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Correspondence from Charles Stansfeld Jones to Aleister Crowley
Post Office Box 70 Vancouver B.C.
Sep 12th 1916 E.V.
Care Frater,
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
I have news for you. Checkie arrived yesterday morning, having apparently failed to carry out your instructions, but saying that in one of your letters you had told him to get here as quickly as possible, therefore he had at once got on the train instead of walking. He went out first thing this morning, and we have seen nothing of him since.
I admit, I don’t quite know what to make of him. One thing is evident, that he misses the whole magical point of the business, and when he found that there was no one to do a few miracles for his amusement this end, he was a bit disappointed and home-sick. He wrote to the P.O. Box and to the house, as instructed. He arrived at the house when I had gone to the Office, and was met by R.S.J. [Rubina Stansfeld Jones]. She brought him over to town at 12 oc and White [Howard White], Smith [Wilfred Talbot Smith] and I met him at the P.O., and took him to lunch. Then I had to hand him over to R. again for the afternoon, while went back to work. In the evening we brought him home, and I was able for the first time to get a talk with him. I explained that he had failed to do what he was told, but as I did not know your movements, I did not want to set him the job of walking back again. I found he had been anxious to see Equinox etc, though he apparently knew absolutely nothing of magick or anything else. Since he had come, I told him he had better take advantage of the opportunity of improving his mind by the study of Book 4 [Part I & Part II], for a start, that he was to talk on these things with no other than myself, that as he could not live on air, he had better begin to look for something to do, meanwhile he could put up with us for a short time, and make himself useful by fixing up things in the garden in his odd moments. I treated him kindly and was a bit sorry for him, as he was no doubt very grieved that his Master was not waiting for him with open arms. He seemed tired so I sent him to bed early, and he was not awake when I left this morning. Where he has got to now, I'm damned if I know. He's a strange case alright.
I got your letter to-day; yes, I received all the Manuscripts safely, thanks very much.
I must say a few words in defense of my epistle to the H.M. VI° (1) I have never seen V° produced. (2) I wrote it from memory of Ritual (3) As I told you, it was not intended for use. (4) I apologise to R.S.J. for using the words 'sack' 'Chamber of Death' 'Middle Chamber' and 'Red Room' as symbolic of different aspects of her venerable Yoni. (5) The Lady had showed signs of reluctance even when she had got an opportunity, and free and full permission to make a certain Bro. happy, when he wanted her in the worst way. (6) In my own case I have experienced great difficulty in getting a much needed drink, at certain times, and I was feeling rather sore because she was silly about such things, and of course I could give no information as to my reasons for acquiring the taste for liquor.
I think if you read it again with these things in view, you will see how I meant it to read, and no longer accuse me of old-aeon ideas in that respect.
There's no other news to-night.
Love is the Law, Love under Will.
Yours in the Bonds of the Order,
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