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manifestation of Nuit The unveiling of the company of heaven Every
be few secret: they shall rule the many the known. These are fools that men adore;
and there is no other God than me, and my lord Hadit. Now therefore I am known to ye by
which I will him give when at last he knoweth me Since I am Infinite Space and
when at last he knoweth me Since I am Infinite Space and the Infinite
be the sign. So she answered him, bending down, a lambent flame of blue, all-touching
one of Heaven, let it be ever thus that men speak not of Thee as One but as
nothing and the joy of dissolution all. For these fools of men and their woes care not
weak joys: but ye are my chosen ones. Obey my prophet! follow out the ordeals of my
rituals write unto us the law. But she said the ordeals I write not the rituals shall
spells; the obeah and the wanga; the work of the wand and the work of the sword: these he shall learn
unite by thine art so that all disappear. My prophet is a fool with his one one
Ra-Hoor-Khuit hath taken his seat in the East at the Equinox of the Gods and let Asar
word to say about the Hierophantic task. Behold! there are three ordeals in one, and
in three ways. The gross must pass through fire; let the fine be tried in
other. There are four gates to one palace; the floor of that palace is of silver and
assuage thee nor absolve thee But ecstasy be thine and joy of earth: ever To
all in the clear light, and some though not all in the dark. Invoke me under my stars. Love
law of the fortress and the great mystery of the House of God All these old letters
dust shall lose all in that hour. Ye shall gather goods and store of women and spices; ye shall wear rich
bare and rejoicing in my Secret Temple To me! To me! calling forth the
am Life, and the giver of Life; yet therefore is the knowledge of me the
all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass are
thou hast ill will to learn this writing. I see thee hate the hand the pen; but
I am stronger. Because of me in Thee which thou knewest not for why? Because
this shrine: now let the light devour men and eat them up with blindness. For
The Empress the Hierophant. Thus eleven as my bride is eleven. Hear me,
die in their misery: For they feel not. Compassion is the vice of kings:
Compassion is the vice of kings: stamp down the wretched the weak: this is the
weak: this is the law of the strong: this is our law and the joy of the world. Think not, o king,
joy of the world. Think not, o king, upon that lie: That Thou Must Die: verily thou
be drunk thereof! They shall not harm ye at all. It is a lie, this folly against self. The
of innocence is a lie. Be strong, o man, lust, enjoy all things of sense and rapture:
also of my friends who be hermits. Now think not to find them in the forest or
burning hearts; on the low men trample in the fierce lust of your pride
am the secret Serpent coiled about to spring: in my coiling there is
I droop down mine head, and shoot forth venom, then is rapture of the earth, and I and
damned for a dog! But ye, o my people, rise up awake! Let the rituals be rightly
three days of the writing of the Book of the Law. A feast for Tahuti and the child of
and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death A feast every day
Amen. [This is of the there is a fifth who is invisible therein am I as a babe
and gold in the light of my bride: but the red gleam is in my eyes my spangles
the centuries: veil not your vices in virtuous words: these vices are my
do well, I will reward you here and hereafter. Fear not, o prophet, when these words are
look upon with gladness. But I will hide thee in a mask of sorrow: they that see thee
thee shall fear thou art fallen: but I lift thee up. Nor shall they who cry aloud their
they who cry aloud their folly that thou meanest nought avail; thou shall reveal it: thou
value of the English Alphabet; thou shalt find new symbols to attribute them
have forsaken you. He that is righteous shall be righteous still; he that is filthy shall
you. He that is righteous shall be righteous still; he that is filthy shall be filthy
my servants: it may be that yonder beggar is a King. A King may choose his garment as
therefore! Love all, lest perchance is a King concealed! Say you so? Fool! If he be a King,
to hell with them, master! There is a light before thine eyes o prophet
am the Master: thou art the Holy Chosen One. Write, find ecstasy in writing! Work
shall be lovely: whoso seeth it shall be glad. Thy death shall be the seal of the promise of our
our agelong love. Come! lift up thine heart rejoice! We are one; we are none. Hold!
rejoice! We are one; we are none. Hold! Hold! Bear up in thy rapture; fall not in swoon of
the King among the Kings. Aye! listen to the numbers the words: A B K A L G M O R Y X R P S
let it be first understood that I am a god of War and of Vengeance. I shall deal hardly with
the stele of revealing itself; set it in thy secret temple and that
glass for a proof to the world. This shall be your only proof. I forbid argument. Conquer!
the fall of Because, that he is not there again. Set up my image in the East:
be worshipped, for they shall cluster to exalt me. I am the visible object
mix meal honey thick leavings of red wine; then oil of Abramelin and olive oil, and
orison: it shall become full of beetles as it were and creeping things sacred
worship of the Snake; another soul of God and beast shall mingle in the globed priest;
"I am the Lord of Thebes, and I The inspired forth-speaker of Mentu; For me
ways of the Khabs run through To stir me or still me! Aum! let it fill me!" So that thy
its red flame is as a sword in my hand to push thy order. There is a secret door that I shall
a sword in my hand to push thy order. There is a secret door that I shall make to establish
rays consume Me: I have made a secret door Into the House of Ra and Tum, Of Khephra and
the Law to give. Then they shall chance to abide in this bliss or no; it is no odds. Do this
Then they shall chance to abide in this bliss or no; it is no odds. Do this quickly! But
work of the comment? That is easy; and Hadit burning in thy heart shall make swift and
Hadit burning in thy heart shall make swift and secure thy pen. Establish at thy
am powerful to protect my servant. Success is thy proof: argue not: convert
her a child mightier than all the kings of the earth I will fill her with joy: with my
all the kings of the earth I will fill her with joy: with my force shall she see strike
at the worship of Nu. she shall achieve Hadit. I am the warrior Lord of the Forties: the
try: but one cometh after him, whence I say not, who shall discover the key of it all.
after him, whence I say not, who shall discover the key of it all. Then this line drawn is a
of it all. Then this line drawn is a key: then this circle squared in its failure
hangs upon the cross I flap my wings in the face of Mohammed blind him With my claws
flesh of the Indian and the Buddhist, Mongol and Din. Bahlasti! Ompehda! I spit on your
creeds. Let Mary inviolate be torn upon wheels: for her sake let all chaste women
soldiers who dare not fight, but play: all fools despise But the keen and the proud,
despise But the keen and the proud, the royal and the lofty; ye are brothers!
But the keen and the proud, the royal and the lofty; ye are brothers! As brothers
ye through tribulation of ordeal, which is bliss. The fool readeth this Book of the Law,
fool readeth this Book of the Law, and its comment he understandeth it not. Let
am the Hawk-Headed Lord of Silence of Strength; my nemyss shrouds the night-blue sky.
top to bottom: then behold! There is a splendor in my name hidden and glorious, as
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