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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Gerald Yorke
55 Avenue de Suffren, Paris VIII
October 26th, 1928.
Care Frater:
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
Since dictating the other letter this morning, Mrs. Bass [Kasimira Bass] got hers from you and has asked me to answer it.
I am to send to you Mrs. Reynolds' [Rosa Reynolds] last letter received two or three days ago. You should write to Mrs. Reynolds, 1862 West 20th Street, Los Angeles, and put the whole of the facts before her. Mrs. Bass says that it was at Mrs. Reynolds instigation and by her advice that she lent the $10,000.00 to this man Sieber. The position appears to be that this Sieber has a very large number of debts besides this one, and although he has sufficient resources to pay one debt, if he is pressed he would simply go bankrupt—at least this is my impression. On the other hand, Kasimira says that he is afraid of her, and that she could make him pay up if she were out there. This is very likely true. He ought to be!
Anticipation of the money being paid on September 5th was based on a marriage engagement between Sieber and some rich woman. She agreed to pay all his debts. He then proceeded to quarrel with her, but this may be temporary and the matter clear up at any moment. I think it exceedingly important that you should write Mrs. Reynolds sending her something like a copy of your very good letter to Mrs. Bass. I think the business is quite straight and that Mrs. Reynolds might very easily come to a business arrangement with us, if she is made to realize the seriousness of the position.
Query. Should you use Smith [Wilfred Talbot Smith]? I doubt if he is quite the man for the job.
Quite apart from your authorization to pay money, I permitted quite a few extravagances on the understanding that this money would be forthcoming at an early date. If this had not been the case I should have been taking my cure by a walk to Moscow or something economical instead of indulging in the flesh pots of Carry-le-Rouet.
Mrs. Bass' attitude is entirely a question of mood, and this is such a nuisance that it will be much better if you can arrange the whole thing with Mrs. Reynolds without bothering her, and thus indirectly me, about it. Kasimira does not realize that she is being treated with quite extraordinary generosity.
Love is the law, love under will.
Yours fraternally,
666.
P.S. It is not quite fair to say to Kasimira that she deserted the ship. What she does is to talk, in moments of irritation, of intent to desert the ship. Whenever it comes to a showdown, her good faith has been apparent. But this morning your letter threw her into a violent passion, and she denied absolutely that she had ever promised anything either in front of Church or at any other time. Women seem to be like that!
666.
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