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beast (attitude of Pan, Bacchus, etc.). (Frontispiece,
Equinox I, III).
15. Proceeding as before, let him make in the West the
Averse Pentagram whereby Water is invoked.
16. Pointing the wand to the centre of the Pentagram, let him
call upon BABALON!!
17. Let him give the sign Mulier. The feet are widely
separated, and the arms raised so as to suggest a crescent.
The head is thrown back (attitude of Baphomet, Isis in
Welcome, the Microcosm of Vitruvius). (See Book 4,
Part II).
18. Let him break into the dance, tracing a centripetal spiral
widdershins, enriched by revolutions upon his axis as he
passeth each quarter, until he come to the centre of the
circle. There let him halt, facing Boleskine.
19. Let him raise the wand, trace the Mark of the Beast, and
cry AIWAZ!
20. Let him trace the invoking Hexagram of The Beast.
21. Let him lower the wand, striking the Earth therewith.
22. Let him give the sign of Mater Triumphans (The feet are
together; the left arm is curved as if it supported a child;
the thumb and index finger of the right hand pinch the
nipple of the left breast, as if offering it to that child).
Let him utter the word EHMA!
23. Perform the spiral dance, moving deosil and whirling
widdershins.
Each time on passing the West extend the wand to the
Quarter in question, and bow:
a. "Before me the powers of LA!" (AL, to West.)
b. "Behind me the powers of AL!" (LA, to East.)
c. "On my right hand the powers of LA!" (AL, to North.)
d. "On my left hand the powers of AL!" (LA, to South.)
e. "Above me the powers of ShT!" (tS, leaping in the air.)
f. "Beneath me the powers of ShT!" (tS, striking the ground.)
g. "Within me the Powers!" (in the attitude of Phthah erect, the
feet together, the hands clasped upon the vertical wand.)
h. "About me flames my Father's face, the Star of Force and
Fire."
i. "And in the Column stands His six-rayed Splendour!"
(This dance may be omitted, and the whole utterance chanted in
the attitude of Phthah.)
The FINAL GESTURE.
This is identical with the First Gesture.
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SPIRITUS
SUB FIGURA CCVI.
2. Let the Zelator observe the current of his breath.
3. Let him investigate the following statements, and prepare a
careful
record of research.
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