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The Flood’s opening deep and windows of heaven surround a lunar wheel. Its rain-bearing notice specifies silver and immersion, with the duration of the rain tied to submersion. [1]
Mathers 1889 · Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 70; figure 54, Plate XIII; plate PDF page 116
The final lunar notice assigns heavy rain to the pentacle. It specifies silver and placement beneath water in a lunar hour, with the rain continuing while the figure remains submerged. [1]
An eight-spoked wheel carries lunar characters within a verse band. Mathers identifies lunar characters and Genesis 7:11–12. [1]
Lunar characters end the spokes of the wheel. Genesis 7:11–12 surrounds them with the opening of the deep and heaven’s windows in the Flood account. The verse gives rain a cosmic scale, whereas the notice describes a controlled duration. Figure 54 appears on Plate XIII, later in the volume than the first five lunar designs. [1]
S. L. MacGregor Mathers, 1889; printed edition, including editorial restoration of Hebrew characters. Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 70; figure 54, Plate XIII; plate PDF page 116
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