Photos-BerkeleyTour

No. 1. - Grady Louis McMurtry's apartment in Berkeley at 2217 Channing Way. His apartment is in the green building in the back. ... The following is a quote from IN THE NAME OF THE BEAST, A biography of Grady Louis McMurtry, disciple of Aleister Edward Crowley, Volume One - 1918-1962 by J. Edward Cornelius, pg. 139 about Grady just after the Korean War - "On October 3rd of 1953 Grady found himself a civilian once again. This is when he received his army discharge papers. His second tour of duty lasted less than three years. He returned to Berkeley where he and his wife Foxie moved into Apartment D at 2217 Channing Way near the U. C. Berkeley campus. One of his first jobs was at the Campus Smoke Shop near the corner of Bancroft Way and Telegraph Avenue. It paid $1.10 an hour. He held this as a part time job for almost three years while he returned to the University at Berkeley on the G.I. Bill. He also worked part time as an Assistant Manager for the now defunct Campus Theater called Fox West Coast that was located a few doors away from the smoke shop at 2440 Bancroft Way, but not much is known about this job except that it paid $130 a month."

No. 2. - Grady Louis McMurtry's apartment in Berkeley on Hillegass. ... The following is a quote from IN THE NAME OF THE BEAST, A biography of Grady Louis McMurtry, disciple of Aleister Edward Crowley, Volume One - 1918-1962 by J. Edward Cornelius, pg. 148 - "On May 10th [1957] he [i.e. Grady Louis McMurtry] decided to move again. He left Channing Way, although he was paid up in rent till June 1st, and he moved into his new home located at 2635 Hillegass Avenue, Apartment 2 in Berkeley." He lived here until January of 1959 when he moved to Sacramento, California

No. 3. - Robert Anton Wilson's apartment in Berkeley at 2035 Channing Way in the early 1970s. He claimed that he had entered Chapel Perilous “quite casually one day in 1971 while reading The Book of Lies by the English mystic Aleister Crowley ... in a ‘blinding flash’ or at least a mini-Satori, I knew Crowley’s secret.” Although Wilson has written many books, the one he coauthor with Robert Shea titled Illuminatus! Trilogy (1975) has become an underground classic. A few of his other most notable books are The Cosmic Trigger (1977), Schrodinger’s Cat (1979), The New Inquisition (1986), Right Where You Are Sitting Now (1992) and Prometheus Rising (1994). .... The following quote is from IN THE NAME OF THE BEAST, A biography of Grady Louis McMurtry, disciple of Aleister Edward Crowley, Volume Two - 1962-1985 by J. Edward Cornelius, pg. 112. - "Then came Crowleymas, October 12th 1974. For those who don’t know the term, Crowleymas is a celebration of the birthday of Aleister Crowley. A party was held at the apartment of the author Robert Anton Wilson, at 2035 Channing. It was hosted by a group of individuals ranging from the Discordian Society and the Reformed Druids of North America, to the newly formed Great Wild Beast Furtherment Society - to name just a few."

No. 4. - Campus Smoke Shop [still there] & the Campus Theater, a half block away, which has since been torn down, both are where Grady McMurtry onced worked while he was attending U.C.Berkeley

No. 5. - J. Edward Cornelius', aka Frater Achad Osher 583, apartment at 2525 Durant Avenue; this is also the address of Love's Sake Clerk House [Liber AL III:41].

No. 6. - The 'infamous' People's Park was created during the radical political activism of the late 1960s.

No. 7. - Berkeley Campus, Sproul Gate at Bancroft & Telegraph noted for its violent protests during the Vietnam war.

No. 8. - Philip K. Dick's (1928-1982) house at 1711 Allston Way, where he lived throughout his High School years beginning in 1944. He would become an important US science fiction writer who wrote such classics as Blade Runner, Total Recall and Minority Report. He died in March of 1982 at the age of 53.

No. 9. - Benjamin Hance's apartment on Blake Street. It is here, at Leaping Laughter Clerk House [Liber AL II:20] where many Thelemites and friends have been celebrating yearly with a feast for The Writing of The Book of the Law.

No. 10. - This was the home that was once owned by the noted Berkeley astrolger who simply went by the name of Grace.

No.11. - Cafe Mediterranean on Telegraph Avenue where Dustin Hoffman sat in the movie The Graduate (1967) while playing the role of Benjamin Braddock who pursue his ex-girlfriend Elaine to U.C.Berkeley ... and across the street is the infamous MOE's bookstore; four floors of used and new books!

No.12. - Charles the astrologer's corner, Telegraph and Channing, where he has been setting up his chair and table as a ‘Psychic & Astrologer’ for years. In one article a woman wrote, “… we walked further down Telegraph Avenue in search of a psychic because I wanted a reading. Finally, across from Rasputin Music Store, we saw someone who looked promising. His name is Charles, and his setup was just a giant umbrella and a table on the corner of Telegraph and some side street. He asked for my name and birthdate, computed something, then proceeded to get a numerology cheat sheet and told me basically that I'm a ‘seven’ and that I'm psychic for an Aries. He then proceeded to some astrology then some tarot. My dears, for just 15 dollars, in short, this lean and lanky, Ric Ocasek-dead ringer really blew my mind. Charles really rocked my world with his honesty, exhortation, encouragement, and advice!”