Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

The Hierophant to friends, Nine b y nature, Naught by attainment, Five by fonction. In speech swift, subtle and secret j in thought créative, unbiassed, unboundedj in act gentle, patient and persistent. Hermes to hear, Dionysus to touch, Pan to behold. A Virgin, a Babe, and a Beast! A Liar, an Idiot, and a Master of Men! A kiss, a guffaw, and a bellow; he that hath ears to hear, let him hear! Take ten that be one, and one that is one in three, to conceal them in six! Thy wand to al] Cups, and thy Disk to ail Swords, but betray not thine Egg! Moreover also is IAF verily 666 by virtue of Number; and this is a Mystery of Mysteries; Who knoweth it, he is adept of adepts, and Mighty among Magicians! Now this word SAB AF, being by number Three score and Ten,1 is a name of Ayin, the Eye, and the Devil our Lord, and the Goat of Mendes. He is the Lord of the Sabbath of the Adepts, and is Satan, therefore also the Sun, whose number of Magick is 666, the seal of His servant the BEAST. But again SA is 61, AIN, the Naught of Nuith; BA means go, for HADIT ; and F is their Son the Sun who is Ra — Hoor — Khuit. So then let the Adept set his sigil upon ail the words he hath writ in the Book of the Works of his WilL i. There is an alternative spelling TzBA — F where the Root, “an Host,>, has the value of 93. The Practicus should revive this Ritual throughout in the Light of his personal researches in the Qabalah, and thus make it his own peculiar property. The spelling here suggested implies that he who utters the Word affirms his allegiance to the symbols 93 and 6; that he is a warrior in the army of Will and of the Sun. 93 is also the number of AIWAZ and 6 of The Beast. 290