Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Frieda Harris

 

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[5 January 1940]

 

 

I have often heard artists criticize A.B. [Aubrey Beardsley]. They had one thing in common; they could none of them draw . . . he died some years before King Edward came to the throne. I am palsied by your inaccuracy. Period, indeed! His line made an epoch. Your debt to him is evident, and immense. By the way, he is perfect . The culmination of Saturn with Venus in equilibrium almost Chinese is marvellous.

 

 

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