Letter I
Original spelling, eccentric punctuation, [sic] markers and [illegible] notes are retained.
Juni 25, 1951.
Dear Frederic,
The Greetings of the Solstice of Summer!
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
The enclosed arrived, sent on by a Mrs. B. Strandboe, 10 E. 83, NYC. I opened it to save postage. - No word from Lucy at this end. Did I mention that she was supposed, and promised to, bring me over a portable German typewriter, a gift from Friedrich Lekve for the G.W. which should be delivered from the factory in time for her return. As an alternative: could it be delivered to you, and do you know somebody who is liable to return to the U.S.A. who would be willing and could be trusted to bring it along? --
In meinem letzten Brief erwaehnte ich, glaube ich, einen Brief eines Herrn Metzger in Zuerich, der aus dem Blauen eintraf. Er scheint ein ernst zu nehmender Mensch zu sein --- Sorry, I'll continue in English which is easier. I enclose copy of my last letter to him of June 23 in answer of a long letter of his which I would like to send to you to give you an impression. I have a feeling as though you ought to come into this, and take a hand. How? I don't know yet.
This Dr. or Prof. Pinkus, he mentions, seems to have been a real initiate, and the follower of Theodor Reuss, who kept the O.T.O. going in Switzerland. But what struck me most was that he knew Frau Sprengel and is in her line of spiritual descendence. I wonder whether A.C. ever asked you about that name? He must have, for, even since I met him first in 1925 and in later years, he kept asking Germans whether they know anything about her. Read Liber LXI vel causae for this. He wanted to ge to the root of the foundation of the Golden Dawn. I know for some time since Yorke's MSS. and researches that her name led to Switzerland, Reuss, Steiner, and others. But nothing that pointed to herself and the body of initiates with whom she was in touch, or who inspired her. He speculated (A.C.) whether it did not possibly lead to Ludwig II - Richard Wagner and a circle that was active in Central Europe in those yars. Here now seems to be a clue, and Metzger appears to far genuine, with true aspiration, and cautious in things which he may be sworn to keep silent from uninitiates. I would like you to be full yinformed in all that I can trace, as I would like rather you to become active if action should become necessary, than Lekve, though Metzger comes through Lekve, though I want to keep him informed. There is also a particular reason in this case: it may be in your line to advise that group in setting up their publication, and picking out the type of thelemic material best suited for publication. They have a printing shop of their own, apparently with members of their group who work in it - in a similar way as that group of Rosicrucians who were so active in Germany around 1780. If my optimism is not based on sand, but solid, we should have been given a very promising connection. We must publish some of A.C.'s MSS. such as Liber Aleph, LXXXI (Tao Teh King), and others in order to keep 93 alive.
I must close, please tell me something about yourself etc.
Love is the law, love under will.
