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The Chapter known as
The Unconsciousness of God
that is hidden from man for a sign.
s s s s s I s s s s s
s s s s s adore s s s s s
s s s s Thee by the s s s s
s s s s Twelvefold Sign s s s s
s s s s and by the Unity thereof s s s s
12. The Light of my Life is as the light of two moons, one
rising and the other setting, one increasing and the other
waning; the one growing fat as the other groweth lean, like
a paunchy thief sucking dry a skin of amber wine. Yet though
the light of the first devoureth the light of the second,
nevertheless the light of the second disgorgeth the light of the
first, so that there is neither the desire of light nor the need of
light—all being as a woven twilight of day and night, a
madness of mingling moons. Yet I behold!
11. Now mine eyes are seven, and are as stars about a star;
and the lids of mine eyes are fourteen, two to each eye. Also
have I seven arms to do the bidding of the seven eyes; and
each arm hath an hand of three fingers, so that I may rule the
great ocean and burn it up with the Spirit of Flame, and that I
may drown the fire in the Abode of the Waters. Thus I am
rendered naked; for neither flame nor water can clothe me;
therefore am I as a breath of wind blown over an Earth of
Adamant, that knowneth neither sorrow nor rejoicing; then do
I abide as a River of Light between the Night of Chaos and
the Day of Creation.
10. Two are the moons of my madness, like the horns on