Magick Without Tears

INTRODUCTION 11 another member through the telescope! Well, I employ the figure of hyperbole, that I admit ; but it really won't do to have a dozen cooks at the broth! If you're working with me, you'll have no time to waste on other people. I fear your "Christianity" is like that of most other folk. You pick out one or two of the figures from which the Alexandrines concocted "Jesus" (too many cooks again, with a vengeance!) and neglect the others . The Zionist Christ of Matthew can have no value for you ; nor can the Asiatic "Dying-God" - compiled from Melcarth, Mithras, Adonis, Bacchus, Osiris, Attis, Krishna, and others-who supplied the miraculous and ritualistic elements of the fable. Rightly you ask: "What can I contribute?" Answer: One Book. That is the idea of the weekly letter: 52 of yours and 52 of mine, completely edited, would make a most useful volume. This would be your property: so that you get full material value, perhaps much more, for your outlay. I thought of the plan because one such arrangement has recently come to an end, with amazingly happy results: they should lie open to your admiring gaze in a few months from now. Incidentally , I personally get nothing out of it; secretarial work costs money these days. But there is another great advantage; it keeps both of us up to the mark. Also, in such letters a great deal of odds and ends of knowledge tum up automatically; valuable stuff, but hard to fit into an ordinary book. You suggest that fortnightly is frequent enough; yes, but one doesn't want to lose the thread, once one starts. Possibly ten days might be best. But please understand that this suggestion arose solely from your own statement of what you thought would help in your present circumstances. Anyway, as you say, decide! If it is yes, I should like to see you before June 15 when I expect to go away for a few days; better to give you some groundwork to keep you busy in my absence. Love is the law, love under will. Fraternally, 666