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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Gerald Yorke
55 Avenue de Suffren, Paris, VII
January 7th, 1929.
Care Frater:
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
In pursuance of your esteemed instructions of the umpty-umpth instant, we have imported the Serpent [Israel Regardie], thus saving some five hundred francs or so for the present. But the combination of my health and the weather is not immediately favorable to house-hunting. (In any case the job is terribly difficult: you go into an agent's and ask for a studio, and he just grins contemptuously.) I really think it will be best to carry on here. But I want a telegram from you to say so. It seems the only chance of any continuity in our arrangement. Even so, we are going to be a good deal crowded, and we shall not be able to have anyone to stay in case of emergency.
I had a long and very interesting interview with Holroyd Rhys of the Pegasus Press. His present plans are to enlarge his business to that of a general publisher. And if so, he will want as formidable a programme as possible of the kind of writers that count. I am sending him the "Net" [Moonchild] and the synopsis of the Memoirs [The Confessions of Aleister Crowley].
With regard to this question of headquarters expense I have drafted a sort of rough idea for making Bayley's scheme practical.
I think people interested should be asked to contribute either five or ten pounds per month. If the former sum, they would be entitled to all works published. If the latter, to receive copies of the typescripts of unpublished works as they are got ready.
I have written to Soror Fidelis to get in touch with you on the question of money. She can probably contribute something, if it is put up to her in the right way.
I am still awaiting your telegram to know whether I shall go on with Lecram [Paris printers]. I have not yet received "Who's Who in Occultism" or the ephemeris for 1929.
I am seeing my doctor this afternoon. Also, Mr. Church [his lawyer] with regard to the Aumont [Gerard Aumont] matter. He has promised to have the contract ready for me today.
Love is the law, love under will.
Yours fraternally,
666.
Gerald Yorke, Esq., 9, Mansfield Street, London, W. 1.
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