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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Wilfred Talbot Smith
Nothlands House. Westrow Road. Southampton
[Undated: circa late September 1934]
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You should have Word [of the Equinox] and Greeting before this. Yours of Sept 6 very welcome indeed. I do wish you could make the £5 regular, even if you can't increase it. You have no idea what a difference it makes.
I like the true spirit of your letter very much.
But you must correct that Registration. How can you describe an Order as "Rex S.S."? Supreme Most Holy King!!! The name of the Order is O.T.O. Ordo Templi Orientis. All matters of this sort should be submitted to me before committing yourself.
I've been on the sick list for some days: back to London Sunday, I guess. Give my blessings to all the B[lessed] B[rethren] and S.S. I'm rather feeble to write much more just now.
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Hope The Beast acknowledged your cheque. At the moment he is in a nursing home with phlebitis—so I can't tell you how grateful we were to you.
Good luck to the GW [Great Work].
SW [Scarlet Woman—Pearl Brooksmith]
Care Frater
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
The Greetings of the Equinox of Autumn
The Word of the Equinox is
Q U A N A H Q A B L A S
The words sound like running water. The meaning is "rejuvenate".
The Oracle of Thelema is "Conquer! that is enough".
The Omen of the Yi King is [I Ching Hexagram] LX. "Regulations". It is a time to plan carefully and to organise, and to do everything by rule. But avoid inelasticity.
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