“I knew that man alone was incomplete,
Neither to right nor left I turned to greet
The mirage of false learning, but aside
I brushed the Mystic Veil which hid the bride! -
Laid bare the path that if Man treads aright
Will lead his steps from Darkness to the Light.
Oh! Mirror Glass of Heaven and of Hell!
I spent my life with Woman and did well.”
— Tomb of SHEIKH HADJI IBRAHIM of Berbela
“I am divided for love’s sake, for the chance of union” — LIBER LEGIS.
SALUTATIO
PARZIVAL
By the Grace of God Triune & by favour and appointing of His Most Sacred Majesty Baphomet, Hon. X° O.T.O. and Viceroy for the Dominion of Canada, unto all the Very Excellent and Perfect Princesses and Princes of the British Columbia Chapter of the Holy Order of Rose Croix of Heredom; Greeting and Health, in the Name of Babalon and the Beast Conjoined, of the Secret saviour and of I.A.O.
Very Excellent end Perfect Princes and Princesses,
“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law”
Because of the great pains ye have suffered and of the great joys ye might have won, I am moved to write unto ye all words of consolation and of Wisdom even as the Light cometh unto me, and mine understanding of your trouble demands. Think not I pray ye, that I exceed mine authority and expound unto you Mysteries of our Holy Order that are beyond your Grade. What I now say, I say only of my own authority as a man, not in my official capacity, and what I now reveal unto you, is but my own comment on certain passages in Liber Legis, which Law we are pledged to seek to understand and to follow as the supreme rule of our Lives.
Therefore remember, “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law” and also “Love is the law, love under will”.
Listen, I pray you, with attention and consider well my words by the light of your understanding.
THE COMMENT OF PARZIVAL ON THE MYSTERY OF SEX
“I am divided for loves’ sake, for the chance of union.”
“Everyman and every woman is a star.” “Every number is infinite, there is no difference.” — Liber Legis.
“Each moves in an appointed course, without interference.” — Message of the Master Therion
What meaneth this?
If every number be infinite, and there is no difference, let “O” represent Woman, and let “I” the Lingam, the physical organs of Man and Woman. Let there be no difference between them, they are divided for love’s sake, for the chance of union. The intermediate planes are under the Law of Reason, and are accursed. That which takes place in our Spiritual Nature is not subject to Reason. The attractions and repulsions of our Physical natures are not subject to Reason. The promptings of these are Natural, and are our true guides.
Make no difference between them.
Hear then this further teaching, Very Excellent and Perfect Princes and Princesses, are divided for love’s sake, for the chance of union.
If ‘O’ represents Woman in her Starry nature, let On, Ob, Oe, Od, be pictured in your minds as Stars following their appointed course without interference. Also, let Ia, Ib, Ie, Id, be pictured as Male Stars travelling in their courses.
The courses of the Stars are continuous, each must travel in its own orbit, but at certain times when for instance ‘Oa’ comes into favourable ‘aspect’ with ‘Ia’ their rays blend perfectly together and a certain union takes place. For a time the Joy of this union increases, then perchance it wanes, according to the appointed courses [of] these stars. But when, for a time, ‘Oa’ loses the hold on ‘Ia’, does she repine? Does she complaineth [sic] that ‘Ia’s course is ill-ordained because he passes on his journey? Nay, for then would there be inharmony and discord among the spheres. Rather does she travel on passively, until the ray from ‘Id’ or ‘Ie’ unites in the natural course with hers. Again, she feels fresh joy of union, and being a wise virgin, knoweth that joy to be that of ‘O’ and ‘I’, Man and Woman, for there is no difference in reality, all numbers are infinite.
Now let us look at ourselves, at our daily lives and at the lives of those about us. If a Spiritual love arises between a man and a woman, if they are suddenly attracted toward each other for some unknown reason, they admit it is ‘unavoidable’ an Act of God. Yet in most cases this love arises at a time when their reason tells them it is unwise to indulge their true feelings, and unhappiness and misery are the only results. The Spiritual Love fails to satisfy Reason.
If, on the other hand, a purely physical attraction arises ‘reason’often says “this is unworthy, impure, un-natural”. Again misery results. The physical will not satisfy reason.
But why should we satisfy reason, he accursed one? Are not the Spiritual and the Material divided for the chance of union?
Either Spiritual Love or Physical love, properly understood and rightfully used, will produce and attract the other, its complement.
Nay, more, once the Sacred and Spiritual side of this Mystery is fully understood, the physical desire alone is a certain and definite guide to show us when the ‘Starry’ parts of our Nature are well ‘aspected’ to one another.
When desire for physical connection arise in a man or a woman, there is no reason why the union should not take place. Even in the lower animals, such an indication should immediately be recognised and enjoyed.
But in man the ‘reasonable being’ this natural sign has become insufficient, he must foolishly talk of contracts, moral laws, and the like; as if for one moment these could really take the place of nature. In men and women of true understanding and insight, this is – thank God– not the case. They unite physically, and in so doing realise the true joy and blessedness of Spiritual Union. They realise that in reality there is spiritually but ONE MAN and ONE WOMAN, and that any two physical bodies, male and female, during the act of copulation, feel the joy of the Spiritual Union of these TWO. Who are in Truth ever united. The true indication of the individual man and woman being rightly aspected with the Heavenly Man and Woman, ever conjoined, is the NATURAL DESIRE that arises between any couple, at any given moment. There is no other certain test. There is no other true union, until, having permanently united our starry natures with THEIRS we recognise that any Physical union between the Lingam and the Yoni, will produce in us the Joy of that Divine Sacrament.
There is but one other word to say. Let those who have hitherto considered copulation as a Sacred and Sublime act for the production of Spiritual Joy, realise the value of Physical Desire, as the sole foundation of his magical operation. Without it the magician must fail in his appointed task, and blaspheme that very Sacrament which he is celebrating. Let those who have looked upon the act as a means of producing a physical sensation only, remember it is Divine and Most Sacred.
“Also take your fill and will of love, as ye will, when, where and with whom ye will: But always unto Me. If this be not aright ; if ye confound the space-marks saying: They are one: or saying, they are many: If the ritual be not ever unto me: then expect the direful judgments of Ra-Hoor-Khuit! This shall regenerate the world, the little world, my sister, my heart and my tongue, unto whom I send this kiss…. But extacy be mine and joy of earth: ever to me! To me!”
Let all remember this, that when the ‘Active current’ is operating in their lives, it is time for union with whosoever arouses that current, and that when that current passes, it is time to be ‘passive’ until the next manifestation of the Divine passion comes to them. Then in this alternation of the Active and the Passive will they perceive another Mystery, for they are also divided for love’s sake, for the chance of union.
"Love is the law, love under will."
In the name of Babalon and the Beast conjoined, of the Secret Saviour and of I.A.O.
Aumn.
