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Khabs, and behold my light shed over you. Let my servants be few secret:
many the known. These are fools that men adore; both their Gods their
are fools. Come forth, o children, under the stars take your fill of love. I
and in you. My ecstasy is in yours My joy is to see your joy Above, the
woman, bend upon them! The key of the rituals is in the Secret
the Secret word which I have given unto him With the God the Adorer
thereby there cometh hurt. But whoso availeth in this, let him
the priest answered said unto the Queen of Space, kissing her
continuous one of Heaven, let it be ever thus that men speak
men speak not of Thee as One but as None and let them speak not of
and their woes care not thou at all! They feel little; what is, is balanced
all I desire of ye all. Then the priest fell into a deep trance or
unto us the law. But she said the ordeals I write not the rituals shall be
lest there be folly, he shall comment thereupon by the wisdom of
and the man of Earth. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. The word of Sin
The word of Sin is Restriction. O Man! refuse not thy wife if she
can unite the divided but love: all else is a curse. Accursed! Accursed!
I call it Eight, Eighty, fourhundred eighteen. But they have
name and splendor is the Lord initiating: There is a word to say about
say about the Hierophantic task. Behold! there are three ordeals in
there, and all rare scents jasmine rose, and the emblems of death. Let
jasmine rose, and the emblems of death. Let him enter in turn
many; if the ritual be not ever unto me: the expect the
it shall not assuage thee nor absolve thee But ecstasy be thine and
Aum! All words are sacred and all prophets true; save only that they understand a
the dark. Invoke me under my stars. Love is the law, love under will. Nor let
dark. Invoke me under my stars. Love is the law, love under will. Nor let the
and the Serpent flame therein, thou shalt come a little to lie
say and her eyes shall burn with desire as she stands bare and rejoicing in
am the blue-lidded daughter of Sunset; I am the naked brilliance of
Manifestation of Nuit is at an End. Nu! the hiding of Hadit. Come! all
O prophet! thou hast ill will to learn this writing. I see thee hate
thou hast ill will to learn this writing. I see thee hate the hand the
of this shrine: now let the light devour men and eat them up with
for I am none indeed. The Empress and the King are not of me; for
my bride is eleven. Hear me, ye people of sighing! The sorrows of
strength, leaping laughter and delicious languor, force and fire, are
wretched the weak: this is the law of the strong: this is our law and the joy
Thou Must Die: verily thou shalt not die, but live! Now let it be
folly against self. The exposure of innocence is a lie. Be strong,
The exposure of innocence is a lie. Be strong, o man, lust, enjoy all
of sense and rapture: fear not that any God shall deny thee for this. I am
flaming hair about them; there shall ye find them. Ye shall see them
find them. Ye shall see them at rule, at Victorious armies, at all the
down into the pit called Because, and there he shall perish with the
of Reason. Now a curse upon Because and his kin! May Because be accursed
cries Why, invoking Because, then Will stops does nought. If Power asks
Will stops does nought. If Power asks why, then is Power weakness. Also reason is
for there is a factor infinite unknown; all their words are skew-wise.
three days of the writing of the Book of the Law. A feast for Tahuti and
every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture. A feast every
consoler. I am unique conqueror. I am not of the slaves that perish.
am not of the slaves that perish. Be they damned dead! Amen. [This is of
invisible therein am I as a babe in an egg.] Blue am I and gold in the
am I as a babe in an egg.] Blue am I and gold in the light of my bride: but
it is the veil of sorrow, the pall of death: this is none of me. Tear down
is none of me. Tear down that lying spectre of the centuries:
unto. Begone! ye mockers; even though ye laugh in my honour ye shall laugh
masked ones my servants: it may be that yonder beggar is a King. A King
be our bed in working! Thrill with the joy of life death! Ah! thy death shall
our bed in working! Thrill with the joy of life death! Ah! thy death shall be
in working! Thrill with the joy of life death! Ah! thy death shall be lovely: whoso
love. Come! lift up thine heart rejoice! We are one; we are none.
thou bear more joy. Be not animal; refine thy rapture! If thou
animal; refine thy rapture! If thou drink, drink by the eight
rapture! If thou drink, drink by the eight and ninety rules of
is the crown of all Ah! Ah! Death! Death! Thou shalt long for death. Death is forbidden, o
lives long desires death much is ever the King among the Kings. Aye!
it. But remember, o chosen one, to be me; to follow the love of Nu
O be thou proud and mighty among men! Lift up thyself! for there
Gods! Lift up thyself, o my prophet, thy stature shall surpass the stars.
thy stature shall surpass the stars. They shall worship thy name, foursquare,
aught Beware! Hold! Raise the spell of Ra-Hoor-Khuit. Now let it be first
island! Fortify it! Dung it about with enginery of war! I will give
it! Dung it about with enginery of war! I will give you a war-engine.
you a war-engine. With it ye shall smite the peoples and none shall stand
thy secret temple and that temple is already aright disposed
your Kiblah for ever. It shall not fade, but miraculous colour shall come back
Mercy let be off; damn them who pity. Kill and torture; spare not;
to exalt me. I am the visible object of worship; the others are
then of enemies; then of the priest or of the worshippers:
slay, naming you enemies they shall fall before you. Also these shall breed
enemies they shall fall before you. Also these shall breed lust power of
before me. My altar is of open brass work: burn thereon in silver or
of Thy breath, Supreme and terrible God, Who makest the gods and death
Tum, Of Khephra and of Ahathoor. I am thy Theban, O Mentu, The prophet
winged snake of light, Hadit! Abide with me Ra-Hoor-Khuit!" All this and a book to
reproduction of this ink and paper for ever for in it is the
burning in thy heart shall make swift and secure thy pen. Establish
secure thy pen. Establish at thy Kaaba a clerk-house: all must be done well
wet streets, and die cold and an-hungered. But let her raise herself
power: then will I breed from her a child mightier than all the kings
mightier than all the kings of the earth I will fill her with joy: with
strength ye shall turn not back for any. This book shall be translated into
try: but one cometh after him, whence I say not, who shall discover the
fall from it. Now this mystery of the letters is done, and I want to go
and I want to go on to the holier place. I am in a secret fourfold word the
secret fourfold word the blasphemy against all gods of men. Curse them!
of the Indian and the Buddhist, Mongol and Din. Bahlasti! Ompehda! I spit
let all chaste women be utterly despised among you. Also for beauty's
fourth, ultimate sparks of the intimate fire. Yet to all it
all it shall seem beautiful. Its enemies who say not so, are mere liars.
but my left hand is empty, for I have crushed an Universe nought
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