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more.
7. Now therefore that thou mayest achieve this ritual of the Holy
Graal,
do thou divest thyself of all thy goods.
8. Thou hast wealth; give it unto them that have need thereof, yet no
desire toward it.
9. Thou hast health; slay thyself in the fervour of thine abandonment
unto
Our Lady. Let thy flesh hang loose upon thy bones, and thine eyes glare
with
thy quenchless lust unto the Infinite, with thy passion for the Unknown,
for
Her that is beyond Knowledge the accursed one.
10. Thou hast love; tear thy mother from thine heart and spit in the
face
of thy father. Let thy foot trample the belly of thy wife, and let the
babe
at her breast be the prey of dogs and vultures.
11. For if thou dost not this with thy will, then shall We do
this despite thy will. So that thou attain to the Sacrament of the
Graal in
the Chapel of Abominations.
12. And behold! If by stealth thou keep unto thyself one thought of
thine, then shalt thou be cast out into the abyss for ever; and thou
shalt be
the lonely one, the eater of dung, the afflicted in the Day of Be-With-
Us.
13. Yea! verily this is the Truth, this is the Truth, this is the
Truth.
Unto thee shall be granted joy and health and wealth and wisdom when
thou art
no longer thou.
14. Then shall every gain be a new sacrament, and it shall not defile
thee; thou shalt revel with the wantons in the market place, and the
virgins
shall fling roses upon thee, and the merchants bend their knees and
bring
thee gold and spices. Also young boys shall pour wonderful wines for
thee,
and the singers and the dancers shall sing and dance for thee.
15. Yet shalt thou not be therein, for thou shalt be forgotten, dust
lost
in dust.
16. Nor shall the aeon itself avail thee in this; for from the dust
shall
a white ash be prepared by Hermes the Invisible.
17. And this is the wrath of god, that these things should be thus.
18. And this is the grace of God, that these things should be thus.
19. Wherefore I charge you that ye come unto me in the Beginning; for
if
ye take but one step in this Path, ye must arrive inevitably at the end
thereof.
20. This Path is beyond Life and Death; it is also beyond Love, but
that
ye know not, for ye know not Love.
21. And the end thereof is known not even unto Our Lady, nor to the
Beast
whereon She rideth, nor unto the Virgin her daughter, nor unto Chaos her
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