Cara Soror, 
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The Left-Hand Path 
The "Black Brothers" 
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 
It is the introduction of the word 'self' that has raised such 
prickly questions. It really is a little bewildering; the signpost 
"Right-hand 
Path, " "Left-hand 
Path," 
seems rather 
indecipherable; and then, for such a long way, they look 
exactly alike. At what point do they diverge? 
Actually, the answers are fairly simple. 
As far as the achievement or attainment is concerned, the 
two Paths are in fact identical. In fact, one almost feels 
obliged 
to postulate some inmost falsity, completely 
impossible to detect, inherent at the very earliest stages. 
For the decision which determines the catastrophe 
confronts only the Adeptus Exemptus 7°=4°. Until that 
grade is reached, and that very fully indeed, with all the 
buttons 
properly 
sewed on, one is not capable of 
understanding what is meant by the Abyss. Unless "all you 
have and all you are" is identical with the Universe, its 
annihilation would leave a surplus. 
Mark well this first distinction: the "Black Magician" or 
Sorcerer is hardly even a distant cousin of the "Black 
Brother." The difference between a sneak-thief and a Hitler is 
not too bad an analogy. 
The Left-hand Path is a totally different matter. Let us 
start at the beginning. 
You remember my saying that only two operations were 
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