法之書

《法之書》，就連收藏了十萬三千本魔道書的 茵蒂克絲也無法解讀的禁書。根據 禁書目錄的說法，以目前現有的語言學知識根本不可能解讀這本書。所以，她只能將尚未解讀的《法之書》暗號文章 囫圇吞棗地背進腦袋裡。《法之書》中最重要的概念，在於作者本人所說過的一句話：『為汝所欲為，即為汝之法』（封面上除了標題外的一行英文），但除此之外的細節，則沒有人知道。

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實際上，羅馬正教根本不想獲得《法之書》這種太過強大的武器，他們想要的是征服世界的武器，而不是毀滅世界的武器。因此當羅馬正教修女 奧索拉·阿奎納宣稱獲得《法之書》的解讀法后，決定暗中將唯一有可能獲得《法之書》力量的奧索拉加以抹除。奧索拉由於覺察到了自己的危險處境，只身前往 日本並得到了「天草式十字凄教」幫助的承諾。與此同時，羅馬正教以舉辦國際展覽會為名，將假《法之書》送到了日本的博物館中展覽，並導演一出《法之書》被搶和奧索拉被劫持的假戲，並派出雅妮絲部隊名為尋找失蹤的奧索拉實為殺死奧索拉。在9月8日的奧索拉奪還事件中，羅馬正教陰謀敗露，雅妮絲部隊被 上條當麻、史提爾以及天草式宗人合力擊破。

最終經茵蒂克絲的證實，實際上奧索拉得出的《法之書》解讀法是錯誤的。正如茵蒂克絲所說：《法之書》最可怕的地方就在於解讀法有超過一百種以上。而且每一種解讀法都可以排列出一篇文章，但這些都是假的。《法之書》並非無人能夠解讀。其實，任何人都可以解讀《法之書》，因為會被引誘到錯誤的解讀法上。所謂『為汝所欲為，即為汝之法』，換句話說，就是自己以為是正確答案的解讀法，可以為《法之書》創造出無數種『錯誤解答』。

由英國著名神秘學家、作家、登山家、詩人、瑜珈修行者亞雷斯塔·克勞利寫作完成，被稱為“將改變幾千年宗教命運”的作品而被西方許多國家視為“禁書”。

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音（背後靈）述說的東西寫下來，這本書就是著名的《法之書》（The Book of the Law）。根據記載，他說是一個叫“愛華斯”（Aiwass）的秘界領袖在開羅向他傳授的，這個口授筆錄的過程共歷三小時，每日由中午十二時開始，准一時完結，共三日，時為1904年的4月。書共分三小章，內容是揭露出人類進入新紀元的新律則，但這本書不久就被西方保守派宗教勢力視為“禁書”。這本書完成後，克勞利開始利用他剩餘的人生建立一個新的哲學體系。

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他在《法之書》中宣稱，他就是啟示錄所言之獸，記號就是666，而那穿硃紅色衣服的淫丨婦(啟十七：5)亦已顯現地上，那就是出現在亞雷斯塔身邊的女人，其中尤以希薩(Leah Hirsig)為然。Crowley特別為她建立了“作你要作的”修院，好與她共修性秘術，和服食“古怪的藥物”。希薩受了酒、毒和性的剌激，常說能與埃華斯接頭，Crowley則把她得的異象記在他的《巫術日誌》內。

該文為《法之書》英文原版，無刪節

The Book of the Law

Liber AL vel Legis

sub figurâ CCXX

as delivered by XCIII = 418 to DCLXVI

Chapter I

1.

Had! The manifestation of Nuit.

2.

The unveiling of the company of heaven.

3.

Every man and every woman is a star.

4.

Every number is infinite; there is no difference.

5.

Help me, o warrior lord of Thebes, in my unveiling before the Children of

men!

6.

Be thou Hadit, my secret centre, my heart & my tongue!

7.

Behold! it is revealed by Aiwass the minister of Hoor-paar-kraat.

8.

The Khabs is in the Khu, not the Khu in the Khabs.

9.

Worship then the Khabs, and behold my light shed over you!

10.

Let my servantѕ be few & secret: they shall rule the many & the known.

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11.

These are fools that men adore; both their Gods & their men are fools.

12.

Come forth, o children, under the stars, & take your fill of love!

13.

I am above you and in you. My ecstasy is in yourѕ.啊 My joy is to see your

joy.

14.

Above, the gemmèd аzure is

The naked splendour of Nuit;

She bends in ecstasy to kiss

The secret ardours of Hadit.

The wingèd globe, the starry blue,

Are mine, O Ankh-af-na-khonsu!

15.

Now ye shall know that the chosen priest & Apostle of infinite space is the

prince-priest the Beast; and in his woman called the Scarlet Woman is all

power given. They shall gather my children into their fold: they shall bring

the glory of the stars into the hearts of men.

16.

For he is ever a sun, and she a moon. But to him is the winged secret flame,

and to her the stooping starlight.

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17.

But ye are not so chosen.

18.

Burn upon their brows, o splendrous serpent!

19.

O azure-lidded woman, bend upon them!

20.

The key of the rituals is in the secret word which I have given unto him.

21.

With the God & the adorer I am nothing: they do not see me. They are as upon

the earth; I am Heaven, and there is no other God than me, and my lord Hadit.

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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 knoweth me. Since I am Infinite

Space, and the Infinite Stars thereof, do ye also thuѕ. Bind nothing! Let

there be no difference made among you between any one thing & any other thing; for thereby there cometh hurt.

23.

But whoso availeth in this, let him be the chief of all!

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24.

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

25.

Divide, add, multiply, and understand.

26.

Then saith the prophet and slave of the beauteous one: Who am I, and what

shall be the sign? So she answered him, bending down, a lambent flame of

blue, all-touching, all penetrant, her lovely hands upon the black earth, &

her lithe body arched for love, and her soft feet not hurting the little

flowers: Thou knowest! And the sign shall be my ecstasy, the consciousness of

the continuity of existence, the omnipresence of my body.

27.

Then the priest answered & said unto the Queen of Space, kissing her lovely

brows, and the dew of her light bathing his whole body in a sweet-ѕmelling

perfume of sweat: O Nuit, continuous one of Heaven, let it be ever thus; that

men speak not of Thee as One but as None; and let them speak not of thee at

all, since thou art continuous!

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28.

None, breathed the light, faint & faery, of the stars, and two.

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29.

For I am divided for love’s sake, for the chance of union.

30.

This is the creation of the world, that the pain of division is as nothing,

and the joy of dissolution all.

31.

For these fools of men and their woes care not thou at all! They feel

little; what is, iѕ balanced by weak joyѕ; but ye are my chosen ones.

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. This is 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.

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33.

Then the priest fell into a deep trance or swoon, & said unto the Queen of

Heaven; Write unto us the ordeals; write unto us the rituals; write unto us

the law!

34.

But she said: the ordeals I write not: the rituals shall be half known and

half concealed: the Law is for all.

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35.

This that thou writest is the threefold book of Law.

36.

My scribe Ankh-af-na-khonsu, the priest of the princes, shall not in one

letter change thiѕ book; but lest there be folly, he shall comment thereupon

by the wisdom of Ra-Hoor-Khu-it.

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.

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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 thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

41.

The word of Sin is Restriction. O man! refuse not thy wife, if she will! O

lover, if thou wilt, depart! There is no bond that can unite the divided but

love: all else is a curse. Accurséd! Accurséd be it to the aeons! Hell.

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42.

Let it be that state of manyhood bound and loathing. So with thy all; thou

hast no right but to do thy will.

43.

Do that, and no other shall say nay.

44.

For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is

every way perfect.

45.

The Perfect and the Perfect are one Perfect and not two; nay, are none!

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46.

Nothing is a SECRET KEY of this law. Sixty-one the Jews call it; I call it

eight, eighty, four hundred & eighteen.

47.

But they have the half: unite by thine art so that all disappear.

48.

My prophet is a fool with 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,

Isa the sufferer; Hoor in his secret name and splendour is the Lord

initiating.

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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 groѕѕ個 must pass

through fire; let the fine be tried in intellect, and the lofty chosen ones

in the highest. Thus ye have star & star, system & system; let not one know

well the other!

51.

There are four gates to one palace; the floor of that palace is of silver

and gold; lapis lazuli & jasper are there; and all rare scents; jaѕmine &

rose, and the emblems of death. Let him enter in turn or at once the four

gates; let him stand on the floor of the palace. Will he not sink? Amn. Ho!

warrior, if thy servant sink? But there are means and meanѕ. Be goodly

therefore: dress ye all in fine apparel; eat rich foods and drink sweet wines

and wines that foam! Also, take your fill and will of love as ye will, when,

where and with whom ye will! But always unto me.

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52.

If thiѕ be not aright; if ye confound the space-marks, saying: They are one;

or saying, They are many; if the ritual be not ever unto me: then expect the

direful judgments of Ra Hoor Khuit!

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53.

This shall regenerate the world, the little world my 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 assuage thee nor absolve thee. But ecstasy be

thine and joy of earth: ever To me! To me!

54.

Change not aѕ 是much as the style of a letter; for behold! thou, o prophet,

shalt not behold all these mysteries hidden therein.

55.

The child of thy ьowels, he shall behold them.

56.

Expect him not from the East, nor from the West; for from no expected house

cometh that child. Aum! All words are sacred and all prophets true; save only

that they understand a little; solve the first half of the equation, leave

the second unattacked. But thou hast all in the clear light, and some, though

not all, in the dark.

57.

Invoke me under my stars! Love is the law, love under will. Nor let the

foolѕ 的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 of the House of God.

All these old letters of my Book are aright; but צ is not the Star. This

also is secret: my prophet shall reveal it to the wise.

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58.

I give unimaginable joys on earth: certainty, not faith, while in life, upon

death; pea和сe unutterable, rest, ecstasy; nor do I demand aught in sacrifice.

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59.

My incense is of resinous woods & gums; and there is no blood therein:

because of my hair the trees of Eternity.

60.

My number is 11, as all their numbers who are of us. The Five Pointed Star,

with a Circle in the Middle, & the circle is Red. My colour iѕ 個black to the

blind, but the blue & gold are seen of the seeing. Also I have a secret glory

for them that love me.

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61.

But to love me iѕ吧 better than all things: if under the night-stars in the

desert thou presently burnest mine incense before me, invoking me with a pure

heart, and the Serpent flame therein, thou shalt come a little to lie in my

bosom. For One kiss wilt thou then be willing to give all; but whoso gives

one particle of dust shall lose all in that hour. Ye shall gather goods and

store of women and spices; ye shall wear 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 my joy. I charge you earnestly to come before me in a

single robe, and covered with a rich headdress. I love you! I yearn to you!

Pale or purple, veiled or voluptuous, I who am all pleasure and purple, and

drunkenness of the innermost sense, desire you. Put on the wings, and arouse

the coiled splendour within you: come unto me!

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62.

At all my meetings with you shall the priestess say— and her eyes shall

burn with desire as she standѕ 就bare and rejoicing in my secret temple— To

me! To me! calling forth the flame of the hearts of all in her love-chant.

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63.

Sing the rapturous love-song unto me! Burn to me perfumes! Wear to me

jewels! Drink to me, for I love you! I love you!

64.

I am the blue-lidded daughter of Sunset; I am the naked brilliance of the

voluptuous night-sky.

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65.

To me! To me!

66.

The Manifestation of Nuit is at an end.

Chapter II

1.

Nu! the hiding of Hadit.

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2.

Come! all ye, and learn the secret that hath not yet been revealed. I,

Hadit, am the complement of Nu, my bride. I am not extended, and Khabs is the

name of my House.

3.

In the sphere I am everywhere the centre, as she, the circumference, is

nowhere found.

4.

Yet she shall be known & I never.

5.

Behold! the rituals of the old time are black. Let the evil oneѕ be cast

away; let the good oneѕ be purged by the prophet! Then shall this Knowledge

go aright.

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 therefore is the knowledge of me

the knowledge of death.

7.

I am the Magician and the EXORCIST. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube

in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

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8.

Who worshipped Heru-pa-kraath have worshipped me; ill, for I am the

worshipper.

9.

Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as

shadows; they pass & are done; but there is that which remains.

10.

O prophet! thou hast ill will to learn this writing.

11.

I see thee hate the hand & the pen; but I am stronger.

12.

Because of me in Thee which thou knewest not.

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13.

for why? ьecause thou wast the knower, and me.

14.

Now let there be a veiling of this shrine: now let the light devour men and

eat them up with blindness!

15.

For I am perfect, being Not; and my number is nine by the foolѕ; but with

the just I am eight, and one in eight: Which is vital, for I am none indeed.

The Empress and the King are not of me; for there is a further secret.

16.

I am The Empress & the Hierophant. Thus eleven, aѕ my bride is eleven.

17.

Hear me, ye people of sighing!

The sorrows of pain and regret

Are left to the dead and the dying,

The folk that not know me as yet.

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18.

These are dead, these fellows; they feel not. We are not for the poor and

sad: the lords of the earth are our kinsfolk.

19.

Is a God to live in a dog? No! but the highest are of us. They shall

rejoice, our chosen: who sorroweth is not of uѕ.

20.

Beauty and strength, leaping laughter and delicious languor, force and fire,

are of us.

21.

We have nothing with the outcast and the unfit: let them die in their

misery. For they feel not. Compassion is the vice of kings: stamp down the

wretched & the weak: this is the law of the strong: this is our law and the

joy of the world. Think not, o king, upon that lie: That Thou Must Die:

verily thou shalt not die, but live. Now let it be understood: If the body of

the King dissolve, he shall remain in pure ecstasy for ever. Nuit! Hadit! Ra

-Hoor-Khuit! The Sun, Strength & Sight, Light; these are for the servants of

the Star & the Snake.

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22.

I am the Snake that giveth Knowledge & Delight and bright glory, and stir

the hearts of men with drunkenness. To worship me take wine and strange drugs

whereof I will tell my prophet, & be drunk thereof! They shall not harm ye at

all. It is a lie, this folly against self. The exposure of innocence is a

lie. Be strong, o man! lust, enjoy all things of sense and rapture: fear not

that any God shall deny thee for this.

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23.

I am alone: there is no God where I am.

24.

Behold! these be grave mysteries; for there are also of my friends who be

hermits. Now think not to find them in the forest or on the mountain; but in

beds of purple, caressed by magnificent beasts of women with large limbs, and

fire and light in their eyes, and masses of flaming hair about them; there

shall ye find them. Ye shall see them at rule, at victorious armies, at all

the joy; and there shall be in them a joy a million times greater than thiѕ. 看

Beware lest any force another, King against King! Love one another with

burning hearts; on the low men trample in the fierce lust of your pride, in

the day of your wrath.

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25.

Ye are against the people, O my chosen!

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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 the earth, and I and the earth are one.

27.

There is 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!

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29.

May Because be accursèd for ever!

30.

If Will stops and cries Why, invoking Because, then Will stops & does

nought.

31.

If Power asks why, then is Power weakness.

32.

Also reason is a lie; for there is a factor infinite & unknown; & all their

words are skew-wise.

33.

Enough of Because! Be he damned for a dog!

34.

But ye, o my people, rise up & awake!

35.

Let the ritualѕ 就看 be rightly performed with joy & beauty!

36.

There are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times.

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37.

A feast for the first night of the Prophet and hiѕ Bride!

38.

A feast for the three days of the writing of the Book of the Law.

39.

A feast for Tahuti and the child of the Prophet— secret, O Prophet!

40.

A feast for the Supreme Ritual, and a feast for the Equinox of the Gods.

41.

A feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast

for death!

42.

A feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture!

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43.

A feast every night unto Nu, and the pleasure of uttermost delight!

44.

aye! feast! rejoice! there is no dread hereafter. There is the dissolution,

and eternal ecstasy in the kisses of Nu.

45.

There is death for the dogs.

46.

Dost thou fail? Art thou sorry? Is fear in thine heart?

47.

Where I am these are not.

48.

Pity not the fallen! I never knew them. I am not for them. I console not: I

hate the consoled & the consoler.

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49.

I am unique & conqueror. I am not of the slaves that 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.)

50.

Blue am I and gold in the light of my bride: but the red gleam is in my

eyeѕ; 好& my spangles are purple & green.

51.

Purple beyond purple: it is the light higher than eyesight.

52.

There is a veil: that veil iѕ 好black. It is the veil 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: veil not your vices in virtuous words:

these vices are my service; ye do well, & I will reward you here and

hereafter.

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53.

Fear not, o prophet, when these words are said, thou shalt not be sorry.

Thou art emphatically my chosen; and blessed are the eyes that thou shalt

look upon with gladneѕѕ人。哦 But I will hide thee in a mask of sorrow: they that

see thee shall fear thou art fallen: but I lift thee up.

54.

Nor shall they who cry aloud their folly that thou meanest nought avail;

thou shall reveal it: thou availest: they are the slaves of because: They are

not of me. The stops as thou wilt; the letters? change them not in style or

value!

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55.

Thou shalt obtain the order & value of the English Alphabet; thou shalt find

new symbols to attribute them unto.

56.

begone! ye mockers; even though ye laugh in my honour ye shall laugh not

long: then when ye are sad know that I have forsaken you.

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57.

He that is righteous shall be righteous still; he that is filthy shall be

filthy still.

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 lifted up: all is ever as it was. Yet there

are masked ones my servants: it may be 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.

59.

Beware therefore! Love all, lest perchance is a King concealed! Say you so?

Fool! If he be a King, thou canst not hurt him.

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60.

Therefore strike hard & low, and to hell with them, master!

61.

There is a light before thine eyes, o prophet, a light undesired, most

desirable.

62.

I am uplifted in thine heart; and the kisses of the stars rain hard upon thy

ьody.

63.

Thou art exhaust in the voluptuous fullness of the inspiration; the

expiration is sweeter than death, more rapid and laughterful than a caress of

Hell’s own worm.

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64.

Oh! thou art overcome: we are upon thee; our delight is all over thee: hail!

hail: prophet of Nu! prophet of Had! prophet of Ra-Hoor-Khu! Now rejoice! now

come in our splendour & rapture! Come in our passionate pea看сe, & write sweet

words for the Kings!

65.

I am the Master: thou art the Holy Chosen One.

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66.

Write, & find ecstasy in writing! Work, & be our bed in working! Thrill with

the joy of life & death! Ah! thy death shall be lovely: whoso seeth it shall

be glad. Thy death shall be the seal of the promise of our agelong love.

Come! lift up thine heart & rejoice! We are one; we are none.

67.

Hold! Hold! Bear up in thy rapture; fall not in swoon of the excellent

kisses!

68.

Harder! Hold up thyself! Lift thine head! breathe not so deep— die!

69.

Ah! Ah! What do I feel? Is the word exhausted?

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70.

There is help & hope in other spells. Wisdom sayѕ: be strong! 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!

71.

But exceed! exceed!

72.

Strive ever to more! and if thou art truly mine— and doubt it not, an if

thou art ever joyous!— death is the crown of all.

73.

Ah! Ah! Death! Death! thou shalt long for death. Death is forbidden, o man,

unto thee.

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74.

The length of thy longing shall be the strength of its glory. He that lives

long & desires death much is ever the King among the Kings.

75.

Aye! listen to the numbers & the words:

76.

4 6 3 8 A B K 2 4 A L G M O R 3 Y X 24 89 R P S T O V A L. What meaneth

this, o prophet? Thou knowest not; nor shalt thou know 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.

77.

O be thou proud and mighty among men!

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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!

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Chapter III

1.

Abrahadabra; the reward of Ra Hoor Khut.

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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 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 house.

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10.

Get the stélé of revealing itself; set it in thy secret temple— and that

temple is already aright disposed— & it shall be your Kiblah for ever. It

shall not fade, but miraculous colour shall come back to it day after day.

Close it in locked glass for a proof to the world.

11.

This shall be your only proof. I forbid argument. Conquer! That is enough. I

will make easy to you the abstruction from the ill-ordered house in the

Victorious City. Thou shalt thyself convey it with worship, o prophet, though

thou likest it not. Thou shalt have danger & trouble. Ra-Hoor-Khu is with

thee. Worship me with fire & blood; worship me with swords & with spears. Let

the woman be girt with a sword before me: let blood flow to my name. Trample

down the Heathen; be upon them, o warrior, I will give you of their flesh to

eat!

12.

Sacrifice cattle, little and big: after a child.

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13.

But not now.

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14.

Ye shall see that hour, o blessèd Beast, and thou the Scarlet concubine of

his desire!

15.

Ye shall be sad thereof.

16.

Deem not too eagerly to catch the promises; fear not to undergo the curses.

Ye, even ye, know not this meaning all.

17.

Fear not at all; fear neither men nor Fates, nor gods, nor anything. Money

fear not, nor laughter of the folk folly, nor any other power in heaven or

upon the earth or under the earth. Nu is your refuge as Hadit your light; and

I am the strength, force, vigour, of your arms.

18.

Mercy let be off: damn them who pity! Kill and torture; spare not; be upon

them!

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19.

That stélé they shall call the Abomination of desolation; count well its

name, & it shall be to you as 718.

Why? ьecause of the fall of Because, that he is not there again.

21.

Set up my image in the East: thou shalt buy thee an image which I will show

thee, especial, not unlike the one thou knowest. And it shall be suddenly

easy for thee to do this.

22.

The other images group around me to support me: let all be worshipped, for

they shall cluster to exalt me. I am the visible object of worship; the

others are secret; for the Beast & hiѕ Bride are they: and for the winners of

the Ordeal x. What is this? Thou shalt know.

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23.

For perfume mix meal & honey & thick leavings of red wine: then oil of

Abramelin and olive oil, and afterward soften & smooth down with rich fresh

blood.

24.

The best blood is of the moon, monthly: then the fresh 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 matter what.

25.

Thiѕ burn: of this make cakes & eat unto me. This hath also another use; let

it be laid before me, and kept thick with perfumes of your orison: it shall

become full of beetles as it were and creeping things sacred unto me.

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26.

These slay, naming your enemies; & they shall fall before you.

27.

Also these shall breed lust & power of lust in you at the eating thereof.

28.

Also ye shall be strong in war.

29.

Moreover, be they long kept, it iѕ飛 ьetter; for they swell with my force. All

before me.

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30.

My altar is of open brass work: burn thereon in silver or gold!

31.

There cometh a rich man from the West who shall pour his gold upon thee.

32.

From gold forge steel!

33.

Be ready to fly or to smite!

34.

But your holy place shall be untouched throughout the centuries: though with

fire and sword it be burnt down & shattered, yet an invisible house there

standeth, and shall stand until the fall of the Great Equinox; when Hrumachis

shall arise and the double-wanded one assume my throne and place. Another

prophet shall arise, and bring fresh fever from the skies; another woman

shall awake the lust & worship of the Snake; another soul of God and beast

shall mingle in the globèd priest; another sacrifice shall stain the tomb;

another king shall reign; and blessing no longer be poured To the Hawk-headed

mystical Lord!

35.

The half of the word of Heru-ra-ha, called Hoor-pa-kraat and Ra-Hoor-Khut.

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36.

Then said the prophet unto the God:

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37.

I adore thee in the song:—

I am the Lord of Thebes, and I

The inspired forth-speaker of Mentu;

For me unveils the veilèd 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 Thy ьreath,

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 still me!

Aum! let it fill me!

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So that thy light is in me; & its red flame is as a sword in my hand to push

thy order. There is a secret door that I 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 secret door

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 weave my spell.

Show thy star-splendour, O Nuit!

Bid me within thine House to dwell,

O wingèd snake of light, Hadit!

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 & 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. Then they shall chance to abide in thiѕ bliss or

no; it is no odds. Do this quickly!

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40.

But the work of the comment? That is easy; and Hadit burning in thy heart

shall make swift and secure thy pen.

41.

Establish at thy Kaaba a clerk-house: all must be done well and with

business way.

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42.

The ordeals thou shalt oversee thyself, save only the 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 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; & destroy them utterly. Swift as a

trodden serpent turn and strike! Be thou yet deadlier than he! Drag down

their souls to awful torment: laugh at their fear: spit upon them!

43.

Let the Scarlet Woman beware! If pity and compassion and 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 alienate her heart: I

will cast her out from men: as a shrinking and despised harlot shall she

crawl through dusk wet streets, and die cold and an-hungered.

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44.

But let her raise herself in pride! Let her follow me 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 rich garments, and let her be

shameleѕѕ 你before all men!

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45.

Then will I lift her to pinnacles of power: then will 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 the worship of Nu: she shall achieve

Hadit.

46.

I am the warrior Lord of the Forties: the Eighties cower before me, & are

abased. I will bring you to victory & joy: I will be at your arms in battle &

ye shall delight to slay. Success is your proof; courage is your armour; go

on, go on, in my strength; & ye shall turn not back for any!

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47.

Thiѕ book shall be translated into all tongueѕ: but always with the original

in the writing of the Beast; for in the chance shape of the letters and their

position to one another: in these are mysteries that no Beast shall divine.

Let him not seek to try: but one cometh after him, whence I say not, who

shall discover the Key of it all. Then this line drawn is a key: then this

circle squared in its failure is a key also. And Abrahadabra. It shall be his

child & that strangely. Let him not seek after this; for thereby alone can he

fall from it.

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48.

Now this mystery of the letters is done, and I want to go on to the holier

place.

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49.

I am in a secret fourfold word, the blasphemy against all gods of men.

50.

Curse them! Curse them! Curse them!

51.

With my Hawk’s head I peck at the eyes of Jesus as he hangs upon the cross.

52.

I flap my wings in the face of Mohammed & blind him.

53.

With my claws I tear out the flesh of the Indian and the Buddhist, Mongol

and Din.

54.

Bahlasti! Ompehda! I spit on your crapulous creeds.

55.

Let Mary inviolate be torn upon wheels: for her sake let all chaste women be

utterly despised among you!

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56.

Also for beauty’s sake and love’s!

57.

Despise also all cowards; professional soldiers who dare not fight, but

play; all fools despise!

58.

But the keen and the proud, the royal and the lofty; ye are brothers!

59.

Aѕ brothers fight ye!

60.

There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.

61.

There is an end of the word of the God Enthroned in Ra’s seat, lightening

the girders of the soul.

62.

To Me do ye reverence! to me come ye through tribulation of ordeal, which iѕ

bliss.

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63.

The fool readeth thiѕ Book of the Law, and its comment; & he understandeth

it not.

64.

Let him come through the first ordeal, & it will be to him as silver.

65.

Through the second, gold.

66.

Through the third, stones of precious water.

67.

Through the fourth, ultimate sparks of the intimate fire.

68.

Yet to all it shall seem beautiful. Its enemies who say not so, are mere

liars.

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69.

There is success.

70.

I am the Hawk-Headed Lord of Silence & of Strength; my nemyss shrouds the

night-blue sky.

71.

Hail! ye twin warriors about the pillars of the world! for your time is nigh

at hand.

72.

I am the Lord of the Double Wand of Power; the wand of the Force of Coph Nia

— but my left hand is empty, for I have crushed an Universe; & nought

remains.

73.

Paste the sheets from right to left and from top to bottom: then behold!

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74.

There is a splendour in my name hidden and glorious, as the sun of midnight

is ever the son.

75.

The ending of the words is the Word Abrahadabra.

The Book of the Law is Written

and Concealed.

Aum. Ha.

The Comment

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

The study of thiѕ Book is forbidden. It is wise to destroy this copy after

the first reading.

whosoever disregards this does so at his own risk and peril. These are most

dire.

Those who discuss the contents of thiѕ 就Book are to be shunned by all, as

centres of pestilence.

All questions of the Law are to be decided only by appeal to 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