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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Wilfred Talbot Smith
[24 May 1942]
Copy of Note Enclosed in 'A.C.' Letter Dated May 24th, 1942.
Mailed to Smith June 26, 1942.
Dear Smith,
That appointment of you (Jan. 1 '32 ev) was an emergency measure in case Jones [Charles Stansfeld Jones] tried to usurp my authority and I wasn't alive to squash him. You can't be an X° in any English-speaking country during my lifetime, because the original appointment is ad vitam. See Liber LII par. 6 Equ.[inox] III, 1, p. 201.
Your position in California is Acting Deputy Grand Master.
You claim also the IX°; but as you haven't got the Documents, what sense is there in that?
You must face realities: I don't see how you could ever be O.H.O. in actual fact, because you wouldn't know how to deal with other Grand Masters. You don't seem to have the knowledge or the tact, or the "presence" necessary. Nor have you any original work to your credit.
Do be sensible about this: we want Aldous Huxley; can you go and see him, and show him where his theories fail him, and how AL can solve all his problems? He wouldn't treat you as an equal at all: one sharp snub, and Good-bye Smith! No? All right, have a shot!
Baphomet O.H.O. [Outer Head of the Order]
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