AM.17


[{p} _ Saturday_]  March 23,  1918 [e.v.]

   11.20  p.m.
      T.'s pride rebuked. _Alta tiera_ means Old Female
Wild Beast.
   11.40
      729 looks majestic, his beard longer and whiter:
very sad but stronger. He's _older_.
      Temple as last Sunday. Olun has bird as before: her
temple of Nuith is in the distance. Something queer--
pig on ground moving about.

   T:    Give symbols for last week's work. Was it good?
   729: ``Yes.''  VI in Taro. (He's not smiling.) With the Tao.
_(VI interpreted as in _[Liber] 418._)_
   T:    What will be the effect of this Work on (1) Therion,
(2) Achitha, (3) Olun?
   A:    64. _( _+_ 8_{2} w_.)_
_   _A:    81. _( _+_ 9_{2} v_.)_
_   _A:    36. _( _+_ 6_{2} {u} _.)_
_   _A:    _(_w_, _v_, _{u} _. _rdc =_ 205. _(G.B.L.)*_ Gabriel.)_
   T:    Give Tarot card for O[lun]'s future life.
   A:    VI. _(The Emperor. _{a} _.)_
   T:    Advise present action with regard to Therion.
   A:    684. _( _+_ 18 _+ {l} _.) (She's in doubt.)_
_   _A:    583. _( _+_ 16 _+ {n} _.) (activity.)_
_   _A:    673. _( _+_ 16 _+ {n} _.) (activity.)_
_   _A:    _( _{l} _, _{n} _, _{n} _ _+_ 180 _+_ a spring; front part. Moral: she should_
_advance.)_
_   _A:    7 of Swords. _(Unstable effort. Quite right: her present_
_action.)_
   T:    Her future action, then?
   A:    3 Wands. _( _+_ Established strength. _{u} _ in _{a} _.)_
   T:    How will this become possible?
   A:    To slay or kill. _(A[chitha] gets these words without_
_connection.)_ 865. _( _+_ 19 _+ {u} _.)_
Spanish moss hanging from trees: humming-birds' nests
in moss. A hawk. Snake in tree. Child building play-
house in tree--it's an oak. He has short stick. Tall pine
with cones near. A farm plot around this. Moss burns up.
Nests ditto and fall to the ground. Snake leaves tree.
Hawk looks on. Child sees snake but plays with it
happily. Oak only slightly burnt. Pine struck by
lightning.
   T:    Give me a number to express all this.
   A:    43. _(Great; rejoice; make faint, Challah; hazel, almond.)_
   T:    What is next week's work?
   A:    765. _( _+_ 18 _+ {l} _.  _(_XV_)_.  9 of Cups. Material Happiness._
{o} _ in _{l} _.)_
   T:    Message?
   A:    Write.
   T:    What?
   A:    Something to do with Levi.
   T:    Show symbol to guide Ahitha in her trouble.
   A:    Symbol of Venus [{x} ].
   T:    Confirm this.
   A:    _Angula polyporus_--white, undeveloped and gelatinous--
it soon bursts and deflouresces into a Winged Beetle.
   T:    Confirm by number.
   A:    173. _(Lighten mine eyes; 3rd decan _{k} _ _=_ 7 Swords _=_ unstable_
_effort.)_
   T:    Tarot card for same?
   A:    8 of Cups. _( _=_ abandoned success.)_
   T:    How will my affairs go?
   A:    An ear of corn.
   T:    Number to confirm?
   A:    XVII. _( _=_ The Star.)_
   T:    Pure number?
   A:    761. _( _=_ XIV _=_ Temperance.)_
   A:    _(Don't understand.)_
   A:    79. _(Boaz and Jachin etc.)_
   T:    Will O.I.V.V.I.O. be able to join me soon?
   A:    No.*