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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Gerald Yorke
Dec. 12th, 1929.
Care Frater:
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
I am dining with Knowles [Guy Knowles] on Sunday night, and hope to see you on Monday for lunch.
By the way, I was very irritated last Tuesday. I had so much to say to you, and Stephensen [P.R. Stephensen] butting in and staying for ever was a great nuisance. What is much more important, I had not mentioned a word about the proposed interview with Beaverbrook [Lord Beaverbrook] to anybody, and I think it ought to have been kept under our hats until it was a fait accompli. Again and again I have found that if one tells anybody what one is going to do, it prevents it coming off. I only hope it won't do so in this case.
Let me reiterate that the real battle centers on the publication of the Book of the Law according to the original instructions.. We have now a magnificent opportunity, and we must bend every energy in this direction.
The main obstacle is that Part 4 of Book 4 is an essential factor in this plan. Regardie [Israel Regardie] tells me that there are two copies in Paris, but it is rather difficult for us to give adequate instructions to the American Express Co. As this is a matter of vital importance to the Great Work, I am hoping that you can manage to go over and retrieve these copies as well as a few other manuscripts. You could, incidentally, pick up Astarte at Amiens on the way back.
I will telephone the office at 11:30 on Monday morning to see if you are free for lunch.
Love is the law, love under will.
Yours fraternally
666.
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