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Correspondence from Karl Germer to Jane Wolfe
K.J. GERMER 260 West 72nd Street New York, N. Y.
Nov. 30, 1949
Dear Jane,
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
No further news yet about the possibility of printing Liber Aleph in Germany. This has much attention from me.
Yours of Nov. 17. Don't forget to return "Enquiry" when through. "Changes?" I think next March will bring something.
Before I forget: a set of the Holy Books [Volume I, Volume II, Volume III] reproductions should be given to the Ranch RoyAL crowd, they may not have these books.—I hope the LXV with Commentary reproductions can be taken in hand shortly. May-be I can get a few to send out by the end of the year.
The Heart of the Master: yes, if some bookseller wants to buy one or two copies, sell by all means. I would ask $4.00 net per copy, they are so scarce.
Symonds [John Symonds] has found a publisher for his biography of A.C. Of course, he sounds antagonistic. But we cannot expect more from an outsider. I'm sure the publication of his book will do some good.
No, the [Bankruptcy] Receiver did nothing about Liber Aleph. It is simply that the Hastings printers did not answer letters and were generally unbusinesslike. Also we did not have the money to pay the balance. Wait about this before speaking to Paul [Paul Milliken].
I do not understand this sentence in your last letter: "There must be a medium in the group for one thing; that there is to be an addition to or emendation of his work for greater clarity, for a greater number of people." Well, I may understand now, But what has Hugh [Hugh Christopher] to do with this?—Do send me your notes on what you get through Hugh.
No: I have not received any copies of Book 4/I [Book 4 - Part I]. They are hard to get by.
Nothing else that I can think of. I wish I had a typist to help. There is the set of "Letters"[1] to complete. There are a number of "Letters" which you don't have, and there is now a new sequence to the list.
Yorke [Gerald Yorke], as you know, had taken a vow some 20 years ago to collect all of A.C.'s material and store it ultimately in the British Museum. He has kept sending me copies of all kinds of letters, documents, diaries, etc. etc. which he in his searches had either bought, obtained from the owners on loan. He wrote me asking me to write Californians to make copies of letters sent by A.C. to them. For the time being I have excused them as being too old or otherwise in jobs with little time to do this tremendous work. But I want him to continue with sending me his stuff. So if ever you should write him treat this with diplomacy.
Love is the law, love under will.
Ever yours,
Karl
1—This refers to the collection of correspondence which would later be published as Magick Without Tears.
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