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The Book of the Law
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{Book 220}
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{technically called
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Liber AL vel Legis
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Sub Figur<75> CCXX
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as delivered by XCIII=418
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to DCLXVI}
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{Chapter I}
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1. Had! The manifestation of Nuit.
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2. The unveiling of the company of heaven.
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3. Every man and every woman is a star.
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4. Every number is infinite; there is no difference.
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5. Help me, o warrior lord of Thebes, in my unveiling before the
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Children of men!
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6. Be thou Hadit, my secret centre, my heart & my tongue!
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7. Behold! it is revealed by Aiwass the minister of Hoor-paar-
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kraat.
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8. The Khabs is in the Khu, not the Khu in the Khabs.
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9. Worship then the Khabs, and behold my light shed over you!
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10. Let my servants be few & secret: they shall rule the many & the
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known.
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11. These are fools that men adore; both their Gods & their men are
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fools.
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12. Come forth, o children, under the stars, & take your fill of
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love!
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13. I am above you and in you. My ecstasy is in yours. My joy is to
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see your joy.
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14. Above, the gemm^ed azure is
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The naked splendour of Nuit;
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She bends in ecstasy to kiss
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The secret ardours of Hadit.
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The wing^ed globe, the starry blue,
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Are mine, O Ankh-af-na-khonsu!
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15. Now ye shall know that the chosen priest & apostle of infinite
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space is the prince-priest the Beast; and in his woman called the
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Scarlet Woman is all power given. They shall gather my children into
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their fold: they shall bring the glory of the stars into the hearts of
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men.
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16. For he is ever a sun, and she a moon. But to him is the winged
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secret flame, and to her the stooping starlight.
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17. But ye are not so chosen.
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18. Burn upon their brows, o splendrous serpent!
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19. O azure-lidded woman, bend upon them!
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20. The key of the rituals is in the secret word which I have given
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unto him.
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21. With the God & the Adorer I am nothing: they do not see me. They
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are as upon the earth; I am Heaven, and there is no other God than me,
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and my lord Hadit.
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22. Now, therefore, I am known to ye by my name Nuit, and to him by a
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secret name which I will give him when at last he knoweth me. Since I
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am Infinite Space, and the Infinite Stars thereof, do ye also thus.
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Bind nothing! Let there be no difference made among you between any
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one thing & any other thing; for thereby there cometh hurt.
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23. But whoso availeth in this, let him be the chief of all!
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24. I am Nuit, and my word is six and fifty.
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25. Divide, add, multiply, and understand.
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26. Then saith the prophet and slave of the beauteous one: Who am I,
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and what shall be the sign? So she answered him, bending down, a
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lambent flame of blue, all-touching, all penetrant, her lovely hands
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upon the black earth, & her lithe body arched for love, and her soft
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feet not hurting the little flowers: Thou knowest! And the sign shall
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be my ecstasy, the consciousness of the continuity of existence, the
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omnipresence of my body.
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27. Then the priest answered & said unto the Queen of Space, kissing
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her lovely brows, and the dew of her light bathing his whole body in a
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sweet-smelling perfume of sweat: O Nuit, continuous one of Heaven, let
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it be ever thus; that men speak not of Thee as One but as None; and
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let them speak not of thee at all, since thou art continuous!
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28. None, breathed the light, faint & faery, of the stars, and two.
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29. For I am divided for love's sake, for the chance of union.
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30. This is the creation of the world, that the pain of division is
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as nothing, and the joy of dissolution all.
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31. For these fools of men and their woes care not thou at all! They
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feel little; what is, is balanced by weak joys; but ye are my chosen
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ones.
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32. Obey my prophet! follow out the ordeals of my knowledge! seek me
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only! Then the joys of my love will redeem ye from all pain. This is
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so: I swear it by the vault of my body; by my sacred heart and tongue;
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by all I can give, by all I desire of ye all.
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33. Then the priest fell into a deep trance or swoon, & said unto the
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Queen of Heaven; Write unto us the ordeals; write unto us the rituals;
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write unto us the law!
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34. But she said: the ordeals I write not: the rituals shall be half
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known and half concealed: the Law is for all.
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35. This that thou writest is the threefold book of Law.
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36. My scribe Ankh-af-na-khonsu, the priest of the princes, shall not
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in one letter change this book; but lest there be folly, he shall
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comment thereupon by the wisdom of Ra-Hoor-Khu-it.
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37. Also the mantras and spells; the obeah and the wanga; the work of
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the wand and the work of the sword; these he shall learn and teach.
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38. He must teach; but he may make severe the ordeals.
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39. The word of the Law is Velhma.
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40. Who calls us Thelemites will do no wrong, if he look but close
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into the word. For there are therein Three Grades, the Hermit, and the
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Lover, and the man of Earth. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of
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the Law.
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41. The word of Sin is Restriction. O man! refuse not thy wife, if
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she will! O lover, if thou wilt, depart! There is no bond that can
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unite the divided but love: all else is a curse. Accurs<72>d! Accurs<72>d be
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it to the aeons! Hell.
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42. Let it be that state of manyhood bound and loathing.So with thy
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all; thou hast no right but to do thy will.
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43. Do that, and no other shall say nay.
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44. For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of
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result, is every way perfect.
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45. The Perfect and the Perfect are one Perfect and not two; nay, are
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none!
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46. Nothing is a secret key of this law. Sixty-one the Jews call it;
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I call it eight, eighty, four hundred & eighteen.
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47. But they have the half: unite by thine art so that all disappear.
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48. My prophet is a fool with his one, one, one; are not they the Ox,
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and none by the Book?
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49. Abrogate are all rituals, all ordeals, all words and signs. Ra-
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Hoor-Khuit hath taken his seat in the East at the Equinox of the Gods;
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and let Asar be with Isa, who also are one. But they are not of me.
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Let Asar be the adorant, Isa the sufferer; Hoor in his secret name and
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splendour is the Lord initiating.
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50. There is a word to say about the Hierophantic task. Behold! there
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are three ordeals in one, and it may be given in three ways. The gross
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must pass through fire; let the fine be tried in intellect, and the
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lofty chosen ones in the highest. Thus ye have star & star, system &
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system; let not one know well the other!
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51. There are four gates to one palace; the floor of that palace is
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of silver and gold; lapis lazuli & jasper are there; and all rare
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scents; jasmine & rose, and the emblems of death. Let him enter in
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turn or at once the four gates; let him stand on the floor of the
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palace. Will he not sink? Amn. Ho! warrior, if thy servant sink? But
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there are means and means. Be goodly therefore: dress ye all in fine
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apparel; eat rich foods and drink sweet wines and wines that foam!
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Also, take your fill and will of love as ye will, when, where and with
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whom ye will! But always unto me.
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52. If this be not aright; if ye confound the space-marks, saying:
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They are one; or saying, They are many; if the ritual be not ever unto
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me: then expect the direful judgments of Ra Hoor Khuit!
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53. This shall regenerate the world, the little world my sister, my
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heart & my tongue, unto whom I send this kiss. Also, o scribe and
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prophet, though thou be of the princes, it shall not assuage thee nor
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absolve thee. But ecstasy be thine and joy of earth: ever To me! To
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me!
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54. Change not as much as the style of a letter; for behold! thou, o
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prophet, shalt not behold all these mysteries hidden therein.
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55. The child of thy bowels, he shall behold them.
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56. Expect him not from the East, nor from the West; for from no
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expected house cometh that child. Aum! All words are sacred and all
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prophets true; save only that they understand a little; solve the
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first half of the equation, leave the second unattacked. But thou hast
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all in the clear light, and some, though not all, in the dark.
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57. Invoke me under my stars! Love is the law, love under will. Nor
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let the fools mistake love; for there are love and love. There is the
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dove, and there is the serpent. Choose ye well! He, my prophet, hath
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chosen, knowing the law of the fortress, and the great mystery of the
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House of God.
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All these old letters of my Book are aright; but is not the
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Star. This also is secret: my prophet shall reveal it to the wise.
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58. I give unimaginable joys on earth: certainty, not faith, while in
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life, upon death; peace unutterable, rest, ecstasy; nor do I demand
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aught in sacrifice.
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59. My incense is of resinous woods & gums; and there is no blood
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therein: because of my hair the trees of Eternity.
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60. My number is 11, as all their numbers who are of us. The Five
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Pointed Star, with a Circle in the Middle, & the circle is Red. My
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colour is black to the blind, but the blue & gold are seen of the
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seeing. Also I have a secret glory for them that love me.
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61. But to love me is better than all things: if under the night-
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stars in the desert thou presently burnest mine incense before me,
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invoking me with a pure heart, and the Serpent flame therein, thou
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shalt come a little to lie in my bosom. For one kiss wilt thou then be
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willing to give all; but whoso gives one particle of dust shall lose
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all in that hour. Ye shall gather goods and store of women and spices;
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ye shall wear rich jewels; ye shall exceed the nations of the earth in
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spendour & pride; but always in the love of me, and so shall ye come
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to my joy. I charge you earnestly to come before me in a single robe,
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and covered with a rich headdress. I love you! I yearn to you! Pale or
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purple, veiled or voluptuous, I who am all pleasure and purple, and
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drunkenness of the innermost sense, desire you. Put on the wings, and
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arouse the coiled splendour within you: come unto me!
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62. At all my meetings with you shall the priestess say--and her eyes
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shall burn with desire as she stands bare and rejoicing in my secret
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temple--To me! To me! calling forth the flame of the hearts of all in
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her love-chant.
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63. Sing the rapturous love-song unto me! Burn to me perfumes! Wear
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to me jewels! Drink to me, for I love you! I love you!
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64. I am the blue-lidded daughter of Sunset; I am the naked
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brilliance of the voluptuous night-sky.
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65. To me! To me!
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66. The Manifestation of Nuit is at an end.
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{Chapter II}
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1. Nu! the hiding of Hadit.
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2. Come! all ye, and learn the secret that hath not yet been
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revealed. I, Hadit, am the complement of Nu, my bride. I am not
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extended, and Khabs is the name of my House.
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3. In the sphere I am everywhere the centre, as she, the
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circumference, is nowhere found.
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4. Yet she shall be known & I never.
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5. Behold! the rituals of the old time are black. Let the evil ones
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be cast away; let the good ones be purged by the prophet! Then shall
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this Knowledge go aright.
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6. I am the flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core
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of every star. I am Life, and the giver of Life, yet therefore is the
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knowledge of me the knowledge of death.
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7. I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel,
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and the cube in the circle. ``Come unto me'' is a foolish word: for it
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is I that go.
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8. Who worshipped Heru-pa-kraath have worshipped me; ill, for I am
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the worshipper.
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9. Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows
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are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but there is that which
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remains.
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10. O prophet! thou hast ill will to learn this writing.
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11. I see thee hate the hand & the pen; but I am stronger.
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12. Because of me in Thee which thou knewest not.
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13. for why? Because thou wast the knower, and me.
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14. Now let there be a veiling of this shrine: now let the light
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devour men and eat them up with blindness!
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15. For I am perfect, being Not; and my number is nine by the fools;
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but with the just I am eight, and one in eight: Which is vital, for I
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am none indeed. The Empress and the King are not of me; for there is a
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further secret.
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16. I am The Empress & the Hierophant. Thus eleven, as my bride is
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eleven.
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17. Hear me, ye people of sighing!
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The sorrows of pain and regret
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Are left to the dead and the dying,
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The folk that not know me as yet.
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18. These are dead, these fellows; they feel not. We are not for the
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poor and sad: the lords of the earth are our kinsfolk.
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19. Is a God to live in a dog? No! but the highest are of us. They
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shall rejoice, our chosen: who sorroweth is not of us.
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20. Beauty and strength, leaping laughter and delicious languor,
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force and fire, are of us.
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21. We have nothing with the outcast and the unfit: let them die in
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their misery. For they feel not. Compassion is the vice of kings:
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stamp down the wretched & the weak: this is the law of the strong:
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this is our law and the joy of the world. Think not, o king, upon that
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lie: That Thou Must Die: verily thou shalt not die, but live. Now let
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it be understood: If the body of the King dissolve, he shall remain in
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pure ecstasy for ever. Nuit! Hadit! Ra-Hoor-Khuit! The Sun, Strength &
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Sight, Light; these are for the servants of the Star & the Snake.
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22. I am the Snake that giveth Knowledge & Delight and bright glory,
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and stir the hearts of men with drunkenness. To worship me take wine
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and strange drugs whereof I will tell my prophet, & be drunk thereof!
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They shall not harm ye at all. It is a lie, this folly against self.
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The exposure of innocence is a lie. Be strong, o man! lust, enjoy all
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things of sense and rapture: fear not that any God shall deny thee for
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this.
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23. I am alone: there is no God where I am.
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24. Behold! these be grave mysteries; for there are also of my
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friends who be hermits. Now think not to find them in the forest or on
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the mountain; but in beds of purple, caressed by magnificent beasts of
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women with large limbs, and fire and light in their eyes, and masses
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of flaming hair about them; there shall ye find them. Ye shall see
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them at rule, at victorious armies, at all the joy; and there shall be
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in them a joy a million times greater than this. Beware lest any force
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another, King against King! Love one another with burning hearts; on
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the low men trample in the fierce lust of your pride, in the day of
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your wrath.
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25. Ye are against the people, O my chosen!
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26. I am the secret Serpent coiled about to spring: in my coiling
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there is joy. If I lift up my head, I and my Nuit are one. If I droop
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down mine head, and shoot forth venom, then is rapture of the earth,
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and I and the earth are one.
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27. There is great danger in me; for who doth not understand these
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runes shall make a great miss. He shall fall down into the pit called
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Because, and there he shall perish with the dogs of Reason.
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28. Now a curse upon Because and his kin!
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29. May Because be accurs^ed for ever!
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30. If Will stops and cries Why, invoking Because, then Will stops &
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does nought.
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31. If Power asks why, then is Power weakness.
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32. Also reason is a lie; for there is a factor infinite & unknown; &
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all their words are skew-wise.
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33. Enough of Because! Be he damned for a dog!
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34. But ye, o my people, rise up & awake!
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35. Let the rituals be rightly performed with joy & beauty!
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36. There are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times.
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37. A feast for the first night of the Prophet and his Bride!
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38. A feast for the three days of the writing of the Book of the Law.
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39. A feast for Tahuti and the child of the Prophet--secret, O
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Prophet!
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40. A feast for the Supreme Ritual, and a feast for the Equinox of
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the Gods.
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41. A feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a
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greater feast for death!
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42. A feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture!
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43. A feast every night unto Nu, and the pleasure of uttermost
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delight!
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44. Aye! feast! rejoice! there is no dread hereafter. There is the
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dissolution, and eternal ecstasy in the kisses of Nu.
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45. There is death for the dogs.
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46. Dost thou fail? Art thou sorry? Is fear in thine heart?
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47. Where I am these are not.
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48. Pity not the fallen! I never knew them. I am not for them. I
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console not: I hate the consoled & the consoler.
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49. I am unique & conqueror. I am not of the slaves that perish. Be
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they damned & dead! Amen. (This is of the 4: there is a fifth who is
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invisible, & therein am I as a babe in an egg.)
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50. Blue am I and gold in the light of my bride: but the red gleam is
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in my eyes; & my spangles are purple & green.
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51. Purple beyond purple: it is the light higher than eyesight.
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52. There is a veil: that veil is black. It is the veil of the modest
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woman; it is the veil of sorrow, & the pall of death: this is none of
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me. Tear down that lying spectre of the centuries: veil not your vices
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in virtuous words: these vices are my service; ye do well, & I will
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reward you here and hereafter.
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53. Fear not, o prophet, when these words are said, thou shalt not be
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sorry. Thou art emphatically my chosen; and blessed are the eyes that
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thou shalt look upon with gladness. But I will hide thee in a mask of
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sorrow: they that see thee shall fear thou art fallen: but I lift thee
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up.
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54. Nor shall they who cry aloud their folly that thou meanest nought
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avail; thou shall reveal it: thou availest: they are the slaves of
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because: They are not of me. The stops as thou wilt; the letters?
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change them not in style or value!
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55. Thou shalt obtain the order & value of the English Alphabet; thou
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shalt find new symbols to attribute them unto.
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56. Begone! ye mockers; even though ye laugh in my honour ye shall
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laugh not long: then when ye are sad know that I have forsaken you.
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57. He that is righteous shall be righteous still; he that is filthy
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shall be filthy still.
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58. Yea! deem not of change: ye shall be as ye are, & not other.
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Therefore the kings of the earth shall be Kings for ever: the slaves
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shall serve. There is none that shall be cast down or lifted up: all
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is ever as it was. Yet there are masked ones my servants: it may be
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that yonder beggar is a King. A King may choose his garment as he
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will: there is no certain test: but a beggar cannot hide his poverty.
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59. Beware therefore! Love all, lest perchance is a King concealed!
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Say you so? Fool! If he be a King, thou canst not hurt him.
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60. Therefore strike hard & low, and to hell with them, master!
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61. There is a light before thine eyes, o prophet, a light undesired,
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most desirable.
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62. I am uplifted in thine heart; and the kisses of the stars rain
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hard upon thy body.
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63. Thou art exhaust in the voluptuous fullness of the inspiration;
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the expiration is sweeter than death, more rapid and laughterful than
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a caress of Hell's own worm.
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64. Oh! thou art overcome: we are upon thee; our delight is all over
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thee: hail! hail: prophet of Nu! prophet of Had! prophet of Ra-Hoor-
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Khu! Now rejoice! now come in our splendour & rapture! Come in our
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passionate peace, & write sweet words for the Kings!
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65. I am the Master: thou art the Holy Chosen One.
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66. Write, & find ecstasy in writing! Work, & be our bed in working!
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Thrill with the joy of life & death! Ah! thy death shall be lovely:
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whoso seeth it shall be glad. Thy death shall be the seal of the
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promise of our agelong love. Come! lift up thine heart & rejoice! We
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are one; we are none.
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67. Hold! Hold! Bear up in thy rapture; fall not in swoon of the
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excellent kisses!
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68. Harder! Hold up thyself! Lift thine head! breathe not so deep--
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die!
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69. Ah! Ah! What do I feel? Is the word exhausted?
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70. There is help & hope in other spells. Wisdom says: be strong!
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Then canst thou bear more joy. Be not animal; refine thy rapture! If
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thou drink, drink by the eight and ninety rules of art: if thou love,
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exceed by delicacy; and if thou do aught joyous, let there be subtlety
|
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therein!
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71. But exceed! exceed!
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72. Strive ever to more! and if thou art truly mine--and doubt it
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not, an if thou art ever joyous! --death is the crown of all.
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73. Ah! Ah! Death! Death! thou shalt long for death. Death is
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forbidden, o man, unto thee.
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74. The length of thy longing shall be the strength of its glory. He
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that lives long & desires death much is ever the King among the Kings.
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75. Aye! listen to the numbers & the words:
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76. 4 6 3 8 A B K 2 4 A L G M O R 3 Y X 24 89 R P S T O V A L. What
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meaneth this, o prophet? Thou knowest not; nor shalt thou know ever.
|
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|
There cometh one to follow thee: he shall expound it. But remember, o
|
|||
|
chosen one, to be me; to follow the love of Nu in the star-lit heaven;
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to look forth upon men, to tell them this glad word.
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77. O be thou proud and mighty among men!
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78. Lift up thyself! for there is none like unto thee among men or
|
|||
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among Gods! Lift up thyself, o my prophet, thy stature shall surpass
|
|||
|
the stars. They shall worship thy name, foursquare, mystic, wonderful,
|
|||
|
the number of the man; and the name of thy house 418.
|
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|
79. The end of the hiding of Hadit; and blessing & worship to the
|
|||
|
prophet of the lovely Star!
|
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|
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|
{Chapter III}
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|
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|
|||
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1. Abrahadabra; the reward of Ra Hoor Khut.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
2. There is division hither homeward; there is a word not known.
|
|||
|
Spelling is defunct; all is not aught. Beware! Hold! Raise the spell
|
|||
|
of Ra-Hoor-Khuit!
|
|||
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|
|||
|
3. Now let it be first understood that I am a god of War and of
|
|||
|
Vengeance. I shall deal hardly with them.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
4. Choose ye an island!
|
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|
|||
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5. Fortify it!
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6. Dung it about with enginery of war!
|
|||
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|
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7. I will give you a war-engine.
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|||
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|
|||
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8. With it ye shall smite the peoples; and none shall stand before
|
|||
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you.
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|
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|
9. Lurk! Withdraw! Upon them! this is the Law of the Battle of
|
|||
|
Conquest: thus shall my worship be about my secret house.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
10. Get the st<73>l<EFBFBD> of revealing itself; set it in thy secret temple--
|
|||
|
and that temple is already aright disposed--& it shall be your Kiblah
|
|||
|
for ever. It shall not fade, but miraculous colour shall come back to
|
|||
|
it day after day. Close it in locked glass for a proof to the world.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
11. This shall be your only proof. I forbid argument. Conquer! That
|
|||
|
is enough. I will make easy to you the abstruction from the ill-
|
|||
|
ordered house in the Victorious City. Thou shalt thyself convey it
|
|||
|
with
|
|||
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|
|||
|
worship, o prophet, though thou likest it not. Thou shalt have danger
|
|||
|
& trouble. Ra-Hoor-Khu is with thee. Worship me with fire & blood;
|
|||
|
worship me with swords & with spears. Let the woman be girt with a
|
|||
|
sword before me: let blood flow to my name. Trample down the Heathen;
|
|||
|
be upon them, o warrior, I will give you of their flesh to eat!
|
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|
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12. Sacrifice cattle, little and big: after a child.
|
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|
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13. But not now.
|
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|
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14. Ye shall see that hour, o bless^ed Beast, and thou the Scarlet
|
|||
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Concubine of his desire!
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15. Ye shall be sad thereof.
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16. Deem not too eagerly to catch the promises; fear not to undergo
|
|||
|
the curses. Ye, even ye, know not this meaning all.
|
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|
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|
17. Fear not at all; fear neither men nor Fates, nor gods, nor
|
|||
|
anything. Money fear not, nor laughter of the folk folly, nor any
|
|||
|
other power in heaven or upon the earth or under the earth. Nu is your
|
|||
|
refuge as Hadit your light; and I am the strength, force, vigour, of
|
|||
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your arms.
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|
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18. Mercy let be off; damn them who pity! Kill and torture; spare
|
|||
|
not; be upon them!
|
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|
|||
|
19. That st<73>l<EFBFBD> they shall call the Abomination of Desolation; count
|
|||
|
well its name, & it shall be to you as 718.
|
|||
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|
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|
20. Why? Because of the fall of Because, that he is not there again.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
21. Set up my image in the East: thou shalt buy thee an image which I
|
|||
|
will show thee, especial, not unlike the one thou knowest. And it
|
|||
|
shall be suddenly easy for thee to do this.
|
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22. The other images group around me to support me: let all be
|
|||
|
worshipped, for they shall cluster to exalt me. I am the visible
|
|||
|
object of worship; the others are secret; for the Beast & his Bride
|
|||
|
are they: and for the winners of the Ordeal x. What is this? Thou
|
|||
|
shalt know.
|
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|
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|
23. For perfume mix meal & honey & thick leavings of red wine: then
|
|||
|
oil of Abramelin and olive oil, and afterward soften & smooth down
|
|||
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with rich fresh blood.
|
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|
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|
24. The best blood is of the moon, monthly: then the fresh blood of a
|
|||
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child, or dropping from the host of heaven: then of enemies; then of
|
|||
|
the priest or of the worshippers: last of some beast, no matter what.
|
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|
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|
25. This burn: of this make cakes & eat unto me. This hath also
|
|||
|
another use; let it be laid before me, and kept thick with perfumes of
|
|||
|
your orison: it shall become full of beetles as it were and creeping
|
|||
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things sacred unto me.
|
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|
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26. These slay, naming your enemies; & they shall fall before you.
|
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|
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27. Also these shall breed lust & power of lust in you at the eating
|
|||
|
thereof.
|
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|
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28. Also ye shall be strong in war.
|
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|
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29. Moreover, be they long kept, it is better; for they swell with my
|
|||
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force. All before me.
|
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|
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30. My altar is of open brass work: burn thereon in silver or gold!
|
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|
|||
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31. There cometh a rich man from the West who shall pour his gold
|
|||
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upon thee.
|
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|
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32. From gold forge steel!
|
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33. Be ready to fly or to smite!
|
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|
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|
34. But your holy place shall be untouched throughout the centuries:
|
|||
|
though with fire and sword it be burnt down & shattered, yet an
|
|||
|
invisible house there standeth, and shall stand until the fall of the
|
|||
|
Great Equinox; when Hrumachis shall arise and the double-wanded one
|
|||
|
assume my throne and place. Another prophet shall arise, and bring
|
|||
|
fresh fever from the skies; another woman shall awake the lust &
|
|||
|
worship of the Snake; another soul of God and beast shall mingle in
|
|||
|
the glob<6F>d priest; another sacrifice shall stain the tomb; another
|
|||
|
king shall reign; and blessing no longer be poured To the Hawk-headed
|
|||
|
mystical Lord!
|
|||
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|
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|
35. The half of the word of Heru-ra-ha, called Hoor-pa-kraat and Ra-
|
|||
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Hoor-Khut.
|
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|
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|
36. Then said the prophet unto the God:
|
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|
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|
37. I adore thee in the song--
|
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|
|||
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I am the Lord of Thebes, and I
|
|||
|
The inspired forth-speaker of Mentu;
|
|||
|
For me unveils the veil^ed sky,
|
|||
|
The self-slain Ankh-af-na-khonsu
|
|||
|
Whose words are truth. I invoke, I greet
|
|||
|
Thy presence, O Ra-Hoor-Khuit!
|
|||
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|
|||
|
Unity uttermost showed!
|
|||
|
I adore the might of Thy breath,
|
|||
|
Supreme and terrible God,
|
|||
|
Who makest the gods and death
|
|||
|
To tremble before Thee:--
|
|||
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I, I adore thee!
|
|||
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|
|||
|
Appear on the throne of Ra!
|
|||
|
Open the ways of the Khu!
|
|||
|
Lighten the ways of the Ka!
|
|||
|
The ways of the Khabs run through
|
|||
|
To stir me or still me!
|
|||
|
Aum! let it fill me!
|
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|
|||
|
38. So that thy light is in me; & its red flame is as a sword in my
|
|||
|
hand to push thy order. There is a secret door that I shall make to
|
|||
|
establish thy way in all the quarters, (these are the adorations, as
|
|||
|
thou hast written), as it is said:
|
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|
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|
The light is mine; its rays consume
|
|||
|
Me: I have made a secret door
|
|||
|
Into the House of Ra and Tum,
|
|||
|
Of Khephra and of Ahathoor.
|
|||
|
I am thy Theban, O Mentu,
|
|||
|
The prophet Ankh-af-na-khonsu!
|
|||
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|
|||
|
By Bes-na-Maut my breast I beat;
|
|||
|
By wise Ta-Nech I weave my spell.
|
|||
|
Show thy star-splendour, O Nuit!
|
|||
|
Bid me within thine House to dwell,
|
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|
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O wing^ed snake of light, Hadit!
|
|||
|
Abide with me, Ra-Hoor-Khuit!
|
|||
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|
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|
39. All this and a book to say how thou didst come hither and a
|
|||
|
reproduction of this ink and paper for ever--for in it is the word
|
|||
|
secret & not only in the English--and thy comment upon this the Book
|
|||
|
of the Law shall be printed beautifully in red ink and black upon
|
|||
|
beautiful paper made by hand; and to each man and woman that thou
|
|||
|
meetest, were it but to dine or to drink at them, it is the Law to
|
|||
|
give. Then they shall chance to abide in this bliss or no; it is no
|
|||
|
odds. Do this quickly!
|
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|
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|
40. But the work of the comment? That is easy; and Hadit burning in
|
|||
|
thy heart shall make swift and secure thy pen.
|
|||
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|
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|
41. Establish at thy Kaaba a clerk-house: all must be done well and
|
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|
with business way.
|
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42. The ordeals thou shalt oversee thyself, save only the blind ones.
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Refuse none, but thou shalt know & destroy the traitors. I am Ra-Hoor-
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Khuit; and I am powerful to protect my servant. Success is thy proof:
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argue not; convert not; talk not overmuch! Them that seek to entrap
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thee, to overthrow thee, them attack without pity or quarter; &
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destroy them utterly. Swift as a trodden serpent turn and strike! Be
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thou yet deadlier than he! Drag down their souls to awful torment:
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laugh at their fear: spit upon them!
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43. Let the Scarlet Woman beware! If pity and compassion and
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tenderness visit her heart; if she leave my work to toy with old
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sweetnesses; then shall my vengeance be known. I will slay me her
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child: I will alienate her heart: I will cast her out from men: as a
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shrinking and despised harlot shall she crawl through dusk wet
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streets, and die cold and an-hungered.
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44. But let her raise herself in pride! Let her follow me in my way!
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Let her work the work of wickedness! Let her kill her heart! Let her
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be loud and adulterous! Let her be covered with jewels, and rich
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garments, and let her be shameless before all men!
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45. Then will I lift her to pinnacles of power: then will I breed
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from her a child mightier than all the kings of the earth. I will fill
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her with joy: with my force shall she see & strike at the worship of
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Nu: she shall achieve Hadit.
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46. I am the warrior Lord of the Forties: the Eighties cower before
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me, & are abased. I will bring you to victory & joy: I will be at your
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arms in battle & ye shall delight to slay. Success is your proof;
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courage is your armour; go on, go on, in my strength; & ye shall turn
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not back for any!
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47. This book shall be translated into all tongues: but always with
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the original in the writing of the Beast; for in the chance shape of
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the letters and their position to one another: in these are mysteries
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that no Beast shall divine. Let him not seek to try: but one cometh
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after him, whence I say not, who shall discover the Key of it all.
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Then this line drawn is a key: then this circle squared in its failure
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is a key also. And Abrahadabra. It shall be his child & that
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strangely. Let him not seek after this; for thereby alone can he fall
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from it.
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48. Now this mystery of the letters is done, and I want to go on to
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the holier place.
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49. I am in a secret fourfold word, the blasphemy against all gods of
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men.
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50. Curse them! Curse them! Curse them!
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51. With my Hawk's head I peck at the eyes of Jesus as he hangs upon
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the cross.
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52. I flap my wings in the face of Mohammed & blind him.
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53. With my claws I tear out the flesh of the Indian and the
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Buddhist, Mongol and Din.
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54. Bahlasti! Ompehda! I spit on your crapulous creeds.
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55. Let Mary inviolate be torn upon wheels: for her sake let all
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chaste women be utterly despised among you!
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56. Also for beauty's sake and love's!
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57. Despise also all cowards; professional soldiers who dare not
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fight, but play; all fools despise!
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58. But the keen and the proud, the royal and the lofty; ye are
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brothers!
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59. As brothers fight ye!
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60. There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.
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61. There is an end of the word of the God enthroned in Ra's seat,
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lightening the girders of the soul.
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62. To Me do ye reverence! to me come ye through tribulation of
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ordeal, which is bliss.
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63. The fool readeth this Book of the Law, and its comment; & he
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understandeth it not.
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64. Let him come through the first ordeal, & it will be to him as
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silver.
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65. Through the second, gold.
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66. Through the third, stones of precious water.
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67. Through the fourth, ultimate sparks of the intimate fire.
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68. Yet to all it shall seem beautiful. Its enemies who say not so,
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are mere liars.
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69. There is success.
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70. I am the Hawk-Headed Lord of Silence & of Strength; my nemyss
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shrouds the night-blue sky.
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71. Hail! ye twin warriors about the pillars of the world! for your
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time is nigh at hand.
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72. I am the Lord of the Double Wand of Power; the wand of the Force
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of Coph Nia--but my left hand is empty, for I have crushed an
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Universe; & nought remains.
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73. Paste the sheets from right to left and from top to bottom: then
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behold!
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74. There is a splendour in my name hidden and glorious, as the sun
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of midnight is ever the son.
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75. The ending of the words is the Word Abrahadabra.
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The Book of the Law is Written
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and Concealed.
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Aum. Ha.
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THE COMMENT.
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
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The study of this Book is forbidden. It is wise to destroy this copy
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after the first reading.
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Whosoever disregards this does so at his own risk and peril. These are
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most dire.
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Those who discuss the contents of this Book are to be shunned by all,
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as centres of pestilence.
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All questions of the Law are to be decided only by appeal to my
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writings, each for himself.
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There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.
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Love is the law, love under will.
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The priest of the princes,
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ANKH-F-N-KHONSU
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