This may be compared with the Qabalistic doctrine of the Ten Sephiroth as an expression of Tetra-grammaton (1 plus 2 plus 3 plus 4 = 10). It is now seen that this Hawk is not Solar, but Mercurial; hence the words, the Cry of the Hawk, the essential part of Mercury being his Voice; and the number of the chapter, B, which is Beth the letter of Mercury, the Magus of the Tarot, who has four weapons, and it must be remembered that this card is numbered 1, again connecting all these symbols with the Phallus.

The essential weapon of Mercury is the Caduceus.

NOTE

(3) Fourteen letters. Quid Voles Illud Fac. Q.V.I.F. 196=14^2.

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{Kappa-Epsilon-Phi-Alpha-Lambda-Eta Gamma}

THE OYSTER

The Brothers of A.'.A.'. are one with the Mother of the Child.(4)

The Many is as adorable to the One as the One is to the Many. This is the Love of These; creation-parturition is the Bliss of the One; coition-dissolution is the Bliss of the Many. The All, thus interwoven of These, is Bliss. Naught is beyond Bliss.

The Man delights in uniting with the Woman; the Woman in parting from the Child.

The Brothers of A.'.A.'. are Women: the Aspirants to A.'.A.'. are Men.

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COMMENTARY ({Gamma})

Gimel is the High Priestess of the Tarot. This chapter gives the initiated feminine point of view; it is therefore called the Oyster, a symbol of the Yoni. In Equinox X, The Temple of Solomon the King, it is explained how Masters of the Temple, or Brothers of A.'.A.'. have changed the formula of their progress. These two formulae, Solve et Coagula, are now ex-plained, and the universe is exhibited as the interplay between these two. This also explains the statement in Liber Legis I, 28-30.

NOTE

(4) They cause all men to worship it.

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{Kappa-Epsilon-Phi-Alpha-Lambda-Eta Delta}

PEACHES

Soft and hollow, how thou dost overcome the hard and full!

It dies, it gives itself; to Thee is the fruit!

Be thou the Bride; thou shalt be the Mother here-after. To all impressions thus. Let them not overcome thee; yet let them breed within thee. The least of the impressions, come to its perfection, is Pan. Receive a thousand lovers; thou shalt bear but One Child.

This child shall be the heir of Fate the Father.

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COMMENTARY ({Delta})

Daleth is the Empress of the Tarot, the letter of Venus, and the title, Peaches, again refers to the Yoni.