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Matches from Liber AL:
Every number is infinite: there is no difference Help me, o
few secret: they shall rule the many the known. These are fools that men adore;
their men are fools. Come forth, o children, under the stars take your fill of
to see your joy Above, the gemmed azure is The naked splendour of Nuit;
naked splendour of Nuit; She bends in ecstasy to kiss The secret ardours of
there cometh hurt. But whoso availeth in this, let him be the chief of
But whoso availeth in this, let him be the chief of all! I am Nuit and my word is
of all! I am Nuit and my word is six and fifty Divide, add, multiply and understand.
the sign. So she answered him, bending down, a lambent flame of blue, all-touching
Thee as One but as None and let them speak not of thee at all since thou art
nothing and the joy of dissolution all. For these fools of men and their woes care
and the joy of dissolution all. For these fools of men and their woes care not thou
This is so: I swear it by the vault of my body; by my sacred heart and tongue; by
is so: I swear it by the vault of my body; by my sacred heart and tongue; by all I can
it by the vault of my body; by my sacred heart and tongue; by all I can give, by all
of my body; by my sacred heart and tongue; by all I can give, by all I desire of ye all.
the rituals write unto us the law. But she said the ordeals I write not the
But she said the ordeals I write not the rituals shall be half known and half concealed:
word of Sin is Restriction. O Man! refuse not thy wife if she will. O lover, if
that and no other shall say nay. For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from
and no other shall say nay. For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the
from the lust of result, is every way perfect The Perfect and the
none! Nothing is a secret key of this law Sixty-one the Jews call it; I call it
one one one: are not they the Ox and none by the Book. Abrogate are all rituals, all
ones in the highest. Thus ye have star star system system let not one know
the other. There are four gates to one palace; the floor of that palace is of
is of silver and gold, lapis lazuli jasper are there, and all rare scents jasmine rose,
prophets true; save only that they understand a little; solve the first
Love is the law, love under will. Nor let the fools mistake love; for there are love
for there are love and love. There is the dove and there is the serpent.
life, upon death; peace unutterable, rest, ecstasy: nor do I demand aught
the trees of Eternity. My number is as all their numbers who are of us.
trees of Eternity. My number is as all their numbers who are of us. The
is as all their numbers who are of us. The five pointed star, with a circle in
blue gold are seen of the seeing. Also I have a secret glory for them that love
and purple and drunkenness of the innermost sense desire you. Put on
to me, for I love you! I love you! I am the blue-lidded daughter of Sunset; I am
love you! I am the blue-lidded daughter of Sunset; I am the naked brilliance
sphere I am everywhere, the center, as she, the circumference, is
never. Behold! the rituals of the old time are black. Let the evil ones be
by the prophet! The shall this knowledge go aright. I am the flame that burns
core of every star. I am Life, and the giver of Life; yet therefore is
that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass are
but I am stronger. Because of me in Thee which thou knewest not for why?
stronger. Because of me in Thee which thou knewest not for why? Because
I am none indeed. The Empress and the King are not of me; for there is
Thus eleven as my bride is eleven. Hear me, ye people of sighing! The
Hear me, ye people of sighing! The sorrows of pain and regret Are left to
not for the poor and sad: the lords of the earth are our kinsfolk. Is a God to live in a dog?
the poor and sad: the lords of the earth are our kinsfolk. Is a God to live in a dog? No! but
poor and sad: the lords of the earth are our kinsfolk. Is a God to live in a dog? No! but the
shall rejoice, our chosen: who sorroweth is not of us. Beauty and strength, leaping
they feel not. Compassion is the vice of kings: stamp down the wretched
the Star the Snake. I am the Snake that giveth Knowledge Delight and bright
drunk thereof! They shall not harm ye at all. It is a lie, this folly against self. The
The exposure of innocence is a lie. Be strong, o man, lust, enjoy all things
things of sense and rapture: fear not that any God shall deny thee for this. I am
flaming hair about them; there shall ye find them. Ye shall see them at rule,
all the joy; and there shall be in them a joy a million times greater than this.
on the low men trample in the fierce lust of your pride in the day of
Because, then Will stops does nought. If Power asks why, then is Power weakness. Also
does nought. If Power asks why, then is Power weakness. Also reason is a lie; for there
of the elements and feasts of the times. A feast for the first night
the elements and feasts of the times. A feast for the first night of
elements and feasts of the times. A feast for the first night of the
Tahuti and the child of the Prophet secret, O Prophet! A feast for the
in your hearts in the joy of my rapture. A feast every night unto Nu, and
pleasure of uttermost delight. Aye! feast! rejoice! there is no dread
is black. It is the veil of the modest woman; it is the veil of sorrow, the pall
veil not your vices in virtuous words: these vices are my service: ye do
I will reward you here and hereafter. Fear not, o prophet, when these words are
that thou shalt look upon with gladness. But I will hide thee in a mask of sorrow: they
thou shalt look upon with gladness. But I will hide thee in a mask of sorrow: they that
value! Thou shalt obtain the order value of the English Alphabet; thou shalt find
or lifted up: all is ever as it was. Yet there are masked ones my servants: it
joy of life death! Ah! thy death shall be lovely: whoso seeth it shall be glad. Thy death shall be
thine head! breathe not so deep die! Ah! Ah! What do I feel? Is the word exhausted?
head! breathe not so deep die! Ah! Ah! What do I feel? Is the word exhausted? There
not so deep die! Ah! Ah! What do I feel? Is the word exhausted? There is help hope
exhausted? There is help hope in other spells. Wisdom says: be strong! Then
long for death. Death is forbidden, o man, unto thee. The length of thy longing
A L G M O R Y X R P S T O V A L. What meaneth this, o prophet? Thou knowest not, nor shalt thou
the love of Nu in the star-lit heaven; to look forth upon men, to tell them
be thou proud and mighty among men! Lift up thyself! for there is none
the man; and the name of thy house The end of the hiding of Hadit; and blessing
lovely Star. Abrahadabra! the reward of Ra-Hoor-Khut. There is division hither homeward;
with them. Choose ye an island! Fortify it! Dung it about with enginery
the Law of the Battle of Conquest: thus shall my worship be about my secret
that temple is already aright disposed it shall be your Kiblah for ever. It
locked glass for a proof to the world. This shall be your only proof. I forbid argument.
hour, o blessed Beast, and thou the Scarlet Concubine of his desire! Ye shall be
up my image in the East: thou shalt buy thee an image which I will show thee,
worshipped, for they shall cluster to exalt me. I am the visible object
are secret; for the Beast his Bride are they: and for the winners of the
some beast, no matter what. This burn: of this make cakes eat unto me. This
be laid before me, and kept thick with perfumes of your orison: it shall
Also these shall breed lust power of lust in you at the eating thereof. Also ye
another sacrifice shall stain the tomb; another king shall reign; and blessing no
prophet unto the God. I adore thee in the song "I am the Lord of Thebes, and
the Lord of Thebes, and I The inspired forth-speaker of Mentu; For me
Mentu; For me unveils the veiled sky, The self-slain Ankh-af-na-khonsu Whoso words are
Ka! The ways of the Khabs run through To stir me or still me! Aum! let it fill me!"
hand to push thy order. There is a secret door that I shall make to establish thy way
a secret door that I shall make to establish thy way in all the quarters [these are
thy way in all the quarters [these are the adorations, as thou hast written] as it
prophet Ankh-af-na-khonsu! By Bes-na-Maut my breast I beat; By wise Ta-Nech I
of light, Hadit! Abide with me Ra-Hoor-Khuit!" All this and a book to say how thou didst come
men: as a shrinking and despised harlot shall she crawl through dusk wet streets, and die
rich garments, and let her be shameless before all men! Then will I lift her
shape of the letters and their position to one another: in these are
in these are mysteries that no Beast shall divine. Let him not seek to
mysteries that no Beast shall divine. Let him not seek to try: but one
one cometh after him, whence I say not, who shall discover the key of it all. Then
for thereby alone can he fall from it. Now this mystery of the letters is
he fall from it. Now this mystery of the letters is done, and I want to go on to
go on to the holier place. I am in a secret fourfold word the blasphemy against
her sake let all chaste women be utterly despised among you. Also for beauty's
Hawk-Headed Lord of Silence of Strength; my nemyss shrouds the night-blue sky. Hail!
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