134 
MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS 
The Qabalist may note that "to Me!" at the end of this 
verse not only repeats the adjuration, but is a Magical Seal set 
upon the dogma. (Verse 54 is a hint to seek the secret.) 
In Greek letters TO MH adds to 418; it is identical with 
Abrahadabra, the cipher of the Great Work. Meditation 
should lead the student to considerations even deeper and 
more fruitful. 
Invoke me under my stars! Love is the law, love under 
will. Nor let the fools mistake love; for there are love 
and love. There is the dove, and there is the serpent. 
Choose ye well! He, my prophet hath chosen, knowing 
the law of the fortress, and the great mystery of the 
House of God. 
Beauty and strength, leaping laughter and delicious 
languor, force and fire, are of us. 
I am the Snake that giveth Knowledge & Delight 
and brigh t glory, and stir the hearts of men with 
drunkenness. To worship me take wine and strange 
drugs whereof I will tell my prophet, & be drunk 
thereof! They shall not harm ye at all. It is a lie, this 
folly against self The exposure of innocence is a lie. Be 
strong, 0 man! lust, enjoy al/ things of sense and 
rapture! fear not that any God shall deny thee for this. 
Behold! these be grave mysteries; for there are also of 
my friends who be hermits. Now think not to find them 
in the forest or on the mountain, but in beds of purple, 
caressed by magnificent beasts of women with large 
limbs, and fire and light in their eyes. and masses of 
flaming hair about them; there shall ye find them. 
But ye, 0 my people. rise up and awake! 
Let the rituals be rightly performed with joy and 
beauty! 
There are rituals of the elements and feasts of the 
times.