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bringing
it into harmony
and proportion
you will find the hidden
stone,
the same stone of the philosophers
of which
mention
has already
been
made, which
turns all into gold.
This oil which
can
eat
into
the steel,
is further
that
which
is written.
Liber LXV,
i, i6: "As
an acid
eats
into steel ...
so am I unto the Spirit of Man."
Note how closely
woven into
itself is all this symbolism
!
The centre of Ruach being the heart, it is seen that this Sword of the
Ruach must be thrust
by the Magician into his own heart.
But
there
is
a
subsequent
task, of which
it is spoken —Liber VII,
V, 47.
" He
shall
await
the
sword
of the Beloved
and bare his throat
for the stroke."
In the throat
is Daath —the
throne
of Ruach.
Daath
is Knowledge.
This final destruction
of knowledge opens the
gate of the City of the Pyramids.
It is also written,
Liber CCXX, iii,
11:
" Let the woman
be girt with
a
sword
before
me."
But
this
refers
to
the
arming
of Vedana
with
Saniia,
the overcoming
of emotion
by clarity of perception.
It is also
spoken,
Liber LXV,
v,
14, of the
Sword
of Adonai, "that
hath four blades, the blade of the Thunderbolt, the blade of the Pylon,
the blade of the Serpent,
the blade of the Phallus."
But
this
Sword
is
not
for
the
ordinary
Magician.
For
this
is
the
Sword
flaming
every way that keeps Eden,
and in this Sword
the Wand
and the Cup are concealed — so
that
although
the being
of the Magi-