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1913 · PDF PAGE 22

The Book of Lies

KE@AAH I WINDLESTRAWS The Abyss of Hallucinations has Law and Reason; but in Truth there is no bond between the Toys of the Gods. This Reason and Law is the Bond of the Great Lie. Truth! Truth! Truth! crieth the Lord of the Abyss of Hallucinations. There is no Silence in that Abyss: for all that men call Silence is Its Speech. This Abyss is also called ‘ Hell,’ and ‘The Many.’ Its name is ‘Consciousness,’ and ‘The Universe,’ among men. But THAT which neither is silent, nor speaks, rejoices therein.

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1913 · PDF PAGE 61

The Book of Lies

‘**There is no grace: there is no guilt: This is the Law: DOWHAT THOU WILT!” He goeth forth.

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1913 · PDF PAGE 64

The Book of Lies

…e full of yearning than the wind among the pines. The weary pilgrim struggles on; the satiated pilgrim stops. The road winds uphill: all law, all nature must be overcome. Do this by virtue of THAT in thyself before which law and nature are but shadows.

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1913 · PDF PAGE 58

The Book of Lies

… Life of Death; for both are Gods. This is that which is written: ‘‘A feast for Life, and a greater feast for Death!” in THE BOOK OF THE LAW. The blood is the life of the individual: offer then blood!

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1913 · PDF PAGE 32

The Book of Lies

…ll that surroundeth thee; yet be Thyself—and take thy pleasure among the living. This is that which is written—Lurk !—in The Book of The Law.

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1913 · PDF PAGE 24

The Book of Lies

…hat is, a falsehood, of THAT which is not? Yet THAT which is not neither is nor is not That which is! Identity is perfect; therefore the Law of Identity is but a lie. For there is no subject, and there is no predicate; nor is there the contradictory of either of these things. Holy, Holy, Holy are these Truths that I utter, knowing them to be but falsehoods, broken mirrors, troubled waters; hide me, O ovr Lady, in Thy Womb! for I may not it from me! Amen.

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1913 · PDF PAGE 73

The Book of Lies

…lled moreover on the Goddess NINA 37° for Her number is An Hundred and Eleven. Yet with all this went The Work awry; for THE WORD OF THE LAW IS QOEAHMA.

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1913 · PDF PAGE 55

The Book of Lies

KE®@AAH M THE HIMOG" A red rose absorbs all colours but red; red is therefore the one colour that it is not. This Law, Reason, Time, Space, all Limita- tion blinds us to Truth. AJl that we know of Man, Nature, God, is just that which they are not; it is that which they throw off as repugnant. The HIMOG is only visible insofar as He is imperfect. Then are they all glorious who seem not to be glorious, 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? Disti…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 101

The Book of Lies

KE@®AAH OH WHEEL AND—WOA! The Great Wheel of Samsara. The Wheel of the Law [Dhamma]. The Wheel of the Taro. The Wheel of the Heavens. The Wheel of Life. All these Wheels be one; yet of all these the Wheel of the TARO alone avails thee con- sciously. Meditate long and broad and deep, O man, upon this Wheel, revolving it in thy mind! Be this thy task, to see how each card springs necessarily from each other card, even in due order from The Fool unto The Ten of Coins. Then, when thou know’st the Wheel of Destiny complete, mayst thou perceive THAT …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 102

The Book of Lies

KE®AAH O08 THE BAL BULLIER Some men look into their minds into their shame. These then proclaim ‘‘The Good Law” unto mankind. These preach renunciation, ‘‘ virtue,” cowardice in every form. These whine eternally. Smug, toothless, hairless Coote, debauch-emas- culated Buddha, come ye to me? I havea trick to make you silent, O ye foamers-at- the mouth! Nature zs wasteful; but how well She can afford it! Nature zs false; but I’m a bit of a liar myself. Nature zs useless; but then how beautiful she is! Nature zs cruel; but I too am a Sadist. The ga…

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