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Death-Fear-Magickal Memory 
Cara Soror, 
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 
You ask me, very naturally, for details of the promise of 
Nuit (AL, I: 58) "certainty, not faith, while in life, upon 
death." 
In the first place, I think that it means what it says. There 
may be, probably is, some Qabalistic inner meaning: Those 
four nouns most assuredly look as if there were; but I don't 
feel at all sure what the Greek (or Hebrew, or Arabic) words 
would be; in any case, I have not yet made any attempt in 
this direction. 
To the straightforward promise, then! Certainly no word 
more reassuring could be given. But avoid anxiety, of course; 
remember "without lust of result," and AL, III: 16: "Deem 
not too eagerly to catch the promises." Now, full speed 
ahead! 
Like most promises of this type, it is, one must suppose, 
conditional. 
Such a power is clearly of the Siddhi; and my instinct tells 
me that it is a result of devotion to Our Lady of the Stars. 
Somehow I can't think of it as a sort of Birthday Present to a 
Favourite Nephew. "Why not?" You're right, as usual: 
anything may be a "Play of Nuit." Still, I feel that this would 
be a rare case. 
"But doesn't everything have to happen to everybody?" 
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