AB.14 [w Wednesday] December 13th [1911 W-V.] No ceremony. 9:06 P.M. (This is actual 8:59 circa._)_ Ready. 9:07 P.M. Nemo Adest. 9:10 Seer ready. P: Is Ab-ul-Diz there? S: Has been here for some time. P: Will he answer questions? S: Yes. P: C.A.c.? _(Can Anna come?)_ S: C.A.? P: n.n.e.? _(Can Preston come?)_ S: Yes: always and O.F. Faith _(3 times.)_ P: n.a.c. _(Can Anna come?)_ S: No. (Tonight there'll be trouble. I feel it.) P: Why? S: Lack of faith. If only you'd believe and go straight etc. P: Who is doubting? S: You. P: Not at all. S: Yes. P: You, o seer, have doubted. S: _(General assertion of faith.)_ Prove me. P: I tried you. S: 3 . . . 2. P: I tested your faith several times. S: The answer is X.X.X.1.A.A. and you never tried the supreme test. P: W.K.g.i.h.p.? _(Will Kundry g[ive] up her p[earls]?)_ S: No: not yet. P: What will happen in that case? S: What happened to you before. P: Ah God! -- Is it too late? S: No. Not too late, but too little faith. P: Take these in your hand. _(P. gave S. the [pearls].)_ S: Why? . . . They've disappeared, there's nothing left; they no longer exist. . . Never mind: I'm at home with them; _( _i.e._ the Brothers)_ how well they know! . . . Begin his name with last letter; write it otherwise and add 22. Begin with . . . ZIDLUBA add 22. Oh, mother! _(a noise)_. P: What have you done? S: I've thrown away the p[earls]. I was quite right. He tells me so. If you can't give me spiritual gifts and things of value I don't need any. I don't need pearls; I need light. P: What shall be done with the pearls? S: Nothing; they're of no value. Understand; for God's sake understand. You must ask such questions differently. P: S.t.p.b.s.t.V.? _(Shall the pearls be sent to V.V.V.V.V.?)_ S: Wait: and know. You were answered this question before. P: B.n.? T.s.s.s. _(But now? They stir up strife.)_ __ S: Yes: are _you_ ready to serve? P: Have I not served? S: Not completely. P: What remains for me to give up? S: The Unknowable. There are seven stars. (7 _x_'s) 5 you have past; 2 are ready. 1 you hold now in the form of a cross. Now ask what you will. All help is ready. Are you ready to serve? Ask what proof you will. P: Yes. M.w.t.A.w.u.? _(May we take Anna with us?)_ S: A man on a journey. P: Yes or no? S: Yes. P: M.w.t.P.a.w.? _(May we take Preston as well?)_ S: Yes. P: But you said otherwise before. Why this change? S: Lack of faith. P: We swear to obey whatever you order in this matter. A.w.t.b.t.o.f.? _(Are we to be three or four?)_ S: To go? P: Yes. T. or F.? S: Ask in another way.