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Correspondence from C. F. Russell to Aleister Crowley
Bancroft Hall, Sick Quarters U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
An XIV Sun in Libra 21,º October 13, 1918 E.V.
Mr. Aleister Crowley, #1 University Place, New York City, N.Y.
Care Frater,
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law!
Your letter makes it plain to me that the O.T.O. article does not apply and that I should applaud my oppressor in this case. I want you to understand that I am perfectly willing to play the game confident that I can get the share I deserve of either favoritism or unfavoritism due to personal influence that exists in an institution even as rigid as the Navy. But the opposition or oppression to which I refer was so stupid, unreasonable, and unexpected, and seemed to point to such serious consequences that I was ready to accept outside help if it could be obtained. I thank you for your very good advice and should anything unfortunate occur I shall fall back on that quarter where it is customary for enlisted men to seek aid.
I have never learned whether you received my letters discharging my financial debt to you for the O.T.O. initiations.
If there happens to be any accessible official O.T.O. publication or any unofficial periodical like the International, I should like to subscribe to it.
Love is the law, love under will.
Yours fraternally,
[signed]
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