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Correspondence from Jane Wolfe to Aleister Crowley
[Undated: circa January 1945]
Let me first say I do not regard myself as infallible—my limitations Could demoralize me' did I permit myself to contemplate them. But I state my angles of vision and rest on far riper and maturer judgments.
Smith [Wilfred Talbot Smith]: I do not like Smith in any contact whatever with Jack [Jack Parsons]—not even in the same town. See "Jack" below.
Smith wants to make a stand on the Mass [Gnostic Mass], to be performed at 1003 [1003 S. Orange Grove Avenue]. I feel this would bean empty, and therefore a useless gesture, so far as he is concerned, unless and until he, proved himself by a job. As it is, he has nothing to offer the Gods. Jack, Betty [Sara Northrup] and Paul have been practising the, Mass privately, preparing for a public performance.
But Smith does not want a job. His reactions in this matter are rather extraordinary to me. Once I heard him say, "O-o-o, my God! That will mean a job!", as though that fact could mean the end of the world for him. I cannot grasp this, therefore cannot find any reason to excuse him, and so cling to the slogan, "Smith has to, get a job to prove himself.
If I quote Jack correctly, and I think I do, he said:to the Council, evening after Smith arrived: "Smith will get a job, and plans to move to Hollywood with Helen [Helen Parsons] and the baby." Meantime, he is still on the: the premises of 1003, though not in the House.
Jack: Last evening, when Jack brought me these various papers to post to you, I saw, for the first time, the small boy, or child. This it is that is bewildered, does not quite know when to take hold in this matter, or where, and is completely bowled over by the ruthlessness of Smith—Smith, who has a master hand when it comes to this boy.
This boy should not, and must not be tampered with.
The reasoning Jack wrote you "Smith is a menace", "I fear Him." The reasoning Jack told the get-together group to form the Council: "Smith is a menace, and he struck at the heart of the thing." (Or was it 'the Order'?)
One, or both, of these Jacks is fascinated at times by Smith.
Helen: I like Helen, she has capacity—she could be an outstanding woman. What is her standing? I ask this because Jack, oft!, according to my notes, includes her in Third Degree Council.
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