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The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 151

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  In the Yî King, the fiery part of Water is represented by the 54th Hexagram, Kwei Mei.  The commentary is singularly obscure, and somewhat sinister. It deals with the difficulties of  rightly mating such opposites as fire and water (compare the Queen of Wands; but in that case  Water is the calming and modulating influence, while here it is Fire which creates trouble.)  Swiftness and violence ill suit a character naturally placid; it is rare indeed to meet with a per‐ son who has succeeded in harmonizing these conflicting elements. He tends to mismanage all  his affairs; and unless sheer good fortune attend him, his whole career will be an unbroken  record of failure and disaster. Often his mental “civil war” ends in schizophrenia or melan‐ choly madness. The abuse of stimulants and narcotics may precipitate the catastrophe.       
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