The Cry of the 24th Aethyr, Which is Called NIA[1]
24. "The Rose. (The Woman of Atu XIV. Minister of Babalon;
The Water-Kerub in the Initiation.) The First Kiss
Of the Lady of Initiation."
The mystery of the Rose Cross
Right at the start, NIA compels us to again, consider AL:III.72—
I am the Lord of the Double Wand of Power; the wand of the Force of Coph Nia-but my left hand is empty, for I have crushed an Universe; & nought remains.
Coph Nia mayh be a more formal name for this Aethyr with a direct association with Liber AL. Or NIA may be something entirely separate, such as the Rose on the Rosy cross. Coph would then mean Cross; Coph Nia being literally ‘cross rose’ and the “Force of Coph Nia” would then be the antient Rosicrucian current, also known as the Great White Brotherhood.
An angel comes forward into the stone like a warrior clad in chain-
armour. Upon his head are plumes of gray,[2] spread out like the fan
of a peacock.[3] About his feet a great army of scorpions and dogs,
lions, elephants, and many other wild beasts. He stretches forth his arms
to heaven and cries; In the crackling of the lightning, in the rolling of
the thunder, in the clashing of the swords and the hurling of the
arrows:[4] be thy name exalted!