The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

LIBER L. VEL LEGIS one, to be me; to follow the love of Nu in the star-lit heaven ; to look forth upon men, to tell them this glad word. 77. O be thou proud and mighty among men! 78. Lift up thyself! for there is none like unto thee among men or among Gods! Lift up thyself, o my prophet, thy stature shall surpass the stars. They shall worship thy name, foursquare, mystic, wonderful, the number of the man ; and the name of thy house 418. 79. The end of the hiding of Hadit; and blessing & worship to the prophet of the lovely Star! [VER. 68.—Harden, not Harder, as the MS. indicates. The memory of DCLXV1 says, though with diffidence, that the former ts correct.) 1. Abrahadabra; the reward of Ra Hoor Khut. 2. There is division hither homeward; there is a word not known. Spelling is defunct; all is not aught. Beware! Hold! Raise the spell of Ra-Hoor-Khuit! 3. Now let it be first understood that Iam a god of War and of Vengeance. I shall deal hardly with them. . Choose ye an island! Fortify it! Dung it about with enginery of war! I will give you a war-engine. With it ye shall smite the peoples; and none shall stand before you. g. Lurk! Withdraw! Upon them! this is the Law of the Battle of Conquest: thus shall my worship be about my secret house. WSOMAKL 25