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u80ici1.11hLiber 90
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0. In the name of the Lord of Initiation, Amen.
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1. I fly and I alight as an hawk: of mother-of-emerald are my mighty-
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sweeping wings.
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2. I swoop down upon the black earth; and it gladdens into green at my
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coming.
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3. Children of Earth! rejoice! rejoice exceedingly; for your salvation is
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at hand.
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4. The end of sorrow is come; I will ravish you away into mine unutterable
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joy.
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5. I will kiss you, and bring you to the bridal: I will spread a feast
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before you in the house of happiness.
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6. I am not come to rebuke you, or to enslave you.
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7. I bid you not turn from your voluptuous ways, from your idleness, from
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your follies.
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8. But I bring you joy to your pleasure, peace to your languor, wisdom to
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your folly.
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9. All that ye do is right, if so be that ye enjoy it.
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10. I am come against sorrow, against weariness, against them that seek to
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enslave you.
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11. I pour you lustral wine, that giveth you delight both at the sunset and
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the dawn.
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12. Come with me, and I will give you all that is desirable upon the earth.
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13. Because I give you that of which Earth and its joys are but as shadows.
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14. They flee away, but my joy abideth even unto the end.
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15. I have hidden myself beneath a mask: I am a black and terrible God.
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16. With courage conquering fear shall ye approach me: ye shall lay down your
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heads upon mine altar, expecting the sweep of the sword.
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17. But the first kiss of love shall be radiant on your lips; and all my
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darkness and terror shall turn to light and joy.
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18. Only those who fear shall fail. Those who have bent their backs to the
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yoke of slavery until they can no longer stand upright; them will I despise.
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19. But you who have defied the law; you who have conquered by subtlety or
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force; you will I take unto me, even I will take you unto me.
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20. I ask you to sacrifice nothing at mine altar; I am the God who giveth
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all.
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21. Light, Life, Love; Force, Fantasy, Fire; these do I bring you: mine hands
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are full of these.
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22. There is joy in the setting-out; there is joy in the journey; there is
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joy in the goal.
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23. Only if ye are sorrowful, or weary, or angry, or discomforted; then ye
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may know that ye have lost the golden thread, the thread wherewith I guide you
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to the heart of the groves of Eleusis.
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24. My disciples are proud and beautiful; they are strong and swift; they
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rule their way like mighty conquerors.
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25. The weak, the timid, the imperfect, the cowardly, the poor, the tearful
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these are mine enemies, and I am come to destroy them.
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26. This also is compassion: an end to the sickness of earth. A rooting-out
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of the weeds: a watering of the flowers.
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27. O my children, ye are more beautiful than the flowers: ye must not fade
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in your season.
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28. I love you; I would sprinkle you with the divine dew of immortality.
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29. This immortality is no vain hope beyond the grave: I offer you the
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certain consciousness of bliss.
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30. I offer it at once, on earth; before an hour hath struck upon the bell,
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ye shall be with Me in the Abodes that are beyond Decay.
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31. Also I give you power earthly and joy earthly; wealth, and health, and
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length of days. Adoration and love shall cling to your feet, and twine around
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your heart.
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32. Only your mouths shall drink of a delicious wine the wine of Iacchus;
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they shall reach ever to the heavenly kiss of the Beautiful God.
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33. I reveal unto you a great mystery. Ye stand between the abyss of height
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and the abyss of depth.
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34. In either awaits you a Companion; and that Companion is Yourself.
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35. Ye can have no other Companion.
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36. Many have arisen, being wise. They have said << Seek out the glittering
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Image in the place ever golden, and unite yourselves with It. >>
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37. Many have arisen, being foolish. They have said, << Stoop down unto the
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darkly splendid world, and be wedded to that Blind Creature of the Slime. >>
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38. I who am beyond Wisdom and Folly, arise and say unto you: achieve both
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weddings! Unite yourselves with both!
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39. Beware, beware, I say, lest ye seek after the one and lose the other!
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40. My adepts stand upright; their head above the heavens, their feet below
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the hells.
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41. But since one is naturally attracted to the Angel, another to the Demon,
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let the first strengthen the lower link, the last attach more firmly to the
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higher.
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42. Thus shall equilibrium become perfect. I will aid my disciples; as fast
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as they acquire this balanced power and joy so faster will I push them.
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43. They shall in their turn speak from this Invisible Throne; their words
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shall illumine the worlds.
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44. They shall be masters of majesty and might; they shall be beautiful and
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joyous; they shall be clothed with victory and splendour; they shall stand
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upon the firm foundation; the kingdom shall be theirs; yea, the kingdom shall
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be theirs.
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In the name of the Lord of Initiation. Amen.
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