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varieth ever, according to the subtlety of him that 
made it. 
56. And Adonai said: The strong brown reaper swept his 
swathe and rejoiced. The wise man counted his 
muscles and pondered, and understood not, and was 
sad. Reap thou and rejoice! 
57. Then was the adept glad, and lifted his arm. La! an 
earthquake, and plague, and terror on the earth! A 
casting down of them that sat in high places; a 
famine upon the multitude! 
58. And the grape fell ripe and rich into his mouth. 
59. Stained is the purple of thy mouth, 0 brilliant one 
with the white glory of the lips of Adonai. 
60. The foam of the grape is like the storm upon the 
sea; the ships tremble and shudder; the shipmaster is 
afraid. 
61. That is thy drunkenness, 0 holy one, and the winds 
whirl away the soul of the scribe into the happy 
haven. 
62. 0 Lord God! Let the haven be cast down by the 
fury of the storm! Let the foam of the grape 
tincture my soul with thy light! 
Yes, I dare say. But is there not here a sort of moral 
oxymoron? Are not the Masters pursuing two diametrically 
opposed policies at the same time? 
Genius-or 
Initiation, which implies the liberation and 
development of the genius latent in us all (is not one of the 
names of the "Holy Guardian Angel" the Genius?)-is 
practically the monopoly of the "crazy adventurer," as the 
official mind will most certainly rate him. Then why do not 
the Masters oppose all forms of organization tooth-and-nail? 
It depends, surely, on the stage which a society has 
reached on its fall to the servile state. Civilization of course, 
implies organization up to a certain point. The freedom of 
any function is built upon system; and so long as Law and