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Aleister Crowley Diary Entry Tuesday, 6 January 1914
Opus V
The Fifth Working
[Tuesday, January 6, 1914 E.V.]
The Temple was opened at about 9:30, the Rite performed ut ordinatur,[1] and the closing accomplished by 10:30. Dues adest. Fatur: "Sparge verba; opus fiat. Hodie est verbum in nomine Dei; cras est opus." Et postea: "O beati qui hæc verba noscunt! Ego sum Deus hodie; aurea dona cras vobis feram." "Accipe Dei verba, atque vobis bene erit. Benignus sum in hominum mundo semper." Deinde: "Phallum ejaculatum tibi feram in nomine patri(s)." (Verbum Tibi refert as fratem O.S.V. [Crowley], ditto patri.[2] In nomine—in the Name.)[3]
2—Latin, "God is present. He speaks: 'spread the words, let the work be. Today is the word in the name of God; tomorrow is the work.' And after: 'O blessed are those who know these words! I am God today; I bring golden gifts to us.' 'Take the words of God and it will be good to us. I am always blessed in the world of men.' Then: 'I bring to you the ejaculating phallus in the name of the Father.' (P.S. The words 'to you' refers to Frater O.S.V., ditto 'of the Father.'] 3—P.S. This promise was very amply fulfilled.
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