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[DRAFT] Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Arnold Shaw
Tunisia Palace Hotel, Tunis.
31 August 1923.
Dear [Arnold Shaw]
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It is a long time since you heard of me.
Like Byron I woke up and found myself famous.
What contracts do you propose to offer me?
Any arrangement would include the prepayment* of the travelling expenses of myself and secretary, and a substantial guarantee of the tour.
I think I had better leave it to you to feel the pulse of the public with regard to the actual subjects of the lectures. As you know, I am familiar with every branch of Occult Science, and can suit myself to any conceivable audience.
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* In case you do not know how famous I am, I refer you to the recent series of twelve double-page feature stories[1] by William B. Seabrook of the International Feature Syndicate, which have attained a publicity as wide as their statements are fabulous. I am quite sure that the wild and wooly will put down any imaginable percentage of their dirty dollars to see and hear in the flesh the original of so many sensational falsehoods. In fact I do not propose to accept any figure notably inferior to that of my dear friend Powys [John Powys] to whom please give my love when you next see him.
1—This was the narrative that was serialized in a number of newspapers owned by the Hearst conglomerate in 1923. - Astounding Secrets of the Devil Worshipers' Mystic Love Cult - Part 1 - Astounding Secrets of the Devil Worshipers' Mystic Love Cult - Part 2 - Astounding Secrets of the Devil Worshipers' Mystic Love Cult - Part 3 - Astounding Secrets of the Devil Worshipers' Mystic Love Cult - Part 4 - Astounding Secrets of the Devil Worshipers' Mystic Love Cult - Part 5 - Astounding Secrets of the Devil Worshipers' Mystic Love Cult - Part 6 - Astounding Secrets of the Devil Worshipers' Mystic Love Cult - Part 7 - Astounding Secrets of the Devil Worshipers' Mystic Love Cult - Part 8 - Astounding Secrets of the Devil Worshipers' Mystic Love Cult - Part 9 - Astounding Secrets of the Devil Worshipers' Mystic Love Cult - Part 10 - Astounding Secrets of the Devil Worshipers' Mystic Love Cult - Part 11 - Astounding Secrets of the Devil Worshipers' Mystic Love Cult - Part 12
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