I,1: Had! The manifestation of Nuit.

I,2: The unveiling of the company of heaven.

I,3: Every man and every woman is a star.

I,4: Every number is infinite; there is no difference.

I,5: Help me, o warrior lord of Thebes, in my unveilingbefore the Children of men!

I,6: Be thou Hadit, my secret centre, my heart & mytongue!

I,7: Behold! it is revealed by Aiwass the minister ofHoor-paar-kraat.

I,8: The Khabs is in the Khu, not the Khu in the Khabs.

I,9: Worship then the Khabs, and behold my light shedover you!

I,10: Let my servants be few & secret: they shallrule the many & the known.

I,11: These are fools that men adore; both their Gods& their men are fools.

I,12: Come forth, o children, under the stars, & takeyour fill of love!

I,13: I am above you and in you. My ecstasy is in yours.My joy is to see your joy.

I,14:

     Above, the gemmed azure is
      The naked splendour ofNuit;
     She bends in ecstasy to kiss
      The secret ardours ofHadit.
     The winged globe,the starryblue,
      Are mine, O Ankh-af-na-khonsu!

I,15: Now ye shall know that the chosen priest & apostleof infinite space is the prince-priest the Beast; and in his woman calledthe Scarlet Woman is all power given. They shall gather my children intotheir fold: they shall bring the glory of the stars into the hearts ofmen.

I,16: For he is ever a sun, and she a moon. But to himis the winged secret flame, and to her the stooping starlight.

I,17: But ye are not so chosen.

I,18: Burn upon their brows, o splendrous serpent!

I,19: O azure-lidded woman, bend upon them!

I,20: The key of the rituals is in the secret word whichI have given unto him.

I,21: With the God & the Adorer I am nothing: theydo not see me. They are as upon the earth; I am Heaven, and there is noother God than me, and my lord Hadit.

I,22: Now, therefore, I am known to ye by my name Nuit,and to him by a secret name which I will give him when at last he knowethme. Since I am Infinite Space, and the Infinite Stars thereof, do ye alsothus. Bind nothing! Let there be no difference made among you between anyone thing & any ,other thing; for thereby there cometh hurt.

I,23: But whoso availeth in this, let him be the chiefof all!

I,24: I am Nuit, and my word is six and fifty.

I,25: Divide, add, multiply, and understand.

I,26: Then saith the prophet and slave of the beauteousone: Who am I, and what shall be the sign? So she answered him, bendingdown, a lambent flame of blue, all-touching, all penetrant, her lovelyhands upon the black earth, & her lithe body arched for love, and hersoft feet not hurting the little flowers: Thou knowest! And the sign shallbe my ecstasy, the consciousness of the continuity of existence, the omnipresenceof my body.

I,27: Then the priest answered & said unto the Queenof Space, kissing her lovely brows, and the dew of her light bathing hiswhole body in a sweet-smelling perfume of sweat: O Nuit, continuous oneof Heaven, let it be ever thus; that men speak not of Thee as One but asNone; and let them speak not of thee at all, since thou art continuous!

I,28: None, breathed the light, faint & faery, ofthe stars, and two.

I,29: For I am divided for love's sake, for the chanceof union.

I,30: This is the creation of the world, that the painof division is as nothing, and the joy of dissolution all.

I,31: For these fools of men and their woes care not thouat all! They feel little; what is, is balanced by weak joys; but ye aremy chosen ones.

I,32: Obey my prophet! follow out the ordeals of my knowledge!seek me only! Then the joys of my love will redeem ye from all pain. Thisis so: I swear it by the vault of my body; by my sacred heart and tongue;by all I can give, by all I desire of ye all.

I,33: Then the priest fell into a deep trance or swoon,& said unto the Queen of Heaven; Write unto us the ordeals; write untous the rituals; write unto us the law!

I,34: But she said: the ordeals I write not: the ritualsshall be half known and half concealed: the Law is for all.

I,35: This that thou writest is the threefold book ofLaw.

I,36: My scribe Ankh-af-na-khonsu, the priest of the princes,shall not in one letter change this book; but lest there be folly, he shallcomment thereupon by the wisdom of Ra-Hoor-Khu-it.

I,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 andteach.

I,38: He must teach; but he may make severe the ordeals.

I,39: The word of the Law is Thelema.

I,40: Who calls us Thelemites will do no wrong, if helook but close into the word. For there are therein Three Grades, the Hermit,and the Lover, and the man of Earth. Do what thou wilt shall be the wholeof the Law.

I,41: The word of Sin is Restriction. O man! refuse notthy wife, if she will! O lover, if thou wilt, depart! There is no bondthat can unite the divided but love: all else is a curse. Accursed! Accursedbe it to the aeons! Hell.

I,42: Let it be that state of manyhood bound and loathing.So with thy all; thou hast no right but to do thy will.

I,43: Do that, and no other shall say nay.

I,44: For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, deliveredfrom the lust of result, is every way perfect.

I,45: The Perfect and the Perfect are one Perfect andnot two; nay, are none!

I,46: Nothing is a secret key of this law. Sixty-one theJews call it; I call it eight, eighty, four hundred & eighteen.

I,47: But they have the half: unite by thine art so thatall disappear.

I,48: My prophet is a fool with his one, one, one; arenot they the Ox, and none by the Book?

I,49: Abrogate are all rituals, all ordeals, all wordsand signs. Ra-Hoor-Khuit hath taken his seat in the East at the Equinoxof the Gods; and let Asar be with Isa, who also are one. But they are notof me. Let Asar be the adorant, Isa the sufferer; Hoor in his secret nameand splendour is the Lord initiating.

I,50: There is a word to say about the Hierophantic task.Behold! there are three ordeals in one, and it may be given in three ways.The gross must pass through fire; let the fine be tried in intellect, andthe lofty chosen ones in the highest. Thus ye have star & star, system& system; let not one know well the other!

I,51: There are four gates to one palace; the floor ofthat palace is of silver and gold; lapis lazuli & jasper are there;and all rare scents; jasmine & rose, and the emblems of death. Lethim enter in turn or at once the four gates; let him stand on the floorof the palace. Will he not sink? Amn. Ho! warrior, if thy servant sink?But there are means and means. Be goodly therefore: dress ye all in fineapparel; eat rich foods and drink sweet wines and wines that foam! Also,take your will and fill of love as ye will, when, where, and with whomye will! But always unto me.

I,52: If this be not aright; if ye confound the space-marks,saying: They are one; or saying, They are many; if the ritual be not everunto me: then expect the direful judgments of Ra Hoor Khuit!

I,53: This shall regenerate the world, the little worldmy sister, my heart & my tongue, unto whom I send this kiss. Also,o scribe and prophet, though thou be of the princes, it shall not assuagethee nor absolve thee. But ecstasy be thine and joy of earth: ever To me!To me!

I,54: Change not as much as the style of a letter; forbehold! thou, o prophet, shalt not behold all these mysteries hidden therein.

I,55: The child of thy bowels, he shall behold them.

I,56: Expect him not from the East, nor from the West;for from no expected house cometh that child. Aum! All words are sacredand all prophets true; save only that they understand a little; solve thefirst half of the equation, leave the second unattacked. But thou hastall in the clear light, and some, though not all, in the dark.

I,57: Invoke me under my stars! Love is the law, loveunder will. Nor let the fools mistake love; for there are love and love.There is the dove, and there is the serpent. Choose ye well! He, my prophet,hath chosen, knowing the law of the fortress, and the great mystery ofthe House of God. All these old letters of my Book are aright; but Tzaddiis not the Star. This also is secret: my prophet shall
reveal it to the wise.

I,58: I give unimaginable joys on earth: certainty, notfaith, while in life, upon death; peace unutterable, rest, ecstasy; nordo I demand aught in sacrifice.

I,59: My incense is of resinous woods & gums; andthere is no blood therein: because of my hair the trees of Eternity.

I,60: My number is 11, as all their numbers who are ofus. The Five Pointed Star, with a Circle in the Middle, & the circleis Red. My colour is black to the blind, but the blue & gold are seenof the seeing. Also I have a secret glory for them that love me.

I,61: But to love me is better than all things: if underthe night-stars in the desert thou presently burnest mine incense beforeme, invoking me with a pure heart, and the Serpent flame therein, thoushalt come a little to lie in my bosom. For one kiss wilt thou then bewilling to give all; but whoso gives one particle of dust shall lose allin that hour. Ye shall gather goods and store of women and spices; ye shallwear rich jewels; ye shall exceed the nations of the Earth in splendour& pride; but
always in the love of me, and so shall ye come to myjoy. I charge you earnestly to come before me in a single robe, and coveredwith a rich headdress. I love you! I yearn to you! Pale or purple, veiledor voluptuous, I who am all pleasure and purple, and drunkenness of theinnermost sense, desire you. Put on the wings, and arouse the coiled splendourwithin you: come unto me!

I,62: At all my meetings with you shall the priestesssay-and her eyes shall burn with desire as she stands bare and rejoicingin my secret temple-To me! To me! calling forth the flame of the heartsof all in her love-chant.

I,63: Sing the rapturous love-song unto me! Burn to meperfumes! Wear to me jewels! Drink to me, for I love you! I love you!

I,64: I am the blue-lidded daughter of Sunset; I am thenaked brilliance of the voluptuous night-sky.

I,65: To me! To me!

I,66: The Manifestation of Nuit is at an end.
 
 

II,1: Nu! the hiding of Hadit.

II,2: Come! all ye, and learn the secret that hath notyet been revealed. I, Hadit, am the complement of Nu, my bride. I am notextended, and Khabs is the name of my House.

II,3: In the sphere I am everywhere the centre, as she,the circumference, is nowhere found.

II,4: Yet she shall be known & I never.

II,5: Behold! the rituals of the old time are black. Letthe evil ones be cast away; let the good ones be purged by the prophet!Then shall this Knowledge go aright.

II,6: I am the flame that burns in every heart of man,and in the core of every star. I am Life, and the giver of Life, yet thereforeis the knowledge of me the knowledge of death.

II,7: I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axleof the wheel, and the cube in the circle. "Come unto me" is a foolish word:for it is I that go.

II,8: Who worshipped Heru-pa-kraath have worshipped me;ill, for I am the worshipper.

II,9: Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; thatall the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but thereis that which remains.

II,10: O prophet! thou hast ill will to learn this writing.

II,11: I see thee hate the hand & the pen; but I amstronger.

II,12: Because of me in Thee which thou knewest not.

II,13: for why? Because thou wast the knower, and me.

II,14: Now let there be a veiling of this shrine: nowlet the light devour men and eat them up with blindness!

II,15: For I am perfect, being Not; and my number is nineby the fools; but with the just I am eight, and one in eight: Which isvital, for I am none indeed. The Empress and the King are not of me; forthere is a further secret.

II,16: I am the Empress & the Hierophant. Thus eleven,as my bride is eleven.

II,17:
     Hear me, ye people of sighing!
      The sorrows of pain andregret
     Are left to the dead and thedying,
      The folk that not knowme as yet.

II,18: These are dead, these fellows; they feel not. Weare not for the poor and sad: the lords of the earth are our kinsfolk.

II,19: Is a God to live in a dog? No! but the highestare of us. They shall rejoice, our chosen: who sorroweth is not of us.

II,20: Beauty and strength, leaping laughter and deliciouslanguor, force and fire, are of us.

II,21: We have nothing with the outcast and the unfit:let them die in their misery. For they feel not. Compassion is the viceof kings: stamp down the wretched & the weak: this is the law of thestrong: this is our law and the joy of the world. Think not, o king, uponthat lie: That Thou Must Die: verily thou shalt not die, but live. Nowlet it be understood: If the body of the King dissolve, he shall remainin pure ecstasy for ever. Nuit! Hadit! Ra-Hoor-Khuit! The Sun, Strength& Sight, Light; these are for the servants of the Star & the Snake.

II,22: I am the Snake that giveth Knowledge & Delightand bright glory, and stir the hearts of men with drunkenness. To worshipme take wine and strange drugs whereof I will tell my prophet, & bedrunk thereof! They shall not harm ye at all. It is a lie, this folly againstself. The exposure of innocence is a lie. Be strong, o man! lust, enjoyall things of sense and rapture: fear not that any God shall deny theefor this.

II,23: I am alone: there is no God where I am.

II,24: Behold! these be grave mysteries; for there arealso of my friends who be hermits. Now think not to find them in the forestor on the mountain; but in beds of purple, caressed by magnificent beastsof women with large limbs, and fire and light in their eyes, and massesof flaming hair about them; there shall ye find them. Ye shall see themat rule, at victorious armies, at all the joy; and there shall be in thema joy a million times greater than this. Beware lest any force another,King against
King! Love one another with burning hearts; on the lowmen trample in the fierce lust of your pride, in the day of your wrath.

II,25: Ye are against the people, O my chosen!

II,26: I am the secret Serpent coiled about to spring:in my coiling there is joy. If I lift up my head, I and my Nuit are one.If I droop down mine head, and shoot forth venom, then is rapture of theearth, and I and the earth are one.

II,27: There is great danger in me; for who doth not understandthese runes shall make a great miss. He shall fall down into the pit calledBecause, and there he shall perish with the dogs of Reason.

II,28: Now a curse upon Because and his kin!

II,29: May Because be accursed for ever!

II,30: If Will stops and cries Why, invoking Because,then Will stops & does nought.

II,31: If Power asks why, then is Power weakness.

II,32: Also reason is a lie; for there is a factor infinite& unknown; & all their words are skew-wise.

II,33: Enough of Because! Be he damned for a dog!

II,34: But ye, o my people, rise up & awake!

II,35: Let the rituals be rightly performed with joy &beauty!

II,36: There are rituals of the elements and feasts ofthe times.

II,37: A feast for the first night of the Prophet andhis Bride!

II,38: A feast for the three days of the writing of theBook of the Law.

II,39: A feast for Tahuti and the child of the Prophet-secret,O Prophet!

II,40: A feast for the Supreme Ritual, and a feast forthe Equinox of the Gods.

II,41: A feast for fire and a feast for water; a feastfor life and a greater feast for death!

II,42: A feast every day in your hearts in the joy ofmy rapture!

II,43: A feast every night unto Nu, and the pleasure ofuttermost delight!

II,44: Aye! feast! rejoice! there is no dread hereafter.There is the dissolution, and eternal ecstasy in the kisses of Nu.

II,45: There is death for the dogs.

II,46: Dost thou fail? Art thou sorry? Is fear in thineheart?

II,47: Where I am these are not.

II,48: Pity not the fallen! I never knew them. I am notfor them. I console not: I hate the consoled & the consoler.

II,49: I am unique & conqueror. I am not of the slavesthat perish. Be they damned & dead! Amen.
[This is of the 4: there is a fifth who is invisible,& therein am I as a babe in an egg.]

II,50: Blue am I and gold in the light of my bride: butthe red gleam is in my eyes; & my spangles are purple & green.

II,51: Purple beyond purple: it is the light higher thaneyesight.

II,52: There is a veil: that veil is black. It is theveil of the modest woman; it is the veil of sorrow, & the pall of death:this is none of me. Tear down that lying spectre of the centuries: veilnot your vices in virtuous words: these vices are my service; ye do well,& I will reward you here and hereafter.

II,53: Fear not, o prophet, when these words are said,thou shalt not be sorry. Thou art emphatically my chosen; and blessed arethe eyes that thou shalt look upon with gladness. But I will hide theein a mask of sorrow: they that see thee shall fear thou art fallen: butI lift thee up.

II,54: Nor shall they who cry aloud their folly that thoumeanest nought avail; thou shall reveal it: thou availest: they are theslaves of because: They are not of me. The stops as thou wilt; the letters?change them not in style or value!

II,55: Thou shalt obtain the order & value of theEnglish Alphabet; thou shalt find new symbols to attribute them unto.

II,56: Begone! ye mockers; even though ye laugh in myhonour ye shall laugh not long: then when ye are sad know that I have forsakenyou.

II,57: He that is righteous shall be righteous still;he that is filthy shall be filthy still.

II,58: Yea! deem not of change: ye shall be as ye are,& not other. Therefore the kings of the earth shall be Kings for ever:the slaves shall serve. There is none that shall be cast down or liftedup: all is ever as it was. Yet there are masked ones my servants: it maybe that yonder beggar is a King. A King may choose his garment as he will:there is no certain test: but a beggar cannot hide his poverty.

II,59: Beware therefore! Love all, lest perchance is aKing concealed! Say you so? Fool! If he be a King, thou canst not hurthim.

II,60: Therefore strike hard & low, and to hell withthem, master!

II,61: There is a light before thine eyes, o prophet,a light undesired, most desirable.

II,62: I am uplifted in thine heart; and the kisses ofthe stars rain hard upon thy body.

II,63: Thou art exhaust in the voluptuous fullness ofthe inspiration; the expiration is sweeter than death, more rapid and laughterfulthan a caress of Hell's own worm.

II,64: Oh! thou art overcome: we are upon thee; our delightis all over thee: hail! hail: prophet of Nu! prophet of Had! prophet ofRa-Hoor-Khu! Now rejoice! now come in our splendour & rapture! Comein our passionate peace, & write sweet words for the Kings!

II,65: I am the Master: thou art the Holy Chosen One.

II,66: Write, & find ecstasy in writing! Work, &be our bed in working! Thrill with the joy of life & death! Ah! thydeath shall be lovely: whoso seeth it shall be glad. Thy death shall bethe seal of the promise of our agelong love. Come! lift up thine heart& rejoice! We are one; we are none.

II,67: Hold! Hold! Bear up in thy rapture; fall not inswoon of the excellent kisses!

II,68: Harder! Hold up thyself! Lift thine head! breathenot so deep-die!

II,69: Ah! Ah! What do I feel? Is the word exhausted?

II,70: There is help & hope in other spells. Wisdomsays: be strong! Then canst thou bear more joy. Be not animal; refine thyrapture! If thou drink, drink by the eight and ninety rules of art: ifthou love, exceed by delicacy; and if thou do aught joyous, let there besubtlety therein!

II,71: But exceed! exceed!

II,72: Strive ever to more! and if thou art truly mine-anddoubt it not, an if thou art ever joyous!-death is the crown of all.

II,73: Ah! Ah! Death! Death! thou shalt long for death.Death is forbidden, o man, unto thee.

II,74: The length of thy longing shall be the strengthof its glory. He that lives long & desires death much is ever the Kingamong the Kings.

II,75: Aye! listen to the numbers & the words:

II,76: 4 6 3 8 A B K 2 4 A L G M O R 3 Y X 24 89 R P ST O V A L. What meaneth this, o prophet? Thou knowest not; nor shalt thouknow ever. There cometh one to follow thee: he shall expound it. But remember,o chosen 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.

II,77: O be thou proud and mighty among men!

II,78: Lift up thyself! for there is none like unto theeamong men or among Gods! Lift up thyself, o my prophet, thy stature shallsurpass the stars. They shall worship thy name, foursquare, mystic, wonderful,the number of the man; and the name of thy house 418.

II,79: The end of the hiding of Hadit; and blessing &worship to the prophet of the lovely Star!
 
 

III,1: Abrahadabra! the reward of Ra Hoor Khut.

III,2: There is division hither homeward; there is a wordnot known. Spelling is defunct; all is not aught. Beware! Hold! Raise thespell of Ra-Hoor-Khuit!

III,3: Now let it be first understood that I am a godof War and of Vengeance. I shall deal hardly with them.

III,4: Choose ye an island!

III,5: Fortify it!

III,6: Dung it about with enginery of war!

III,7: I will give you a war-engine.

III,8: With it ye shall smite the peoples; and none shallstand before you.

III,9: Lurk! Withdraw! Upon them! this is the Law of theBattle of Conquest: thus shall my worship be about my secret house.

III,10: Get the stele of revealing itself; set it in thysecret temple-and that temple is already aright disposed-& it shallbe your Kiblah for ever. It shall not fade, but miraculous colour shallcome back to it day after day. Close it in locked glass for a proof tothe world.

III,11: This shall be your only proof. I forbid argument.Conquer! That is enough. I will make easy to you the abstruction from theill-ordered house in the Victorious City. Thou shalt thyself convey itwith
worship, o prophet, though thou likest it not. Thou shalthave danger & trouble. Ra-Hoor-Khu is with thee. Worship me with fire& blood; worship me with swords & with spears. Let the woman begirt with a sword before me: let blood flow to my name. Trample down theHeathen; be upon them, o warrior, I will give you of their flesh to eat!

III,12: Sacrifice cattle, little and big: after a child.

III,13: But not now.

III,14: Ye shall see that hour, o blessed Beast, and thouthe Scarlet Concubine of his desire!

III,15: Ye shall be sad thereof.

III,16: Deem not too eagerly to catch the promises; fearnot to undergo the curses. Ye, even ye, know not this meaning all.

III,17: Fear not at all; fear neither men nor Fates, norgods, nor anything. Money fear not, nor laughter of the folk folly, norany other power in heaven or upon the earth or under the earth. Nu is yourrefuge as Hadit your light; and I am the strength, force, vigour, of yourarms.

III,18: Mercy let be off: damn them who pity! Kill andtorture; spare not; be upon them!

III,19: That stele they shall call the Abomination ofDesolation; count well its name, & it shall be to you as 718.

III,20: Why? Because of the fall of Because, that he isnot there again.

III,21: Set up my image in the East: thou shalt buy theean image which I will show thee, especial, not unlike the one thou knowest.And it shall be suddenly easy for thee to do this.

III,22: The other images group around me to support me:let all be worshipped, for they shall cluster to exalt me. I am the visibleobject of worship; the others are secret; for the Beast & his Brideare they: and for the winners of the Ordeal x. What is this? Thou shaltknow.

III,23: For perfume mix meal & honey & thick leavingsof red wine: then oil of Abramelin and olive oil, and afterward soften& smooth down with rich fresh blood.

III,24: The best blood is of the moon, monthly: then thefresh blood of a child, or dropping from the host of heaven: then of enemies;then of the priest or of the worshippers: last of some beast, no matterwhat.

III,25: This burn: of this make cakes & eat unto me.This hath also another use; let it be laid before me, and kept thick withperfumes of your orison: it shall become full of beetles as it were andcreeping things sacred unto me.

III,26: These slay, naming your enemies; & they shallfall before you.

III,27: Also these shall breed lust & power of lustin you at the eating thereof.

III,28: Also ye shall be strong in war.

III,29: Moreover, be they long kept, it is better; forthey swell with my force. All before me.

III,30: My altar is of open brass work: burn thereon insilver or gold!

III,31: There cometh a rich man from the West who shallpour his gold upon thee.

III,32: From gold forge steel!

III,33: Be ready to fly or to smite!

III,34: But your holy place shall be untouched throughoutthe centuries: though with fire and sword it be burnt down & shattered,yet an invisible house there standeth, and shall stand until the fall ofthe Great Equinox; when Hrumachis shall arise and the double-wanded oneassume my throne and place. Another prophet shall arise, and bring freshfever from the skies; another woman shall awake the lust & worshipof the Snake; another soul of God and beast shall mingle in the globedpriest; another sacrifice shall stain the tomb; another king shall reign;and blessing no longer be poured To the Hawk-headed mystical Lord!

III,35: The half of the word of Heru-ra-ha, called Hoor-pa-kraatand Ra-Hoor-Khut.

III,36: Then said the prophet unto the God:

III,37: I adore thee in the song-

     I am the Lord of Thebes,and I
      The inspired forth-speakerof Mentu;
     For me unveils the veiled sky,
      The self-slain Ankh-af-na-khonsu
     Whose words are truth. I invoke,I greet
      Thy presence, O Ra-Hoor-Khuit!

     Unity uttermost showed!
      I adore the might of Thybreath,
     Supreme and terrible God,
      Who makest the gods anddeath
     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 Khabsrun through
     To stir me or still me!
      Aum! let it fill me!

III,38: So that thy light is in me; & its red flameis as a sword in my hand to push thy order. There is a secret door thatI shall make to establish thy way in all the quarters, (these are the adorations,as thou hast written), as it is said:

     The light is mine; its rays consume
      Me: I have made a secretdoor
     Into the House of Ra and Tum,
      Of Khephra and of Ahathoor.
     I am thy Theban, O Mentu,
      The prophet Ankh-af-na-khonsu!

     By Bes-na-Maut my breast I beat;
      By wise Ta-Nech I weavemy spell.
     Show thy star-splendour, O Nuit!
      Bid me within thine Houseto dwell,
     O winged snake of light, Hadit!
      Abide with me, Ra-Hoor-Khuit!

III,39: All this and a book to say how thou didst comehither and a reproduction of this ink and paper for ever -- for in it isthe word secret & not only in the English -- and thy comment upon thisthe Book of the Law shall be printed beautifully in red ink and black uponbeautiful 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. Then theyshall chance to abide in this bliss or no; it is no odds. Do this quickly!

III,40: But the work of the comment? That is easy; andHadit burning in thy heart shall make swift and secure thy pen.

III,41: Establish at thy Kaaba a clerk-house: all mustbe done well and with business way.

III,42: The ordeals thou shalt oversee thyself, save onlythe blind ones. Refuse none, but thou shalt know & destroy the traitors.I am Ra-Hoor-Khuit; and I am powerful to protect my servant. Success isthy proof: argue not; convert not; talk not overmuch! Them that seek toentrap thee, to overthrow thee, them attack without pity or quarter; &destroy them utterly. Swift as a trodden serpent turn and strike! Be thouyet deadlier than he! Drag down their souls to awful torment: laugh
at their fear: spit upon them!

III,43: Let the Scarlet Woman beware! If pity and compassionand tenderness visit her heart; if she leave my work to toy with old sweetnesses;then shall my vengeance be known. I will slay me her child: I will alienateher heart: I will cast her out from men: as a shrinking and despised harlotshall she crawl through dusk wet streets, and die cold and an-hungered.

III,44: But let her raise herself in pride! Let her followme in my way! Let her work the work of wickedness! Let her kill her heart!Let her be loud and adulterous; let her be covered with jewels, and richgarments, and let her be shameless before all men!

III,45: Then will I lift her to pinnacles of power: thenwill I breed from her a child mightier than all the kings of the earth.I will fill her with joy: with my force shall she see & strike at theworship of Nu: she shall achieve Hadit.

III,46: I am the warrior Lord of the Forties: the Eightiescower before me, & are abased. I will bring you to victory & joy:I will be at your arms in battle & ye shall delight to slay. Successis your proof; courage is your armour; go on, go on, in my strength; &ye shall turn not back for any!

III,47: This book shall be translated into all tongues:but always with the original in the writing of the Beast; for in the chanceshape of the letters and their position to one another: in these are mysteriesthat no Beast shall divine. Let him not seek to try: but one cometh afterhim, whence I say not, who shall discover the Key of it all. Then thisline drawn is a key: then this circle squared in its failure is a key also.And Abrahadabra. It shall be his child and that strangely. Let him notseek after this; for thereby alone can he fall from it.

III,48: Now this mystery of the letters is done, and Iwant to go on to the holier place.

III,49: I am in a secret fourfold word, the blasphemyagainst all gods of men.

III,50: Curse them! Curse them! Curse them!

III,51: With my Hawk's head I peck at the eyes of Jesusas he hangs upon the cross.

III,52: I flap my wings in the face of Mohammed &blind him.

III,53: With my claws I tear out the flesh of the Indianand the Buddhist, Mongol and Din.

III,54: Bahlasti! Ompehda! I spit on your crapulous creeds.

III,55: Let Mary inviolate be torn upon wheels: for hersake let all chaste women be utterly despised among you!

III,56: Also for beauty's sake and love's!

III,57: Despise also all cowards; professional soldierswho dare not fight, but play; all fools despise!

III,58: But the keen and the proud, the royal and thelofty; ye are brothers!

III,59: As brothers fight ye!

III,60: There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.

III,61: There is an end of the word of the God enthronedin Ra's seat, lightening the girders of the soul.

III,62: To Me do ye reverence! to me come ye through tribulationof ordeal, which is bliss.

III,63: The fool readeth this Book of the Law, and itscomment; & he understandeth it not.

III,64: Let him come through the first ordeal, & itwill be to him as silver.

III,65: Through the second, gold.

III,66: Through the third, stones of precious water.

III,67: Through the fourth, ultimate sparks of the intimatefire.

III,68: Yet to all it shall seem beautiful. Its enemieswho say not so, are mere liars.

III,69: There is success.

III,70: I am the Hawk-Headed Lord of Silence & ofStrength; my nemyss shrouds the night-blu sky.

III,71: Hail! ye twin warriors about the pillars of theworld! for your time is nigh at hand.

III,72: I am the Lord of the Double Wand of Power; thewand of the Force of Coph Nia-but my left hand is empty, for I have crushedan Universe; & nought remains.

III,73: Paste the sheets from right to left and from topto bottom: then behold!

III,74: There is a splendour in my name hidden and glorious,as the sun of midnight is ever the son.

III,75: The ending of the words is the Word Abrahadabra.
The Book of the Law is Written and Concealed.
Aum. Ha.
 
 

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

The study of this Book is forbidden. It is wise to destroythis copy after the first reading.

Whosoever disregards this does so at his own risk andperil. These are most dire.

Those who discuss the contents of this Book are to beshunned by all, as centres of pestilence.

All questions of the Law are to be decided only by appealto my writings, each for himself.

There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.

Love is the law, love under will.

The priest of the princes,
ANKH-F-N-KHONSU