Liber Trigrammaton
sub figurâ XXVII
Being the Book of the Trigrams of the Mutations of the Tao with the Yin and the Yang
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Here is Nothing under its three forms. It is not, yet informeth all things.
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L
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Now cometh the glory of the Single One, as an imperfection and stain.
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C
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But by the Weak One the Mother was it equilibrated.
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H
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Also the purity was divided by Strength, the force of the Demiurge.
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X
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And the Cross was formulated in the Universe that as yet was not.
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T
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But now the Imperfection became manifest, presiding over the fading of perfection.
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Y
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Also the Woman arose, and veiled the Upper Heaven with her body of stars.
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P
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Now then a giant arose, of terrible strength; and asserted the Spirit in a secret rite.
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A
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And the Master of the Temple balancing all things arose; his stature was above the Heaven and below Earth and Hell.
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J
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Against him the Brothers of the Left-hand Path, confusing the symbols. They concealed their horror [in this symbol]; for in truth they were
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W
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The master flamed forth as a star and set a guard of Water in every Abyss.
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O
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Also certain secret ones concealed the Light of Purity in themselves, protecting it from the Persecutions.
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G
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Likewise also did certain sons and daughters of Hermes and of Aphrodite, more openly
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Z
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But the Enemy confused them. They pretended to conceal that Light, that they might betray it, and profane it.
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B
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Yet certain holy nuns concealed the secret in songs upon the lyre.
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F
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Now did the Horror of Time pervert all things, hiding the Purity with a loathsome thing, a thing unnameable.
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S
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Yea, and there arose sensualists upon the firmament, as a foul stain of storm upon the sky.
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M
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And the Black Brothers raised their heads; yea, they unveiled themselves without shame or fear.
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N
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Also there rose up a soul of filth and of weakness, and it corrupted all the rule of the Tao.
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E
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Then only was Heaven established to bear sway; for only in the lowest corruption is form manifest.
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R
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Also did Heaven manifest in violent light,
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Q
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And in soft light.
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V
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Then were the waters gathered together from the heaven,
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K
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And a crust of earth concealed the core of flame.
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D
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Around the globe gathered the wide air,
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U
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And men began to light fires upon the earth.
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Therefore was the end of it sorrow; yet in that sorrow a sixfold star of glory whereby they might see to return unto the stainless Abode; yea, unto the Stainless Abode.
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