Share on ... Twitter Facebook Pinterest The International An archive of The International, a literary magazine which included essays, poetry, plays and libri by Aleister Crowley and works by other authors. The International was a literary and arts journal founded by George Sylvester Viereck, published in New York between WWI and WWII. For a number of years during the period of silence between The Equinox Volume I and Volume III, Aleister Crowley was a contributing editor for this journal and many essays, poems and plays appeared under various names (including Baphomet and The Master Therion) authored by him. For example, the first publication of the Gnostic Mass, which became Liber XV, appeared in this journal. Also, several of Crowley’s Simon Iff stories appeared in the pages of The International, under the pseudonym Edward Kelly. Top | Oct '17 | Nov '17 | Dec '17 | Jan '18 | Feb '18 | Mar '18 | Apr '18 | May '18 | Readings | Books Vol Issue Date XI 10 October, 1917 (PDF - 385 KB) Contents Author Page Glints of an October Opal 289 (edition and copyright statement) 289 A Word to Our Friends 290 Cocaine Aleister Crowley 291 In the Red Room of Rose Croix 294 The Scrutines of Simon Iff. No. 2. The Artistic TemperamentEdward Kelly 295 A Perfect Pianissimo Aleister Crowley 301 The Revival of Magick The Master Therion 302 An African Love Song Charles Beadle 304 The Discovery of Gneugh-Ioughrck 305 Absinthe Jeanne la Goulue 306 Last Night Faith Baldwin 306 Groans From the Padded Cell 307 Love is One 309 The Argument That Took the Wrong Turning 309 The Burning of Melcarth Mark Wells 310 Confessions of a Barbarian George Sylvester Viereck313 The Spirit of the Strong Aleister Crowley 315 Two Prose Poems Helen Woljieska 316 Quelque Chose (Some Shows) 317 The Gate of Knowledge 318 The Ouija Board The Master Therion 319 War Poetry Enid Parsons 319 The International Forum 320 XI 11 November, 1917 (PDF - 280 KB) Contents Author Page The Editor Boosts the Next Number 321 (edition and copyright statement) 321 Humanity First Aleister Crowley 322 The Scrutinies of Simon Iff. No. 3. Outside the Bank’s RoutineEdward Kelly 323 Sekhet Adam D'as 331 The Revival of Magick The Master Therion 332 Flowers Ernest MCGaffey 333 Hymn Charles Baudelaire 333 The Hearth Mark Wells 334 Pan Vincent Starrett 338 Ireland Faith Baldwin 338 The Rake's Progress (A.C.) 339 The Philosophy of Militarism George Sylvester Viereck340 Shakespeare: Rebel, Aristocrat and Pessimist Louis U. Wilkinson 343 How Horoscopes Are Faked Cor Scorpionis 345 An Altered Circumstance Alexander Harvey 346 The Professor and the Plutocrat S. J. Mill 348 A Comedy of Disillusion Joseph B. Rethy 349 Drama 350 Music 350 The Gate of Knowledge 351 Songs of Manhattan Morris A. Beer 351 XI 12 December, 1917 (PDF - 250 KB) Contents Author Page Forecast for the Month of January 353 We Stand Above Aleister Crowley 354 The Scrutinies of Simon Iff. No. 4. The Conduct of John Briggs Edward Kelly 355 NQO Charles Beadle 361 Concerning Death Baphomet 365 Pax Hominibus Bonae VoluntatisA. C. 366 The Box of Counters Hans Heinz Ewers 368 A Septennial Aleister Crowley 376 Inspired Bureaucracy George Sylvester Viereck377 Art and Clairvoyance J. Turner 379 Barnard's Lincoln Unvisited 379 A Riddle Aleister Crowley 379 The Plaint of Eve George Sylvester Viereck380 Auguste Rodin 381 Music for the Month “Haute Boy” 381 Drama As She Is Played 382 The Gate of Knowledge 383-384 The International Forum 383-384 War Poetry 384 Portrait of a Jackal George Sylvester Viereck384 XII 1 January, 1918 (PDF - 280 KB) Contents Author Page February Fill-dykes 1 England Speaks Aleister Crowley 2 The Scrutinies of Simon Iff. No. 5. Not Good EnoughEdward Kelly 2 Dawn 9 A Poetry Society in Madagascar 9 The Heart of Holy Russia Aleister Crowley 10 Love Lies Bleeding 14 The Morals of Europe George Sylvester Viereck15 The Conversion of Austin Harrison — Editorial 17 The Bath Clytie Hazel Kearney 18 The God of Ibreez Mark Wells 19 Finalism George Raffalovich 24 The Message of the Master Therion 26 The Law of Liberty 27 Geomancy 29 Troth Heinrich Heine 29 A Glimpse Into the Theatres 30 Music of the Month 31 The Gate of Knowledge 32 A Worn Rose Lola Ridge 32 XII 2 February, 1918 (PDF - 280 KB) Contents Author Page Judging the March Hare 33 Wanted — Moderate Men Aleister Crowley 34 The Scrutinies of Simon Iff. No. 6. Ineligible Edward Kelly 35 Costly Pillows Kondrad Bercovici 40 De Thaumaturgia. Concerning the Working of Wonders The Master Therion 41 The Mass of Saint Secaire. Translated by Mark Wells Barbey de Rochechouart 42 Poem Aleister Crowley 46 To-day David Rosenthal 46 Absinthe — The Green Goddess Aleister Crowley 47 At the Feet of Our Lady of Darkness. Translated by Aleister CrowleyIzeh Kranil 51 The Priestess of the Graal 52 The Third Libery Loan 53 Love and Laughter 55 Withe the Armies in Mittel-Europa. Translated by Helen Woljeska By Various Authors 56 Colors of the Japanese Houses of Sleep Yone Noguchi 58 Adam and Eve George Sylvester Viereck60 Four Poems Aleister Crowley 62 A Glimpse Into the Theatres 63 To a Sparrow Sasaki Shigetz 63 Emptry Nests Sasaki Shigetz 63 Music of the Month 64 Book Reviews 64 XII 3 March, 1918 (PDF - 275 KB) Contents Author Page April Showers of Amusement 65 (edition and copyright statement) 65 A Hymn for the American People Aleister Crowley 66 Good Hunting (An Essay on the Nature of Comedy and Tragedy) Baphomet 67 Ecclesiae Gnosticae Canon MissaeThe Master Therion 70 The Saviour, a drama Aleister Crowley 75 The Stirrup Cup, a paean S. J. Alexander 82 Elder Eel, a sketch Lord Bolsekine 83 Rococo, a dramatic vignette Helen Woljeska 85 Francisku, a dramatic maasque Helen Woljeska 85 Knight-Errant, a dramatic miniature Aleister Crowley 85 The Gods, a mystery, from the Coptic of Iao Sabao 86 Love and Time, a lyric John Roberts 87 The Bonds of Marriage, a romantic farce Aleister Crowley 88 Windflowers of Asklepiades, epigrams, translated from the Greek Ed. Storer 91 Lady Godiva, a comedy Joseph Bernard Rethy92 The Hippodrome Horror, a nightmare drama Leila Waddell 94 The Rialto and the Drama Joseph Bernard Rethy95 Sappho on the Cliff, a tragic monologue Faith Baldwin 96 XII 4 April, 1918 (PDF - 285 KB) Contents Author Page To Our Readers 97 Atthis at Leukatas Faith Baldwin 98 The King of the Wood Mark Wells 99 Le Sacrament Jeanne La Goulue 102 Robbing Miss Horniman Aleister Crowley 103 The Suburbanite; and The Riddle Helen Woljeska 106 The Old Man of the Peepul-tree James Grahame 107 The Ideal Idol Cyril Custance 110 The Call of the Sea S. J. Alexander 111 Irritability Dorothy Willis 112 Four Sonnets Vincent Starrett 113 A Pard-like Spirit Alexander Harvey 114 A Sonnet A. Newman 117 Visions Aleister Crowley 117 The Sage of Copenhagen George Sylvester Viereck118 A Doctor of Men Charles Beadle 121 The Bath David Rosenthal 121 Balance David Rosenthal 121 Shinto Shigetsu Sasaki 122 The Other Woman Ida Alexander 124 The Scarabee Aleister Crowley 125 The Tuscan Glory M. B. Levick 126 You Are a Rose David Rosenthal 126 The Drama — Eva TanguayAleister Crowley 127 Music Leila Waddell 128 XII 5 May, 1918 (PDF - 280 KB) Contents Author Page Announcement [Our Policy] 129 Slaves of the Drug Edwin Markham 130 Editorial 131 The Ragged Edge Hamilton Craigie 132 In the Dusk of the Day Maurice Relonde 136 Conventional Complacency Lindley M. Keasbey 139 Jack Biddle from Nowhere Ford Tarpley 141 Five Japanese Essays Yone Noguchi 144 Alastair Arcott 147 Illumination Dorothy Willis 148 Foreigners Tom Ransford 150 The Characteristic Gesture Alexander Harvey 152 Intellectual Drama George Sylvester Viereck154 An Interview with Auer Leila Bathurst 156 Some of the Latest and Best Books 158 Top | Oct '17 | Nov '17 | Dec '17 | Jan '18 | Feb '18 | Mar '18 | Apr '18 | May '18 | Readings | Books Readings on other sites Karl Germer’s list of Aleister Crowley’s contributions, under various names, to The International is online as //Primary Sources// at Thelema Lodge Calendar for October 1997 e.v. Below is a list of transcriptions from the pages of The International that appear from this list in the archives of the Thelema Lodge Calendar: The Crimes of Edith Cavell, Jan 1916 Songs of Armageddon and Other Poems Review by A.C., July 1916 Frank Harris reveals Oscar Wilde, Aug. 1916 A Noisy Noise Annoys an Oyster, Dec. 1916 Percy Mackaye, Feb. 1917 Sir Rabinadranath Tagore, May 1917 A Death Bed Repentance, July 1917 The New School of Literature, July 1917 Felo de Se, Aug. 1917 Listen to the Bird Man!, Aug 1917 Balzac: A Note, Aug 1917 1066, Sept. 1917 Cocaine, A.C., Oct. 1917 The Discovery of Gneugh-Loughrck Oct. 1917 Groans from the Padded Cell, Oct. 1917 The Argument that Took the Wrong Turning, Oct. 1917 The Spoils (To) the Strong, Oct. 1917 The Ouija Board, The Master Therion, Oct. 1917 Humanity First, A.C., Nov. 1917 We Stand Above, Dec. 1917 Concerning Death, Baphomet, Dec. 1917 Pax Hominibus Bonae Voluntatis, A.C., Dec 1917 Auguste Rodin, Dec. 1917 England Speaks, A.C., Jan. 1918 The Heart of Holy Russia, A.C., Jan 1918 Wanted -- Modern//{sic}// Men, A.C., Feb. 1918 Ansinthe. the Green Goddess, A.C., Feb. 1918 At the Feet of Our Lady of Darkness. Izeh Kranil., Translated by A.C., Feb. 1918 Good Hunting (An Essay on the Nature of Comedy & Tragedy), March 1918 The Saviour, a Dream, A.C., March 1918 The Bonds of Marriage, a romantic farce, March 1918 Robbing Miss Horniman, A.C., April 1918 The Old Man of the Peepul-Tree, James Grahame, April 1918 The Ideal Idol, Cyril Custance, April 1918 Drama Be Damned, April 1918 Top | Oct '17 | Nov '17 | Dec '17 | Jan '18 | Feb '18 | Mar '18 | Apr '18 | May '18 | Readings | Books Books Several of the works by Aleister Crowley from the pages of The International have subsequently been included in compilations, such as Top | Oct '17 | Nov '17 | Dec '17 | Jan '18 | Feb '18 | Mar '18 | Apr '18 | May '18 | Readings | Books Thelema If you have found this material useful or enlightening, you may also be interested in Thelema Liber Legis, The Book of the Law Ordo Templi Orientis A∴A∴ Trademark Ordo Templi Orientis, O.T.O., and the O.T.O. Lamen design are registered trademarks of Ordo Templi Orientis. 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