Chapter I * Verses 10—26
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14. Above, the gemmed azure is
The naked splendour of Nuit;
She bends in ecstasy to kiss
The secret ardours of Hadit.
The winged globe, the starry blue, 
Are mine, O Ankh-af-na-khonsu!
15. Now ye shall know that the chosen priest & apostle of 
infinite space is the prince-priest the Beast; and in his woman 
called the Scarlet Woman is all power given. They shall 
gather my children into their fold: they shall bring the glory 
of the stars into the hearts of men.
16. For he is ever a sun, and she a moon. But to him is the 
winged secret flame, and to her the stooping starlight.
17. But ye are not so chosen.
18. Burn upon their brows, o splendrous serpent!
19. O azure-lidded woman, bend upon them!
20. The key of the rituals is in the secret word which I have 
given unto him.
21. With the God & the Adorer I am nothing: they do not see 
me. They are as upon the earth; I am Heaven, and there is no 
other God than me, and my lord Hadit.
22. Now, therefore, I am known to ye by my name Nuit, and to 
him by a secret name which I will give him when at last he 
knoweth me. Since I am Infinite Space, and the Infinite Stars 
thereof, do ye also thus. Bind nothing! Let there be no 
difference made among you between any one thing & any 
other thing; for thereby there cometh hurt.
23. But whoso availeth in this, let him be the chief of all!
24. I am Nuit, and my word is six and fifty.
25. Divide, add, multiply, and understand.
26. Then saith the prophet and slave of the beauteous one: Who 
am I, and what shall be the sign? So she answered him,