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Liber CCCXXV
The Bartzabel Working
Introduction
In the spring, on May 9th, an evocation of Bartzabel, the spirit of Mars, was made, so successfully as to
demand description. My assistants were Commander Marston [Guy Marston], R[oyal] N[avy], one of the highest
officials of the Admiralty, and
Leila Waddell, an Australian violinist whom I had just met and
who appealed to my imagination.
In the Triangle was Frater Omnia Vincam, [Victor
B. Neuburg] to serve as a material basis through which the spirit
might manifest. Here was a startling innovation in tradition. I
wrote, moreover, a ritual on entirely new principles. I retained the
Cabbalistic names and formulae, but wrote most of the invocation in
poetry. The idea was to work up the magical enthusiasm through the
exhilaration induced by music.
I obtained a great deal of valuable
knowledge from the spirit, but the most interesting item is this: Marston, remembering his official duty, asked "Will nation rise up
against nation?", followed by more detailed inquiries on receiving
an affirmative answer. We thus learnt that within five years from
that date there would be two wars; the storm centre of the first
would be Turkey, and that of the second would be Germany, and the
result would be the destruction of these two nations. I only
remembered this after reaching New York at the end of 1914. Luckily
I had the ritual with question and answer written down at the time,
and an account of these predictions, precisely fulfilled, appeared
in the New York World.
An Evocation of Bartzabel
the Spirit of Mars
THE FORMULÆ OF THE MAGICK OF LIGHT,
let them be puissant in the
EVOCATION
of the
SPIRIT
ברצבאל
PROLOGUE
The Ceremony consists of Five Parts:
1. The Banishings and Consecrations.
2. The Special Preparation of the Material
Basis [MB].
3. The Particular Invocations of the
Forces of Mars.
4. The Dealings with Bartzabel, that
mighty Spirit.
5. The Closing.
Gloria Deo Altissimo
Ra Hoor Khuit
in nomine Abrahadabra et in hoc signo
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The Circle has an inscribed Pentagon, and
a Tau within that. Without are 5 pentagrams with 5 ruby lamps. There
is an Altar with the Square of Mars and the Seal of Mars.[2]
The triangle has the names PRIMEUMATON, ANAPHAXETON, ANAPHENETON AND
MI-CA-EL within. Also the Sigil of Bartzabel, and his name. About
the Circle is the name
אלחים.
The Circle and Triangle of Art
(reconstruction).
The Sigil of Bartzabel appears
within the Triangle. The proportions
of the Circle to the Triangle are
Solomonic (3:1).
The Chief Magus [C.M.] wears the robe of a
Major Adept, and the Uraeus crown and nemmes.[3]
He bears the Lamen of the Hiereus and the 1st Talisman of Mars. He
bears as weapons the Spear and Sword, also the Bell.
The Assistant Magus [2M.] wears the Robe
of a Probationer and a nemmes of white and gold. He attends to the
suffumigations of Art. He bears the 3rd Talisman of Mars (from the
Key of Solomon), and the consecrated Torch.
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The Lamen of
the Chief Magus. |
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The Lamen of
the
Material Basis. |
The 1st
Talisman
of Mars. |
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The 3rd
Talisman
of Mars. |
The 5th
Talisman
of Mars. |
The Magus Adjuvant is robed as her[4]
brother, but wears the 5th Talisman of Mars. He attends to the
Lustrations of Art. He bears the Book and Pen.
The Altar of the Bartzabel Working.
Top view, showing a Kamea of Mars
and the disposition
of the magical weapons. On the
altar are:
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A. The Image of Isis. |
H. The Cup. |
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B. The Image of
Ra-Hoor-Khuit. |
I. The Lamen. |
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C. The Image of Khem. |
J. The Cord. |
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D. The Holy Oil. |
K. The Spear. |
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E. The Bell. |
L. The Sword. |
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F. The Burin. |
M. The Torch [not in
diagram]. |
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G. The Censer. |
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Upon the Altar is the Image of Ra Hoor
Khuit, Isis is the East his Mother, Khem is the West facing him. In
the South is the Censer, in the North the Cup.
The Material Basis is masked, and robed in
red.
On the Altar are also the rope, the burin,
the oil, and the Lamen of Mars[5]
for the Material Basis.
The Lamps are all alight.
PART I
The Banishings and Consecrations
C.M. At altar, kneeling
in humility.
2 M. With sword of C.M.
3 M. In other chamber
with M.B.
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C.M. |
ו.
2 M.
Performs Banishing Rituals of
and
around whole room, and replaces Sword on Altar.
3 M. Washes M.B.
With pure water, saying:
Asperge eum Domine
hyssopo et mundabitur;
lavibis eum et super
nivem dealbabitur.[6]
She masks him with
the mask and robe of Mars, saying:
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3M. |
By the figurative mystery of
these holy vestures of concealment, doth the Lord cloak
thee in the Shroud of Mystery in the strength of the
Most High ANCOR AMACOR AMIDES THEODONIAS ANITOR that our
desired end may be effected through thy strength,
Adonai, unto whom be the Glory in Sæcula sæculorum[7]
AMEN.
She leads him
to his place in the Triangle.
The Chief Magus
now rises from his knees, and takes the Spear from the
Altar.
3 M. Goes to
station.
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C.M. |
Hail unto Thee, Ra Hoor Khuit,
who art the Lord of the Æon!
Be this consecrated Spear
A thing of cheer, a thing of
fear!
Cheer to me who wield it!
My heart, its vigour shield
it!
Fear to them who face it
Their force, let fear disgrace
it!
Be a ray from the Most High,
A glance of His unsleeping
eye!
Arm me, arm me, in the fray
That shall be fought this
dreadful day!
He hands Spear
to 2nd Magus to hold.
The Chief Magus
takes the Sword.
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C.M. |
Hail unto Thee, Ra Hoor Khuit,
who art the Lord of the Æon!
Be this consecrated Spear
A thing of cheer, a thing of
fear!
Cheer to me who wield it!
My heart, its vigour shield
it!
Fear to them who face it
Their force, let fear disgrace
it!
Be a ray from the Most High,
A glance of His unsleeping
eye!
Arm me, arm me, in the fray
That shall be fought this
dreadful day!
He hands Sword
to 3rd Magus to hold.
The Chief Magus
raises his hands above the Altar.
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C.M. |
Hail unto Thee, Ra Hoor Khuit,
who art the Lord of the Æon!
Be this consecrated Sword
Not abhorred before the Lord!
A guard of Steel, a tongue of
flame
Writing in adamant His Name!
Puissant against the Hosts of
Evil!
A mighty fence against the
Devil!
A snake of lightning to
destroy
Them that work Mischief and
Annoy!
Arm me, arm me, in the fray
That shall be fought this
dreadful day!
He hands Sword
to 3rd Magus to hold.
The Chief Magus
raises his hands above the Altar.
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C.M. |
Hail
unto Thee, Ra Hoor Khuit, who art the Lord of the Æon!
Be
this consecrated Altar
A
sign of sure stability!
Will
and Courage never falter,
Thought
dissolve in Deity!
Let
thy smile divinely curving,
Isis,
bless our dark device!
Holy
Hawk, our deed unswerving
Be
thy favoured sacrifice!
Holy
Khem, our vigour nerving,
We
have paid the priestly price.
Hail,
Ra Hoor, thy ray forth-rolling
Consecrate
the instruments,
Thine
Almighty power controlling
To
the Event the day’s events!
Arm
me, arm me, in the fray
That
shall be fought this dreadful day!
C.M. Takes Spear
from 2nd M. and gives him the Censer and Torch;
Sword from 3rd
M. and gives him the Cup, Book and Pen. |
PART II
The Special Preparation
of the Material Basis
C.M. Goes to apex of
triangle. The others support
him at the base. He takes
the cord from the altar.
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C.M. |
Frater [Omnia Vincam]! As
thou art blindfolded save for that light and sight which
I can give thee, so do I now bind thee, so that thou
mayst be for a space subject to my will and mine alone.
Ties hands and
feet. Takes Spear from altar.
And since thou art without
the circle in the place of the triangle, with this
Spear do I invoke upon thee the protection of Ra Hoor Khuit, so that no force either of Heaven or of
Earth, or from under the earth, may act upon thee, save
only that force that I shall invoke within thee.
Bahlasti! Ompehda!
So then, I being armed and
exalted to the Power of the Most High, place upon thy
head this drop of consecrated oil, so that the ray of
Godhead may illumine thee.
And I place this holy kiss
upon thy neck, so that thy mind may be favourable unto
us, open to our words, sensible of the power of our
conjurations.
And with this burin do I
draw from thy breast five drops of blood, so that thy
body may be the Temple of Mars.
Wherefore also I command thee to
repeat after me:
I submit myself to thee and
to this operation; I invoke the Powers of Mars to
manifest within me.
Done.[8]
C.M. places about his neck the Lamen of Mars.
Magi return
to circle, face east.
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C.M. |
Now, Brethren, since we are
about to engage in a Work of so great danger, it is
fitting that we make unto ourselves a fortress of defence in the name of the Most High, Elohim.
Frater Adjuvant Magus, I
command thee to purify the place with water.
3 M. Sprinkles
thrice around circle walking widdershins.
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C.M. |
Thus, therefore, first the
Priest who governeth the works of Fire, must sprinkle
with the waters of the loud-resounding sea. Frater
Assistant Magus, I command thee to consecrate the place
with Fire.
2 M. Censes the
circle thrice around, walking widdershins.
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C.M. |
So when all the phantoms are
vanished, and through the Universe darts and flashes
that holy and formless Fire — Hear Thou the Voice of
Fire!
C.M. Takes Sword.
The Lord is my fortress and my
deliverer; my God in whom I will trust.
I will walk upon the lion and
adder; the young lion and the scorpion will I tread
under my feet.
Because he hath set his Love
upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on
high, because he hath known My Name.
C.M.
Circumambulates thrice widdershins with sword.
Hail unto Thee, Ra Hoor Khuit,
who art the Lord of the Æon!
Be this consecrated Tower
A place of power this fearful
hour!
May the Names of God that gird
us
Be our sign that he hath heard
us!
By the five unsleeping Stars
Ward us from the wrath of
Mars!
By the rood of God erect
Be He perfect to protect!
Arm me, arm me, in the fray
That shall be fought this
dreadful day!
He now conjures the
Dog of Evil.[9]
Arise, Dog of Evil, that I may
instruct thee in thy present duties.
In the name of Horus, I say
unto thee, Arise.
Thou art imprisoned.
Confess thou that it is so.
I have done this in the name
and in the might of Horus.
Except thou set thy face in my defence, thou art blind, and dumb, and paralysed: but
thou shalt hear the curses of thy Creator, and thou
shalt feel the torments of my avenging wrath.
Therefore be thou obedient
unto me, as a guard against them that hate me.
Let thy jaws be terrible as
the storm-parted sky.
Let thy face be as a whirlwind
of wrath and fury against the enemy.
Arise, I say, and aid and
guard me in this Work of Art.
O thou! whose head is of
coal-black fire!
Thou, whose eyes are as
columns of smoke and flame!
Thou, from whose nostrils goeth forth the breath of destruction!
Thou whose body is of iron and
brass, bound with exceeding strength: girt with the
power of awful blind avenging force—under my control,
and mine alone!
Thou, whose claws are as
shafts of whirling steel to rip the very bowels of my
adversaries.
Thee, thee, I summon to mine
aid!
In the name of Horus: rise:
move: appear:
And aid and guard me in this
Work of Art!
Rise, Dog of Evil, to guard
the Abyss of Height!
Rise, I say, to guard the Four
Quarters: the Abyss of the North; the Abyss of the
South; the Abyss of the East; the Abyss of the West.
Rise, I say, to guard the
Abyss of the Great Deep.
Horus it is that hath given
this commandment.
Be thou terrible against all
them that hate me!
Be thou mighty to defend me
from the Evil Ones!
At the confines of Matter: at
the Threshold of the Invisible: be thou my Watcher and
my Guardian! Before the face of the Dwellers of the
Abodes of Night!
As
a flaming sword turning every way to keep the gates of
my Universe: let thy teeth flash forth!
Nothing shall stop thee while
thou settest thyself in my defence.
In the name of Horus: Rise,
Move, and Appear:
Be thou obedient unto me: for
I am the Master of the Forces of Matter: the Servant of
the Same thy God is my Name: true Worshipper of the
Highest.
Much
incense is now burnt, and there is a pause. |
PART III
The
Particular Invocations
of
the Forces of Mars
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C.M. |
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p
ו ו ו
ו
He first performs
the Invoking Ritual of Mars.
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The Adepts stand at
the points of the
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C.M. |
Even as of old there came
three Magi from the ends of the earth to adore the
Fivefold Star, so come we, O Lord, armed for the holy
work of an Evocation of Bartzabel the spirit of Mars,
that is obedient unto the Intelligence Graphiel, chosen
from the Seraphim who follow Kamael the Great Archangel
that serveth God under his name of Elohim Gibor, a spark
from Thine intolerable light, Ra Hoor Khuit!
Therefore hear Thou the Oath
of the Obligation that we assume before Thee.
The Chief Magus
points the Sword downward upon the apex of the Triangle
of R.H.K. and the other Magi place their hands upon the
hilt.
We, Perdurabo, a
Neophyte of
the
A∴A∴,
All for Knowledge, a
Probationer of
A∴A∴,
and
Αγαθα, a Probationer of
A∴A∴,
swear unto Thee, O Lord God, by Thine own almighty
power, by Thy force and fire, by Thy glittering Hawk's
eye and Thy mighty sweeping wings: that we all here in
this place and now at this time do utterly devote
ourselves, mind, body, and estate, at all times and in
all places soever to the establishment of Thy holy
Kingdom. And if we fail herein, may we be burnt and
consumed by the Red Eye of Mars!
Magi return to
stations.
And this our purpose is
fivefold:
Firstly, that the Kingdom of
Ra Hoor Khuit may be established in the Æon.
Secondly, that we may succeed
in that particular design of which it is not lawful to
speak, even before Thee.
Thirdly, that we may have
power to help the weak.
Fourthly, that we may be
filled with the Courage and Energy of Mars for the
Prosecution of the Great Work.
And, lastly, that we may
obtain the service of Bartzabel that he may be obedient
unto us thy servants, that between him and us there may
be peace, and that he may always be ready to come
whensoever he is invoked and called forth.
Now because in such a work it
is not possible for us to do anything at all of
ourselves, we have humble recourse unto Thine Almighty
power, beseeching upon our knees Thy favour and Thine
aid.
The Magi kneel at
three sides of altar, all clasping spears in the proper
manner. |
The Three Magi at the Altar.
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I adore Thee in the Song:
I am the Lord of Thebes, and I
The inspired
forth-speaker of Mentu;
For me unveils the veiled sky,
The self-slain Ankh-f-n-Khonsu
Whose words are truth. I
invoke, I greet
Thy presence, O Ra Hoor Khuit!
Unity uttermost shewed!
I adore the might of Thy
breath,
Supreme and terrible God
Who makest the Gods and
death
To tremble before Thee:
I, I adore Thee!
Appear on the throne of Ra!
Open the ways of the Khu!
Lighten the ways of the Ka!
The ways of the Khabs run
through
To stir me or still me!
Aum! let it fill me!
All say,
repeatedly:
A Ka dua
Tuf ur biu
Bi a'a chefu
Dudu ner af an
nuteru!
When the Chief
Magus is satisfied with the Descent of the God, let all
rise and let C.M. say:
So
that Thy light is in me; and its red flame is as a sword
in my hand to push thy order. There is a secret door
that I shall make to establish thy way in all the
quarters [. . .] as it is said:
The
light is mine; its rays consume
Me:
I have made a secret door
Into
the house of Ra and Tum,
Of
Khephra, and of Ahathoor.
I
am thy Theban, O Mentu,
The
prophet Ankh-f-n-Khonsu!
By
Bes-na-Maut my breast I beat;
By
wise Ta-Nech I weave my spell.
Show
thy star-splendour, O Nuith!
Bid
me within thine House to dwell,
O
winged snake of light, Hadith!
Abide
with me, Ra Hoor Khuit!
Magus faces
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and others support him.
Hail!
Hail! Hail! Hail! Hail!
Send
forth a spark of thine illimitable light and force, we
beseech Thee, that it may appear in the Heaven of Mars
as the God Elohim Gibor.
O
winged glory of gold! O plumes of justice and stern
brows of majesty! O warrior armed with spear and shield!
O virgin strength and splendour as of spring! That
ridest in thy Chariot of Iron above the Storm upon the
Sea! Who shootest forth the Arrows of the Moon! Who
wieldest the Four Magick Weapons! Who art the Master of
the Pentagram and of the blazing fury of the Sun!
Come
unto me, thou great God Elohim Gibor, and send thy Angel
Kamael, even Kamael the mighty, the Leader of thine
Armies the fiery Serpents, the Seraphim, that he may
answer my behests.
O
purple flame that is like unto the whirling wheel of
Life! O strong shoulders and virginal breasts and
dancing limbs!
Kamael! Kamael! Kamael! Kamael!
I
see thee before me, O thou great Archangel! Art thou not
the Leader of the armies of the Lord? Of the grey snakes
upon whose heads are triple crowns of spiritual light,
and whose tongues are triply forked with judgment? Whose
bodies are like the Sun in his strength, whose scales
are of the adamant of Vulcan, who are slim and splendid
and virginal as they rush flaming over the lashed sea?
Come
unto me, Kamael, thou archangel almighty, and send to me
Graphiel that great intelligence of thine, that he may
answer my behest.
O
moon, that sailest on the shoulders of the Sun! Whose
warrior body is like white-hot steel! Whose virgin limbs
and golden wings move like ripe corn at the caress of
the thunderstorm!
O thou that wieldest the
Sword and Balances of Power!
Graphiel! Graphiel!
Graphiel! Graphiel! Graphiel! Graphiel!
Come unto me, thou bright
intelligence of Mars, and answer my behest. In the name
of Kamael thy Lord, I say:
Compel the spirit Bartzabel
that is under thy dominion to manifest within this
triangle of Art, within the Ruach of the material basis
that is consecrated to this work, within this pure and
beautiful human form that is prepared for his
habitation.
And now I see thee, O thou
dull deceitful head, that I shall fill with wit and
truth; thou proud heart that I shall humble and make
pure; thou cold body that I shall fashion into a living
flame of amethyst. Thou sexless being of whom I shall
make the perfect child of Hermes and Aphrodite that is
God; thou dull ox that I shall turn into the Bull of
Earth; thou house of idleness wherein I shall set up the
Throne of Justice.
Bartzabel! Bartzabel!
Bartzabel! Bartzabel! Bartzabel! Bartzabel!
Come forth, and manifest
beyond the bars!
Forth from the palace of
seraphic stars!
Come, O thou Bartzabel, the
sprite of Mars!
Come: I unbind thee from
the chains of Hell,
Come: I enclose thee in the
invisible
To be my slave, thou spirit Bartzabel!
By the spear, the sword,
the spell,
Come unto me, Bartzabel!
By the word that openeth
Hell!
Come unto me, Bartzabel!
By the power o' th'
panther's pell,
Come unto me, Bartzabel!
By the circling citadel,
Come unto me, Bartzabel!
By this mind of miracle
Come unto me, Bartzabel!
By Ra Hoor Khuit, by Elohim
Gibor,
By Kamael and the Seraphim;
by Hoor,
Khem, and Mentu, and all
the Gods of War,
Ares and Mars and Hachiman
and Thor,
And by thy master, Graphiel,
Come unto me, Bartzabel!
And
if he come not, let the Chief Magus and his assistants
humble themselves mightily, and repeat these holy
invocations, even unto thrice.
And if still
he be obdurate and disobedient unto the Words of Power,
the Chief Magus shall assume the dignity of Khem, and
conjure him and curse him as his own ingenium shall
direct. Yet, if the rites have been duly performed, he
will assuredly have manifested before this.
And these
will probably be the tokens of the manifestation:
A ruddy light[10]
will play about the form of the Material Basis; or even
a dark lustre beetle-brown or black. And the Face
thereof will be suffused with blood, and the Heart beat
violently, and its words will be swift and thick and
violent. The voice thereof must be entirely changed; it
may grow deep and hoarse, or at least strained and
jerky, and it may be that it will suffer the torment of
burning.
On the
appearance of the Spirit much incense is thrown upon the
Censer. |
PART IV
The
Dealings with Bartzabel,
that
Mighty Spirit
The Charge
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C.M. |
Hail, Bartzabel, and
welcome, thou mighty spirit of Madim!
Welcome unto us art thou
who comest in the name of Graphiel and of Kamael and of
Elohim Gibor, and of Ra Hoor Khuit the Lord of the Æon.
I charge thee to answer and
obey.
1. How shall the Kingdom of
the Æon be established?
2. Will success attend that
particular design of which it is not lawful to speak?
3. We shall obtain power to
aid the weak; in what manner? Give us a sign.
4. Give us a sign of the
Courage and Energy of Mars that floweth and shall ever
flow through us by virtue of this ceremony.
5. Lastly, O thou Spirit Bartzabel, lay thine hands upon this sword, whose point
I then place upon thine head, and swear faith and
obedience unto me by Ra Hoor Khuit, the Lord of the Æon,
saying after me:
I, Bartzabel, the Spirit of
Mars, do swear by the glory of Him that is Lord of the
Æon, and by the Might of Elohim Gibor, and by the Fear
of Kamael and the Hosts of Fiery Serpents, and by
Graphiel whose hand is heavy upon me—before which names
I tremble every day - that I will punctually fulfil this
present charge, not perverting the sense thereof, but
obedient to the inmost thought of the Chief Magus; that
I will be ever the willing servant of thee and thy
companions, a spirit of Truth in Force and Fire; that in
departing I will do no hurt to any person or thing, and
in particular that the Material Basis shall not suffer
through this ceremony, but shall be purified and
fortified thereby; that I will be at peace with thee and
seek never to injure thee, but to defend thee against
all thine enemies, and to work eternally for thy
welfare; finally, that I will be ready to come unto thee
to serve thee whensoever I am invoked and called forth,
whether by a word, or a will, or by this great and
potent conjuration of Magick Art. A M E N |
The Record of the Working
[In response to the first
question, "How shall
the Kingdom of the Æon be
established?"].
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B. |
I may not speak this thing
save thou give sign of 3rd Vault. I'll tell thee the
sign that was given thee secretly in the 3rd Vault.
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C.M. |
What hast thou to do with the
3rd Vault?
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B. |
I've given you the sign. The Æon shall be reestablished when the slain child is
placed on the Altar of Ra Hoor Khuit.
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C.M. |
Say more regarding this child.
Is it that child that was carried to death by Ouarda?
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B. |
Nay.
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C.M. |
(Repeated.)
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B. |
He shall spring from the 3rd
lotus of the 7th star
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C.M. |
Speak. Hast thou not suffered
torments from Graphiel? Speak plain.
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B. |
I don't want to be imprisoned
in this form. What dost thou want?
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[The Question
was not recorded at the time, but a later note in
Crowley's hand gives "? time of sacrifice," probably the
second question "Will success attend that particular
design of which it is not lawful to speak?"]
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B. |
4th month of 3rd year of Æon —
thou shalt not be there.
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C.M. |
This hour is past. Do not lie
... (etc. )
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B. |
Why should I tell thee, who
art thou?
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C.M. |
I am ... (etc.) Speak again
regarding sacrifice to Ra Hoor Khuit.
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B. |
I know not.
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C.M. |
The slain child.
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B. |
I have lied.
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C.M. |
Tell truth.
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B. |
Can’t.
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C.M. |
I charge thee.
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B. |
Ask again.
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C.M. |
Who is the child?
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B. |
Ask again.
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C.M. |
(Repeats question.)
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B. |
He shall be the Child of
 and
 . He shall bear on his forehead sevenfold
of midnight. He shall be slain as was spoken in that
place which was known only to thee and one other.
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C.M. |
Vivit?[11]
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B. |
Vivit.
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C.M. |
Quo?[12]
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B. |
He dwells in that place—I have
no words.
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C.M. |
Speak in figures, etc. Qabalah, etc.
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B. |
He shall be sought near a
stream of water running between two mountains. The child
is yet unborn. He shall be the child of those who have
sought love in the valley of the
,
sojourned in a cave, and been on summit of Abiegnus.
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C.M. |
Then this sacrifice is to
come?
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B. |
Yes.
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C.M. |
What is his number?
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B. |
43
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C.M. |
Thou liest.
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B. |
77-91
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C.M. |
And the great number?
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B. |
Won’t tell.
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C.M. |
(Commands him to
speak.)
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B. |
May not speak.
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C.M. |
(Threatens.)
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B. |
Ask me not that.
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C.M. |
(Repeats.)
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B. |
8.
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C.M. |
And when shall the sacrifice
be accomplished? Thou dost lie saying soon.
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B. |
It shall be thrice
accomplished.
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C.M. |
When will the second time be?
|
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B. |
2nd year, 3rd month, 22nd day,
9th hour.
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C.M. |
And the third sacrifice?
|
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B. |
130th year, 6th
, 2nd day, 4th hour, 8th hour, and 12th hour these
things will be fulfilled. Let me go.
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CM threatens and
cautions B. to speak truth.
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C.M. |
Will the particular design
succeed, etc.?
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B. |
Yes.
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C.M. |
How knowest thou that our
thoughts coincide?
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B. |
By the symbols I see.
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C.M. |
What are they?
|
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B. |
Rose and Cross (Row).
|
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C.M. |
Give me the particular
symbols.
|
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B. |
Silver snake, waning moon and
12 triumphant and three submerged in sea of matter. 7
on the horizon for a sign.
|
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C.M. |
Will the heart perish?
|
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B. |
Yes.
|
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C.M. |
And by that which is sworn to
destroy it?
|
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B. |
Yes—that and something else.
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C.M. |
What else?
|
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B. |
A black curse.
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Third question. Re:
helping the weak. |
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B. |
Thou shalt take those who are
fitted — and they shall aid the weak.
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C.M. |
What sign shall be given unto
us?
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B. |
A sword and a ring. Ring =
silver snake with ruby eyes around an opal.
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C.M. |
Thou liest regarding snake
because silver snake is subject of my thoughts.
Regarding sign of sword, explain.
|
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B. |
A sword of destruction and
sacrifice.
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C.M. |
How dies that aid the weak?
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B. |
By slaying them.
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C.M. |
When shall sign of sword be
given?
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B. |
17 days, 303 days, and then
560th day from now.
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C.M. |
When shall sign of ring be
given?
|
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B. |
After 3
s.
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Fourth
Question.
["Give us a sign
of the Courage and Energy of Mars that floweth and shall
ever flow through us by virtue of this ceremony."] |
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B. |
A black
inverted (head down). May I depart?
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C.M. |
Nay.
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A.F.K.[13] |
Shall nations of Earth rise up
against one another?
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B. |
When?
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A.F.K. |
Soon.
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B. |
Yes.
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C.M. |
When?
|
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B. |
Within 5 years. Turkey or
Germany.
|
The Benediction
|
C.M. |
Let Ra Hoor Khuit bless thee!
Let His light shine perpetually in
thy darkness!
Let His force eternally brace up
thy weakness!
Let His blessing be upon thee for
ever and for ever!
Yea, verily and Amen, let His
blessing be upon thee for ever and ever! |
The License to Depart
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|
Now, O thou Spirit Bartzabel, since thou didst come at my behest and swear
faith and fealty unto me by the Lord of the Æon, I
license thee to depart in peace with the blessing of the
Lord until such time as I have need of thee. |
PART V
The
Closing
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Let the Chief Magus perform
the Banishing Ritual of Mars, give great Thanks unto the
Lord of the Æon, and perform the Lesser Rituals of the
Pentagram and Hexagram. |
Summary
by Frater Perdurabo
|
1. |
[deleted
line] . . . Bartzabel, not having learnt that One is
better than Two. |
|
2. |
The
"slain child."
There
are three. One — date read from my aura by Bartzabel—past.
The
3rd Lotus of the 7th Star, Child of
and
seems to refer to a matter known only to myself
and one other.
But
is that place the place of the C[ity] of the P[yramid]s?
That too is only known to me and one other and suits
description.
The
numbers 44—77—91—8 are obscure. Time 2 years 3 months 22
days 9 hours
from now, i.e., about end July 1912.
The
third sacrifice is distant and matters nothing to us
now.
The
"particular design" may be identical with this 2nd
sacrifice; for the 7 stars are on (or near) the horizon
in that secret place.
The
black curse—
The
sign of the—Sword 17 days, i.e., May 25, and dates in
1911.
The
sign of the Ring—before 3 weeks, i.e., Sunday, May 29. |
1—[Latin,
"glory to the most highest god Ra Hoor Khuit in the name
Abrahadabra and in this sign of the pentagram."]
2—[The MS has a
drawing of the top of the Altar with the Square or Kamea of Mars
thereon, showing the disposition of the magical weapons.]
3—[The MS has "the
Uræus crown or violet nemmes."
4—[To give an accurate
sense of narrative, references to Leila Waddell as Magus Adjuvant
(3M.) have been made feminine, and references to Victor Neuburg as
the Material Basis have been made masculine.]
5—[The MS diagram has
the Sigil of Bartzabel on this Lamen, which C.M. later gives to the
Material Basis.]
6—[Latin,
"Purge him with hyssop, O Lord, and he shall be clean. Thou shalt
wash him, and he shall be whiter then snow."]
7—[Latin, "unto
the ages."
8—["Done" nos in MS.]
9—[The MS notes "Dog
of Evil (from other book.)]
10—[The MS has the
deleted addition "or it may be a deep blue light."]
11—[Latin, "he
lives."]
12—[Latin. "in
which place?"]
13—[Frater All For
Knowledge—Commander
Marston.]
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