Хирсиг, Лия

Leah Hirsig AKA Soror Alostrael AKA “the womb (or grail) of God.” AKA Contessa Lea Harcourt AKA the bride of Chaos AKA The Scarlet Woman

Switzerland / America 1883 - 1975

Teachers: Aleister Crowley; Students: Norman Mudd; Frater Hippokleides; Chuck Furnace; Jerry Cornelius; Robert Anton Wilson; Paul Krassner ; Friends / Partners: Mrs. Marian Dockerill AKA her sister Alma Hirsig; Enemies: Betty May, Raoul Loveday's widow; Dorothy Olsen, her successor when Crowley abandoned her and Norman Mudd; Organizations: Abbey of Thelema, Cefalù, Italy; A∴A∴ or Argenteum Astrum (the Silver Star); OTO AKA Ordo Templi Orientis; Author: subject of Crowley's poem "Leah Sublime"; . The Magical record of the Scarlet Woman, read some of it here: http://www.scarletwoman.org/scarletletter/v2n3/v2n3_leah4.html Comments: Thelemite; Babalon AKA "Scarlet Woman"; eventually reduced to prostitution in Tunis; met Aleister Crowley in NYC, 1918; Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leah_Hirsig; http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php; http://www.scarletwoman.org/scarletletter/v2n3/v2n3_leah4.html/Leah_Hirsig;