" But the mystery passeth speech. The mind reels and the intellectis smitten before even the idea of Woman, and the dark Mother of whom she is the bright shadow. But let the adept meditate on this:there are loves she has loved in this body, and others - bright loves and dark loves, gay and sad, pure and perverse. And let him recall these loves in all the joy and sadness of illusion: in the wonder of morning and springtime, the glory of noonday and summer,the splendour of sunset and autumn. And let him distil these bysubtle alchemy into the irridescent shape of heart's desire. Thenlet him consider this, that all men hold in their hearts the imageof love, hymned by all poets, painted by all artists, and sung ineternally great music. And this is patterned, as some say, afterthe image of the first love, the mother. But I say that that perfectimage in the heart of man is patterned by the awful form in space-time that shapes all women, the insatiable lust of Pan thatis BABALON. Then let the adept meditate upon that the demon woman Lileth thatdevoureth her own children, Kali avatar of destruction, Venus the whore averse, and let him likewise bend that shape to his dream.And let him look upon the Goddess that is the Body of Stars, and lethim percive that all these are one. Then, with the serpent venom in his blood, and the lust unconquerable in his heart, let him invokeBABALON. Yea, let him invoke BABALON. And the adept will partake somewhat of this mystery in the continuous devotion to any deity, since all gods are one. Now it may be that the adept may have a mate upon the plane ofearth, or among the elementals; and if he will, let him conceive ofthis mate as partaking of the nature of his deity, for herein is asubtle and beautiful practice of love. But woe unto him that confusesthe planes, worshipping an image of clay while the sanctuary lies desolate and abandoned. For if his love be pure he shall attain theInfernal Rose, and partake of the sacrament of the Lord of the Love,even as I, my brothers; even as I. Now there is another mystery concerning BABALON that has beenmade known to me by my magical studies, and that is this: thatBABALON is now incarnate on earth in the form of a mortal woman.I do not know where or in whom She is incarnate and that She willmanifest - a banner before armies and a judgement of nations - I doknow. There exists certain pertinent material on the subject which will be made available at the proper time. I may say no more onthis matter at present. Beyond this, it is abundantly evident that the spirit of BABALONstirs in the women of the world. The demand for increased freedom,the rejection of both the tyranntical husband and of the childishlover, the increase of feminine polygamy and lesbianism - all indicate the developement of a new type of woman, who will have a whole man or none. It is the business of the magician to develophimself into a man sufficient for the new woman that his own magicallust has engendered. It is his business to become a priest, in orderthat she may become the availing sacrifice that her nature demands.At the last it is a high mystery of the lance and the grail. It cannot be taught. Magick is a path; but for the end of the path thereare no words, there is no language. --------------------------- * The above text is taken from "STARFIRE" Vol. I No. 3. "StarFire" is a Thelemic publication. 93,93/93 A:E:"
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