Anthony Testa - The Key of the Abyss.pdf

Section 2 : Terrestrial Astronomy
IV: The Methodology of the Temple
Mathematical and Logickal – the formation of the Spaces and the
powers of the Invisibles are mathematically and logically perfect and
thus expressed perfectly in the formula and equations of mathematics.
By this method are the proofs and the extensions of the Temple are
defined.
By the threefold formula of the Alchemical Elements of Sulphur, Salt,
and Mercury are the Powers of the Temple activated. The Goddess of
Space and Primordial Night has blessed thee with the Book of the
Dragon. From the book the rites of the Coiled Serpent shall be derived.
Once the pathways are open the methods thus found shall be the
empowering force of magician and Temple. Be on guard, you who
goeth forth, for thy powers are nothing here and thy protection is by
the Light of the Unborn. She is thy amour and strength. Without the
guidance of the First, you cannot prevail.
V: The Temple
There is a Temple that is at the heart of the Lands of Eternal Night and
the most terrible and baleful rites are practiced there. You who would
open the Grimoire of the Priests of the Death Cults and the Servants of
the Seven Great Powers of Evil that dwell upon the Mountain and rises
up towards the Moon that rules in this Land, to you I say, there is to be
found great power here. But the Sorcerers and Priests who dwell here
shall require their own price and you shall pay to the last cent
whatever they will ask. For they have suffered for the secrets they
guard and do not give them easily.
In the spaces of the Theatre the Temple shall be constructed and the
newly consecrated priest shall herein perform the Rite of the Calls.
And the formulae and ritual you may learn within the City are of the
deepest power, radiating from the very Abyss. Thus you are thrice
warned, do not call up what ye cannot putdown and neither raise that
which you do not fully know, for if the demon breaks free your penalty
shall be annihilation.
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