Liber AL
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refine
thy
rapture!
If
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drink,
drink
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Matches from Liber AL:
Let my servants be few secret: they shall rule the many the
glory of the stars into the hearts of men. For he is ever a sun, and
upon the earth I am Heaven, and there is no other God than me, and
for thereby there cometh hurt. But whoso availeth in this,
availeth in this, let him be the chief of all! I am Nuit and my
this, let him be the chief of all! I am Nuit and my word is six and
word is six and fifty Divide, add, multiply and understand. Then
black earth her lithe body arched for love and her soft feet not
be ever thus that men speak not of Thee as One but as None
of thee at all since thou art continuous. None, breathed the
only! Then the joys of my love will redeem ye from all pain. This
us the law. But she said the ordeals I write not the rituals shall be
shall not in one letter change this book; but lest there be
severe the ordeals. The word of the Law is Who calls us Thelemites will
whole of the Law. The word of Sin is Restriction. O Man! refuse not
pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of
half: unite by thine art so that all disappear. My prophet is
are not they the Ox and none by the Book. Abrogate are all rituals,
The gross must pass through fire; let the fine be tried
be tried in intellect, and the lofty chosen ones in the
wines and wines that foam. Also, take your fill and will of love as ye will, when,
But thou hast all in the clear light, and some though not all in the dark.
the great mystery of the House of God All these old letters of
of God All these old letters of my Book are aright; but is not the
before me in a single robe and covered with a rich headdress. I
who am all pleasure and purple and drunkenness of the innermost
me perfumes! Wear to me jewels! Drink to me, for I love you!
of my House. In the sphere I am everywhere, the center,
the knowledge of death. I am the Magician and the Exorcist I
that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows;
but as shadows; they pass are done; but there is that which remains.
which remains. O prophet! thou hast ill will to learn this writing.
the pen; but I am stronger. Because of me in Thee which
am stronger. Because of me in Thee which thou knewest not
the knower, and me. Now let there be a veiling of this shrine:
a veiling of this shrine: now let the light devour men and eat
who sorroweth is not of us. Beauty and strength, leaping laughter
and bright glory, and stir the hearts of men with drunkeness. To
is a lie, this folly against self. The exposure of innocence
a lie, this folly against self. The exposure of innocence is
lie, this folly against self. The exposure of innocence is a
this folly against self. The exposure of innocence is a lie.
this. Beware lest any force another, King against King! Love one
I am the secret Serpent coiled about to spring: in my
Enough of Because! Be he damned for a dog! But ye, o my people,
feast for the three days of the writing of the Book of the Law.
the Equinox of the Gods. A feast for fire and a feast for water;
the joy of my rapture. A feast every night unto Nu, and the
unto Nu, and the pleasure of uttermost delight. Aye! feast!
is no dread hereafter. There is the dissolution, and eternal
is invisible therein am I as a babe in an egg.] Blue am I and gold
my bride: but the red gleam is in my eyes my spangles are
purple: it is the light higher than eyesight. There is a
are said, thou shalt not be sorry. Thou art emphatically my chosen; and
Thou art emphatically my chosen; and blessed are the eyes that
art emphatically my chosen; and blessed are the eyes that thou
eyes that thou shalt look upon with gladness. But I will hide thee
see thee shall fear thou art fallen: but I lift thee up. Nor shall
they who cry aloud their folly that thou meanest nought avail; thou
them not in style or value! Thou shalt obtain the order value of
obtain the order value of the English Alphabet; thou shalt find
Begone! ye mockers; even though ye laugh in my honour ye shall laugh
or lifted up: all is ever as it was. Yet there are masked ones my
with them, master! There is a light before thine eyes o
of Nu! prophet of Had! prophet of Ra-Hoor-Khu! Now rejoice! now come
passionate peace, write sweet words for the Kings! I am the
thy death shall be lovely: whoso seeth it shall be glad. Thy death shall be the
Lift thine head! breathe not so deep die! Ah! Ah! What do I feel? Is
refine thy rapture! If thou drink, drink by the eight
Ah! Ah! Death! Death! Thou shalt long for death. Death is forbidden, o man, unto
R P S T O V A L. What meaneth this, o prophet? Thou knowest not, nor shalt
L. What meaneth this, o prophet? Thou knowest not, nor shalt thou know
word. O be thou proud and mighty among men! Lift up thyself! for
spears. Let the woman be girt with a sword before me: let blood
girt with a sword before me: let blood flow to my name. Trample
Trample down the Heathen; be upon them, o warrior, I will give
and I am the strength, force, vigor of your arms. Mercy let be
and torture; spare not; be upon them. That stele they shall call
the Abomination of Desolation; count well its name, it shall be
Set up my image in the East: thou shalt buy thee an image
not unlike the one thou knowest. And it shall be suddenly easy for
worship; the others are secret; for the Beast his Bride are
Ordeal x. What is this? Thou shalt know. For perfume mix meal honey
the centuries: though with fire and sword it be burnt down
double-wanded one assume my throne and place. Another prophet
mingle in the globed priest; another sacrifice shall stain
Aum! let it fill me!" So that thy light is in me its red flame
door that I shall make to establish thy way in all the quarters [these
Of Khephra and of Ahathoor. I am thy Theban, O Mentu, The prophet
I beat; By wise Ta-Nech I weave my spell. Show thy star-splendour, O
within thine House to dwell, O winged snake of light, Hadit! Abide
a book to say how thou didst come hither and a reproduction of this
oversee thyself, save only the blind ones. Refuse none, but
ones. Refuse none, but thou shalt know destroy the traitors. I
argue not: convert not: talk not overmuch. Them that seek to
a trodden serpent turn and strike! Be thou yet deadlier
her child: I will alienate her heart: I will cast her out from men: as
will cast her out from men: as a shrinking and despised harlot shall she crawl
power: then will I breed from her a child mightier than all the
will I breed from her a child mightier than all the kings of the
delight to slay. Success is your proof; courage is your armour; go on, go
any. This book shall be translated into all tongues: but always with the
he fall from it. Now this mystery of the letters is done, and I
fight, but play: all fools despise But the keen and the proud,
brothers! As brothers fight ye. There is no law beyond Do what thou
Lord of Silence of Strength; my nemyss shrouds the night-blue
the wand of the Force of Coph Nia but my left hand is empty,
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