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Aleister Crowley Diary Entry Monday, 5 January 1914
Opus IV
The Fourth Working
[Monday, January 5—Tuesday, January 6, 1914 E.V.]
It now appears to O.S.V. [Crowley] that the suggestion made by Hermes of a further sacrifice was meant to be obeyed. The attempt to replace the real thing by its symbol led to (a) O.S.V. having a bad cold which confined him to his bed; (b) the continued ill-temper of L.T. [Victor B. Neuburg]; (c) the breaking of the rendezvous proposed in the letter; (d) the complete cessation of good news.
However, this afternoon die Lunæ did the Frater L.T. sacrifice to the glory of Hermes: and may He restore us to favour and help in the Work of Juppiter. Whom therefore let us invoke by the secret Rite and this holy Versicle:
Haud secus ac pueurm spumanti semine vates Lustrat, dum gaudens accipit alter aquas; Sparge, precor, servis hominum rex atque deorum Juppiter omnipotens, aurea dona tuis.[1]
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This then was done duly, though with maimed Rites, owing to O.S.V.'s malady. Yet did he take the function of the priest. The Brethren remained conversing from 10 P.M. (when the Temple was closed) until about 1 A.M. die Martis when L.T. beholding Juppiter saw this verse: “Vis est hodie. Nomina sanctissimorum in felicitate habent viam. Deus dedit signum in via.”[2]
And just as when the priest purifies the boy With foaming seed, while the other rejoicing accepts the waters, Sprinkle, I pray, Jupiter, king of gods and men, all powerful, Golden gifts upon thy servants. 2—Latin, "The way is today. The names of the most holy ones have the way to happiness. God furnishes a sign in the way."
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