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I. Abrahadabra! the reward of Ra-Hoor- Khut. 2. There is a division hither homeward; there is a word not known. Spelling is de- funct; all is not aught. Before! Hold! Raise the spell of Ra-Hoor-Khuit! 3. Now let it be first understood that I am a god of War and of Vengeance. I shall deal hardly with them. 4. Choose ye an island! 5. Fortify it! 6. Dung it about with enginery of war! 7. I will give you a war-engine. 8. With it ye shall smite the peoples; and none shall stand before you. 9. Lurk! Withdraw! Upon them-! this is the Law of the Battle …
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… king shall reign; and bless- ing no longer be poured to the Hawk-headed mystical Lord! ᾽ 35. The half of the Word of Heru-ra-ha, called Hoor-pa-kraatand Ra-Hoor-Khut. 36. Then said the prophet unto the God: 37. I adore thee in the song- I am the Lord of Thebes, and I The inspired forth-speaker of Mentu; 28
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…re the children of men ! 6. Be thou Hadit, my secret centre, my heart and my tongue! 7. Behold! it is revealed by Aiwass the minister of Hoor-paar-Kraat. 8. The Khabs is in the Khu, not the Khu in the Khabs. 9. Worship then the Khabs, and behold my light shed over you! 10. Let my servants be few and secret: they shall rule the many and the known. II. These are fools that men adore; both their Gods and their men are fools. 3
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For me unveils the veile’d sky, The self-slain Ankh-af-na-khonsu Whose words are truth. I invoke, I greet Thy presence, Ο Ra-Hoor-Khuit! Unity uttermost showed! I adore the might of Thy breath, Supreme and terrible God, Who makest the gods and death To tremble before Thee :— I, I adore thee! Appear on the throne of Ra! Open the ways of the Khu! Lighten the ways of the Ka! The ways of the Khabs run through To stir me or to still me! Aum! let it fill me! 38. So that thy light is in me; and its red flame is as a sword in my hand to push thy order. T…
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…ctorious City. Thou shalt thyself convey it with worship, 0 pro- phet, though thou likest it not. Thou shalt have danger and trouble. Ra-Hoor-Khu is with thee. Worship me with fire and blood; worship me with swords and with spears. Let the woman be girt with a sword before me: let blood flow to my name. Trample down the Heathen; be upon them, 0 warrior, I will give you of their flesh to eat! 12. Sacrifice cattle, little and big: after a child. Ι 3. But not now. I4. Ye shall see that hour, 0 blesséd Beast, and thou the Scarlet Concubine of his desir…
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Into the House of Ra and Tum, Of Khephra, and of Ahathoor. I am thy Theban, 0 Mentu, The prophet Ankh-af-na-khonsu! By Bes-na-Maut my breast I beat; . By wise Ta-Nech I weave my spell. Show thy star-splendour, 0 Nuith ! Bid me within thine House to dwell, 0 winged snake of light, Hadith! Abide with me, Ra-Hoor-Khuit! 39. All this and a book to say how thou didst come hither and a reproduction of this ink and paper for ever—for in it is the word secret and not only in the English—and thy comment upon this the Book of the Law shall be printed bea…
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me: then expect the direful judgments of Ra- Hoor-Khuit! 53. This shall regenerate the world, the little world my sister, my heart and my tongue, unto Whom I send this kiss. Also, O scribe and prophet, though thou be of the princes, it shall not assuage thee nor absolve thee. But ecstasy be thine and joy of earth: ever To me! To me ! 54. Change not as much as the style of a letter; for behold! thou, Ο prophet, shalt not behold all these mysteries hidden therein. 55. The child of thy bowels, he shall behold them. 56. Expect him not from the East…
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…orm. 64. Oh! thou art overcome: we are upon thee; our delight is all over thee: hail! hail! prophet of Nu! prophet of Had! prophet of Ra-Hoor-Khu! Now rejoice! now come in our splendour and rapture! Come in our pas- sionate peace, and write sweet words for the Kings! 65. I am the Master: thou art the Holy Chosen One. 66. Write, and find ecstasy in writing! Work, and be our bed in working! Thrill with the joy of life and death! Ah! thy death shall be lovely: whoso seeth it shall be glad. Thy death shall be the seal of the promise of our agelong l…
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…ol with his one, one, one; are not they the OX, and none by the Book? 49. Abrogate are all rituals, all ordeals, all words and signs. Ra-Hoor-Khuit hath taken his seat in the East at the Equinox of the Gods; and let Asar be with Isa, who also are one. But they are not of me. Let Asar be the adorant, 8
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… priest of the princes, shall not in one letter change his book; but lest there be folly, he shall comment thereupon by the wisdom of Ra-Hoor-Khuit. 37. Also the mantras and spells; the obeah and the wanga; the work of the wand and the work of the sword: these he shall learn and teach. 38. He must teach; but he may make severe the ordeals. 39. The word of the law is Θελημα. 40. Who calls us Thelemites will do no wrong, if he look but close into the word. For there are therein three grades, the Hermit, and the Lover, and the man of Earth. Do wha…
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…42. The ordeals thou shalt oversee thyself, save only the blind ones. Refuse none, but thou shalt know and destroy the traitors. I am Ra-Hoor-Khuit; and I am powerful to protect my servant. Success is thy proof: argue not; convert not; talk not overmuch! Them that seek to entrap thee, to overthrow thee, them attack without pity or quarter; and destroy them utterly. Swift as a trodden serpent turn and strike! Be thou yet deadlier than he! Drag down their souls to awful tor- ment: laugh at their fear: spit upon them! 43. Let the Scarlet Woman bew…
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Isa, the sufferer; Hoor in his secret name and splendour is the Lord initiating. 50. There is a word to say about the Hierophantic task. Behold! there are three ordeals in one, and it may be given in three ways. The gross must pass through fire; let the fine be tried in intellect, and the lofty chosen ones in the highest! Thus ye have star and star, system and system: let not one know well the other! 51. There are four gates to one palace; the floor of that palace is of silver and gold; lapis—lazuli and jasper are there; and all rare scents; jasmi…
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…t die, but live. Now let it be under- stood: if the body of the King dissolve, he shall remain in pure ecstasy for ever. Nuit! Hadit! Ra-Hoor-Khuit! The Sun, Strength and Sight, Light; these are for the servants of the Star and the Snake. 22. I am the Snake that giveth Knowledge and Delight and bright glory, and stir the hearts of men with drunkenness. To worship I5