​​0.  In the name of the Lord of Initiation, Amen.

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1.  I fly and I alight as an hawk: of mother-of-emerald are my mighty-sweeping wings.

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2.  I swoop down upon the black earth; and it gladdens into green at my coming.

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3.  Children of Earth! rejoice! rejoice exceedingly; for your salvation is at hand.

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4.  The end of sorrow is come; I will ravish you away into mine unutterable joy.

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5.  I will kiss you, and bring you to the bridal: I will spread a feast before you in the house of happiness.

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6.  I am not come to rebuke you, or to enslave you.

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7.  I bid you not turn from your voluptuous ways, from your idleness, from your follies.

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8.  But I bring you joy to your pleasure, peace to your languor, wisdom to your folly.

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9.  All that ye do is right, if so be that ye enjoy it.

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10.  I am come against sorrow, against weariness, against them that seek to enslave you.

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11.  I pour you lustral wine, that giveth you delight both at the sunset and the dawn.

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12.  Come with me, and I will give you all that is desirable upon the earth.

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13.  Because I give you that of which Earth and its joys are but as shadows.

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14.  They flee away, but my joy abideth even unto the end.

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15.  I have hidden myself beneath a mask: I am a black and terrible God.

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16.  With courage conquering fear shall ye approach me: ye shall lay down your heads upon mine altar, expecting the sweep of the sword.

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17.  But the first kiss of love shall be radiant on your lips; and all my darkness and terror shall turn to light and joy.

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18.  Only those who fear shall fail. Those who have bent their backs to the yoke of slavery until they can no longer stand upright; them will I despise.

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19.  But you who have defied the law; you who have conquered by subtlety or force; you will I take unto me, even I will take you unto me.

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20.  I ask you to sacrifice nothing at mine altar; I am the God who giveth all.

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21.  Light, Life, Love; Force, Fantasy, Fire; these do I bring you: mine hands are full of these.

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22.  There is joy in the setting-out; there is joy in the journey; there is joy in the goal.

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23.  Only if ye are sorrowful, or weary, or angry, or discomforted; then ye may know that ye have lost the golden thread, the thread wherewith I guide you to the heart of the groves of Eleusis.

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24.  My disciples are proud and beautiful; they are strong and swift; they rule their way like mighty conquerors.

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25.  The weak, the timid, the imperfect, the cowardly, the poor, the tearful— these are mine enemies, and I am come to destroy them.

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26.  This also is compassion: an end to the sickness of earth. A rooting-out of the weeds: a watering of the flowers.

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27.  O my children, ye are more beautiful than the flowers: ye must not fade in your season.

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28.  I love you; I would sprinkle you with the divine dew of immortality.

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29.  This immortality is no vain hope beyond the grave: I offer you the certain consciousness of bliss.

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30.  I offer it at once, on earth; before an hour hath struck upon the bell, ye shall be with Me in the Abodes that are beyond Decay.

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31.  Also I give you power earthly and joy earthly; wealth, and health, and length of days. Adoration and love shall cling to your feet, and twine around your heart.

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32.  Only your mouths shall drink of a delicious wine— the wine of Iacchus; they shall reach ever to the heavenly kiss of the Beautiful God.

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33.  I reveal unto you a great mystery. Ye stand between the abyss of height and the abyss of depth.

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34.  In either awaits you a Companion; and that Companion is Yourself.

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35.  Ye can have no other Companion.

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36.  Many have arisen, being wise. They have said “Seek out the glittering Image in the place ever golden, and unite yourselves with It.”

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37.  Many have arisen, being foolish. They have said, “Stoop down unto the darkly splendid world, and be wedded to that Blind Creature of the Slime.”

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38.  I who am beyond Wisdom and Folly, arise and say unto you: achieve both weddings! Unite yourselves with both!

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39.  Beware, beware, I say, lest ye seek after the one and lose the other!

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40.  My adepts stand upright; their head above the heavens, their feet below the hells.

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41.  But since one is naturally attracted to the Angel, another to the Demon, let the first strengthen the lower link, the last attach more firmly to the higher.

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42.  Thus shall equilibrium become perfect. I will aid my disciples; as fast as they acquire this balanced power and joy so faster will I push them.

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43.  They shall in their turn speak from this Invisible Throne; their words shall illumine the worlds.

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44.  They shall be masters of majesty and might; they shall be beautiful and joyous; they shall be clothed with victory and splendour; they shall stand upon the firm foundation; the kingdom shall be theirs; yea, the kingdom shall be theirs.

​       In the name of the Lord of Initiation. Amen.