THE KEY OF IT ALL                                                                                GEORGE T. MORTIMER
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AFTERWORD
In  the  Introduction  to  The  Magical  Diaries  of  Aleister  Crowley  (Weiser,  1981),
Stephen Skinner remarked:

Science  failed  notably  to  progress  in  the  Middle  Ages  beyond  redigestion  of  the  work  of
the  Greeks  and  the  Arabs.  It  was  only  through  the  building  up  of  accurately  observed
results and practical comparisons that science began again to grow in the Renaissance.  Magic  is  at  the  same  cross-roads:  many  writers  quoting  authorities,  few  doing  their  own
research, and still fewer building on research already done.
 I have therefore tried in this analysis to explain clearly the results I have obtained
through  my  own  Qabalistic  investigations;  expanding  on  previous  discoveries
where possible, and hopefully paving the way to further explorations.  Some of you, however, will no doubt denounce this work as utter nonsense.  If it
be  your  will  to  do  so  –  so be it! As Crowley‟s comment to  Liber  Legis  states:
“Those who discuss the contents of this Book are to be shunned by all, as centres
of  pestilence”.  I  then,  for  one,  have  no  great  desire  to  enter  into lengthy,
unproductive  conversations  on  such  trivial  and  altogether  pointless  matters.  The
Book of the Law does after all proclaim that “Success is thy proof”. However, for
those  of  you  who  are  still  rather  dubious  about  my  findings,  there  is  one  further
proof  of  the  successful  application  of  my  findings.  Although  I  am  extremely
hesitant to reveal it (lest my intentions be completely misunderstood), I feel that it
is of considerable importance inasmuch that it provides further evidence regarding
the potential existence of praeter-human intelligence and the curious way in which
it might operate.  At birth I was given the name George Terrence Mortimer. Using the
aforementioned  C+D  key,  I  am  sure  that  the  interested  reader  will  find  the
numerical value of this name somewhat fascinating. I must however state that I do
not, under any circumstances, consider an intriguing Gematric result to bestow any
kind of authority. To do so would merely inflate those aspects of my psyche that I
wish to constrain and I have no intentions of following Charles Stanfeld Jones into
the depths of the Abyss.  The Magical Path is, or at least should be, one of evolution and advancement. It is
therefore my opinion that these keys are there to accelerate Man‟s understanding of
the Universe, both within and without us. As William Shakespeare had it:
What  a  piece  of  work  is  man!  How  noble  in  reason,  how  infinite  in  faculty,  in  form  and
moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like
a god.          (Hamlet: Act 2, Scene 2)