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LIBER LXI VEL CAUSAE

A.·.A.·.

The Preliminay Lection Including The History Lection

THE PRELIMINARY LECTION

In the Name of the Initiator, Amen.

1. In the beginning was Initiation. The flesh profiteth nothing; the mind

profiteth nothing; that which is unknown to you and above these, whilefirmly based upon their equilibrium, giveth life.

2. In all systems of religion is to be found a system of Initiation, which

may be defined as the process by which a man comes to learn that

unknown Crown.

3. Though none can communicate either the knowledge or the power to

achieve this, which we may call the Great Work, it is yet possible for

initiates to guide others.

4. Every man must overcome his own obstacles, expose his own

illusions. Yet others may assist him to do both, and they may enable him

altogether to avoid many of the false paths, leading no whither, which

tempt the weary feet of the uninitiated pilgrim. They can further insure

that he is duly tried and tested, for there are many who think themselves

to be Masters who have not even begun to tread the Way of Service that

leads thereto.

5. Now the Great Work is one, and the Initiation is one, and the Reward

is one, however diverse are the symbols wherein the Unutterable is

clothed.

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6. Hear then the history of the system which this lection gives you the

opportunity of investigating.

Listen, we pray you, with attention: for once only does the Great Order

knock at any one door.

Whosoever knows any member of that Order as such, can never know

another, until he too has attained to mastery.

Here, therefore, we pause, that you may thoroughly search yourself, and

consider if you are yet fitted to take an irrevocable step.

For the reading of that which follows is Recorded.

THE HISTORY LECTION

7. Some years ago a number of cipher MSS. were discovered and

deciphered by certain students. They attracted much attention, as they

purported to derive from the Rosicrucians. You will readily understand

that the genuineness of the claim matters no whit, such literature being

judged by itself, not by its reputed sources.

8. Among the MSS. was one which gave the address of a certain person

in Germany, who is known to us as S.D.A. Those who discovered the

ciphers wrote to S.D.A., and in accordance with the instructions

received, an Order was founded which worked in a semi-secret manner.

9. After some time S.D.A. died: further requests for help were met with a

prompt refusal from the colleagues of S.D.A. It was written by one of

them that S.D.A.'s scheme had always been regarded with disapproval.But since the absolute rule of the adepts is never to interfere with the

judgment of any other person whomsoeverhow much more, then, one of

themselves, and that one most highly revered!they had refrained from

active opposition. The adept who wrote this added that the Order had

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already quite enough knowledge to enable it or its members to formulate

a magical link with the adepts.

10. Shortly after this, one called S.R.M.D. announced that he had

formulated such a link, and that himself and two others were to governthe Order. New and revised rituals were issued, and fresh knowledge

poured out in streams.

11. We must pass over the unhappy juggleries which characterized the

next period. It has throughout proved impossible to elucidate the

complex facts.

We content ourselves, then, with observing that the death of one of histwo colleagues, and the weakness of the other, secured to S.R.M.D. the

sole authority. The rituals were elaborated, though scholarly enough, into

verbose and pretentious nonsense: the knowledge proved worthless,

even where it was correct: for it is in vain that pearls, be they never so

clear and precious, are given to the swine.

The ordeals were turned into contempt, it being impossible for any one

to fail therein. Unsuitable candidates were admitted for no better reasonthan that of their worldly prosperity.

In short, the Order failed to initiate.

12. Scandal arose and with it schism.

13. In 1900 one P., a brother, instituted a rigorous test of S.R.M.D. on

the one side and the Order on the other.

14. He discovered that S.R.M.D., though a scholar of some ability and a

magician of remarkable powers, had never attained complete inititiation:

and further had fallen from his original place, he having imprudently

attracted to himself forces of evil too great and terrible for him to

withstand.

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The claim of the Order that the true adepts were in charge of it was

definitely disproved.

15. In the Order, with two certain exceptions and two doubtful ones, he

found no persons prepared for initiation of any sort.

16. He thereupon by his subtle wisdom destroyed both the Order and its

chief.

17. Being himself no perfect adept, he was driven of the Spirit into the

Wilderness, where he abode for six years, studying by the light of reason

the sacred books and secret systems of initiation of all countries and

ages.

18. Finally, there was given unto him a certain exalted grade whereby a

man becomes master of knowledge and intelligence, and no more their

slave. He perceived the inadequacy of science, philosophy, and religion;

and exposed the self-contradictory nature of the thinking faculty.

19. Returning to England, he laid his achievements humbly at the feet of

a certain adept D.D.S., who welcomed him brotherly and admitted his

title to the grade which he had so hardly won.

20. Thereupon these two adepts conferred together, saying: May it not be

written that the tribulations shall be shortened? Wherefore they resolved

to establish a new Order which should be free from the errors and

deceits of the former one.

21. Without Authority they could not do this, exalted as their rank was

among adepts. They resolved to prepare all things, great and small,against that day when such Authority should be received by them, since

they knew not where to seek for higher adepts than themselves, but

knew that the true way to attract the notice of such was to equilibrate the

symbols. The temple must be builded before the God can indwell it.

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22. Therefore by the order of D.D.S. did P. prepare all things by his

arcane science and wisdom, choosing only those symbols which were

common to all systems, and rigorously rejecting all names and words

which might be supposed to imply any religious or metaphysical theory.

To do this utterly was found impossible, since all language has a history,

and the use (for example) of the word <<spirit>> implies the Scholastic

Philosophy and the Hindu and Taoist theories concerning the breath of

man. So was it difficult to avoid implication of some undesirable bias by

using the words <<order,>> << circle,>> <<chapter,>> <<society,>>

<<brotherhood,>> or any other to designate the body of initiates.

23. Deliberately, therefore, did he take refuge in vagueness. Not to veil

the truth to the Neophyte, but to warn him against valuing non-essentials. Should therefore the candidate hear the name of any God, let

him not rashly assume that it refers to any known God, save only the

God known to himself. Or should the ritual speak in terms (however

vague) which seem to imply Egyptian, Taoist, Buddhist, Indian, Persian,

Greek, Judaic, Christian, or Moslem philosoÿhy, let him reflect that this

is a defect of language; the literary limitation and not the spiritual

prejudice of the man P.

24. Especially let him guard against the finding of definite sectarian

symbols in the teaching of his master, and the reasoning from the known

to the unknown which assuredly will tempt him.

We labour earnestly, dear brother, that you may never be led away to

perish upon this point; for thereon have many holy and just men been

wrecked. By this have all the visible systems lost the essence of wisdom.

We have sought to reveal the Arcanum; we have only profaned it.

25. Now when P. had thus with bitter toil prepared all things under the

guidance of D.D.S. (even as the hand writes, while the conscious brain,

though ignorant of the detailed movements, applauds or disapproves the

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finished work) there was a certain time of repose, as the earth lieth

fallow.

26. Meanwhile these adepts busied themselves intently with the Great

Work.

27. In the fullness of time, even as a blossoming tree that beareth fruit in

its season, all these pains were ended, and these adepts and their

companions obtained the reward which they had soughtthey were to be

admitted to the Eternal and Invisible Order that hath no name among

men.

28. They therefore who had with smiling faces abandoned their homes,their possessions, their wives, their children, in order to perform the

Great Work, could with steady calm and firm correctness abandon the

Great Work itself: for this is the last and greatest projection of the

alchemist.

29. Also one V.V.V.V.V. arose, an exalted adept of the rank of Master of

the Temple (or this much He disclosed to the Exempt Adepts) and His

utterance is enshrined in the Sacred Writings.

30. Such are Liber Legis, Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente, Liber Liberi vel

Lapidis Lazuli and such others whose existence may one day be

divulged unto you. Beware lest you interpret them either in the Light or

in the darkness, for only in L.V.X. may they be understood.

31. Also He conferred upon D.D.S., O.M., and another, the Authority of

the Triad, who in turn have delegated it unto others, and they yet again,

so that the Body of Initiates may be perfect, even from the Crown untothe Kingdom and beyond.

32. For Perfection abideth not in the Pinnacles, or in the Foundations,

but in the ordered Harmony of one with all.

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An Account of A.·.A.·.

sub figura XXXIII

Publication in class C

First written in the language of his period by the Councillor Von

Eckartshausen and now revised and rewritten in the Universal Cipher

A.·. A.·.

Official publication in Class C

Issued by Order:

D.D.S. 7deg. = 4deg.

O.S.V. 6deg. = 5deg.

N.S.F. 5deg. = 6deg.

{Illustration opposite to this page: A collotype in gray-black on an

embossed inset rectangle. This is a figure in Neophyte robe, faceforward. The figure is vertical, frontal with hood down and triangle atop

forehead. Left arm hangs down vertically. Right hand with index finger

to lips in gesture of silence, other fingers closed under thumb and palm

facing left. Feet are bare and placed heel nearly to heel at right angles

with right foot directly pointed forward and left pointed left. The figure

is framed by a plaster or clay low bas-relief in six panels: Top is a Ba-

hadit or winged sun, sans serpents. Left and right are two tapering

pillars, crossed near top by three bars, drum expanding slightly at top butnot approaching more than 3/4 diameter of base. The pillars are

surmounted by the atef crown (two plumes of Maat joined by an ovoid at

base and resting on two horizontal wavy rams horns). The bottom three

panels are blank.}

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AN ACCOUNT OF A.·. A.·.

IT is necessary, my dear brothers, to give you a clear idea of the interior

Order; of that illuminated community which is scattered throughout theworld, but which is governed by one truth and united in one spirit.

This community possesses a School, in which all who thirst for

knowledge are instructed by the Spirit of Wisdom itself; and all the

mysteries of nature are preserved in this school for the children of light.

Perfect knowledge of nature and of humanity is taught in this school. It

is from her that all truths penetrate into the world; she is the school of all

who search for wisdom, and it is in this community alone that truth andthe explantation of all mystery are to be found. It is the most hidden of

communities, yet it contains members from many circles; nor is there

any Centre of Thought whose activity is not due to the presence of one

of ourselves. From all time there has been an exterior school based on

the interior one, of which it is but the outer expression. From all time,

therefore, there has been a hidden assembly, a society of the Elect, of

those who sought for and had capacity for light, and this interior society

was the Axle of the R.O.T.A. All that any external order possesses insymbol, ceremony, or rite is the letter expressive outwardly of that spirit

of truth which dwelleth in the interior Sanctuary. Nor is the contradiction

of the exterior any bar to the harmony of the interior.

Hence this Sanctuary, composed of members widely scattered indeed but

united by the bonds of perfect love, has been occupied from the earliest

ages in building the grand Temple (through the evolution of humanity)

by which the reign of L.V.X. will be manifest. This society is in the

communion of those who have most capacity for light; they are united in

truth, and their Chief is the Light of the World himself, V.V.V.V.V., the

One Anointed in Light, the single teacher for the human race, the Way,

the Truth, and the Life.

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The interior Order was formed immediately after the first perception of

man's wider heritage had dawned upon the first of the adepts; it received

from the Masters at first-hand the revelation of the means by which

humanity could be raised to its rights and delivered from its misery. It

received the primitive charge of all revelation and mystery; it received

the key of true science, both divine and natural.

But as men multiplied, the frailty of man necessitated an exterior society

which veiled the interior one, and concealed the spirit and the truth in

the letter, because many people were not capable of comprehending

great interior truth. Therefore, interior truths were wrapped in external

and perceptible ceremonies, so that men, by the perception of the outer

which is the symbol of the interior, might by degrees be enabled safelyto approach the interior spiritual truths.

But the inner truth has always been confided to him who in his day had

the most capacity for illumination, and he became the sole guardian of

the original Trust, as High Priest of the Sanctuary.

When it became necessary that interior truths should be enfolded in

exterior ceremony and symbol, on account of the real weakness of menwho were not capable of hearing the Light of Light, then exterior

worship began. It was, however, always the type or symbol of the

interior, that is to say, the symbol of the true and Secret Sacrament.

The external worship would never have been separated from interior

revel but for the weakness of man, which tends too easily to forget the

spirit in the letter; but the Masters are vigilant to note in every nation

those who are able to receive light, and such persons are employed as

agents to spread the light according to man's capacity and to revivify the

dead letter.

Through these instruments the interior truths of the Sanctuary were

taken into every nation, and modified symbolically according to their

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customs, capacity for instruction, climate, and receptiveness. So that the

external types of every religion, worship, ceremonies and Sacred Books

in general have more or less clearly, as their object of instruction, the

interior truths of the Sanctuary, by which man will be conducted to the

universal knowledge of the one Absolute Truth.

The more the external worship of a people has remained united with the

spirit of esoteric truth, the purer its religion; but the wider the difference

between the symbolic letter and the invisible truth, the more imperfect

has become the religion. Finally, it may be, the external form has

entirely parted from its inner truth, so that ceremonial observances

without soul or life have remained alone.

In the midst of all this, truth reposes inviolable in the inner Sanctuary.

Faithful to the spirit of truth, the members of the interior Order live in

silence, but in real activity.

Yet, besides their secret holy work, they have from time to time decided

upon political strategic action.

Thus, when the earth was night utterly corrupt by reason of the Great

Sorcery, the Brethren sent Mohammed to bring freedom to mankind by

the sword.

This being but partially a success, they raised up one Luther to teach

freedom of thought. Yet this freedom soon turned into a heavier bondage

than before.

Then the Brethren delivered unto man the knowledge of nature, and thekeys thereof; yet this also was prevented by the Great Sorcery.

Now then finally in nameless ways, as one of our Brethren hath it now in

mind to declare, have they raised up One to deliver unto men the keys of

Spiritual Knowledge, and by His work shall He be judged.

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This interior community of light is the reunion of all those capable of

receiving light, and it is known as the Communion of Saints, the

primitive receptacle for all strength and truth, confided to it from all

time.

By it the agents of L.V.X. were formed in every age, passing from the

interior to the exterior, and communicating spiritand life to the dead

letter, as already said.

This illuminated community is the true school of L.V.X.; it has its Chair,

its Doctors; it possesses a rule for students; it has forms and objects for

study.

It has also its degrees for successive develoÿment to greater altitudes.

This school of wisdom has been for ever most secretly hidden from the

world, because it is invisible and submissive solely to illuminated

government.

It has never been exposed to the accidents of time and to the weakness

of man, because only the most capable were chosen for it, and those who

selected made no error.

Through this school were developed the germs of all the sublime

sciences, which were first received by external schools, then clothed in

other forms, and hence degenerated.

According to time and circumstances, the society of sages

communicated unto the exterior societies their symbolic hieroglyphs, in

order to attract man to the great truths of their Sanctuary.

But all exterior societies subsist only by virtue of this interior one. As

soon as external societies wish to transform a temple of wisdom into a

political edifice, the interior society retires and leaves only the letter

without the spirit. It is thus that secret external societies of wisdom were

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nothing but hieroglyphic screens, the truth remaining inviolable in the

Sanctuary so that she might never be profaned.

In this interior society man finds wisdom and with her All--- not the

wisdom of this world, which is but scientific knowledge, which revolvesround the outside but never touches the centre (in which is contained all

strength), but true wisdom, understanding and knowledge, reflections of

the supreme illumination.

All disputes, all controversies, all the things belonging to the false cares

of this world, fruitless discussions, useless germs of opinions which

spread the seeds of disunion, all error, schisms, and systems are

banished. Neither calumny nor scandal is known. Every man ishonoured. Love alone reigns.

We must not, however, imagine that this society resembles any secret

society, meeting at certain times, choosing leaders and members, united

by special objects. All societies, be what they may, can but come after

this interior illuminated circle. This society knows none of the

formalities which belong to the outer rings, the work of man. In this

kingdom of power all outward forms cease.

L.V.X. is the Power always present. The greatest man of his times, the

chief himself, does not always know all the members, but the moment

when it is necessary that he should accomplish any object he finds them

in the world with certainty ready to his hand.

This community has no outside barriers. He who may be chosen is as the

first; he presents himself among the others without presumption, and he

is received by the others without jealousy.

If it be necessary that real members should meet together, they find and

recognize each other with perfect certainty.

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No disguise can be used, neither hypocrisy nor dissimulation could hide

the characteristic qualities which distinguish the members of this society.

All illusion is gone, and things appear in their true form.

No one member can choose another; unanimous choice is required.Though not all men are called, many of called are chosen, and that as

soon as they become fit for entrance.

Any man can look for the entrance, and any man who is within can teach

another to seek for it; but only he who is fit can arrive within.

Unprepared men occasion disorder in a community, and disorder is not

compatible with the Sanctuary. Thus it is impossible to profane theSanctuary, since admission is not formal but real.

Worldly intelligence seeks this Sanctuary in vain; fruitless also will be

the efforts of malice to penetrate these great mysteries; all is

indecipherable to him who is not ripe; he can see nothing, read nothing

in the interior.

He who is fit is joined to the chain, perhaps often where he though least

likely, and at a point of which he knew nothing himself.

To become fit should be the sole effort of him who seeks wisdom.

But there are methods by which fitness is attained, for in this holy

communion is the primitive storehouse of the most ancient and original

science of the human race, with the primitive mysteries also of all

science. It is the unique and really illuminated community which is

absolutely in possession of the key to all mystery, which knows thecentre and source of all nature. It is a society which unites superior

strength to its own, and counts its members from more than one world. It

is the society whose members form the republic of Genius, the Regent

Mother of the whole World.

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[The Revisers wish to acknowledge gratefully the translation of Madame

de Steiger, which they have freely quoted.]

A SYLLABUS OF THE OFFICIAL

INSTRUCTIONS OF A.'. A.'.

HITHERTO PUBLISHED

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A SYLLABUS OF THE OFFICIAL

INSTRUCTIONS OF A.'. A.'.

HITHERTO PUBLISHED

THE publications of the A.'. A.'. divide themselves into

four classes.

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Class "A" consists of books of which may be changed not

so much as the style of a letter: that is, they represent

the utterance of an Adept entirely beyond the criticism of

even the Visible Head of the Organization.

Class "B" consists of books or essays which are the

result of ordinary scholarship, enlightened and earnest.

Class "C" consists of matter which is to be regarded

rather as suggestive than anything else.

Class "D" consists of the Official Rituals and

Instructions.

Some publications are composite, and pertain to more

than one class.

CLASS "A" PUBLICATIONS

LIBER I. --- "Liber V Vel Magi."

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This is an account of the Grade of Magus, the highest

grade which it is ever possible to manifest in any way

whatever upon this plane. Or so it is said by the Masters

of the Temple. {43}

LIBER VII. --- "Liber Liberi Vel Lapidis Lazvli, Advmbratio Kabbalae AEgyptiorvm Svb Figvra VII," being the

Voluntary Emancipation of a certain Exempt Adept from his

Adeptship. These are the Birth Words of a Master of the

Temple.

The nature of this book is sufficiently explained by its

title. Its seven chapters are referred to the seven

planets in the following order: Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Sol,

Mercury, Luna, Venus.

LIBER X. "Liber Porta Lucis."

This book is an account of the sending forth of the

Master by the A.'. A.'. and an explanation of his mission.

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LIBER XXVII. --- "Liber Trigrammaton," being a book of

Trigrams of the Mutations of the TAO with the YIN and the

YANG.

An account of the cosmic process: corresponding to the

stanzas of Dzyan in another system.

LIBER LXV. --- "Liber Cordis cincti serpente."

An account of the relations of the Aspirant with his

Holy Guardian Angel. This book is given to Probationers, as

the attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the

Holy Guardian Angel is the Crown of the Outer College.

Similarly Liber VII is given to Neophytes, as the grade of

Master of the Temple is the next resting-place, and Liber

CCXX to Zelator, since that carries him to the highest of

all possible grades. Liber XXVII is given to the

Practicus, as in this book is the ultimate foundation ofthe highest theoretical Qabalah, and Liber DCCCXIII to the

Philosophus, as it is the foundation of the highest

practical Qabalah.

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LIBER LXVI. --- "Liber Stellae Rubeae." A secret

ritual, the Heart of IAO- OAI, delivered unto V.V.V.V.V.

for his use {44} in a certain matter of "Liber Legis," and

written down under the figure LXVI.

This book is sufficiently described by the title.

LIBER XC. --- "Liber TZADDI Vel Hamus Hermeticus Sub

Figura XC."

An account of Initiation, and an indication as to those

who are suitable for the same.

LIBER CLVI. --- "Liber Cheth Vel Vallum Abiegni SubFigura CLVI."

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This book is a perfect account of the task of the Exempt

Adept, considered under the symbols of a particular plane,

not the intellectual.

LIBER CCXX. --- "Liber L. Vel Legis Sub Figura CCXX as

delivered by LXXVIII unto DCLXVI."

This book is the foundation of the New AEon, and thus of

the whole of our Work.

LIBER CCXXXI. --- "Liber Arcanorum GR:tau-omega-nu ATV

tau-omicron-upsilon TAHVTI QUAS VIDIT ASAR IN AMENNTI Sub

Figura CCXXXI Liber Carcerorum tau-omega-nu QLIPHOTH cum

suis Geniis. Adduntur Sigilla et Nomina Eorum."

This is an account of the cosmic process so far as it is

indicated by the Tarot Trumps.

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LIBER CCCLXX. --- "Liber A'ASH Vel Capricorni Pneumatici

Sub Figura CCCLXX."

Contains the true secret of all practical magick.

LIBER CD. --- "Liber TAV Vel Kabbalae Trium Literarum

Sub Figura CD."

A graphic interpretation of the Tarot on the plane of

initiation. {45}

LIBER DCCCXIII. --- "Vel Ararita Sub Figura DLXX."

This book is an account of the Hexagram and the method

of reducing it to the Unity, and Beyond.

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CLASS "A-B"

"Liber CCCCXVIII. --- Liber XXX AERVM Vel Saeculi."

Being of the Angels of the thirty AETHYRS, the Vision and

the Voice.

Besides being the classical account of the thirty AEthyrs and a model of all visions, the cries of the Angels

should be regarded as accurate, and the doctrine of the

function of the Great White Brotherhood understood as the

foundation of the Aspiration of the Adept. The account of

the Master of the Temple should in particular be taken as

authentic.

The instruction in the 8th AEthyr pertains to Class D,

"i.e." it is an Official Ritual, and the same remarks apply

to the account of the proper method of invoking AEthyrs

given in the 18th AEthyr.

CLASSES "A" and "B"

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LIBER DCCCCLXIII. --- GR:Theta-Eta-Sigma-Alpha-Upsilon-

Rho-Omicron-Upsilon Epsilon-Iota-Delta-Omega-Lambda-Omega-

Nu.

Only the short note pertains to Class A.

CLASS "B"

LIBER VI. --- "Liber O Vel Manus et Sagittae."

The instructions given in this book are too loose to

find place in the Class D publications.

Instructions given for elementary study of the Qabalah,

Assumption of God forms, Vibration of Divine Names, the

{46} Rituals of Pentagram and Hexagram, and their uses in

production and invocation, a method of attaining astral

visions so-called, and an instruction in the practice

called Rising on the Planes.

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This is an article on the Qabalah in the Temple of

Solomon the King, "Equinox V."

LIBER LXI. ---"Liber Causae." The Preliminary Lection,

including the History Lection.

Explains the actual history of the origin of the present

movement. Its statements are accurate in the ordinary

sense of the world. The object of the book is to discount

Mythopoeia.

LIBER LXIV. --- "Liber Israfel," formerly called

"Anubis."

An instruction in a suitable method of preaching.

LIBER LXXVIII.

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A description of the Cards of the Tarot with their

attributions, including a method of divination by their

use. {47}

LIBER LXXXIV. --- "Vel CHANOKH."

A brief abstraction of the Symbolic representation of

the Universe derived by Dr. John Dee through the Scrying of

Sir Edward Kelly. Its publication is at present

incomplete.

LIBER XCVI. --- "Liber Gaias."

A Handbook of Geomancy. Gives a simple and fairly

satisfactory system of Geomancy.

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LIBER D. --- "Liber Sepher Sephiroth."

A dictionary of Hebrew words arranged according to their

numerical value.

LIBER DXXXVI. --- GR:Beta-Alpha-Tau-Rho-Alpha-Chi-Omicron-Phi-Rho-Epsilon-Nu-Omicron-Beta-Omicron-Omicron-

Kappa-Omicron-Sigma-Mu-Omicron-Mu-Alpha-Chi-Iota-Alpha.

An instruction in expansion of the field of the mind.

LIBER DCCLXXVII. --- "Vel Prolegomena Symbolica Ad

Systemam Sceptico-Mysticae Viae Explicandae, Fundamentum

Hieroglyphicum Sanctissimorum Scientae Summae."

A tentative table of correspondences between various

religious symbols.

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LIBER DCCCLXVIII. --- "Liber Viarum Viae."

A graphic account of magical powers classified under the

Tarot trumps.

LIBER CMXIII. --- "Liber Viae Memoriae." HB:Taw-Yod-

Shin-Aleph-Resh-Bet

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Gives methods of attaining the magical memory or memory

of past lives, and an insight into the function of the

aspirant in this present life.

CLASS "C"

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LIBER XXXIII.

An account of A.'. A.'. first written in the language of

his period by the Councillor Von Eckartshausen, and now

revised and rewritten in the Universal Cipher. {48}

An elementary suggestive account of the work of the

Order in its relation to the average man. The preliminarypaper of M.'. M.'. M.'. may be classed with this.

LIBER XLI. --- "Thien TAO" (in Konx Om Pax).

An advanced study of Attainment by the method of

equilibrium on the ethical plane.

LIBER LV. --- "The Chymical Jousting of Brother

Perardua."

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An account of the Magical and Mystic Path in the

language of Alchemy.

LIBER LIX. --- "Across the Gulf."

A fantastic account of a previous incarnation. Itsprincipal interest is that its story of the overthrowing of

Isis by Osiris may help the reader to understand the

meaning of the overthrowing of Osiris by Horus in the

present AEon.

LIBER LXVII. --- "The Sword of Song."

A critical study of various philosophies. An account of

Buddhism.

LIBER XCV. --- "The Wake World" (in Konx Om Pax).

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A poetical allegory of the relations of the soul and the

Holy Guardian Angel.

LIBER CXLVIII. --- "The Soldier and the Hunchback."

An essay on the method of equilibrium on the

intellectual plane.

LIBER CXCVII. --- "The High History of Good Sir

Palamedes the Saracen Knight and of his following of the

Questing Beast." A poetic account of the Great Work, and

enumeration of many obstacles.

LIBER CCXLII. --- "AHA!"

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An exposition in poetic language of several of the ways

of attainment and the results obtained. {49}

LIBER CCCXXXIII. --- "The Book of Lies falsely so-

called."

This book deals with many matters on all planes of thevery highest importance. It is an official publication for

Babes of the Abyss, but is recommended even to beginners as

highly suggestive. Its Chapters XXV, XXXVI and XLIV are in

Class D.

LIBER CCCXXXV. --- "Adonis."

This gives an account in poetic language of the struggle

of the human and divine elements in the consciousness of

man, giving their harmony following upon the victory of the

latter.

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LIBER CDLXXIV. --- "Liber Os Abysmi Vel DAATH."

An instruction in a purely intellectual method of

entering the Abyss.

LIBER DCCCLX. --- "John St. John."

A model of what a magical record should be, so far as

accurate analysis and fullness of description are

concerned.

LIBER MMCMXI. --- "A Note on Genesis."

A model of Qabalistic ratiocination.

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CLASS "D"

LIBER III. --- "Liber Jugorum."

An instruction for the control of speech, action and

thought.

LIBER VIII. --- "See" CCCCXVIII.

LIBER XI. --- "Liber N V."

An instruction for attaining Nuit.

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LIBER XXV.

This is the chapter called the "Star Rubby" in the "Book

of Lies." It is an improved form of the "lesser" ritual of

the Pentagram.

LIBER XXVIII. --- "Liber Septem Regum Sanctorum."

Has not been published. It is a ritual of Initiation

bestowed on certain selected Probationers.

LIBER XXXVI. --- "The Star Sapphire."

Is Chapter XXXVI of the "Book of Lies," giving an

improved ritual of the Hexagram.

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LIBER XLIV. -- "The Mass of the Phoenix."

This is Chapter XLIV of the "Book of Lies." An

instruction in a simple and exoteric form of Eucharist.

LIBER C. --- "Liber" Koph-Pehfinal

Has not been, and at present will not be, published.

LIBER CXX. --- "Liber Cadaveris."

The Ritual of Initiation of a Zelator.

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LIBER CLXXV. --- "Astarte Vel Liber Berylli."

An instruction in attainment by the method of devotion.

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LIBER CLXXXV. --- "Liber Collegii Sancti."

Being the tasks of the Grades and their Oaths proper to

Liber XIII. This is the official Paper of the various

grades. It includes the Task and Oath of a Probationer.

LIBER CC. --- "Resh Vel Helios."

An instruction for adorations of the Sun four times

daily, with the object of composing the mind to meditation

and of regularizing the practices.

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LIBER CCVI. --- "Liber R V Vel Spiritus."

Full instruction in Pranayama.

LIBER CCCLXI. --- "Liber H H H."

Gives three methods of attainment through a willed

series of thoughts.

LIBER CCCCXII. --- "A Vel Armorum."

An instruction for the preparation of the ElementalInstruments.

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LIBER CDLI. --- "Liber Siloam."

Not yet published. A direct method of inducing trance.

LIBER DLV. --- "Liber H A D."

An instruction for attaining Hadit.

LIBER DCLXXI. --- "Liber Pyramidos."

The ritual of the initiation of a Neophyte. It includes

sub-rituals numbered from 672 to 676.

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LIBER DCCCXXXI. --- "Liber I O D," formerly called

"VESTA."

An instruction giving three methods of reducing the

manifold consciousness to the Unity.

LIBER . --- "Liber Collegii Interni."

Not yet published. {52}

A NOTE EXPLAINING WHY EACH NUMBER

HAS BEEN GIVEN TO EACH BOOK

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LIBER

I. I is the number of the Magus in the Tarot.

III. Refers to the threefold method given, and to theTriangle as a

binding force.

VII. Refers to the 7 chapters, and to the fact that the

number 7 is

peculiarly suitable to the subject of the Book.

VIII. The Tarot card numbered 8, the Charioteer, the

bearer of the Holy

Graal, represents the Holy Guardian Angel.

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IX. Refers to Yesod. The foundation, because the

elementary practices

recommended in the book are the foundation of

all the work.

X. Porta Lucis, the Gate of Light, is one of the

titles of Malkuth,

whose number is X.

XI. A concentration of the title N V, whose value is

56, and 6 and 5 are

11. (See CCXX. I, i. and II, i.)

XIII. The number of Achad = Unity, and the title is

perhaps intended to

show that all paths of attainment are essential.

XVI. The key of the Tarot numbered XVI is the Lightning

Struck Tower.

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XVII. I A O adds up to 17.

XXV. The square of 5, this being a ritual of the

Pentagram.

XXVII. The number of permutations of 3 things taken 3 at

a time, and (of

course) the cube of 3. {53}

LIBER

XXX. 30 is the letter Lamed, which is Justice in the

Tarot, referred to

Libra.

XXXIII. This number was given on Masonic grounds.

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XXXVI. The square of 6, this book being the ritual of

the Hexagram.

XLIV. From Dalet-Memfinal blood, because blood is

sacrificed, also

because the God Adored is Horus, who gave 44

as his special

number. See "Equinox VII," 376.

LV. The mystic number of Malkuth and of Nun-Heh

ornament; a number

generally suitable to the subject of the book.

LVIII. Chet-Nunfinal Grace, a secret title of the

Qabalah. See Sepher

Sephiroth.

LIX.

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LXI. See Sepher Sephiroth. The allusion is to the

fact that this book

forms an introduction to the series.

LXIV. A number of Mercury.

LXV. The number of Adonai.

LXVI. The sum of the first 11 numbers. This book

relates to Magic, whose

Key is 11.

LXVII. The number of Zain-Yod-Nunfinal a sword.

LXXVIII. The number of cards in the Tarot pack

LXXXIV. Enumeration of the name Enoch.

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XC. Tzaddi means a fish-hook. "I will make you

fishers of men."

XCV. The number of Mem-Lamed-Koph-Heh "queen,"

attributed to Malkuth.

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LIBER

XCVI. The total number of points in the 16 figures.

C. Enumeration of the letter Kappa spelt in full.

GR:Kappa and

GR:Phi are the initials of magicalinstruments referred to in

the text.

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CXX. See Rosicrucian Symbolism.

CXLVIII. Mem-Aleph-Zain-Nun-Yod-Mem-final The Balances.

CLVI. Babalon, to whom the book refers. See Sepher

Sephiroth.

CLXXV. The number of Venus or Astarte.

CLXXXV.

CXCVII. Number of Z O O N, "Beast."

CC. The number of HB:Resh <> the Sun.

CCVI. The number of R V, referred to in the text.

CCXX. The number of the Verses in the three chapters

of the Book. It

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has, however, an enormous amount of

symbolism; in particular it

combines the 10 Sephiroths and 22 Paths; 78

is

Aleph-Yod-Vau-Aleph-Samekh . For 666 vide

Sepher Sephiroth.

CCXXXI. Sum of the numbers [0 + 1 + ..... + 20 + 21]

printed on the Tarot

Trumps.

CCXLII. "Aha!" spelt in full.

CCCXXXIII. The number of Choronzon.

CCCXXXV. The Numeration of Adonis in Greek.

CCCXLI. The Sum of the 3 Mothers of the Alphabet.

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CCCLXX. Ayin-Shin Creation.

CD. From the large Tau HB:Taw in the diagram.

CDXII. Numeration of Bet-Yod-Taw Beth, the letter of

the Magus of the

Tarot, whose weapons are here described. {55}

LIBER

CDXVIII. Vide Sepher Sephiroth. Used for this book

because the final

revelation is the Lord of the AEon.

CDLI. The number of Shin-Yod-Lamed-Ayin-Aleph-

Memfinal Siloam.

CDLXXIV. The number of Daath.

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D. The number of omicron alpha-rho-iota-theta-

mu-omicron-sigma

the Greek word for Number.

DXXXVI. The number of the Mem-Samekh-Lamed-Vau-Taw the

sphere of the

Fixed Stars.

DLV. H a d fully expanded; thus Heh-Heh , Aleph-

Lamed-Pehfinal,

Dalet-Lamed-Taw; compare 11 where N u is

fully contracted.

DLXX.

DCLXXI. From Taw-Resh-Ayin-Aleph, the Gate, and the

spelling in full of

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the name Adonai.

DCCLXXVII. See Sepher Sephiroth.

DCCCVIII. The number of the name Nun-Chet-Shin-Taw-

Nunfinal.

DCCCXI. The number of I A O in Greek.

DCCCXIII. See Sepher Sephiroth.

DCCCXXXI. GR:Phi-alpha-lambda-lambda-omicron-sigma.

DCCCLX. The number of 'GR:Iota-omega-nu "John."

DCCCLXVIII. Nun-Taw-Yod-Bet-Vau-Taw Paths.

CMXIII. Berashith, the Beginning, spelt backwards inthe title to

illustrate the development of the magical

memory.

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CMLXIII. Achad spelt fully; see Sepher Sephiroth.

MMDCDXI. Berashith spelt with Capital B as in Genesis

i. 1.

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LIBER PORTA LVCIS

sub figura

XA.·. A.·.

Publication in Class A.

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Imprimatur:

N. Fra A.·. A.·.

1. I behold a small dark orb, wheeling in an abyss of infinite space. It

is minute among a myriad vast ones, dark amid a myriad bright

ones.

2. I who comprehend in myself all the vast and the minute, all the

bright and the dark, have mitigated the brilliance of mine

unutterable splendour, sending forth V.V.V.V.V. as a ray of my

light, as a messenger unto that small dark orb.

3. Then V.V.V.V.V. taketh up the word, and sayeth:

4. Men and women of the Earth, to you am I come from the Ages

beyond the Ages, from the Space beyond your vision; and I bring

to you these words.

5. But they heard him not, for they were not ready to receive them.

6. But certain men heard and understood, and through them shall this

Knowledge be made known.

7. The least therefore of them, the servant of them all, writeth this

book.

8. He writeth for them that are ready. Thus is it known if one beready, if he be endowed with certain gifts, if he be fitted by birth,

or by wealth, or by intelligence, or by some other manifest sign.

And the servants of the master by his insight shall judge of these.

9. This Knowledge is not for all men; few indeed are called, but of

these few many are chosen.

10. This is the nature of the Work.

11. First, there are many and diverse conditions of life upon this earth.

In all of these is some seed of sorrow. Who can escape fromsickness and from old age and from death?

12. We are come to save our fellows from these things. For there is a

life intense with knowledge and extreme bliss which is untouched

by any of them.

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13. To this life we attain even here and now. The adepts, the servants

of V.V.V.V.V., have attained thereunto.

14. It is impossible to tell you of the splendours of that to which they

have attained.

Little by little, as your eyes grow stronger, will we unveil to you

the ineffable glory of the Path of the Adepts, and its nameless goal.

15. Even as a man ascending a steep mountain is lost to sight of his

friends in the valley, so must the adept seem. They shall say: He is

lost in the clouds. But he shall rejoice in the sunlight above them,

and come to the eternal snows.

16. Or as a scholar may learn some secret language of the ancients, his

friends shall say: "Look! he pretends to read this book. But it is

unintelligible - it is nonsense." Yet he delights in the Odyssey,while they read vain and vulgar things.

17. We shall bring you to Absolute Truth, Absolute Light, Absolute

Bliss.

18. Many adepts throughout the ages have sought to do this; but their

words have been perverted by their successors, and again and

again the Veil has fallen upon the Holy of Holies.

19. To you who yet wander in the Court of the Profane we cannot yet

reveal all; but you will easily understand that the religions of theworld are but symbols and veils of the Absolute Truth. So also are

the philosophies. To the adept, seeing all these things from above,

there seems nothing to choose between Buddha and Mohammed,

between Atheism and Theism.

20. The many change and pass; the one remains. Even as wood and

coal and iron burn up together in one great flame, if only that

furnace be of transcendent heat; so in the alembic of this spiritual

alchemy, if only the zelator blow sufficiently upon his furnace allthe systems of earth are consumed in the One Knowledge. 21.

Nevertheless, as a fire cannot be started with iron alone, in the

beginning one system may be suited for one seeker, another for

another.

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21. We therefore who are without the chains of ignorance, look closely

into the heart of the seeker and lead him by the path which is best

suited to his nature unto the ultimate end of all things, the supreme

realization, the Life which abideth in Light, yea, the Life which

abideth in Light.

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