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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to J.F.C. Fuller
Paris. en route for 33° - 96° A∴ & P∴ M∴M∴M∴
Dec 3, 1910.
My dear Fuller,
I have not signed the agreement; your brother may have told you the reasons, or some of them.
Plainly, I dislike coercion; and further, when I am told that anything or anybody is necessary to me, I am 'contrary' enough to test the assertion without delay.
You tried this on in Venice. But your letter arrived too late, and I decided to hold my tongue. On that occasion, as on this, you were misinformed. I have been throughout perfectly loyal to you. Unless I have to blame myself for keeping silence when to speak would have pulled your house about your ears. I should however continue to keep silence, and leave everything on the knees of the God Terminus.
What I propose, then, is to let the matter stand over for awhile. I will make myself responsible for No. 5 [of the Equinox]. You cease or continue at your pleasure.
When I return we will meet; no hard words said, no bones broken. The situation may appear very different on the first of February; and we may find it possible to resume both friendship and collaboration in perfect confidence.
And if you want really to probe the matter to the bottom, remember the advice of—was it Talleyrand?—wherever be found trouble.
With this profound remark I retire
into the Sovereign Sanctuary for 9 x 7 revolutions of
Yours as ever
Aleister Crowley
Capt J.F.C. Fuller 89 Overstrand Mansions Battersea Park London S.W.
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[Earth] on its axis. Amen.