Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Arnold Bennett

 

     

 

[A cover letter for Norman Mudd's An Open Letter to Lord Beaverbrook.]

 

 

circa September 1924

 

 

Dear Arnold Bennett,

 

I am sure you remember me as habitually wearing the largest ring that you ever seen on any human hand.

     

As the enclosed [An Open Letter to Lord Beaverbrook] shows I have been blackjacked and am only just beginning to pick myself up.

     

I am sure that you will help me to secure a full public investigation of this abominable business. All sorts of un-English methods are being used to stifle the discussion. They seem principally to rely on bringing me to actual starvation before I can get back at them. For the honour of English letters, Strike!

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Aleister Crowley

 

 

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