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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Charles Stansfeld Jones
Palace Hotel San Francisco
An XI
[4 November 1915]
Very Illustrious Sir Knight and Very Dear Brother,
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
I am very glad to get your letters just before leaving. All you say is good, but you must learn a bit of easy Latin.
Blessed Vesta, be present, o virgin, give thy lamp unto us! Let the Master give thrice and four times this number to his woman! —Let the semen give vital flame and the strength of the gods, Which things—let them all return, blessed Vesta, to Thee!
Disgusting, these ancient Romans: beware of such!
I shall now deliver the Discourse on Woman, which was communicated to me in China some years back.
Discourse on Woman by the Philosopher Kwaw.
"Every woman has a sensitive spot. Do not think to puzzle Sir Almroth Wright by asking him to point out its locality. He knows about it all—he knows—He KNOWS. The great American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow has however indicated this great truth but vaguely, and emphasized it but inadequately. American men are consequently ignorant or careless of the same, and a great cry has therefore gone up from American women that their husbands and lovers are useless.
In order to obtain the satisfaction of being excluded from this category, it is only necessary to find this spot, and to caress it continuously, persistently, watchfully, tirelessly, with the various instruments which bountiful Nature and benevolent God have provided "expressly for this purpose. Your sole duty and pleasure with regard to yourself is delay" Fabins cunctando restituit rem". Pay no attention to petitions for mercy, and firmly but gently repress any struggles. There are various holds which enable one to do this with ease. Remember above all that if the victim is capable of moving a limb for hours afterwards you will be despised. However a certain amount of tact is necessary. The slightest appearance of brutality is always to be avoided unless the woman is of the type that desires it, a type common enough; but even in this case it must be assumed and not real . . . . ."
And so it goes on. I can no longer pollute my pen by transcribing these false and abominable statements; I have only done so even to this limited extent to advise you of what abhorred doctrines our holy Order must ever be the impeccable enemy.
Yours in the Bonds of the Order
[eleven-fold cross] Baphomet X° O.T.O.
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