7. I saw the ravens of death, that flew with
hoarse cries upon the carrion earth.
I saw
Thee in these.
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8. Ι saw the lying spirits like frogs upon the
earth,
and
upon the water,
and
upon the
treacherous metal that corrodeth all things and
abideth not. I saw Thee in these.
9. I saw the obscene ones, bull-men linked
in the abyss of putrefaction, that gnawed each
other’s tongues for pain. I saw Thee in these.
10. I saw the Woman.
Ο my God, I beheld
the image thereof, even as a lovely shape that
concealeth a black monkey, even as a figure
that draweth with her hands small images of
men down into hell. I saw her from the head
to the navel a woman, from the navel to the
feet of her a man. I saw Thee even in her.
I I. For mine was the keyword to the Closed
Palace 418 and mine the reins of the Chariot
of the Sphinxes, black and white.
But I was not deceived by anything of all
these things.
12. For I expanded it by my subtlety into
Twelve Rays of the Crown.
I3. And these twelve rays were One.
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