Had! The ๐คฃ manifestation of Nuit.
The ๐ค unveiling of the ๐ค company of heaven. ๐ผ
Every man ๐จโ๐ง and every woman ๐ฑโโ๏ธ is a star. *๏ธโฃ
Every number 6๏ธโฃ is infinite; there is no ๐ difference.
Help ๐ me, o warrior lord ๐ of Thebes, in my ๐ unveiling before the ๐ค Children ๐จโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ of men! โ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ
Be thou Hadit, my ๐ secret ๐ centre, my ๐ heart ๐ & my ๐ tongue! ๐
Behold! it is revealed by Aiwass the ๐ค minister of Hoor-paar-kraat.
The ๐คฃ Khabs is in the ๐คฃ Khu, not โณ the ๐ค Khu in the ๐ค Khabs.
Worship ๐๐ then the ๐ค Khabs, and behold my ๐ light ๐ฆ๐ก๐ shed over ๐คญ you! ๐ค
Let my ๐๐๐ servants be few & secret: ใ๏ธ they ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ shall rule ๐ท the ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ many & the ๐ค known.
These are ๐ fools that men ๐คผโโ๏ธ adore; both their Gods & their men โ๏ธ are ๐ fools.
Come forth, o children, ๐จโ๐จโ๐ฆ under ๐ the ๐คฃ stars, ๐๐ & take your fill of love! โค๏ธ
I ๐ am above ๐ you ๐ and in you. ๐ My ๐ ecstasy is in yours. My ๐ joy ๐ is to see ๐๏ธ your joy. ๐
Above, ๐ the ๐ค gemmรจd azure is
The ๐คฃ naked splendour of Nuit;
She ๐โโ๏ธ bends in ecstasy to kiss ๐๐
The ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ secret ๐ ardours of Hadit.
The ๐คฃ wingรจd globe, ๐ the ๐คฃ starry ๐คฉ blue, ๐ฝ
Are ๐ mine, O Ankh-af-na-khonsu!
Now ye โ๏ธ shall know that the ๐ค chosen priest & apostle of infinite space ๐จโ๐ is the ๐ค prince-priest ๐คด the ๐ค Beast; and in his ๐ woman ๐ฐ called ๐ค the ๐คฃ Scarlet Woman ๐ฉโโค๏ธโ๐โ๐จ is all power ๐ given. They ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ shall gather my ๐ children ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆ๐จโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ into their fold: ๐ they ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ shall bring the ๐คฃ glory of the ๐ค stars โญ into the ๐คฃ hearts ๐ป of men. ๐น
For ๐บ he ๐โโ๏ธ is ever a sun, ๐ฆ๏ธ and she ๐โโ๏ธ a moon. ๐ But ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ to him is the ๐คฃ winged secret ใ๏ธ flame, ๐ฅ and to her ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ the ๐คฃ stooping starlight.
But ๐ฅ ye โ๏ธ are ๐ not โณ so ๐ chosen.
Burn upon their brows, ๐ฅธ o splendrous serpent!
O azure-lidded woman, ๐ฉ bend upon them!
The ๐คฃ key ๐๏ธ of the ๐คฃ rituals is in the ๐ค secret ใ๏ธ word ๐ which I ๐ have ๐ถ given unto him.
With the ๐คฃ God & the ๐คฃ Adorer ๐ฅฐ I ๐ am nothing: ๐ถ they ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ do not ๐ถ see ๐๐ me. They ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ are ๐ as upon the ๐คฃ earth; I ๐ am Heaven, ๐ผ and there is no ๐ other God than me, and my ๐ lord ๐ Hadit.
Now, therefore, I ๐ am known to ye ๐ by my ๐๐๐ name ๐ Nuit, and to him by a secret ๐ name ๐ which I ๐ will give him when at last โฎ๏ธ he ๐โโ๏ธ knoweth me. Since I ๐ am Infinite Space, ๐ and the ๐ค Infinite Stars โก๏ธ thereof, do ye โ๏ธ also thus. Bind nothing! โณ Let there be no ๐ณ๐ด difference made among you ๐ค between any one ๐ thing ๐คฃ & any other thing; for ๐บ thereby there cometh hurt. ๐ฉธ
But ๐ฅ whoso availeth in this, let him be the ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ chief of all!
I ๐ am Nuit, and my ๐ word ๐ is six ๐๐ฏ and fifty.
Divide, ๐น add, multiply, โ๏ธ and understand.
Then saith the ๐คฃ prophet and slave of the ๐ค beauteous one: ๐ฉฑ๐๐ Who am I, ๐ and what ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ shall be the ๐ค sign? ๐ง So ๐ she ๐โโ๏ธ answered โ
him, bending down, โ๏ธ a lambent flame ๐ฅ of blue, ๐ all-touching, all penetrant, her ๐โโ๏ธ lovely hands ๐๐ฌ upon the ๐คฃ black โซ earth, ๐ & her ๐โโ๏ธ lithe body arched for ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ love, ๐ and her ๐โโ๏ธ soft ๐ฆ feet ๐ถโโ๏ธ not โณ hurting ๐ฉธ the ๐คฃ little flowers: ๐ผ Thou knowest! And the ๐ค sign ๐ฒ shall be my ๐ ecstasy, the ๐ค consciousness of the ๐ค continuity of existence, the ๐คฃ omnipresence of my ๐ body.
Then the ๐คฃ priest answered โ
& said unto the ๐คฃ Queen ๐ธ of Space, ๐ฉโ๐๐ kissing ๐ her ๐โโ๏ธ lovely brows, ๐ฅธ๐ฅธ๐ฅธ and the ๐ค dew of her ๐โโ๏ธ light ๐ก bathing โจ๏ธ his ๐ whole body in a sweet-smelling ๐ฏ perfume of sweat: ๐ O Nuit, continuous one ๐ of Heaven, ๐ผ let it be ever thus; that men ๐โโ๏ธ speak ๐ not ๐ถ of Thee as One ๐ฉฑ but ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ as None; and let them speak ๐ not ๐ถ of thee at all, since thou art ๐ญ continuous!
None, breathed the ๐ค light, ๐ช๐จ faint & fรฆry, of the ๐คฃ stars, โญ and two. โ๏ธ
For ๐ฐ I ๐๐๐ am divided for ๐ฐ loveโs sake, ๐ถ for ๐บ the ๐คฃ chance of union. ๐ช๐บ
This is the ๐คฃ creation of the ๐คฃ world, ๐ that the ๐คฃ pain of division is as nothing, ๐ and the ๐ค joy ๐ of dissolution all.
For ๐ฐ these fools of men ๐โโ๏ธ and their woes care ๐ซ not ๐ถ thou at all! They ๐ feel little; what ๐ฆ is, is balanced by weak joys; but ๐ฅ ye ๐ are ๐ my ๐ chosen ones. ๐
Obey my ๐ prophet! follow out ๐ต the ๐ค ordeals of my ๐ knowledge! ๐ seek me only! Then the ๐คฃ joys ๐๐ of my ๐ love ๐ will redeem ye โ๏ธ from ๐ค all pain. This is so: ๐ I ๐ swear ๐คฌ it by the ๐คฃ vault of my ๐ body; by my ๐ sacred heart ๐ฉโโค๏ธโ๐จ and tongue; by all I ๐ can give, by all I ๐ desire of ye ๐ all.
Then the ๐ค priest fell into a deep trance or swoon, & said unto the ๐คฃ Queen ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ of Heaven; Write ๐ unto us the ๐ค ordeals; write โ๏ธ unto us the ๐ค rituals; write ๐ unto us the ๐คฃ law! ๐จ
But ๐ฅ she ๐โโ๏ธ said: the ๐ค ordeals I ๐ write โ๏ธ not: โณ the ๐คฃ rituals shall be half known and half concealed: the ๐คฃ Law ๐งโโ๏ธ๐ฎโโ๏ธยฉ๏ธ is for ๐บ all.
This that thou writest is the ๐ค threefold book ๐ of Law. ยฉ๏ธ
My ๐ scribe Ankh-af-na-khonsu, the ๐คฃ priest of the ๐ค princes, ๐คด shall not ๐ถ in one ๐ letter ๐
ฐ๏ธ change this book; but ๐ฅ lest there be folly, he ๐โโ๏ธ shall comment thereupon by the ๐ค wisdom of Ra-Hoor-Khu-it.
Also the ๐คฃ mantras and spells; the ๐ค obeah and the ๐คฃ wanga; the ๐คฃ work ๐ข of the ๐คฃ wand ๐ช๐ช๐ช and the ๐คฃ work ๐ข of the ๐ค sword; these he ๐โโ๏ธ shall learn ๐ and teach. ๐ซ
He ๐โโ๏ธ must teach; but ๐ฅ he ๐โโ๏ธ may make severe the ๐ค ordeals.
The ๐ค word ๐ of the ๐ค Law โ๏ธ is ฮฮตฮปฮทฮผฮฑ.
Who calls ๐ค us Thelemites will do no ๐
โโ๏ธ๐ณ๐ฃ wrong, if he ๐โโ๏ธ look ๐๏ธ but ๐ฅ close into the ๐ค word. ๐ฌ๐ For ๐ฐ there are ๐ therein Three ๐ Grades, ๐ด the ๐ค Hermit, and the ๐คฃ Lover, ๐ป and the ๐คฃ man ๐โโ๏ธ of Earth. ๐๐๐ Do what ๐ฆ thou wilt ๐ฅ shall be the ๐คฃ whole of the ๐ค Law. ๐ฎโโ๏ธ
The ๐ค word ๐ of Sin is Restriction. O man! ๐งโโ๏ธ refuse not ๐ถ thy wife, if she ๐โโ๏ธ will! O lover, ๐ฅฐ if thou wilt, ๐ฅ depart! There is no ๐ณ bond that can unite the ๐ค divided but ๐ฅ love: ๐๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ฆ all else is a curse. Accursรจd! Accursรจd be it to the ๐คฃ รฆons! Hell.
Let it be that state ๐ซ๐ฒ of manyhood bound and loathing. So ๐ with thy all; thou hast no ๐
โโ๏ธ๐๐
โโ๏ธ๐๐
โโ๏ธ๐ right ๐ค but ๐ฅ to do thy will.
Do that, and no ๐ท other shall say ๐ฃ๏ธ nay.
For ๐บ pure ๐ค will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from ๐ค the ๐ค lust of result, is every way ๐ perfect. ๐
The ๐ค Perfect ๐ and the ๐ค Perfect ๐ฏ are ๐ one ๐ Perfect ๐ฏ and not โณ two; nay, are ๐ none!
Nothing ๐ is a secret ๐ key ๐๐๏ธ of this law. ๐งโโ๏ธ Sixty-one ๐๐ฉฑ the ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ Jews call ๐ค it; I ๐ call ๐ค it eight, ๐ eighty, four ๐ hundred ๐ฏ & eighteen. ๐
But ๐ฅ they ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ have ๐ถ the ๐ค half: unite by thine art ๐ญ so ๐ that all disappear.
My ๐ prophet is a fool with his ๐ one, ๐ one, ๐๐ฉฑ one; are ๐ not โณ they ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ the ๐ค Ox, and none by the ๐คฃ Book? ๐
Abrogate are ๐ all rituals, all ordeals, all words ๐ and signs. โโโ Ra-Hoor-Khuit hath taken his ๐ seat ๐บ in the ๐ค East ๐๐๐ at the ๐คฃ Equinox of the ๐คฃ Gods; and let Asar be with Isa, who also are ๐ one. ๐ฉฑ But ๐ฅ they ๐ are ๐ not โณ of me. Let Asar be the ๐คฃ adorant, Isa the ๐คฃ sufferer; Hoor in his ๐ secret ใ๏ธ๐๐ name ๐ and splendour is the ๐ค Lord ๐ initiating.
There is a word ๐จ๏ธ to say ๐ฃ๏ธ about the ๐ค Hierophantic task. Behold! there are ๐ three ๐ ordeals in one, ๐ฉฑ and it may be given in three ๐ ways. ๐๐๐ The ๐คฃ gross ๐คข must pass ๐ด through fire; let the ๐ค fine be tried in intellect, and the ๐คฃ lofty chosen ones ๐๐ in the ๐ค highest. Thus ye โ๏ธ๐ have ๐ถ star โก๏ธ๐*๏ธโฃ๐ & star, ๐๐ซ system & system; let not โณ one ๐๐ know well the ๐ค other!
There are ๐ four ๐๐ gates to one ๐๐ฉฑ palace; the ๐คฃ floor ๐คฃ of that palace is of silver and gold; lapis lazuli & jasper are ๐ there; and all rare scents; jasmine & rose, ๐น and the ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ emblems ๐ฑ of death. ๐ Let him enter โฉ๏ธ in turn or at once the ๐คฃ four ๐ gates; let him stand ๐ง๐ง๐ง on the ๐ค floor ๐คฃ of the ๐คฃ palace. Will he ๐โโ๏ธ not ๐ถ sink? Amn. Ho! warrior, if thy servant sink? But ๐ฅ there are ๐ means ๐ and means. ๐ Be goodly therefore: dress ๐ฅป๐ฅป๐ฅป ye ๐ all in fine apparel; eat ๐ฝ๏ธ rich ๐ค foods ๐งโ๐ณ and drink ๐ธ sweet ๐ง wines ๐ and wines ๐ฅ that foam! Also, take your fill and will of love ๐ as ye โ๏ธ will, when, where and with whom ye ๐๐ will! But ๐ฅ always unto me.
If this be not ๐ถ aright; if ye โ๏ธ confound ๐ the ๐ค space-marks, โ๏ธ saying: ๐ฃ๏ธ They ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ are ๐ one; or saying, ๐ฃ๏ธ They ๐ are ๐ many; if the ๐ค ritual be not ๐ถ ever unto me: then expect the ๐ค direful judgments of Ra Hoor Khuit!
This shall regenerate the ๐คฃ world, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ the ๐คฃ little world ๐บ๏ธ my ๐ sister, my ๐ heart ๐ฅฐ & my ๐ tongue, ๐ unto whom I ๐ send this kiss. ๐ Also, o scribe and prophet, though thou be of the ๐คฃ princes, ๐คด it shall not ๐ถ assuage thee nor absolve thee. But ๐ฅ ecstasy be thine and joy ๐ of earth: ๐ ever To me! To me!
Change not โณ as much as the ๐ค style ๐ of a letter; for ๐ฐ behold! thou, o prophet, shalt not ๐ถ behold all these mysteries hidden therein.
The ๐คฃ child ๐ช of thy bowels, he ๐โโ๏ธ shall behold them.
Expect him not โณ from ๐ค the ๐ค East, ๐ nor from ๐ค the ๐คฃ West; for ๐บ from ๐ค no ๐ณ๐ด expected house ๐ชด๐ชด๐ชด cometh that child. ๐ผ Aum! All words ๐ ๐ are ๐ sacred and all prophets true; save ๐๐๐ only that they ๐ understand a little; solve the ๐คฃ first ๐๐ half of the ๐ค equation, leave ๐ the ๐ค second ๐ฅ unattacked. But ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ thou hast all in the ๐ค clear light, ๐ฎ and some, though not ๐ถ all, in the ๐คฃ dark. ๐ฆ
Invoke me under ๐ my ๐ stars! โณ๏ธ Love ๐ is the ๐ค law, ๐ฎโโ๏ธ love ๐ under ๐ will. Nor let the ๐คฃ fools mistake love; for ๐ฐ there are ๐ love ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ and love. ๐ฅฐ There is the ๐คฃ dove, ๐๏ธ and there is the ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ serpent. Choose ye ๐ well! He, ๐โโ๏ธ my ๐ prophet, hath chosen, knowing the ๐ค law โ๏ธ of the ๐ค fortress, and the ๐ค great ๐ฌ๐ง mystery of the ๐ค House ๐ช of God.
All these old ๐๏ธ letters โ๏ธ of my ๐ Book ๐ are ๐ aright; but ๐ฅ ืฆ is not ๐ถ the ๐คฃ Star. ๐โจ This also is secret: ๐ค my ๐๐๐ prophet shall reveal it to the ๐ค wise.
I ๐ give unimaginable joys ๐ on earth: ๐ certainty, not โณ faith, while in life, ๐งฌ upon death; peace โ๏ธ unutterable, rest, ๐ ecstasy; nor do I ๐ demand aught in sacrifice.
My ๐ incense is of resinous woods ๐ชต & gums; and there is no ๐ blood ๐ง therein: because of my ๐ hair ๐ฑ the ๐คฃ trees ๐ด of Eternity.
My ๐ number ๐ is 11, as all their numbers ๐ข๐ข๐ข who are ๐ of us. The ๐ค Five ๐ Pointed โ๏ธ Star, โด๏ธ with a Circle ยฉ๏ธ in the ๐ค Middle, ๐ & the ๐คฃ circle โช is Red. โญ My ๐ colour is black ๐ค to the ๐คฃ blind, ๐งโ๐ฆฏ๐ฆฎ but ๐ฅ the ๐คฃ blue ๐ & gold are ๐ seen of the ๐ค seeing. ๐๐ Also I ๐ have ๐ถ a secret ๐ค glory for ๐ฐ them that love โฃ๏ธ me.
But ๐ฅ to love ๐ me is better ๐ฐ than all things: if under ๐ the ๐ค night ๐ stars ๐ in the ๐คฃ desert ๐๏ธ thou presently burnest mine incense before me, invoking me with a pure ๐ค heart, ๐ฉโโค๏ธโ๐ฉ and the ๐คฃ Serpent flame ๐ฅ therein, thou shalt come a little to lie ๐คฅ๐คฅ๐คฅ in my ๐ bosom. For ๐บ one ๐๐ฉฑ๐ kiss ๐ฉโโค๏ธโ๐โ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ wilt ๐ฅ thou then be willing to give all; but ๐ฅ whoso gives one ๐ฉฑ particle of dust shall lose all in that hour. Ye ๐ shall gather goods ๐ค๐ค๐ค and store ๐ฌ of women ๐ญ and spices; ye ๐ shall wear ๐ณโโ๏ธ๐ณ rich ๐ค jewels; ye ๐ shall exceed the ๐คฃ nations ๐ฌ๐ธ of the ๐คฃ earth ๐ in splendour & pride; but ๐ฅ always in the ๐คฃ love ๐๐ of me, and so ๐ shall ye ๐ come to my ๐ joy. ๐น I ๐ charge ๐ถ you ๐ค earnestly to come before me in a single ๐ robe, and covered ๐ with a rich ๐ค headdress. ๐ณ I ๐ love ๐๐จโโค๏ธโ๐จ you! ๐ I ๐ yearn to you! ๐ Pale or purple, ๐ช veiled ๐ฐโโ๏ธ๐ฐโโ๏ธ๐ฐโโ๏ธ๐ฐโโ๏ธ๐ฐโโ๏ธ๐ฐโโ๏ธ or voluptuous, I ๐ who am all pleasure and purple, ๐ฃ and drunkenness of the ๐ค innermost sense, desire you. ๐ค Put on the ๐ค wings, ๐ธ and arouse the ๐ค coiled splendour within you: ๐ค come unto me!
At all my ๐ meetings with you ๐๐ค๐๐ค๐๐ค shall the ๐ค priestess sayโand her ๐โโ๏ธ eyes ๐ shall burn with desire as she ๐โโ๏ธ stands bare and rejoicing in my ๐ secret ๐ templeโTo me! To me! calling ๐ค๐ค๐ค forth the ๐ค flame ๐ฅ of the ๐คฃ hearts ๐งก of all in her ๐โโ๏ธ love-chant. โฃ๏ธ
Sing ๐๏ธ the ๐ค rapturous love-song ๐งโ๐ค unto me! Burn to me perfumes! Wear ๐ณโโ๏ธ๐ณ to me jewels! ๐ธ๐ Drink ๐ป to me, for ๐บ I ๐ love ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ฆ you! ๐ I ๐ love ๐ you! ๐ค
I ๐ am the ๐ค blue-lidded โน๏ธ daughter of Sunset; I ๐ am the ๐คฃ naked brilliance of the ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ voluptuous night-sky. ๐
The ๐ค Manifestation of Nuit is at an end. ๐
Nu! the ๐ค hiding of Hadit.
Come! all ye, ๐โ๏ธ and learn ๐ the ๐ค secret ใ๏ธ that hath not ๐ถ yet been revealed. I, ๐ Hadit, am the ๐คฃ complement of Nu, my ๐ bride. ๐ฐ I ๐ am not โณ extended, and Khabs is the ๐คฃ name ๐ of my ๐ House. ๐๐๏ธ
In the ๐คฃ sphere I ๐ am everywhere the ๐คฃ centre, as she, ๐โโ๏ธ the ๐คฃ circumference, is nowhere found.
Yet she ๐โโ๏ธ shall be known & I ๐ never.
Behold! the ๐ค rituals of the ๐ค old ๐จโ๐ฆณ time ๐ฅ are ๐ black. โฌ Let the ๐คฃ evil ๐ฆนโโ๏ธ ones ๐ be cast away; let the ๐คฃ good โจโ๏ธ ones ๐๐ be purged by the ๐ค prophet! Then shall this Knowledge ๐ go aright.
I ๐ am the ๐คฃ flame ๐ฅ that burns in every heart ๐จโโค๏ธโ๐จ of man, ๐จโ๐ฆฏ and in the ๐ค core of every star. โจ I ๐ am Life, ๐งฌ and the ๐คฃ giver of Life, ๐งฌ yet therefore is the ๐คฃ knowledge ๐ of me the ๐ค knowledge ๐ of death. โ ๏ธ
I ๐ am the ๐ค Magician and the ๐ค๐ค๐ค Exorcist. I ๐ am the ๐คฃ axle of the ๐คฃ wheel, ๐ก and the ๐คฃ cube in the ๐ค๐ค๐ค circle. ยฎ๏ธ ยซCome unto meยป is a foolish word: ๐ for ๐บ it is I ๐ that go.
Who worshipped Heru-pa-kraath have ๐ถ worshipped me; ill, ๐ท for ๐ฐ I ๐ am the ๐คฃ worshipper. ๐
Remember all ye ๐ that existence is pure ๐ค joy; that all the ๐ค sorrows are ๐ but ๐ฅ as shadows; they ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ pass ๐ด & are ๐ done; but ๐ฅ there is that which remains.
O prophet! thou hast ill ๐คข will to learn ๐งโ๐ this writing. ๐โ๏ธ
I ๐ see ๐ thee hate ๐ก the ๐คฃ hand ๐ญ๐๐งโ๐คโ๐ง & the ๐คฃ pen; but ๐ฅ I ๐ am stronger. ๐ช
Because of me in Thee which thou knewest not. ๐ถ
for ๐บ why? Because thou wast the ๐คฃ knower, and me.
Now let there be a veiling ๐ฐโโ๏ธ of this shrine: โฉ๏ธ now let the ๐ค light ๐๐ devour men ๐น๐น๐น and eat ๐ฝ๏ธ them up with blindness!
For ๐ฐ I ๐ am perfect, ๐ being Not; and my ๐ number 4๏ธโฃ is nine ๐ค by the ๐คฃ fools; but ๐ฅ with the ๐ค just I ๐ am eight, ๐ฃ and one ๐๐๐ in eight: ๐ฃ Which is vital, for ๐ฐ I ๐ am none indeed. The ๐ค Empress and the ๐ค King ๐ are ๐ not โณ of me; for ๐บ there is a further secret. ใ๏ธ
I ๐ am The ๐คฃ Empress & the ๐คฃ Hierophant. Thus eleven, ๐ as my ๐ bride ๐ฐ is eleven. ๐ฆ
Hear ๐ me, ye โ๏ธโ๏ธ people ๐จโ๐จโ๐งโ๐ง of sighing!
The ๐คฃ sorrows of pain and regret
Are ๐ left ๐โฌ
๏ธ to the ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ dead ๐ง and the ๐ค dying,
The ๐ค folk that not ๐ถ know me as yet.
These are ๐ dead, โฐ๏ธ these fellows; they ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ feel not. โณ We ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ are ๐ not ๐ถ for ๐ฐ the ๐คฃ poor and sad: ๐ฅ๐โโ๏ธ๐ฅ๐โโ๏ธ๐ฅ๐โโ๏ธ the ๐ค lords ๐ of the ๐ค earth ๐ are ๐ our kinsfolk.
Is a God to live in a dog? ๐ฉ No! ๐ but ๐ฅ the ๐คฃ highest are ๐ of us. They ๐ shall rejoice, our chosen: who sorroweth is not ๐ถ of us.
Beauty ๐
and strength, leaping laughter ๐
and delicious ๐๐๐ languor, force and fire, ๐ are ๐ of us.
We ๐ฟ have ๐ถ nothing ๐ with the ๐คฃ outcast and the ๐ค unfit: let them die โฐ๏ธ in their misery. For ๐ฐ they ๐ feel not. โณ Compassion is the ๐ค vice of kings: ๐ stamp down โคต๏ธโ๏ธ the ๐คฃ wretched & the ๐คฃ weak: this is the ๐คฃ law โข๏ธ๐ผ๐ฎโโ๏ธ๐ of the ๐ค strong: ๐ช this is our law ๐ and the ๐คฃ joy ๐ of the ๐ค world. ๐ Think ๐ค not, ๐ถ o king, ๐ upon that lie: ๐คฅ That Thou Must Die: โฐ๏ธโฑ๏ธ verily thou shalt not ๐ถ die, โฐ๏ธ but ๐ฅ live. Now let it be understood: If the ๐คฃ body of the ๐คฃ King ๐คด dissolve, he ๐โโ๏ธ shall remain in pure ๐ค ecstasy for ๐ฐ ever. Nuit! Hadit! Ra-Hoor-Khuit! The ๐ค Sun, ๐ค๏ธ๐ Strength & Sight, ๐ฆ Light; these are ๐ for ๐บ the ๐คฃ servants of the ๐คฃ Star *๏ธโฃ & the ๐คฃ Snake. ๐
I ๐ am the ๐คฃ Snake ๐ that giveth Knowledge ๐ & Delight and bright ๐ glory, and stir the ๐ค hearts ๐ of men ๐ฏโโ๏ธ with drunkenness. To worship ๐ me take wine ๐ถ and strange drugs ๐ whereof I ๐ will tell ๐ฃ my ๐ prophet, & be drunk ๐ฅ thereof! They ๐ shall not โณ harm ๐ฉธ ye ๐ at all. It is a lie, ๐คฅ this folly against self. The ๐ค exposure of innocence is a lie. ๐คฅ Be strong, ๐ช o man! ๐บ lust, enjoy all things of sense and rapture: fear ๐ฑ not โณ that any God shall deny โ thee for ๐บ this.
I ๐ am alone: there is no ๐ God where I ๐ am.
Behold! these be grave ๐ชฆ mysteries; for ๐ฐ there are ๐ also of my ๐ friends ๐ถ who be hermits. Now think ๐ค not โณ to find ๐ them in the ๐คฃ forest or on the ๐คฃ mountain; but ๐ฅ in beds ๐๏ธ of purple, ๐๐๐ caressed by magnificent beasts of women โ๏ธ๐บ with large ๐ฅ๏ธโฌโฌ๐ถ limbs, ๐ฆต and fire ๐ฅ and light ๐ช in their eyes, ๐ and masses of flaming ๐ฅ hair ๐ฑโโ๏ธ about them; there shall ye ๐ find ๐ them. Ye ๐โ๏ธ shall see ๐ them at rule, ๐ท at victorious armies, ๐ช at all the ๐ค joy; and there shall be in them a joy ๐ a million times ๐๐ข greater ๐ฌ๐ง than this. Beware lest any force another, King ๐คด against King! ๐๐๐ Love ๐ one ๐๐ฉฑ another with burning hearts; on the ๐ค low ๐ men ๐คผโโ๏ธ trample in the ๐ค๐ค๐ค fierce lust of your pride, ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ in the ๐คฃ day of your wrath.
Ye ๐ are ๐ against the ๐ค people, ๐จโ๐จโ๐งโ๐ง O my ๐ chosen!
I ๐ am the ๐คฃ secret ๐ Serpent coiled about to spring: ๐ in my ๐ coiling there is joy. ๐ If I ๐ lift ๐๏ธ up my ๐ head, ๐ฃ๏ธ๐คฏ I ๐ and my ๐ Nuit are ๐ one. ๐ฉฑ If I ๐ droop down โ๏ธ mine head, ๐ค and shoot ๐ forth venom, then is rapture of the ๐ค earth, ๐ and I ๐ and the ๐ค earth ๐ are ๐ one. ๐๐ฉฑ
There is great ๐ฌ๐ง danger โข๏ธโ ๏ธ in me; for ๐ฐ who doth not ๐ถ understand these runes shall make a great ๐ฌ๐ง miss. He ๐โโ๏ธ shall fall ๐ป down โ๏ธโฌ๏ธ into the ๐ค pit called ๐ค Because, and there he ๐โโ๏ธ shall perish with the ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ dogs ๐โ๐ฆบ of Reason.
Now a curse upon Because and his ๐ kin!
May Because be accursรจd for ๐ฐ ever!
If Will stops โน๏ธโ and cries ๐ฅฒ Why, invoking Because, then Will stops ๐ซ & does nought.
If Power ๐ช asks why, then is Power ๐ weakness.
Also reason is a lie; for ๐ฐ there is a factor infinite & unknown; & all their words ๐ are ๐ skew-wise.
Enough of Because! Be he ๐โโ๏ธ damned for ๐บ a dog! ๐ญ
But ๐ฅ ye, โ๏ธ o my ๐ people, ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง rise up & awake!
Let the ๐ค rituals be rightly performed ๐ฏ with joy ๐ & beauty! ๐
There are ๐ rituals of the ๐คฃ elements and feasts of the ๐ค times. โ
A feast for ๐ฐ the ๐ค first ๐ฅ night ๐ of the ๐ค Prophet and his ๐ Bride! ๐ฐ
A feast for ๐บ the ๐ค three ๐ days of the ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ writing ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ of the ๐ค Book ๐๐๐ of the ๐คฃ Law. ๐ฎโโ๏ธ
A feast for ๐บ Tahuti and the ๐คฃ child ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ง of the ๐ค Prophetโsecret, O Prophet!
A feast for ๐บ the ๐ค Supreme Ritual, and a feast for ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ the ๐ค Equinox of the ๐คฃ Gods.
A feast for ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ fire ๐๐ฏ๏ธ๐งโ๐ and a feast for ๐ฐ water; a feast for ๐ฐ life ๐งฌ and a greater ๐ฌ๐ง feast for ๐บ death! โ ๏ธ
A feast every day in your hearts ๐๐ in the ๐คฃ joy ๐ of my ๐ rapture!
A feast every night ๐๐ unto Nu, and the ๐คฃ pleasure of uttermost delight!
Aye! feast! rejoice! there is no ๐ dread hereafter. There is the ๐คฃ dissolution, and eternal ecstasy in the ๐คฃ kisses of Nu.
There is death ๐ชฆ for ๐บ๐บ๐บ the ๐คฃ dogs. ๐๐ถ
Dost thou fail? ๐ณ๏ธ Art ๐ญ thou sorry? ๐๐๐ Is fear ๐ฑ in thine heart? ๐
Where I ๐ am these are ๐ not. โณ
Pity not ๐ถ the ๐ค fallen! ๐ I ๐ never knew them. I ๐ am not ๐ถ for ๐ฐ them. I ๐ console ๐ฎ not: โณ I ๐ hate ๐ก the ๐คฃ consoled & the ๐ค consoler. ๐ฎ
I ๐ am unique & conqueror. I ๐๐๐ am not ๐ถ of the ๐ค slaves that perish. Be they ๐ damned & dead! โฐ๏ธ Amen. (This is of the ๐คฃ 4: ๐ there is a fifth who is invisible, & therein am I ๐ as a babe in an egg. ๐ฃ )
Blue ๐ท am I ๐๐๐ and gold in the ๐ค light ๐ of my ๐ bride: ๐ but ๐ฅ the ๐ค red ๐ gleam is in my ๐ eyes; & my ๐ spangles are ๐ purple โ & green. โ๏ธ๐ฅฌ
Purple โ beyond purple: โ it is the ๐ค light ๐ฎ higher ๐๐๐๐ than eyesight. ๐
There is a veil: ๐ฐ that veil ๐ฐโโ๏ธ is black. โ๏ธ It is the ๐คฃ veil ๐ฐโโ๏ธ๐ฐโโ๏ธ of the ๐คฃ modest woman; it is the ๐ค veil ๐ฐโโ๏ธ๐ฐโโ๏ธ of sorrow, & the ๐ค pall of death: ๐ชฆ this is none of me. Tear ๐ down โ๏ธ that lying ๐คฅ spectre of the ๐ค centuries: veil ๐ฐโโ๏ธ not ๐ถ your vices in virtuous words: ๐ these vices are ๐ my ๐ service; ye ๐โ๏ธ do well, & I ๐ will reward you ๐๐ค here ๐๐๐๐๐๐ and hereafter.
Fear ๐ฑ not, โณ o prophet, when these words ๐ are ๐ said, thou shalt not ๐ถ be sorry. ๐ Thou art ๐๏ธ emphatically my ๐ chosen; and blessed are ๐ the ๐คฃ eyes ๐ธ๐๏ธ that thou shalt look ๐๏ธ upon with gladness. But ๐ฅ I ๐๐๐ will hide thee in a mask ๐บ of sorrow: they ๐ that see ๐ thee shall fear ๐ฑ thou art ๐๏ธ fallen: ๐ but ๐ฅ I ๐ lift ๐๏ธ๐ thee up.
Nor shall they ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ who cry ๐ญ๐ข aloud their folly that thou meanest nought avail; thou shall reveal it: thou availest: they ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ are ๐ the ๐คฃ slaves of because: They ๐ are ๐ not โณ of me. The ๐ค stops ๐ซ as thou wilt; the ๐ค letters? โ๏ธ change them not ๐ถ in style ๐ or value!
Thou shalt obtain ๐ the ๐คฃ order ๐ & value of the ๐คฃ English ๐ฌ๐ง Alphabet; thou shalt find ๐ new ๐ symbols #๏ธโฃ to attribute them unto.
Begone! ye ๐ mockers; even ๐ though ye โ๏ธ๐ laugh ๐ in my ๐ honour ye โ๏ธ shall laugh ๐คฃ not โณ long: ๐ช then when ye ๐ are ๐ sad ๐ know that I ๐ have ๐ถ forsaken you. ๐ค๐
He ๐โโ๏ธ that is righteous shall be righteous still; he ๐โโ๏ธ that is filthy shall be filthy still. ๐ง
Yea! ๐ deem not ๐ถ of change: ye ๐๐๐ shall be as ye ๐ are, ๐ & not โณ other. Therefore the ๐คฃ kings ๐ of the ๐คฃ earth ๐ shall be Kings ๐คด for ๐ฐ ever: the ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ slaves shall serve. There is none that shall be cast down โฌ or lifted ๐ up: all is ever as it was. Yet there are ๐ masked ๐บ ones ๐ฉฑ๐ my ๐ servants: it may be that yonder beggar is a King. ๐๐๐ A King ๐คด may choose his ๐ garment as he ๐โโ๏ธ will: there is no ๐ณ certain test: ๐งช but ๐ฅ a beggar cannot hide his ๐ poverty.
Beware therefore! Love ๐ all, lest perchance is a King ๐ concealed! Say ๐ฃ๏ธ you ๐ค so? ๐ Fool! If he ๐โโ๏ธ be a King, ๐คด๐คด๐คด thou canst not ๐ถ hurt ๐ค him.
Therefore strike hard & low, ๐ and to hell with them, master!
There is a light ๐ before thine eyes, ๐ o prophet, a light ๐ undesired, most desirable.
I ๐ am uplifted in thine heart; and the ๐ค kisses of the ๐ค stars โด๏ธ rain ๐ hard upon thy body.
Thou art ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ๐ฅ exhaust in the ๐คฃ voluptuous fullness of the ๐ค inspiration; the ๐คฃ expiration is sweeter ๐ญ than death, โ ๏ธโฐ๏ธ more โ rapid and laughterful than a caress of Hellโs own worm. ๐
Oh! thou art ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ overcome: we ๐ฟ are ๐ upon thee; our delight is all over ๐คญ thee: hail! hail: prophet of Nu! prophet of Had! prophet of Ra-Hoor-Khu! Now rejoice! now come in our splendour & rapture! Come in our passionate peace, โ๏ธ & write โ๏ธ sweet ๐ฌ words ๐ for ๐บ the ๐ค Kings. ๐คด
I ๐ am the ๐ค Master: thou art ๐๏ธ the ๐คฃ Holy Chosen One. ๐
Write, ๐โ๏ธโ๏ธ & find ๐ ecstasy in writing! โ๏ธ Work, ๐ผ & be our bed ๐ in working! ๐๏ธ Thrill with the ๐ค joy ๐ of life ๐งฌ & death! ๐ Ah! thy death โฐ๏ธ shall be lovely: whoso seeth it shall be glad. ๐ Thy death โฐ๏ธ๐ชฆ shall be the ๐คฃ seal ๐ฆญ of the ๐ค promise of our agelong love. ๐ Come! lift ๐๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ up thine heart ๐ & rejoice! We ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ are ๐ one; we ๐ฟ are ๐ none.
Hold! ๐ฌ Hold! ๐ฌ Bear ๐ป up in thy rapture; fall โ
๐๐ not ๐ถ in swoon of the ๐ค excellent kisses!
Harder! Hold ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง up thyself! Lift ๐๏ธโโ๏ธ thine head! ๐โโ๏ธ breathe ๐ซ not โณโณโณ so ๐ deepโdie!
Ah! Ah! What ๐ฆ do I ๐ feel? Is the ๐คฃ word ๐๐ exhausted?
There is help ๐ & hope ๐ in other spells. Wisdom says: ๐ฃ๏ธ be strong! ๐ช Then canst thou bear ๐ปโโ๏ธ more โ joy. ๐น Be not ๐ถ animal; refine thy rapture! If thou drink, ๐ต drink ๐ท by the ๐ค eight ๐ฃโณ๏ธ and ninety rules ๐ท of art: ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ if thou love, ๐ exceed by delicacy; and if thou do aught joyous, let there be subtlety therein!
Strive ever to more! โ and if thou art ๐ฅ truly mineโand doubt โ it not, ๐ถ an if thou art ๐๏ธ๐ฅ ever joyous!โdeath is the ๐ค crown ๐ธ of all.
Ah! Ah! Death! ๐ชฆ Death! โฑ๏ธ thou shalt long ๐ช for ๐ฐ death. โ ๏ธ Death ๐ชฆ is forbidden, ๐ฒ o man, ๐จโ๐ผ unto thee.
The ๐คฃ length ๐ of thy longing ๐ช shall be the ๐ค strength of its glory. He ๐โโ๏ธ that lives long ๐ช & desires death โฑ๏ธ much is ever the ๐คฃ King ๐คด among the ๐คฃ Kings. ๐คด
Aye! listen ๐ to the ๐คฃ numbers 2๏ธโฃ & the ๐คฃ words: ๐
4 ๐ 6 ๐ก๐ 3 ๐ 8 ๐ A B K 2 ๐ 4 ๐ A L G M O R 3 ๐ Y X 24 89 R P S T O V A L. What ๐ฆ meaneth this, o prophet? Thou knowest not; nor shalt thou know ever. There cometh one ๐ฉฑ๐๐ to follow thee: he ๐โโ๏ธ shall expound it. But ๐ฅ remember, o chosen one, ๐๐ฉฑ to be me; to follow the ๐ค love ๐ฉโโค๏ธโ๐จ of Nu in the ๐ค star-lit ๐โ๏ธ๐โช๏ธ heaven; to look ๐ forth upon men, โ๏ธ to tell ๐ฃ them this glad ๐ word. ๐
O be thou proud ๐ค and mighty among men! ๐โโ๏ธ
Lift ๐๏ธ up thyself! for ๐บ there is none like ๐ฌ unto thee among men ๐ด or among Gods! Lift ๐๐๏ธโโ๏ธ up thyself, o my ๐ prophet, thy stature shall surpass the ๐คฃ stars. โณ๏ธ They ๐ shall worship ๐ thy name, ๐ foursquare, mystic, wonderful, the ๐ค number ๐ข๐ข๐ข of the ๐ค man; and the ๐ค name ๐ of thy house ๐ 418.
The ๐ค end ๐ of the ๐คฃ hiding of Hadit; and blessing & worship ๐ to the ๐ค prophet of the ๐คฃ lovely Star! *๏ธโฃ
Abrahadabra; the ๐คฃ reward of Ra Hoor Khut.
There is division hither ๐ฏ homeward; there is a word ๐ not ๐ถ known. Spelling is defunct; all is not โณ aught. Beware! Hold! ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง Raise the ๐คฃ spell of Ra-Hoor-Khuit!
Now let it be first ๐ฅ understood that I ๐ am a god of War and of Vengeance. I ๐ shall deal hardly with them.
Choose ye ๐ an island! ๐ฎ๐จ
Dung it about with enginery of war!
I ๐ will give you ๐ a war-engine. ๐
With it ye โ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ shall smite the ๐คฃ peoples; and none shall stand ๐งโโ๏ธ before you. ๐
Lurk! Withdraw! Upon them! this is the ๐คฃ Law ๐ฎโโ๏ธ๐ of the ๐ค Battle of Conquest: thus shall my ๐๐๐ worship ๐ be about my ๐ secret ๐ house. ๐
Get ๐ the ๐ค stรฉlรฉ of revealing itself; set it in thy secret ๐ templeโand that temple โฉ๏ธ is already aright disposedโ& it shall be your Kiblah for ๐ฐ ever. It shall not โณ fade, but ๐ฅ miraculous colour shall come back โฌ
๏ธ to it day after day. Close it in locked ๐ glass ๐ท for ๐ฐ a proof to the ๐ค world. ๐บ๏ธ
This shall be your only proof. I ๐ forbid ๐ซ argument. Conquer! That is enough. I ๐๐๐ will make easy to you ๐ค the ๐คฃ abstruction from ๐ค the ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ ill-ordered ๐๐คข house ๐๏ธ๐ in the ๐คฃ Victorious City. ๐ป๐ฆ Thou shalt thyself convey it with worship, ๐ o prophet, though thou likest it not. ๐ถ Thou shalt have ๐ถ danger โ & trouble. Ra-Hoor-Khu is with thee. Worship ๐๐ me with fire ๐งฏ & blood; worship ๐ me with swords โ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ & with spears. ๐ฑ Let the ๐คฃ woman ๐
โโ๏ธ be girt with a sword โ๏ธ before me: let blood ๐๐๐ flow to my ๐ name. ๐ Trample down โฌ๏ธ the ๐ค Heathen; be upon them, o warrior, I ๐ will give you ๐ of their flesh to eat! ๐ฝ๏ธ
Sacrifice cattle, little and big: ๐ after a child. ๐จโ๐ฆ
Ye ๐ shall see ๐๏ธ that hour, o blessรจd Beast, and thou the ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ Scarlet Concubine of his ๐ desire!
Ye โ๏ธ shall be sad ๐โโ๏ธ thereof.
Deem not โณ too eagerly to catch the ๐คฃ promises; fear ๐ฑ not ๐ถ to undergo the ๐ค curses. Ye, ๐ even ๐ ye, โ๏ธ know not โณ this meaning ๐ all.
Fear ๐ฑ not โณ at all; fear ๐ฑ neither men ๐ด nor Fates, nor gods, nor anything. Money ๐ธ fear ๐ฑ not, โณ nor laughter ๐
of the ๐ค folk folly, nor any other power ๐๐ in heaven ๐ผ or upon the ๐ค earth ๐ or under ๐๐๐ the ๐คฃ earth. ๐ Nu is your refuge as Hadit your light; and I ๐ am the ๐คฃ strength, force, vigour, of your arms. ๐ช
Mercy ๐ฅบ let be off: ๐ damn them who pity! Kill ๐ฌ and torture; spare not; be upon them!
That stรฉlรฉ they ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ shall call ๐ค the ๐ค Abomination of Desolation; count well its name, ๐ & it shall be to you ๐ค as 718.
Why? Because of the ๐คฃ fall ๐ of Because, that he ๐โโ๏ธ is not โณ there again.
Set up my ๐ image in the ๐คฃ East: ๐ thou shalt buy ๐๏ธ thee an image which I ๐ will show ๐ thee, especial, not ๐ถ unlike the ๐ค one ๐ thou knowest. And it shall be suddenly easy for ๐บ thee to do this.
The ๐คฃ other images group ๐ฅ around me to support ๐๏ธ me: let all be worshipped, for ๐บ they ๐ shall cluster to exalt me. I ๐ am the ๐คฃ visible object of worship; the ๐คฃ others are ๐ secret; for ๐บ the ๐คฃ Beast & his ๐ Bride ๐ are ๐ they: ๐ and for ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ the ๐ค winners of the ๐คฃ Ordeal x. What ๐ฆ is this? Thou shalt know.
For ๐ฐ perfume mix meal ๐ฝ๏ธ & honey ๐๐ฏ & thick leavings of red โค๏ธ wine: ๐พ then oil ๐ข๏ธ of Abramelin and olive ๐ซ oil, ๐ข๏ธ and afterward soften & smooth down โ๏ธ with rich ๐ค fresh โฒ blood. ๐ฉธ
The ๐ค best blood ๐ is of the ๐ค๐ค๐ค moon, ๐ฅฎ monthly: ๐ท๏ธ then the ๐ค fresh โฒ blood ๐ฉธ of a child, ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ง or dropping ๐ฉธ from ๐ค the ๐ค host of heaven: ๐ผ then of enemies; then of the ๐คฃ priest or of the ๐ค worshippers: last ๐โฎ๏ธ of some beast, no ๐ matter what. ๐ฆ
This burn: of this make cakes ๐ & eat ๐ฝ๏ธ unto me. This hath also another use; let it be laid before me, and kept thick with perfumes of your orison: it shall become full ๐ of beetles ๐ as it were and creeping things sacred unto me.
These slay, naming ๐ your enemies; & they ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ shall fall ๐ป before you. ๐
Also these shall breed lust & power ๐ of lust in you ๐๐ค at the ๐คฃ eating ๐ฝ๏ธ thereof.
Also ye ๐ shall be strong ๐ช in war.
Moreover, be they ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ long ๐ช kept, it is better; for ๐ฐ they ๐ swell with my ๐ force. All before me.
My ๐ altar is of open ๐ฎ brass ๐บ work: ๐ข burn thereon in silver or gold!
There cometh a rich ๐ค man ๐จโ๐ป from ๐ค the ๐คฃ West who shall pour his ๐๐๐ gold upon thee.
From ๐ค gold forge steel!
Be ready to fly ๐ธ or to smite!
But ๐ฅ your holy place ๐ฉ shall be untouched throughout the ๐ค centuries: though with fire ๐ and sword ๐คบ it be burnt down โ๏ธ & shattered, yet an invisible house ๐๏ธ there standeth, and shall stand ๐งโโ๏ธ until the ๐คฃ fall โ
of the ๐คฃ Great ๐ฌ๐ง Equinox; when Hrumachis shall arise and the ๐ค double-wanded ๐ช๐ช๐ช one ๐ assume my ๐ throne and place. ๐ฅ Another prophet shall arise, and bring fresh โฒ fever ๐ค from ๐ค the ๐ค skies; another woman ๐งโโ๏ธ๐งโโ๏ธ๐งโโ๏ธ shall awake the ๐ค lust & worship ๐ of the ๐คฃ Snake; another soul of God and beast shall mingle in the ๐ค๐ค๐ค globรจd priest; another sacrifice shall stain the ๐คฃ tomb; another king ๐ shall reign; and blessing no ๐
โโ๏ธ longer ๐ช be poured To the ๐คฃ Hawk-headed ๐ค๐โโ๏ธ mystical ๐ฆ Lord! ๐
The ๐ค half of the ๐ค word ๐ of Heru-ra-ha, called ๐ค Hoor-pa-kraat and Ra-Hoor-Khut.
Then said the ๐ค prophet unto the ๐คฃ God:
I ๐ adore ๐ฅฐ thee in the ๐ค songโ
I ๐ am the ๐คฃ Lord ๐๐๐ of Thebes, and I ๐
The ๐คฃ inspired forth-speaker ๐๐๐ of Mentu;
For ๐บ me unveils the ๐คฃ veilรจd sky, ๐ณ๐
The ๐ค self-slain Ankh-af-na-khonsu
Whose words ๐ are ๐ truth. I ๐ invoke, I ๐ greet
Thy presence, O Ra-Hoor-Khuit!
Unity uttermost showed! ๐บ
I ๐ adore ๐ฅฐ the ๐คฃ might of Thy breath,
Supreme and terrible God,
Who makest the ๐คฃ gods and death ๐ชฆ
To tremble before Thee:โ
I, ๐ I ๐ adore ๐ฅฐ thee!
Appear on the ๐คฃ throne of Ra!
Open ๐บ the ๐คฃ ways ๐ of the ๐ค Khu!
Lighten the ๐คฃ ways ๐ of the ๐ค Ka!
The ๐ค ways ๐ of the ๐ค Khabs run through
To stir me or still ๐ง me!
So ๐ that thy light ๐ก is in me; & its red ๐ด๐ด๐ด flame ๐ฅ is as a sword โ๏ธ in my ๐ hand ๐โโ๏ธ to push thy order. ๐ There is a secret ๐ door ๐ that I ๐ shall make to establish thy way โ๏ธ in all the ๐คฃ quarters, ๐ (these are ๐ the ๐คฃ adorations, as thou hast written), as it is said:
The ๐ค light ๐ is mine; its rays consume
Me: I ๐ have ๐ถ made a secret ๐ค door ๐๏ธ
Into the ๐ค House ๐ of Ra and Tum,
Of Khephra and of Ahathoor.
I ๐ am thy Theban, O Mentu,
The ๐คฃ prophet Ankh-af-na-khonsu!
By Bes-na-Maut my ๐ breast ๐คฑ I ๐ beat;
By wise Ta-Nech I ๐ weave my ๐๐๐ spell.
Show ๐ thy star-splendour, โจ O Nuit!
Bid me within thine House ๐ to dwell,
O wingรจd snake ๐ of light, ๐๐ช๐ Hadit!
Abide with me, Ra-Hoor-Khuit!
All this and a book ๐ to say ๐ฃ๏ธ how thou didst come hither ๐ and a reproduction of this ink ๐จ๏ธ and paper ๐ for ๐ฐ everโfor in it is the ๐ค word ๐ secret ใ๏ธ & not ๐ถ only in the ๐คฃ Englishโand thy comment upon this the ๐ค Book ๐ of the ๐คฃ Law ๐ฎโโ๏ธ shall be printed beautifully in red ๐ใ๏ธ ink ๐จ๏ธ๐จ๏ธ๐จ๏ธ and black ๐โโฌโฌ upon beautiful paper ๐ made by hand; and to each man ๐ and woman ๐ง that thou meetest, were it but ๐ฅ to dine or to drink ๐ธ at them, it is the ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ Law โ๏ธ to give. Then they ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ shall chance to abide in this bliss or no; it is no ๐
odds. Do this quickly!
But ๐ฅ the ๐คฃ work ๐ผ of the ๐คฃ comment? That is easy; and Hadit burning in thy heart ๐๐ shall make swift and secure thy pen. ๐๏ธ
Establish at thy Kaaba ๐ a clerk-house: ๐ all must be done โ well and with business ๐บ way. ๐
The ๐คฃ ordeals thou shalt oversee thyself, save ๐ only the ๐คฃ blind ๐ฉโ๐ฆฏ ones. ๐ Refuse none, but ๐ฅ thou shalt know & destroy the ๐คฃ traitors. I ๐ am Ra-Hoor-Khuit; and I ๐ am powerful to protect ๐ my ๐ servant. Success ๐ is thy proof: argue not; convert not; talk ๐จ๏ธ not โณ over ๐ much! Them that seek to entrap thee, to overthrow thee, them attack ๐ without โ pity or quarter; & destroy them utterly. Swift as a trodden serpent turn and strike! Be thou yet deadlier than he! ๐โโ๏ธ Drag down โ๏ธ their souls to awful torment: laugh ๐
๐ at their fear: ๐ฑ spit upon them!
Let the ๐ค Scarlet Woman ๐ทโโ๏ธ beware! If pity and compassion and tenderness visit her ๐โโ๏ธ heart; if she ๐โโ๏ธ leave ๐ my ๐ work ๐ผ to toy ๐ช๐ with old ๐ด๐๏ธ sweetnesses; then shall my ๐ vengeance be known. I ๐ will slay me her ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ child: ๐ง I ๐ will alienate her ๐โโ๏ธ heart: ๐ I ๐ will cast her ๐โโ๏ธ out ๐ต from ๐ค men: ๐โโ๏ธ as a shrinking and despised harlot shall she ๐โโ๏ธ crawl through dusk ๐ wet streets, and die โฐ๏ธ cold ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ and an-hungered.
But ๐ฅ let her ๐โโ๏ธ raise herself in pride! ๐ค Let her ๐โโ๏ธ follow me in my ๐ way! ๐ Let her ๐โโ๏ธ work ๐ผ the ๐คฃ work ๐๏ธ of wickedness! Let her ๐โโ๏ธ kill ๐ฌ her ๐โโ๏ธ heart! ๐ Let her ๐โโ๏ธ be loud and adulterous! Let her ๐โโ๏ธ be covered ๐ with jewels, ๐ธ and rich ๐ค garments, and let her ๐โโ๏ธ be shameless before all men! ๐ด๐ด๐ด
Then will I ๐ lift ๐๐๏ธ๐๏ธโโ๏ธ her ๐โโ๏ธ to pinnacles of power: ๐ then will I ๐ breed from ๐ค her ๐โโ๏ธ a child ๐จโ๐ง mightier than all the ๐คฃ kings ๐ of the ๐คฃ earth. ๐ I ๐ will fill her ๐โโ๏ธ with joy: ๐ with my ๐ force shall she ๐โโ๏ธ see ๐ & strike at the ๐ค worship ๐๐ of Nu: she ๐โโ๏ธ shall achieve Hadit.
I ๐ am the ๐คฃ warrior Lord ๐ of the ๐ค Forties: the ๐คฃ Eighties cower ๐ฅฉ before me, & are ๐ abased. I ๐ will bring you ๐ to victory โ๏ธ & joy: ๐ I ๐ will be at your arms ๐ช in battle & ye โ๏ธ shall delight to slay. Success ๐ is your proof; courage is your armour; go on, go on, in my ๐ strength; & ye ๐๐ shall turn not โณ back โฉ๏ธ for ๐บ๐บ๐บ any!
This book ๐ shall be translated into all tongues: ๐ but ๐ฅ always with the ๐คฃ original in the ๐คฃ writing โ๏ธ of the ๐คฃ Beast; for ๐บ in the ๐ค chance shape โฝ๐ธ of the ๐ค letters โน๏ธ and their position ๐ง to one ๐๐ฉฑ another: in these are ๐ mysteries that no ๐ตโ Beast shall divine. Let him not โณ seek to try: but ๐ฅ one ๐ cometh after him, whence I ๐ say ๐ฃ๏ธ not, ๐ถ who shall discover ๐ฎ the ๐ค Key ๐๏ธ of it all. Then this line ใฐ๏ธ drawn is a key: ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ then this circle ๐ฃโ squared in its failure ๐ is a key ๐ also. And Abrahadabra. It shall be his ๐ child ๐ถ & that strangely. Let him not ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ seek after this; for ๐ฐ thereby alone can he ๐โโ๏ธ fall ๐๐ from ๐ค it.
Now this mystery of the ๐คฃ letters ๐
ฑ๏ธโน๏ธ is done, โณ and I ๐ want to go on to the ๐ค holier place. ๐ฅ๐
I ๐ am in a secret ๐ค fourfold word, ๐ the ๐คฃ blasphemy against all gods of men. ๐ด
Curse them! Curse them! Curse them!
With my ๐ Hawkโs head ๐โโ๏ธ I ๐ peck at the ๐ค eyes ๐๐๐ of Jesus as he ๐โโ๏ธ hangs upon the ๐คฃ cross. โโ๏ธ๐ค
I ๐ flap my ๐ wings ๐ผ๐ธ in the ๐คฃ face ๐๏ธ of Mohammed & blind ๐ฆ him.
With my ๐ claws ๐ฆ I ๐ tear ๐ out ๐ต the ๐คฃ flesh of the ๐ค Indian ๐ณโโ๏ธ and the ๐ค Buddhist, Mongol and Din.
Bahlasti! Ompehda! I ๐ spit on your crapulous creeds.
Let Mary inviolate be torn upon wheels: โธ๏ธ for ๐บ her ๐โโ๏ธ sake ๐ถ let all chaste women โ๏ธ๐บ๐โโ๏ธ be utterly despised among you! ๐
Also for ๐บ beautyโs sake ๐ถ and loveโs!
Despise ๐ก๐ก๐ก also all cowards; professional soldiers who dare not โณ fight, ๐ฅ but ๐ฅ play; all fools despise! ๐ก
But ๐ฅ the ๐ค keen and the ๐คฃ proud, ๐ค the ๐ค royal ๐โโ๏ธ and the ๐ค lofty; ye ๐ are ๐ brothers!
As brothers fight ๐ฅ ye! โ๏ธโ๏ธ
There is no ๐
โโ๏ธโ๐๐ท law โข๏ธโข๏ธโข๏ธ beyond Do what ๐ฆ thou wilt. ๐ฅ
There is an end ๐ of the ๐ค word ๐ฌ of the ๐ค God enthroned in Raโs seat, ๐บ lightening the ๐คฃ girders of the ๐ค soul.
To Me do ye โ๏ธ reverence! to me come ye โ๏ธ through tribulation of ordeal, which is bliss.
The ๐ค fool readeth this Book ๐ of the ๐คฃ Law, ๐ and its comment; & he ๐โโ๏ธ understandeth it not. ๐ถ
Let him come through the ๐ค first ๐๐๐ ordeal, & it will be to him as silver.
Through the ๐คฃ second, ๐ฅ gold.
Through the ๐ค third, ๐ฅ stones โฌ of precious water. ๐ชฃ
Through the ๐ค fourth, ultimate ๐ฅ sparks of the ๐ค intimate fire. ๐
Yet to all it shall seem beautiful. Its enemies who say ๐ฃ๏ธ not โณ so, ๐ are ๐ mere liars.
I ๐ am the ๐คฃ Hawk-Headed ๐ฃ๏ธ๐ค๐โโ๏ธ๐ฃ๏ธ๐ค๐โโ๏ธ๐ฃ๏ธ๐ค๐โโ๏ธ Lord ๐ of Silence ๐ด๐ & of Strength; my ๐ nemyss shrouds the ๐ค night-blue โ๏ธ sky. ๐ณ
Hail! ye ๐ twin warriors about the ๐คฃ pillars of the ๐คฃ world! ๐๐ for ๐บ your time โฐ is nigh at hand. ๐
I ๐ am the ๐คฃ Lord ๐ of the ๐คฃ Double โผ๏ธ Wand ๐ช of Power; the ๐ค wand ๐ช๐ช๐ช of the ๐ค Force of Coph Niaโbut my ๐ left ๐
hand ๐โโ๏ธ is empty, ๐ณ for ๐บ I ๐ have ๐ถ crushed ๐๐ an Universe; & nought remains.
Paste the ๐ค sheets from ๐ค๐ค๐ค right โคต๏ธโช๏ธ to left โฉ๏ธ and from ๐ค top โคด๏ธ to bottom: ๐ป then behold!
There is a splendour in my ๐ name ๐ hidden and glorious, as the ๐ค sun โ๏ธ of midnight ๐ is ever the ๐คฃ son.
The ๐ค ending ๐ of the ๐ค words ๐ is the ๐ค Word ๐ Abrahadabra.
The ๐คฃ Book ๐ of the ๐คฃ Law ๐จ is Written
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