Chapter II A Verses 45-50
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Consonance as of Bass with Treble; for here is the Impulse 
that setteth us to Magick, the Pain of the Conscious Mind. 
Having then Wit to find the Cause of this Pain in the Sense of 
Separation, and its Cessation by the Union of Love, it is the 
Summit of our Holy Art to present the whole Being of our 
Star to Our Lady in the Nuptial of our Bodily Death. We are 
then to make our whole Engine the true and real Appurte­
nance of our Force, without Leak, or Friction, or any other 
Waste or Hindrance to its Action. Thou knowest well how an 
Horse, or even a Machine propelled by a Man’s Feet, 
becometh as it were an Extension of the Rider, through his 
Skill and Custom. Thus let thy Star have profit of thy Vehicle, 
assimilating it, and sustaining it, so that it be healed of its 
Separation, and this even in Life, but most especially in 
Death. Also thou oughtest to increase thy Vehicle in Mass by 
true Growth in Balance that thou be a Bridegroom comely 
and well-favoured, a Man of Might, and a Warrior worthy of 
the Bed of so divine a Dissolution.
46. Dost thou fail? Art thou sorry? Is fear in thine heart?
Commentary: This verse brings out what is a fact in psychol­
ogy, the necessary connection between fear, sorrow, and failure. 
To will and to dare are closely linked Powers of the Sphinx, and 
they are based on—to know. If one have a right apprehension of 
the Universe, if he know himself free, immortal, boundless, 
infinite force and fire, then may he will and dare. Fear, sorrow, 
and failure are but phantoms.
47. Where I am these are not.
48. Pity not the fallen! I never knew them. I am not for them. I 
console not: I hate the consoled & the consoler.
49. I am unique & conqueror. I am not of the slaves that perish. 
Be they damned & dead! Amen. (This is of the 4: there is a 
fifth who is invisible, & therein am I as a babe in an egg.)
50. Blue am I and gold in the light of my bride: but the red gleam 
is in my eyes; & my spangles are purple & green.
Commentary: There is here suggested the Image of “the Star n:2i 
and the Snake.”