THE EQUINOX
And the third Adept examines the skin and tastes the
sweat of my left arm, and says:
TAN, TAN, TAN, TAN.
And the fourth Adept examines my neck, and seems to
approve, though he says nothing; and he hath opened the
right half of my brain, and he makes some examination, and
says: “Samajh, samajh, samajh.”
And the fifth Adept examines the left half of my brain,
and then holds up his hand in protest, and says “PLA .. .”
(I cannot get the sentence, but the meaning is: In the thick
darkness the seed awaiteth spring.)
And now am I again rapt in contemplation of that universe
of letters which are stars.
The words ORLO, ILRO, TULE are three most secret
names of God. They are Magick names, each having an
interpretation of the same kind as the interpretation of
I.N.R.L, and the name OIT, RLU, LRL, OOE are other
names of God, that contain magical formulae, the first to
invoke fire; the second, water; the third, air; and the fourth,
earth.
And if the Table be read diagonally, every letter, and
every combination of letters, is the name of a devil. And
from these are drawn the formulae of evil magick. But the
holy letter I above the triad LLL dominateth the Table, and
preserveth the peace of the universe.
And in the seven talismans about the central Table are
contained the Mysteries of drawing forth the letters. And
the letters of the circumference declare the glory of Nuit, that
beginneth from Aries.*
* Note that the corner letters in this table are all B= V.
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