A Letter From Aleister Crowley and Others To H. Spencer Lewis
A Letter From Aleister Crowley and Others To H. Spencer Lewis
A Letter From Aleister Crowley and Others To H. Spencer Lewis
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in the Sign of Cancer,
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Cur whole work ia based upon the Law of Theiema as laid do«n
the Bo ok CCXl;ooo
CCXl ;oooperat
perat ion between us would theref
the refore
ore int'Ol're
The
Th e A.’.A.*. is the
t he Third
ir d Orde
Or der
r of Secret Chiefs.containi'vg
t h e A.’%A. •
ca subs
su bscr
crip
ipt
t ion to the Oath
O ath of .that Grade.
The Secon
S econ d Order .depend
.dependent
ent upon the A.\A.\
A.\A.\ and pr epar
ep arato
ato ry
,cr* o p e n l y . themaely63 aa a w D ar
a r a o f t h t « O r der ,
gove
govern
rnin
ing
g Body has
has three Offio
Offioers
ers.
.O r a t o r . P r , „ oa.tr
oa.tr, %^
CanceUarlus.
lhl, rig
right, it . * » * »« P— IM. for
for us to ooop.r
ooop.r.t
.t.. „ lth
^ega Therion as Praemonstr
Praemonstrator
ator and O.I.7.V
O.I.7.V.I.O
.I.O.
. aa Cance
Can cella
llari
riUS
US..
°iX Grade3
G rade3 ;d e l u d in g the Thres
Threshold
hold of the
the B.E.et
B.E.et A.C.
A.C. and the
the
Neophytes
Neoph ytes Degree
Degree.
. j
The A^h
A^ h o r i t y in this1
this1Order was
was exercised up to the year
ye ar 19CC
thereabouts,by 3.I.Mathers (Count Macgregor of Glenstra®).
He derived
deriv ed this right and his Grade,which
Grade,which «as the
the highest
highest in the
oecond
oecond Crder, from a member
member of the
the Third
Third Crder.Sapiens
Crder.Sapiens iominabi
iomi nabitur
tur
Aatris, Fraeulein Sprengel. Be abused it^and it was therefore with-
drawn
draw n from him
hi m by the Secre
Secret
t Chief
Chiefs,
s, who approached Brother
Brot her Alei
A leiste
sterr
Crow
Crowle
ley
y in March
March 1902 2.V
2.V.
. in the
the City
City of
of Cairo and transf
transferr
erred
ed
the Authority to him. Be himself became a Member of the A.'.A.'.
(the Third Crder) in 1906E.
1906E.7.
7. but did not
not accept
accept the posi
p ositio
tionn until
un til
year
years
Z s later, tfe mention
mention this in order
order to
to show you
you that
that we pos
posse
sess
ss
the true Authorit
Authorityy to operate
operate in
in the tradition of C.B.C. 7e must
howeve
how ever
r state that we have
have always
always been opposed to
to Group work
workin
ing
g
and
an d to the use of the name Bosicrucian.and
Bosicrucian.and always oretended igncr
ar.ee of that Order
Order when
when questioned on the
the subject
subject.
. If you
yo u shcu
shculd
ld
claim Membership of the A.‘
A.‘.A.*, you
yo u would
would howe
howeve
ver
r be free
free to do
exactly as you liked about this
this,
, but we
we should give it to you in
the strongest terms of recorr
recorrmen
mendati
dation
on to avoid
avoid the use of the name
name
except within the College of the Eoly Ghost itself.
0. T. 0.
nt th J W *»*•
*»*• 70U
70U to use your
your Infl
Influ
uence
nce to
inco
incoc.
c. °“ >” S t° you
yo u
t0 throug
thr ough
h the Ritual
Ritu al of the
the 71th Legree.
"Orde
"O rder
r of the Illumina
Illuminat|fi
t|fi"
"
The Supreme Authority of the Order of the Illuminati for the
u Ited States
Sta tes of America,as derived by uninterru
uninterrupted
pted tradi
tra diti
tion
on
•om Adam
Ad am u'eish
u'eishaup
aupt,
t, is vested hy Patents, whic
wh ich
h we are
a re read
re ady
y to
vroduoe,
vroduoe , in Brothe
Bro ther
r Aleister Crow
Crowley
ley.
. He should be prepared to
vv.oper
op erat
atee with
wi th you
y ou in establishin
es tablishing
g this Order in this
t his Coun
Co untr
try,
y, fie
It is the intent
int ention
ion of To iiega Iherion
Iherio n to
to withdr
with draw
aw him
h im se lf
as far as possible from personal contact with the profane,at the
earl
ea rlie
iest
st moment^
moment^ and to retire
retire to the
the most inaccesible
inacce sible por
p orti
tion
on of
the earth's surface, there to prepare the new 7olume III of the
S^uinox. It might be possible to make arrangments whereby ycu
shoula
sho ula undertake
undert ake the
the external
external work
work connected
connected with this publ
pu blic
icat
atio
ionn
whi le sending specially favoured, or rather fit, members of our
a o t i l a or in som
some
e deaer
deaert.
t.eh
ehio
ioh
h dema
demand
nds
s at
at least
least wl
sri travel to approaoh it.
it. °urs reall
re ally
y
It iu
iu not necessar
necessaryy for you
you to acoept
acoept all th*e«
U,e a °oeptanoc
°oeptan oc of one would be considtred
considtr ed a basis of active
ion,but aa be began,ao we end,
end, the
the first
first ana last of thin U t t o /
the
accept
acc eptanc
ancee of the
the Law of Thele
Thelema.
ma.
Love
Love Is the
the law, love under will.
Youra
Youra Fraternally,
F raternally,
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