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fill
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love.
I
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above
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My
ecstasy
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of Nuit The unveiling of the company of heaven Every man and every woman is a
woman is a star Every number is infinite: there is no difference Help
is a star Every number is infinite: there is no difference Help me,
you. Let my servants be few secret: they shall rule the many the known. These are
Let my servants be few secret: they shall rule the many the known. These are fools
men are fools. Come forth, o children, under the stars take your fill of love. I am above
are fools. Come forth, o children, under the stars take your fill of love. I am above you and
fill of love. I am above you and in you. My ecstasy is in yours My joy is to see your joy
the gemmed azure is The naked splendour of Nuit; She bends in ecstasy to kiss
gemmed azure is The naked splendour of Nuit; She bends in ecstasy to kiss The
Nuit; She bends in ecstasy to kiss The secret ardours of Hadit. The winged globe,
to kiss The secret ardours of Hadit. The winged globe, the starry blue, Are mine,
Woman, is all power given. They shall gather my children into their fold: they shall bring
the God the Adorer I am nothing: they do not see me. They are as upon the earth I
than me, and my lord Hadit. Now therefore I am known to ye by my name Nuit, and to him
one thing any other thing; for thereby there cometh hurt. But whoso availeth
understand. Then saith the prophet and slave of the beauteous one. Who am I, and what shall
shall be the sign. So she answered him, bending down, a lambent flame of blue, all-touching all
So she answered him, bending down, a lambent flame of blue, all-touching all penetrant,
the little flowers Thou knowest! And the sign shall be my ecstasy, the consciousness
knowest! And the sign shall be my ecstasy, the consciousness of the continuity of
since thou art continuous. None, breathed the light, faint faery, of the stars,
pain. This is so: I swear it by the vault of my body; by my sacred heart and tongue; by
I swear it by the vault of my body; by my sacred heart and tongue; by all I can give, by
the threefold book of Law My scribe Ankh-af-na-Khonsu the priest of the princes shall
of the sword: these he shall learn and teach. He must teach; but he may make severe the
these he shall learn and teach. He must teach; but he may make severe the ordeals. The
shall learn and teach. He must teach; but he may make severe the ordeals. The word of the Law
make severe the ordeals. The word of the Law is Who calls us Thelemites will do no wrong, if he
do no wrong, if he look but close into the word. For there are therein Three Grades.
Grades. The Hermit and the Lover and the man of Earth. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of
wilt shall be the whole of the Law. The word of Sin is Restriction. O Man! refuse not thy
bond that can unite the divided but love: all else is a curse. Accursed! Accursed! be
that can unite the divided but love: all else is a curse. Accursed! Accursed! be it
to say about the Hierophantic task. Behold! there are three ordeals in one, and it
one palace; the floor of that palace is of silver and gold, lapis lazuli jasper are there, and
your fill and will of love as ye will, when, where and with whom ye will. But always unto me. If this
To me To me Change not as much as the style of a letter; for behold thou o prophet
from the West, for from no expected house cometh that child. Aum! All words are sacred
there are love and love. There is the dove and there is the serpent. Choose ye
and there is the serpent. Choose ye well! He, my prophet, hath chosen, knowing the
serpent. Choose ye well! He, my prophet, hath chosen, knowing the law of the fortress
He, my prophet, hath chosen, knowing the law of the fortress and the great mystery
of the fortress and the great mystery of the House of God All these old letters of
blood therein: because of my hair the trees of Eternity. My number is
who are of us. The five pointed star, with a circle in the Middle, the circle is
desert thou presently burnest mine incense before me invoking
be willing to give all: but whoso gives one particle of dust shall lose all in that hour. Ye shall
shall gather goods and store of women and spices; ye shall wear rich jewels; ye shall exceed the
shall exceed the nations of the earth in splendour pride; but always in the love
my meetings with you shall the priestess say and her eyes shall burn with desire as
me! Burn to me perfumes! Wear to me jewels! Drink to me, for I love you! I love
Drink to me, for I love you! I love you! I am the blue-lidded daughter of Sunset; I am
the name of my House. In the sphere I am everywhere, the center, as she, the
is nowhere found. Yet she shall be known I never. Behold! the rituals of the old time
I am the worshipper. Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all
that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass are done; but there is that which remains. O
shadows; they pass are done; but there is that which remains. O prophet! thou hast ill will
they pass are done; but there is that which remains. O prophet! thou hast ill will to
dog? No! but the highest are of us. They shall rejoice, our chosen: who sorroweth is not of us.
us. Beauty and strength, leaping laughter and delicious languor, force and fire, are
world. Think not, o king, upon that lie: That Thou Must Die: verily thou shalt not die,
are also of my friends who be hermits. Now think not to find them in the forest
the mountain; but in beds of purple, caressed by magnificent beasts of
shall see them at rule, at Victorious armies, at all the joy; and there shall be in them a
one another with burning hearts; on the low men trample in the fierce lust
lust of your pride in the day of your wrath. Ye are against the people, O my chosen!
Nuit are one. If I droop down mine head, and shoot forth venom, then is rapture of
Because, then Will stops does nought. If Power asks why, then is Power weakness. Also reason
up awake! Let the rituals be rightly performed with joy beauty! There are
Law. A feast for Tahuti and the child of the Prophet secret, O Prophet! A feast for
child of the Prophet secret, O Prophet! A feast for the Supreme Ritual, and
hereafter. There is the dissolution, and eternal ecstasy in the kisses of Nu.
the red gleam is in my eyes my spangles are purple green. Purple beyond
veil of sorrow, the pall of death: this is none of me. Tear down that lying spectre of
will reward you here and hereafter. Fear not, o prophet, when these words are said, thou
shall fear thou art fallen: but I lift thee up. Nor shall they who cry aloud their folly that
may be that yonder beggar is a King. A King may choose his garment as he will: there is no
in thine heart and the kisses of the stars rain hard upon thy body. Thou are exhaust
thine heart and the kisses of the stars rain hard upon thy body. Thou are exhaust in
find ecstasy in writing! Work be our bed in working! Thrill with the joy of life
it shall be glad. Thy death shall be the seal of the promise of our agelong love. Come! lift
our agelong love. Come! lift up thine heart rejoice! We are one; we are none. Hold! Hold!
so deep die! Ah! Ah! What do I feel? Is the word exhausted? There is help hope in other
spells. Wisdom says: be strong! Then canst thou bear more joy. Be not animal; refine
strong! Then canst thou bear more joy. Be not animal; refine thy rapture! If
numbers the words: A B K A L G M O R Y X R P S T O V A L. What meaneth this, o prophet? Thou knowest
the words: A B K 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
They shall worship thy name, foursquare, mystic, wonderful, the number of the man;
of thy house The end of the hiding of Hadit; and blessing worship to the prophet
thy house The end of the hiding of Hadit; and blessing worship to the prophet of
is division hither homeward; there is a word not known. Spelling is defunct; all is not
with them. Choose ye an island! Fortify it! Dung it about with enginery of war! I
it in thy secret temple and that temple is already aright disposed it shall
be your Kiblah for ever. It shall not fade, but miraculous colour shall come back to it day
proof to the world. This shall be your only proof. I forbid argument. Conquer! That is
the world. This shall be your only proof. I forbid argument. Conquer! That is enough. I
with swords with spears. Let the woman be girt with a sword before me: let blood flow to
of their flesh to eat! Sacrifice cattle little and big: after a child. But not
promises; fear not to undergo the curses. Ye, even ye, know not this meaning all.
the Beast his Bride are they: and for the winners of the Ordeal x. What is this? Thou
what. This burn: of this make cakes eat unto me. This hath also another use; let it be
This burn: of this make cakes eat unto me. This hath also another use; let it be laid
of beetles as it were and creeping things sacred unto me. These slay, naming
shall arise, and bring fresh fever from the skies; another woman shall awake the lust worship
makest the gods and death To tremble before Thee:- I, I adore thee! Appear on
adore thee! Appear on the throne of Ra! Open the ways of the Khu! Lighten the ways of
the ways of the Ka! The ways of the Khabs run through To stir me or still me! Aum! let it
still me! Aum! let it fill me!" So that thy light is in me its red flame is as a sword in
prophet Ankh-af-na-khonsu! By Bes-na-Maut my breast I beat; By wise Ta-Nech I weave
how thou didst come hither and a reproduction of this ink and paper for ever for
it is the Law to give. Then they shall chance to abide in this bliss or no; it is no odds. Do
blind ones. Refuse none, but thou shalt know destroy the traitors. I am Ra-Hoor-Khuit
and tenderness visit her heart if she leave my work to toy with old sweetnesses
courage is your armour; go on, go on, in my strength ye shall turn not back for any. This book
book shall be translated into all tongues: but always with the original in the writing
against all gods of men. Curse them! Curse them! Curse them! With my Hawk's head I peck
the keen and the proud, the royal and the lofty; ye are brothers! As brothers fight
of the God enthroned in Ra's seat, lightening the girders of the soul. To Me do ye
water. Through the fourth, ultimate sparks of the intimate fire. Yet to
time is nigh at hand I am the Lord of the Double Wand of Power the wand of the Force of
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