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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Kenneth Grant
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[23 Jan 1945]
C∴ F∴ [Care Frater]
93
Provided that I can get a car, and
have no further trouble from the Himalayas,[1]
and that the weather is not impossible, I shall shift
c/o Vernon Symonds Esq Netherweed [sic] The Ridge Hastings
It has struck me that it might help you to get a move on if you took a job similar to your own in a local bookseller’s. They are probably screaming for help.
Would enable you to put in a lot of spare time usefully, and you could help me by taking letters in longhand while you learn. And by sorting out papers: this needs doing very badly indeed. You would also get the hang of things & save time later on. Would you agree to such a plan if I could fix it? If so, send me details so that I know what to say to the blokes. There is said to be a cottage to let, part of the hotel; we might possibly find that useful. Know nothing about it; mention it as part of the Magical Formula of the whole Opus.
If, by some miracle, the way were clear, how soon could you start? Important for me to know this.
Excuse scrappiness; I’ve written this at odd minutes when I thought of something.
93 93/93
F∴ly [Fraternally]
666.
P.S. [on envelope] “Provided that”, No 1, seems wry difficult.
P.P.S. A glimmer shows on the horizon
1—This refers to Crowley's asthma, contracted during his Himalayan expedition. This was the 'storm fiend' which thereafter attacked him periodically.
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