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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Caledonian Society
The Hotel Metropole, Bruxelles, Belgique.
April 19th, 1929.
President, Caledonian Society, c/o H. B. M. Consulate General, Rue Lord Byron, Paris.
Mr. President:
It is with the deepest regret that I ask you to accept my resignation from the Caledonian Society.
My honour as a gentleman and my loyalty as a Briton have been impugned by anonymous liars, and until I have nailed the pellets [pelts?] of these vermin to my barn door, I feel that I cannot worthily continue as a member of the Society.
I will, however, ask you, as His Majesty's Consulate General is situated in the street named after the great Scottish exile poet of his period, to communicate this letter to the members of the Society, asking them severally and collectively to aid me in my attempts to establish what I conceive to be the first principle of justice; namely that no man shall be punished unless he is accused in open court on the testimony of creditable witnesses, afforded the opportunity of defending himself with legal assistance, the issue to be decided by a competent magistrate.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
ALEISTER CROWLEY
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