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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Gerald Yorke
c/o Mr. Karl Germer Lietzensee Ufer 9 Berlin
September 30, 1930
Gerald Yorke Esq. 79 Davies Street London. W.C.1.
C∴F∴
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
It is entirely false that I have quarrelled with you as to expenses of G.H.Q. [Grand Headquarters], as you maliciously wrote.
I have not quarrelled with you at all: I am exhibiting zeal in service towards you, as my oath demands.
You wished to succeed me in the A∴A∴ and you knew that to do so you must assume all my responsibilities. You did this; but you tried to use the worldly-wise methods of compromise. You also thought subconsciously that you could succeed at once by putting me out of the way. Hence your conduct while I was in Knockholt, and indeed you did make me very ill.
You then came to a better frame of mind, and things were all well for awhile. Then you went wrong again—as shewn by your insensate behaviour at Bindol.
My journey to Lisbon gave you your second chance. You thought you would starve me out or get me into serious trouble there. You seem to have lost all sense of the fact that the Masters arrange all these matters. You have permitted yourself to criticise what you ignorantly suppose to be my personal conduct, and you have spoken and written disrespectfully of me to others. The usual reward! I admitted you to familiarity, and like an ill-trained lackey, you take liberties. But this is not the point. I care nothing at all for personal affronts. The point is that you have allowed your personal relations to distract you from the G[reat] W[ork]. What could I do but suspend you, when you were clearly neglecting your duties as the representative of the Order?
Your attempt to serve God and Mammon has naturally resulted in your being kicked out by both.
If you want to go on with the Great Work you must fulfil your original formula, as I pointed out in the registered letter I wrote just before receiving your letter and telegram announcing your treason—to me, as you supposed, but really yourself.
I advise you to read over your "Duty" Oath, determine not to break it again, and apply for reinstatement.
Love is the law, love under will.
Yours fraternally
T.M.Θ. 666 9º=2o A∴A∴
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