(This book is true up to the grade of Adeptus Exemptus. V.V.V.V.V. 8° = 3□.)
0. | A, the heart of IAO, dwelleth in ecstasy in the secret place of the thunders. Between Asar and Asi he abideth in joy. |
1. | The lightnings increased and the Lord Tahuti stood forth. The Voice came from the Silence. Then the One ran and returned. |
2. | Now hath Nuit veiled herself, that she may open the gate of her sister. |
3. | The Virgin of God is enthroned upon an oyster-shell; she is like a pearl, and seeketh Seventy to her Four. In her heart is Hadit the invisible glory. |
4. | Now riseth Ra-Hoor-Khuit, and dominion is established in the Star of the Flame. |
5. | Also is the Star of the Flame exalted, bringing benediction to the universe. |
6. | Her then beneath the winged Eros is youth, delighting in the one and the other. He is Asar between Asi and Nepthi; he cometh forth from the veil. |
7. | He rideth upon the chariot of eternity; the white and the black are harnessed to his car. Therefore he reflecteth the Fool, and the sevenfold veil is reveiled. |
8. | Also cometh forth mother Earth with her lion, even Sekhet, the lady of Asi. |
9. | Also the Priest veiled himself, lest his glory be profaned, lest his word be lost in the multitude. |
10. | Now then the Father of all issued as a mighty wheel; the Sphinx, and the dog-headed god, and Typhon, were bound on his circumference. |
11. | Also the lady Maat with her feather and her sword abode to judge the righteous. For Fate was already established. |
12. | Then the holy one appeared in the great water of the North; as a golden dawn did he appear. bringing benediction to the fallen universe. |
13. | Also Asar was hidden in Amennti; and the Lords of Time swept over him with the sickle of death. |
14. | And a mighty angel appeared as a woman, pouring vials of woe upon the flames, lighting the pure stream with her brand of cursing. And the iniquity was very great. |
15. | Then the Lord Khem arose, He who is holy among the highest, and set up his crowned staff for to redeem the universe. |
16. | He smote the towers of wailing; he brake them in pieces in the fire of his anger, so that he alone did escape from the ruin thereof. |
17. | Transformed, the holy virgin appeared as a fluidic fire, making her beauty into a thunderbolt. |
18. | By her spells she invoked the Scarab, the Lord Kheph-Ra, so that the waters were cloven and the illusion of the powers was destroyed. |
19. | Then the sun did appear unclouded, and the mouth of Asi was on the mouth of Asar. |
20. | Then also the Pyramid was builded so that the Initiation might be complete. |
21. | And in the heart of the Sphinx danced the Lord Adonai, in His garlands of roses and pearls making glad the concourse of things; yea, making glad the concourse of things. |