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MS chapter 2, page 3 - AL (Liber Legis)
stronger.
12 Because of me in Thee which thou knewest not
13. for why? Because thou wast the knower,
and me.
14. Now let there be a veiling of this shrine : now
let thee light devour men and eat them
up with blindness.
15. For I am perfect, being Not; and my number
is nine by the fools; but with the just I am
eight, and one in eight : Which is vital, for
I am none indeed. The Empress and the King
are not of me; for there is a further secret.
16 I am The Empress & the Hierophant. Thus
eleven, as my bride is eleven.