Knock

Knock is the Principle of The Mother of Ants, The Horned-Axe, and The Meniscate, and of openings. It is associated with wounds, locksmiths, burglars, and oracles. Its followers are characterized by intense dreams, visions of other places, perceptiveness, manual dexterity, and a disconnect with reality. It is the aspect the Society of the Holy Wound is dedicated to.

Themes and Imagery

'Sooner or later, every locksmith has the Dream. Now we recite its seven phases...' 'A Locksmith's Secret'
The symbols of Knock almost entirely revolve around the openings of things: the opening of doors, the opening of the body, the opening of the mind. As such, keys, wounds, and dreams all have significant meaning to the Principle. Serpents are also tied to Knock through the Mother of Ants and the Great Hooded Princes, as "the visitors which may not be denied".

The Knock permits no seal and no isolation. It thrusts us gleefully out of the safety of ignorance. [The Knock is the principle that opens doors and unseams barriers.]

Type

Metaphysical, Astral

'Seven were the wounds of His body, seven the doors of the House. Seven the lesser aspects of the Hours, and Knock the aspect above all...' ''The Gospel of Zacchaeus''