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u80ici1.11h38. I, Apep the Serpent, am the heart of IAO. Isis shall await
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Asar, and I in the midst.
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39. Also the Priestess shall seek another altar, and perform my ceremonies
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thereon.
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40. There shall be no hymn nor dithyramb in my praise and the praise of the
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rite, seeing that it is utterly beyond.
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41. Thou shalt assure thyself of the stability of the altar.
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42. In this rite thou shalt be alone.
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43. I will give thee another ceremony whereby many shall rejoice.
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44. Before all let the Oath be taken firmly as thou raisest up the altar from
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the black earth.
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45. In the words that Thou knowest.
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46. For I also swear unto thee by my body and soul that shall never be parted
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in sunder that I dwell within thee coiled and ready to spring.
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47. I will give thee the kingdoms of the earth, O thou Who hast mastered the
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kingdoms of the East and of the West.
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48. I am Apep, O thou slain One. Thou shalt slay thyself upon mine altar: I
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will have thy blood to drink.
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49. For I am a mighty vampire, and my children shall suck up the wine of the
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earth which is blood.
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50. Thou shalt replenish thy veins from the chalice of heaven.
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51. Thou shalt be secret, a fear to the world.
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52. Thou shalt be exalted, and none shall see thee; exalted, and none shall
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suspect thee.
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53. For there are two glories diverse, and thou who hast won the first shalt
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enjoy the second.
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54. I leap with joy within thee; my head is arisen to strike.
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55. O the lust, the sheer rapture, of the life of the snake in the spine!
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56. Mightier than God or man, I am in them, and pervade them.
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57. Follow out these my words.
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58. Fear nothing.
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Fear nothing.
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Fear nothing.
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59. For I am nothing, and me thou shalt fear, O my virgin, my prophet within
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whose bowels I rejoice.
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60. Thou shalt fear with the fear of love: I will overcome thee.
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61. Thou shalt be very nigh to death.
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62. But I will overcome thee; the New Life shall illumine thee with the Light
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that is beyond the Stars.
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63. Thinkest thou? I, the force that have created all, am not to be
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despised.
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64. And I will slay thee in my lust.
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65. Thou shalt scream with the joy and the pain and the fear and the love so
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that the of a new God leaps out among the Stars.
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66. There shall be no sound heard but this thy lion-roar of rapture; yea,
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this thy lion-roar of rapture.
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