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Correspondence from Jane Wolfe to Karl Germer [Extracts of letters circa July - December 1954]
[Undated: circa July - December 1954]
Monty [Gabriel Montenegro] is not in any position to work on Qabalah, etc. at present. Desperate about money, some of his Mexican friends plotted out a section of East L.A. through which to canvas for life insurance. This he will do every evening. It is though he can make $50. a week after he learns the techniques. His debts are troubling him mightily—money his sister loaned him, a bank in Beverly Hills, his daughter's support—the wife maintains herself.
Monty is still in the fiery furnace, notwithstanding he had yielded himself to his Angel by eliminating M.T. It is assumed that the A.M.A. is back of an onslaught on the Chiropractics—80 are involved, Monty tells me.—Fee-splitting, diploma abuses, etc. Monty admits the former—on one occasion 4 years ago.
His wire has been tapped for some time and herein, he thinks, lies damning evidence, in that he is a teaser of women in a way they like. I have witnessed two of his playful teasing, However, over the phone it no doubt sounds bad. Also in a letter to M.T. he mentions adultery.
They entered his office about 5 minutes after I left, he tells me; searched drawers, turning out contents, etc. ending up with handcuffing him because of his indignation, no doubt. He spent the night in the bull pen, with thieves, narcotics—low down sorts. Friends got together and put up his $2,500 bail, but there is also the lawyer's fee! And that lawyer is a Swinburne-Clymer man, who sneered at Monty about his philosophy.
I am not too upset about all this, for I always felt Monty was not in his right environment—that he belonged on the platform? Or have I picked this up because Krum-Heller [Arnold Krumm-Heller] chose Monty for his successor. I believe the son took over without notifying Monty of K-H's death. Then Monty was eager to accept the toga, now he says he has nothing to offer.
Monty [Gabriel Montenegro] was here to dinner Sunday evening. I spoke to him about seeing Smith [Wilfred Talbot Smith]. He says "NO!" in capitals. He recalled how WTS [Wilfred Talbot Smith] spoke about you in the early days of my absence. He wants nothing to do with him.
Also, the Chiropractics have banded together and now share a few good lawyers instead of each man engaging his own. This, of course, eliminates the Clymer man.
I think the experience will do him good. At first he was badly frightened and saw a most dire future for himself. He has now gained confidence and feels he can face the enemy's guns—even to the extent of jail should that befall him. He feels his own fearsome pictures were worse than anything that can happen to him.
But what you do re: Smith [Wilfred Talbot Smith] does not disturb: me as it does others, who cannot refrain from attacking leaders—even though I know how diabolically clever he is in slowly eating into the mind of his victim. In this respect, the patience of the oriental.
I have respect for Herringa's abilities, but I watched the balance slowly tip. Of which Smith was quite proud. He—and you—could possibly say, Thelema induced the change. True: I too could say possibly. But it was money and the establishment of Smith's desires. Again, one could say, "But of course." So it ends in talk.
Twice he approached me to join up with him. Once at Winona, and once at Beechwood. At Winona he was hurt, mad,—and possibly revengeful—against A.C. This happening he, could not recall at all when it came up, and denied it emphatically. But as "It is only the deeper layers of the mind that matter" one can lay it aside.
Now for Beechwood. He slowly worked on Herringa in re: leadership by S. [Wilfred Talbot Smith] of the O.T.O. seizing the power. I did not take this too seriously. But finally one evening W.T.S., with Herringa, approached me to join them in taking over the O.T.O. It shocked me all but speechless. I sat and listened to their plan. Knowing it could not materialize is my only reason for not writing at the time.
As I write this, some understanding comes to me: one could/might say, S. was speculating on how such a scheme could be handled and if he could force H. into raising the money. And possibly here again it has all left his mind and memory. Mistakes are one thing, plottings are another. I just don't like WTS any more; he is out of my mind at present."
"Your remarks re: WTS [Wilfred Talbot Smith] are most interesting. You heard what Frederic [Frederic Mellinger] said? That he didn't know whether Jack [Jack Parsons] was all wrong for Smith—no, which was the worse for the other—Jack for Smith or Smith for Jack.
I recall that I gave A.C. information that he wanted when I wrote that Jack had spent some time in my room, stomping up and down about Smith, who would not let him do what he wanted—the kite held down by some one on its tail. All this in a joking way. But A.C. came back full steam. C. had made Jack take an oath not to see Smith—but he went.
I, myself, would like to know the meaning of the Charge of the Spirit. Also Ritual of the Pyramid. Smith [Wilfred Talbot Smith] may know these, though he never practised ritual as such—except after being completely banished from "1003" [1003 S. Orange Grove Avenue]" in Pasadena and when living in Hollywood he daily recited the Horus Ritual (Cairo working) for over a year. His other work consists of the O.T.O. Rituals and the Mass [Gnostic Mass].
But Phyllis's [Phyllis Seckler] brood would be a good place for him [Aleister Ataturk]. She has handled her children splendidly, I think. They know all that words can convey about all sorts of things—including, no doubt—what the lady means: and in a way that does not poison the mind.
Phyllis says it was Uranus that uprooted me, Jupiter helped, then Saturn also stuck in his nose.—I am happy for her—she is forging ahead.
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