Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Cordelia Sutherland

 

     

 

 

Bell Inn

Aston Clinton

Bucks

 

 

22nd Aug [1944]

 

 

Dear Child,

 

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

 

I’m so ashamed of myself for having had such a bad cold—but I did my best. And I was very happy to see your chess coming on so well. Only you must get a notion of defence; at present you really have none at all. The worst of it is that I don’t seem to know how to advise you. I’ll go on thinking; perhaps by Thursday—

     

Please send me those sketches of the mad suit—or bring them on Thursday.

     

Could you get Beale & Inman to let me have two pairs of stockings—the best—one brown-beige-buff, one greenish; if they won’t send, please bring them on Thursday. I hope you’ll wake up Upchurch between now & Thursday.

     

It has been a wild and windy day here, cold & much of it wet; I hope it will blow itself out and give us a gorgeous day with tea in the garden on Thursday.

 

Love is the law, lover under will.

 

Till Thursday.

 

Yours,

 

A.C.

 

 

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