Chapter II * Verses 7—9
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8. Who worshipped Heru-pa-kraath have worshipped me; ill, 
for I am the worshipper.
Commentary: Harpocrates is also the Dwarf-Soul, the Secret 
Self of every man, the Serpent with the Lion’s Head. Now Hadit 
knows Nuit by virtue of his “Going” or “Love.” It is therefore 
wrong to worship Hadit; one is to be Hadit, and worship Her. 
This is clear even from His instruction “To worship me” in verse 
22 of this chapter. Confer Cap. I, v. 9. We are exhorted to offer 
ourselves unto Nuit, pilgrims to all her temples. It is bad Magick 
to admit that one is other than One’s inmost self. One should 
plunge passionately into every possible experience; by doing so 
one is purged of those personal prejudices which we took so stu­
pidly for ourselves, though they prevented us from realizing our 
true Wills and from knowing our Names and Natures. The Aspir­
ant must well understand that it is no paradox to say that the 
Annihilation of the Ego in the Abyss is the condition of emanci­
pating the true Self, and exalting it to unimaginable heights. So 
long as one remains “one’s self,” one is overwhelmed by the Uni­
verse; destroy the sense of self, and every event is equally an 
expression of one’s Will, since its occurrence is the resultant of the 
concourse of the forces which one recognizes as one’s own.
9. Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the 
sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but there 
is that which remains.
Commentary: This verse is very thoroughly explained in 
Liber Aleph. “All in this kind are but shadows” says Shakespeare, 
referring to actors.1 The Universe is a Puppet-Play for the amuse­
ment of Nuit and Hadit in their Nuptials; a very Midsummer 
Night’s Dream. So then we laugh at the mock woes of Pyramus 
and Thisbe, the clumsy gambols of Bottom; for we understand the 
Truth of Things, how all is a Dance of Ecstasy.
1 [A Midsummer Night’s Dream v, 1.]