Commentary (ΜΒ) on ΚΕΦΑΛΗ ΜΒ Dust-Devils in Liber CCCXXXIII, The Book of Lies by Aleister Crowley.

“This number 42 is the Great Number of the Curse. See Liber 418, Liber 500, and the essay on the Qabalah in the Temple of Solomon the King. This number is said to be all hotch-potch and accursed.

The chapter should be read most carefully in connection with the 10th Aethyr. It is to that dramatic experience that it refers.” [via, see, see, see, see]

Consider also:

  1. The Temple of Solomon: From Ancient Israel to Secret Societies
  2. “Both ’23’ and ‘Skidoo’ are American words meaning ‘Get out’. This chapter describes the Great Work under the figure of a man ridding himself of all his accidents.”
  3. “V.V.V.V.V. is the motto of a Master of the Temple (or so much He disclosed to the Exempt Adepts), referred to in Liber LXI. It is he who is responsible for the whole of the development of the AA movement which has been associated with the publication of THE EQUINOX; and His utterance is enshrined in the sacred writings.”
  4. “Yet this desert is but one spot accursed in a world of bliss.”
  5. “I would have thee to know that Spiritual Experience and Perfection have no necessary connection with Advancement in our Holy Order”