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Correspondence from Karl Germer to Philip Kaplan
Karl Germer P.O. Box 258 West Point, Calif.
Dec. 12, 1957.
Dear Philip Kaplan:
Sorry, for not having written before. Things this end have been quite confusing and hectic, I don't even know whether I have sent you this new address. It will, I hope, be my permanent abode—though, philosophically speaking, nothing in the world is permanent.
Anyway, this is a nice place, 4000 feet high, in the Ponderosa Pine country, not too far from Lake Placid. The climate could not be better. So far—we have been here for near two months—we had just one or two days of a little rain, otherwise continuous sunshine. The air is clear, transparent, and dry. It has none of that depressive, stifling temperature that makes the Los Angeles section so bad. The view all around from here is enthralling.
What do you mean by "my own story"? You cannot mean my Concentration Camp record? That covers just 7 months of my life.
As to the "World's Tragedy". As told you before, I have only A.C.'s privately bound copy. What I could send you on loan is a typescript copy—which does not have the Introduction.
I was glad you liked the Eqx. of the Gods [The Equinox of the Gods] copy. Why you do not get a grasp of Crowley's vital thought and Work, beats me, after you take such pains to collect his books. The very essence of A.C.'s work is the Book of the Law, the story of which is fully in that book. All the rest of his books can perish. This won't, because in this he was nothing than the scribe, commanded to write it down by, call it, the Gods, and They will see to it that it will be accepted by humanity in Their proper time. Moses and Mohammed were nothing else in their time. And 3 or 4000 years mean nothing in Their schedule of time, which accompany, of course, the destruction of the preceding order.
But why worry? It must not all happen in a single life time. Things of a totally new perspective are happening around us galore. Well, enough of this. Let me wish you the very best for the coming Season, and, if you see him, give my best to Sam Jacobs [Samuel Jacobs]!
Sincerely yours
Karl Germer
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