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THE AUGUR
I. 6. They. — The Fates or Moirae.
III. 11. The dog-faced god. — Anubis, the Threshold-Guardian of the 'Gods' of Egypt. Mantic means prophetic.
VI. 14. Child. — The unhappy girl was at this time but 17 years old.
VIII. 5. Justine. — The virtuous but victimized heroine of the infamous novel of the Marquis de Sade.
XI. 6. Sabbath. — Consult Payne Knight: 'Essays on the worship of Priapus', Eliphas Levi: 'Dogme et rituel de la haute Magie' and others.
XIII. 12. 13. Sigil. — Sign-manual.
THE ALCHEMIST
I. 8. Wolfish queens. — Thus these wicked wretches dare to speak of their kind and godly relations.

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