THE UNKNOWN KNOWN
Despite others' attempts to identify a certain number with
Satan, it will be known that Nine is His number. Nine is the
number of the Ego, for it always returns to itself. No matter
what is done through the most complex multiplication of Nine
by any other number, in the final equation nine alone will stand
forth.
The true ages of time are cast in the likeness of Nine, with
all cycles obedient to its Law. All matters of terrestrial concern
may be evaluated by the infallible resolution of Nine and its
offspring. Action and reaction relative to humanity's tribal
needs are contained within successive nine-year periods: the
total of both (eighteen years) is called a Working. The beginning
and end of each Working is called a Working Year, and
each midway point between the Working Years displays a
zenith of intensity for the Working which has been brought
about.
Nine eighteen-year Workings equal an Era (162 years).
Nine Eras equal an Age (1,458 years), which has been mistakenly
called a millennium. Nine Ages equal an Epoch
(13,122 years).
Each Age (1,458 years) alternates as Fire or Ice, each
differing in the means by which the Control presents its dictum.
During an Age of Ice, man is taught to refrain from his pride
and to retreat from himself; then he will be good. During an
Age of Fire, man is taught to indulge himself and to tear
himself open and look inside; then he will be good. During
an Ice Age, God is above. During a Fire Age, God is beneath.
Throughout each Age, big things occur each eighteen years, for
the Control must maintain a cycle of action and reaction within
the greater cycle of Fire and Ice.
Meaningful and portentous messages are cast forth each
eighteen years, and are acted upon for the eighteen years which
follow, at the end of which a new statement appears. The Ice
Age from which we recently emerged began in the year 508
"A.D." Just as the zenith of passion for what each Working
has inspired occurs halfway between the Working Years, so the
greatest intensity of each Age's message occurs at its midpoint.
Thus in the year 1237 "A.D." man's fervor for what the last
Ice Age represented had reached its summit. That Age ended
in 1966, and the new Age of Fire was born.
The twentieth century has prepared us for the future and
the coming of the Age of Fire was well heralded in the last
Working Years of the Ice Age. The peoples of the Earth have
been touched by the vehicles of 1894, 1912, 1930, and 1948,
and communication has been well wrought. The new Satanic
Age was born in 1966, and that is why His Church was built.
The infant is learning to walk, and by the first Working
Year of his age-that is to say 1984-he will have steadied his
steps, and by the next-2002-he will have attained maturity,
and his reign will be filled with wisdom, reason and delight.
