The Temple

The Temple represents the external Universe. The Magician must take it as he finds it, so that it is of no particular shape; yet we find it written, Liber VII, vi, 2: "We made us a Temple of stones in the shape of the Universe, even as thou didst wear openly and I concealed." This shape is the Vesica Piscis; but it is only the greatest of Magicians who can thus fashion a Temple. There may, however, be some choice of rooms; this refers to the power of the Magician to reincarnate in a suitable body. - Aleister Crowley, Book 4