Magick Without Tears

MORALS OF LIBER AL 307 important argument of all; for it is completely separate. It is this. The Book's meaning is "not only in the English" etc. (AL, I: 36; I: 46; I: 54,55; II: 76; III: 16; III: 39; III: 47; III: 63-68; and III: 73) These passages make it clear that there is a secret interpretation, which, being hidden as it is hidden, is presumably of even graver importance than the text as it stands. Such passages as I have been able to decipher confirm this view; so also does the discovery of the key number 31 by Frater Achad. We must also expect a genius to arise who will accomplish all this work for us. Again we know that much information of the utmost value has been given through the Hebrew, the Greek, and very probably the Arabic Qabalah. There is only one logical conclusion of these premises. We know (a) the Book means more than it appears to mean, (b) this inner meaning may modify, or even reverse, the outer meaning, (c) what we do understand convinces us that the Author of the Book is indeed what he claims to be; and, therefore, we must accept the Book as the Canon of Truth, seeking patiently for further enlightenment. This last point is of especial virtue: see AL, III : 63-68. The value to you of the Book varies directly with the degree of your own initiation.