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/
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I watched a very interesting programme on TV last night about Aleister Crowley. I'd heard of him and his connections with the occult, of course, but that was about the extent of my knowledge.
By gum, he were a bad bugger!!
What's your opinion of him? Did he really have the power to...
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