Dear friends, beautiful and happy people,
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
Today is January 17th, when we commemorate Ahitha, 5th Scarlet Woman of Thelema, Patroness of the Sexy Tomboys: may her merits protect Michelle Rodriguez, Gina Carano, Gal Gadot, and all the Badass Chicks of this world! — So mote it be.
Today’s sacred reading is Liber A’ash vel Capricorni Pneumatici sub figurâ CCCLXX, verses 33 to 36.
33. Now therefore thou knowest when I am within Thee, when my hood is spread over thy skull, when my might is more than the penned Indus, and resistless as the Giant Glacier.
Commentary: Never forget: In the 90s, a few Belgian tourists — or Dutch, that is to say Belgians but worse — in ridiculous fluorescent outfits, inevitably fell into the crevasses of the Giant Glacier and, instead of thanking it — and committing to ritually sacrifice half a dozen skiers at every new season opening — they closed the Grand Flambeau resort. :(
34. For as thou art before a lewd woman in Thy nakedness in the bazaar, sucked up by her slyness and smiles, so art thou wholly and no more in part before the symbol of the beloved, though it be but a Pisacha or a Yantra or a Deva.
Commentary: An Ariana Grande jerk-off challenge video is the Holy Icon — It works with all phenomena of the universe, of course, but it is particularly visible in Ariana Grande’s case.
35. And in all shalt thou create the Infinite Bliss and the next link of the Infinite Chain.
Commentary: The world will have no more end than it had a beginning, and too bad for you if the Ummagumma album cover gives you anxiety.
On the other hand, I once noted in my Magical Journal:
Of this verse, Frater Achad said: “It refers to the Supraconsciousness obtained by this means.”
The Supraconsciousness is Hadit, as it is written: “it is the light higher than eyesight.” (AL II:51).
Now, who lives daily in the supraconsciousness, i.e. constantly with Hadit? — The Hermit, as it is written: “my friends who be hermits” (AL II:24).
The Supraconsciousness is Aleph א, which connects Kether to Chokhmah.
How does one formulate Aleph and become a Hermit?
Hadit teaches us (AL II:24):
on the low men trample — This refers to the chirik. It is the lower point of Aleph, corresponding to “stamp down the wretched & the weak” (AL II:21) and “Trample down the Heathen, be upon them” (AL III:11).
in the fierce lust of your pride — Lust = XI = Teth ט (gematria 9) whose name means Serpent, that is Hadit, the upper point of Aleph, and Pride = גאה (gematria 9) which indicates accession to this Supraconsciousness, as it is written: “ye shall exceed the nations of the earth in splendour & pride” (AL I:61) and “let her raise herself in pride” (AL III:44).
in the day of your wrath — Wrath is זעם gematria 117 (i.e. 9 again), numerical value of אלוף Aleph: it is the Vav in the middle of Aleph, which completes it (i.e. the Bull from which comes the Ox).
Now, the “day of wrath” is the Ritual of Hud (AL I:61), as it is written: “The forest of the spears of the Most High is called Night, and Hades, and the Day of Wrath” (LLL VII:36).
Therefore: the Supraconsciousness is obtained by rejecting what is low (Proclamation of Innocence) and being Hadit, i.e. the hidden Serpent (Hades) that speaks, at night (Night), to the Starry Heaven.
36. This chain reaches from Eternity to Eternity, ever in triangles — is not my symbol a triangle? — ever in circles — is not the symbol of the Beloved a circle? Therein is all progress base illusion, for every circle is alike and every triangle alike!
Commentary: If in the absolute there is no difference between Emily Ratajkowski and Angela Merkel, stick to the relative. — Sir Shumule
That said, “Thrill with the joy of life & death” (AL II:66): life is mortal, and last year, on the occasion of this verse, I was able to explain in what way death is, for us, “a greater feast” (AL II:41):
If I lose a loved one, I am affected for a moment, as when a sympathetic guest, in the middle of a successful evening, suddenly declares “I have to go to bed, I’m up at dawn tomorrow!”
But then we drink one last glass and part with joyful laughter, unbridled effusions and enthusiastic promises to meet again soon!
The phases of death and life follow one another like the four times of day, one of which involves temporary sleep, or like the four seasons, one point of which we walk on the Scorpion of Halloween — Now, Halloween is the most joyful, most unbridled, most enthusiastic of all the popular festivals of time — and have the Days of Shadow ever prevented the merry morning of Christmas from coming?
If I wept for the disappearance of a friend, I would look like I didn’t know that ROTA, the Wheel, is TORA, the Law, explained by TARO, the Tarot, opening TROA, the Gate, of ATOR, the House of the Lord, whose name is, precisely, that of the goddess of beauty, music and joy, that is to say, precisely, of what a funeral feast should contain.
Since I have, in the old serpent Hadit, the most excellent of Masters, I know all this and, since I know all this, I give the most joyful, most unbridled, most enthusiastic feast when I lose a loved one.
Meditate upon this, dear friends, and go your gorgeous ways under the protection of that spiritual sphere whose centre is everywhere and circumference nowhere, and which we call GOD.
Warm kisses from the Bahamas.
Love is the law, love under will.
— ☉ in 27° ♑︎ : ☽ in 7° ♑︎ : ♀︎ : Vxi.
𓄿𓎛𓂧 𓇋𓈖𓏌
