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Cheng Mo and Xie Minyun's eyes were attracted by the scarlet book on the table at the same time, it was difficult to describe what kind of red it was, it was not at all like the color dyed by paint, and it was not the same as the spraying of modern machines, like the white satin that had just been splashed out of the veins and stained red with blood, and the red seemed to flow under the warm yellow light. The silk was nailed to the heavy cover by four golden flowers, and the title of the book in the middle, "The Book of the Law", had a strange texture, which looked like it was formed by golden fire paint on it.

In addition to that, the bottom of the cover has Aleister Crowley's name, as well as "A.'.A.'." The black seal.

Even if Cheng Mo and Xie Minyun don't know much about the occult, they know that this is the famous forbidden book - "The Book of Law" written by Aleister Crowley. According to Aleister Crowley's own account, the book was not written by him, but was taught to him in Cairo in 1904 by a leader of the secret realm known as Aiwass.

The process of dictation lasted three hours, beginning at 12 p.m. and ending at 1 p.m., for a total of three days, with a god communicating with him each day: Nut, Hadit, and Ra-Hur-Kut (note 1).

Therefore, the book of "The Book of Law" is also divided into three chapters, and the content of the book is to expose the new laws of mankind entering a new era, but soon after the book came out, it was regarded by Western conservative religious forces as a "forbidden book" that "will change the fate of religion for thousands of years", so it was completely banned.

Cheng Mo had also seen the English document of the Book of Law on the Internet, but he was not sure of the authenticity of the document. However, when Cheng Mo first saw this physical version of the Book of Law, his intuition told him that this was the original version.

A logical person like Cheng Mo never believes in intuition, but this time he thinks it is.

It wasn't because of the four bright golden flowers, not because of the smooth fire lacquer writing, not because of the yellowed parchment inside the book, not because of the blood-red red. It's a peculiar feeling, not a thrilling feeling, it doesn't give people a thrilling feeling at all, but is full of vitality, making people feel that there is a beating heart hidden in the book.

There was silence in the air for a moment, Cheng Mo and Xie Minyun glanced at each other, and asked in unison, "How much is this book?"

The old man knocked the pipe in his hand unhurriedly, and said with a smile: "Young man, you have just come into contact with the occult, there is no need to pursue such a profound thing, buy some introductory books first!"

After speaking, the old man casually pointed to the pile of books that Cheng Mo had just stopped, and said lightly: "There are Agrippa's "Three Books of Mystery Philosophy" in it, and after reading this book, I can be regarded as having a general understanding of the occult. If you are interested in Norse spells, you can take a look at Galdrabok's "Galdrabok" by Ni Rune, Kabbalah can find Miss Fausson's "Secret Seal Kabbalah" or "777" of the Silver Star Society, and "Nikolai's Testament" can be used to understand the structure of alchemy a little bit in terms of alchemy, but this book can't delve into the details, celestial magic has a "Pikachix", after reading this book, you can probably understand the practice and process of celestial magic, demonology and enslavement demons are of course "Solomon's Key" and " Solomon's Little Key. ”

After a pause, the old man winked at Cheng Mo and Xie Minyun, and said, "Of course, if you are only interested in Crowley, you can take a look at "Theory and Practice of Magic". To be honest, I would never advise people who are new to the occult to understand and understand Crowley's system, but many young people start learning about the occult from Crowley, and they think he is evil enough to associate him with Satanism and black magic, but I have to say, that is a misunderstanding in a way. ”

"Sir, we don't know about the occult as you say, although I used to think that atheism and materialism are above all else, but the more I come into contact with the world, the more I feel that my views are narrow, just like in my country, I have a comprehensive and firm materialism that is rare in the world, but there are still some things that cannot be explained by materialism (science......)," said Cheng Mo and walked back to his desk from the messy pile of books next to the bookshelf.

The old man interrupted Cheng Mo's words and said with a smile: "You're from Huaxia!, right?"

Cheng Mo nodded: "That's right, but even though Huaxia is the largest and staunch atheist country, in fact, he also has occult things like 'Dao', 'Feng Shui', 'Alchemy' and so on..... Actually, when I was younger, I thought these were things that smart people used to fool ordinary people, but now I realize that these are actually philosophical ..... The occult provides a perspective on the world, which is not just the material world, but the world of material science is only a part of reality, and this concept is probably dimensionality in terms of scientific explanation..... Those angels and demons don't exist, it's just that they may exist in another dimension, or on another planet......"

The old man began to scoop the tobacco leaves into the pipe with a small spoon on the table, his hand was a little shaky, not steady, many tobacco leaves were spilled on the edge of the cigarette butts and on the table, Xie Minyun on the side whispered: "Old man, if you don't mind, I can help you fill the tobacco leaves......"

The old man raised his head and asked with a smile, "Will you?"

"When I was a kid, I used to help my grandfather fill it, and later I learned the 'Frank Method' (a way to fill pipes), so if you haven't tried the Frank method, you can try ....."

"Thank you then..... the old man smiled, first poured out all the tobacco from his sepiolite pipe, and then handed it to Xie Minyun.

Xie Minyun took the dragon's claw-style pipe and praised it again: "It's so beautiful." ”

The old man shook his head and said with a serious face: "With a girl like you present, nothing has the right to use the word 'beautiful'!"

Xie Minyun turned his head to look at Cheng Mo and said, "Did you hear it, this is the right way to praise people, you will be in the future! If you say it to other girls, you are like a black hole, you see that the other party scolds you or not.....

Cheng Mo pushed his glasses and said with some embarrassment: "That can only mean that they don't understand..... You should know more about astronomy....."

"Yo?" Xie Minyun picked up the pipe knife and said while correcting the pipe, "You mean you're really going to tell others?"

Cheng Mo hurriedly shook his head, and then immediately said to the wrinkled old man who was smiling: "Old man, you see, I still know something about the occult!"

The old man smiled and said: "Your interpretation is good, but Crowley is definitely not a person who you can study in depth if you have a materialistic worldview, indeed, he is a person with great research value, his exploration of X and drugs is worthy of recognition, but it does not mean that we can imitate him at will." Actually, we .....," the old man coughed twice before continuing, "anyone who studies the occult will criticize his character and habits. But Crowley is dead, and only his works have survived for us to evaluate, and they have become more accessible to the public than they were during his lifetime. There is no doubt that his influence on art, literature, religion, philosophy is something that even his biggest critics have to admit. However, early exposure to Crowley was not appropriate. Especially those who believe in an all-good God, whose existence must depend on an all-evil demon, for those who are superstitious, ignorant, lazy, naïve, unbalanced, mentally deficient, bigoted, weak, for anyone who, for any reason, is unable or unwilling to take responsibility for his actions, for his life, for his soul..."

As soon as Cheng Mo wanted to speak, the old man picked up the red Book of Law, then put it in a drawer, and said in his hoarse voice as if chanting magic, "For these people, Aleister Crowley is definitely an extremely dangerous person. ”

"As long as you make an offer, it doesn't matter how much. Cheng Mo decided to come up with the most direct method.

The old man shook his head and said lightly: "It's not a matter of money, this book is not for sale." ”

"Everything has a price, and that price doesn't have to be money, it can be some other equivalent exchange. If the old man still doesn't sell it, and he doesn't even pay the price, Cheng Mo is determined to give up, after all, the ruins of Christianfeld will not have anything to do with Crowley, and the Book of Law is not a book that must be studied, the reason why he wants to buy it is because Crowley is a figure who cannot be bypassed by the occult, and he is also the authority of "Solomon's Key" and "Solomon's Little Key", and the great creator is also mentioned in "Solomon's Key".

Hearing Cheng Mo's words, the old man moved his gaze from Xie Minyun, who was loading tobacco, to Cheng Mo's face, he stared at Cheng Mo for a long time before he spoke: "I once heard a Chinese man say this to me, and at that time he also wanted to buy this Book of Law....."

Cheng Mo trembled, and hurriedly asked: "Is he about one meter eight tall, with oily hair, deep eyelids, a very high nose, and thin lips..... All in all very handsome....."

Xie Minyun stopped loading tobacco and turned his head to look at Cheng Mo.

The old man opened his cloudy eyes, opened his mouth and spread his hands at the same time, and said with a look of surprise: "Yes..... You don't know each other, do you?"

Cheng Mo took out his mobile phone from his pocket, he clicked on the photo album, quickly found the photo of his father that he had retaken, handed the mobile phone to the old man, and asked eagerly: "Is it him?"

The old man took the phone, stared at the color screen and observed it carefully, and immediately said: "Yes, it's him, although I don't have a good memory now, but I can still remember him, because he looks very much like Zunlong, the Chinese star who played "The Last Emperor....." The old man stared at the phone for a moment before returning the phone to Cheng Mo, "It's really the best-looking man I've ever seen, more charming than Alain Delon..... What's his relationship with you?"

Cheng Mo took the phone and replied in a low voice: "He is my father." ”

"Oh!" exclaimed the old man, "what a ...... The guidance of the gods..... It's incredible. ”

"I think so, too. Cheng Mo spat out and said, "Old man, can you tell me what he told you?"

"Of course..... old man shrugged his shoulders, he took the cigarette butt Xie Minyun sent over, lit it and took a big puff, "I can't refuse with this skill of pouring tobacco." ”

Cheng Mo didn't say anything but looked at the old man, Xie Minyun leaned towards Cheng Mo and held his hand.

The old man's wrinkled face showed a look of reminiscence, and after a long pause he said: " It was probably a few years ago, it should be 12 years, I remember that day, it was also December, but it was December 21st, I remember it very clearly, because it was the end of the Mayan calendar, many newspapers were saying that the lie of the end of the world was completely bankrupt, seven years ago I was in much better health than now, at that time I was only 79 years old, I still weighed 13, I could still walk from home to Wangfumen every day, and now I can only use my electric four-wheeled ....."

"It seemed a bit far, I remember it was morning, it was a little cloudy, and I was reading the newspaper, and the newspaper said that today from the Earth, the sun is behind the direction of the center of the Milky Way. What was at that point at the center of the Milky Way? This thing was not clear in the 90s of the last century, and it was only at the beginning of the 21st century, through the Hubble Space Telescope, that it was known that there was a black hole at the center of the Milky Way, and its mass was 4 million solar masses....."

"It doesn't seem to matter, anyway I'm just sitting here reading the newspaper, your father, in front of my bookcase, he took two pictorials, the same from the Second World War, I remember very well, there was a cover of Stalingrad in 1940, countless shell trails flying in the sky, there was a pictorial after the fall of Paris, I bid two copies for 40 euros, he bargained with me for a long time, and in the end I gave him ten euros less..... But he doesn't have so much cash on him, and I don't have a POSS machine here, and your father took out the krona and asked me if I could accept it, and I actually wanted to promise him very much, but I was too old to run to the bank, so I refused..... So he left. I thought he had given up, so I didn't care, but that night, he came over again and brought thirty euros in cash....."

"I was sorting out the books and asked him to look for the books he needed in the stacks, and he searched for a long time until it was dark, and I asked him, it seems that you like these old books about the war. He told me that he was an anthropologist and that he was only studying history and human ...... by studying these books I was still very interested in his profession, so I talked to him, and to be honest, your father was the most knowledgeable person I have ever met, and I learned a lot from talking to him, and I remember very well, when we were talking about the war, about the Europa situation, and at that time I thought everything was fine, and the future of France was bright. Then he said that war is not far away, and although you feel that war is far away in Paris, it is actually on your doorstep. At the time, he asserted that Syria would become a problem that the Middle East and Europa could not solve..... I don't believe it so much, and then say that Europa is safe, Paris is safe, and that a world war will not break out for the third time. But your father said, "Not necessarily, and soon the United States, Britain, and Russia will all be involved in the war in Syria...... If the EU and China are also involved, it will be a world war......"

The old man paused, took another puff on his cigarette, and whispered, "What he said seven years ago has almost been fulfilled now, and if I didn't know that he was an anthropologist, I would have thought he was a prophet...."

"Yes..... You haven't said that my father has anything to do with the Book of the Law?"

"I had a good time chatting with your father, so I showed him all the books I was proud of, and he was shocked, and asked the price of several books, one of which was the Book of the Law, and I said that they were all collections, and they would not be sold, and then he said the same thing as you just said.... Later, when I refused, he asked me if I could borrow him to see it, because he was writing a book, and the Book of the Law was also a reference to his book, and under normal circumstances, I would not have agreed to this request, but I agreed to lend it to your father, and of course, he could only come to me to read it, so he came to me for three days in a row....."