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Correspondence from Gerald Yorke to Charles Stansfeld Jones
19 May 1948
Dear Jones,
Your 11/5/48 with enclosure, which I return. Afraid that in my ignorance I thought that you invented the term "spermatic logoi"; in spite of its past history I do not like it. I agree heartily that there is a true science of the infinite. I think it a complete waste of time trying to distinguish the 70 or more types of nothingness, and in trying to work out all the possible kinds of 'volution'. It is an intellectual game in which the Hindus excelled, but it is not my cup of tea. I agree completely with the long sentences in the middle of page 2.
Thanks for clearing up A.C.'s system of dating for me. I had never troubled to work it out. i think the first use of the new dating is in the photographic edition of Liber Legis in a leather case, of which only eleven copies were made; you having copy 1, and I copy 11.
Now for your Sutras. I dislike intensely Europeans taking Hindu pseudonyms. It misleads the reader into thinking that when Hindu terms are used in the book, they are used in accordance with the Hindu system, whereas in fact the writer usually gives a very un-Hindu interpretation to the Sanscrit terms which he uses. I criticised A.C. for this. I do not think you have any right to assume the title Mantrina. Mantra-yoga is a technical process of the Tantrics, though it does ante-date them in the Upanishads which deal with the Pranava (OM).
Please send me the draft of Sutras 22 and 23 for criticism when in the draft stage. I might be able to correct a few minor errors.
What is Una-yoga in Sutra 54? Have you any authority for it. It is a new term for me. If you have not invented it, whence did you get it, as I ought to deal with it in my book on Yoga, and I never heard of it.
Neither dharma- nor deva-yoga are really proper branches of yoga, but there is I think authority for their use in this sense, so I do not quarrel desperately with it. Personally I would not however use the terms.
I like the set up immensely, and think it will be a valuable book, but somewhat misleading if you call it the Sutras of Shrati Mantrina.
Yours,
Gerald Yorke.
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