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u80ici1.11hLiber 156
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1. This is the secret of the Holy Graal, that is the sacred vessel of our
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Lady the Scarlet Woman, Babalon the Mother of Abominations, the bride of
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Chaos, that rideth upon our Lord the Beast.
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2. Thou shalt drain out thy blood that is thy life into the golden cup of
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her fornication.
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3. Thou shalt mingle thy life with the universal life. Thou shalt keep not
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back one drop.
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4. Then shall thy brain be dumb, and thy heart beat no more, and all thy
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life shall go from thee; and thou shalt be cast out upon the midden, and the
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birds of the air shall feast upon thy flesh, and thy bones shall whiten in the
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sun.
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5. Then shall the winds gather themselves together, and bear thee up as it
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were a little heap of dust in a sheet that hath four corners, and they shall
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give it unto the guardians of the abyss.
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6. And because there is no life therein, the guardians of the abyss shall
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bid the angels of the winds pass by. And the angels shall lay thy dust in the
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City of the Pyramids, and the name thereof shall be no more.
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7. Now therefore that thou mayest achieve this ritual of the Holy Graal, do
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thou divest thyself of all thy goods.
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8. Thou hast wealth; give it unto them that have need thereof, yet no
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desire toward it.
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9. Thou hast health; slay thyself in the fervour of thine abandonment unto
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Our Lady. Let thy flesh hang loose upon thy bones, and thine eyes glare with
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thy quenchless lust unto the Infinite, with thy passion for the Unknown, for
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Her that is beyond Knowledge the accurs<72>d one.
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10. Thou hast love; tear thy mother from thine heart, and spit in the face of
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thy father. Let thy foot trample the belly of thy wife, and let the babe at
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her breast be the prey of dogs and vultures.
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11. For if thou dost not this with thy will, then shall We do this despite
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thy will. So that thou attain to the Sacrament of the Graal in the Chapel of
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Abominations.
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12. And behold! if by stealth thou keep unto thyself one thought of thine,
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then shalt thou be cast out into the abyss for ever; and thou shalt be the
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lonely one, the eater of dung, the afflicted in the Day of Be-with-Us.
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13. Yea! verily this is the Truth, this is the Truth, this is the Truth.
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Unto thee shall be granted joy and health and wealth and wisdom when thou art
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no longer thou.
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14. Then shall every gain be a new sacrament, and it shall not defile thee;
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thou shalt revel with the wanton in the market-place, and the virgins shall
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fling roses upon thee, and the merchants bend their knees and bring thee gold
and spices. Also young boys shall pour wonderful wines for thee, and the
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singers and the dancers shall sing and dance for thee.
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15. Yet shalt thou not be therein, for thou shalt be forgotten, dust lost in
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dust.
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16. Nor shall the aeon itself avail thee in this; for from the dust shall a
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white ash be prepared by Hermes the Invisible.
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17. And this is the wrath of God, that these things should be thus.
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18. And this is the grace of God, that these things should be thus.
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19. Wherefore I charge you that ye come unto me in the Beginning; for if ye
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take but one step in this Path, ye must arrive inevitably at the end thereof.
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20. This Path is beyond Life and Death; it is also beyond Love; but that ye
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know not, for ye know not Love.
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21. And the end thereof is known not even unto Our Lady or to the Beast
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whereon She rideth; nor unto the Virgin her daughter nor unto Chaos her lawful
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Lord; but unto the Crowned Child is it known? It is not known if it be known.
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22. Therefore unto Hadit and unto Nuit be the glory in the End and the
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Beginning; yea, in the End and the Beginning.
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