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What
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prophet?
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my secret centre, my heart my tongue. Behold! it is revealed by Aiwass
the gemmed azure is The naked splendour of Nuit; She bends in ecstasy
The secret ardours of Hadit. The winged globe, the starry blue, Are mine,
apostle of infinite space is the prince-priest the Beast and
infinite space is the prince-priest the Beast and in his woman;
by a secret name which I will him give when at last he knoweth me Since I am
the chief of all! I am Nuit and my word is six and fifty Divide, add, multiply
of division is as nothing and the joy of dissolution all. For these fools of men and
what is, is balanced by weak joys: but ye are my chosen ones. Obey my prophet!
my chosen ones. Obey my prophet! follow out the ordeals of my knowledge! seek
follow out the ordeals of my knowledge! seek me only! Then the joys of my love will
said unto the Queen of Heaven Write unto us the ordeals write unto us
unto us the law. But she said the ordeals I write not the rituals shall be half known
This that thou writest is the threefold book of Law My scribe Ankh-af-na-Khonsu
spells; the obeah and the wanga; the work of the wand and the work of the sword: these he shall
learn and teach. He must teach; but he may make severe the ordeals. The word of
ordeals. The word of the Law is Who calls us Thelemites will do no wrong, if he look but close
no wrong, if he look but close into the word. For there are therein Three
there are therein Three Grades. The Hermit and the Lover and the man
be it to the aeons. Hell. Let it be that state of manyhood bound and loathing.
are none! Nothing is a secret key of this law Sixty-one the Jews call it; I call
thine art so that all disappear. My prophet is a fool with his one one one: are
taken his seat in the East at the Equinox of the Gods and let Asar be with
Lord initiating: There is a word to say about the Hierophantic task. Behold!
Behold! there are three ordeals in one, and it may be given in three ways.
jasper are there, and all rare scents jasmine rose, and the emblems of death.
four gates; let him stand on the floor of the palace. Will he not sink? Amn. Ho! warrior,
foods and drink sweet wines and wines that foam. Also, take your fill and will of love as ye
Change not as much as the style of a letter; for behold thou o prophet shalt not
are sacred and all prophets true; save only that they understand a little; solve
the second unattacked But thou hast all in the clear light, and some though not
unattacked But thou hast all in the clear light, and some though not all in the dark.
But thou hast all in the clear light, and some though not all in the dark. Invoke me
is the dove and there is the serpent. Choose ye well! He, my prophet, hath
is not the Star. This also is secret: my prophet shall reveal it to the wise.
reveal it to the wise. I give unimaginable joys on earth: certainty,
my hair the trees of Eternity. My number is as all their numbers who
five pointed star, with a circle in the Middle, the circle is Red. My
than all things: if under the night-stars in the desert thou presently
all pleasure and purple and drunkenness of the innermost sense desire
of Nuit is at an End. Nu! the hiding of Hadit. Come! all ye, and learn the secret
at an End. Nu! the hiding of Hadit. Come! all ye, and learn the secret that hath not
the good ones be purged by the prophet! The shall this knowledge go aright.
that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star. I am Life,
thou knewest not for why? Because thou wast the knower, and me. Now let there
is eleven. Hear me, ye people of sighing! The sorrows of pain and regret
delicious languor, force and fire, are of us. We have nothing with the outcast
in their misery: For they feel not. Compassion is the vice of kings:
of the King dissolve, he shall remain in pure ecstasy for ever Nuit Hadit
Strength Sight, Light these are for the servants of the Star the Snake. I
wine and strange drugs whereof I will tell my prophet, be drunk thereof!
They shall not harm ye at all. It is a lie, this folly against self. The exposure of
your pride in the day of your wrath. Ye are against the people, O my chosen!
the earth are one. There is great danger in me; for who doth not understand
and his Bride! A feast for the three days of the writing of the Book of the
the Prophet secret, O Prophet! A feast for the Supreme Ritual, and
A feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for
Where I am these are not. Pity not the fallen! I never knew them. I am
are purple green. Purple beyond purple: it is the light higher
higher than eyesight. There is a veil: that veil is black. It is the veil
even though ye laugh in my honour ye shall laugh not long: then when ye are sad know that
forsaken you. He that is righteous shall be righteous still; he that is filthy
that is filthy shall be filthy still. Yea! deem not of change: ye shall be as ye are,
deem not of change: ye shall be as ye are, not other. Therefore the kings of
his garment as he will: there is no certain test: but a beggar cannot hide
garment as he will: there is no certain test: but a beggar cannot hide his
am uplifted in thine heart and the kisses of the stars rain hard upon thy
sweeter than death, more rapid and laughterful than a caress of Hell's own worm. Oh! thou
rapid and laughterful than a caress of Hell's own worm. Oh! thou art overcome: we are upon
of our agelong love. Come! lift up thine heart rejoice! We are one; we are
I feel? Is the word exhausted? There is help hope in other spells. Wisdom
Then canst thou bear more joy. Be not animal; refine thy rapture! If
thou art truly mine and doubt it not, and if thou art ever joyous! death is
not, and if thou art ever joyous! death is the crown of all Ah! Ah! Death! Death! Thou shalt long
unto thee. The length of thy longing shall be the strength of its glory: He
R Y X R P S T O V A L. What meaneth this, o prophet? Thou knowest not, nor shalt thou know
There cometh one to follow thee: he shall expound it. But remember,
and the name of thy house The end of the hiding of Hadit; and blessing worship
is division hither homeward; there is a word not known. Spelling is defunct; all
division hither homeward; there is a word not known. Spelling is defunct; all is
let it be first understood that I am a god of War and of Vengeance. I shall deal hardly
I will give you a war-engine. With it ye shall smite the peoples and none shall
about my secret house Get the stele of revealing itself; set it
shall not fade, but miraculous colour shall come back to it day after day. Close it in
abstruction from the ill-ordered house in the Victorious City. Thou
o prophet, though thou likest it not. Thou shalt have danger trouble. Ra-Hoor-Khu
now. Ye shall see that hour, o blessed Beast, and thou the Scarlet Concubine of his
Concubine of his desire! Ye shall be sad thereof. Deem not too eagerly to
Fates, nor gods, nor anything. Money fear not, nor laughter of the folk folly, nor any
as Hadit your light; and I am the strength, force, vigor of your arms. Mercy let
an image which I will show thee, especial, not unlike the one thou knowest. And
show thee, especial, not unlike the one thou knowest. And it shall be suddenly
with rich fresh blood! The best blood is of the moon, monthly: then the fresh
the worshippers: last of some beast, no matter what. This burn: of this make
worshippers: last of some beast, no matter what. This burn: of this make cakes
me, and kept thick with perfumes of your orison: it shall become full of
the skies; another woman shall awake the lust worship of the Snake; another soul of God and
God and beast shall mingle in the globed priest; another sacrifice shall stain
shall reign; and blessing no longer be poured To the Hawk-headed mystical Lord! The
Thebes, and I The inspired forth-speaker of Mentu; For me unveils
mine; its rays consume Me: I have made a secret door Into the House of Ra and
consume Me: I have made a secret door Into the House of Ra and Tum, Of Khephra
thine House to dwell, O winged snake of light, Hadit! Abide with me Ra-Hoor-Khuit!" All
in it is the word secret not only in the English and thy comment upon
thy heart shall make swift and secure thy pen. Establish at thy Kaaba a clerk-house:
their fear: spit upon them! Let the Scarlet Woman beware! If pity
leave my work to toy with old sweetnesses then shall my vengeance be known. I
work to toy with old sweetnesses then shall my vengeance be known. I will slay me
I breed from her a child mightier than all the kings of the earth I will fill
before me, are abased I will bring you to victory joy: I will be at your arms
also. And Abrahadabra. It shall be his child that strangely. Let him not seek after this;
shall be his child that strangely. Let him not seek after this; for thereby
after this; for thereby alone can he fall from it. Now this mystery of the
secret fourfold word the blasphemy against all gods of men. Curse them! Curse
against all gods of men. Curse them! Curse them! Curse them! With my Hawk's head I
of the Indian and the Buddhist, Mongol and Din. Bahlasti! Ompehda! I spit on your
and the lofty; ye are brothers! As brothers fight ye. There is no law beyond Do
ye. There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt. There is an end of the word of the God
an end of the word of the God enthroned in Ra's seat, lightening the girders
he understandeth it not. Let him come through the first ordeal it will
intimate fire. Yet to all it shall seem beautiful. Its enemies
There is success I am the Hawk-Headed Lord of Silence of Strength; my nemyss
There is a splendor in my name hidden and glorious, as the sun of midnight is
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