September 9 (Spirit) Liber LXV, Cap. V, v. 65
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65. So also is the end of the book, and the Lord Adonai is about it on all sides like a Thunderbolt, and a Pylon, and a Snake, and a Phallus, and in the midst thereof he is like the Woman that jetteth out the milk of the stars from her paps; yea, the milk of the stars from her paps.
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Some interesting imagery here in Adonai, the 4 Hebrew letters of that name, surrounding Adonai, still, within as the mother spewing forth the life force and sustenance of the universe. The 4 letters of Adonai (Aleph, Daleth, Nun, Yod) and the corresponding symbols of the Thunderbolt, Pylon, Snake, and Phallus typifying a force, best understood as a male force by me but not necessarily male, on the outside. Within is the "female" force whose imagery brings to mind the (alchemical in origin? probably doesn't matter) pelican mother who stabs herself with the beak to feed her young with her blood. Except there is no idea of self-sacrifice here and just the apparent nurturing love and giving forth of life from within.
The pattern of male/female, positive/negative, and within/without continues its play and in their harmony is the book finished. Rather cool.