The Law is for All

Chapter I a Verses 43—50 47 they are not of me. Let Asar be the adorant, Isa the sufferer; Hoor in his secret name and splendour is the Lord initiating. Commentary: This verse declares that the old formula of Magick — the Osiris-Adonis-Jesus-Marsyas-Dionysus-Attis- et cetera formula of the Dying God—is no longer efficacious. It rested on the ignorant belief that the Sun died every day, and every year, and that its resurrection was a miracle. The Formula of the New £on recognizes Horus, the Child crowned and conquering, as God. We are all members of the Body of God, the Sun; and about our System is the Ocean of Space. This formula is then to be based upon these facts. Our “Evil,” “Error,” “Darkness,” “Illusion,” whatever one chooses to call it, is simply a phenomenon of accidental and temporary sepa­ rateness. If you are “walking in darkness,” do not try to make the sun rise by self-sacrifice, but wait in confidence for the dawn, and enjoy the pleasures of the night meanwhile. The general allusion is to the Equinox Ritual of the G.'.D.-. where the officer of the previous six months, representing Horus, took the place of the retiring Hierophant, who had represented Osiris.1 1 [See “The Temple of Solomon the King,” The Equinox 1(7) (1912), p. 372; The Equinox of the Gods (1936), p. 88; or Book 4, Parts I-IV, (rev. ed., 1994), Appendix VIII, p. 666. See Works Cited.] 2 [“Noxious” or “poisonous,” referring to the sorceress Canidia; see Horace, Epodes.] 3 [Liber 888. Jesus: The Gospel According to St. Bernard Shaw. See Works Cited.] Isa is the legendary “Jesus,” for which Canidian1 2 3 concoction the prescription is to be found in my book bearing that title, Liber 888} 50. There is a word to say about the Hierophantic task. Behold! there are three ordeals in one, and it may be given in three ways. The gross must pass through fire; let the fine be tried in intellect, and the lofty chosen ones in the highest. Thus ye have star & star, system & system; let not one know well the other!