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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to the Trustees of the E.A. Crowley Settlement
c/o Karl Germer Lietzensee Ufer 9 Berlin Charlottenburg.
To the Trustees of the E.A. Crowley Settlement. c/o Dennes & Co. 22 Chanchery Lane, London, W.C.
August 2, 1931.
Gentlemen,
I very much regret the necessity of making this application to you. The facts are as follows:—
1. My daughter [Lola Zaza Crowley] is young and strong; and, I understand, is making good income in her chosen profession.
2. She has a home in case of need, and wealthy relatives to whom she could apply in any emergency.
3. I have been constantly ill, and for various reasons am unable at present to earn my living in any way whatever. Due to the bankruptcy of a London Publishing Company with whom I had a number of highly promising contracts, my income and my prospects from that source have been cut off entirely; and just now the news reaches me that a book concern in New York which had been handling my work, has gone bankrupt. An exhibition of my pictures had been arranged with one of the finest galleries of Berlin to open October 5, 1931, highly heralded by some of the leading artists. Now it is to be feared that the financial result due to the sudden economic catastrophe in this country, will be nil, and that all the expenses will be wasted. I am now entirely destitute save for the good will of friends in Germany, and these friends are themselves financially embarrassed owing to the terrible conditions prevailing here now.
4. I am sure that my daughter could not but regret if her continued acceptance of that part of the income which you have allowed her should result in the premature determination of the Trust.
I am therefore applying to you to pay me the whole of the income while the present acute situation lasts. I shall, of course, notify you as soon as matters mend. As the situation is intensely critical and demands immediate relief, I should appreciate an early decision.
Yours faithfully,
ERNEST ALEXR. CROWLEY.
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