The Book of Lies

62

ΚΕΦΑΛΗ ΞΒ

TWIG?[1]

1

The Phoenix hath a Bell for Sound; Fire for Sight; a Knife for Touch; two cakes, one for taste, the other for smell.

2

He standeth before the Altar of the Universe at Sunset, when Earth-life fades.

3

He summons the Universe, and crowns it with MAGICK Light to replace the sun of natural light.

4

He prays unto, and give homage to, Ra-Hoor-Khuit; to Him he then sacrifices.

5

The first cake, burnt, illustrates the profit drawn from the scheme of incarnation.

6

The second, mixt with his life's blood and eaten, illustrates the use of the lower life to feed the higher life.

7

He then takes the Oath and becomes free — unconditioned — the Absolute.

8

Burning up in the Flame of his Prayer, and born again — the Phoenix!

COMMENTARY (ΞΒ)

This chapter is itself a comment on Chapter 44.

NOTE

[1] Twig? = dost thou understand? Also the Phoenix takes twigs to kindle the fire in which it burns itself.

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