Aleister Crowley Diary Entry

Tuesday, 21 December 1920

 

 

Celebrated entry of in .

    

1. Give general symbol for the Comment as it stands. [I Ching] Hexagram LVI, Strangers-people travelling abroad. I am ill at ease.

     

2. Should I scrap the Comment and try to do it all over again on different principles? [I Ching] Hexagram LIII, Gradual advance. Go on with it the way it is.

     

3. What course of action should I adopt to complete it? [I Ching] Hexagram XX, 'Big Earth', Air of K[teis]. Contemplate!

     

4. Shall I use any special means besides straightforward study and meditation? [I Ching] Hexagram XXVI, Earth of P[hallus]. Accumulation. (I suppose of the phallic power.)

     

5. Give symbol for complete Comment. [I Ching] Hexagram VIII, 'Union and Attachment'. Luna of K[teis]. Re-examine by Divination!

     

6. Shall I use cocaine to assist me in the work? [I Ching] Hexagram LIX, Air of Moon, Hwan. An amazingly detailed reply on the whole chapter. Evidently: YES

 

 

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