P-12


The Esoteric Record [of the Eighth Working]
   Die Lunae. 12:15 a.m.
   The God Hermes having been invoked O.S.V. beheld him, in his character of the
messenger, young, bearing the Caduceus. He stands upon the Altar of the East,
poised upon His right toe. He is made of fixed light, the colour thereof being
pale gold. L.T. lifted up his voice and said` ``What sayeth He?''
   O.S.V.:  I am the messenger of the Gods, and I send you wreaths. Famed among
men shall become this thy scripture.
   L.T.:  Will it be successful in its object?
   O.S.V.:  Yea: verily and amen. The whole method is right, but we shall
improve in details. L.T.'s mental attitude should be more poetic. The Mass of
the Phoenix on Tuesday depends entirely on the feeling of mental superiority
thus induced.
   L.T.:  Is there any message for O.S.V. of a personal character?
   O.S.V.:  He will have news, perhaps even tomorrow morning; rather startling
in character; to be included under the general heading of good.
   L.T.:  Will L.T. get news?
   O.S.V.:  News is coming to him.
   L.T.:  Good news?
   O.S.V.:  Soft news; like the body of a dove. From England.
   L.T.:  Are the Gods pleased with the Ceremonies?
   O.S.V.:  Yea; they rejoice exceedingly. This Rite is to be the mainstay of
the Work. Anything can be obtained by this method. Suitable persons will present
themselves for initiation into it. Women are not to be admitted, except in those
Rites where feminine Gods are invoked. They must not be admitted to the
invocations of male Gods.
   L.T.:  What is the immediate task?
   O.S.V.:  The four-fold invocation of Juppiter should have been performed four
times; this week, however, it has been interferedwith by The Mass of the
Phoenix. You will therefore employ it in experiments, invoking Priapus, Bacchus,
Mars, unless you find suitable women, You must be very careful with Mars, if you
invoke Him. If it is still necessary to invoke Juppiter, begin on Monday, four
times a week, for four weeks. But why should it be necessary? Abramelin squares
may be used as Versicles. This (i.e. quasi instrumentaum gaudii) was the use of
the child in the Abramelin operation. Respectability is the greatest of all
blinds. The general key in reading ancient documents of a magical nature, is to
suspect the worst. O.S.V. seems to get his fame alright, and this will leave him
very peaceful. Any amount of news coming for both of us; but O.S.V. has more
than L.T. The news is like parcels of dove's wings, of a delicate purple grey or
black goose quill; there is also news from the West of England; from Glasgow, or
its neighbourhood; and from America.
   L.T.:  Are any officers wanted?
   O.S.V.:  No. No one is to be initiated until after the public orgie.......I
am now seeing the purple and grey background as if the force was developing.
Around those clouds flash forth violet rays in the indigo. In the centre of all
is the golden Mercury. Now He comes forward, kissing me on the mouth, laying His
Caduceus on my Phallus. And he lifted up His voice, saying: ``Unto all kingdoms
shall thou utter the word''. Now He puts His tongue into my mouth. It is not
like the tongue of a man, but of a serpent or an ant-eater. He runs it all over
my brain, making the skull luminous, transparent, phosphorescent. Moreover He
spake winged words: ``I will give thee the wisdom the serpent, but thou must
cleanse thy brain. Purge thyself in the sun. It is the love of others that will
purify thee most. This needest thou: the devotion absolute of men four, and
women four. And all these four men will be deformed, and these four women will
come from the four quarters of the earth -- the four continents whose names
begin with A''
   I see the most wonderful range of mountains with orange clouds of sunrise
flaming upon them. Yet the crest of the mountain curls over as it rolls onward,
ike the crest of a wave. With one foot on this crest stands Mercury again,
around Him soft flames of orange, and green, and purple. And these words spake
He from golden mouth ``Thou art mine. Thou comest always unto me. Always in
every grade am I thy guide; and even at this hour do I burn up thy dust.
Moreover, thou shalt behold a certain earnest of thy work, and that right
early.'' This Mercury is poised upon a winged wheel that uttereth lightnings. He
droppeth ostrich plumes for rank, and twists of flax to signify that the fate of
certain men will be in my hands. I now see a purple planet in space, radiating
light from a luminous ring, and also from its poles. With regard to
Reincarnation, the heliocentric theory is right. As we conquer the conditions of
a planet, we incarnate on the next planet inward until we return to the Father
of All, when our experiences link together, become intelligible, and star speaks
to star. Terra is the last planet where bodies are made of earth; in Venus they
are fluid; on Mercury aerial; while in the Sun they are fashioned of pure fire.
It is most important to develop the fluid body, to pack away all your powers in
it.