|
Correspondence from George MacNie Cowie to Aleister Crowley
14 Glenisla Gardens, Edinburgh.
[Undated: circa 1914?]
Care Frater
Thanks for your long and interesting letter. It was good of you to take the trouble and it gives one plenty of food for thought. I've posted the 'Appeal' to the Scotsman and enclose copy of my letter to show exactly what I've said. If they think well of it they'll probably write to you for confirmation. I thought that the wisest way. If they simply send the copy back to me I will then try the Herald.
Mr N[elson] by the way is not here but with the troops. He has been-long been an officer in the Yeomanry and has offered to serve abroad if called on. It was another member of the firm I saw, the acting head.
My pile of Manifestos [Manifesto of the M∴M∴M\] is diminishing gradually. Today I've got the addresses of the principal Lodges in Edinburgh and will send each a copy. Time is scanty but when possible I'll get Glasgow addresses too.
I made an effort to get Wilson to come in, but he sticks to conventional Xtianity and all that. No good.
By the way I notice that a Ros[icrucian] Soc[iety] in Edinburgh, which I'd never heard of before. I was told a year or so ago that Waite [Arthur Edward Waite] had opened a Temple in Edinburgh, it may have been in this connection.
Your mention of geomancy (I can't work it) reminds me that I've never finished the fair copy of your new method. It's not been touched since mid-July, being one of the things I meant to finish in any spare intervals during my retirement which didn't come off. Also I've never written or sent the working you did to Windram [James Windram]. I'm waiting for a copy of the O[ccult] R[eview] to see the letter you referred to of his, by the way. No indication came as to that journey due East from Edinburgh, or I might have gone to Copenhagen and got locked up in the Baltic. It's a far cry to Kircudbright, but I will write that person and get her to tell me what she is referring to or wants.
I've written in an indirect way to the relative in question (really to his brother) to see if there's any likelihood—we'll see. Let the printers wait a bit. I'll let you know results when I hear.
F[iat] P[ax]
I wish your lovely masked aristocratesses would send a few cheques.
|