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Correspondence from Karl Germer to Jane Wolfe
[circa late October 1943]
Your letter to A.C. of Oct. 22 (copy to me) and your note. Thanks for your M.O. for $15. I think that was fine. I would never have expected that you could have scraped that much together.
Your letter to A.C. is surely inadequate. I wonder why you can't get some vision of the things behind. Here is a little illustration: When Jack [Jack Parsons] was here last he began to talk on the IX°. He told me of some successful experiences with it; said he had heard that much from Smith [Wilfred Talbot Smith]. After mature thought I decided to give him a very secret document to copy given under a very solemn pledge, looking me in the eye when giving it—it was really a solemn moment—never to reveal it to anybody without authorization; to use it only for the good of the Order and the Work, the Order that had given it to him.
In his letter of resignation to A.C., copy to me, he said that he considered himself free to pass the secret on to anybody he considers worthy! Mellinger [Frederic Mellinger] is here now, told me: when he saw Smith last, S. [Wilfred Talbot Smith] told him that I had given that document to Jack without any obligation or restriction; that I had given it to Miller [Joe Miller] too; that under these circumstances there was no reason why he should not give the document to Mellinger! This shows' that Parsons has broken a solemn pledge; that he has given the MSS to Smith at least, possibly to others too. That Smith, despite the fact that he had resigned entirely from the Order, and knowing that this secret MSS. was not his property, but a property of the Order, gave it to others.
This confusion of thought, this treachery of all parties concerned just passes my understanding. The next thing will be to sell it to the press and pocket the money. Well, I only wanted to open your eyes that are so blind.
I am enclosing the Word [Word of the Equinox]. Need I remind you that you must not convey it to anyone? I do not doubt but that you have definitely and for good broken all your contacts with Smith, Parsons & Co.?
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