THE VISION AND THE VOICE
And Satan is worshipped by men under the name of Jesus;
and Lucifer is worshipped by men under the name of Brahma;
and Leviathan is worshipped by men under the name of
Allah; and Belial is worshipped by men under the name of
Buddha.
(This is the meaning of the passage in Liber Legis, Chap.
III.)
Moreover, there is Mary, a blasphemy against BABALON,
for she hath shut herself up; and therefore is she the Queen
of all those wicked devils that walk upon the earth, those that
thou sawest even as little black specks that stained the
Heaven of Urania. And all these are the excrement of Chor-
onzon.
And for this is BABALON under the power of the
Magician, that she hath submitted herself unto the work; and
she guardeth the Abyss. And in her is a perfect purity of
that which is above; yet she is sent as the Redeemer to them
that are below. For there is no other way into the Supernal
Mystery but through her, and the Beast on which she rideth;
and the Magician is set beyond her to deceive the brothers of
blackness, lest they should make unto themselves a crown; for
if there were two crowns, then should Ygdrasil, that ancient
tree, be cast out into the Abyss, uprooted and cast down into
the Outermost Abyss, and the Arcanum which is in the
Adytum should be profaned; and the Ark should be touched,
and the Lodge spied upon by them that are not masters, and
the bread of the Sacrament should be the dung of Choronzon;
and the wine of the Sacrament should be the water of Chor-
onzon; and the incense should be dispersion; and the fire
upon the Altar should be hate. But lift up thyself; stand,
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