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THE VISION AND THE VOICE since he reverenceth the Person of the Seer as his Teacher, let the Seer bind him with a great Oath to do this. Now, then, the Seer being entered within the triangle, let him take the Victims and cut their throats, pouring the blood within the Triangle, and being most heedful that not one drop fall without the Triangle; or else Choronzon should be able to manifest in the universe. And when the sand hath sucked up the blood of the victims, let him recite the Call of the Aethyr apart secretly as aforesaid. Then will the V…
1911 · PDF PAGE 103
…what may be written by the sea-green incorruptible Scribe. The horror of it will be given in another place and time, and through another Seer, and that Seer shall be slain as a result of his revealing. But the present Seer, who is not P...., seeth not the horror, because he is shut up, and hath no name. (Now was there some further parleying betwixt the demon and the Scribe, concerning the departure and the writing of the word, the Scribe not knowing if it were meet that the demon should depart. Then the Seer took the Holy Ring, and wrote the na…
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…olutely continuous, without breaks or beats. If there seem to be vibration therein, it is because of the imperfection of the ears of the seer. And there cometh an interior voice, which sayeth to the seer that he hath trained his eyes well and can see much; and he hath trained his ears a little, and can hear a little; but his other senses hath he trained scarcely at all, and therefore the Aethyrs are almost silent to him on those planes. By the senses are meant the spiritual correlations of the senses, not the physical senses. But this matters l…
1911 · PDF PAGE 176
…is the necessary ordeal for him who would pass the Abyss, as it were. A commission to be the prophet of the Aeon arising is given to the Seer. The God is the Hierophant in the Ceremony of Magister Templi. 20. A guide is given to the Seer, his Holy Guardian Angel. And this is attained by a mastery of the Universe conceived as a wheel The Hiereus in the Ceremony of Magister Templi. 19. Now cometh forth the Angel who giveth instruction, in the lowest form. The Hegemone in the Ceremony of Magister Templi which the Seer is about to undergo. 18. The …
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THE EQUINOX In nomine BABALON Amen. Restriction unto Choronzon. THE TENTH AETHYR IS CALLED ZAX. This Aethyr being accursed, and the seer forewarned, he taketh these precautions for the scribe. First let the scribe be seated in the centre of the circle in the desert sand, and let the circle be fortified by the Holy Names of God—Tetragrammaton and Shaddai El Chai and Ararita. And let the Demon be invoked within a triangle, wherein is inscribed the name of Choronzon, and about it let him write ANAPHAXETON - ANAPHANETON - PRIMEU- MATON, and in the …
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…all the fire. Every drop is the quintes- sence of the ecstasy of stars. * There are long intervals between many of these paragraphs, the Seer having been lost to Being. The reader will note that “The Great and Terrible Angel” has not been mentioned, but comes in suddenly. This was because the Seer’s speech was inaudible, or never occurred. This angel was the “Higher Genius” of the Seer. 168
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…is this vision of the Arrow. And it could never be shut out, except the Lords of Vision troubled the waters of the pool, the mind of the Seer. But they send forth a wind that is a cloud of Angels, and they beat the water with their feet, and little waves splash up—they are memories. For the seer hath no head; it is expanded into the universe, a vast and silent sea, crowned with the stars of night. Yet in the very midst thereof is the arrow. Little images of things that were, are the foam upon the waves. And there is a contest between the Vision…
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…usly. Every nerve stings like a serpent. And my skin is icy cold. Neither God nor man can penetrate the Mystery of the Aethyr. (Here the Seer mutters unintelligibly.) And even that which understandeth cannot hear its voice. For to the profane the voice of the Neophyte is called silence, 160
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…ly beyond being.) (Note.—In Hebrew letters it adds to 26. In Hebrew letters the name of the Aethyr is 70, ayin; but by turning the * The Seer had absolutely forgotten this prophecy, and was amazed at the final identification of the Child in LIL with Hoor. 166
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…f aya. And to each shall it be given according to his capacity. (He has been saying certain secret things to the unconscious mind of the seer, of a personal nature.) Now a voice comes from without: And lo! I saw you to the end. And a great bell begins to toll. And there come six little children out of the floor of the chariot, and in their hands is a veil so fine and transparent that it is hardly visible. Yet, when they put it over the Cup, the Angel bowing his head reverently, the light of the Cup goes out entirely. And as the light of the Cup…
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THE EQUINOX Then again arose the God Thoth, in the sign of the Enterer, and he drove the seer from before his face. And he fell through the starry night unto the little village in the desert. BENISHRUR, ALGERIA. December 10, 1909. 7.40-9.40 p.m. Tue Cry OF THE 5TH AETHYR, WHICH IS CALLED LIT There is a shining pylon, above which is set the sigil of the eye, within the shining triangle. Light streams through the pylon from before the face of Isis-Hathor, for she weareth the lunar crown of cows’ horns, with the disk in the centre; at her breast s…
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… horrible grinding sound, maddening. This is the mill in which the Universal Substance, which is ether, was ground down into matter. The Seer prayeth that a cloud may come between him and the sun, so that he may shut out the terror of the vision. And he is afire; he is terribly athirst; and no help can come to him, for the shew-stone blazeth ever with the fury and the torment and the blackness, and the stench of human flesh. The bowels of little children are torn out and thrust into his mouth, and poison is dropped into his eyes. And Lilith, a …
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…r, without the ceremonial preparations, even the beholding of this Aethyr from afar is like the partaking of all the former Aethyrs. The Seer is lost in wonder, which is peace. And the ring of the horizon above her is a company of glorious Archangels with joined hands, that stand and sing: This is the daughter of BABALON the Beautiful, that she hath borne unto the Father of All. And unto all hath she borne her. This is the Daughter of the King. This is the Virgin of Eternity. This is she that the Holy One hath wrested from the Giant Time, and t…
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…s of her skin. And the hair of her head, that flows down to her feet, is the very light of God himself. Of all the glories beheld by the seer in the Aethyrs, there is 105
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…ice, yet I know it is but as the anguish of Gethsemane. And that is the last word of the Aethyr. The outposts are passed, and before the seer extends the outermost Abyss. I am returned. Bou-SAaba. December 5, 1909. 10.10-11.35 p.m. * Full title of Jesod is Tzediq Jesod Olahm, “ The Righteous is the Founda- tion of the World.” + 1. S. V. D., Jesod,=80, the number of pé, the letter of Mars. gi
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…what a single word was. But the meaning of the voice—the second voice—was quite silent, and put the ideas directly into the brain of the Seer, as if by touch. It is not certain whether the mill-stones and the sword-strokes that rained upon him were not these very sounds and ideas.) THE CrY OF THE 24TH AETHYR, WHICH IS CALLED NIA An angel comes forward into the stone like a warrior clad in chain-armour. Upon his head are plumes of gray, spread out like the fan ofa peacock. About his feet a great army of scorpions and dogs, lions, elephants, and …
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…whom before I did not see, because his force filleth the whole Aethyr. And indeed he is not visible in his form. Nor does he come to the seer through any of the senses; he is understood, rather than expressed. I perceive that all this army is defended by fortresses, nine mighty towers of iron upon the frontier of the Aethyr. Each tower is filled with warriors in silver armour. It is impossible to describe the feeling of tension; they are like oarsmen waiting for the gun. I perceive that an Angel is standing on either side of me; nay, I am in th…
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… setteth down that which it doth not understand. For the rational mind indeed reasoneth, but never attaineth unto Understanding; but the Seer is of them that understand. And the Angel saith: Behold, He hath established His mercy and His might, and unto His might is added victory, and unto His mercy is added splendour. And all these things hath He ordered in beauty, and He hath set them firmly upon the Eternal Rock, and therefrom He hath suspended His kingdom as one pearl that fore)
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…e Zayin, which is a sword; and Shin, which is a tooth. These are then the five severities which are 280. All this is communicated to the Seer interiorly. “And the eye of His benignancy is closed. Let it not be opened upon the Aethyr, lest the severities be mitigated, and the house fall.” Shall not the house fall, and the Dragon sink? Verily all things have been swallowed up in destruction; and Chaos hath opened his jaws and crushed the Universe as a Bacchanal crusheth a grape between her teeth. Shall not destruction swallow up destruction, and …
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… dullness, its obstructiveness. So is it with these visions. All that they ave is falsity. Every idea merely marks where the mind of the Seer was too stupid to receive the light, and therefore reflected it. Therefore, as the pure light is colourless, so is the pure soul black. And this is the Mystery of the incest of CHAOS with his daughter. There is nothing whatever visible. But I asked of an Angel that is at my side if the ceremony hath been duly performed. And he says: Yes, the Aethyr is present. It is thou that canst not perceive it, even a…