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Woman-Her Magical Formula 
Issa: 
Wine rots the liver; fever swells the spleen; 
Meat clogs the belly; dust inflames the eye; 
Stone irks the bladder: gout -plague-leprosy! 
Man born of woman is most full of trouble; 
God, a gorged fool that belches him, a bubble! 
But of all plagues wherewith a man is cursed, 
Take my word for it, woman is the worst! 
(The World's Tragedy) 
Cara Soror, 
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 
The eternal antagonism between the sexes is mere illusion. 
As well suppose the male the enemy of the female screw. 
Understand the spiritual reality of each, grasp their magical 
formulae; the sublime necessity of the apparent opposition 
will be apparent. 
The ultimate of Woman is Nuit; that of Man, Hadit. The 
Book of the Law speaks very fully and clearly in both cases. I 
quote the principal passages. 
A. Nuit. 
Had! The manifestation of Nuit . 
(I) 
Come forth , oh children, under the stars, & take your 
fill of love! 
I am above you and in you. My ecstasy is in yours. My 
joy is to see your joy. 
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