The Holy Books

down mine head, and shoot forth venom, there is rapture of the earth, and I and the earth are one. 27. There is a great danger in me; for who doth not understand these runes shall make a great miss. He shall fall down into the pit called Because, and there he shall perish with the dogs of Reason. 28. Now a curse upon Because and his kin! 29. May Because be accurséd for ever! 30. If Will stops and cries Why, invoking Because, then Will stops and does nought. 31. If Power asks Why, then is Power weakness. 32. Also reason is a lie; for there is a factor infinite and unknown ; and all their words are skew-wise. 33. Enough of Because! Be he damned for a dog! 34. But ye, Ο my people, rise up and awake! 35. Let the rituals be rightly performed with joy and beauty! 36. There are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times. 37. A feast for the first night of the Prophet and his Bride! I7 b