both literally and figuratively, and who has yet to conquer. And so a journey begins in lovemaking as Orion is also depicted as a man walking. The position of the two lovers is a close approximation
of the Hebrew letter Aleph, which may also be the first letter of Antlia; a constellation of the southern sky and below the Southern Cross.
Antlia symbolizes experimental physics, which is the nature of the
work of the Gnostic Church of L.V.X. Notice in the Atu, the mans feet (Osiris) are on the ground as the woman‟s feet are not. She is Apis (from the Greek word apous meaning footless the Bird of Paradise as could be said to be depicted in these lines from Liber LXV:
LXV:II.21
Who art thou that dost float and fly and dive and soar in the inane Behold, these many aeons have passed whence camest thou Whither wilt thou gob LXV:II.22b And laughing I chid him, saying No whence No whither LXV:II.23
The swan being silent, he answered Then, if with no goal, why this eternal journey LXV:II.24
And I laid my head against the Head of the Swan, and laughed, saying Is there not joy ineffable in this aimless Share with your friends: