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Correspondence from André Pigné to Aleister Crowley
1 Mar 36
Dear Mr. Crowley.
. . . You say [in your 28 February 1936 letter] that I should be firmly attached to a woman of a great sexual experience, not a professional. I know it, but unfortunately it is not easy to find such a woman, for although I could offer her many things, I am not a millionaire. Moreover I do not dance, and though I am far from ugly, I am not very handsome as some men are.
With regard to my becoming a Freemason, I have in hands the Annales Initiatiques, the bulletin which is supposed to be the official publication of the Martinist Order, and it appears that M.J. Bricaud is dead, and that all the activities are carried on by Mme Vve Jean Bricaud, 8 Rue Bugeaud, Lyon. I know that Chacornac Freres is located II Quai St-Michel, but they will not give me any information whatever. Even at the library facing the Grand Orient, Rue Cadet, they refused to give me any Masonic magazines.
However what interested me in your communication was the last paragraph. As I do not work, it would be easy for me to cross over to England, for needless to say I should be extremely glad to see you and I should also like to belong to your order. Now you write that you think you might be of use to me specially about my health. Please give me more details if possible, and I shall go to London, for I am prepared to do anything to improve my physical condition, but I should like to know more definitely what you could exactly do for me before following up this idea. Thanking you and anxiously awaiting your answer.
I am very sincerely yours.
André Pigné
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