Magick Without Tears

THE A:. A:. 459 makes the Masters responsible for the agony of the planet. I refer you to The Book of the Heart Girt with a Serpent, Cp.I: 33-40. 33. Let us take our delight in the multitude of men! Let u-s shape unto ourselves a boat of Mother-ofpearl from them, that we may ride upon the river of Amrit! 34. Thou seest yon petal of Amaranth, blown by the wind from the low sweet brows of Hathor? 35. (The magister saw it and rejoiced in the beauty of it.) Listen! 36. (From a certain world came an infinite wail.) That falling petal seemed to the little ones a wave to engulph their continent. 37. So they will reproach thy servant, saying: Who hath set thee to save us? 38. He will be sore distressed. 39. All they will understand not that thou and I are fashioning a boat of Mother-ofPearl. We will sail down the river of Amrit even to the yew groves of Yama, where we may rejoice exceedingly. 40. The joy of men shall be our silver gleam, their woe our blue gleam-all in the Mother-of-pearl. And again, Cpo I: 50-52 and 56-62. 50. Adonai spake yet again with V. V. V. V. V. and said: The earth is ripe for vintage; let us eat of her grapes, and be drunken thereon. 51. And V. V. V. V. V. answered and said: 0 my Lord, my dove, my excellent one, how shall this word seem unto the children of men? 52. And He answered him: Not as thou canst see. It is certain that every letter of this cipher hath some value; but who shall determine the value? For it