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not at all; fear neither men, nor Fates, nor gods, nor 
anything. Money fear not, nor laughter of the folk folly, nor 
any other power in heaven or upon the earth or under the 
earth." Then pretty well all the positive injunctions imply 
reckless enthusiasm. "Beauty and strength, leaping laughter 
and delicious languor, force and fire, are of us." (A L, II: 20) 
What's more, meanness does not even pay! I propose to 
tell you why this is, and how things work out. 
What is money? A medium of exchange devised to 
facilitate the transaction of business. Oil in the engine. Very 
good, then; if instead of letting it flow as freely and smoothly 
as possible, you baulk its very nature; you prevent it from 
doing its True Will. So every "restriction" (that word again!) 
on the exchange of wealth is a direct violation of the Law of 
Thelema. 
Parable No. Three, "The Fairy Bank Note." 
One evening a man walked into an inn and asked for 
hospitality. In the morning, when his bill came, he found he 
had nothing but a £ I 00 note. "I'm afraid I've no change till 
the Banks open." 
"Oh, stick to it-I'll 
be back next 
week-I've enough petrol to take me home." 
"Handy," 
thought Boniface, "that will just square my 
brewer." That reminded the brewer to pay his cornchandler, 
who had been worrying him to settle . He wasn't nasty about 
it; he really needed the money for his farmer, a worthy man 
who wanted to build some new outhouses, and the builder 
couldn't give any credit because he was being pressed by the 
man who supplied his materials, a man in great trouble on 
account of his wife's long illness, and the necessity of an 
immediate and very expensive operation. 
So the doctor went round, very lordly, to the local estate 
agent, and made the first payment on the new house he had 
wanted for so long. "Hullo! HuBo!" laughed the agent; "here 
we are again. It's curious, but I paid out that note only ten 
days ago!" 
So there were seven hampered and worried men all made