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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to C. F. Russell
Villa Santa Barbara [Abbey of Thelema], Cefalu, Sicily.
July 12, 1920.
Care Frater,
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
Your letter of XVI
About the Perique [tobacco]—I don't know what you've been smoking; but if you are brining me some, please be careful that it is the genuine from Saint James' Parish, Louisiana. Don't bother about Arabic just now—concentrate wholly on Italian. Get one of your Wops to give you a couple of hours conversation every night.
Love is the law, love under will.
Fraternally
[signed] The Beast
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23º 45'—I was hoping that your stay here would not cost you
anything. This place is an Abbey, and poor brethren are
expected to help with practical details. You can feel that
you are pulling your weight in the boat if your Italian gets
good enough to do marketing. At the same time there is no
harm in your offering a donation to the Abbey, and a million
lire would be better than one. So don't worry! I'll expect
you when I see you, but you might send me a cable when you
actually start.