THE EQUINOX
7. Now therefore that thou mayest achieve this ritual of
the Holy Graal, do thou divest thyself of all thy goods.
8. Thou hast wealth; give it unto them that have need
thereof, yet no desire toward it.
9. Thou hast health; slay thyself in the fervour of thine
abandonment unto Our Lady.
Let thy flesh hang loose upon
thy bones, and thine eyes glare with thy quenchless lust unto
the Infinite, with thy passion for the Unknown, for Her that
is beyond Knowledge the accursed one.
10. Thou hast love; tear thy mother from thine heart, and
spit in the face of thy father.
Let thy foot trample the belly
οί thy wife, and let the babe at her breast be the prey of
dogs and vultures.
Il. For if thou dost not this with thy will, then shall We
do this despite thy will.
So that thou attain to the Sacra-
ment of the Graal in the Chapel of Abominations.
12. And beholdl if by stealth thou keep unto thyself one
thought of thine, then shalt thou be cast out into the abyss
for ever; and thou shalt be the lonely one, the eater of dung,
the afflicted in the Day of Be—with—Us.
13. Yeal
verily this is the Truth, this is the Truth,
this is the Truth.
Unto thee shall be granted joy and health
and wealth and wisdom when thou art no longer thou.
14. Then shall every gain be a new sacrament, and it shall
not defile thee; thou shalt revel with the wanton in the
market-place, and the virgins shall fling roses upon thee, and
the merchants bend their knees and bring thee gold and
spices.
Also young boys shall pour wonderful wines for
thee, and the singers and the dancers shall sing and dance for
thee.
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