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1913 · PDF PAGE 110

The Book of Lies

KE®AAH IF TAT Ex nihilo N. I. H. I. L. fit. N. the Fire that twisteth itself and burneth like a scorpion. L. the green fertile earth. Fierce are the Fires of the Universe, and on their daggers they hold aloft the bleeding heart of earth. Upon the earth lies water, sensuous and sleepy. Above the water hangs air; and above air, but also below fire—and in all—the fabric of all being woven on Its invisible design, is AIOHP.

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1913 · PDF PAGE 72

The Book of Lies

KE®AAH NI THE DOWSER lo! its wings. For whoso findeth the SPRING beneath the earth maketh the treaders-of-earth to course the heavens. This SPRING is threefold; of water, but also of steel, and of the seasons. Also this PADDOCK is the Toad that hath the jewel between his eyes—Aum Mani Padmen Hum! (Keep us from Evil!)

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1913 · PDF PAGE 114

The Book of Lies

…under the dominion of the Sun, and I have sailed the seas from pole to pole. Now do I lift up my voice and testify that all is vanity on earth, except the love of a good woman, and that good woman LAYLAH. And I testify that in heaven all is vanity (for I have journeyed oft, and sojourned oft, in every heaven), except the love of OUR LADY BABALON. And I testify that beyond heaven and earth is the love of OUR LADY NUIT. And seeing that I am old and well stricken in years, and that my natural forces fail, there- fore do I rise up in my throne and …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 79

The Book of Lies

… has spine, and hopes of heaven-to-be, Lacks the Amoeba’s immortality. What protoplasm gains in mobile mirth Is loss of the stability of earth. If, as Iam not, I were free to choose, How Buddhahood would battle with The Booze! My certainty that destiny is ‘*good”’ Rests on its picking me for Buddhahood. Were I a drunkard, I should think I had Good evidence that fate was ‘‘bloody bad.”

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1913 · PDF PAGE 55

The Book of Lies

…s, as the HIMOG is All-glorious Within? It may be so. How then distinguish the inglorious and per- fect HIMOG from the inglorious man of earth? Distinguish not! But thyself Ex-tinguish: HIMOG art thou, and HIMOG shalt thou be.

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1913 · PDF PAGE 83

The Book of Lies

…or Sight; a Knife for Touch; two cakes, one for taste, the other for smell. He standeth before the Altar of the Universe at Sunset, when Earth-life fades. He summons the Universe, and crowns it with MAGICK Light to replace the sun of natural light. He prays unto, and gives homage to, Ra-Hoor- Khuit; to Him be then sacrifices. The first cake, burnt, illustrates the profit drawn from the scheme of incarnation. The second, mixt with his life’s blood and eaten, illustrates the use of the lower life to feed the higher life. He then takes the Oath an…

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