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the Children of men Be thou Hadit, my secret
naked splendour of Nuit; She bends in ecstasy to
chosen priest apostle of infinite space
to her the stooping starlight. But ye are not
bend upon them! The key of the rituals is in
Let there be no difference made among you
slave of the beauteous one. Who am I, and what shall be the
of my body. Then the priest answered said unto
Sweat O Nuit, continuous one of Heaven, let it
ordeals of my knowledge! seek me only! Then the joys
all pain. This is so: I swear it by the vault of my body;
Heaven Write unto us the ordeals write unto us
write unto us the rituals write unto us the
one letter change this book; but lest there
is Who calls us Thelemites will do no wrong, if he look but
that can unite the divided but love: all else is a
and not two: nay, are none! Nothing is a secret key of
Ox and none by the Book. Abrogate are all rituals, all ordeals,
splendor is the Lord initiating: There is a word
be tried in intellect, and the lofty chosen
the floor of that palace is of silver and gold, lapis lazuli
and gold, lapis lazuli jasper are there, and all rare scents
Amn. Ho! warrior, if thy servant sink? But there are
drink sweet wines and wines that foam. Also, take your
when, where and with whom ye will. But always unto me. If
are many; if the ritual be not ever unto me:
send this kiss. Also, o scribe and prophet though thou
shall not assuage thee nor absolve thee But ecstasy
behold them. Expect him not from the East
prophets true; save only that they understand a
hast all in the clear light, and some though not all in the
before me invoking me with a pure heart and
the Serpent flame therein, thou shalt come
splendour pride; but always in the love of me, and so
me! To me! The Manifestation of Nuit is at
End. Nu! the hiding of Hadit. Come! all ye, and learn the
Hadit. Come! all ye, and learn the secret that hath not
revealed. I Hadit am the complement of Nu my
Khabs is the name of my House. In the sphere I am
the core of every star. I am Life, and the giver
Life, and the giver of Life; yet therefore
the King are not of me; for there is a further
of the earth are our kinsfolk. Is a God to live in a dog? No!
not of us. Beauty and strength, leaping laughter
the weak: this is the law of the strong: this is our law and
weak: this is the law of the strong: this is our law and the
this is the law of the strong: this is our law and the joy
upon that lie: That Thou Must Die: verily thou
thereof! They shall not harm ye at all. It is a lie, this
any God shall deny thee for this. I am alone: there is no
force another, King against King! Love one another
your pride in the day of your wrath. Ye are against
in my coiling there is joy. If I lift up my
Will stops and cries Why, invoking Because, then Will
dissolution, and eternal ecstasy in the kisses of
heart? Where I am these are not. Pity not the
am unique conqueror. I am not of the slaves that
gladness. But I will hide thee in a mask of sorrow: they
their folly that thou meanest nought avail; thou shall
Therefore the kings of the earth shall be Kings
for ever: the slaves shall serve. There is none that
thou canst not hurt him. Therefore strike hard
undesired, most desirable. I am uplifted in
over thee: hail! hail! prophet of Nu! prophet of Had!
Kings! I am the Master: thou art the Holy Chosen One.
bed in working! Thrill with the joy of life death!
Thrill with the joy of life death! Ah! thy death shall be
death shall be lovely: whoso seeth it shall be glad. Thy death shall
more joy. Be not animal; refine thy rapture!
If thou drink, drink by the eight and ninety
if thou art truly mine and doubt it not, and if
not, nor shalt thou know ever. There cometh one to
among men! Lift up thyself! for there is none
men or among Gods! Lift up thyself, o my prophet,
of the hiding of Hadit; and blessing worship to the
blessing worship to the prophet of the lovely
in thy secret temple and that temple is
to it day after day. Close it in locked glass for a proof
it day after day. Close it in locked glass for a proof to
the Heathen; be upon them, o warrior, I will give
flesh to eat! Sacrifice cattle little and big:
the curses. Ye, even ye, know not this meaning all.
anything. Money fear not, nor laughter of the folk
nor laughter of the folk folly, nor any other power in
me: let all be worshipped, for they shall cluster to
smooth down with rich fresh blood! The best blood is of
they swell with my force. All before me. My altar is
me. My altar is of open brass work: burn thereon in
is of open brass work: burn thereon in silver or gold
untouched throughout the centuries: though
I adore thee in the song "I am the Lord of Thebes,
might of Thy breath, Supreme and terrible
The ways of the Khabs run through To stir me or still
the House of Ra and Tum, Of Khephra and of Ahathoor. I am thy
Ankh-af-na-khonsu! By Bes-na-Maut my breast I beat; By
and black upon beautiful paper made by hand; and to
were it but to dine or to drink at them, it
drink at them, it is the Law to give. Then they
the comment? That is easy; and Hadit burning in
make swift and secure thy pen. Establish at thy
am powerful to protect my servant. Success is
alienate her heart: I will cast her out from men: as a
her heart: I will cast her out from men: as a shrinking
men: as a shrinking and despised harlot shall she crawl through
wickedness! Let her kill her heart! Let her be loud
from her a child mightier than all the kings of the
after him, whence I say not, who shall discover the key
discover the key of it all. Then this line drawn is a
key: then this circle squared in its failure
him not seek after this; for thereby alone can
after this; for thereby alone can he fall from it.
this; for thereby alone can he fall from it. Now this
he hangs upon the cross I flap my wings in the face
on your crapulous creeds. Let Mary inviolate be
utterly despised among you. Also for beauty's sake
soldiers who dare not fight, but play: all fools despise
play: all fools despise But the keen and the proud,
the royal and the lofty; ye are brothers! As brothers
is nigh at hand I am the Lord of the Double Wand of Power
of the Double Wand of Power the wand of the Force of
nought remains. Paste the sheets from right
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