THE VISION AND THE VOICE
The shedding of blood is necessary, for God did not hear
the children of Eve until blood was shed. And that is external
religion; but Cain spake not with God, nor had the mark of
initiation upon his brow, so that he was shunned of all men,
until he had shed blood. And this blood was the blood
of his brother. This is a mystery of the sixth key of the
Taro, which ought not to be called The Lovers, but The
Brothers.
In the middle of the card stands Cain; in his right hand is
the Hammer of Thor with which he hath slain his brother,
and it is all wet with his blood. And his left hand he holdeth
open as a sign of innocence. And on his right hand is his
mother Eve, around whom the serpent is entwined with his
hood spread behind her head; and on his left hand is a figure
somewhat like the Hindoo Kali, but much more seductive.
Yet I know it to be Lilith. And above him is the Great Sigil
of the Arrow, downward, but it is struck through the heart
of the child. This Child also is Abel. And the meaning of this
part of the card is obscure, but that is the correct drawing
of the Taro card; and that is the correct magical fable from
which the Hebrew scribes, who were not complete Initiates,
stole their legend of the Fall and the subsequent events.
They joined different fables together to try and make a con-
nected story, and they sophisticated them to suit their social
and political conditions.
All this while no image hath come into the Stone, and no
voice hath been heard.
I cannot get any idea of the source of what I have been
saying. All I can say is, that there is a sort of dew, like mist,
upon the Stone, and yet it has become hot to the touch.
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