[EDITORIAL NOTE: This essay, about six and one-third pages of single-spaced type-script, with the byline "Hymenaeus Alpha" just as transcribed above, was given to Aleister Crowley probably late in 1943 e.v. Approximately half of the text has been omitted here, at the point marked by a row of asterisks. The missing section consists mostly of an analysis of economic trends in the 1930s e.v. A complete edition of the essay may be had in pamphlet form from Thelema Lodge; send a check payable to "Marlene Smith" for $4 ($5 international orders; US funds only) to Thelema Lodge, P.O. Box 2303, Berkeley, CA 94702 USA.

There is also a note or two of Grady's own, perhaps made during or shortly after a discussion of his paper in Crowley's rooms. It begins a precise of the paper, thus: "To illustrate wherein the economics whereby man lives effect his aspiration to godhead and how these economics may be altered under certain conditions to encourage instead of hampering this aspiration."]

Number:	Questioned:	Correction/Notes:
111
114		This value 110 usual spelling: -- 108 probably a typo for
157		May be a typo for
276		Wrong value, 278
310		(comment, not entry)
323
364
395
849
945		or for "Smooth Point")

Some considerations for reference:

Preface Your Document:
1. Every transcription should be prefaced with a concise history of the transcription, including: title, date transcribed, date proofread, edition or version(s) used, and identity of the transcriber(s) and/or proofreader(s). Subsequent alterations or proofreadings should be identified just after this. Pen names, Magical names or Initials may be used, but full names are better.
2. If the transcription covers more than one file, disk or volume, this should be noted next, along with the total that makes up the set. E.g. Disk 2 of 3. The character of the file should be noted here as well: ASCII or for a particular word processor. If special fonts are needed to print symbols or alphabets, this should be noted. For widest circulation, 7 bit ASCII is the best format.
3. Next, a notice of copyright, statement of ownership, address of owner of copyright, and any limit on circulation. Make sure you do this correctly. If you don't know, you should say so. If you transcribe something protected by copyright, you may need permission of the owner to give it to anyone else. Notes by editors may be under separate copyright from that enjoyed by the primary text, and may be currently under copyright even if the text is P.D.
4. The last part of the preface should consist of notes and conventions. This is the place to mention how footnotes are handled and how comments are identified to prevent confusion with the original text. State how page numbers are identified. If you use a conventional way of representing bold or italic text, give it here. If you omit anything, say so here. This is also a good place to mention any difficulties that were presented in transcription, how illustrations were handled and what work might remain to be done. See below for ideas and proposed standards.
5. A mark should be placed below this preface to separate it from the text. I use a row of asterisks. Nothing is added to the original text below this mark without clear indication that it is not original text.
6. The preface should be tight. No purple prose or unnecessary wording. Such a preface is only for identification and orientation. No essays. No Waite-isms. No advertisements.

Use Transcription Conventions:
1. Mark every page at the bottom in curly brackets: {45} If a page breaks in the midst of an hyphenated word, it is acceptable to put the page number after the complete word.
2. If bold, italic or other text indications are to be used, be consistent. If you use {B} to start "Bold", use {N} to indicate return to normal text. {I} = Italic. {U} = Underscored. - always with {N} to indicate return to normal.
3. If the text has Greek, Hebrew or other alphabets and symbols, render them in a recognizable manner. Use a standard transcription method for Hebrew, use the letter names for Greek and names for symbols. If there is a chance of confusion, preface transcribed words with "GR:" for "Greek" and "HB:" for "Hebrew", etc. Diacritical marks and accents may be omitted from ASCII transcriptions, or noted in an unambiguous manner clearly described in the preface. E.g. "... Agape{accent acute} ..."
4. If footnotes are to be represented in ASCII, they may either be placed just above the page number or within special brackets at the citation point in the text. The latter method is preferred. E.g. <<original footnote>>.
5. If notes are to be added, either to explain something or to describe a difficult bit of transcription, they MUST be clearly identified with the initials of the source. E.g. <<WEH Footnote: ...>> or in another manner clearly distinguished from the original. E.g. {DESCRIPTION: ...}.
6. If an error or suspected error is seen in the original text, use "{sic}" to indicate the problem. If you correct an obvious error in the original, mark it every time! E.g. "... Crowley {WEH Note: corrected typo, had 'Crwley'}" ...
7. Any added comments should go into identified footnotes. If you interpret or disagree or want to mention a forward reference, start your note with your initials and bracket it from the original text.
8. Beware of fixing spelling! Crowley does weird things like spelling "Jupiter" as "Juppiter" to signify a different idea. He frequently uses minor variations in spelling and capitalization deliberately. The rule is this: If it's deliberate, reproduce it. If it looks like an accident, put a note after it. If it is clearly a typo, change it but include a note saying that you changed it and what it was before you changed it. Also, don't assume a quotation in the original is correct. Crowley misquotes Liber AL more often than any other author I know.! Correct quotations and add a note about the correction.
9. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, improve the grammar! NEVER, NEVER, NEVER modernize the usage! If you must, indicate disgust in a note. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER add or delete anything without adding a note!
10. Mistakes are literature too. In transcribing Crowley's Sepher Sephiroth, it was important to retain any mistakes in calculating gematria - with a note of correction. Crowley used those wrong values. Somebody will need to know that a mistake came into his writing from that source. To obscure it is to compound the problem. Crowley thought Ayin could replace "a" or "o". He thought Hay could replace "e". The fact that those substitutions are abnormal does not justify obscuring them from Crowley's writings. In the same manner, Crowley's strange ideas about women and minorities may be out of date and down-right wrong, but they should stand in the text. If Crowley gives foolish or dangerous advice, add a warning note. Always identify your comments and notes as your own. Do not edit.
11. The cardinal rules: Get as close to the original text as possible. Anything not in the original must be marked to clearly separate it from the original text. For reference quality it's better to be boring than to be bogus. You can always cut a copy for the kiddies with the bad words taken out - and "censored for the feeble minded" marked at the top.

November 2, 1910	"... amid choking clouds of incense, varied by barbaric dances, sensational interludes of melodrama, blasphemy and erotic suggestion." The rite of Mars of Eleusis is performed at Caxton Hall by Crowley & Co.
November 3, 1957	Dr. Wilhelm Reich dies in prison at Lewisburg, PA. Many of his experiments were designed to ascertain whether sexual excitement was associated with an increase of bio-electric charges in the genitals & the erogenous zones ... he found this to be true!
November 9, 1875	Born on this date in Dresden, was the founder of the German 'Thule Society', Baron Rudolf von Sebottendorf. By the late 20s he would lose controlling reign of the group to Anton Drexler, who would transfer such to Adolph Hitler in 1921 under the guise of 'National Socialist Party.'
November 9, 1910	The rite of Sol of Eleusis is performed at Caxton Hall. Later Crowley was to blame the failure of the rites on ".. too hasty preparation of the texts, not enough rehearsal, and his misguided belief that the public were gifted with reverence, intelligence, imagination, and (the ability to interpret) the most obscure symbolism." The same problems occur today in the performances of these rites.
November 10, 1885	Fredrick Hockley, a Rosicrucian seer, died on this date. He was unable to see anything in his 'crystal' & appears to have met with the most success when using others, like young girls, particularly one Emma Leigh who was thirteen when Hockley met her.
November 16, 1910	The rite of Venus of Eleusis is performed at Caxton Hall. Crowley wrote, "... if I had had the most ordinary common sense, I should have got a proper impresario to have it presented in proper surroundings by officers trained in the necessary techniques. Had I done so, I might have made an epoch in the drama."
November 17, 1900	The 29th Aethyr is evoked in Mexico by Crowley although Israel Regardie wrote "... the seer here is obviously unskilled and untrained relatively speaking, and had not overcome the effects of his early upbringing and conditioning."
November 17, 1907	Born on this date is the short lived personal secretary to Aleister Crowley, Israel Regardie, who upon meeting Crowley was ordered to lose his 'virginity' as quickly as possible with the visit to a local prostitute!
November 19, 1943	Crowley wrote to Grady McMurtry (serving with the US Army in Europe) from 93 Jermyn Street, to say how he (and an imaginary crew of characters he names) "lament the absence of Big Chief Wandering Warrior." Grady had recently visited Crowley while on leave and had asked advice regarding a magical name upon his elevation to the IXth degree. Crowley's letter continues: "Ah! United. Yes: Sometimes I sat and thunk, and sometimes I just sat. But no nearer to your motto. Then - a flash! Well, yes, I think it may do. " (Hymenaeus Alpha = Aleph) (you know the Greek Alphabet & its values of course?) Hymenaeus, the Greco-Roman God of Marriage; and Alpha (Aleph) with all its meanings - see Essay on Atu) on the Tarot. And the whole show adds up to 777. Good Enough?"
November 20, 1952	George Adamski makes contact with beings from the planet Venus who arrived in a UFO in the desert of California.
November 21, 1920	Arrival of C.F.Russell, Frater Genesthai, at the Abbey of Thelema in Chefalu.
November 24, 1909	As Aleister Crowley wrote, "... my domestic tragedy was coming to a crisis." and finally on this date he & Rose Kelly are divorced!
November 26, 1922	Loveday & his wife arrive at Cefalu, she would later leave and he would be burred in an unhallowed grave just outside the walls of the Catholic cemetery.
November 26, 1920	Birth of Aleister Crowley's daughter Astarte Lulu Panthea to Nanette Shumway at 2:00am in Palermo, Sicily.
November 29, 1989	UFO expert Donald E. Keyhoe dies at the age of 91.
November 30, 1910	The Rite of Luna is performed at Caxton Hall by Aleister Crowley who would later state regarding this particular ritual that '... the histrionic incompetence of the officers was mercifully concealed from (the audience) by the gloom.'

Events Calendar for November 1991 e.v.

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