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Charles Stansfeld Jones Diary Entry Sunday, 24 October 1915
Wrote to Frater O.M. [Aleister Crowley]. Brother B.D. [Benjamin Dawson] stayed all day, but expected visitors did not arrive. I noticed clearly in I.N.R.I. Manifesto the words "By right use of the Key alone the Master Word can be found." This is interesting in the light of my present studies. About 11:50 I decided to try an astral journey to Tiphereth and Sun and see what I could discover. Used sign of rending and closing veil. Then Invoking Pentagrams of Spirit Active and Passive, tracing sigil of Sol. Evening sky appeared when I started then it became day, with Sun almost directly above me. As I travelled towards It, there seemed to be a certain force therefrom which prevented me from getting very near. Then a being (?) appeared at my side, something like an acute angle, or letter V but lying on its side pointing to the right. I questioned this regarding my further progress, and it turned so that is pointed upwards. I therefore put my hands together (somewhat in the manner of rending the veil) and, as it were, dived upwards. (Note: It did not occur to me at the time that this was like "Rending Sign", afterwards I also noticed Bow and Arrow, mentioned on line 31 = Sun in 777 and Sagitae on Path leading to Tiphereth.
After this 'dive' I alighted and found myself on a sparkling surface golden hued which gave off, what seemed to be little sparks all the time. I presently ascended a golden mountain, very much pointed, a sort of pinnacle in fact. Then, I suddenly shot into space and described a sort of figure S. I returned, however, and climb pinnacle again. This time I was all right, and strange beings appeared to me having wings of gold. They came towards me with a hopping motion. I examined one, and he seemed a sort of winged-beetle. I asked him why he hopped like that, and he said he had only one leg, which I then noticed to be a fact. (I immediately thought of the one leg on seal of Baphomet, and made a mental note of it) I then asked what he did, and he said: "I carry Prana." As I desired to see him at work, he led me to a very small hole in the ground on the side of a small hillock. In order to follow him I was obliged to go head first and wriggle like a snake. This after a short while brought me to such a position that my head was over the mouth of a sort of well. He told me to look down, which I did, and therein was a fountain of pearls. He caught one of these in his hand and we came out of the passage again. (I noticed that I had to wriggle backwards to do this, as there was of course no room to turn.) He then cast the pearl into space so that it fell to the earth. I asked why he did so, and he told me that it was a soul. When I enquired who was his Master, he replied: "I am Free." "Why then do you do this work" I asked? Again he replied: "I am Free." Feeling that it was time for me to return, I did so and awoke in Sign of Silence. Looked up 777 on my return and it seems to correspond rather well.
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