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• ... that writer, magician, and adventurer '''[[Aleister Crowley (nonfiction)|Aleister Crowley]]''' (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) wrote to the British Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War, offering his services, but they declined; and that Crowley associated with a variety of figures in Britain's intelligence community at the time, including Dennis Wheatley, Roald Dahl, Ian Fleming, and Maxwell Knight; and that Crowley claimed to have been behind the "V for Victory" sign first used by the BBC, although this has never been proven?
• ... that writer, magician, and adventurer '''[[Aleister Crowley (nonfiction)|Aleister Crowley]]''' (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) wrote to the British Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War, offering his services, but they declined; and that Crowley associated with a variety of figures in Britain's intelligence community at the time, including Dennis Wheatley, Roald Dahl, Ian Fleming, and Maxwell Knight; and that Crowley claimed to have been behind the "V for Victory" sign first used by the BBC, although this has never been proven?


• ... that the '''[[Shakespeare-Magellan Expedition]]''' (also known as the Shakespeare-Magellan high-energy literature experiment) is a proposed joint transdimensional corporation, and that both between William Shakespeare and Ferdinand Magellan have endorsed the project?
• ... that the '''[[Shakespeare-Magellan Expedition]]''' (also known as the Shakespeare-Magellan high-energy literature experiment) is a proposed joint [[Transdimensional corporation|transdimensional corporation]]; that both William Shakespeare and Ferdinand Magellan have endorsed the project; that the Expedition is sponsored by [[Extract of Radium]], the Downloadable Soft Drink®; and that past attempts to convert Magellan's voyage into a [[Transdimensional corporation|transdimensional corporation]] have caused major outbreaks of [[scrimshaw abuse]]?


• ... that astronomer, lens-maker, and scientist '''[[Geminiano Montanari (nonfiction)|Geminiano Montanari]]''' (1 June 1633 – 13 October 1687) taught astronomy at the observatory of Panzano, near Modena, where one of his duties was to compile an astrological almanac; and that he did so in 1665, but perpetrated a deliberate hoax by writing the almanac entirely at random, to show that predictions made by chance were as likely to be fulfilled as those made by astrology?
• ... that astronomer, lens-maker, and scientist '''[[Geminiano Montanari (nonfiction)|Geminiano Montanari]]''' (1 June 1633 – 13 October 1687) taught astronomy at the observatory of Panzano, near Modena, where one of his duties was to compile an astrological almanac; and that he did so in 1665, but perpetrated a deliberate hoax by writing the almanac entirely at random, to show that predictions made by chance were as likely to be fulfilled as those made by astrology?


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Latest revision as of 11:56, 13 October 2020

Aleister Crowley during K2 expedition (1902).

Are You Sure ...

• ... that writer, magician, and adventurer Aleister Crowley (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) wrote to the British Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War, offering his services, but they declined; and that Crowley associated with a variety of figures in Britain's intelligence community at the time, including Dennis Wheatley, Roald Dahl, Ian Fleming, and Maxwell Knight; and that Crowley claimed to have been behind the "V for Victory" sign first used by the BBC, although this has never been proven?

• ... that the Shakespeare-Magellan Expedition (also known as the Shakespeare-Magellan high-energy literature experiment) is a proposed joint transdimensional corporation; that both William Shakespeare and Ferdinand Magellan have endorsed the project; that the Expedition is sponsored by Extract of Radium, the Downloadable Soft Drink®; and that past attempts to convert Magellan's voyage into a transdimensional corporation have caused major outbreaks of scrimshaw abuse?

• ... that astronomer, lens-maker, and scientist Geminiano Montanari (1 June 1633 – 13 October 1687) taught astronomy at the observatory of Panzano, near Modena, where one of his duties was to compile an astrological almanac; and that he did so in 1665, but perpetrated a deliberate hoax by writing the almanac entirely at random, to show that predictions made by chance were as likely to be fulfilled as those made by astrology?

—October 12, 2020
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