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1913 · PDF PAGE 27

The Book of Lies

KE@®AAH IA ONION-PEELINGS The Universe is the Practical Joke of the General at the Expense of the Particular, quoth FRATER PERDURABO, and laughed. But those disciples nearest to him wept, seeing the Universal Sorrow. Those next to them laughed, seeing the Uni- versal Joke. Below these certain disciples wept. Then certain laughed. Others next wept. Others next laughed. Next others wept. Next others laughed. Last came those that wept because they could not see the Joke, and those that laughed lest they should be thought not to see the Joke, and t…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 91

The Book of Lies

KE®AAH O BROOMSTICK-BABBLINGS FRATER PERDURABO is of the Sanhedrim of the Sabbath, say men; He is the Old Goat himself, say women. Therefore do all adore him; the more they detest him the more do they adore him. Ay! let us offer the Obscene Kiss! Let us seek the Mystery of the Gnarled Oak, and of the Glacier Torrent! To Him let us offer up our babes! Around Him let us dance in the mad moonlight! But FRATER PERDURABO is nothing but AN EYE; what eye none knoweth. Skip, witches! Hop, toads! Take your plea-

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1913 · PDF PAGE 78

The Book of Lies

Wilt Thou endure unto The End, O FRATER PERDURABO, O Lamp in The Abyss? Thou hast the Keystone of the Royal Arch; yet the Apprentices, instead of making bricks, put the straws in their hair, and think they are Jesus Christ! O sublime tragedy and comedy of THE GREAT WORK!

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1913 · PDF PAGE 108

The Book of Lies

KE@®AAH ITA THE AVALANCHE Only through devotion to FRATER PER- DURABO may this book be understood. How much more then should He devote Him- self to AIWASS for the understanding of the Holy Books of P9EAHMA? Yet must he labour underground eternally. The sun is not for him, nor the flowers, nor

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1913 · PDF PAGE 103

The Book of Lies

…elancholy as existence is, the price is well worth paying. Is there a Government? Then I’m agin it! To Hell with the bloody English! “QO FRATER PERDURABO, how unworthy are these sentiments!”

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1913 · PDF PAGE 56

The Book of Lies

…HASH” chosen to manifest; and this one hath given His ring as a Seal of Authority to the Work of the A.*. A.*. through the colleagues of FRATER PERDURABO. But this concerns themselves and their ad- ministration; it concerneth none below the grade of Exempt Adept, and such an one only by command. Also, since below the Abyss Reason is Lord, let men seek by experiment, and not by Questionings.

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1913 · PDF PAGE 75

The Book of Lies

…y! but to the house of the harlot whom he loveth not. For it is LAYLAH that he loveth And yet who knoweth which is Crowley, and which is FRATER PERDURABO? 71

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1913 · PDF PAGE 118

The Book of Lies

…Three Pillars of the Temple, and add to 52, 13% 4, BN, the Son. . This chapter was written to clarify xe-:3, of which it was the origin. FRATER PERDURABO perceived this truth, or rather the first half of it, comedy, at breakfast at ‘“‘Au Chien qui Fume.” - HIMOG is a Notariqon of the words Holy Illumi- nated Man Of God. . 2.@., Food suitable for Americans, . Turbulence is here specially used to suggest ‘‘tour- billon.” . ‘The méme raths outgrabe.”—Lewis Carrol. But ‘“‘méme” is Parisian slang for a young girl, and ‘‘rathe” O. E. for early. ‘The …

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