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of Nuit The unveiling of the company of heaven Every man and
heart my tongue. Behold! it is revealed by Aiwass the minister
Aiwass the minister of Hoor-paar-kraat The Khabs is in The Khu, not The
azure is The naked splendour of Nuit; She bends in ecstasy to kiss
Woman, is all power given. They shall gather my children into their fold:
They are as upon the earth I am Heaven, and there is no other God than
also thus. Bind nothing! Let there be no difference made among
between any one thing any other thing; for thereby there
thing any other thing; for thereby there cometh hurt. But
multiply and understand. Then saith the prophet and slave of the
that men speak not of Thee as One but as None and let them speak
not of thee at all since thou art continuous. None, breathed the
faery, of the stars, and two. For I am divided for love's sake, for the chance
the rituals write unto us the law. But she said the ordeals I write
Law My scribe Ankh-af-na-Khonsu the priest of the princes shall not in
He must teach; but he may make severe the ordeals. The word of the
there are therein Three Grades. The Hermit and the Lover and
lover, if thou wilt, depart. There is no bond that can unite the
There is no bond that can unite the divided but love: all else is a
So with thy all thou hast no right but to do thy will Do that and no other shall say nay.
a secret key of this law Sixty-one the Jews call it; I call it Eight,
secret name and splendor is the Lord initiating: There is a word
floor of that palace is of silver and gold, lapis lazuli jasper are there, and all
and drink sweet wines and wines that foam. Also, take your fill and will of love
will. But always unto me. If this be not aright; if ye confound the
unto me. If this be not aright; if ye confound the space-marks,
sister, my heart my tongue, unto whom I send this kiss. Also, o scribe
nor absolve thee But ecstasy be thine and joy of earth: ever To
ecstasy be thine and joy of earth: ever To me To me Change not as
me To me Change not as much as the style of a letter; for behold thou
in my bosom. For one kiss wilt thou then be willing to give all: but
robe and covered with a rich headdress. I love you I yearn to you. Pale or
of all in her love-chant Sing the rapturous love-song unto me! Burn to
of Sunset; I am the naked brilliance of the voluptuous night sky
and the giver of Life; yet therefore is the knowledge of me
of Life; yet therefore is the knowledge of me the knowledge
Life; yet therefore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of
all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows;
are but as shadows; they pass are done; but there is that which remains. O
to learn this writing. I see thee hate the hand the pen; but
be a veiling of this shrine: now let the light devour men and eat
devour men and eat them up with blindness. For I am perfect,
one in eight: Which is vital, for I am none indeed. The Empress
and strength, leaping laughter and delicious languor, force and fire,
that giveth Knowledge Delight and bright glory, and stir the hearts
this folly against self. The exposure of innocence is a lie. Be
strong, o man, lust, enjoy all things of sense and rapture: fear not that
burning hearts; on the low men trample in the fierce lust of
I lift up my head, I and my Nuit are one. If I droop down mine head,
my head, I and my Nuit are one. If I droop down mine head, and shoot forth
If I droop down mine head, and shoot forth venom, then is rapture of
weakness. Also reason is a lie; for there is a factor infinite unknown;
feast for the Equinox of the Gods. A feast for fire and a feast for
unique conqueror. I am not of the slaves that perish. Be they
of death: this is none of me. Tear down that lying spectre of the
gladness. But I will hide thee in a mask of sorrow: they that see thee
thou meanest nought avail; thou shall reveal it: thou availest: they are
Begone! ye mockers; even though ye laugh in my honour ye shall laugh not
kings of the earth shall be Kings for ever: the slaves shall serve. There
shall be cast down or lifted up: all is ever as it was. Yet there are masked
a light before thine eyes o prophet a light undesired, most
laughterful than a caress of Hell's own worm. Oh! thou art overcome: we are upon
rejoice! We are one; we are none. Hold! Hold! Bear up in thy rapture; fall
truly mine and doubt it not, and if thou art ever joyous! death is
the King among the Kings. Aye! listen to the numbers the words: A B
prophet? Thou knowest not, nor shalt thou know ever. There cometh
ever. There cometh one to follow thee: he shall expound it. But
thy name, foursquare, mystic, wonderful, the number of the man;
first understood that I am a god of War and of Vengeance. I shall deal hardly with
and that temple is already aright disposed it shall be your Kiblah for
it shall be your Kiblah for ever. It shall not fade, but miraculous colour
It shall not fade, but miraculous colour shall come back to it day after day.
Close it in locked glass for a proof to the world. This shall be your only proof.
shall be your only proof. I forbid argument. Conquer! That is enough.
the ill-ordered house in the Victorious City. Thou shalt thyself
be girt with a sword before me: let blood flow to my name. Trample
the promises; fear not to undergo the curses. Ye, even ye, know
at all; fear neither men, nor Fates, nor gods, nor anything. Money fear
Abomination of Desolation; count well its name, it shall be to you as Why?
cluster to exalt me. I am the visible object of worship; the
orison: it shall become full of beetles as it were and creeping
shall breed lust power of lust in you at the eating thereof. Also ye
breed lust power of lust in you at the eating thereof. Also ye shall
strong in war. Moreover, be they long kept it is better; for
my force. All before me. My altar is of open brass work: burn thereon
untouched throughout the centuries: though with fire and sword
burnt down shattered, yet an invisible house there standeth
shall stand the fall of the Great Equinox, when Hrumachis shall arise and the
The self-slain Ankh-af-na-khonsu Whoso words are truth. I invoke, I greet Thy
of Ra! Open the ways of the Khu! Lighten the ways of the Ka! The ways of the
in me its red flame is as a sword in my hand to push thy order. There is a
in my hand to push thy order. There is a secret door that I shall make to
is mine; its rays consume Me: I have made a secret door Into the
Bes-na-Maut my breast I beat; By wise Ta-Nech I weave my spell. Show
wise Ta-Nech I weave my spell. Show thy star-splendour, O Nuit! Bid me
book to say how thou didst come hither and a reproduction of this ink
am Ra-Hoor-Khuit and I am powerful to protect my servant. Success is
known. I will slay me her child: I will alienate her heart: I will cast her out
she crawl through dusk wet streets, and die cold and an-hungered. But let
shall discover the key of it all. Then this line drawn is a key: then this
not fight, but play: all fools despise But the keen and the proud,
all fools despise But the keen and the proud, the royal and the lofty;
fool readeth this Book of the Law, and its comment he understandeth
third, stones of precious water. Through the fourth, ultimate
so, are mere liars. There is success I am the Hawk-Headed Lord of Silence
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