Commentary (ΜΓ) on ΚΕΦΑΛΗ ΜΓ Mulberry Tops in Liber CCCXXXIII, The Book of Lies by Aleister Crowley.

“In the last paragraph, the reason of this is explained; it is because such sacrifices come under the Great Law of the Rosy Cross, the giving-up of the individuality, as has been explained as nauseam in previous chapters. We shall frequently recur to this subject.” [via]

Consider also:

  1. “The blood is the life of the individual: offer then blood!”
  2. “The chapter consists of two points of view from which to regard Yoga, two odes upon a distant prospect of the Temple of Madura, two Elegies on a mat of Kusha-grass.”
  3. “See! five footprints of a Camel! V.V.V.V.V.”
  4. “In the World’s Tragedy, Household Gods, The Scorpion, and also The God-Eater, the reader may study the efficacy of rape, and the sacrifice of blood, as magical formulae. Blood and virginity have always been the most acceptable offerings to all the gods, but especially the Christian God.”
  5. “The title of this chapter refers to a Hebrew legend, that of the prophet who heard ‘a going in the mulberry tops’; and to Browning’s phrase, ‘a bruised, black-blooded mulberry’.”