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may read this, which could very readily be adapted to some such
purpose as we are now discussing. 155 (my emphasis)
We can see in this passage the nucleus of the Babalon Working; that it
is part of the chapter that concerns, specifically, Babalon is of course
simply confirmation of my assertion. Crowley, as usual, was perhaps
overly clever, beginning the chapter with this disclaimer; The contents
of this section, inasmuch as they concern OUR LADY, are too
important and too sacred to be printed. They are only communicated
by the Master Therion to chosen pupils in private instruction. 156 I say
overly because he had previously outlined the theory in great detail in
his novel, Moonchild.
There is a tremendous amount of information in chapter 8, Of The
Homunculus, etc., and it is useful to quote several passages from this
chapter;
"Let us now come down to a simple practical point. Here is a soul
anxious to communicate with other souls. He can only do it by
obtaining a mind and body. Now you'll notice, taking that cone image
of ours again, that any section of it is always one of three regular
curves. It would not fit into a square, for example, however you turned
it. And so our soul has to look about for some mind which will fit one
of his sections. There is a great deal of latitude, no doubt; for the mind
grows, and is at first very plastic. But there must be some sort of
relation. If I am a wandering soul, and wish to communicate with the
soul now manifesting a section of itself as Professor of Electricity at
Oxford, it is useless for me to take the mind of a Hottentot. (Cyril
sighed a doubt.)
…
"They started in paraphysical ways; that is, they repudiated natural
generation altogether. They made figures of brass, and tried to induce
souls to indwell them. In some accounts we read that they succeeded;
155 Aleister Crowley, Magick In Theory And Practice, Kenneth Grant and John Symonds ed.,
Samuel Weiser., Chapter XI Of Our Lady Babalon And Of The Beast Whereon She Rideth.
Also Concerning Transformations.
156 Ibid.
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