CHAPTER
X
THE LAMP
IN
Liber A. vel
Armorum,
the
official
instruction
of the A.
• .A.
' .
for the preparation
of the elemental
weapons,
it
is
said
that
each
symbolic
representation
of the
Universe
is
to
be
approved
by
the
Superior
of the
Magician.
To this
rule
the Lamp
is an exception;
it
is said :
" A Magical
Lamp that
shall
burn
without
wick
or oil, being fed by
the Aethyr.
This shall he accomplish
secretly
and apart, without
asking
the advice
or approval
of his Adeptus Minor."
This Lamp is the light of the pure soul;
it hath no need of
fuel, it is the Burning
Bush
inconsumable
that
Moses
saw,
the image
of the Most High.
This Lamp hangeth
above the Altar, it hath
no
support
from below;
its light illumines
the whole
Temple, yet upon
it are cast no shadows,
no reflections.
It cannot
be touched,
it cannot
be extinguished,
in
no
way can
it change;
for it is utterly
apart
from
all
those
things
which