A MASTER OF THE TEMPLE
and on seeing the Frontispiece to Liber Jvgorvm he experi-
enced a feeling of decided aversion to cutting his arm in the
prescribed manner. But, said he, “Fear is failure and the
forerunner of failure”; and it will no doubt be best to under-
take a week of this work so as to get used to it, after which
I shall probably have no more trouble in this respect. He
decided therefore to omit the word AND from his conversa-
tion for that period. His record of this experiment is kept
in detail* and may prove interesting to other Students; so I
shall transcribe it in full.
Saturday, Jan. 7th, 1911. Vancouver, B. C.
4 P.M. Have just received THE Equinox and am going to experiment with
the Control of Speech by not using the word ‘AND’ for one week. May My
Lord Adonai assist me. Amen.
Sat. 7th., 12 Midnight.
Although continually watchful, have had to chastise myself 15 times since
40’c. Will try and make a better record to-morrow. (I am certain that I have
not missed cutting arm immediately after using the word.)
Sun. 8th., 11.30 P.M.
Said prohibited word
2. before rising in morning.
1. during conversation.
3. during singing practice.
I, at tea.
I. in evening.
1. Supper.
9
Total
1The reader is asked to note that only a very few of very many practices are
transcribed in this abridged record. This note is especially important, because
a casual reader might be led to suppose that V.I.O. got a great deal for very
little. On the contrary, he is the hardest worker of all the Brethren, and well
deserved his unprecedented success. O.M.
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