Anthony Testa - The Key of the Abyss.pdf

for the coming of BABALON be made open and I shall not cease or
rest until these things are accomplished. And to this end I have issued
this my Manifesto. I have discussed the ordeal of the Abyss at length
previously and will not spend any time on the subject here. One oddity
that is striking is the fact that Frater 132, a.k.a Wilfred Smith is the one
who witnesses Parsons oath of the grade of 8 = 3, or Magister Templi,
even though supposedly he was banished from the O.T.O.. While
Parsons had left the Order by this time, it seems likely that they kept in
contact, despite the Smith’s absconding with Parsons’ first wife and
Crowley’s banishment at, at least officially, Smiths failure in his
magical retirement which was supposed to reveal what god he was an
avatar of 280 .
I would submit that the initiation of Da’ath and then Binah lasted for
the rest of Parson’s life. As we discussed in Ordeal of the Abyss, the
passage is not optional once the Adept has attained Chesed, and here
Parsons statement (a)nd thereafter I returned and swore the Oath of
the Abyss, having only the choice between madness, suicide, and that
oath may be taken as an example of this “Cosmic inertia”. Notice that
Parsons does not even seem to consider the possibility of becoming a
Black Brother, though whether this is because he has rejected it or
simply chose not to consider the possibility is not known. Next,
Parsons mentions the “horror” of the Abyss saying I continued in the
madness and horror of the abyss for a season, though the real horror is
that the world is a prison beloved by so many of its inmates. It seems
likely that the death of Parsons after the successful crossing of the
Abyss is a result of his personal karma playing out and not as a direct
result of the operation. Recall that earlier we came across a quote
purportedly from a draft of Liber 49 in which he says; Babalon is
incarnate upon the earth today awaiting the proper hour of her
manifestation. And in that day my work will be accomplished and I
shall be blown away upon the breath of the father even as it is
prophecied.
And thus it came to pass.
280 Considering his penchant for adultery, I will put my money on Zeus.
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