The Sword of Song

APPENDIX II 82 The first day, a camel; The second day, a kiss; The third daty, a star-glass; The fourth day, a beetle’s wing; The fifth day, a crab; The sixth day, a bow; The seventh day, a quiver; The eighth day, a stag; The ninth day, an horn; The tenth day, a sandal of silver; The eleventh day, a silver box of white sandal wood; The twelfth day, a whisper; The thirteenth day, a black cat; The fourteenth day, a phial of white gold; The fifteenth day, an egg-shell cut in two; The sixteenth day, a glance; The seventeenth day, an honeycomb; The eighteenth day, a dream; The nineteenth day, a nightmare; The twentieth day, a wolf, black-muzzled; The twenty-first day, a sorrow; The twenty-second day, a bundle of herbs; The twenty-third day, a piece of camphor; The twenty-fourth day, a moonstone; The twenty-fifth day, a sigh; The twenty-sixth day, a refusal; The twenty-seventh day, a consent ; and the last night she gave him all herself, so that the moon was e clipsed and earth was utterly darkened. And the marriage of that virgin was on this wise: She had three arrows, y et but two flanks, and the wise men s aid that who knew two was three,1 should know three was eight, 2 if the circle were but squared; and this also one day shall ye know, my Brethren ! And she gave him the great and perfect gift of Magic, so that he fared forth right comely and well-provided. N ow at that great wedding was a Suggler, 3 a riddler : for he said, “Thou hast beasts : I will give thee weapons one for one.” For the Lion did our Father win a little fiery wand like a flame, and for his Eagle a cup of ever flowing water : for his Man the Suggler gave him a golden-hilted dagger (yet this was the worst of all his bargains, for it could not strike other, but h im- self only), while for a curious coin he bartered his good Bull. Alas for our Father! Now the Suggler mocks him a nd cries: “Four fool’s bargains hast thou made, and thou art fit to go forth and meet a fool4 for thy mate.” But our Father counted thrice seven a nd cried: “One for the fool,” seeing 1 3, the number of g. 2, the number of the card g. 2 The equality of three and eight is attri buted to Binah, a high grade of Theurgic attainment. 3 Scil. Juggler , the 1st Key. The m agical weapons cor respond to the Kerubim. 4 The Key marked 0 and applied to Aleph, 1. Dona Virginis. Puella Urget Sophiam Sod- alibus. The Sophic Suggler.