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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Edward Noel Fitzgerald
Nov 29 1942.
Angel that you are!
93.
Dreffel sorry that you have been X.O.P. again; I'm much better since I got into peace and comfort [at 93 Jermyn Street].
How can I thank you for your prompt and able Mass Ob[servatio]n [on Liber OZ]? [see 12 October 1942 letter] But (a) you don't say whether they are the friends and acquaintances lot, or the pick-up crows; (b) I should have liked it all, just a little fuller, and more of your own idea of the person in ordinary ways, e.g. is your No. 2 a fool all round? Thinks Charlie Chaplin a great wit? Believes the newspapers? Laughs if anyone says 'haddock' or 'cheese' or 'mother-in-law'?
One remark to cheer you up: if 1 in the dozen understood and agreed—or even disagreed intelligently!—it would be a sure sign of success. One man and woman with mind and will can pick up the other 11 and run off with them laughing! How right about the word of four letters! Louis Wilkinson noticed the same thing, analyzed the phenomenon, gave me all the reasons for it. Do thou likewise! An admirable exercise for you. We shall collect all records, classify, and annotate: then send the full report to all who have helped to compile it. I'll send you some OZ cards free, when the new lot come: or when I find a missing packet, condemned for bad photographs, but good enough for your purpose.
Since you actually want to brass up, send me £1. 1. 0, for the "Fun of the Fair". Too tired to tell you about it, but pledge myself that you won't be disappointed. If you are, money back! But U.S.A. have sworn me not to give any copies away. As they are paying the printer, I must comply. There are one or two Khing Kang King, I'm pretty sure. The damage is £3. 3. 0.
Dog tired: nearly 2 a.m. and I've been writing one hell of a letter to try to get the Work started on a big scale. So forgive scrawl and curt style!
93 93/93
Yours,
Aleister.
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