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Change not as much as the style of a letter; for behold! thou, o prophet, shalt not behold all these mysteries hidden therein.

The Djeridensis Comment
Nuit repeats that 666 must respect the MS. of AL.
I am bidden once more not to tamper with the text of the MS. of Liber AL on he ground that it contains secrets beyond my knowledge.

The Old Comment
(54-55-56.) to the word "child."
A prophecy, not yet (May 1909 O.S.) fulfilled, so far as I know. I take it in its obvious sense.
{WEH NOTE : Fulfilled An. XII, Sun in 0 degrees Cancer.}

The New Comment
The subject changes most abruptly, perhaps answering some unspoken comment of the scribe on the capital T's in 'To me'.
This injunction was most necessary, for had I been left to myself, I should have wanted to edit the Book ruthlessly. I find in it what I consider faults of style, and even of grammar; much of the matter was at the time of writing most antipathetic. But the Book proved itself greater than the scribe; again and again have the 'mistakes' proved themselves to be devices for transmitting a Wisdom beyond the scope of ordinary language.