Chapter I * Verses 59—62
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It would be quite impracticable to go fully into the subject of 
this vision of the Star-Sponge, if only because its ramifications are 
omniform. It must suffice to reiterate that it has been the basis of 
most of my work for the last five years, and to remind the reader 
that the essential form of it is “Nothingness with twinkles.”
60. My number is 11, as all their numbers who are of us. The 
Five Pointed Star, with a Circle in the Middle, & the circle is 
Red. My colour is black to the blind, but the blue & gold are 
seen of the seeing. Also I have a secret glory for them that 
love me.
61. But to love me is better than all things: if under the night­
stars in the desert thou presently burnest mine incense before 
me, invoking me with a pure heart, and the Serpent flame 
therein, thou shalt come a little to lie in my bosom. For one 
kiss wilt thou then be willing to give all; but whoso gives one 
particle of dust shall lose all in that hour. Ye shall gather 
goods and store of women and spices; ye shall wear rich 
jewels; ye shall exceed the nations of the earth in splendour 
& pride; but always in the love of me, and so shall ye come 
to my joy. I charge you earnestly to come before me in a 
single robe, and covered with a rich headdress. I love you!
I yearn to you! Pale or purple, veiled or voluptuous, I who 
am all pleasure and purple, and drunkenness of the 
innermost sense, desire you. Put on the wings, and arouse 
the coiled splendour within you: come unto me!
62. At all my meetings with you shall the priestess say—and her 
eyes shall burn with desire as she stands bare and rejoicing in 
my secret temple—To me! To me! calling forth the flame of 
the hearts of all in her love-chant.
Commentary: It is evident that Our Lady, in her Personality, 
contemplates some more or less open form of worship suited for 
the laity. With the establishment of the Law something of this sort 
may become possible. It is only necessary to kill out the sense of 
“sin,” with its false shame and its fear of nature.