We now present in diagrammatic form the proportions already observed by us in the hieroglyphic construction of our Muin, which must be observed by those who wish to engrave them upon their seals or their pyramid rings, or to utilise them in some other manner. I say the Artist spirit writes these things rapidly through me; I hope, and I believe, I am merely the quill which traces these characters. The Artist draws us now towards our Dagger of the Elements, with all the following measures which are also to be obtained by a reasoning process according to the subject-matter which it is proposed to discuss. Everything which exists under the heaven of the Muin contains the principle of its own generation within itself and is formed from the coagulation of the four Doctrines, unless it be the primary substance itself, and this in several ways not known to the vulgar, there being nothing in the created world in which the Doctrines are in equal proportion...
or in equal force. But by means of our Art, they can be restored to equality in certain respects, as the wise well know; therefore, in ourselves, in the Dagger we make the parts equal and unequal.
Take any point, as A for example, draw a straight line through it in both directions, as CAK. Divide the line CK at A by a line at right angles, which we will call DAE. Now select a point anywhere on the line AK, let it be B, and one obtains the primary measurement of AB, (FROM A TO B AND BACK AGAIN) which will be the common measure of our work. Take three times the length of AB and mark off the central line from A to C, which will be AC. Now take twice the distance between AB and mark it off on the line DAE at E and again at D, in such a way that the distance between D and E is four times the distance between A and B. Thus is formed our Cross of four Elements, that is to say, the Quaternary formed by the lines AB, AC, AD, AE. Now on the line BK take a distance equal to AD up the central line to I. With this point I as a centre, and IB as the radius, describe a circle which cuts the line AK at R: from the point R towards K mark a distance equal to AB, let it be RK. From the point K draw a line at right angles to the central line on both sides, forming an angle on either side of AK, which will be PFK. From the point K measure in the direction of F a distance equal to AD, which will be KF: now with K as centre and KF as radius describe a half-circle FLP, so that FKP is the diameter. Finally, at point C draw a line at right angles to AC sufficiently long in both directions to form OCQ. Now on the line CO we measure from C a distance equal to AB, which is CM, and with M as a centre and MC as a radius we describe a semicircle CHO. And in the same manner on CQ, from the point C we measure a distance equal to AB which is CN, and from the centre N, with CN as radius, we trace a semicircle CGQ, of which CNQ is the diameter. We now affirm, from this, that all the requisite measurements are found explained and described in our Muin.
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