This livestream brings together Manon Hedenborg White and Henrik Bogdan to discuss their newly co-edited volume The Magical Diaries of Leah Hirsig, 1923 to 1925, published by Oxford University Press. The book presents, for the first time, a critical edition of Hirsig’s surviving diaries from the period when she served as Aleister Crowley’s Scarlet Woman and played a formative role within the development of Thelema. These documents reveal a complex portrait of Hirsig as practitioner, partner, and independent thinker while also illuminating the daily workings of Crowley’s magical system during a turbulent chapter of his life.

You can buy the book here ➡️ https://amzn.to/48AL03N

The conversation will explore the challenges of editing primary sources in esotericism, the significance of Hirsig’s voice within a field long dominated by male figures, and the broader implications of her magical, emotional, and intellectual labour for understanding early twentieth-century occultism. We will examine how the diaries complicate established narratives around gender, authority, and the lived experience of Thelemic practice. The discussion will also consider the historiographical value of such material within contemporary scholarship on Western esotericism.

Join us on Sunday, 7 December at 5 pm GMT or 12 pm EST for an in-depth conversation that opens new perspectives on a pivotal yet understudied figure in the history of modern magic.

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00:00:00 Introduction: Crowley’s Scarlet Woman, Leah Hirsig’s Diaries

00:01:05 Meet Manon Hedenborg White and Henrik Bogdan

00:01:47 Manon’s Academic Background

00:02:25 Henrik’s Academic Background

00:06:34 How the Book Came to Be and was Written

00:19:25 Leah Hirsig’s Diaries

00:11:44 Leah Hirsig’s Magick

00:16:31 Purpose in Crowley’s and Hirsig’s Practice / Sex Magick

00:22:35 Leah Hersig as the Scarlet Woman

00:24:52 Decoding Leah’s Diaries

00:31:41 Leah Hirsig and Aleister Crowley Break Up

00:39:00 The Scarlet Woman and the Great Beast 666

00:59:20 The Role of Menstruation in Hirsig’s Magick

00:56:55 Money Magick in Thelema

00:59:18 Why Some Cities are Breeding Grounds for Esoteric Movements

01:03:33 Babalon and Ra-Hoor-Khuit

01:06:56 Henrik and Manon’s Favourite Parts of the Diaries

01:12:54 Contact Details for Dr Manon Hedenborg White and Dr Henrik Bogdan

01:14:34 Support Angela’s Symposium

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