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Matches from Liber AL:
Help me, o warrior lord of Thebes, in my unveiling before the Children of men
unveiling before the Children of men Be thou Hadit, my secret centre,
My ecstasy is in yours My joy is to see your joy Above, the gemmed azure is The
he is ever a sun, and she a moon. But to him is The winged secret flame and to her the
them! The key of the rituals is in the Secret word which I have given unto him
I am known to ye by my name Nuit, and to him by a secret name which I will him give
knoweth me Since I am Infinite Space and the Infinite Stars thereof
bending down, a lambent flame of blue, all-touching all penetrant, her lovely hands upon
that men speak not of Thee as One but as None and let them speak not of thee at
their woes care not thou at all! They feel little; what is, is balanced by weak joys: but
are my chosen ones. Obey my prophet! follow out the ordeals of my knowledge! seek me
my chosen ones. Obey my prophet! follow out the ordeals of my knowledge! seek me only!
the joys of my love will redeem ye from all pain. This is so: I swear it by the vault of
thou writest is the threefold book of Law My scribe Ankh-af-na-Khonsu the priest of
look but close into the word. For there are therein Three Grades. The Hermit
Restriction. O Man! refuse not thy wife if she will. O lover, if thou wilt, depart.
be that state of manyhood bound and loathing. So with thy all thou hast no right but to do thy
all disappear. My prophet is a fool with his one one one: are not they the Ox and none
Abrogate are all rituals, all ordeals, all words and signs. Ra-Hoor-Khuit hath taken his seat in the East at
three ordeals in one, and it may be given in three ways. The gross must pass through
jasmine rose, and the emblems of death. Let him enter in turn or at once the
four gates; let him stand on the floor of the palace. Will he not sink? Amn. Ho! warrior, if thy
princes it shall not assuage thee nor absolve thee But ecstasy be thine and joy
not as much as the style of a letter; for behold thou o prophet shalt not behold all these
no expected house cometh that child. Aum! All words are sacred and all prophets true; save
under my stars. Love is the law, love under will. Nor let the fools mistake love; for there
the fortress and the great mystery of the House of God All these old letters of my
but is not the Star. This also is secret: my prophet shall reveal it to the wise. I
blood therein: because of my hair the trees of Eternity. My number is as all
for them that love me. But to love me is better than all things: if under the
me invoking me with a pure heart and the Serpent flame therein, thou shalt
to give all: but whoso gives one particle of dust shall lose all in that hour. Ye shall gather goods and
of women and spices; ye shall wear rich jewels; ye shall exceed the nations of the earth
exceed the nations of the earth in splendour pride; but always in the love of
voluptuous night sky To me! To me! The Manifestation of Nuit is at an End. Nu!
be cast away; let the good ones be purged by the prophet! The shall this knowledge go
see thee hate the hand the pen; but I am stronger. Because of me in Thee
I am perfect, being Not; and my number is nine by the fools; but with the
nine by the fools; but with the just I am eight, and one in eight: Which is vital,
of kings: stamp down the wretched the weak: this is the law of the strong: this is our law and
that lie: That Thou Must Die: verily thou shalt not die, but live! Now let it be
If the body of the King dissolve, he shall remain in pure ecstasy for ever Nuit
men with drunkeness. To worship me take wine and strange drugs whereof I will tell
self. The exposure of innocence is a lie. Be strong, o man, lust, enjoy all things of
Be strong, o man, lust, enjoy all things of sense and rapture: fear not that any God shall deny
God shall deny thee for this. I am alone: there is no God where I am. Behold! these be grave
in beds of purple, caressed by magnificent beasts of women with large limbs,
my Nuit are one. If I droop down mine head, and shoot forth venom, then is rapture
droop down mine head, and shoot forth venom, then is rapture of the earth, and I and the
then is Power weakness. Also reason is a lie; for there is a factor infinite unknown; all
is a factor infinite unknown; all their words are skew-wise. Enough of Because! Be he
Book of the Law. A feast for Tahuti and the child of the Prophet secret, O Prophet! A
day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture. A feast every night unto Nu, and the
slaves that perish. Be they damned dead! Amen. [This is of the there is a fifth who is
am I as a babe in an egg.] Blue am I and gold in the light of my bride: but the red gleam
is none of me. Tear down that lying spectre of the centuries: veil not your
me. Tear down that lying spectre of the centuries: veil not your vices in
thou shall reveal it: thou availest: they are the slaves of because: They are not of me.
not in style or value! Thou shalt obtain the order value of the English Alphabet; thou
righteous still; he that is filthy shall be filthy still. Yea! deem not of change: ye shall
Kings for ever: the slaves shall serve. There is none that shall be cast down or lifted up: all
his poverty. Beware therefore! Love all, lest perchance is a King concealed! Say you so?
strike hard low and to hell with them, master! There is a light before thine eyes o
words for the Kings! I am the Master: thou art the Holy Chosen One. Write, find ecstasy
do I feel? Is the word exhausted? There is help hope in other spells. Wisdom says: be
it not, and if thou art ever joyous! death is the crown of all Ah! Ah! Death! Death! Thou shalt long for
be the strength of its glory: He that lives long desires death much is ever the
unto thee among men or among Gods! Lift up thyself, o my prophet, thy stature shall
the stars. They shall worship thy name, foursquare, mystic, wonderful, the number of
stars. They shall worship thy name, foursquare, mystic, wonderful, the number of the
and the name of thy house The end of the hiding of Hadit; and blessing worship to the
the hiding of Hadit; and blessing worship to the prophet of the lovely Star. Abrahadabra!
hiding of Hadit; and blessing worship to the prophet of the lovely Star. Abrahadabra! the
Choose ye an island! Fortify it! Dung it about with enginery of war! I will give you a
be upon them, o warrior, I will give you of their flesh to eat! Sacrifice cattle
it shall be to you as Why? Because of the fall of Because, that he is not there again. Set
me to support me: let all be worshipped, for they shall cluster to exalt me. I am
all be worshipped, for they shall cluster to exalt me. I am the visible object of
are secret; for the Beast his Bride are they: and for the winners of the Ordeal x.
red wine; then oil of Abramelin and olive oil, and afterward soften smooth down with rich
hath also another use; let it be laid before me, and kept thick with perfumes
me. My altar is of open brass work: burn thereon in silver or gold There cometh a rich
gold forge steel: Be ready to fly or to smite. But your holy place shall be untouched
Be ready to fly or to smite. But your holy place shall be untouched throughout the
place shall be untouched throughout the centuries: though with fire and sword it
arise, and bring fresh fever from the skies; another woman shall awake the lust worship of
the Hawk-headed mystical Lord! The half of the word of Heru-ra-ha, called Hoor-pa-kraat and Ra-Hoor-Khut. Then
the veiled sky, The self-slain Ankh-af-na-khonsu Whoso words are truth. I invoke, I greet Thy
Appear on the throne of Ra! Open the ways of the Khu! Lighten the ways of the Ka! The ways
my spell. Show thy star-splendour, O Nuit! Bid me within thine House to dwell, O winged
way. The ordeals thou shalt oversee thyself, save only the blind ones. Refuse none, but
go on, go on, in my strength ye shall turn not back for any. This book shall be translated into all
not back for any. This book shall be translated into all tongues: but always with the original
into all tongues: but always with the original in the writing of the Beast; for in
these are mysteries that no Beast shall divine. Let him not seek to try: but
shall discover the key of it all. Then this line drawn is a key: then this circle squared
on your crapulous creeds. Let Mary inviolate be torn upon wheels: for her sake let all
crapulous creeds. Let Mary inviolate be torn upon wheels: for her sake let all chaste
the proud, the royal and the lofty; ye are brothers! As brothers fight ye. There is
and the lofty; ye are brothers! As brothers fight ye. There is no law beyond Do what thou
ye reverence; to me come ye through tribulation of ordeal, which is bliss. The
am the Hawk-Headed Lord of Silence of Strength; my nemyss shrouds the night-blue sky. Hail!
the Lord of the Double Wand of Power the wand of the Force of Coph Nia but my left hand
for I have crushed an Universe nought remains. Paste the sheets from right to
ending of the words is the Word Abrahadabra. The Book of the Law is Written and Concealed Aum.
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