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NotesK( š# €P€€‚˙Liber 418 - The Vision and the Voice.Ż‰nh& €€€‚‚‚˙ February 20, 1989 e.v. key entry by Rusty Sporer and Bill Heidrick. Has been proof read but needs further proof reading (c) O.T.O.W1šż& €b€€‚‚‚‚˙ O.T.O. JAF Box 7666 New York, NY 10116 USA&hĺ# €€€‚˙J'ż/# €N€€‚˙ (718) 965-9551 ---- messages only.™tĺČ% €é €€‚‚˙ Note: In various footnotes to the text, Crowley makes correspondences to Enochian letters and Astrological symbols. An ambiguity exists in regard to the letter "T". The Germer/Thelema Publishing Edition of 1952 e.v. makes extensive use of symbols for Astrological concepts, and it is not possible to clearly differentiate the signs for Leo and Caput Draconis in all instances, since the handwritten symbols for these two correspondences are usually indistinguishable in the Germer edition. Enochian corresponds directly to English letters, while the astrological correspondences come from correspondences to Hebrew letters. There are two letters in Hebrew which are loosely rendered "T" in English/Enochian; Tet = Leo and Taw = Caput Draconis/Saturn. Crowley uses both Leo and Caput Draconis for the Enochian "T" in his notes. Where Leo or Caput Draconis is made clear by the context of the note, the rendering has been duplicated here. Where this is ambiguous, T is assumed to be matched to Leo in this text. F.I.Regardie, in his edition, usually renders the Enochian "T" as Caput Draconis, a practice reversed in this present version. A concise edition should therefore be made only after careful examination of the notations for every instance of the use of the Enochian "T", with citation of uncertainty in regard to Leo or Caput Draconis where Crowley's intention is unclear.kG/3$ €Ž€€‚‚˙ ---- WEH = Bill Heidrick (William E. Heidrick, TG OTO)Y3ČŒ& €f€€€‚˙_______________________________________________vE3 1)˙˙˙˙ Ő Í Liber XXX Aerum vel Saecvli Sub Figura 418 - The Vision and the VoiceӟŒŐ 4 6€?€€‚€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚€‚‚‚˙LIBER XXX AERVMVel SaecvliSvb Figvra CCCCXVIIIBeing of the Angels of the 30 AethyrsTHE VISION AND THE VOICEWith COMMENTARY by THE MASTER THERIONҁ § Q p€€€‚ăżůUť‰‚ăŮÇS}‰ăօ¤‰‚ăˇDĄ‰€‚ăŹk,Z€‰‚‚€‚˙Introduction Titles of the 30 Aethyrs Call of the Thirty Aethyrs Brief synopsisof the 30 AethyrsNotes&Ő Í # €€€‚˙= § 1 #ú3  G 8ŽIntroduction=Í G # €4€€‚˙I N T R O D U C T I O N Ç ]AC T€ €€‚‚€€€€€‚€‚€€€‚˙ The Vision and the Voice of the Angels of the thirty Aethyrs, reprinted from The Equinox, Volume 1, Supplement to No. 5, but here represented for the first time with an elaborate commentary by the MASTER THERION, is unique in that it attempts to describe in a perfectly sane and scientific manner spiritual experiences, and the investigations of the more subtle planes. The first attempts to obtain these visions were made in 1900, in Mexico, where FRATER PERDURABO had journeyed in his efforts to obtain a perfect understanding of the mystic traditions and methods of attainment of every race and clime. The first two Aires were investigated on November 14 and 17, 1900. The Vision and the Voice was mysterious and terrific in character. But what he saw was not altogether beyond his previous experiences; what he heard was as unintelligible to him as William Blake to a 7th Day Adventist. He was encouraged by the evident importance of these results, but found that he was absolutely unable to proceed with the 28th Aethyr. It became evident, some 9 years later, that what stopped his further exploration of thG ]AÍ e Aethyrs in 1900 was simply that his Grade did not entitle him to go further than the 29th. In fact only a Master of the Temple, 8x = 3{square x}, can penetrate beyond a certain point, and further, as sections of the Comment point out, even a Master of the Temple cannot pierce through the veils surrounding the outer of these Aires.űĐG XD+ $€Ą€€‚€€‚˙ The Seer had not thought of continuing this work for nearly 9 years. It is not at all clear how the idea came to him in 1909, during a walk through the Desert with Frater O.V., (Victor Neuburg) a Probationer of the A{.'.} A{.'.}, but at Aumale a Hand suddenly smote its lightning into his heart, and he knew that now, that very day, he must take up The Vision and the Voice from the point where he had laid it down in 1900. Parallel to this, it is also possible that he had in his ruck sack one of his earliest Magical Note Books, where he had copied with infinite patience the 19 Calls or Keys obtained by Sir Edward Kelly from certain Angels and written down by Queen Elizabeth's astrologer, Dr. John Dee.ă]A`H% €Ç€€‚‚˙ The facts that stamp these Keys or Calls are these. Over 100 squares filled with letters were obtained by these two Magicians, in a manner which no one yet has quite understood. Dee would have one or more of these tables (as a rule 49 by 49) --- some full, others lettered only on alternate squares --- before him on a writing table. Kelly would sit at what they called the Holy Table, and gaze into a "Shewstone" in which he would see an Angel, who would point with a wand to letters on one of these charts in succession. Kelly would report, for example, "He points to column 6, rank 31", and so on, apparently not mentioning the letter, which Dee found and wrote down from the "Table" before him. When the Angel had finished, the message was rewritten backwards. It had been dictated backwards as being too dangerous to communicate forwards --- each word being in its nature so powerful that its direct communication would have evoked forces which were not wanted at that time.çÁXDGJ& €ƒ€€‚‚‚˙ These Keys being re-written backwards, there then appeared conjurations in a language which they called "Enochian", or "Angelic". It is not a jargon; it has a grammar and a syntax of its own. It is far more sonorous, stately and impressive than even Greek or Sanskrit and the English translations, though in places difficult to understand, contain passages of a sustained sublimity that Shakespeare, Milton and the Bible do not surpass.$ý`HkL' €ű€‘€€‚‚˙"Can the Wings of the Wind understand your voices of Wonder? O Ye! The Second of the First! whom the burning flames have framed in the depths of my Jaws! Whom I have prepared as cups for a wedding, or as flowers in their beauty for the chamber of Righteousness! Stronger are your feet than the barren stone! and mightier are your voices than the manifold winds! For you are become a building such as is not, save in the mind of the All-Powerful." (Second Key)DGJŻO* "€5€€‚€‚‚‚˙ There are nineteen of these Keys: the first two conjuring the element called Spirit; the next sixteen invoke the Four Elements; each sub-divided into four; the nineteenth, by changing two names, may be used to invoke any one of what are called the thirty "Aethyrs" or "Aires". The genuineness of these Keys, altogether apart from any critical observation, is guaranteed by the fact that anyone with the smallest capacity for Magick finds that they _work_. The Seer had used these Keys a great deal, --- always with excellent effect. It was in Mexico that the idea occurred to him to discover for himself what these Aethyrs really were, by invoking them in turn by means of the nineteenth key, and, by skrying in the Spirit Vision, judge their nature by what he saw and heard.Ć›kLƒ+ $€7€€‚€€‚˙ It was then in Aumale, that he ŻOƒÍ prepared to commence once more the investigations of these Aethyrs, and accordingly bought a number of notebooks. After dinner, on the 23rd of November, 1909, he invoked the 28th Aethyr by means of this 19th Key. When it was compared with those of the 29th and 30th Aethyrs, --- lo and behold, there were exhibited the same peculiarities of subject and style. This is true also of the 27th, and so on to the 24th; yet there is a continuous advance towards coherence both in each Aethyr itself, and as regards its neighbour. The subject shows solemnity and sublimity, as well as the tendency to fit in with those conceptions of the Cosmos, those mystic Laws of Nature, and those ideas of transcendental Truth which had already been foreshadowed in The Book of the Law (Vernal Equinox, 1904), and the more exalted of the trances which the Seer had experienced prior to this date.ÖŻO‡ˆ0 .€­ €€‚‚€€‚‚‚‚‚˙ The Method of obtaining The Vision and the Voice was as follows. The Seer had with him a great golden topaz (set in a Calvary Cross of six squares, made of wood, and painted vermillion) which was engraved with a Greek Cross of five squares charged with the Rose of 49 petals. He held this, as a rule, in his hand. After choosing a spot where he was not likely to be disturbed he would take this stone and recite the Enochian Call, and after satisfying himself that the forces invoked were actually present, made the topaz play a part not unlike that of the looking glass in the case of Alice. (He had long learned not to trouble himself to travel to any particular place in his Body of Light. He realized that Space was not a thing in itself, but merely a convenient category [one of many such] by reference to which we can distinguish objects from each other.) He would then describe what he saw and repeat what he heard, and Frater O.V., the Scribe, would write down his words, and incidentally observe any phenomena which struck him as peculiar. (For instance, He would at times pass into a deep trance so that many minutes might pass between two successive sentences, as the text to the later Aethyrs shows.)ęƒœ+ $€Ő €€‚€€‚˙ They walked steadily through the Desert, invoking the Aethyrs, one by one, at convenient times and places, or when the Spirit moved them. As a rule, one Aethyr was obtained every day. Bou-Sada was reached on November 30th; on December 8th they started again through the desert for Biskra which they reached on December 16th, completing the work on the 19th. By the time Bou-Sada was reached, and they had arrived at the 20th Aethyr, the Seer began to understand that these visions were, so to speak, cosmopolitan. They brought all systems of Magical doctrine into harmonious relation. The symbolism of Asiatic cults; the ideas of the Qabalah, both Jewish and Greek; the Arcana of the Gnostics; the Pagan Pantheon, from Mithras to Mars; the Mysteries of Ancient Khem; the Rites of Eleusis; the Scandinavian Sagas; Celtic and Druidical ritual; Mexican and Polynesian traditions; the Mysticism of Molinos no less than that of Islam,--- all these fell into their proper places without the slightest tendency to quarrel. The whole of the past Aeon, in short, appeared in detailed perspective, and each element therefore surrendered its sovereignty to Horus, the Crowned and Conquering Child, the Lord of the Aeon announced in The Book of the Law.œs‡ˆ8Ž) "€ć€€‚‚‚€‚˙ Love is the law, love under will. Frater E{.'.}N{.'.}L{.'.}Mœ…Ž1D­€…Ž5TĂTitles of the Thirty AEthyrs°Š8Ž5& €€€‚‚‚˙ The titles of the Thirty AEthyrs whose dominion extendeth in everwidening circles without and beyond the Watch Towers ofthe UniverseD…Žy' €:€€‚€‚˙(The first is Outermost)&5Ÿ# €€€‚˙ţyżÁ úý€€㝪aĄ€ ‰€ƒƒăŤ˛Ĺý€ ‰€‚ăGĐaĄ€ ‰€ƒƒă:C3O€ ‰€‚ăy7g›€ ‰ŸżÁ8Ž€ƒƒăPeż€ ‰€‚ă?Ç\€ ‰€ƒƒă´Mҟ€ ‰€‚ăœ\€ ‰€ƒƒăęOU€ ‰€‚ă˝ĆaĄ€ ‰€ƒƒăd$Ă&€ ‰€‚ăü…/›€ ‰€ƒƒăJĂ&€ ‰€‚ăʞY˜€ ‰€ƒƒăČĹoř€ ‰€‚ăGOf€ ‰€ƒƒăŹ;ź‚€ ‰€‚˙ 1 LIL 16 LEA 2 ARN 17 TAN 3 ZOM 18 ZEN 4 PAZ 19 POP 5 LIT 20 KHR 6 MAZ 21 ASP 7 DEO 22 LIN 8 ZID 23 TOR 9 ZIP 24 NIAoŞŸ.ĂĹ XU€€ă@ÍaĄ€ ‰€ƒƒătź‚€ ‰€‚ă’!¨—€ ‰€ƒƒă„@Ă&€ ‰€‚ăşAU€ ‰€ƒƒăK8ř€ ‰€‚ăÔĎMí€ ‰€ƒƒă-bő€ ‰€‚ă`Μ€ ‰€ƒƒă´Ăł€ ‰€‚ăä4î׀ ‰€ƒƒăťĆK€ ‰€‚˙10 ZAX 25 VTI11 ICH 26 DES12 LOE 27 ZAA13 ZIM 28 BAG14 UTA 29 RII15 OXO 30 TEX&żÁTĂ# €€€‚˙Z).ĂŽĂ1^3 ˙†ŽĂůĂ&ĘCall of the Thirty Aethyrs- Enochian, TheK(TĂůĂ# €P€€‚˙THE CALL OR KEY OF THE THIRTY AETHYRSuAŽĂnČ4 6€ƒ€€‚€âיô‰âؙô‰‚˙ MADARIATZA das perifa LIL cahisa micaolazoda saanire caosago od fifisa balzodizodarasa Iaida. Nonua gohulime: Micama adoianu MADA faoda beliorebe, soba ooaona cahisa luciftias peripesol, das aberaasasa nonuafe netaaibe caosaji od tilabe adapehaheta damepelozoda, tooata nonuafe jimicalazodoma larasada tofejilo marebe yareryo IDOIGO; od torezodulape yaodafe gohola, Caosaga, tabaoreda saanir od caharisateosa yorepoila tiobela busadire, tilabe noalanu paida oresaba, od dodaremeni zodayolana. Elazodape tilaba paremeji peripesatza, od ta qurelesata booapisa. Ianibame oucaho sayomepe, od caharisateosa ajitoltorenu, mireca qo tiobela lela. Tonu paomebeda dizodalamo asa pianu, od caharisateosa aji-la-tore-torenu paracahe a sayomepe. Coredazodizoda dodapala od fifalazoda, lasa manada, od faregita bamesa omaoasa. Conisabera od auauotza tonuji oresa; catabela noasami tabejesa leuitahemonuji. Vanucahi omepetilabe oresa! Bagile? Moooabe OL coredazodizoda. El capimao itzomatzipe, od cacocasabe gosaa. Bajilenu pii tianuta a babalanuda, od faoregita teloca uo uime.¸ůĂ&Ę( €!€€‚€‚˙ Madariiatza, torezodu!!! Oadariatza orocaha aboaperi! Tabaori periazoda aretabasa! Adarepanu coresata dobitza! Yolacame periazodi arecoazodiore, od quasabe qotinuji! Ripire paaotzata sagacore! Umela od peredazodare cacareji Aoiveae coremepeta! Torezodu! Zodacare od Zodameranu, asapeta sibesi butamona das surezodasa Tia balatanu. Odo cicale Qaa, od Ozodazodama pelapeli IADANAMADA!1nČWĘ1v˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙WʜĘE"&ʜĘ# €D€€‚˙Or other Aire as may be willed.1WĘÍĘ1‹˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ÍĘ'ËZ7œĘ'Ë# €n€€‚˙This name may be appropriately varied with the Aire.T#ÍĘ{Ë1œ ­€2{ËĆËťCall of the Thirty Aethyrs, EnglishK('ËĆË# €P€€‚˙THE CALL OR KEY OF THE THIRTY AETHYRSě¸{Ëž4 6€q €€‚€âٙô‰âڙô‰‚˙ O Ye Heavens which dwell in the first Aire, ye are mighty in the parts of the Earth, and execute therein the Judgment of the Highest! Unto you it is said: Behold the Face of your God, the beginning of Comfort, whose eyes are the brightness of the Heavens, which provided you for the Government of the Earth, and her unspeakable variety, furnishing you with the power of understanding to dispose of all things according to the Foresight of Him that Sitteth on the Holy Throne, and rose up in the Beginning, saying: The Earth, let her be governed by her parts, and let there be Division in her, that the glory of her may be always ecstasy and imitation of orgasm. Her course, let it run with the Heavens; and as an handmaid let her serve them. One season, let it confound another, and let there be no creature upon or within her the same. All her members, let them differ in their qualities, and let there be no one Creature equal with another. The reasonable Creatures of the Earth, and Men, let them vex and weed ĆËž'Ëout one another; and their dwelling-places, let them forget their Names. The work of man and his pomp, let them be defaced. His building, let it be a Cave for the Beast of the Field! Confound her understanding with darkness! For why? It repenteth me concerning the Virgin and the Man. One while let her be known, and another while a stranger: because she is the bed of an Harlot, and the dwelling-place of him that is fallen.ýŘĆËť% €ą€€‚‚˙ O ye Heavens arise! The lower heavens beneath you, let them serve you! Govern those that govern! Cast down such as fall. Bring forth with those that increase, and destroy the rotten. No place let it remain in one number. Add an diminish until the stars be numbered. Arise! Move! and appear before the Covenant of His mouth, which He hath sworn unto us in His Justice. Open the Mysteries of your Creation, and make us partakers of THE UNDEFILED KNOWLEDGE.1žě1v˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ě1E"ť1# €D€€‚˙Or other Aire as may be willed.1ěb1˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ ˙˙˙˙bŔ^81Ŕ& €p€€€‚˙This name may be appropriately varied with the Aire.}Lb=1{˙†vƒ =˛ňDA Brief Synopsis of the Contents of the Calls of the Thirty Aires or AethyrsuPŔ˛% € €€‚‚‚˙A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THE CONTENTS OF THE CALLS OF THETHIRTY AIRES OR AETHYRS&=Ř# €€€‚˙Ľ˛óv ş€K€€€‚‚ăťĆK€ ‰€ƒ‚‚ă´Ăł€ ‰€ƒ‚‚ă-bő€ ‰€ƒ‚‚ăK8ř€ ‰€ƒ‚ƒ‚‚ă„@Ă&€ ‰€ƒ‚ƒ‚˙Aethyr30."Exordium of the Equinox of the Gods."29."The Disruption of the Aeon of Osiris."28."The Vision of the Dawn of the Aeon of Horus (Atu XVII)"27."The Vision of the Initiation of Hecate (Atu XIV)The Redemption of the Woman of Witchcraft by Love."26."The Slave-Gods superseded (The Vision of Atu XX, the Stele)The Vision of the Stele of Revealing, abolishing the Aeon of theľŘ \ †€k€€ƒ‚‚ătź‚€ ‰€ƒ‚ƒ‚ƒ‚‚ăŹ;ź‚€ ‰€ƒ‚ƒ‚ƒ‚‚ăČĹoř€ ‰€ƒ‚ƒ‚˙Slave-Gods."25."The Path of Teth (Atu XI. The Fire-Kerub in the Initiation).The Vision of the Fruit of the Great Work of the Beast -666. The Lion."24."The Rose. (The Woman of Atu XIV. Minister of Babalon;The Water-Kerub in the Initiation.) The First KissOf the Lady of Initiation."23."The Kerubim of Earth and Air (Minor officers in theInitiation to 8x = 3{square x}.) The Vision of the Interplay$Čó( \ †€‘€€ƒ‚‚ăJĂ&€ ‰€ƒ‚ƒ‚ƒ‚ƒ‚‚ăd$Ă&€ ‰€ƒ‚ƒ‚‚ăęOU€ ‰€ƒ‚ƒ‚˙And Identity of Earth and Air."22."The 49-fold Table (First appearance of the Crowned andConquering Child to the Exempt Adept as in the Pastos)The Vision of the Rose, the Heart of BABALON and ofThe Birth of the Universe."21."Kether. (TheHierophant prepares the Candidate). TheVision of the Ineluctable Destiny."20."The Path of Kaph (Atu X). The Hiereus prepares theCandidate). The Vision of the Wheel of Fortune. Theś 8Z ‚€m€€ƒ‚‚ăžVՀ ‰€ƒ‚ƒ‚‚ăPeż€ ‰€ƒ‚ƒ‚ƒ‚ƒ‚‚ă:C3O€ ‰€ƒ‚˙Three Energies of the Universe."19."The Path of Gimel (The Hegemone between the Pillars.Preliminary: The Vision of the Unguided Universe.)"18."Tiphereth. (The King's Chamber. The Vision of the holyGuardian Angel.) The Instruction concerning theObtaining of the Vision and the Voice of the ThirtyAethyrs. The Preparation of the Candidate."17."The Path of Lamed. (The combination Gimel, Lamed, Samech.§( R@g œ€O€€ƒ‚‚㍲Ĺý€ ‰€ƒ‚ƒ‚‚ăä4î׀ ‰€ƒ‚ƒ‚‚ă`Μ€ ‰€ƒ‚ƒ‚‚ăÔĎMí€ ‰€ƒ‚˙The Vision of the Justice or Balance of the Universe."16."Keter. (Path of Pe.) The Overthrow of the Salve-Gods byThe Beast 666."15."The Vision of the rose of 49 petals, and of the Holy12-fold Table. Examination of the Candidate for M.T."14."The Vision of the City of the Pyramids. The ReceptionOf the Master of the Templ8R@Ŕe."13."The Garden of Nemo. The Work of the Magister Templi.";Ť8B î€W€€‚ăşAU€ ‰€ƒ‚ƒ‚‚ă’!¨—€ ‰€ƒ‚‚ă@ÍaĄ€ ‰€ƒ‚‚ăGOf€ ‰€ƒ‚ƒ‚‚ăʞY˜€ ‰€ƒ‚‚ăü…/›€ ‰€ƒ‚‚ă˝ĆaĄ€ ‰€ƒ‚˙12."The Path of Cheth. The Bearer of the Sangraal. The BlackBrothers."11."Yesod. The Frontier of the Abyss."10."The Abyss. Choronzon, his Nature."9."Malkuth. (The Pure Virgin.) The reward of the MagisterTempli."8."The Holy Guardian Angel. His instruction."7."The Path of Daleth. The Black Brothers."6."The Vision of the Urn. The Magus 9x = 2{square x}. The Three0şR@˝Dv ş€u€€ƒ‚‚ăœ\€ ‰€ƒ‚ƒ‚‚ă?Ç\€ ‰€ƒ‚ƒ‚‚ăy7g›€ ‰€ƒ‚ƒ‚‚ăGĐaĄ€ ‰€ƒ‚‚㝪aĄ€ ‰€ƒ‚˙Schools of Magick."5."The Vision of the Middle Pillar. (Arrow). The MysteryOf Atheism."4."The Marriage of Yod and He. (The common Tibetan Symbol.)The Seer identifies himself with it."3."The Magus of the Tarot. (Atu 1). Mayan, the Maker ofIllusion. The Seer in Illusion (Lilith)."2."The Marriage of the Seer with BABALON. (Atu VI)."1."The Vision of The Crowned and Conquering Child, the Lord5BňD$ €"€€ƒ‚˙Of the Aeon."c2˝DUE1!2Ž… UEăE0Cry of the Thirtieth or Inmost Aire or Aethyr, TEXŽdňDăE* $€Č€€‚âK,‰‚˙THE VISION AND THE VOICEThe Cry of the Thirtieth or Inmost Aire or Aethyr, Which is Called TEXO UE2IB R€€€‚€âK,‰‚‚âK,‰âK,‰‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ I AM in a vast crystal cube in the form of the Great God Harpocrates. This cube is surrounded by a sphere. About me are four archangels in black robes, their wings and armour lined out in white. In the North is a book on whose back and front are A.M.B.Z. in Enochian characters. ({ENO:z}{ENO:b}{ENO:m}{ENO:a}) Within it is written: I AM, the surrounding of the four. Lift up your heads, O Houses of Eternity: for my Father goeth forth to judge the World. One Light, let it become a thousand, and one sword ten thousand, that no man hide him from my Father's eye in the Day of Judgment of my God. Let the Gods hide themselves: let the Angels be troubled and flee away: for the Eye of My Father is open, and the Book of the Aeons is fallen.kăEĎK2 2€×€€‚€‚‚‚‚âK,‰‚˙ Arise! Arise! Arise! Let the Light of the Sight of Time be extinguished: let the Darkness cover all things: for my Father goeth forth to seek a spouse to replace her who is fallen and defiled. Seal the book with the seals of the Stars Concealed: for the Rivers have rushed together and the Name {HEB:Heh}{HEB:Vau}{HEB:Heh}{HEB:Yod}is broken in a thousand pieces (against the Cubic Stone). Tremble ye, O Pillars of the Universe, for Eternity is in travail of a Terrible Child; she shall bring forth an universe of Darkness, whence shall leap forth a spark that shall put his father to flight.ŘŚ2I§M2 2€M€€‚‚‚‚âK,‰‚€‚˙ The Obelisks are broken; the stars have rushed together: the Light hath plunged into the Abyss: the Heavens are mixed with Hell. My Father shall not hear their Noise: His ears are closed: His eyes are covered with the clouds of Night. The End! the End! the End: For the Eye of Shiva He hath opened: the Universe is naked before Him: for the Aeon of Saturn leaneth toward the Bosom of Death.DĎK €, &€1€‘€€ âK,‰‚˙ [Figure: This is an isosceles triangle with height about 7 times the base. It extends with base on a true vertical from the left. A line extends vertically upward from the apex, equal to the length of the base. A trefoliate of three isosceles triangles of base slightly smaller than the first triangle and sides equal to the first triangle is created at the upper tip of the line. The tree component triangles of the terfolate meet the upper tip of the line with their apices --- one vertically and two to right and left.]§M €ňD ŧM‚D V€‹€€‚€âK,‰âK,‰‚‚‚‚âœp‰âœp‰‚˙ The Angel of the East hath a book of red written in letters of Blue A.B.F.M.A. in Enochian ({ENO:a} {ENO:m} {ENO:f} {ENO:b} {ENO:a}). The Book grows before my eyes and filleth the Whole Heaven. Within: "It is Written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord Thy God." I see above the Book a multitude of white-robed Ones from whom droppeth a great rain of Blood; but above them is a Golden Sun, having an eye, whence a great Light.Şv €żƒ4 6€í€€‚âœp‰‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ I turned me to the South: and read therein: Seal up the Book! Speak not that which thou seest and reveal it unto none: for the ear is not framed that shall hear it: nor the tongue that can speak it! O Lord God, blessed, blessed, blessed be Thou for ever! Thy Shadow is as great Light. Thy Name is as the Breath of Love across all Worlds.Ř‚Ä, &€ą€‘€€ ⠜p‰‚˙ [Figure: This is a swastika or fylfot cross. It is widdershins, with each bend going to the right when viewed down one arm from the center. All elements are either vertical or horizontal, none diagonal.]$ďżƒç†5 8€ß€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚â œp‰‚‚‚˙ (A vast Svastika is shewn unto me behind the Angel with the Book.) Rend your garments, O ye clouds! Uncover yourselves! for the Love of My Son! Who are they that trouble thee? Who are they that slew thee? O Light! Come thou, who art joined with me to bruise the Dragon's head. We, who are wedded, and the Earth perceiveth it not! O that Our Bed were seen of Men, that they might rejoice in My Fertility: that My Sister might partake of My Great Light.ÄÄíˆB R€‰€€‚‚‚‚â œp‰â œp‰â œp‰‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ O Light of God, when wilt thou find the heart of man --- write not! I would not that men know the Sorrow of my Heart, Amen! I turned me to the West, and the Archangel bore a flaming Book, on which was written AN in Enochian ({ENO:n}{ENO:a}). Within was drawn a fiery scorpion, yet cold withal. Until the Book of the East be opened! Until the hour sound! Until the Voice vibrate! Until it pierce my Depth;Vç†z‹7 <€­€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚âœp‰‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ Look not on High! Look not Beneath! For thou wilt find a life which is as Death: or a Death which should be infinite. For Thou art submitted to the Four: Five thou shalt find, but Seven is lone and far. O Lord God, let Thy Spirit hither unto me! For I am lost in the night of infinite pain: no hope: no God: no resurrection: no end: I fall: I fear. O Saviour of the World, bruise Thou my Head with Thy foot to save the world, that once again I touch Him whom I slew, that in my death I feel the radiance and the heat of the moving of Thy Robes!ś‹íˆ0+ $€€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ Let us alone! What have we to do with Thee, Thou Jesus of Nazareth? Go! Go! If I keep silence --- Or if I speak each word is anguish without hope. And I heard the Aethyr cry aloud "Return! Return! Return! For the work is ended; and the Book is shut; and let the glory be to God the Blessed for ever in the Aeons, Amen." Thus far is the voice of TEX and no more.1z‹a1k˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ ˙˙˙˙a›:0›# €.€€‚˙{Leo}{Virgo}{Spirit}1a̍1d˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ ˙˙˙˙̍˙3›˙# € €€‚˙cf. AL, II, 71̍0Ž1Š˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙0Ž‰ŽY6˙‰Ž# €l€€‚˙North: Destruction = the Old Formula is abrogated.10ŽşŽ1˜˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙şŽ!gD‰Ž!# €ˆ€€‚˙{Taurus}{Aquarius}{Aries}{Leo}. The Forthsaying of the New Aeon.1şŽR1r˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙R“A!“# €<€€‚˙cf. AL, III, 71. Also LIL.1Rď1œ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ď;ŔkH“;Ŕ# €€€‚˙{Saturn} = 400 Death = ď;Ŕ“50 400 + 50 = 450 {GRK:Nu}{GRK:Upsilon} etc.1ďlŔ1Ź˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙lŔçŔ{X;ŔçŔ# €°€€‚˙Represents the formula of Drawing all to a point: whence blooms erect a Triple Triad.1lŔÁ1á˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ÁČÁ°ŒçŔČÁ$ €€€‚˙East. Adepts: cleansed of their Blood, and brought to Light. = There is a way to light through giving up one's Blood. (See 12th Aethyr)1ÁůÁ1Ÿ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ůÁgÂnKČÁgÂ# €–€€‚˙{Taurus}{Aries}{Cauda Draconis}{Aquarius}{Taurus} = Opening of New Aeon.1ůÁ˜Â1w˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˜ÂŢÂF#gÂŢÂ# €F€€‚˙Symbolism of the Cup of Babalon.1˜ÂĂ1é˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ĂÇø“ŢÂÇĂ% €'€€‚‚˙This refers to Kether --- Horus.South. Silence. Marriage in Binah. = This leads to the Rapture of the Ineffable Union. Closing of Old Aeon.1ĂřĂ1!˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙řĂčÄđĚÇĂčÄ$ €™€€‚˙The Swastika has 17 squares out of 25, The Pentagram, or Human square. It is also {HEB:Aleph} = Harpocrates, Bacchus Diphues, Parzival, etc., the Pure Fool, the Wanderer, who weds the King's Daughter.1řĂĹ1Ě˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙Ĺ´Ĺ›xčÄ´Ĺ# €đ€€‚˙Means the Stooping Dragon (see 4x = 7{square x} ritual): but also the phrase = break the Maidenhead of Draco (Nuit).1ĹĺĹ1Š˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ĺĹ]ĆxU´Ĺ]Ć# €Ş€€‚˙West. Fate (Refusing Initiation.) = The alternative is despair --- of loneliness.1ĺĹŽĆ1ý˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ŽĆZÇ̨]ĆZÇ$ €Q€€‚˙{Taurus}{Scorpio} AN (Hebrew) means Pain: NA = Failure. These = 51 = 3x17. Note the Three Vibrations as spoiling the ideas of 17 (IAC). The Doom of the Old Aeon.1ŽĆ‹Ç1|˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙‹ÇÖÇK(ZÇÖÇ# €P€€‚˙{Scorpio} = {HEB:Nun} = Fish = Jesus.1‹ÇČ1•˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ČkÉd@ÖÇkÉ$ €€€‚˙Tetragrammaton --- the blind forces of the Elements --- bind the Uninitiate. He may attain to the Pentagram --- Jeheshua ---the Man Master of those Elements. But he cannot reach Seven --- Babalon. (See Sigil of A{.'.} A{.'.} 77 +_ 7 + 7 _ + 77 = 156 Babalon) 7 For she is "lone and far", i.e., beyond the Abyss.`/ČËÉ1‚vƒ…ˆËÉ<ĘżBCry of the Twenty and Ninth Aire or Aethyr, RIIqHkÉ<Ę) "€€€âKř)‰‚˙The Cry of the Twenty and Ninth Aire or Aethyr, Which is Called RIIáŻËÉÍ2 2€_€€‚€‚‚âLř)‰‚‚‚˙ The sky appears covered with stars of gold; the background is of green. But the impression is also of darkness. An immense eagle-angel is before me. His wings seem to hide all the Heaven. He cried aloud saying: The Voice of the Lord upon the Waters: the Terror of God upon Mankind. The voice of the Lord maketh the Skies to tremble: the Stars are troubled: the Aires fall. The First Voice Speaketh and saith: Cursed, cursed be the Earth, for her iniquity is great. Oh Lord! Let Thy Mercy be lost in the great Deep! Open thine eyes of Flame and Light, O God, upon the wicked! Lighten thine Eyes! The Clamour of Thy Voice, let it smite down the Mountains! Ř<Ę(Ď3 4€ą€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚âMř)‰‚‚‚˙ Let us not see it! Cover we our eyes, lest we see the End of Man. Close we our ears, lest we hear the cry of Woman. Let none speak of it: let none write it: I, I am troubled, my eyes are moist with dews of terror: surely the Bitterness of Death is past. And I turned me to the South and lo! a great lion as wounded and perplexed. He cried: I have conquered! Let the Sons of Earth keep silence; for my Name is become as That of Death!ĺÍJ1 0€Ë€€‚‚‚‚‚âNř)‰‚‚‚˙ When will men learn the Mysteries of Creation? How much more those of the Dissolution (and the Pang of Fire)? I turned me to the West and there was (ĎJkÉa great Bull; White with horns of White and Black and Gold. His mouth was scarlet and his eyes as Sapphire stones. With a great sword he shore the skies asunder, and amid the silver flashes of the steel grew lightnings and deep clouds of Indigo. He spake: It is finished! My mother hath unveiled herself!C(ύ+ $€1€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ My sister hath violated herself! The life of things hath disclosed its Mystery. The work of the Moon is done! Motion is ended for ever! Clipped are the eagle's wings: but my Shoulders have not lost their strength. I heard a Great Voice from above crying: Thou liest! For the Volatile hath indeed fixed itself; but it hath arisen above thy sight. The World is desert: but the Abodes of the House of my Father are peopled; and His Throne is crusted over with white Brilliant Stars, a lustre of bright gems.o@Jü/ ,€€€‚âOř)‰‚‚‚‚‚˙ In the North is a Man upon a Great Horse, having a Scourge and Balances in his hand (or a long spear glitters at his back or in his hand). He is clothed in black velvet and his face is stern and terrible. He spake saying: I have judged! It is the end: the gate of the beginning. Look in the Beneath and thou shalt see a new world! I looked and saw a great abyss and a dark funnel of whirling waters or fixed airs, wherein were cities and monsters and trees and atoms and mountains and little flames (being souls) and all the material of an universe.`1\/ ,€c€€‚âPř)‰‚‚‚‚‚˙ And all are sucked down one by one, as necessity hath ordained. For below is a glittering jewelled globe of gold and azure, set in a World of Stars. And there came a Voice from the Abyss, saying: "Thou seest the Current of Destiny! Canst thou change one atom in its path? I am Destiny. Dost thou think to control me? for who can move my course?" And there falleth a thunderbolt therein: a catastrophe of explosion: and all is shattered. And I saw above me a Vast Arm reach down, dark and terrible, and a voice cried: I AM ETERNITY. ďü| 1 0€ß€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚âQř)‰‚˙ And a great mingled cry arose: "No! no! no! All is changed; all is confounded; naught is ordered: the white is stained with blood: the black is kissed of the Christ! Return! Return! It is a new chaos that thou findest here: chaos for thee: for us it is the skeleton of a New Truth!" I said: Tell me this truth: for I have conjured ye by the Mighty Names of God, the which ye cannot but obey. The voice said: Light is consumed as a child in the Womb of its Mother to develop itself anew. But pain and sorrow infinite, and darkness are invoked. For this child riseth up within his Mother and doth crucify himself within her bosom. He extendeth his arms in the arms of his Mother and the Light becometh fivefold.k.\ç = H€]€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚âRř)‰‚‚‚‚‚‚âSř)‰‚˙ Lux in Luce, Christus in Cruce; Deo Duce Sempiterno. And be the glory for ever and ever unto the Most High God, Amen! Then I returned within my body, giving glory unto the Lord of Light and of the Darkness. In Saecula Saeculorum. Amen! (On composing myself to sleep, I was shewn an extremely brilliant {HEB:Dalet} in the Character of the Passing of the River, in an egg of white light. And I take this as the best of Omens. The letter was extremely vivid and indeed apparently physical. Almost a Dhyana.)H"| /& €D€€‚‚‚‚˙ November 17, 1900, Die.V+ç …+ &€V€⣴ €‰‚‚‚˙A NOTEConcerning the thirty Aethyrs:­|/>A1 0€ů€€‚âš´ ‰â›´ ‰‚˙ The Visions of the 29th and 30th Aethyrs were given to me in Mexico in August, 1900, and I am now (23.11.9) trying to get the rest. It is to be remarked that the last three aethyrs have ten angels attributed to them, and they therefore represent the ten Sephiroth. Yet these ten form but one, a Malkuth-pendant to the…>AkÉ next three, and so on, each set being, as it were, absorbed in the higher. The last set consists, therefore, of the first three aethyrs with the remaining twenty-seven as their Malkuth. And the letters of the first three aethyrs are the key- sigils of the most exalted interpretation of the Sephiroth.J…żB7 <€•€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ I is therefore Kether; L, Chokmah and Binah; A, Chesed; N, Geburah; R, Tiphereth; Z, Netzach; N, Hod; O, Jesod. The geomantic correspondences of the Enochian alphabet form a sublime commentary. Note that the total angels of the aethyrs are 91, the numeration of Amen.1>AđB1'˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙đBćCöĚżBćC* "€™€€€€‚˙{Pisces}{Sagittarius}{Sagittarius} = {HEB:Qof}{HEB:Samekh}{HEB:Samekh} = 220. 220 is the number of verses of The Book of the Law: And this book brings about the disruption described in this Aethyr.1đBD1ź˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙D˘D‹hćC˘D# €Đ€€‚˙In the East. He thus represents the immediate future: and this is dark, Bewildering, and terrifying.1DÓD1˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ ˙˙˙˙ÓD¨EŐą˘D¨E$ €c€€‚˙{Leo}. This is the Beast 666 as yet unprepared for his Work. But already (1900 e.v.) He was dreaded by his fellow Magicians. South: proper place of {Sun} in his strength.1ÓDŮE1…˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙!˙˙˙˙ŮE-GT0¨E-G$ €a€€‚˙The Bull is Osiris or Jesus: he complains of the terrible things that are Happening, especially the Freedom (which he thinks shamelessness) or Woman. He does not understand the New Aeon, or that he is about to be destroyed. He is in the West, i.e. going into Oblivion. Cr. West in he 30th Aethyr.1ŮE^G1~˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙"˙˙˙˙^GŤGM*-GŤG# €T€€‚˙The severest aspect of Justice. Libra.1^GÜG1\˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙#˙˙˙˙ÜGH+ŤGH# €€€‚˙Nuit.1ÜG8H1ľ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙$˙˙˙˙8HźI„`HźI$ €Á€€‚˙The LVX Cross hidden in the Svastika is probably the Arcanum here connoted. This Cross on Mars square adds to 65 Adonai, Shone, Gloried, ha-Yekal HS = keep silence. Svastika itself adds to 231 = 0 + 1 + 2 + ... + 21, the 21 Keys. The cubical Svastika regarded as composed of this LVX Cross and the arms has a total of 78 Faces --- Tarot and Mezla.18HíI1k˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙%˙˙˙˙íI'K:źI'K$ €-€€‚˙This is but the beginning of a sort of hymn. It was never written down, the Seer being unable to hear it properly. These four lines are in fact probably incorrect, certainly incomplete. There were four more lines which he failed to hear --- from fear of getting hem wrong.1íIXK1l˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙&˙˙˙˙XK“K;'K“K# €0€€‚˙Daleth = the Gateway.1XKÄK1w˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙'˙˙˙˙ÄK MF"“K M$ €E€€‚˙This note, written before invoking the 28th Aire, represents a crude and imperfect view. It is retained so as to show how very inadequate was the Understanding of the Seer; therefore the immense superiority of the communicating Intelligences and Their separate individual Consciousness.1ÄK;M1u˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙(˙˙˙˙;MMD! MM# €B€€‚˙Query: November ? See above.1;M°M1}˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙)˙˙˙˙°MüML#MüM) "€F€€€€‚˙See Equinox I, VII, pp. 242-3.M°MIN1Ž…€*INŚNËCry or the 28th Aethyr, BAG]4üMŚN) "€h€€âýT‰‚˙The Cry of the 28th Aethyr, Which is Called BAGlIN^ Š€€€‚‚âţT‰â˙T‰âU‰âU‰âU‰âU‰âU‰‚‚âU‰â‰FŔ‰‚˙ There cometh an Angel into the stone with opalescent shining garments like a wheel of fire on every side of him, and in his hand is a long flail of scarlet lightning; his face is black, and his eyes white without any pupil or iris. TŚNüMhe face is very terrible indeed to look upon. Now in front of him is a wheel, with many spokes, and many tyres; it is like a fence in front of him. And he cries: O man, who art thou that wouldst penetrate the Mystery? for it is hidden unto the End of Time.‡TŚNĽƒ3 4€Š€€‚â€FŔ‰‚‚âFŔ‰‚˙ And I answer him: Time is not, save in the darkness of Her womb by whom evil came. And now the wheel breaks away, and I see him as he is. His garment is black beneath the opal veils, but it is lined with white, and he has the shining belly of a fish, and enormous wings of black and white feathers, and innumerable little legs and claws like a centipede, and a long tail like a scorpion. The breasts are human, but they are all scored with blood; and he cries: O thou who hast broken down the veil, knowest thou not that who cometh where I am must be scarred by many sorrows?Kđ„I `€€€‚â‚FŔ‰‚‚â‚FŔ‰â‚FŔ‰â‚FŔ‰â‚FŔ‰‚€‚˙ And I answer him: Sorrow is not, save in the darkness of the womb of Her by whom came evil. I pierce the Mystery of his breast, and therein is a jewel. It is a sapphire as great as an ostrich egg, and thereon is graven this sigil:ÇžĽƒˇ†) €=€‘€€ €‚˙ [Figure: This is in the form of two "U" shapes, very elongated in the risers. The one to the right is lower than the first, and its left riser extends 2/3's of the way up inside the center of the one to the left. The left "U" turns back down to the far left, ending 1/5th the way down in a tiny circle. The right bends abruptly horizontally left across the other and also ends there in a tiny circle.]{3đ„2‰H ^€g€€‚€âƒFŔ‰â„FŔ‰â…FŔ‰â†FŔ‰‚‚â…FŔ‰‚˙ But there is also much writing on the stone, very minute characters carved. I cannot read them. He points with his flail to the sapphire, which is now outside him and bigger than himself; and he cries: Hail! warden of the Gates of Eternity who knowest not thy right hand from thy left; for in the aeon of my Father is a god with clasped hands wherein he holdeth the universe, crushing it into the dust that ye call stars. Hail unto thee who knowest not thy right eye from thy left; for in the aeon of my Father there is but one light.&롆X‹; D€×€€‚â…FŔ‰‚‚â…FŔ‰‚‚â‡FŔ‰‚˙ Hail unto thee who knowest not thy right nostril from thy left; for in the aeon of my Father there is neither life nor death. Hail unto thee who knowest not thy right ear from thy left; for in the aeon of my Father there is neither sound nor silence. Whoso hath power to break open this sapphire stone shall find therein four elephants having tusks of mother-of-pearl, and upon whose backs are castles, those castles which ye call the watch-towers of the Universe.g@2‰ż' €€€‚‚‚‚˙ Let me dwell in peace within the breast of the Angel that is warden of the aethyr. Let not the shame of my Mother be unveiled. Let not her be put to shame that lieth among the lilies that are beyond the stars. O man, that must ever be opening, when wilt thou learn to seal up the mysteries of the creation? to fold thyself over thyself as a rose in the embrace of night? But thou must play the wanton to the sun, and the wind must tear thy petals from thee, and the bee must rob thee of thy honey, and thou must fall into the dusk of things. Amen and Amen.§lX‹rŔ; D€Ů€€‚âˆFŔ‰‚‚â´FŔ‰‚‚âŤFŔ‰‚˙ Verily the light is hidden, therefore he who hideth himself is like unto the light; but thou openest thyself; thou art like unto the darkness that bindeth the belly of the great goddess. OLAHO VIRUDEN MAHORELA ZODIREDA! ON PIREDA EXENTASER; ARBA PIRE GAH GAHA GAHAL GAHALANA VO ABRA NA GAHA VELUCORSAPAX. And the voice of the aeon cried: Return, return, return! the time sickeneth, and the space gapeth, and the voice of him that is, was and shall be crowned rattles in the throat of the mightżrŔüMy dragon of eld. Thou canst not pass by me, except thou have the mystery of the word of the abyss.ďÂżaĂ- (€…€€‚‚‚âŹFŔ‰‚˙ Now the angel putteth back the sapphire stone into his breast; and I spake unto him and said, I will fight with thee and overcome thee, except thou expound unto me the word of the abyss. Now he makes as if to fight with me. (It is very horrible, all the tentacles moving and the flail flashing, and the fierce eyeless face, strained and swollen.) And with the Magic sword I pierce through his armour to his breast. He fell back, saying: Each of these my scars was thus made, for I am the warden of the aethyr. And he would have said more; but I cut him short, saying: expound the word of the Abyss. And he said: Discipline is sorrowful and ploughing is laborious and age is weariness.’?rŔóĹS t€€€‚â­FŔ‰‚‚âŽFŔ‰âŽFŔ‰âŻFŔ‰‚‚â°FŔ‰âąFŔ‰â˛FŔ‰‚˙ Thou shalt be vexed by dispersion. But now, if the sun arise, fold thou thine arms; then shall God smite thee into a pillar of salt. Look not so deeply into words and letters; for this Mystery hath been hidden by the Alchemists. Compose the sevenfold into a fourfold regimen; and when thou hast understood thou mayest make symbols; but by playing child's games with symbols thou shalt never understand. Thou hast the signs; thou hast the words; but there are many things that are not in my power, who am but the warden of the 28th Aethyr.(óaĂČ5 8€ç€€‚‚‚‚‚âłFŔ‰âßFŔ‰‚˙ Now my name thou shalt obtain in this wise. Of the three angels of the Aethyr, thou shalt write the names from right to left and from left to right and from right to left, and these are the holy letters: The first 1, the fifth 2, the sixth 3, the eleventh 4, the seventh 5, the twelfth 6, the seventeenth 7. Thus hast thou my name who am above these three, but the angels of the 30th Aethyr are indeed four, and they have none above them; wherefore dispersion and disorder.‡@óŢĘG \€€€‚âÖFŔ‰‚‚â×FŔ‰‚‚âŘFŔ‰âŮFŔ‰âÚFŔ‰‚˙ Now cometh from every side at once a voice, terribly great, crying: Close the veil; the great blasphemy hath been uttered; the face of my Mother is scarred by the nails of the devil. Shut the book, destroy the breaker of the seal! And I answered: Had he not been destroyed he had not come hither, for I am not save in the darkness in the womb of Her by whom came evil into the world. And this darkness swallows everything up, and the angel is gone from the stone; and there is no light therein, save only the light of the Rose and of the Cross.c>ČË% €|€€‚‚‚˙ Aumale, Algeria. November 23, 1909, between 8 and 9 p.m.1˘Ę6Ë1Ý˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙+˙˙˙˙6ËâËŹˆËâË$ €€€‚˙{Aries}{Taurus}{Cancer} = {HEB:Heh} + {HEB:Vau} + {HEB:Chet} = 19. {HEB:Heh}{HEB:Vau}{HEB:Chet} = Eve = to manifest, to shew forth.16ËĚ1u˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙,˙˙˙˙ĚWĚD!âËWĚ# €B€€‚˙Opal = rainbow = {Sagittarius}1ĚˆĚ1ż˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙-˙˙˙˙ˆĚÍŽkWĚÍ# €Ö€€‚˙XIX = The Wheel of the Sun, symbolic of universally radiating energy; and 19 is the glyph of the circle.1ˆĚGÍ1y˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙.˙˙˙˙G͏ÍH%͏Í# €J€€‚˙19 = Angel L.T.D. Of {Sagittarius}1GÍŔÍ1„˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙/˙˙˙˙ŔÍÎS0ÍÎ# €`€€‚˙19 = {HEB:Heh}{HEB:Yod}{HEB:Dalet} was black.1ŔÍDÎ1k˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙0˙˙˙˙DÎ~Î:Î~Î# €.€€‚˙References to Binah.1DÎŻÎ1i˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙1˙˙˙˙ŻÎçÎ8~ÎçÎ# €*€€‚˙See above, note 3.1ŻÎĎ1j˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙2˙˙˙˙ĎQĎ9çÎQĎ# €,€€‚˙{HEB:Chet} = Fence.1Ď‚Ď1‹˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙3˙˙˙˙‚Ď Z7QĎ # €n€€‚˙Binah = Eve. 19 is the Great Glyph of the Feminine.‚Ď QĎ1‚Ď=1ž˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙4˙˙˙˙=…H% …# €J€€‚˙{HEB:Taw} Time = {Saturn} = Binah.1=ś1{˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙5˙˙˙˙śJ'…# €N€€‚˙i.e. must attain to 8x = 3{square x}1ś11s˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙6˙˙˙˙1sBs# €>€€‚˙All are references to Binah.11¤1i˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙7˙˙˙˙¤Ü8sÜ# €*€€‚˙Binah absorbs all.1¤ 1p˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙8˙˙˙˙ L?ÜL# €8€€‚˙Binah destroys knowledge.1 }1 ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙9˙˙˙˙}ěoKLě$ €—€€‚˙Hands: {Mercury}: for Hand is Iod, Virgo. Also the two hands are the Twin Serpents. Eyes {Sun} & {Moon} The Positive and Negative. Executive currents of the Logos. Nostrils {Mars} & {Venus} The mouth attributed the Mercury in the usual system, cannot be used in this phrase; for the Ears {Jupiter} & {Saturn} Mouth is One, not Two, being the Logos itself. And the Logos is essentially an Unity, although manifested through Vibration. It is therefore not destroyed with the other objects of Knowledge, though its dual modes of expression, the hands, are no longer known apart.1}1x˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙:˙˙˙˙dGěd) "€<€€€€‚˙See Liber AL, III, v. 72.1•1x˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙;˙˙˙˙•ÜG$dÜ# €H€€‚˙The Elements are hidden in Binah.1• 1J˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙<˙˙˙˙ &őÜ&$ €ë€€‚˙In the light of the cry ofLOE, this passage seems to mean precisely the opposite of its apparent meaning. The whole cry, from "Let me dwell ..." is an Invocation of Binah. It is a foreshadowing of the Mysteries of the Crossing of the Abyss.1 W1î˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙=˙˙˙˙W˝™&$ €3€€‚˙The translation of this is in my private copy (white and gold binding). Possibly also in the Cefalu set which was copied from that (?) by Estai. (?).1WE1y˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙>˙˙˙˙EH%# €J€€‚˙Binah or Nuit = Draco, the Dragon.1Ež1t˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙?˙˙˙˙ž C  # €@€€‚˙See the 14th and 13th Aethyr.1ž2 1Œ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙@˙˙˙˙2  [8  # €p€€‚˙See the 10th Aethyr. These statements are prophetic.12 ž 1“˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙A˙˙˙˙ž  b?  # €~€€‚˙Tiphereth; and the sign of Osiris risen in 5x = 6{square x}.1ž Q 1ń˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙B˙˙˙˙Q  Ŕœ  $ €9€€‚˙Prophetic of the 8x = 3{square x} attainment; the pillar is phallic, and salt is {Salt}, of Binah, the Great Sea. Cf. _Lib. LXV_, Cap. V, vv. 5, 23, 25.1Q B 1’˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙C˙˙˙˙B Ł a> Ł # €|€€‚˙The completed system which is made by the 7x = 4{square x}.1B Ô 1†˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙D˙˙˙˙Ô ) U2Ł ) # €d€€‚˙The 8x = 3{square x} may devise a new Qabalah.1Ô Z 1™˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙E˙˙˙˙Z  hE)  # €Š€€‚˙One cannot become 8x = 3{square x} by intellectual manipulations.1Z ó 1ć˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙F˙˙˙˙ó ¨ľŠ ¨+ $€€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙This would appear to be: PXINBAL <---? FCCISNI --->C = LIXIPSP = {Cancer}{Sagittarius}{Spirit} {Sagittarius} {Leo}{Gemini}{Leo} ={HEB:Chet}{HEB:Samekh}{HEB:Taw}{HEB:Samekh} {HEB:Tet} {HEB:Zain} {HEB:Tet} = 553 = RAPOLXD <---Y {HEB:Lamed}{HEB:Vau}{HEB:Dalet}{HEB:Gemel}{HEB:Heh}{HEB:Yod} {HEB:Nun}{HEB:Ta w} = Draco Magnus, the Mighty Dragon. This is the symbol of Nuit or Binah. The whole symbolism of this Angel is therefore exactly confirmed through a Qabalistic equation of which the Seer had no idea at the time. N.B. He is above the dispersion and disorder just as Binah is above the Abyss of Choronzon.1ó Ů1Ž˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙G˙˙˙˙ŮB@]:¨B@# €t€€‚˙TheŮB@¨ four elements unharmonized break up into Choronzon.1Ůs@1r˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙H˙˙˙˙s@´@AB@´@# €<€€‚˙Further reference to Binah.1s@ĺ@1]˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙I˙˙˙˙ĺ@A, ´@A# €€€‚˙Binah.1ĺ@BA1¨˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙J˙˙˙˙BAšAwSAšA$ €Ś€€‚‚˙Typical gesture of Binah.The general attribution of this Aethyr is to Atu XVII.1BAęA1œ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙K˙˙˙˙ęAUBkHšAUB# €€€‚˙Binah being gone, the seer descends to his normal place in Tiphereth.LęAĄB1D…ˆ| LĄBCţ‰Cry of the 27th Aethyr, ZAAd;UBC) "€v€€âĂq3‰‚˙The Cry of the 27th Aethyr, Which is Called ZAA{SUP:3}|=ĄBE? L€{€€‚âÄq3‰âĹq3‰‚‚âĆq3‰âÇq3‰‚˙ There is an angel with rainbow wings, and his dress is green with silver, a green veil over silver armour. Flames of many-coloured fire dart from him in all directions. It is a woman of some thirty years old, and she has the moon for a crest, and the moon is blazoned on herheart, and her sandals are curved silver, like the moon. And she cries: Lonely am I and cold in the wilderness of the stars. For I am the queen of all them that dwell in Heaven, and the queen of all them that are pure upon earth, and the queen of all the sorcerers of hell.EěCĆHY €€Ů€€‚âČq3‰âÉq3‰âĘq3‰‚‚âËq3‰âˤ‰‚‚⤉âä‰âĤ‰‚˙ I am the daughter of Nuit, the lady of the stars. And I am the Bride of them that are vowed unto loneliness. And I am the mother of the Dog Cerberus. One person am I, and three gods. And thou who hast blasphemed me shalt suffer knowing me. For I am cold as thou art cold, and burn with thy fire. Oh, when shall the war of the Aires and the elements be accomplished? Radiant are these falchions of my brothers, invisibly about me, but the might of the aethyrs beneath my feet beareth me down. And they avail not to sever the Kamailow. There is one in green armour, with green eyes, whose sword is of vegetable fire. They shall avail me. My son is he, ---and how shall I bear him that have not known man?ŽUETK9 @€Ť€€‚⍉âƤ‰‚‚âǤ‰‚˙ All this time intolerable rays are shooting forth to beat me back or destroy me; but I am encased in an egg of blue-violet, and my form is the form of a man with the head of a golden hawk. While I have been observing this, the goddess has kept up a continuous wail, like the baying of a thousand hounds; and now her voice is deep and guttural and hoarse, and she breathes very rapidly words that I cannot hear. I can hear some of them now. UNTU LA LA ULULA UMUNA TOFA LAMA LE LI NA AHR IMA TAHARA ELULA ETFOMA UNUNA ARPETI ULU ULU ULU MARABAN ULULU MAHATA ULU ULU LAMASTANA.ŢĆHoM= H€˝€€‚âȤ‰âɤ‰âʤ‰âö¤‰‚˙ And then her voice rises to a shriek, and there is a cauldron boiling in front of her; and the flames under the cauldron are like unto zinc flames, and in the cauldron is the Rose, the Rose of 49 petals, seething in it. Over the cauldron she has arched her rainbow wings; and her face is bent over the cauldron, and she is blowing opalescent silvery rings on to the Rose; and each ring as it touches the water bursts into flame, and the Rose takes new colours. ŔTK†€K d€€€‚âí¤‰â‚‚â契âđ¤‰âń¤‰âň¤‰‚˙ And now she lifts her head, and raises her hands to heaven, and cries: O Mother, wilt thou never have compassion on the children of earth? Was it not enough that the Rose should be red with the blood of thine heart, and that its petals should be by 7 and by 7? She is weeping, weeping. And the tears grow and fill the whole stone with moons. I can see nothing and hear nothing for the tears, though she keeps on praying. "Take of these pearls, treasure them in thine heart. Is not the Kingdom of the Abyss accurst?" She points downward to the cauldron; oM†€UBand now in it there is the head of a most cruel dragon, black and corrupted. I watch, and watch; and nothing happens.€GoMƒ9 @€€€‚â󤉂‚âô¤‰âő¤‰‚˙ And now the dragon rises out of the cauldron, very long and slim (like Japanese Dragons, but infinitely more terrible), and he blots out the whole sphere of the stone. Then suddenly all is gone, and there is nothing in the stone save brilliant white light and flecks like sparks of golden fire; and there is a ringing, as if bells were being used for anvils. And there is a perfume which I cannot describe; it is like nothing that one can describe, but the suggestion is like lignum aloes. And now all these things are there at once in the same place and time.ꛆ€đ‡O l€7 €€‚â!¤‰â¤‰â¤‰â¤‰â¤‰â¤‰â¤‰‚˙ Now a veil of olive and silver is drawn over the stone, only I hear the voice of the angel receding, very sweet and faint and sorrowful, saying: Far off and lonely in the secret stone is the unknown, and interpenetrated is the knowledge with the will and the understanding. I am alone. I am lost, because I am all and in all; and my veil is woven of the green earth and the web of stars. I love; and I am denied, for I have denied myself. Give me those hands, put them against my heart. Is it not cold? Sink, sink, the abyss of time remains. It is not possible that one should come to ZAA. Give me thy face. Let me kiss it with my cold kisses. Ah! Ah! Ah! Fall back from me. The word, the word of the aeon is MAKHASHANAH. And these words shalt thou say backwards: ARARNAY OBOLO MAHARNA TUTULU NOM LAHARA EN NEDIEZO LO SAD FONUSA SOBANA ARANA BINUF LA LA LA ARPAZNA UOHULU. when thou wilt call my burden unto appearance, for I who am the Virgin goddess am the pregnant goddess, and I have cast down my burden even unto the borders of the universe. They that blaspheme me are stoned, and my veil is fallen about me even unto the end of time.Ţƒţ‰0 .€˝€€‚⤉‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ Now there arises a great raging of thousands and thousands of mighty warriors flashing through the aethyr so thickly that nothing is to be seen but their swords, which are like blue-gray plumes. And the noise is confused, thousands of battle-cries harmonizing to a roar, like the roar of a monstrous river in flood. And all the stone is dull, dull gray. The life is gone from it. There is no more to see. Sidi Aissa, Algeria. November 24, 1909, 8-9 p.m.1đ‡/Š1ă˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙M˙˙˙˙/ŠáŠ˛Žţ‰áŠ$ €€€‚˙ZAA = {Leo}{Taurus}{Taurus} = {HEB:Tet}{HEB:Vau}{HEB:Vau} = 21. A mystery of Atu XVIII, "The Moon". {Pisces} in which {Venus} is exalted.1/Š‹1†˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙N˙˙˙˙‹g‹U2áŠg‹# €d€€‚˙Possibly the traditional green of the huntress.1‹˜‹1ś˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙O˙˙˙˙˜‹Œ…ag‹Œ$ €Â€€‚‚˙Colour of {Moon}. The green of Venus is perhaps the natural veil of Luna, her external show.1˜‹NŒ1­˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙P˙˙˙˙NŒʌ|YŒʌ# €˛€€‚˙For {Moon} is virgin, and the path of {HEB:Gemel} crosses the wilderness of the Abyss.1NŒűŒ15˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙Q˙˙˙˙űŒ˙ŕʌ˙$ €Á€€‚˙Diana Trivia is thus described. She is the Virgin Goddess of Pure Love; and the Lady of Heaven. She is the Virgin Goddess of Pure Love; and she is Hecate, the waning Moon, presiding over Witchcraft. (See Macbeth, etc.)1űŒ0Ž1“˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙R˙˙˙˙0Ž’Žb?˙’Ž# €~€€‚˙{Virgo} = IX = The Hermit (opposite {Pisces} in the Zodiac).10ŽÎ1p˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙S˙˙˙˙Ώ?’Ž# €8€€‚˙The Jackals of Atu XVIII.1Î31‹˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙T˙˙˙˙3Z7# €n€€‚˙{Moon} = {HEB:Gemel} = 3. Cerberus has three heads.13ž1ź˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙U˙˙˙˙žUŔ‹hUŔ# €Đ€€‚˙For the {Moon} is the SensoriužUŔm; she reflects man's spiritual state in terms of sensuous experiences.1ž†Ŕ1â˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙V˙˙˙˙†Ŕ7ÁąUŔ7Á$ €€€‚˙i.e. the coefficients of the Circle and the Square be commensurable. "When" means "Through what mode of resolution?" --- "On what plane?"1†ŔhÁ1Œ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙W˙˙˙˙hÁĂÂ[77ÁĂÂ$ €o€€‚˙{GRK:Kappa}{GRK:alpha}{GRK:mu}{GRK:eta}{GRK:lambda}{GRK:omicron}{GRK:sigma}, a camel, i.e. {HEB:Gemel} Jimmel. {GRK:Kappa}{GRK:alpha}{GRK:mu}{GRK:alpha} {GRK:iota}{GRK:lambda}{GRK:omicron} {GRK:sigma}, a rope. And Jimmel is likened to a rope, a threefold ({HEB:Gemel} = 3) cord linking Kether and Tiphereth.1hÁôÂ15˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙X˙˙˙˙ôÂřĂŕĂÂřĂ$ €Á€€‚˙The Angel of {HEB:Dalet} = {Venus} who is green, and {HEB:Dalet} "avails" {HEB:Gemel}, crossing it on the Tree by joining Chokmah and Binah. That is, the Love of these Supernals balances the Isolation of the Virgin Moon.1ôÂ)Ä1˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙Y˙˙˙˙)ÄyÄP-řĂyÄ# €Z€€‚˙{Moon} in 20x {Pisces} at nativity of 666.1)ÄŞÄ1î˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙Z˙˙˙˙ŞÄgĹ˝™yÄgĹ$ €3€€‚˙i.e. I assume the god-form of Horus, Sol in the Womb of the Night-sky blue of Binah, who is the Mother of all Stars and thus is potent against Hecate.1ŞÄ˜Ĺ1Ž˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙[˙˙˙˙˜ĹĆ}ZgĹĆ# €´€€‚˙The hounds that follow Hecate. The jackals of Atu XVIII. Quote A.C. "Ode to Hecate".1˜ĹFĆ1Đ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙\˙˙˙˙FĆĺÇŸ{ĆĺÇ$ €÷€€‚˙The Lunar language. "Ye hounds! Ho! Ho! Tally-ho! sent the poison of the path --- Here! There! Bark! Sweep around! There goes the quarry down the glade of mossy rock. The foremost has caught him. Tally ho! Tally ho! Tally ho! pull him down! Tally-ho boys! Wind the mort! Tally ho! Tally ho! The hunt is ended." ULU = "Hail" plus "come" = very nearly "Ahoy!"1FĆČ1m˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙]˙˙˙˙ČRČ<ĺÇRČ# €2€€‚˙The witches' cauldron.1ČƒČ1p˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙^˙˙˙˙ƒČÂČ?RČÂČ# €8€€‚˙Ultra violet of {Pisces}.1ƒČóČ1k˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙_˙˙˙˙óČ-É:ÂČ-É# €.€€‚˙{Venus} in {Pisces}.1óČ^É1Ű˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙`˙˙˙˙^ÉĘކ-ÉĘ$ € €€‚˙All this paragraph refers to Atu XIV Sagittarius, for she is now in her huntress form. Hence the Alchemical and rainbow symbolism.1^É9Ę1†˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙a˙˙˙˙9ĘŽĘU2ĘŽĘ# €d€€‚˙She appeals to Binah, the highest form of Luna.19ĘżĘ1˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙b˙˙˙˙żĘĚ^:ŽĘĚ$ €u€€‚˙This is the use to which BABALON puts the Blood of the Masters of the Temple (see 12th Aethyr) to vivify the rose of Universal Creation, i.e. The Attainment of the Master of the Temple fills the World with Life and Beauty. Hecate does not understand this, or else she regards it as hostile to her own Formula.1żĘNĚ1k˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙c˙˙˙˙NĚˆĚ:ĚˆĚ# €.€€‚˙{Water} of {Pisces}.1NĚšĚ1…˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙d˙˙˙˙šĚ ÍT1ˆĚ Í# €b€€‚˙She can produce nothing but images of herself.1šĚ>Í1Ź˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙e˙˙˙˙>ÍšÍ{X ÍšÍ# €°€€‚˙Pearls, the M.T.'s secreted by Binah round the specks of dust which they have become.1>ÍęÍ1€˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙f˙˙˙˙ęÍ9ÎO,šÍ9Î# €X€€‚˙A veil or mask of Khephra (in Atu XVIII).1ęÍjÎ1Ë˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙g˙˙˙˙jÎĎšw9ÎĎ# €î€€‚˙All Hecate can see of the Great Work of 8x = 3{square x} is the Black Brotherhood; i.e., the failure of that Work.1jÎ5Ď1ź˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙h˙˙˙˙5ĎŔĎ‹hĎŔĎ# €Đ€€‚˙Sagittarius (Atu XIV) again. The phenomena are the experiences of the attained Master of the Temple.15Ď 1Ę˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙i˙˙˙˙ xŔĎ ŔĎlIŔĎx# €’€€‚˙The attainment has destroyed the conditions of physical manifestation.1 Š1ť˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙j˙˙˙˙Š3Šgx3# €Î€€‚˙Olive --- Water in Malkuth (Queen Scale) also Water (Emperor Scale). Silver is Luna in Queen Scale.1Šd1Ú˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙k˙˙˙˙d Š…3 $ € €€‚˙Hecate now aspires to Binah, accepts the Formula of Love (kisses), surrenders her nature ("Fall back" etc.) and so finds the Word.1d>1^˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙l˙˙˙˙>kmI Ť$ €“€€‚˙{HEB:Heh}{HEB:Nun}{HEB:Aleph}{HEB:Shin}{HEB:Aleph}{HEB:Koph}{HEB:Aleph} {HEB : Mem} = 418. A word of 8 letters is necessary to perform the Great work on one whose Formula is 3: 8x = 3{square x}. The Seer "knew" that this Word was _not_ the correct Word, which is Abrahadabra = 418. But on writing it down in Hebrew, as above, he saw that it was the correct word after all. Observe that this proves the Angel to have been an Intelligence not of the Seer's conscious mind. Had he given the Word which the Seer knew, it might have been derived from his subconscious Self. Furthermore, this Word contains more than the mere 418 because of its 8 letters suiting the special Formula required by this particular Angel, whereas the other Word is a general Formula, being of 11 letters, all Magick being referred to 11. so far as ABRAHADABRA is specialized, it refers to the Work of 5x = 6{square x}, there being 5 alephs and 6 other letters. In the Latin script also Makhashanah does have 11 letters. Again, the operation of the Cauldron (above) is described by the 5 consonants of this Word.Ŕ—>k) €/€€‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ {HEB:Mem} = {Water} (Water) {HEB:Koph} = Wheel (Rose) {HEB:Shin} = Fire {Dee} {HEB:Nun} = {Scorpio} {HEB:Heh} = Binah1Ťœ1v˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙m˙˙˙˙œá E"ká # €E€€˙Translation: "Hither, O Holy one/ whose burden pulls at thy spine/ Ho! Ho! Ho! The two-headed God (Janus) ploughs thy back/ sows habitations upon thy back/ thou many-phallused queen/ of princely loves/ which are all sodomies/ so that the holy ones laugh and shake with laughter/ while the lords of mischief/ spend upon thee/ TUTULU (this word cannot be translated. See _Liber VII_). down bounces from thy back/ the merry mad foetus-faces/ an emission/ Gather ye sun-roses, sun-roses gather ye from the split backside of the Virgin (Earth).1œ 1 ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙n˙˙˙˙ ë Ůľá ë $ €k€€‚˙The Word of the Master has gone forth into every part of the world. Therefore it is always possible to call Him forth to one's assistance by the proper use of the above Formula.1  1h˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙o˙˙˙˙ S 7ë S # €(€€‚˙Symbols of Binah.1 „ 1Đ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙p˙˙˙˙„ # Ÿ|S # # €ů€€˙Many of these Visions end in some way unconnected with the substance of the Aethyr. One must not look for coherence in such places. They are merely episodes on the return journey, useful to break the shock. analogy: one might see a cab accident while returning to one's house from the theatre. This spectacle need have no connection with either the play or one's home life.L„ o 1)€P q˙˙˙˙o ĂCry of the 26th Aethyr, DESĆœ# A@* "€9€€ ‚€‚‚‚˙The Cry of the 26th Aethyr, Which is Called DES{SUP:2} There is a very bright pentagram: and now the stone is gone, and the whole heaven is black, and the blackness is the blackness of a mighty angel{SUP:3}. And though he is black (his face and his wings and his robe and his armour are all black), yet is he so bright that I cannot look upon him. And he cries: O ye spears and vials of poison and sharp swords and whirling thunderbolts that are about the corners of the earth{SUP:4}, girded with wrath and justice, know ye that His name is Righteousness in Beauty{SUP:5}? Burnt out are your eyes, for o A@# that ye have seen me in my majesty. And broken areFo ‡B- (€3€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ -------------------- 2. DES = <{Virgo}{Gemini} = {HEB:Zain}{HEB:Yod}{HEB:Dalet} = 31 + 10 + 7 = 48 = {HEB:Bet}{HEB:Koph}{HEB:Vau}{HEB:Koph} = Kokab, the sphere of {Mercury}. This Aethyr describes the supersession of the Aeon of Jehovah and Jesus. The Stele of Revealing, which led to _The Book of the Law_, whose key number is 31. {HEB:Dalet} = D = < = 31. I = {HEB:Yod} = {Virgo} = Nuit and the Point, Hadit. S = {HEB:Zain} = {Gemini} = the twins, Ra-Hoor-Khuit and Hoor-Paar-Kraat combined in6 A@˝D* "€€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ Heru-Ra-Ha, the Lord of the Aeon. Also {Virgo} & {Gemini} are the Houses of {Mercury}, the Logos. Thus the name of the Aethyr actually means: The Sacred Secret Keyletter of _The Book of the Law_ of Thelema, appearing through the Operation of Mercury as well as gibing a complete symbolical description of the Stele itself. The Arcanum is of Atu XX = {HEB:Shin} = < + {Dee} = "The Last Judgment" or "The Angel". The old form of XX shows the Resurrection Formula of the Old Aeon: theě‡BÔF+ $€Ů€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ new form shews the Stele of Revealing = 718. 3. The Pentagram indicates that the subject of the Vision is to be the Destiny of Man. The blackness, which is bright, is Solar. The context shows that Binah is not here implied. 4. All symbols of division and destruction, also extending only to the Blind Four Elements. 5. Righteousness = Jupiter --- Jehovah --- Beauty = Osiris --- Jesus. These are the qualities they claimed; Their failure is that they never-˝DI+ $€€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ even had the idea of the Supernals beyond the Abyss. - page 24 - the drum-heads of your ears{SUP:1}, because my name is as two mountains of fornication, the breasts of a strange woman{SUP:2}; and my Father is not in them. Lo! the pools of fire and torment mingled with sulphur! Many are their colours, and their colour is as molten gold, when all is said. Is not He one, one and alone, in whom the brightness of your countenance is as 1,728 petals of fire{SUP:3}.óÔFM' €ç€€‚‚‚‚˙ Also he spake the curse, folding his wings across and crying: Is not the son the enemy of his father? And hath not the daughter stolen the warmth of the bed of her mother{SUP:4}? therefore is the great curse irrevocable. Therefore there is neither wisdom nor understanding nor knowledge in this house, that hangeth upon the edge of hell{SUP:5}. Thou art not 4 but 2, O thou blasphemy spoken against 1{SUP:6}. Therefore whoso worshippeth thee is accursed. He shall be brayed in a mortar and the powder thereof cast to the winds, that the birds of the air may eat thereof and die; and he shall be dissolved in strong acid and the elixir poured into the sea, that the fishes of the sea may breathe thereof and die. And he shall be mingled with dung and spread upon the earth, so that the herbs of the earth may feed thereof and die; and he shall be burnt utterly with fire, and the ashes thereof shall calcine the children of flame, that even in hell may be found an overflowing lamentation..IIO) € €€‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ And now on the breast of the Angel is a golden egg between the blackness of the wings, and that egg{SUP:7} grows and grows all over the aethyr. And it breaks, and within there is a golden eagle. And he cries: Woe! woe! woe! Yea, woe unto the world! For there is no sin, and there is no salvation{SUP:8}. My plumes are like waves of gold upon the sea. My eyes are brighter than the sun. My tongue is swifter than the lightning. Yet am I hemmed in by the armies of night, singing, singingëMo/ ,€×€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ -------------------- 1. Hearing pertains to Spirit, as sight to fire. These gods have deprived man of his highest faculties.IOo#  2. See the 10th Key. 3. The Zodiac brought down to the material plane. 12{SUP:3} 4. The Oedipus complex. Christianity. 5. The Cult of Jehovah cannot even reach to Dath. 6. i.e. Jehovah is not even the true Chesed, but the evil Dyad, (as opposed to the true Dyad of Chokmah, which interprets Keter in terms of Vibration, the Logos.)ÚIOuƒ, &€ľ€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ 7. The promise of breaking the tyranny of Jehovah, who was the evil 4 in the Aeon of the true 4, Isis, by the Solar (golden) Jesus. He appears as an eagle, the bird of Jupiter. so that despite the glittering hope, it was only the old Aeon all over again. 8. He knows this truth, which destroys the whole idea of his formula. Nobody will bother about him, it they are not sinners, and need no saviour. - page 25 -ƒZoř…) €ľ€€‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ phrases unto Him that is smitten by the thunderbolt of the abyss. Is not the sky clear behind the sun? These clouds that burn thee up, these rays that scorch the brains of men with blindness; these are heralds before my face of the dissolution and the night. Ye are all blinded by my glory; and though ye treasure in your heart the sacred word that is the last lever of the key to the little door beyond the abyss, yet ye gloss and comment thereupon; for the light itself is but illusion. Truth itself is but illusion. Yea, these be the great illusions beyond life and space and time.guƒˆˆ) €Ď€€‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ Let thy lips blister with my words! Are they not meteors in thy brain? Back, back from the face of the accursed one, who am I; back into the night of my father, into the silence; for all that ye deem right is left, forward is backward, upward is downward{SUP:1}. I am the great god adored of the holy ones. Yet am I the accursed one, child of the elements and not their father{SUP:2}. O my mother! wilt thou not have pity upon me? Wilt thou not shield me? For I am naked, I am manifest, I am profane. O my father! wilt not thou withdraw me? I am extended, I am double, I am profane.Ţř…‹' €˝€€‚‚‚‚˙ Woe, woe unto me! These are they that hear not prayer. It is I that have heard all prayer alway, and there is none to answer _me_. Woe unto me! Woe unto me! Accursed am I unto the aeons! All this time this brilliant eagle-headed god has been attacked, seemingly, by invisible people{SUP:3}, for he is wounded now and again, here and there; little streams of fresh blood come out over the feathers of his breast. And the smoke of the blood is gradually filling the Aethyr with a crimson veil. There is a scroll over the top, saying: _Ecclesia abhorret a sanguine_{SUP:4}; and there is another scroll below it in a language of which I do not know the sounds. The meaning is, Not as they have understood{SUP:5}.HˆˆՍ. *€5€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ -------------------- 1. Observe the loud words, the confusion of the thought, throughout this excited passage. 2. He knows that he is not an image of the Simple, Sublime, Self, but an ill-concocted mess of Blind Forces. 3. Jesus has been destroyed by myriads of minute facts; the observations of Nature which have broken down the theories on which his existence depended. His blood is spilt, and veils Truth; whereas the Blood of the Master of the Temple is gathered in the Cup of BABALON, and floods$ö‹Â. *€í€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ the world with Life and Beauty. (See 27th Aire, footnote 3, page 19). 4. The Christian, incapable of the formula of the Master of the Temple, abhors the shedding of blood. He fears to lose his vile life. 5. i.e. The meaning of the Latin is that given above, not the traditional ecclesiastical interpretation. Cf. also, AL 1, vv. 45048. -page 26 - The blood is thicker and darker now, and it is becoming clotted and black, so that everything is blotՍÂ# ted out; because it coagulates, coagulates. And then at the top there steals a dawn of pure night- blue {SUP:1}, --- Oh, the stars, the stars in it deeply set! --- and drives the blood down; so that all round the top of the oval gradually dawns the figure of our Lady Nuit, and beneath her is the flaming winged disk, and below the altar of Ra-Hoor-Khuit, even as it is upon the Stele of Revealing{SUP:2}. But below is the supine figure of Seb, into whom is concentrated all that clotted blood{SUP:3}.|PՍĂ, &€Ą€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ And there comes a voice: It is the dawn of the aeon. The aeons of cursing are passed away. Force and fire, strength and sight, these are for the servants of the Star and the Snake. And now I seem to be lying in the desert, exhausted{SUP:4}. The Desert, near Sidi Aissa. November 25, 1909. 1:10 - 2 p.m. LÂÍĂ1™2| Ď r˙˙˙˙Íè„Cry of the 25th Aethyr, VTI9 ĂĆ- (€€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙The Cry of the 25th Aethyr, Which is Called VTI{SUP:5} There is nothing in the stone but the pale gold of the Rosy Cross. Now there comes an Angel with bright wings, that is the Angel of the 25th Aire. And all the aire is a dark olive about him, like an alexandrite {SUP:6} stone. He bears a pitcher{SUP:7} or amphora{SUP:8.} And -------------------- 1. Not only symbolic, but actually visible even to the physical eyes, when Nuit is manifested. Also when Ra-Hoor-Khuit is invoked, or Aiwass.ÜÍĂ Č+ $€š€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ 2. See the various special accounts of the Stele. The New Atu XX - 718. 3. Earth has absorbed all the ruin wrought by Jesus, to rebuild life through putrefaction, by her regular formula --- as opposed to the Higher Magick. 4. This vision, being so close to the physical plane, required no intermediate stations on the way back. The exhaustion was due to the same cause. Communion with high spiritual forces renews the vitality of the Seer.(ţĆ5Ę* "€ý€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ 5. VTI = {Capricorn}{Leo}{Sagittarius} = Caput Draconis, the head of the Lion-Serpent, the Beast 666. His father is {Capricorn} Set or Pan; his mother, the woman clothed with the Sun as in Atu XIV. See 27th Aethyr. He is the burden of the Moon, sanctified by 418. Atu XI (a partial form) with Atu XX (XI + XX = XXXI) gives the Key of the New Aeon. 6. The stone of Gemini, the twins, composing Heru-Ra-Ha, his Lord. Also the house of {Mercury}; that is, his form is Oracular.\. Č‘Í. *€]€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ 7. The angel is an avatar of BABALON. 8. {GRK:alpha}{GRK:mu}{GRK:phi}{GRK:omicron}{GRK:rho}{GRK:eta} = 719. This Angel is a veil for 156, the Woman who closes the mouth of the lion in the old Atu XI, and is the Scarlet Woman who rides upon him in the new form. - page 27 - now there comes another Angel upon a white horse{SUP:1}, and yet again another Angel upon a black bull{SUP:2}. And now there comes a lion{SUP:3} and swallows the two latter angels up. The first angel goes to the lion and closes his mouth{SUP:4}. And behind them are arrayed a great company of Angels with silver spears, like a forest. And the Angel says: Blow, all ye trumpets, for I will loose my hands from the mouth of the lion, and his roaring shall enkindle the worlds{SUP:5}.™r5Ę6' €ĺ€€‚‚‚‚˙ Then the trumpets blow, and the wind rises and whistles terribly. It is a blue wind with silver specks; and it blows through the whole Aethyr. But through it one perceives the lion, which has become as a raging flame{SUP:6}. And he roareth in an unknown tongue. But this is the interpretation thereof: Let the stars be burnt up in the fire of my nostrils{SUP:7}! Let all the gods and the archangels and the angels and the spirits that are on the earth, and above the earth, and below the earth, that are in all the heavens and in all the hells, let them be as motes‘Í6Ă dancing in the beam of mine eye{SUP:8}!=‘Ís' €-€€‚‚‚‚˙ I am he that swalloweth up death{SUP:9} and victory{SUP:10}. I have slain the crowned goat{SUP:11}, and drunk up the great sea{SUP:12}. Like the ash of dried leaves the worlds are blown before me. Thou hast passed by me, and thou hast not known me. Woe unto thee, that I have not devoured thee altogether! On my head is the crown, 419 rays{SUP:13} far-darting. And my body is the body of the Snake{SUP:14}, and my soul is the soul of the Crowned Child{SUP:15}. Though an Angel in white robes leadeth me{SUP:16}, Ý6/ ,€ť€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ -------------------- 1. The sorrow of Death. 2. This represents Jehovah and Jesus. The Pain of Toil. (Sin is Restriction). 3. Symbol of the Beast, 666. 4. See Atu XI. Babalon and the Beast conjoined. 5. BABALON prepared 666 (in a certain very secret manner) to utter the word {GRK:Theta}{GRK:epsilon}{GRK:lambda}{GRK:eta}{GRK:mu}{GRK:alpha}. 6. i.e. 666 is now inspired. 7. Nostrils = {Mars} and {Venus}. Energy and passion, also Breath of theďs/ ,€ß€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ Word. 8. Eye = Creative Light, i.e. of the Word. 9. Scorpio. 10. Netzach. 11. Capricornus. 12. Hod (the mercurial water): in all the Sephiroth below Tiphereth, out of balance, and the paths leading from them/ 13. Leo = {Leo} = {HEB:Tet} = {HEB:Taw}{HEB:Yod}{HEB:Tet} = 419. t = {Leo}. {HEB:Tet} = snake by meaning. {Leo} = Horus. 14. The magical image of the 1st Decan of Leo, rising at the birth of 666, is a lion-headed serpent. 15. Horus, the Lord of 666.*Ç * "€€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ 16. The Avatar of Binah, in the opening of this Aethyr. - page 28 - who shall ride upon me but the Woman of Abominations{SUP:1}? Who is the Beast{SUP:2}? Am not I one more than he{SUP:3}? In his hand is a sword that is a book{SUP:4}. In his hand is a spear that is a cup of fornication{SUP:5}. Upon his mouth is set the great and terrible seal{SUP:6}. And he hath the secret of V{SUP:7}. His ten horns spring from five points{SUP:8}, and his eight heads{SUP:9} are as the charioteer of the West{SUP:10}. Thus doth the fire of the sun temper the spear of Mars{SUP:11}, and thus shall he be worshipped, as the warrior lord of the sun{SUP:12}. Yet in him is the woman that devoureth with her water all the fire of God{SUP:13}.]4$ ) €i€€‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ Alas! my lord, thou art joined with him that knoweth not these things{SUP:14}. When shall the day come that men shall flock to this my gate, and fall into my furious throat, a whirlpool of fire? This is hell unquenchable, and all they shall be utterly consumed therein. Therefore is that asbestos unconsumable made pure{SUP:15}. Each of my teeth{SUP:16} is a letter of the reverberating name. My tongue is a pillar of fire{SUP:17}, and from the glands of my mouth arise four pillars of water{SUP:18}.TAOTZEM{SUP:19} is the name by which ŢÇ 0. *€˝€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ -------------------- 1. BABALON. See Atu XI. 2 and 3. 419-418=1. Or 667-666=1. 667 = {GRK:eta}{GRK:kappa} {GRK:omicron} {GRK:kappa} {GRK:kappa}{GRK:iota}{GRK:sigma}{GRK:eta} {GRK:gamma}{GRK:upsilon}{GRK:nu}{GRK:eta}, the Scarlet Woman. (WEH note: This is the correct Greek 667 entry from _Liber MCCLXIV_). 4. _Liber AL_, his weapon. 5. This allusion must remain secret. 6. This seal is that of BBABALON. The Seal of the A{.'.} A{.'.} See theG$ ƒ@- (€5€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ _Book of Lies_, {GRK:Kappa}{GRK:epsilon}{GRK:phi}. {GRK:Mu}{GRK:theta} (Cap. 49). 7. His motto as a Master of the Temple is this V.V.V.V.V. (Vi Veri Vniversum Vivus Vici). 8. V.V.V.V.V. Has 10 horns that spring from 5 points. 9. See the _Book of Lies_, Cap. {GRK:Mu}{GRK:theta}, 49. But there is One Eighth Head too Sacredly terrible to mention. 10. Refers to Atu VII. {HEB:Chet} = The Char0ƒ@Ăiot = 8. the Bearer of the Sangraal. 11. The Mystery 5x = 6{square x} and 6x = 5{square x}, Heru-Ra-Ha is the×0†B, &€Ż€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ Martial aspect of Sol. 12. See AL, Cap. III, v. 74. 13. Again a secret allusion. (WEH note: Join O.T.O. and attain to the mystery). 14. The Seer was not yet a full initiate, and was hampered by A.C. 15. This paragraph prophesies the purging of the worldly Fire in the Aeon of Horus. "Hell" is the pure Inmost Self of Man, that suffereth not extinction, but consumeth all the experiences of Life, coming thereby to know its own Perfection. ߃@‘D, &€ż€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ 16. 32 teeth; hence the Name is {HEB:Heh}{HEB:Vau}{HEB:Heh}{HEB:Yod} {HEB:Heh}{HEB:Aleph} = 32. Macroprosophus interfused with Microprosophus. 17. The tongue is the instrument of the Logos and so a Phallic or creative organ. Chokmah the logos, is the Root of Fire, and the Masculine Energy. 18. These are the "Four Rivers of Eden". It is the fourfold understanding of the Logos. These reflect Him so perfectly that they reproduce His Form.ă†B¤G0 .€Ç€€‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ 19. {HEB:Mem}{HEB:Tzaddi}{HEB:Ayin}{HEB:Taw} = 600. A "great number" of Sol, normally 6. 600 = Kosmos. The blasphemy is in taking the material for the Spiritual Sun. - page 29 - I am blasphemed. My name thou shalt not know, lest thou pronounce it and pass by. And now the Angel comes forward again and closes his mouth. All this time heavy blows have been raining upon me from invisible angels, so that I am weighed down as with a burden greater than the world{SUP:1}. I am altogether crushed. Great millstones are hurled out of heaven upon me{SUP:2}. I am trying to crawl to the lion{SUP:3}, and the ground is covered with sharp knives. I cut myself at every inch{SUP:4}.¸‘D\J) €€€‚‚‚‚‚‚˙ And the voice comes: Why art thou there who art here{SUP:5}? Hast thou not the sign of the number{SUP:6}, and the seal of the name{SUP:7}, and the ring of the eye{SUP:8}? Thou wilt not{SUP:9}. And I answered and said: I am a creature of earth, and ye would have me swim. And the voice said: Thy fear is known; thine ignorance is known; thy weakness is known; but thou art nothing in this matter. Shall the grain which is cast into the earth by the hand of the sower debate within itself, saying, am I oats or barley? Bondslave of the curse, we give nothing, we take all. Be thou content. That which thou art, thou art. Beş”¤GM& €)€€‚‚‚˙ content{SUP:10}. And now the lion passeth over through the Aethyr with the crowned beast upon his back, and the tail of the lion goes on instead of stopping, and on each hair of the tail is something or other --- sometimes a little house, sometimes a planet, at other times a town. Then there is a great plain with soldiers fighting upon it, and an enormously high mountain carved into a thousand temples, and more houses and fields and trees, and great cities with wonderful buildings in them, statues and columns and public buildings generally. This goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on all on the hairs of this lion's tail{SUP:11}.&ů\J