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The Importance 
of our Conventional Greetings 
Cara Soror, 
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 
From time to time I have exhorted you with mine 
accustomed 
matchless eloquence never to neglect the 
prescribed Greetings; but I think it just as well to collect the 
various considerations connected with their use-and 
in 
"Greetings" I include "saying Will" before set meals, the four 
daily adorations of the Sun (Liber CC vel Resh) and the 
salutation of Our Lady the Moon. I propose to deal with the 
general object of the combined rituals, not with the special 
virtues of each separately. 
The practice of Liber III vel Jugorum 1 is the complement 
of these 
grouped 
customs. 
By sharp 
physical 
self-chastisement when you think, say, or do whatever it is 
that you have set yourself to avoid doing, you set a sentry at 
the gate of your mind ready to challenge all comers, and so 
you acquire the habit of being on the alert. Keep this in 
mind, and you will have no difficulty in following the 
argument of this letter. 
When you are practising Dharana 2 concentration, you 
allow yourself so many minutes. It is a steady, sustained 
effort. The mind constantly struggles to escape control. (I 
hope you remember the sequence of "breaks." In case you 
don't, I summarize them .) 
1. See Magick in Theory and Practice, pp. 427-429. 
2. Book 4," Part I. 
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