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…Be ye goodly therefore: dress ye all in fine apparel t ri foods and drink sweet wines, and wines that foam ! Pat ae ane fill and will of love as ye will, when, where, and with whom ye will! But always unto me.” a : This is the only point to bear in mind, that every act must be a ‘ritual, an act of worship, a sacrament. Live as the kings and princes, crowned and uncrowned, of this world, have always lived, as masters always live; but let it not be self-indulgence; make your self-indulgence your religion. When you drink and dance and take delight…
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sense, desire you. Put on the wings, and arouse the coiled splendour within you; come unto me!” And thus She ends: < Sing the rapturous love-song unto me! Burn to me per- fumes! Wear to me jewels! Drink to me, for I love you ! TI love you! I am the blue-lidded daughter of Sunset; I am the naked brilliance of the voluptuous night-sky. Tome! Tome !” And with these words “ The Manifestation of Nuit is at an end.” In the next chapter of our Book is given the word of TI] Hadit, who is the complement of Nuit. He is eternal energy, the Infinite Motion…
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…ng! Then canst thou bear more joy. Be not animal: refine thy rapture! If thou drink, drink by the eight-and-ninety rules of art; if thou love, exceed by delicacy; and if thou do aught joyous, let there be subtlety therein! But exceed! exceed! Strive ever to more! and if thou art truly mine—and doubt it not, and if thou art ever joyous! —death is the crown of all.” Lift yourselves up, my brothers and sisters of the earth! Put beneath your feet all fears, all qualms, all hesitancies! Lift yourselves up! Come forth, free and joyous, by night and d…
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…and move and have our being. Hear her first summons to us men and women: “Come forth, O children, under the stars, and take your fill of love! I am aboye you and in you. My ecstasy is in yours. My joy is to see your joy.” Later she explains the mystery of sorrow: ‘For I am divided for love’s sake, for the chance of union.” “This is the creation of the world, that the pain of division is as nothing, and the joy of dissolution all.” It is shown later how this can be, how death itself is an ecstasy like love, but more intense, the reunion of the s…