From thelema93-l-owner@hollyfeld.org Sun Oct 12 01:41:48 1997 Received: from veracruz-gw.customer.itw.net (veracruz-gw.customer.ITW.NET [208.211.5.42]) by bay2.bjt.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA20603 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 01:41:47 -0700 Received: from www.hollyfeld.org ([204.130.199.143]) by veracruz-gw.customer.itw.net (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with ESMTP id AAA99 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 04:47:59 -0400 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by www.hollyfeld.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id EAA07164 for thelema93-l-outgoing; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 04:44:51 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: www.hollyfeld.org: majordom set sender to owner-thelema93-l@hollyfeld.org using -f Received: from mail.utep.edu (mail.utep.edu [129.108.1.4]) by www.hollyfeld.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id EAA07161 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 04:44:29 -0400 Received: from localhost (dgreiner@localhost) by mail.utep.edu with SMTP id CAA05796 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 02:31:34 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 02:31:34 -0600 (MDT) From: David Greiner To: thelema93-l@hollyfeld.org Subject: Crowley's Last Will and Testament In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19971012001157.0067704c@pop.mindspring.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-thelema93-l@hollyfeld.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: thelema93-l@hollyfeld.org Status: RO Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Greetings. Below is Crowley's Last Will and Testament, There's been a few references to it, so I thought those how haven't read it might enjoy doing so. I got it from the Academia Masonica Borealis page: http://www.oto.no/amb/ A cool page worth checking out. Love is the law, love under Will. Regards, -David- Here's the Will: _________________________________________________________________ Copyright (C) 1997 e.v. Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) _________________________________________________________________ This is the Last Will of me Edward Alexander Crowley commonly known as Aleister Crowley of "Netherwood" The Ridge Hastings Sussex England. I HEREBY REVOKE al Wills and testamentory dispositiors at amy time heretofore made by me I direct. That my Executors shall ascertain as they may think fit beyond all possibility of error the fact of my death I DESIRE that on my decease my body shall be cremated and that my Ashes should be preserved in a casket together with my seal ring and entrusted to the Grand Treasurer General of the Ordo Templi Orientis. I APPOINT Karl Johannes Germer of 260 West 72nd Street New York City Lady Frieda Harris, the wife of Sir Percy Harris of 3 Devonshire Terrace Marylebone High Street London W.I. and Louis Umfraville Wilkinson Doctor of Letters whose address is care of Wesdtminister Bunk Limited Shaftsbury Avenue London W.C.L. to be the Executors of this my Will (hereinafter refered to as "my Executors") except for the purposes property and effects (including copyrights) of and in connection with my profession of an author for which purposes property and effects I APPOINT the said Louis Umfraville Wilkinson and John Symonds of 121 Adeluide Road London N.W.3. the Executors hereof (hereinafter referred to as "my Literary Executors") I DIRECT my Literary Executors to collect as soon as practicable after my death all my books writings and effects of a literary nature whatsoever and wheresiever including such effects over which I may at the date of my death have any power of disposition or appointment and I GIVE AND BEQUEATH my books and writings and literary effects so collected to my Literary Executors free of all death duties ON TRUST that they shall hand over same to the Grand Treasurer General of the Ordo Templi Orientis (Order of the Temple of the East) at 260 West 72nd Street New York City with a request that the collection shall be for the absolute use and benefit for the said Order and I DECLARE that the receipt of the Grand Treasurer General of the said Order shall be a sufficent discharge to my Executors I BEQUEATH free of all death duties all the copyrights in my books and writings whatsoever and wheresoever including any copyrights over which at the date of my death I may have any power of disposition to the Ordo Templi Orientis aforesaid (other than those copyrights which shall allready be the property of the Order) for the absolute use and benefit of the said Order AND I DECLARE that the receipt of the Grand Treasurer General of the said Order shall be a sufficent dishcarge to my Literary Executors Subject to the payment of my debts and funeral and testamentary expenses I GIVE DEVISE BEQUEATH AND APPOINT all the rest residue and remainder of my property, estate, and effects whatsoever and wheresoever unto such of the said Karl Johannes Germer Lady Frieda Harris and Louis Umfraville Wilkinson as shall be living at the date of my death and if more than one equally between them for their his or her absolute benefit but with a request that he or she will dispose of the same amongst my faithful friends in accordance with any wishes expressed by me during my lifetime or settled in any memorandum written or signed by me or left amongst my papers at y death but I declare that no such memorandum shall be deemed to form part of my Will nor shall the foregoing expression of my wishes create any trust or legal obligation. IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of June One thousabnd nine Hundred and forty-seven. e.v. Signed by the Testator in the joint presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses:- [Signed Edward Alexander Crowley] [Signed Herbert P. Watson [?] Hastings] [Signed Winifred [?], 69m Victoria Avenue. Hastings. Sx. Shoreland [?].] [unreadable] _________________________________________________________________ Copyright (C) 1997 e.v. Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) _________________________________________________________________ ******************************************************************* * David J. 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