THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES
CHAPTER IV
ARCANUM ARCANORUM
THE great arcanum—that is to say, the unutterable and
inexplicable secret—is the absolute knowledge of good and of
evil.
“When you have eaten the fruit of this tree, you will be as
the gods,” said the Serpent.
ABSURDITE
“Tf you eat of it, you will die,” replied Divine Wisdom.
Thus good and evil bear fruit on one same tree, and from
one same root.
Good personified is God.
Evil personified is the Devil.
To know the secret or the formula of God is to be God.
To know the secret or the formula of the Devil is to be the
Devil.
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