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But I didn’t choose the Liber AL sentence about the beetles thinking of that, I have
only just been reminded of that on reading the comment of Crowley’s concerning the
beetles, which I suppose is interesting in itself. Crowley’s comment is fascinating. I can
quite imagine that he would package up an unusual beetle and send it to the entomology
department at the Natural History Museum for analysis, which is where he probably
sent it. Curious to see whether they still have the specimen and his covering letter.
JOEL
[Ed’s note— La Virgen de Quito is actually the woman from Revelation 12, she has a
crown of 12 stars and stands on the dragon which she binds in chains.]
Tyson’s theory Crowley used the 19 th Key in
English not Enochian
Hi Satyr—Donald Tyson in Enochian Magic for Beginners (pp 55–56) says it is not clear
to him whether Crowley used the Enochian or the English version of the 19 th Key for
sounding the Æthyrs. Tyson mentions that Crowley speaks in his Confessions of “changing
two names” in the Key for each Æthyr, so Tyson thinks this means he could have used
English rather than Enochian. He writes:
In the English version, two words must be changed for each Æthyr, but in the Enochian
version, only one word. So perhaps Crowley invoked the Æthyrs using the English version
of the nineteenth Key.
What’s your opinion of this?
JOEL
Hi Joel—The most puzzling aspect of Tyson’s statement is, “In the English version,
two words must be changed for each Æthyr, but in the Enochian version, only one
word”. What the hell does he mean, “two words”? I’ve puzzled over this for a while
now, and still have no answer. For that matter, what did Crowley mean when he said
much the same thing? I found the relevant passage in The Hag, by the way:
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