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I love Laylah.
I lack Laylah.
"Where is the Mystic Grace?" sayest thou?
Who told thee, man, that Laylah is not Nuit, and I Hadit?
I destroyed all things; they are reborn in other shapes.
I gave up all for One; this One hath given up its Unity for all?
I wrenched DOG backwards to find GOD; now GOD barks.
Think me not fallen because I love Laylah, and lack Laylah.
I am the Master of the Universe; then give me a heap of straw in a hut, and Laylah naked! Amen.
COMMENTARY (ΞΓ)
This chapter returns to the subject of Laylah, and to the subject already discussed in Chapters 3 and others, particularly Chapter 56.
The title of the chapter refers to the old rime:
"See-saw, Margery Daw,
Sold her bed to lie upon straw.
Was not she a silly slut
To sell her bed to lie upon dirt?"
The word "see-saw" is significant, almost a comment upon this chapter. To the Master of the Temple opposite rules apply. His unity seeks the many, and the many is again transmuted to the one. Solve et Coagula.