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I stanch the blood; the wager soaksIt up, and the high priest invokes!He eats the second Cake.This Bread I eat. This Oath I swearAs I enflame myself with prayer:"There is no grace: there is no guilt:This is the Law: DO WHAT THOU WILT!"He strikes Eleven times upon the Bell, and criesABRAHADABRA.I entered in with woe; with mirthI now go forth, and with thanksgiving,To do my pleasure on the earthAmong the legions of the living.He goeth forth.COMMENTARY ({Mu-Delta})This is the special number of Horus; it is the Hebrewblood, and the multiplication of the 4 by the 11, thenumber of Magick, explains 4 in its finest sense. Butsee in particular the accounts in Equinox I, vii of thecircumstances of the Equinox of the Gods.The word "Phoenix" may be taken as including theidea of "Pelican", the bird, which is fabled to feeds itsyoung from the blood of its own breast. Yet the twoideas, though cognate, are not identical, and "Phoenix"is the more accurate symbol.This chapter is explained in Chapter 62.It would be improper to comment further upon aritual which has been accepted as official by theA∴A∴[99]45ΚΕΦΑΛΗ Mu-Epsilon}CHINESE MUSIC"Explain this happening!""It must have a `natural' cause." \"It must have a `supernatural' cause." / Letthese two asses be set to grind corn.May, might, must, should, probably, may be, we