A Psychic Journey: Skrying Amissio

 

A Psychic Journey: Skrying Amissio

“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.”

Amissio is the second Geomantic figure and corresponds to Taurus, Venus and Earth. The nature of the symbol is loss, this may include not only material things, but all kinds of loss soever, thus it may indicate the impermanence of life also.

The Vision:

First, I saw two dogs fighting over food, then the vision became clearer, and I was standing at the entrance of a palace with a long corridor in front of me, also, the palace was entirely made of gold. Two rows of guards walked towards me, and a king followed, the king then took a golden crown off of his head and placed it on a large wooden table in front of him and walked away. He was giving up his kingship and after the king had gone, the guards started fighting over the crown in the same way as the dogs were fighting over the food at the start of the vision. At once I saw myself sitting on a big rock in springtime, I was sitting in a field of sun flowers, then the figure of me peacefully laid down and died. After I saw myself dying, I saw people dancing frantically at night, around a large fire, they were burning up their belongings, which they threw with great joy into the fire. Then it was Autum, I was standing in a forest watching the leaves as they fell from the trees. Then I felt myself, I felt the cold wind on my body and as I looked down at myself, I was standing naked in the middle of an empty forest. That’s when a great fire swept over the forest burning up all the plants and trees, which left me standing naked in the middle of nowhere and surrounded by nothing. At once I was surrounded by golden objects, there were scepters and goblets and crowns, they all seemed remarkably valuable. As I picked up these objects, they disappeared while I was holding them, turning to ash and falling from my hands. This carried on until I was confronted by a little girl, she was very strange looking, in fact, she may not have been a girl at all, her facial features were exaggerated, and her appearance was almost frightening. However, her demeanor was kind and she seemed quite pleasant. She asked me, “do you see the change? and then, before I could answer she said, “you haven’t changed. After my encounter with the little girl, I ended the vision.

“Love is the law, love under will.”

A Psychic Journey: Skrying Puer

 

A Psychic Journey: Skrying Puer

“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.”

Puer is the first Geomantic figure and corresponds to Aries and Fire. The figure indicates not being able to adapt to circumstances, as being either the result of inexperience or immaturity. Although Puer is a favorable omen in matters of conflict and sex, it usually indicates the need to reevaluate one’s current perspective and for compromise.

The Vision:

I saw a young boy playing with a stick, as if it was a sword. I was walking in mud, the boy was hitting and attacking objects with his stick as if waging an imaginary war against nature, beating the rocks and the plants, and giggling for lack of a better word and rather joyfully every time he launched an attack. Every time the image of the boy became clear, he would shine, there was at these intervals golden rays of light that emanated from his body. As the light dissipated and he returned to normal, he was bright yellow, and boyish and rugged. His behavior was extremely immature and not well thought out, he was just acting on impulse, or pure instinct. The vision took place in a lush jungle, the plants seemed prehistoric, with enormous, thick leaves and moss-covered tree bark. There were crows above us flying in circles and then crystals rose from out the mud forming a wall and a place for the crows to perch upon. The crows started violently engaging with each other, with each crow trying to chase the others off of the crystal pillars, even tearing each-other's flesh as they fought. The boy kept repeating “I am unique, I am strong” while playing with his weapon. Nearing the end of the vision, I saw another spirit, who confronted me, deliberately stealing my attention. I asked this new spirit about the mud, and he said, “it is from all the rain., Taken aback by the spirit’s response, I tested him to see if he was in the right place, and as I suspected, the sigil made him disappear. Then I saw the boy again, sulking, telling me he also wants the rain but there is only fire where we are. He stood up and fire manifested from his palms, which he was holding upwards to face the sky. Then he pointed at a giant volcano, the volcano was busy erupting and there were great big fireballs being shot into the air from its mouth. The sky was black, I saw a fireball shooting towards me, and then it started moving from side to side burning up everything, the manner in which it moved was controlled and in contrast to the way in which the fireballs moved that were expelled from the volcano, which was violent and chaotic. Although, the fire caused by the fireball was extremely violent burning up everything it came in contact with. The boy appeared from out of the flames, he kneeled before me in the way a knight might do, presenting a sword to me, which he held with both hands. Then he lost his temper and rushed at me with the sword, screaming in anger, it looked as if the boy wanted to stab me in my neck. However, as he got close to me, he instantly changed his direction and jumped and screamed, running back and forth across the jungle, which had returned to its original condition before it was burnt. He said: “I always have to keep quiet, I want to fight”. Then I was dragged by a tremendous force to another place, there were axes chopping giant pieces of lumber, there was nobody holding them, they just moved violently up and down on their own. At this point the vision became too chaotic to concentrate and I ended it.

“Love is the law, love under will.”

The Progeny of the Gods:

 

The Progeny of the Gods:

“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.”

“So far likewise as Jupiter receives the whole of Saturn, he gives subsistence to a triple essence, the impartible, the partible, and that which subsists between these; but according to the Rhea which he contains in himself, he scatters as from a fountain, intellectual, psychical, and corporeal life.”

The Demiurge is qabalistically presented as the Adam Qadmon, although below the abyss his function is active and from above, he becomes receptive to the influence from the Saturnian Triad, which makes up Kether, Chokmah and Binah. The latter then represents the impartible and the former the partible aspects of his nature. Here I will look at how these three essences govern one’s development under the Demiurge. It is said that the Demiurge scatters from himself three forms of existence, the first is the intellectual and attributed to the sephiroth, Tiphareth, Geburah, and Chesed, the psychical are below these and correspond to Netzach, Hod and Yesod, whereas the corporeal is attributed to Malkuth. This is purely due to one’s relationship with these, which becomes clearer when considering the nature of reality and the way that it influences the ego’s development. We may think of Netzach, Hod and Yesod as relating to the world of feelings, Chesed, Geburah and Tiphareth is the intellect and leads us to who we truly are. Through this understanding of self and one’s place in the world, a person is no longer led predominantly by his impressions but starts to follow the higher faculties of his being, consciously transforming himself according to his intent. Hence in the qabalah these three triads are known as the Supernal, Ethical and Astral Triads, with Malkuth hanging pendant at the bottom of the tree.

“Farther still, the soul of the world gives life to altermotive natures; for to these it becomes the fountain and principle of motion, as Plato says in the Phaedrus and Laws. But the demiurgus simply imparts to all things life divine, intellectual, psychical, and that which is divisible about bodies. No one however should think that the Gods in their generations of secondary natures are diminished; or that they sustain a division of their proper essence in giving subsistence to things subordinate; or that they expose their progeny to the view, externally to themselves, in the same manner as the causes of mortal offspring. Nor in short, must we suppose that they generate with motion or mutation, but that abiding in themselves, they produce by their very essence posterior natures, comprehend on all sides their progeny, and supernally perfect the productions and energies of their offspring.”

The Demiurge’s role in this essay is attributed to Life, Intellect, Consciousness, and the Material aspects of things and people in the world around us. The intellective order, it should be noted, is where the potential for true creativity is derived from, it is seeing past our limitations that leads to inspiration from this order, and called the intellective as it can be contemplated but never truly expressed in the lower order of reality. This inspiration can only occur once there has been harmony established with the gods, and the nature of Being unfolds, before which a person is merely affected by his impressions without control. The soul of the world could thus be likened to the collective consciousness of humanity, and it is this collective consciousness, that is the progeny of the gods, by which every person’s ego is shaped according to the life into which they were born. The Demiurge rules over the gods, however, the gods’ relationship to the world is affected in a like manner as humans, who are affected by our relationship to the gods. As the world changes the gods must also evolve and adapt as they give birth to heroes throughout history, or as they give birth, indeed, to heroes and villains, who by way of their relationship to the world transform the nature of this first progeny of the gods. Mankind becomes witness to apocalyptic natural events, from which entire civilizations crumble, thus too, shaping this collective soul and the powers that govern it. There is no good and evil, so to speak, there is only nature, and it is by harmonizing one’s soul and becoming more sensitive to the inflections of this progeny, that we may accomplish the Great Work. The quote establishes, that the children of the gods are these heroes, who were able to accurately unite with the soul of the world, and thus venerable as gods themselves, for these half gods have made a sufficient contribution to the soul of man and their own souls, from which they have been immortalized and exemplified as gods among men.

“Love is the law, love under will.”

On the Saturnian Triad and our Connection to Eternity:

 

On the Saturnian Triad and our Connection to Eternity:

“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.”

 

“And though Neptune says,

For we are three brothers from Saturn, whom Rhea bore, Jupiter and I, and the third is Pluto, who governs the infernal realms: " Yet Jupiter is called father by both these divinities; and this because he comprehends in himself the one and impartible cause of all fabrication; is prior to the Saturnian triad; connectedly contains the three fathers; and comprehends on all sides the vivification of Juno. Hence, at the same time that this goddess - gives animation to the universe, he also, together with other Gods, gives subsistence to souls. Very properly therefore do we say that the demiurgus in the Timaeus is the mighty Jupiter. For he it is who produces mundane intellects and souls, who adorns all bodies with figures and numbers, and inserts in them one union, and an indissoluble friendship and bond. For Night also, in Orpheus, advises Jupiter to employ things of this kind in the fabrication of the universe.” Thomas Taylor: The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus, Additional: Notes Page 168-169.

Of course, according to mythology Rhea is the Great Mother and attributed to Binah and also the wife of Saturn. Her daughter Juno is the Earth goddess and shares this connection to Saturn with her mother. It is here stated that Jupiter is called the father by his brothers and the reason is his twofold nature which links us to the Saturnian Triad. It is our link with this triad that may raise us to realizing divinity and it is via the intellect that this awakening is fostered, hence the Intelligible Triad is associated with the Forms. The supposition then being, that via contemplation of these Forms, man is essentially strengthening his connection to eternity, through which he may attain immortality. This immortalization thus occurs at the congealing of the Soul when one’s connection with this triad is rendered inseverable and from which true creativity is inspired.  Night, or Nyx corresponds to the N.O.X. signs of Thelemic ceremonial Magick and in Orphism is wherein Phanes gestates and corresponds to Da-ath. This state reflects Kether and Chaos is seen through the Mist generating our link to the Forms, these Forms are indivisible, however, only partially comprehended by each soul, giving it its unique character. It is Jupiter via his office as the Demiurge, who connects one to understanding these and raises us to wholeness. Nyx according to the Greek QBL has a value of 510, when taking these numbers separately we have Mist, Kether and Zero, the last of which I think may here be attributed to the veils of non-existence. 510 when considered within the context of this essay is attributed to the Head, this Head would be that of Macroposopus and this triad accordingly is analogous to the potential of the intellect to see past its perceived limitations and into this realm of Ideas, qabalistically, the point is made even clearer when reducing the value to 6, which is a sacred number of Binah.

“The proximate bond indeed of mundane natures is that which subsists through analogy; but the more perfect bond is derived from intellect and soul. Hence Timaeus calls the communion of the elements through analogy, and the indissoluble union from life, a bond. For he says, animals were generated bound with animated bonds. But a more venerable bond than these subsists from the demiurgic will.” Thomas Taylor: The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus, Additional Notes: Page 169.

If I look at a dog, there is no more to see, it is a dog, the same with a tree, the souls of these natures are apparent, owing to our knowledge of their functions and characters. However, human beings are more unique, and our distinct natures are derived via the same, our functions that correspond to our intellects, which determine each’s unique nature and the individual characteristics of our Souls. The above also corresponds to Atman and Brahman and it is only by fostering our connection to the Great Mother, that their union is established, hence the union between Heaven and Earth is attributed to Jupiter’s relationship with the Soul and the Intelligible gods. 

“Again, our soul knows partibly the impartible nature of the energy of the Gods, and that which is characterized by unity in this energy, in a multiplied manner: and this especially takes place about the demiurgus who expands intellectual forms, and calls forth intelligible causes, and evolves them to the fabrication of the universe.” Thomas Taylor: The Mystical Hymns of Orpeus, Additional Notes: Page 170.

The union spoken of between an individual and the Demiurge may be felt but can never be entirely rendered intellectually, owing to the limitations of each individual. Although the gods are united and all is bonded within the Demiurge, there is that which one is attracted to, which makes this impartial nature only partially perceived. Even though this is the case, it is not possible to come to the wholeness of self-realization without this union occurring, and to inspire that which is wrought by the gods and given unto man. Following that the bond which is established via this union becomes the True Will and is a point from whence an individual starts to consciously cultivate the nature of his own immortality, as pertaining to the nature of his work, which is inextricably bound up by his Soul.

“Love is the law, love under will.”

Exploring some Thelemic ideas through Numerology:

 

Exploring some Thelemic ideas through Numerology:

"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law."

“Jupiter, therefore, is triply father, of gods, partial souls, and of souls that embrace an intellectual and Jovian life. The intellectual order of the gods, therefore, is supernally bounded by the king of the total divine genera, and who has a paternal transcendency with respect to all the intellectual Gods. This king, according to Orpheus, is called by the blessed immortals that dwell on lofty Olympus, Phanes Protogonus.”

Jupiter in the above quote is the Demiurge, which is referring to the known universe. However, in the quote is stated that Phanes Protogonus is the King of the Gods and is not the Demiurge, he is Indra in the Hindu system who may incarnate at will, and in Thelema he is Hadit. The Demiurge is the relationship between Aether and Phanes, Aether is referring to Brightness, which is L.V.X. or light through which Self perceives the Other. Without consciousness there is no Demiurge as indicated by this understanding of Orphic theology, this means that there is also no divinity higher than humankind, that we are the gods who shape reality. A concept which is entirely in harmony with Thelemic metaphysics. Okay, so, if it is all so natural, then for what reason do we practice Magick? Well, even though it is every individual’s birthright to realize his proper place in the celestial play as “very God of very God”, only via certain means can this awareness be activated. In Thelema, we talk about the union between Nuit and Hadit, which will eventually lead to realizing one’s True Will, from whence life becomes a joyful play of rapturous self-expression. This union is the promise that Thelema has given us and the reason we practice Magick. Protogonus is Hadit and Aether is L.V.X. who is as I have stated a manifestation of one's interaction with the Goddess. In the following, I will attempt to illustrate the validity of this hypothesis by utilizing the QBL, as it pertains to these two schools of thought.

23. I am alone: there is no God where I am.

Liber AL: Chapter II:23

First, I’ll start with Liber 805 vel EQ from which Hadit adds up to 18 and Nuit adds up to 49, in these two numbers we find a few noteworthy correspondences, such as 49 according to the Hebrew QBL corresponds to Earth of Chesed, Pains and Sorrows such as perhaps relating to the Sea of Binah and the Great Mother, as the number equally corresponds to Nativity and To thee, To thee is here referring to the Other, and represents Nuit’s relationship to Hadit, who is the Self, and the product of the above mentioned Nativity, giving us the Formula of 0=2. Earth of Chesed is hinting at the characteristics of Phanes Protogononus and how he is revered by the gods as their King, for his connection to the Supernal Order of gods or the Intelligible gods, it is said that Phanes connects the realm of the Intellectual gods to the Intelligible gods sharing his essence with both, thus Earth of Chesed is highly significant in this regard. Chesed is of course where Phanes is absorbed by the Demiurge to manifest the Creative and Formative Worlds and finally the Material World. Hadit who is the Thelemic name as referring to the same god, who is life, consciousness and intellect, is 18 and in turn corresponds to Living (Life) and Beloved (Object of Love), also to Antique Serpent, the serpent refers to the snake that is coiled about the heart of an aspirant, and from its uncoiling Hadit is brought to awareness, as found in the symbolism of Liber L.X.V., a Holy Book detailing the conversation between and adept and his angel. Just from Employing the English QBL in Liber 805 vel EQ, we find remarkable correspondences to the above quote from "The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus" relating to the true nature of the Demiurge, which is Love, of course. Interesting too, is that, according to the Hebrew QBL, Nuit who corresponds to 75, is a number that is also associated with Lucifer, thus the connection between Phanes, Aether, and Binah is clearly shown within the Hebrew system. As Lamentation and Wailing are attributed to the same, bringing to mind Binah and the Arcanum of Sorrow again, attributed to the Great Mother, there is clearly an unique association between Hadit as being the god of creation and his connection to the Supernal realm. I did take the liberty to add the English value of Hadit to the Hebrew value of Nuit and remarkably, 18+75=93. 9+3=12 as well, and corresponds to HE (Binah) as the second letter of Tetragrammaton and 1+2=3, which is a Sacred number of Chokmah, 12 also suggests To depart from, or to Go forth, which in my mind indicates the L.V.X. emanating from the union between Chokmah and Binah to give birth to the Demiurge in Chesed and the creation of the known universe. It should be kept in mind that Aether and Phanes are both absorbed by Jupiter (Chesed) at the beginning of creation, hence these may be likened to the union that Hadit needs to experience with L.V.X. in order to aid in his transformation to become Ra-Hoor-Khuit. The idea that consciousness has fallen through the Four Worlds, and we have forgotten the essence of our true natures, which, if remembered, we will become as gods, seems to be central to both of these theological systems. L.V.X. according to its Greek translation means White Light, or Brightness, as Aether and so applying the EQ to this term White=218 and Light=123, adding these together 218+123=341 means nothing. When we add to reduce these numbers separately, we get 11 and 6, 11 is Light, Life and Love and 6 is a sacred number of Binah, both these numbers in this context indicates the relationship between Hadit, L.V.X. and Nuit, that manifests the Demiurge and what leads us to the Great Work. However, when we add 341 up, we get 8 and 8 is the number of Will and Love, whereby we are really starting to open some insights into the nature of these Gods and the nature of attainment as corresponding to our philosophic system, as well as, if I may, the authenticity of "The Book of the Law." Samadhi in the form relating to the above formula of Love and Will, again suggesting Nuit and Hadit, as being two separate ideas, but equally important components of what we call the Demiurgic Art. Protogonus according to the Greek QBL enumerates to 450, from which the only worthwhile direct correspondence is Fruit from the tree, as indicating the fall of man, and consciousness descending into the lowest world, again solidifying this idea of Hadit as Self associated with Phanes/Lucifer. When we add it up 4+5=9 it means He kindled, as kindling Hadit into awareness to become the savior, also when taking Hadit’s English equivalent 18 and adding the numbers together, we get the same number 9, which means that these two Gods are perfectly connected via the Greek and the English QBL. The Demiurge is not evil, there is no such thing as evil, there is only experience and one’s relationship with the Demiurge, whether borne from Love or a sense of servitude, will determine how one’s experiences either reflect the beauty and joy, or the ugliness and even disgust, of and for the world around him, or her.

45. There is death for the dogs.

46. Dost thou fail? Art thou sorry? Is fear in thine heart?

47. Where I am these are not.

48. Pity not the fallen! I never knew them. I am not for them. I console not: I hate the consoled & the consoler.

49. I am unique & conqueror. I am not of the slaves that perish. Be they damned & dead! Amen. (This is of the 4: there is a fifth who is invisible, & therein am I as a babe in an egg.)

Liber AL: Chapter II:45,46.47,48,49

“Love is the law, love under will.”

 

On the Demiurge:

 

On the Demiurge:

“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.”

“JUPITER is not said to be, but is, the father of those who genuinely preserve the proper form of life, such as Hercules and the Dioscuri; but of those who are never at any time able to convert themselves to a divine nature, he never is nor is said to be the father. Such therefore, as having been partakers of a certain energy above human nature, have again fallen into the sea of dissimilitude, and for honour among men have embraced error towards the Gods, -of these Jupiter is said to be the father.”

Hercules and the Dioscuri are referring to those who refuse complete desolation in death and return to the world as avatars, not dissimilar to the idea of the Bodhisattvas of Buddhism. The Dioscuri is the office, so to speak, that was given to Castor and Pollux, heroes of the ancient Greek pantheon. It would seem from the above, that one’s relationship as being akin to the Demiurgus, is dependent on Karma, a notion that is not foreign to those of the Great White Brotherhood. Yes, a certain snobbery is indicated, but how many of us are truly drawn to the philosophic life, where it becomes with us the centre of the All? This quote then, is ideal in realizing the importance, that the Greeks, as well as the Egyptians placed on the philosophic pursuit, as intimating their means to transcendence. I would imagine that perfect knowledge of the gods is impossible to convey in terms that may be understood within the limits of temporality, and thus as they “have again fallen into the sea of dissimilitude,” their essences serve as a guidepost for one’s own realization, by means of the philosophic art.

“The paternal cause originates supernally from the intelligible and occult Gods; for there the first fathers of wholes subsist; but it proceeds through all the intellectual Gods into the demiurgic order.”

These paternal causes may be associated with the spheres of Binah, Chokmah and Kether, of course the L.V.X. generated from this realm preserves creation through consciousness and are thus called the fathers of the Gods.

“The fathers, however, who are superior to the one fabrication are called Gods of Gods, but the demiurgus is the father of Gods and men. Farther still, Jupiter is said to be peculiarly the father of some, as of Hercules, who immutably preserve a Jovian and ruling life during their converse with the realms of generation.”

Here it becomes clear why the supernal triad is called the Archetypal World and attributed to the Forms of Platonism, it is via the Demiurge, that the world is created, and we must be Gods as a result of the nature of existence, in other words, “I think therefore I am”. I am the All, a God, omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient, and one with the Demiurge, the peculiarity spoken of in Jupiter’s relationship with Hercules, who could be considered an avenue only followed by the few, is that although the Demiurge is the father of all Gods and humankind, it is only through this unique aspect of the Demiurge, that we may come to realize each our individual godhead within the play of creation.

“Farther still, Jupiter is said to be peculiarly the father of some, as of Hercules, who immutably preserve a Jovian and ruling life during their converse with the realms of generation.”

It follows from these quotes that some are drawn to the Path of Return by the nature of their Souls, indeed "Let my servants be few & secret: they shall rule the many & the known." (Liber AL vel Legis) comes to mind from reading the above.

Quotes taken from Thomas Taylor’s: The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus, Additional notes.

“Love is the law, love under will.”

Sex Magick in the Aeon of Horus:

 

Sex Magick in the Aeon of Horus:

“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.”

“AL I.15: "Now ye shall know that the chosen priest & apostle of infinite space is the prince-priest the Beast; and in his woman called the Scarlet Woman is all power given. They shall gather my children into their fold: they shall bring the glory of the stars into the hearts of men."

THE NEW COMMENT

The definition of "infinite space" offered in the Comment on verse 13 is useful here. My Work is in great part to insist upon the infinite possibilities of human development. Man has too slavishly acquiesced in his limitations. Science itself has shewn itself almost as intolerant as Religion toward certain lines of research. Indeed, every element of society has added its energy to the opposition which bars each pioneer with undiscriminating stupidity. Darwin, Pasteur, Lister, and Jenner met with the same ferocious cowardice as Shelly and Luther; they were assailed on every ground from Religion and Morality upwards; every falsehood that malice could invent was circulated about them. In short, they were treated then as I am being treated now; and I am resolute to prosecute my Work now as they were resolute then. That which is beneath is like that which is above. The Beast and the Scarlet Woman are avatars of Tao and Teh, Shiva and Sakti. This Law is then an exact image of the Great Law of the Cosmos; this is an assurance of its Perfection. It is necessary to say here that The`Beast appears to be a definite individual; to wit, the man Aleister Crowley. But the Scarlet Woman is an officer replaceable as need arises. Thus to this present date of writing, Anno XVI. Sun in Sagittarius, there have been several holders of the title.

1. Rose Edith Crowley nee Kelly, my wife. Put me in touch with Aiwas; see Equinox 1, 7, "The Temple of Solomon the King." Failed as elsewhere is on record.

2. A doubtful case. Mary d'Este Sturges nee Dempsey. Put me in touch with Abuldiz; hence helped with Book 4. Failed from personal jealousies.

3. Jeanne Robert Foster nee Oliver. Bore the "child" to whom this Book refers later. Failed from respectability.

4. Roddie Minor. Brought me in touch with Amalantrah. Failed from indifference to the Work.

5. A doubtful case, Marie Rohling nee Lavroff. Helped to inspire Liber CXI. Failed from indecision.

6. A doubtful case, Bertha Almira Prykryl nee Bruce. Delayed assumption of duties, hence made way for No. 7.

7. Lea Hersig. Assisted me in actual initiation; still at my side, An XVII. Sol in Sagittarius. (P.S. & An XIX, Sol in Aries).

"Prince-priest" is an unusual word, and not in tone with other references to me. I suspect therefore a secret cipher of some sort. For one thing, it is an anagram of PRINCEPS ITER, not bad for Alastor the Wanderer, or PRINCIPS ERIT, he shall be the chief (see verse 23). But such Qabalah is hardly to be considered serious. The recurrence of the letters PRI is however curious and may be significant. The combination PR in most Aryan Languages gives the idea of "Before." P and R are the letters of Mars and Sol respectively. Now Mars is referred to the number 5, and Sol to the number 6; both to the idea "Force and Fire", though in different ways. Now "Force and Fire" is the attribute of Ra-Hoor-Khuit, Lord of the Aeon; and 5 and 6 are mystically mated to represent the Accomplishment of the Great Work in Abrahadabra, the Word of the Aeon. (See, for this Word, infra Qabalistic Appendix). The termination ST is the coronal combination XXXI which we shall notice often enough later on. The Beast, besides 666 correspondences, is by English sound, the Magus (Beth, Mercury, etc.) of this ST. S has in the Tarot the card numbered XX, which represents the Stele of Revealing, and is called the Judgment; i.e., the ending of an Aeon. T has the card numbered XI and is called Strength. It is the card of Leo and represents Babalon and the Beast conjoined. "Their fold"; not only a sheepfold, but as if it were written "their embrace".”

 Every aspirant has to attain within the limitations of his or her appointed lot, it may be in this, that the wheat is separated from the chaff. The greater the Ordeal the greater the Attainment, or at least it makes sense this way. The aspirant will have to give every last drop of his blood to the Cup of Babalon, if he is to finally make it to the City of the Pyramids. Therefore, the world is against the work of the White School of Magick, it is clear in the onslaught against Crowley throughout his life by the yellow press, that this is the case. The reason, from what I can tell, is that the majority of humanity is happy to live out their lives as slaves, perpetually under the control of the Black School. The White School serves as a mirror, which reflects this and highlights to them their servitude. Thus, proponents of the White School have always been subject to this attack, that in the above is said to subsist of slander, which is the weapon of what is called the yellow press. Ironic is the fact, that Thelema highlights to us our divinity and aims at liberating the individual from his or her servitude, hence the aforementioned conclusion is drawn.

The Beast and his Scarlett Woman’s office was to make contact with the Archetypal World and manifest to us this revelation. They served as the Great Mother and Great Father, associated with the Supernal Triad, from their union they brought forth Thelema as their offspring into the world. Since falling from his office is possible, Crowley would use sex magick throughout his life to maintain his connection with the Supernals and draw inspiration from them. Although his work with Rose Kelly was spontaneous and not sought, he would later in life seek out women to fulfil this function. This is a stretch, but perhaps “Love is the law, love under will” may be applied to this practice as its function is raised to the highest level and the Beast became the Logos of the New Aeon and his Scarlet Woman became Babalon. Thus, his magick was to dramatically act out the Law of Thelema, as well as the nature of creation itself.

“Love is the law, love under will.”