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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Gerald Yorke
Hotel Metropole, Bruxelles, Belgique
May 23rd, 1929
Care Frater:
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
I was very sorry to hear from the newspapers of Rosebery's[1] death. A wise man., I think, as well as a true one, and he might have been very much more useful to England, had it not been for our imbecile system of hamstringing anybody who happens to be born "upstairs." From my point of view, the really tragic thing is that he was the last of the statesmen that the average man felt could be trusted. I mean in the moral sense.
I send you herewith copies of further proofs of Magick [Magick in Theory and Practice]; also of letter to Mr. Estieu [of the Lecram Press].
I must admit to in being in pretty bad form this morning, having had three nights almost without sleep, and had nightmares when I did drop off. There is something wrong with me; and I think it is mostly the eternal need of concentrating on problems which really should not concern me at all.
The Hotel de Ville people are most obliging in every way, and as far as all this official information is concerned, there is no reason to suppose that we cannot celebrate these nuptials in the course of a fortnight, at the outside. At the same time, I cannot get over the fact that both the English high court lawyer and a Belgian notary recommended by the Consul state point blank that the proposal is impossible. They will not even offer to help, though it is obviously to their own interest to do so. However, within the next few days we shall have all the papers which the Hotel de Ville claims to be necessary. It is no use getting excited until we have all these in order.
Excuse my not writing more, but I am really a nervous wreck. I will let you know as soon as there is anything definite to report.
Love is the law, love under will.
Yours fraternally
666.
Gerald Yorke, Esc., 9, Mansfield Street, London, W. 1.
1—Brother of my mother's mother (G.J. Yorke).
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