AM.6/1


[{u} _ Sunday_]  February 3,  [1918  e.v.]

   _   Next day continued._
_   _   After a talk on the Qabalah it occurred to T. to ask
for a Moslem word to match the 93 series.
      A star of six points comes from a cloud. The star is
attached to a projection of clay thrust like a phallus
from the cloud. The star disappears: a round green
wheel takes its place. All disappears. Arcteon ( . . . ).
Two very old women going to door of wizard's room.
A council room where he gives things to the Aeons.
Like messages or instructions, or words of wisdom.
The word (Abrahadaba)*. Ram appears in the room;
also a shadow of a fish and a peculiar colored fowl
(chicken-like with the fore part taken away) which
represents the sign of the Zodiac, Aries. Ram now
stands on the cloud.{i} A pair of open shears broken. A
crowned Jesus looking up suffering.ß
      Wizard throws a vision of party of people. One
transparent fat woman. Her body shows through her
clothes. A butterfly with wings of pine cones in a
bowl.
      The star reappears and becomes an eye. Then a
cross on a key-ring. Then a key. Three Ethiopians in
strong poses--Malachas, Thelmachus, Argenon.
      Arcteon comes back.{i}

   Q: ``How many letters has Arcteon?''
   A:    Star reappears, gold on a winged base.
             _Both of us were very cross and almost stopped in a quarrel._
   Q: ``How many letters has Arcteon?''
   A: ``Seven.'' _It turns out to add to 360.  _;ghyrt = _360._
   Q: ``Who is Arcteon?''
   A:    Alameda. _(I did not know this word.)_ His function is to
preach the law.
   Q: ``Is he a living man?''
             _Wizard laughs._
   Q: ``Is he born yet?''
   A:    (A lot of symbols appear.) ``No.''

   AM.6/2


      T. asked if I could see him. A gorilla appears but is
not he. There is a stable by which there is a chair for
360. 360 has a hoary black head, rather caveman like,
unkempt. Jewish looking, but not a Jew. Not German.
      Wizard looks far away from me spiritually. On
shelf (Pylon) where egg is a flaming lamp appears.
Over the lamp is a peculiar light. In this light there is
a peculiar large-headed, particularly large-eyed small
bird. Also there is some strange kind of material like
drapery in folds. It is somewhat like metal made into
decorative objects like ornamented mirrors etc. etc.
and finally like convolutions in the egg.
      I see the wizard walking through the desert on hot
sands. He is not walking straight along. He is intense.
Carrying on some work. I saw an oasis and the dog-
like Japanese face, and the lower part of the stall in
the stable. I ask the wizard if he had anything to say
to us. He pays no attention to me and reaches the
oasis. I leave him here.
      I see the king at the fountain at Pantruel. I ask his
function. He does not answer because he is modest and
simple. He is in ordinary clothes and has a red mark
on right side under arm and along chest. I see the
child and ask its name. He does not tell me. He turns
into many children as I watch him. These children
have a goat or a dog and play around. The old name
of (Fionchella)* does not fit child. He says ``Rex
Pan.'' When I ask if he belongs to wizard or king.
Pan has something to do with the name.
      I see the egg on the pylon. I ask who the egg
belongs to. The wizard shows me a hen laying an egg
and says ``Whose egg is this?'' I ask him what his
opinion is of us. He respects T., but pays little
attention to me.--This part about little attention to me
is false in me. I have to readjust myself back to a true
attitude towards the wizard. He now shows me a
mirror. I have on a travelling hat. T. in a robe in a
hotel room. This means something about a home. We
are to go to Egypt for the key. The key might be in
center of egg when it is broken. It is a small golden
key.

   AM.6/3



   Q:    I ask the function of the Monkey Officer.
   A: ``To operate through the abstract law of Obsession.''
   Q:    I ask if I am in the series of 156.
   A: ``Yes.''
   Q: ``My number?''
   A:    3.
   Q: ``My name?''
   A:    None.
   Q: ``My number?''
   A:    184. _(We worked out number 184.)_
   Q: ``Will the work of the 9th degree be better carried out by
one than two?''
   A: ``Two.''
   Q: ``Is it better to work in a circle or vesica?''
   A: ``Circle.''
   Q: ``Have you any criticism of T.'s present method?''
   A: ``More strength and punch needed.''
   Q: ``Does T. fail more in _solve_ or in _coagula_?''
   A: ``_Coagula._''
   Q: ``Can any improvements be suggested?''
   A: ``Be more stern and comprehensive.''
   Q: ``Is there any special dodge about the preparation of the
tincture?''
   A: ``Must be clear drop by drop.''
   Q: ``Is talismanic theory approximately correct?''
   A: ``Yes.''
   Q: ``Is the general formula of `The Paris Working' an ideally
good one?''
   A: ``Yes, only not quite bold enough.''
   Q: ``Is the use of Mantras or hymns very advantageous?''
   A: ``Yes.''
   Q: ``Is the method of drawing 10 from 400 by 80 a good
one?''*
   A: ``Yes, except the length of the levers.''
   Q: ``Does the eagle play an important part?''
   A: ``Yes.''
   Q: ``Has T. been making the substance of the talisman
satisfactorily?''
   A: ``It is too weak or too thin.''
   Q: ``Should T. disclose the contents of the book {ENO:a} CAPE{d} to the
person in his Mind at present?''
   A: ``Yes.'' I see vision of an elephant with howdah in which
there is a man with black moustache black eyes, has
mahout. It appears just back of the wizard who has for
some time had three bodies around him. They stand so
that one is to the right in front of him and the others to
the left one in front of the other.
   Q: ``Is the trouble with the talisman one of technical skill or
an original trouble?''
   A: ``Original.''
   Q: ``Can this be remedied?''
   A: ``Use proper leaven of life: begin as an early child.'' I see a
vision of a child in an old fashioned crib being rocked.
   Q: ``Is T.'s theory of Levanah based on certain alchemical
considerations approximately correct?''
   A: ``Yes.''