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Correspondence from Phyllis Seckler to Grady McMurtry
Nov. 5, 1959
Dear Grady,
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
My answer to you must be hasty as you need a reply right away. But first let me ask you—why the company when you needs must discuss the nature of your payments to Karl [Karl Germer]?
I don't believe Karl keeps track of $10.00 payments so do you know how much you still owe him? I hope you have been paying by check—a good record. If neither of you has kept track—good grief!
Karl loaned me $200, the year he bought you car for you. I have paid him $210.00 as he lost track of an early $10 payment soon after the loan. (I have the cancelled check). But I wrote and told him he deserved the extra $10 and probably much more for waiting so long to be repaid in full. I finished the last $60 payment last summer. He has only a tiny income and probably needs his loaned money now for publishing or extras—who knows?
To tell you truthfully—it seems to me that you want me to go with you to pull your chestnuts out of the fire. And why M.? Be a man and face Karl alone and try to understand him. Crowley's books are a superhuman burden—the responsibility of the whole thing is beyond anyone's strength now alive. He deserves to be a little afraid—there is reason for it. You work and your wife works—well—you think it over, Have any of us been of much help?
Not only am I disinclined to go with you to talk about your loan—I can't. I am struggling with a heart condition and must see my Dr. on Saturday. Also I expect guests. It is too early to tell—but I hope the heart condition is not going to impair my ability to work.
This letter sounds a little severe, I know. There aren't too many Thelemites around but what few there are ought to be at least very grown up. Develop your heart, Grady. Yes, I know—and I have to quit preaching. But you are my brother in Thelema—how can I remain silent?
Love is the law, love under will.
Fraternally,
Phyllis
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