August 29, 1910: C.S. Jones (Frater Achad) experienced the first Dawning of L.V.X., his first notable result as a Probationer in the A:.A:.
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August 28, 1901: Aleister Crowley commenced instruction under Allan Bennett, focusing on asana, pranayama, mantra and dharana.
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August 23, 1910: Aleister Crowley's "Rite of Artemis" was presented for the public and members of the press at the office of The Equinox in London.
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In Thelema, August 12 is celebrated as the Feast of the First Night of the Prophet and His Bride.
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August 3, 1931: Aleister Crowley met Bertha Busch, known as "Billie", who would become his new Scarlet Woman.
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July 27, 1906: George Cecil Jones, Exempt Adept (7°=4) of the Second Order, used a modified version of the ritual to initiate Aleister Crowley into the Golden Dawn's Adeptus Minor (5°=6).
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July 3, 1933: Aleister Crowley met Evelyn Pearl Brooksmith. Crowley soon consecrated her as his new Scarlet Woman.
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June 21, 1925: Aleister Crowley arrived in Germany to attend the Ordo Templi Orientis Conference of Grand Masters, where he expected to be elected the new OHO.
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April 17, 1900: Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Temple of Isis-Urania (Golden Dawn headquarters).
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April 2, 1920: Aleister Crowley began renting the old Villa Santa Barbara for his Abbey of Thelema in Cefalu, Sicily.
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