It is no secret that an Adeptus Minor (5=6) in Tiphereth has a two-fold role. As an Outer Adept they shine the light of their Sun toward the Earth, while an Inner Adept turns around and faces the infinite stars of Nuit and of BABALON. The avatar, according to Crowley, is the Balance between these roles. The avatar acts as a channel bringing Gnosis from Above to the Below. The receiver on Earth can be either female or male, claiming the title of a Scarlet Woman or the Beast. Erica M Cornelius's masterfully kaleidoscopic new book, The Scarlet Woman and the Ancient Mercurial Serpent and Other Essays, carefully discloses the feminine formula in New-Aeonic Magick. What you do with this formula is your own business. However, it is no secret, both men and women will be forever changed after reading this book. Chapters Titles: I. To Achieve the Serpent; II. Transformation of the Snake into the Wingéd Dragon; III. The Scarlet Woman as Melusine; IV The Scarlet Woman as Daemonic; V. The Scarlet Woman as Kundry; VI. The Scarlet Woman, Sex Magick, and Divine Genius; VII. The Scarlet Woman, LAM, and Kundalini Shakti; VIII. Virginity, the Scarlet Woman, and the Four Worlds of Malkuth; IX. The Magickal Link, Baphomet, and the Worship of the Great Mother; X. The Magickal Link, Iliaster, and the Four Worlds of Yesod. Other essays by J. Edward Cornelius: "The Scarlet Women," "On the Scarlet Woman," and "On the Phases of the Moon."