September 1930, Lisbon: Aleister Crowley's lost diary of his Portuguese trip

Aleister Crowley's diary for the period of his travel to Portugal and his meeting with Fernando Pessoa has long been considered lost or inaccessible. However, a copy has been finally found and is here presented and published for the first time. The analysis of the diary allows us to have a full...

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Main Author: Pasi, Marco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brown University 2012-05-01
Series:Pessoa Plural
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Online Access:https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:756570/PDF/
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description Aleister Crowley's diary for the period of his travel to Portugal and his meeting with Fernando Pessoa has long been considered lost or inaccessible. However, a copy has been finally found and is here presented and published for the first time. The analysis of the diary allows us to have a fuller knowledge of Crowley's movements and activities while in Portugal and especially of his meetings with Fernando Pessoa. It also clarifies some aspects of the famous Boca do Inferno suicide stunt in which Pessoa was directly involved and brings some new clues concerning a possible initiation of Pessoa in one of Crowley's magical orders.
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spelling doaj.art-6f83e2a27fd740e390ff1758d0dd4db12022-12-22T01:39:12ZengBrown UniversityPessoa Plural2212-41792012-05-01125328310.7301/Z03N21MSSeptember 1930, Lisbon: Aleister Crowley's lost diary of his Portuguese tripPasi, MarcoAleister Crowley's diary for the period of his travel to Portugal and his meeting with Fernando Pessoa has long been considered lost or inaccessible. However, a copy has been finally found and is here presented and published for the first time. The analysis of the diary allows us to have a fuller knowledge of Crowley's movements and activities while in Portugal and especially of his meetings with Fernando Pessoa. It also clarifies some aspects of the famous Boca do Inferno suicide stunt in which Pessoa was directly involved and brings some new clues concerning a possible initiation of Pessoa in one of Crowley's magical orders.https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:756570/PDF/Crowley, AleisterJaeger, HanniLeal, RaúlGrant, KennethYorke, Gerald (Gerald Joseph)Boca do inferno
spellingShingle Pasi, Marco
September 1930, Lisbon: Aleister Crowley's lost diary of his Portuguese trip
Pessoa Plural
Crowley, Aleister
Jaeger, Hanni
Leal, Raúl
Grant, Kenneth
Yorke, Gerald (Gerald Joseph)
Boca do inferno
title September 1930, Lisbon: Aleister Crowley's lost diary of his Portuguese trip
title_full September 1930, Lisbon: Aleister Crowley's lost diary of his Portuguese trip
title_fullStr September 1930, Lisbon: Aleister Crowley's lost diary of his Portuguese trip
title_full_unstemmed September 1930, Lisbon: Aleister Crowley's lost diary of his Portuguese trip
title_short September 1930, Lisbon: Aleister Crowley's lost diary of his Portuguese trip
title_sort september 1930 lisbon aleister crowley s lost diary of his portuguese trip
topic Crowley, Aleister
Jaeger, Hanni
Leal, Raúl
Grant, Kenneth
Yorke, Gerald (Gerald Joseph)
Boca do inferno
url https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:756570/PDF/
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