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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Gerald Yorke
55 Avenue de Suffren, Paris, VII
December 23rd, 1928.
Care Frater:
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
This is to confirm the postscript of the letter mailed last night. I received a cable from Germer [Karl Germer] that he is mailing $3,000 dollars. Allowing for Christmas delays, I assume that this will be available in Paris by about the 3rd proximo.
The plan which I propose is as follows. The experience of the whole of this last year seems to me to indicate that the opposition is first and foremost due to the publication of Magick [Magick in Theory and Practice]. We have therefore to concentrate entirely on this.
I enclose a letter to Lecram [Paris printers], which I think should do the business.
I propose to leave here on Jan 20th and hide myself in some remote village with Pythagoras and the Yi-King, there to live in the very cheapest way possible. Most of the things here can be stored. What is really necessary for the carrying on of correspondence, and other essential business, can be left in charge of the Serpent [Israel Regardie]. This will be good for him too, as he will be able to perform Yoga instead of cribbage.
I am also enclosing a copy of a letter to Millage. I don't know if you have been writing to him, but I hope so, and that it has had some effect.
You will notice I am contemplating an edition of 3,000 copies. This means a very great economy in the long run, and gives us a reserve of stock. You must remember that books of this kind are not like "best-sellers," but have a steady sale for years. Only yesterday I heard that people are still wanting the Goetia in America, despite the fact of it having been pirated by some Yankee thief.
Love is the law, love under will.
Yours fraternally,
666.
P.S. The Stilton is still holding out bravely; in fact, some of the wise ones are offering a shade of odds that it will win by a K[nock] O[ut].
Gerald Yorke, Esq., 9, Mansfield Street, London, W. 1.
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