down mine head, and shoot forth venom, there
is rapture of the earth, and I and the earth are
one.
27. There is a great danger in me; for who
doth not understand these runes shall make a
great miss.
He shall fall down into the pit
called Because, and there he shall perish with
the dogs of Reason.
28. Now a curse upon Because and his kin!
29. May Because be accurséd for ever!
30. If Will stops and cries Why, invoking
Because, then Will stops and does nought.
31. If Power asks Why, then is Power
weakness.
32. Also reason is a lie; for there is a factor
infinite and unknown ; and all their words are
skew-wise.
33. Enough of Because! Be he damned for
a dog!
34. But ye, Ο my people, rise up and awake!
35. Let the rituals be rightly performed with
joy and beauty!
36. There are rituals of the elements and
feasts of the times.
37. A feast for the first night of the Prophet
and his Bride!
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