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Liber CCXXXI: A PERSONAL RESEARCH
INTRODUCTION
Although Liber CCXXXI is in Class A, it seems not to have been given much attention by students; or if it has, this is the first public commentary upon it.
In 1969 the Researcher [Marcelo Motta] had reached, albeit imperfectly, the Grade of Babe of the Abyss without ever having made a systematic study of Liber O; consequently, without having investigated the Astral Plane. It may seem strange to the average person that anyone could claim such an exalted Grade without having undergone the preliminary basic training concerned. However, this person had had previous astral experiences in sufficient quantity and (more important) of sufficient quality to be advanced beyond Neophyte.
In 1969, however, he felt impelled to "brush up" on his past shortcomings. For a variety of reasons being that he had avoided astral travelling until then: one of the reasons being that he had suffered a serious magickal wound through negligence of 666's injunction to always banish people wearing religious garb, particularly Christian. This wound had kept him vulnerable for several years after, and healed only through continuous execution of Liber XXV several times daily for several years, to say nothing of continuous aspiration and vigilance.
In 1969, as we were saying, the Researcher felt sufficiently recovered from the wound to complete that particular part of the Tasks of the Grades. It must be understood that the Grades are seldom reached in full at any one time: usually one reaches enough to go onto the Next Step, and relies upon the recapitulation in successive lives to perfect the work previously done. The main reason for this is that Initiators are always pressed into training others as soon as they are competent enough: the need is much greater than the profane might think from the exiguity of our numbers. It would be wonderful to be able to stick around and perfect the work of any particular Grade before going on, but it would be selfish. The Order has nothing against selfishness, you understand, but this is precisely the point: the selfishness of Aspirants prevails over ours. The momentum of the Universe carries us on. Mankind claims its victims, that is, its Teachers; and bound by our Oath, we must hang suspended from the Scaffold, ready (in our opinion) or not. We don't enjoy it as much as you may think.
But, once again going back, in 1969 the Play of the Waters allowed our Researcher some small time to dedicate to himself; or perhaps the Need of the Universe demanded that he take time out to brush up on that particular aspect of his training; the latter reason is probably truer to the facts. At any rate, he decided to kill two birds with one stone. He must investigate the Astral; he also suspected that the Genii mentioned in Liber CCXXXI had been specially detailed by 666 for the task of guiding or testing (both occur simultaneously, or at least such is the opinion of our Researcher) Aspirants on the Astral Plane. Since he firmly believed that 666 was his Holy Guardian Angel, he felt he would get closer to his Guru while perfecting his Task of the Neophyte. Therefore he determined to start his research by the Paths. He had a further motivation in this, in that he wanted to light flame like licking tongues of liquor of the Gods between the pools. Therefore, not two birds, but three, rather; a cozy arrangement.
The cool-headed reader will observe that this preliminary research took our "Babe" several years, and one might state He considers he has merely scratched the surface of Liber CCXXXI up to now. Nevertheless, enough has been done to confirm Him in his previous opinion: that the entities whose seals are given were indeed charged by 666 with the task of guiding and testing Aspirants, and that they continue at the disposal of any who will try to get in touch with them.
The total lack of competence of the Researcher in such simple matters will also become painfully obvious at first glance: he plods where another might fly. Let this be added inducement to the hardy and ambitious. Nevertheless, a warning must be given: these experiments were performed on the Queen Scale, that is, from the point of view of Binah; the Researcher, it will be seen, eventually went so far as to reverse certain symbols and to identify himself with some spirits. This is not advisable, indeed it is dangerous in extreme to anyone who is not Nemo. Dealings may be had with those spirits described in Liber CCXXXI without any need of such intimate contact. Let the student not mix up the planes.
Some of our Researcher's findings have not been revealed fully, particularly those having to do with certain numbers. This is because He wishes to avoid interference, involuntary or deliberate, with work being carried on at present. We do not know to what extent his findings may be useful to the average student, or even to advanced students; this is a matter for each reader to decide upon, for himself or herself. He hopes at least to call attention to Liber CCXXXI and its value.
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