” Vanity Fair, May 1916, 79. The same issue contains another article by Crowley, writing as Dionysus Carr, “On the Management of Blondes: Prolegomena to Any System of Philosophy Devoted to Their Treatment and Care,” wherein he writes “And here lies, I think, the key to the solution of our difficulty. The natural enemy of the blonde is the brunette. The blonde knows it, and fears the brunette” (p. 85).
96 “A Concert of Indian Music: Ratan Devi Sings Classical ragas and Kashmiri Folk Songs,” New York Times, 14 Apr 1916, 7. After several name changes over the decades, the Princess Theater was torn down in 1955.
97 “Music of Hindustan,” Outlook, 26 Apr 1916, 941.
98 Confessions, 774.
99 Confessions, 774.
100 “Poet and Magus Explains Magic on a Basis of Scientific Facts; Defends Yoga and Mystic Rites: Another Who Set London Literary World Agog by Verses and Occult Exploits Stirs American Students of Mysticism by Visit Here—Rosicrucian Mysteries Revived through His Facile Pen,” Washington Post, 26 Dec 1915, R2.
101 Aleister Crowley, “Introduction,” in Stuart X, A Prophet in His Own Country: Being the Letters of Stuart X to Many Men on Many Occasions (Washington, D.C.: the author, 1916), 11–27.
102 Crowley, “Introduction” to Prophet, 25. 1910 U.S. Census, precinct 8, Washington, District of Columbia, 5A. “Stuart X, The Great Unknown: An Unofficial Adviser to the Universe in General,” Vanity Fair, Aug 1916, 35.
103 E. O. Irish, “In re: Henry Clifford Stuart: Alleged German Propaganda,” 25 Jan 1919, case number 33537, publication no. M1085, Investigative Case Files of the Bureau of Investigation 1909–1922.
104 Crowley, “Introduction” to Prophet, 25.
105 “Gossip Gathered in Hotel Lobbies,” Times Picayune, 9 Apr 1896, 9.
106 “The Social World,” New York Times, 7 Dec 1894, 16. “In Society,” Omaha World Herald, 16 ec. 1894, 30(76): 6.
107 “City News in Brief,” Washington Post, 13 Apr 1915, 13.
108 “Neutrality Matter,” case number 8000–1514, publication number M1085, Investigative Case Files of the Bureau of Investigation 1908–1922.
109 “Neutrality Matter,” ibid.
110 AC to Theodore Roosevelt, 12 Apr 1916, Theodore Roosevelt Papers, Manuscripts Division, Library of Congress.
111 AC to Henry Holt & Co., 3 Jun 1916, Henry Holt Collection (C0100), Box 26, Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts, Princeton University Library. The letter includes a copy of AC’s circular promoting the book.
112 Frank X. O’Donnell, “In RE: Aleister Crowley.” The Fifth Avenue Bank was acquired by the Bank of New York in 1948.
113 “Henry Clifford Stuart: Alleged German Propaganda,” op. cit.
114 A. E. R., “Views and Reviews: Not without Humour,” New Age, 10 Aug 1916, 19(15): 356.
115 “A Great Man’s Opinions,” Indianapolis Sunday Star, 19 Nov 1916, 19.
116 “Stuart X, The Great Unknown: An Unofficial Adviser to the Universe in General,” Vanity Fair, Aug 1916, 35.
117 Aleister Crowley, “Protests He Is Not Author of Book by Stuart X,” Washington Post, 2 Oct 1916, 9.
118 “Deaths,” New York Times, 3 Feb 1929, 35.
119 “X,” Time, 3 Mar 1930. “Strange as It Seems,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 28 Apr 1931, 29.
120 Social Security death index, 21 May 1952, Alameda, CA.
121 Classified ad, Chicago Daily Tribune, 28 May 1916, H1.
122 “$10,000 for Lost Jade Idol: Offer of Reward Suggest Sun Yat Sen May Have Been Owner,” New York Times, 29 May 1916, 11.
123 “Dr. Sun Yat Sen’s Missing Idol Found: And It Means His Return to Power, His Secretary Declares,” Fort Wayne Daily News, 1 Jun 1916, 2.
124 “The Oriental Mind,” Washington Post, 2 Jun 1916, 6.
125 “Dr. Waite’s ‘Wicked Man from Egypt’: A Modern Magician and Student of Occult Forces Explains His Belief that Evil Spirits Possess Us To-day just as They Did in in Old and New Testament Times,” Washington Post, 30 Apr 1916, MT5.
126 Aleister Crowley, “Ireland as Peace Arbiter: Irish Poet Would Have Forgiveness, Not Revenge, Free Erin’s Motto,” Washington Post, 12 May 1916, 9.
127 “Chess: Local Tournament Is Arranged: Washington Clubs to See Some Interesting Matches This Week,” Washington Post, 28 May 1916, ES2. In addition to being acknowledged as an International Master of chess in 1965, Whittaker is also remembered for serving time for attempted extortion in connection with the Lindbergh kidnapping; while in prison, he befriended Al Capone.
128 Aleister Crowle
y, “Protests against Normal Way of Giving Anesthetics,” Washington Post, 4 Sep 1916, 7.
129 From Crowley’s Simon Iff story, “The Pasquaney Puzzle” (not to be confused with the article of the title cited above). Although the Simon Iff stories have not all been published, photocopies have circulated among collectors for many years.
130 AC to Karl Germer, 27 Jul 1945, Yorke Collection.
131 AC to CS Jones, 20 Aug 1914, Yorke Collection.
132 Cor Scorpionis [Aleister Crowley], “How Horoscopes Are Faked,” The International, Nov 1917, 11(11): 345.
133 Compare Adams’s Astrology: Your Place in the Sun (1928) and Astrology: Your Place Among the Stars (1930) to Crowley’s Complete Astrological Writings, published posthumously. Not until 1936 would Crowley realize this, writing to Adams’s publishers the following note:
Gentlemen,
My attention has just been drawn to a book published by you in 1930 e.v., Astrology: Your Place Among the Stars by Evangeline Adams. Practically the whole of this book, except the hack work calculations, is taken from a manuscript of mine. It is quite probable that the rest of the manuscript has been printed in the other two books by my late friend and colleague. My arrangement with her was that we should divide the profits in equal moieties. I should be greatly obliged for information as to the other two books, and an accounting.
Yours sincerely,
Aleister Crowley
(AC to Messrs Dodd, Mead & Co, Publishers, 28 Dec 1936, New 117, Yorke Collection.) Unfortunately, this matter was never settled in Crowley’s lifetime. The books sold out many print runs, and Crowley saw none of it. OTO now owns the rights to these works; a reconstruction of the Crowley-Adams collaboration was published as Aleister Crowley, Evangeline Adams, and Hymenaeus Beta, The General Principles of Astrology. Liber DXXXVI (Boston: Weiser Books, 2002). See also Karen Christino, Foreseeing the Future: Evangeline Adams and Astrology in America (Amherst, MA: One Reed Publications, 2002) for Adams’s biography.
134 The International 1918, 12(2).
135 Diary, 12 Jul 1916.
136 Confessions, 808.
137 AC to Elihu Thomson, 31 Jul 1916, Box 11, Elihu Thomson Papers, MS Coll. 74, American Philosophical Library, Philadelphia, PA.
138 Aleister Crowley, “A Curious Kind of Lightning,” New York Times, 16 Jul 1916, E2.
139 Douglass Shand-Tucci, The Crimson Letter: Harvard, Homosexuality, and the Shaping of American Culture (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2003), 49.
140 T. J. Jackson Lears, No Place of Grace: Antimodernism and the Transformation of American Culture, 1880–1920 (New York: Pantheon Books, 1981), 225–34. M. A. De Wolfe Howe, Later Years of the Saturday Club, 1870–1920 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1927), 265–8. M. W. Wiseman, “Buddhism and Immortality: The Ingersoll Lecture” [review], American Journal of Psychology 1909, 20(1): 140–1. Edmund H. Hollands, “Buddhism and Immortality” [review], Philosophical Review 1909, 18(3): 346–7. “Art Gift to Boston Museum: Dr. W. S. Bigelow Gives Chinese and Japanese Collection of 25,000 Pieces,” New York Times, 10 Sep 1911, 13. “Dr. W. S. Bigelow, Noted Orientalist, Dies in 77th Year: Was Deep Student of Buddhism and Collector of Eastern Art Objects,” Hartford Courant, 7 Oct 1926, 7. Arthur Fairbanks, “William Sturgis Bigelow (1850–1926),” American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1930, 64(12): 507–10. Constance J. S. Chen, “ ‘The Esoteric Buddhist’: William Sturgis Bigelow and the Culture of Dissent,” Amerasia Journal 2008, 34(1): 31–51.
141 AC to William Sturgis Bigelow, 26 Jul 1916, Elihu Thomson Papers.
142 AC to Elihu Thomson, 31 Jul 1916, Elihu Thomson Papers. AC to Elihu Thomson, 23 Aug 1916, Elihu Thomson Papers.
143 W. S. Bigelow to E. Thomson, 7 Aug 1916, Elihu Thomson Papers. The “first and last lines” are, of course, “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law” and “Love is the law, love under will.” As for the red stamp, Crowley explained, “the red seal is super-Masonic, pertaining to a degree–the ninth–in an order of which the seventh degree corresponds to the 33° A[ncient] & A[ccepted Scottish Rite]. I venture to enclose a pamphlet, as you appear interested” (AC to W. S. Bigelow, 8 Aug 1916, Elihu Thomson Papers).
144 AL i.55–56.
145 Confessions, 809.
146 Francis King, “Introduction,” in Crowley on Christ, 16. The book (sans Mr. King’s introduction) was originally published in 1953 by Thelema Publishing.
147 Most of these appeared in The International as follows: “The King of the Wood.” 12(4): 99–102 (Apr 1918); “The Mass of Saint Secaire.” 12(2): 42–6 (Feb 1918); “The Burning of Melcarth.” 11(10): 310–2 (Oct 1917); “The Oracle of the Corycian Cave,” never published in Crowley’s lifetime; “The Stone of Cybele,” never published in Crowley’s lifetime; “The God of Ibreez,” 12(1): 19–24 (Jan 1918); “The Old Man of the Peepul-tree,” 12(4): 107–10 (Apr 1918); “The Hearth,” 11(11): 334–8 (Nov 1917). All eight stories are collected in the volume Golden Twigs, ed. Martin P. Starr (Chicago: Teitan Press, 1988).
148 Dec 1916, 60, 137.
149 Diary, 9 Oct 1916.
150 Diary, 15 Dec 1916.
151 Crowley, Moonchild, 22–3.
152 “Big game,” 11(9): 259–67 (Sep 1917); “The Artistic Temperament,” 11(10): 295–301 (Oct 1917); “Outside the Bank’s Routine,” 11(11): 323–31 (Nov 1917); “The Conduct of John Briggs,” 11(12): 323–31 (Dec 1917); “Not good enough,” 12(1): 3–9 (Jan 1918); “Ineligible,” 12(2): 35–40 (Feb 1918). All six stories have been collected in The Scrutinies of Simon Iff, ed. Martin P. Starr. (Chicago: Teitan Press, 1987).
153 Diary, 9 Apr 1920.
154 Published in 1929 by the Mandrake Press as Moonchild.
155 Confessions, 825. Aleister Crowley, “The Origin of the Game of Pirate Bridge,” Vanity Fair, Jan 1917, 56.
156 Confessions, 825.
157 R. F. Foster, Foster’s Whist Manual: A Complete System of Instruction in the Game (New York: Brentano’s, 1890). R. F. Foster, Foster’s Complete Hoyle: An Encyclopedia of All the Indoor Games Played at the Present Day, with Suggestions for Good Play, a Full Code of Laws, Illustrative Hands, and a Brief Statement of the Doctrine of Chances as Applied to Games (New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1897).
158 R. F. Foster, Foster’s Pirate Bridge: The Latest Development of Auction Bridge, with the Full Code of the Official Laws (New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1917), 5.
159 “ ‘Pirate’ Hits Hard at Auction Bridge” New Card Game takes Strong Hold, Gives Relief from Erratic Partners,” Grand Gorks Herald (North Dakota), 30 Dec 1916, article location given as “Chicago, Dec 29.” “Pirate Bridge: New Game Is Offered as a Rival to Auction: Object Is to Combine as Partners Holders of Two Best Hands,” Boston Daily Globe, 31 Dec 1916. “Pirate Bridge: The Latest Improvement on Auction,” Kansas City Star, 31 Dec 1916, 37(105): 1.
160 The book was advertised in each of Foster’s Vanity Fair articles on pirate bridge (see below). It was also promoted in the press; see “Good Points of Pirate Bridge,” Kansas City Star, 11 Jan 1917, 37(116): 18.
161 R. F. Foster, “The New Game of Pirate Bridge,” was serialized in Vanity Fair as follows: Jan 1917, 57, 122, 124; Feb 1917, 73, 104; Mar 1917, 73, 114, 116; Apr 1917, 77, 126, 128; May 1917, 79, 124, 126; Jun 1917, 77, 97; Jul 1917, 61, 81.
162 R. F. Foster, “Pirate Bridge: The Latest Variety of Auction” was serialized in the following issues of the Philadelphia Inquirer: 7 Jan 1917, 176(7): 4; 14 Jan 1917, 176(14): 4; 21 Jan 1917, 176(21): 6; 28 Jan 1917, 176(28): 6; 4 Feb 1917, 176(35): 6; 11 Feb 1917, 176(42): 6; 18 Feb 1917, 176(49): 6; 25 Feb 1917, 176(56): 6; 4 Mar 1917, 176(63): 6; 11 Mar 1917, 176(70): 6; 18 Mar 1917, 176(77): 6; 25 Mar 1917, 176(84): 4; 1 Apr 1917, 176(91): 4; 8 Apr 1917, 176(98): 4; and 15 Apr 1917, 176(105): 4.
163 Foster’s Pirate Bridge was announced in “Latest Publications: Books Received during the Week Ended Feb 15 Classified and Annotated According to Contents,” New York Times, BR3, and “21,764 Books Given out at Library in 60 Days,” San Jose Mercury news, 4 Mar 1917,
92(63): 6.
164 From a syndicated article that ran as Milton C. Work, “Will the New Pirate Bridge Displace Auction? Chairman of Card Committee of the Whist Club of New York Discusses the Question and Tells Why He Believes It Will Fail,” New York Times, 14 Jan 1917, SM6. Or see “ ‘Pirate’ Analyzed by Milton C. Work: Expert Makes Examination of New Card Game and Declares Arguments for It Really Are in Favor of Auction,” Philadelphia Inquirer, 14 Jan 1917, 176(15): 8.
165 “Society Finds New Substitute for Bridge,” Lincoln Sunday Star, 21 Jan 1917, 1.
166 See, e.g., “Pirate Bridge Party at John A. Sinclair Home,” Duluth News-Tribune, 28 Jan 1917, 48(267): 2B. “Second of Evening Bridges at Sinclair Home,” Duluth News-Tribune, 30 Jan 1917, 48(269): 7. “Learn Pirate Bridge,” Idaho Daily Statesman, 25 Mar 1917, 36: 12. “Pirate Bridge Party,” Idaho Daily Statesman, 1 Apr 1917, 36: 12.
167 “Great Rush for New Magazine: Thousands of Applications for Free Copies: Remarkable Articles Everyone Should Read,” Observer (London), 8 Apr 1917, 9 and Times (London), 17 Apr 1917.
168 Pirate-Bridge d’après Aleister Crowley (Paris: E. Cassegrain, 1918). Traité du jeu de bridge (n.p., 1918). With thanks to Clive Harper for details on these publications.
169 “Here’s the Man Who Invented ‘Pirate’ Bridge: How Aleister Crowley, the Poet, Devised the Method by Which Players May Demonstrate Individual Skill and Judgment and Avoid Being Tied Up With Tiresome Partners,” The Washington Post, 11 Mar 1917, 47.
170 Confessions, 825.
171 29 in Mary Anne Santos Newhall, “Uniform Bodies: Mass Movement and Modern Totalitarianism,” Dance Research Journal 2002, 34(1): 27–50. This article contains a great deal of information on Laban and Wigman’s portion of the program. See also Mary Anne Santos Newhall, Mary Wigman: A Life in Dance (London: Routledge, 2009). 25. For more on Monte Verità see Martin Burgess Green, Mountain of Truth: The Counterculture Begins, Ascona, 1900–1920 (Hanover, NH: Tufts University, 1986). Information on Laban can be found in Suzanne Perrottet and Giorgio J. Wolfensberger, Suzanne Perrottet, ein bewegtes Leben (Bern: Benteli, 1989).
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