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The Apocalypse requires as its key or Clavicula the Wheel of Ezekiel, which is itself explained by the
hieroglyphs of the Tarot.
Notes
This final card, numbered 21 in the actual Tarot Trumps, and called Le Monde, represents an angelic or
human figure floating in the air, almost nude, and holding a short wand in each hand. The figure is more
female than male. Around her is an oval garland of leaves, and outside of this, at the four corners, are placed
the Kerubic emblems of a man, lion, eagle, and bull. This figure, says Levi, is Truth, and the mystical
meaning is the Microcosm, or the resume of all in all.
Christian draws the garland circular, and as formed of roses; the Kerubim are placed at the four cardinal
points, and not at the angles of the design; he says its meaning is the Eternal Reward of a life well spent.
NOTE BY THE EDITOR
The very curious manuscript volume, from which the preceding pages have been translated, concludes with a
passage which appears to retract the whole of the foregoing instruction. It is a very notable illustration of the
second mind of its author. Mr. Waite, who published an English translation of much that Levi has written, has
in his Preface called especial attention to the evidence that Levi was drawn in a most mysterious fashion in
two different directions by opposing forces. From his early training he tended to be a devout Catholic; from
his Hebrew studies he became a Kabalist and a Magician. So even in this short occult treatise we find him,
after carefully giving magical instruction through twenty-two chapters, making at its end a solemn
recantation, and pointing out that the duty of a Christian is to the Church of Christ, which is the best and
highest aim to which a man can attain.
THE CONCLUSION. BY ELIPHAZ LEVI
One last word remains to be said. When the Temple is rebuilt, there will be no more sacrifice upon its High
places. Centuries have passed since Hermes and Zoroaster lived and taught. A voice greater than that of the
Soul of the World has imposed silence upon the Oracles.
The Word has been made Flesh; a new symbol of salvation by holy water has replaced the magical
ceremonies of the day of Luna. The sacrifices to Samael on the day of Mars are surpassed by the heroic
severities of penitence.
The sign of the Gift of Tongues and the Christian code have replaced the sacrifices to Mercury.
The day once sacred to Jupiter is now devoted to the sign of the Kingdom of God in man by the
transubstantiation of love under the forms of bread and wine.
Anael has vanquished Venus: Lilith and Nahemah are consigned to Hades, and the sacred rite of marriage
gives divine approval to the alliances of men and women.
Lastly, extreme unction, which prepares a man for a death of peace, has replaced the sad offerings of Saturn;
and the priesthood of light gives forth illumination on the day sacred to the Sun.
Glory be to the Christ, who has brought to their completion the symbols of the Ancient Mysteries, and who
has prepared the reign of knowledge by faith. Will you now be greater than all Magi? Hide away your science
in the recesses of your mind. Become a Christian, simple and docile; be a faithful servant of the Church,
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believe, mortify yourself, and obey.
OCCULT AND RELIGIOUS MAXIMS. FROM THE MSS. OF ELIPHAZ LEVI
Every idle word is a fault.
Show your learning by your actions.
The Word is Life, and the First Principle of Life.
The quality of a life is shown by its actions.
An idle word is either without meaning or is of the nature of a lie.
An idle word in religious matters is a sin.
He who is content with idle words is as if he were dead.
He who does not make his worship manifest has no religion.
Better is superstition than impiety.
God judges actions rather than vain thoughts.
He who is religious will do works which accord with the Word of his religion; he who has no religion and
believes not in any word, yet he also must be judged by his actions, for to every man shall it be according to
his works.
True religion is that which showeth a form of worship which is pure and living; the perfection of worship,
however, lieth in self-sacrifice, which is complete and enduring.
The beauty of self-sacrifice is taught in the Church of Christ, Catholic and Roman; and it is an article of
faith, that any one who denies himself and takes up this cross, and follows the Mediator to the Altar, assumes
at once the offices both of Priest and Victim.
No man ever saw God at any time.
Before the dawn of the Microcosm, Azoth was the Flying Eagle and the Royal Lion; it was the Mastodon of
the Earth and the Leviathan of the Sea. When the human-headed Sphynx appeared---Azoth became Man
among men, and Spirits among Elementals. Every substance can and should become Azoth by adaptation.
In Azoth is the Principle of the Light, which is the Quintessence of Splendour and Gold. This is the grand
Secret of universal Transmutation.
No man has ever seen the Light; but we see by reason of it those objects which reflect the light.
There is nothing occult which shall not be known: there is nothing concealed which shall not be revealed.
The Kingdom of God is within us.
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Initiation passes from East to West.
Intelligence passes from South to North.
Power passes from North to South.
The Word is the garment of the Truth.
God wields not absolute, but regulated power.
To tell the Truth to those who cannot understand it, is to lie to them. To unveil the Truth to such persons is to
profane it.
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