Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 12/10/2026So Crowley did what any self-respecting mystical loon would do: published it privately under the name Hail Mary, and shoved the dirty acrostic back in—and it wasn’t the only one. The second verse of the prologue spells TWAT, which seems a bit lazy by comparison 1441
Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 12/10/2026According to an advert at the time, the Daily Mail described Crowley’s verses as being filled “with quaint and charming conceits”, the work of “a mind full of earnest aspirations”, and something “cordially recommended to Catholic readers” 1416
Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Mind you, if that advert had anything to do with Crowley, it would also need taking with a pinch of salt. The poems are, of course, doggerel—even if Vanity Fair once (apparently) thought otherwise 1291