Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

The first process is to find the I in the V — initiation, purifica¬ tion, finding the Secret Root of oneself, the epicene Virgin who is io (Malkuth) but spelt in fui! 20 (Jupiter). This Yod in the Virgin expands to the Babe in the Egg by formulating the Secret Wisdom of Truth of Hermes in the Silence of the Fool. He acquires the Eye-Wand, beholding and acting and being adored. The Inverted Pentagram — Baphomet — the Hermaphrodite fully grown — begets himself on himself as V again. Note that there are now two sexes in one person throughout, so that each individual is self-procreative sexually, whereas Isis knew only one sex, and Osiris thought the two sexes opposed. Also the formula is now Love in ail cases; and the end is the beginning, on a higher plane. The I is formed from the V by removing its tail, the A by balancing 4 Yods, the O by making an inverted triangle of Yods, which suggests the formula of Nuit — Hadit — Ra-Hoor-Khuit. A is the éléments whirling as a Svastika — the créative Energy in equilibrated action. 3»