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   The following questions were then asked by O.S.V. and answered by L.T.
   Q:  What will be the result of Yardley's mission?
   A:  Successful on the whole, but not entirely.
   Q:  Shall I know soon?
   A:  Within 14 days; say 10 or 11. _(Hermes returns; and kisses L.T. on lips,_
_navel and Phallus.)_
   Q:  Will I get K's dances on?
   A:  Yes.
   Q:  Big success?
   A:  Yes.
   Q:  How soon?
   A:  Within three months. L.T. will be released within two months from
everything: he will get into a new stratum of Karma. He is going away Eastwards.
In June he marries; but returns to the Great Work in September.* Its conditions
are quite altered. L.T. having acquired a great fortune. O.S.V. goes away on a
long journey to the East, leaving L.T. in charge. This results in serious
trouble with regards to Krishnamurti. Let O.S.V. not allow 493 to enter into
Scorpio.
   O.S.V.:  What is 493?
   L.T.  Connected with water and with Cremers. It is she that stirs up strife.
   O.S.V.:  What is 493?
   L.T.  Connected with water and with Cremers. O.S.V. has told her too much.
   Q:  What is 493?
   A:  It is connected with O.S.V.'s dealings with Cremers. It is she that stirs
up strife.
   Q:  What is 493?
   A:  A book, of a Mercurial nature, stolen by Cremers. Don't let that get into
Scorpio.* Cremers will either write to L.T. or communicate directly with him.*
   _   The questioner in a fit of despair abandons the unequal contest._
_   _   Hermes now gives a gold ring to L.T. for O.S.V. The bezel of this ring is
a ruby, with a white fleur-de-lys on each side of it. The ring is gold. Opposite
the ruby are the initials S.T.R. This ring is the crown of the Phallus, the Yoni
of Thoth, the collar of the Ape of Thoth.
      Concerning the Rites, O.S.V. is always to be first to scry. L.T. is to
write down in the scrying. L.T. is always to be the priest. These Rites are
never to be done for more than six successive nights,* and four is a better
number. The Rites should never begin earlier than 9 o'clock at night, and should
never last longer than three hours and a half. These are the colours of certain
Gods: Priapus -- Yellow and purple; Iacchus -- Scarlet and green; Venus -- Blus,
white and gold; Minerva -- White and silver with a little dark blue; Pan --
Crimson. The floor should be white, but, on festivals and special occasions,
black and white, or red and white squares. Further instructions will be given
from time to time. Music may be employed in the Rite, but in a subordinate
manner. It should be soft and stringed. Celebrants of the Rite should not be
bare-headed, but shuld wear head-dresses of white, or such other colour as may
be indicated. After five weeks other directions will be given. Until then work
as aforesaid.
      I now see the figure drawn hereunder. It is famillar to O.S.V. as the sign
of a certain grade, and the name of it is S.T.R.
      Hermes now touches L.T.'s lips with his Caduceus, and gives this last
message to O.S.V. ``Beyond nothing is Everything.'' He then kisses L.T., and
departs.


      On Monday Fra. L.T. was indisposed; on Tues. the Brethren performed `The
Mass of the Phoenix' in the house of a friend, P.D.F. An instruction was
moreover given to the Fra. O.S.V., to which he will duly pay heed.
      On Wednesday Fra. L.T. being again indisposed, O.S.V. decided to go on
Thursday to the forest with him to seek health. This they did, and by the favour
of the gods obtained it.
      Now therefore on Monday Jan. 19 according to the counsel and reproof of
Hermes did they again address themselves to the invocation of Juppiter; and this
is