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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Gerard Aumont
M. Gerard Aumont, 16 Avenue de Cartage, Tunis. Africa.
21st May, 1930.
Dear Aumont,
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
It is a long time since I hear from you but Yorke [Gerald Yorke] showed me a letter which you wrote to him in which you say that I owe you one. If so one of yours to me must have miscarried, because I always answer letters immediately.
I was away in Germany at Easter and thought of you once or twice, but never seemed to find time to write. Things are moving very briskly in this village as you may perhaps judge from the address.
Yorke was far from pleased at your letter. He has got it into his head somehow, I am sure not by your fault, that you are only interested in the business when things seem to be looking up, and unless you knew all you should, on that theory be writing twice a day.
In particular I think you might be very usefully translate The Legend of Aleister Crowley, which is in the Press and should appear in about a fortnight.
It gives quotations from all sorts of silly newspapers. You might add some of the French rubbish to the collection on the French edition.
The whole situation has been so completely revolutionised in the last 13 months that I cannot explain it by letter in detail. All you need know anyway is that everything is now all set to go full steal ahead.
It would have been all right months ago if we had not had to throw out one of the partners [Edward Goldston] of the old Mandrake [Mandrake Press], and reconstruct the company as a limited liability concern.
But of course you have put Yorke completely off by taking him for a fool. The idea of paying 5000f a month for unspecified services is quite ridiculous. You know perfectly well what salaries are like in Paris. You would find it easier to get elected deputy!
Do get this sort of thing out of your head. It is quite useless and makes a frightfully bad impression on people who are trying to do their best for you in every possible way.
Yorke is certainly, no doubt answering your letter himself, and will probably be rather nasty, but never mind that, simply remember that he is a very astute, and a very stern business man. Anyway, much the best suggestions of the whole thing is for you to spend a week in London as soon as you can manage it.
Please give my warmest greetings to everyone in Tunis.
Love is the law, love under will.
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