THE BOOK OF THE HIGH MAGICK ART that was worked by Frater O.S.V. 6         5
& Frater L.T. 2         9         . (Jan-Feb 1914 E.V.) This is Document C in
the account of the progress of NEMO to TO META OHPION.

   This is the preliminary account of this Operation of Magick Art.
   SOL IN LIBRA, An. IX Fra. O.S.V. accomplished the task laid upon him by the
Great White Brotherhood by issuing No. X of Vol. I of The Equinox. Thereby he
being brought to the end of his resources, he bethought himself to pray unto the
Great Gods of Heaven that they would bestow favour upon him -- for, even as did
Job, he cursed not God at all -- that he might make a new sacrifice unto the
Magnum Opus.
   Now there appeared Fra. Lampada Tradam, having passed through the Ordeal of a
Neophyte, to undertake the task of a Zelator, as by his Oath bound.
   Also for months 18 had Fra. O.S.V. been initiated by Fra. M. into the Greater
Mysteries, and been by him induced into the Throne of the Order of the Temple.
   Moreover, it is fitting to reconstitute this Order in its splendour, for at
the entry of Sol into Aries, An X is the 600th anniversary of the Martyrdom of
J.B.M. Also, a casual invocation of Pan by these Brethren had produced a great
marvel.
   All these things therefore tending thereto, let us take up the Work with
piety and zeal, and in holy charity and great chastity of body and soul. Amen.
   Thus therefore to the Glory of the Ineffable One of the Dove and of the
Serpent, did these two Brethren begin their Working --
   First. From 4:55 to 5:35 did I confess myself, even I, Frater O.S.V. 6
5         receiving the Sacrament from a certain priest A.B. and being thereby
much comforted did I set myself to the painting of the prime pantacle of this
book.
   Therein busied, came inspiration unto me from the Most High, and this is the
consideration: that though Pan be the Master of this Work, yet is the Work
naught without Wisdom divine, and that Hermes is rightly the God of this
particular Operation of Magick Art. Therefore, say I, let Hermes first be
invoked, and that by the Rite, and by this incantation which I made with my
friend the Art-Bachelor W.D.
   Jungitur en vati vates; rex inclyte rabdon
   Hermes tu venias, verba nefanda ferens.