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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Gerald Yorke
55 Avenue de Suffren, Paris, VII
December 16th, 1928.
Care Frater:
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
I have two letters from Germer [Karl Germer] this morning, which (characteristically) contradict what you said in your letter received on the 14th.
He tells me in so many words, not to pay too much attention to Miss Eaton's [Cora Eaton] letter, because the money is coming over. He does not quite know when.
These people are perfectly absurd, and I am merely confirmed in my feeling that we should get rid of women, however well meaning, just as soon as we can.
Mr. Shoecroft sent me a letter the day before yesterday from Mrs. Bass [Kasimira Bass]. It is really quite pathetic, and I am confirmed in my view that she is a little off her chump. I saw Shoecroft about it yesterday morning, and he rather agreed with me. I think he began by regarding her as a much wronged woman, but he has had sufficient evidence to make things clear. I have a feeling that we can count on him to induce her to make a just settlement.
I have had a letter from Smith [Wilfred Talbot Smith], which is too delicious. I cannot deprive you of the flavour. I quote you a passage.
"After all this time and many efforts by letter, phone and calling, I saw Mrs. Reynolds [Rosa Reynolds]. I felt it a duty to persist till I did succeed, just because you mentioned her in your letter.
She merely made lots of prognostications in regard to myself which were doubtless very bad for my "Cauliflower Ego."
I am shortly going to do great things. In fact eclipse the achievement of any single individual since time was. Or pretty nearly so. I am going to do a great work for humanity, travel very widely, and lots of money is coming my way. The combination of me with you is of great import, and she tells me that I am in communication with you unconsciously in the early mornings which later I shall be aware of. A great vision will be given me and I shall suddenly touch the right button, so to speak, and wonder why I never did it before.
Oh yes there was some more, but I guess this will do for now. She is very serious about it, however, and quite certain. I suppose you will wonder why I am giving you all this ravings but I have nothing else to tell you."
Love is the law, love under will.
Yours fraternally,
666.
P.S. Please send me by return post, registered, the letter which Mrs. Bass caused Mrs. Reynolds to write to show you to throw dust in your eyes. It is an essential document in the plan which I have now formulated.
I am really quite hopeful about this plan. Everything depends on the next few days.
Since my last letter, I have received a telegram from Germer. "Cora's refusal final. Further efforts hopeless", from which I gather that we shall receive the money in a few hours from now. By the second post, came a letter from Cora which is too terribly stupid to discuss. I will send you a copy tomorrow with a copy of my reply to it. I want to say, however, that in case Miss Eaton maintains her present decision, she simply wipes out the $2,000.00 that she has sent. She has caused us to put up not only her money but that of other people in a scheme, and then cut off our heads in the middle of the whole thing.
I am utterly sick trying to make deals with women. They want government security, money-lender's interest, and marriage into the bargain! Then they refuse to fulfill their contract. They have no sense of honour, no sense of decency, no sense of business. And I am beginning to think we had better try to get a concession to exploit the palm-oil industry in Russia!
It is jolly lucky that we have got enough to go on with to the end of the year. Between now and then, I may be able to turn the trick.
I sent your things down to the American Express. I hope you have them by now. They agreed to send them by air mail and the whole bill was 32 fr. 50. Further comment on the French P.O. is unnecessary.
666.
Gerald Yorke, Esq., 9, Mansfield Street, London, W. 1.
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