LIBER TRIGRAMMATON Sub Figura XXVII Being The Book Of The Trigrams Of The Mutations Of The Tao With Yin And The Yang A.ù.A.ù. Publications in Class A . . . Here is Nothing under its three forms. It is not, yet informeth all things. . . ___ Now cometh the glory of the Single One, as an imperfection and stain. . . _ _ But by the Weak One the Mother was it equilibrated. ù ___ ù Also the purity was divided by Strength, the force of the Demiurge. ù _ _ ù And the Cross was formulated in the Universe that as yet was not. ___ ù . But now the Imperfection became manifest, presiding over the fading of perfection. _ _ ù . Also the Woman arose, and veiled the Upper Heaven with her body of Stars. . ___ ___ Now then a giant arose, of terrible strength; and asserted the Spirit in a secret rite. . ___ _ _ And the Master of the Temple balancing all things arose; his stature was above the Heaven and below Earth and Hell. . _ _ ___ Against him the Brothers of the Left-hand Path, confusing the symbols. They concealed their horror [in this symbol]; for in truth they were _ _ ___ . . _ _ _ _ The master flamed forth as a star and set a guard of Water in every abyss. ___ ù ___ Also certain secret ones concealed the Light of Purity in them- selves, protecting it from the Persecutions. ___ ù _ _ Likewise also did certain sons and daughters of Hermes and of Aphrodite, more openly _ _ ù ___ But the Enemy confused them. They pretended to conceal that Light, that they might betray it, and profane it. _ _ ù _ _ Yet certain holy nuns concealed the secret in songs upon the lyre. ___ ___ ù Now did the Horror of Time pervert all things, hiding the Purity with a loathsome thing, a thing unnameable. ___ _ _ ù Yea, and there arose sensualists upon the firmament, as a foul storm upon the sky. _ _ ___ ù And the Black Brothers raised their heads; yea, they unveiled themselves without shame or fear. _ _ _ _ ù Also there rose up a soul of filth and of weakness, and it corrupted all the rule of the Tao. ___ ___ ___ Then only was Heaven established to bear sway; for only in the lowest corruption is the former manifest. ___ ___ _ _ Also did Heaven manifest in violent light, ___ _ _ ___ And in soft light. _ _ ___ ___ Then were the waters gathered together from the heaven, ___ _ _ _ _ And a crust of earth concealed the core of flame. _ _ ___ _ _ Around the globe gathered the wide air, _ _ _ _ ___ And men began to light fires upon the earth. _ _ _ _ _ _ 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. -o-