THE EQUINOX
middle size, and when that blazeth brightly, at the last the
great logs, though they be utterly green, are nevertheless
enkindled.
Now, son, hearken unto this Our reproof, and lend the ear
of thine understanding unto the parable of this Magick.
We have for the whole Beginning of Our Work, praise be
eternally unto His Holy Name, the Fire of our Father the
Sun. The inspiration is ours, and ours is the Law of The-
lema that shall set the world ablaze. And We have many
small dry sticks, that kindle quickly and burn through
quickly, leaving the larger Wood unlit. And the great logs,
the masses of humanity, are always with us. But our edged
need is of those middle fagots that on the one hand are read-
ily kindled by the small Wood, and on the other endure until
the great logs blaze.
(Behold how sad a thing it is, quoth the Ape of Thoth, for
one to be so holy that he cannot chop a tree and cook his food
without preparing upon it a long and tedious Morality!)
Let this epistle be copied and circulated among all those
that have accepted the Law of Thelema. Receive now Our
paternal benediction: the Benediction of the All-Begetter be
upon thee. Love is the law, love under will. @HPION 9° =2°
A..A.. Given under Our hand and seal this day of An XII,
the Sun our Father being in 12° 42’ 2” of the sign Leo, and
the Moon in 25° 39’ 11” of the sign Libra, from the House
of the Juggler, that is by Lake Pasquaney in the State of
New Hampshire.
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