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1909 · PDF PAGE 25

The Holy Books

…a division hither homeward; there is a word not known. Spelling is de- funct; all is not aught. Before! Hold! Raise the spell of Ra-Hoor-Khuit! 3. Now let it be first understood that I am a god of War and of Vengeance. I shall deal hardly with them. 4. Choose ye an island! 5. Fortify it! 6. Dung it about with enginery of war! 7. I will give you a war-engine. 8. With it ye shall smite the peoples; and none shall stand before you. 9. Lurk! Withdraw! Upon them-! this is the Law of the Battle of Conquest: thus shall my worship be about my secret hou…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 30

The Holy Books

For me unveils the veile’d sky, The self-slain Ankh-af-na-khonsu Whose words are truth. I invoke, I greet Thy presence, Ο Ra-Hoor-Khuit! Unity uttermost showed! I adore the might of Thy breath, Supreme and terrible God, Who makest the gods and death To tremble before Thee :— I, I adore thee! Appear on the throne of Ra! Open the ways of the Khu! Lighten the ways of the Ka! The ways of the Khabs run through To stir me or to still me! Aum! let it fill me! 38. So that thy light is in me; and its red flame is as a sword in my hand to push thy order. T…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 31

The Holy Books

…my spell. Show thy star-splendour, 0 Nuith ! Bid me within thine House to dwell, 0 winged snake of light, Hadith! Abide with me, Ra-Hoor-Khuit! 39. All this and a book to say how thou didst come hither and a reproduction of this ink and paper for ever—for in it is the word secret and not only in the English—and thy comment upon this the Book of the Law shall be printed beautifully in red ink and black upon beautiful paper made by hand; and to each man and woman that thou meetest, were it but to dine or to drink at them, it is the Law to give. T…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 11

The Holy Books

me: then expect the direful judgments of Ra- Hoor-Khuit! 53. This shall regenerate the world, the little world my sister, my heart and my tongue, unto Whom I send this kiss. Also, O scribe and prophet, though thou be of the princes, it shall not assuage thee nor absolve thee. But ecstasy be thine and joy of earth: ever To me! To me ! 54. Change not as much as the style of a letter; for behold! thou, Ο prophet, shalt not behold all these mysteries hidden therein. 55. The child of thy bowels, he shall behold them. 56. Expect him not from the East…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 9

The Holy Books

…th his one, one, one; are not they the OX, and none by the Book? 49. Abrogate are all rituals, all ordeals, all words and signs. Ra-Hoor-Khuit hath taken his seat in the East at the Equinox of the Gods; and let Asar be with Isa, who also are one. But they are not of me. Let Asar be the adorant, 8

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1909 · PDF PAGE 8

The Holy Books

…st of the princes, shall not in one letter change his book; but lest there be folly, he shall comment thereupon by the wisdom of Ra-Hoor-Khuit. 37. Also the mantras and spells; the obeah and the wanga; the work of the wand and the work of the sword: these he shall learn and teach. 38. He must teach; but he may make severe the ordeals. 39. The word of the law is Θελημα. 40. Who calls us Thelemites will do no wrong, if he look but close into the word. For there are therein three grades, the Hermit, and the Lover, and the man of Earth. Do what tho…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 32

The Holy Books

…he ordeals thou shalt oversee thyself, save only the blind ones. Refuse none, but thou shalt know and destroy the traitors. I am Ra-Hoor-Khuit; and I am powerful to protect my servant. Success is thy proof: argue not; convert not; talk not overmuch! Them that seek to entrap thee, to overthrow thee, them attack without pity or quarter; and destroy them utterly. Swift as a trodden serpent turn and strike! Be thou yet deadlier than he! Drag down their souls to awful tor- ment: laugh at their fear: spit upon them! 43. Let the Scarlet Woman beware! …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 16

The Holy Books

…, but live. Now let it be under- stood: if the body of the King dissolve, he shall remain in pure ecstasy for ever. Nuit! Hadit! Ra-Hoor-Khuit! The Sun, Strength and Sight, Light; these are for the servants of the Star and the Snake. 22. I am the Snake that giveth Knowledge and Delight and bright glory, and stir the hearts of men with drunkenness. To worship I5

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