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LIBER BATRACHOPHRENOBOOCOSMOMACHIA

SUB FIGURA DXXXVI


By Aleister Crowley


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Publication in Class B
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Within His skull exist daily thirteen thousand myriads
of Worlds, which draw their existence from Him, and by Him
are upheld.
I.R.Q. iii. 43.



0. Let the Practicus study the textbooks of astronomy,
travel, if need be, to a land where the sun and stars are
visible, and observe the heavens with the best telescopes to
which he may have access. Let him commit to memory the
principal facts, and (at least roughly) the figures of the
science.


1. Now, since these figures will leave no direct impression
with any precision upon his mind, let him adopt this practice
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A. Let the practicus be seated before a bare square
table, and let an unknown number of small similar
objects be thrown by his chela from time to time upon
the table, and by that chela be hastily gathered up.

Let the Practicus declare at the glance, and the
chela confirm by his count, the number of such objects.

The practice should be for a quarter of an hour
thrice daily. The maximum number of objects should at
first be seven. This maximum should increase by one at
each practice, provided that not a single mistake is
made by the Practicus in appreciating the number thrown.

This practice should continue assiduously for at