I can't say that I had heard of this fracas before, but I guess it shows one swift kick trumps magic:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/william-butler-yeats-aleister-crowley-magic-duel
https://loopline.com/wb-yeats-the-battle-of-blythe-road/
1900
aleister crowley
blythe road
bramstoker
ceremonial magic
duels
hammersmith
london
magic(k) & magicians
occultism
occultists & occultism
poets & poetry
richard ellman
ritual magic
secret societies
the hermetic order of the golden dawn
thelema
victorians
w. b. yeats
While on a trip into the Big City to visit the National Army Museum yesterday, my eagle eye fell upon a blue plaque en route to the attraction. Closer inspection revealed something that might be of interest to peripatetic Forteans:
Image courtesy of National Heritage (as my iPhone shot was...
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