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And so we find once more that the Ego-idea must be ruthlessly
rooted out before Understanding
can be attained.
There is an apparent
contradiction
between
this
attitude
and that of
the Master
of the Temple.
What can possibly
be more selfish than this
interpretation
of everything
as the dealing
of God with
the soul?
But
it
is
God
who
is all
and
not
any
part;
and
every "deaHng"
must thus be an expansion
of the soul,
a destruction
of its separateness.
Every ray of the sun expands
the flower.
The
surface
of the water
in
the Magick Cup is infinite;
there is no
point
different
from
any other point. ^
Thus, ultimately,
as the wand is a binding and
a limitation,
so is the
Cup an expansion —into the Infinite.
And this is the danger of the Cup;
it must necessarily
be open to all,
and yet if anything
is put into it which
is out of proportion,
unbalanced,
or impure,
it takes hurt.
And here again we find
difficulty
with
our
thoughts.
The
grossness
and stupidity
oi simple wipressio7is cloud
the water;
emotions
trouble
it;
perceptions are
still
far
from
the
perfect
purity of truth; they cause re-
^
" If ye confound
the space -marks,
saying:
They are one,
or
saying:
They
are
many
. . . then
expect
the direful
judgments
of Ra Hoor Khuit.
.
.
. This shall
regenerate the world,
the little
world
my sister."
These
are the words of NUIT,
Our
Lady of the Stars, of whom
Binah
is
but the troubled
reflection.