THE VISION AND THE VOICE
For cunningly doth he talk of many things, going from
subject to subject, and thus he misleadeth the wary into argu-
ment with him. And though Choronzon be easily beaten in
argument, yet, by disturbing the attention of him who would
command him, doth he gain the victory.
For Choronzon feareth of all things concentration and
silence: he therefore who would command him should will in
silence: thus is he brought to obey.
This the Scribe knoweth; for that since the obtaining of
the Accurstd Tenth Aethyr, he hath held converse with
Choronzon. And unexpectedly did he obtain the information
that he sought after having long refused to answer the demon’s
speeches.
Choronzon is dispersion; and such is his fear of concentra-
tion that he will obey rather than be subjected to it, or even
behold it in another.
The account of the further dealings of Choronzon with the
Scribe will be found in the Record of Omnia Vincam.
THE Cry OF THE 9TH AETHYR, WHICH IS CALLED ZIP.
(The terrible Curse that is the Call of the Thirty Aethyrs
sounds like a song of ecstasy and triumph; every phrase in it
has a secret meaning of blessing.)
The Shew-stone is of soft lucent white, on which the Rose-
Cross shows a brilliant yet colourless well of light.
And now the veil of the stone is rent with a clap of thunder,
and I am walking upon a razor-edge of light suspended over
the Abyss, and before me and above me are ranged the terrible
armies of the Most High, like unto those in the 11th Aethyr,
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