LIBER CORDIS CINCTI SERPENTE
23. Iam thou, and the Pillar is ’stablished in the void.
24. Also thou art beyond the stabilities of Being and of
Consciousness and of Bliss; for I am thou, and the Pillar is
*stablished in the void.
25. Also thou shalt discourse of these things unto the man
that writeth them, and he shall partake of them as a sacra-
ment; for I who am thou am he, and the Pillar is ’stablished
in the void.
26. From the Crown to the Abyss, so goeth it single and
erect. Also the limitless sphere shall glow with the brilliance
thereof.
27. Thou shalt rejoice in the pools of adorable water; thou
shalt bedeck thy damsels with pearls of fecundity; thou shalt
light flame like licking tongues of liquor of the Gods between
the pools.
28. Also thou shalt convert the all-sweeping air into the
winds of pale water, thou shalt transmute the earth into a
blue abyss of wine.
29. Ruddy are the gleams of ruby and gold that sparkle
therein; one drop shall intoxicate the Lord of the Gods my
servant.
30. Also Adonai spake unto V.V.V.V.V. saying: O my
little one, my tender one, my little amorous one, my gazelle,
my beautiful, my boy, let us fill up the pillar of the Infinite
with an infinite kiss!
31. So that the stable was shaken and the unstable be-
came still.
32. They that beheld it cried with a formidable affright:
The end of things is come upon us.
33. And it was even so.
34. Also I was in the spirit vision and beheld a parricidal
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