CHAPTER
VIII
THE
SWORD
'* 'nr^HE
word of the Lord
is quick
and powerful,
and sharper than
a
X
two-edged
sword."
As the Wand is Chokmah, the Will, "the
Father," and
the Cup the
Understanding,
"the
Mother,"
Binah;
so
the
Magick
Sword
is the
Reason,
"the Son,"
the
six Sephiroth
of the Ruach,
and
we shall
see
that the Pantacle
corresponds
to Malkuth, " the Daughter."
The Magick Sword is the analytical faculty;
directed against
any demon
it attacks
his complexity.
Only the simple can withstand
the sword.
x\s
we are below
the Abyss,
this
weapon
is then
entirely
destructive:
it
divides
Satan
against
Satan.
It
is only
in
the
lower
forms
of Magick,
the
purely
human
forms, that
the Sword
has
become
so important
a weapon.
A
dagger should
be sufficient.
But the mind of man
is normally
so important
to him that the sword
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