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Aleister Crowley Diary Entry Friday, 24 December 1920
Shall I begin my contemplation
today? Give the symbol for my proper action today.
8.30 p.m. I have done CCXX, I and II with him.
Later. What steps do I take, if any, in the matter of Wholont? [I Ching Hexagram] XLV. Read whole chapter but—ask for it!
Give a symbol of my work tomorrow, Saturday. [I Ching Hexagram] I! Get on to the job! Note: the formula of Khien, which is great, originating, penetration, advantageous, correct and firm.
1. Lurk! Begin by a period of silence.
2. Set to work; invoke the Holy Guardian Angel.
3. Be active, vigilant; and do not relax" caution and wariness even at the close of the day's work.
4. Restrain the impulse to create until it becomes overpowering.
5. Having leapt up, fly high; and invoke the Holy Guardian Angel, keeping closely in touch with Him throughout.
6. Adjust the force employed to the matter of the work. For instance, don't take a sledge hammer to crack a nutshell.
7. Sacrifice the self wholly to the work, and avoid lust of result.
Is Khien possessed of four principles, Geburah, Chesed, Tiphereth and Daath? That is, as given in Appendix IV? 'Great and originating' is fire, Chiah; 'penetrating', Water, Neschamah; 'advantageous,' Air, Tiphereth in Ruach; and 'correct and firm', Earth, Nephesch. They are Genius (or Will) imagination formulating it, Mind organizing it, and the Instrument giving effect to it. But Ku Hsi translates the Thwan differently, making the qualities of Khien two only instead of four. Thus: 'greatly penetrating' is its Nature, and it requires (finds it advantageous) to be 'firm and correct'. This does not appeal to me so strongly as the fourfold measure of Confucius, which is such incomparably good Cabbala.
11.45 p.m. Jane Wolfe has obtained by grace of Our Lady, acting through Her right, Milk of Poppy [Opium], a name for herself. This name is MATVNITh, 516, an interpretation of which will be duly entered in Liber D.
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