Wilfred Talbot Smith Diary Entry

Friday, 21 December 1917

J. [Charles Stansfeld Jones] had a long talk with Taylor^[1] last night. He has great faith in Muscalow [Herbert Musclow] and does not like to do anything without consulting him. J. has now left the matter up to him so he will have to do something on his own account or get an interview with Muscalow in prison.

He is in a very positive state of mind but taking a test and leaving things up to the Masters. He points out that the A∴A∴ with cosmic laws, the O.T.O. with solar, and that possibly this Aquarian Movement with planetary.

Taylor has just now rung up (2 pm) and wants to know what he is to tell Muscalow about the O.T.O. and wants to get one of the manifestos. J. told him that he could tell all he knew, but that we was not going to get any more information till he did something towards getting a Lodge formed.

J. points out (3.30 pm) that the events of June 21st 1916, with his claiming of the 8=3 and eventually getting to the 10=1, which he now feels more than ever he did; coming as they did at the summer solstis; would seem to indicate Solva. And now at the winter solstis, with the further illumination and the more concrete form it would appear to be going to take; might indicate the other half, Coagula. He tells me that he got to be going to take; might indicate the other half, Coagula. He tells me that he got a meaning of A∴A∴ which unifies all; where as the meaning A.C. gave him seems to him more like duality. He also got a word that he says A.C. knows nothing of.

1—[Jones was trying to get Taylor to bring a Vancouver, British Columbia, "Aquarian Movement" under the O.T.O. This came about after Herbert (Harry?) Musclow, the leader of the movement was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for fraud. Mr. Taylor took control of the movement during Mr. Musclow's imprisonment.]

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