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Correspondence from Karl Germer to Jane Wolfe
K.J. GERMER 260 West 72nd Street New York, N. Y.
January 3, 1949
Dear Jane,
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You would do me a favour by answering the enclosed letter received from Levke [Friedrich Levke] to-day. I have made some marginal notes. I also enclose copy of his letter which he mailed to Mildred—Ray [Burlingame] (which please give to them). I wonder what your opinion will be after you have gone through the letters. I'd appreciate your views.
I would suggest writing something like this:—
"Fra. Saturnus [Karl Germer] has sent me your letter to him of Dec. 27 and yours to Mildred-Ray of Oct. 24, asking me to reply. Having been the Master Therion's chela, his personal secretary for many years, as well as a high-grade O.T.O. member, I may be somewhat qualified in pointing out certain things to you.
"What would you say in the German army if the general excites your interest in, and asks you to become an officer, takes a personal interest in you, and you try to sneak into the army by the back door by applying to the sergeant for admittance?
"Your letter to him, and yours to the Burlingames show discrepancies. In (2) of your letters you say that not in a single case were you invited to join the Order, while on p. 3 of your letter to Burlingames you say the very contrary! Fra. [Saturnus] told me that you kept writing him emphatically that you refused to become a member of the O.T.O., or in fact, of any Order.
"Fra. [Saturnus] asked all of us a year ago to come to the help of the German brethren and it was so arranged that the Burlingames undertook to send you parcels. When you misunderstood this gesture and tried to take up closer magical relations with them, Fra. [Saturnus] pointed out to you that this was inadmissable, and you promised not to continue efforts along such lines. Your application for membership in the way you made it shows how little you have kept your word.
"We all of us have been connected with the efforts of establishing the Law of Thelema for years; many of us have had to suffer for it acutely. Let me tell you as the senior member of the Order that we will never be able to carry out our high goal if we would show such lack of discipline and due subordination to just authority, tact and good manners, as you do in such crucial cases. In your best interest I hope you will take this experience to heart."
Sign with your magical Motto, without giving your name.
I am hurrying this off before I leave on a business trip tomorrow. Use your own judgment in wording your letter and return his letter to me with a copy of your letter to him. I cannot think of another way to deal with this case. (I am in correspondence with him for other thelemic matters.) Do not let yourself be drawn into further letters from him.
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Ever yours,
Karl
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