THE TREASURE HOUSE OF IMAGES by J.F.C. Fuller

THE TREASURE HOUSE OF IMAGES

by J.F.C. Fuller

Ordo Templi Orientis
P.O Box 2303
Berkeley, CA 94702



c COPYRIGHT O.T.O.
June 21, 1985 e.v.

Sun in Cancer
Moon in Leo
AN 81 e.n.


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                          INTRODUCTION






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

     According  to  Hymenaeus  Alpha in his Preface to "The  Holy
Books of Thelema",  published by Samuel Weiser in 1983,  only the
short prefatory note is in Class A,  the remainder of the book is
in Class B. It is therefore not considered to be a "Holy Book",
however  since it has proven it's worth otherwise,  and since  an
earnest   member   of  the  Argentum  Astrum  will   follow   the
instructions in that class A note, we present it to you here.
     I have used it as part of planetary,  and zodiac rituals for
some time, and recomend it for this purpose.


                Love is the law, love under will.



Fra. 137 O.T.O










































                         Argentum Astrum
                     Publication in Class A

                  A NOTE UPON LIBER DCCCCLXIII

     1.  Let the student recite this book, particularly the   169
adorations, unto his Star as it ariseth.
     2.  Let him seek out diligently in the sky his Star; let him
travel thereunto in his Shell;  let him adore it unceasingly from
its  rising even unto its setting by the right  adorations,  with
chants that shall be harmonious therewith.
     3.  Let  him rock himself to and fro in adoration;  let  him
spin  around his own axis in adoration;  let him leap up and down
in adoration.
     4.  Let him inflame himself in the adoration,  speeding from
slow to fast, until he can no more.
     5.  This  also  shall be sung in  open  places,  as  heaths,
mountains, woods, and by streams and upon islands.
     6.  Moreover,  ye  shall build you fortified places in great
cities; caverns and tombs shall be made glad with your praise.
     7. Amen.












































                  THE TREASURE HOUSE OF IMAGES

                   Here beginneth the Book of
                     the Meditations on the
                        Twelvefold Adora-
                          tion, and the
                            Unity of
                              GOD.

                      The Chapter known as
                      The Perception of God
              that is revealed unto man for a snare

                                I
                              adore
                           Thee by the
                        Twelvefold Snare
                    and by the Unity thereof.

     000.  In  the Beginning there was Naught,  and Naught  spake
unto  Naught  saying:  Let  us  beget on  the  Nakedness  of  our
Nothingness the Limitless,  Eternal,  Identical,  and United: And
without will,  intention,  thought, word, desire, or deed, it was
so.
     00. Then in the depths of Nothingness hovered the Limitless,
as  a  raven in the night;  seeing naught,  hearing  naught,  and
understanding  naught:  neither  was  it  seen,  nor  heard,  nor
understood; for as yet Countenance beheld not Countenance.
     0.  And  as  the Limitless stretched  forth  its  wings,  an
unextended  unextendable  Light  became;   colourless,  formless,
conditionless,  effluent,  naked, and essential, as a crystalline
dew of creative effulgence;  and fluttering as a dove betwixt Day
and Night, it vibrated forth a lustral Crown of Glory.
     1.  And  out of the blinding whiteness of the Crown grew  an
Eye,  like  unto an egg of an humming-bird cherished on a platter
of burnished silver.
     2.  Thus I beheld Thee, O my God, the lid of whose Eye is as
the Night of Chaos, and the pupil thereof as the marshalled order
of the spheres.
     3.  For,  I am but as a blind man, who wandering through the
noontide  perceiveth not the loveliness of day;  and even  as  he
whose  eyes are unenlightened beholdeth not the greatness of this
world in the depths of a starless night,  so am I who am not able
to search the unfathomable depths of Thy wisdom.
     4.  For  what am I that I durst look upon  Thy  Countenance,
purblind  one of small understanding that I am,  blindly  groping
through the night of mine ignorance like unto a little maggot hid
in the dark depths of a corrupted corpse?
     5.Therefore,  O my God,  fashion me into a five-pointed star
of ruby burning beneath the foundations of Thy Unity,  that I may
mount  the pillar of Thy Glory,  and be lost in adoration of  the
triple Unity of Thy Godhead, I beseech Thee, O Thou who art to me
as  the Finger of Light thrust through the black clouds of Chaos;
I beseech Thee, O my God, hearken Thou unto my cry!
     6.  Then, O my God, am I not risen as the sun that eateth up
ocean as a golden lion that feedeth on a blue-grey wolf? So shall
I become one with ThY %auty,  worn upon Thy breast as the Centre
of a Sixfold Star of ruby and of sapphire.
     7.  Yea,  O  God,  gird Thou me upon Thy thigh as a  warrior
girdeth his sword!  Smite my acuteness into the earth,  and as  a
sower  casteth his seed into the furrows of the plough,  do  Thou
beget upon me these adorations of Thy Unity, O My Conqueror!
     8.And  Thou shalt carry me upon Thine hip,  O Thou  flashing
God,  as  a black mother of the South Country carrieth her  babe.
Whence  I  shall reach my lips to Thy pap,  and sucking  out  Thy
stars, shed them in these adorations upon the Earth.
     9.  Moreover,  O  God my God,  Thou who hast cloven me  with
Thine amethystine Phallus,  with Thy Phallus adamantine, with Thy
Phallus of Gold and Ivory! thus am I cleft in twain as two halves
of a child that is split asunder by the sword of the eunuchs, and
mine  adorations  are  divided,  and one contendeth  against  his
brother.  Unite Thou me even as a split tree that closeth  itself
again  upon the axe,  that my song of praise unto Thee may be One
Song!
     10. For I am Thy chosen Virgin, O my God! Exalt Thou me unto
the throne of the Mother,  unto the Garden of Supernal Dew,  unto
the Unutterable Sea!

                              Amen,
                        and Amen of Amen,
                    and Amen of Amen of Amen,
                and Amen of Amen of Amen of Amen.


















































                   ARIES The Chapter known as
                The Twelvefold Affirmation of God
                      and the Unity thereof

                                I
                              adore
                           Thee by the
                       Twelve Affirmations
                    and by the Unity thereof.

     1.   O   Thou  snow-clad  volcan  of  scarlet   fire,   Thou
flamecrested  pillar  of fury!  Yea,  as I  approach  Thee,  Thou
departest from me like unto a wisp of smoke blown forth from  the
window of my house.
     2.  O Thou summer-land of eternal joy, Thou rapturous garden
of flowers! Yea, as I gather Thee, my harvest is but as a drop of
dew shimmering in the golden cup of the crocus.
     3.  O Thou throbbing music of life and death,  Thou rhythmic
harmony of the world!  Yea, as I listen to the echo of Thy voice,
my rapture is but as the whisper of the wings of a butterfly.
     4.  O Thou burning tempest of blinding sand,  Thou whirlwind
from  the depths of darkness!  Yea,  as I struggle through  Thee,
through Thee,  my strength is but as a dove's down floating forth
on the purple nipples of the storm.
     5.  O  Thou crowned giant among great giants,  Thou crimson-
sworded  soldier  of  war!  Yea,  as I  battle  with  Thee,  Thou
masterest  me  as a lion that slayeth a babe that is  cradled  in
lilies.
     6.  O Thou shadowy vista of Darkness,  Thou cryptic Book  of
the fir-clad hills!  Yea, as I search the key of Thy house I find
my  hope  but as a rushlight sheltered in the hands of  a  little
child.
     7. O Thou great labour of the Firmament, Thou tempest tossed
roaring  of  the Aires!  Yea,  as I sink in the depths  of  Thine
affliction,  mine  anguish  is but as the smile on the lips of  a
sleeping babe.
     8.  O  Thou  depths  of  the  Inconceivable,  Thou  cryptic,
unutterable God!  Yea, as I attempt to understand Thee, my wisdom
is but as an abacus in the lap of an aged man.
     9.  O  Thou  transfigured  dream  of  blinding  light,  Thou
beatitude   of  wonderment!   Yea,   as  I  behold   Thee,   mine
understanding is but as the glimpse of a rainbow through a  storm
of blinding snow.
     10.  O  Thou  steel-girdered  mountain  of  mountains,  Thou
crested summit of Majesty! Yea, as I climb Thy grandeur, I find I
have  but  surmounted one mote of dust floating in a beam of  Thy
Glory.
     11.  O Thou Empress of Light and of Darkness,  Thou  pourer-
forth of the stars of night! Yea, as I gaze upon Thy Countenance,
mine  eyes  are as the eyes of a blind man smitten by a torch  of
burning fire.
     12.  O Thou crimson gladness of the midnight,  Thou flamingo
North of brooding light! Yea, as I rise up before Thee, my joy is
but as a raindrop smitten through by an arrow of the Western Sun.
     13.  O  Thou golden Crown of the Universe,  Thou  diadem  of
dazzling brightness!  Yea,  as I burn up before Thee, my light is
but  as  a  falling star seen between the purple fingers  of  the
Night.

              O Glory be unto Thee through all Time
                  and through all Space: Glory,
                      and Glory upon Glory,
                      Everlastingly. Amen,
                          and Amen, and
                              Amen.



































































                   TAURUS The Chapter known as
               The Twelvefold Renunciation of God
                      and the Unity thereof

                                I
                              adore
                           Thee by the
                      Twelve Renunciations
                    and by the Unity thereof.

     1.  O my God, Thou mighty One, Thou Creator of all things, I
renounce unto Thee the kisses of my mistress,  and the murmur  of
her  mouth,  and all the trembling of her firm young  breast;  so
that  I  may  be  rolled a flame in Thy  fiery  embrace,  and  be
consumed in the unutterable joy of Thine everlasting rapture.
     2.  O my God, Thou mighty One, Thou Creator of all things, I
renounce unto Thee the soft-lipp'd joys of life,  and the  honey-
sweets  of this world,  and all the subtilities of the flesh;  so
that I may be feasted on the fire of Thy passion, and be consumed
in the unutterable joy of Thine everlasting rapture.
     3.  O my God, Thou Mighty One, Thou Creator of all things, I
renounce  unto Thee the ceaseless booming of the waves,  and  the
fury of the storm,  and all the turmoil of the wind-swept waters;
so  that I may drink of the porphyrine foam of Thy lips,  and  be
consumed in the unutterable joy of Thine everlasting rapture.
     4.  O my God, Thou Mighty One, Thou Creator of all things, I
renounce  unto Thee the whispers of the desert,  and the moan  of
the simoom, and all the silence of the sea of dust; so that I may
be  lost  in  the atoms of Thy Glory,  and  be  consumed  in  the
unutterable joy of Thine everlasting rapture.
     5.  O my God, Thou Mighty One, Thou Creator of all things, I
renounce unto Thee the green fields of the valleys, and the satyr
roses of the hills,  and the nymph lilies of the meer;  so that I
may wander through the gardens of Thy Splendour,  and be consumed
in the unutterable joy of Thine everlasting rapture.
     6.  O my God, Thou Mighty One, Thou Creator of all things, I
renounce unto Thee the sorrow of my mother,  and the threshold of
my home,  and all the labour of my father's hands;  so that I may
be  led  unto the Mansion of Thy Light,  and be consumed  in  the
unutterable joy of Thine everlasting rapture.
     7.  O my God, Thou Mighty One, Thou Creator of all things, I
renounce  unto Thee the yearning for Paradise,  and the dark fear
of Hell, and the feast of the corruption of the grave; so that as
a  child I may be led unto Thy Kingdom,  and be consumed  in  the
unutterable joy of Thine everlasting rapture.
     8.  O my God, Thou Mighty One, Thou Creator of all things, I
renounce  unto Thee the moonlit peaks of the mountains,  and  the
arrow-shapen kiss of the firs,  and all the travail of the winds;
so that I may be lost on the summit of Thy Glory, and be consumed
in the unutterable joy of Thine everlasting rapture.
     9.  O my God, Thou Mighty One, Thou Creator of all things, I
renounce unto Thee the goatish ache of the years, and the cryptic
books,  and all the majesty of their enshrouded words;  so that I
may  be entangled in Thy wordless Wisdom,  and be consumed in the
unutterable joy of Thine everlasting rapture.
     10. O my God, Thou Mighty One, Thou Creator of all things, I
renounce  unto Thee the wine-cups of merriment,  and the eyes  of
the wanton bearers, and all the lure of their soft limbs; so that
I may be made drunk on the vine of Thy splendour, and be consumed
in the unutterable joy of Thine everlasting rapture.
     11. O my God, Thou Mighty One, Thou Creator of all things, I
renounce unto Thee the hissing of mad waters,  and the trumpeting
of the thunder,  and all Thy tongues of dancing flame;  so that I
may be swept up in the breath of Thy nostrils, and be consumed in
the unutterable joy of Thine everlasting rapture.
     12. O my God, Thou Mighty One, Thou Creator of all things, I
renounce unto Thee the crimson lust of the chase,  and the  blast
of the brazen war-horns,  and all the gleaming of the spears;  so
that  like an hart I may be brought to bay in Thine arms,  and be
consumed in the unutterable joy of Thine everlasting rapture.
     13. O my God, Thou Mighty One, Thou Creator of all things, I
renounce unto Thee all that Self which is myself,  that black sun
which shineth in Self's day,  whose glory blindeth Thy Glory;  so
that I may become as a rushlight in Thine abode,  and be consumed
in the unutterable joy of Thine everlasting rapture.

              O Glory be unto Thee through all Time
                  and through all Space: Glory,
                      and Glory upon Glory,
                      Everlastingly. Amen,
                          and Amen, and
                              Amen.


















































                   GEMINI The Chapter known as
                The Twelvefold Conjuration of God
                      and the Unity thereof

                                I
                              adore
                           Thee by the
                       Twelve Conjurations
                    and by the Unity thereof.

     1.  O Thou Consuming Eye of everlasting light set as a pearl
betwixt  the  lids  of Night and Day;  I swear  to  Thee  by  the
formless  void  of  the Abyss,  to lap the galaxies of  night  in
darkness,  and  blow the meteors like bubbles into  the  frothing
jaws of the sun.
     2. O Thou ten-footed soldier of blue ocean, whose castle is
built  upon the sands of life and death;  I swear to Thee by  the
glittering  blades of the waters,  to cleave my way within  Thine
armed  hermitage,  and  brood as an eyeless  corpse  beneath  the
coffin-lid of the Mighty Sea.
     3. O Thou incandescent Ocean of molten stars, surging above
the  arch of the Firmament;  I swear to Thee by the mane-pennoned
lances of light,  to stir the lion of Thy darkness from its lair,
and  lash  the sorceress of noontide into fury with  serpents  of
fire.
     4.  O  Thou  intoxicating  Vision of  Beauty,  fair  as  ten
jewelled virgins dancing about the hermit moon; I swear to Thee by
the peridot flagons of spring,  to quaff to the dregs Thy chalice
of  Glory,  and  beget a royal race before the  Dawn  flees  from
awakening Day.
     5. O Thou unalterable measure of all things, in whose lap lie
the destinies of unborn worlds; I swear to Thee by the balance of
Light  and Darkness,  to spread out the blue vault as a  looking-
glass,  and  flash forth therefrom the intolerable lustre of  Thy
Countenance.
     6.  O Thou who settest forth the limitless expanse,  spanned
by  wings of thunder above the cosmic strife;  I swear to Thee by
the  voiceless dust of the desert,  to soar above the  echos  of
shrieking  life,  and  as  an eagle to feast for  ever  upon  the
silence of the stars.
     7.   O  Thou  flame-tipped  arrow  of  devouring  fire  that
quiverest as a tongue in the dark mouth of Night; I swear to Thee
by  the  thurible of Thy Glory,  to breathe the incense  of  mine
understanding, and to cast the ashes of my wisdom into the Valley
of Thy breast.
     8.  O Thou ruin of the mountains, glistening as an old white
wolf above  the fleecy mists of Earth;  I swear to Thee  by  the
galaxies  of  Thy domain,  to press Thy lamb's breasts  with  the
teeth of my soul, and drink of the milk and blood of Thy subtlety
and innocence.
     9.  O Thou Eternal river of chaotic law, in whose depths lie
locked  the  secrets of Creation;  I swear to Thee by the  primal
waters of the Deep, to suck up the Firmament of Thy Chaos, and as
a volcano to belch forth a Cosmos of coruscating suns.
     10. O Thou Dragon-regent of the blue seas of air, as a chain
of  emeralds  round the neck of Space;  I swear to  Thee  by  the
hexagram  of Night and Day,  to be unto Thee as the twin fish  of
Time,  which  being  set apart never divulge the secret of  their
unity.
     11.  O Thou flame of the horned storm-clouds, that sunderest
their desolation,  that outroarest the winds; I swear to Thee by
the gleaming sandals of the stars, to climb beyond the summits of
the mountains,  and rend Thy robe of purple thunders with a sword
of silvery light.
     12.  O Thou fat of an hundred fortresses of iron, crimson as
the blades of a million murderous swords;  I swear to Thee by the
smoke-wreath  of the volcano,  to open the secret shrine  of  Thy
bull's  breast,  and tear out as an augur the heart of Thine all-
pervading mystery.
     13.O Thou silver axle of the Wheel of Being,  thrust through
the wings of Time by the still hand of Space;  I swear to Thee by
the  twelve spokes of Thy Unity,  to become unto Thee as the  rim
thereof,  so  that I may clothe me majestically in the robe  that
has no seam.

              O Glory by unto Thee through all Time
                  and through all Space: Glory,
                      and Glory upon Glory,
                      Everlastingly. Amen,
                          and Amen, and
                              Amen.



















































                   CANCER The Chapter known as
                 The Twelvefold Certitude of God
                      and the Unity thereof

                                I
                              adore
                           Thee by the
                        Twelve Certitudes
                    and by the Unity thereof.

     1.  O  Thou  Sovran  Warrior  of  steel-girt  valour,  whose
scimitar is a flame between day and night,  whose helm is crested
with  the  wings of the Abyss.  I know  Thee!  O  Thou  four-eyed
guardian  of  heaven,  who kindleth to a flame the hearts of  the
downcast, and girdeth about with fire the loins of the unarmed.
     2.O Thou Sovran Light and fire of loveliness,  whose flaming
locks stream downwards through the aethyr as knots of  lightening
deep-rooted in the Abyss.  I know Thee! O Thou winnowing flail of
brightness, the passionate lash of whose encircling hand scatters
mankind  before Thy fury as the wind-scud from the stormy  breast
of Ocean.
     3.  O Thou Sovran Singer of the revelling winds, whose voice
is  as  a vestal troop of Bacchanals awakened by the piping of  a
Pan-pipe.  I  know Thee!  O Thou dancing flame of frenzied  song,
whose shouts,  like unto golden swords of leaping fire,  urge  us
onward to the wild slaughter of the Worlds.
     4.  O  Thou Sovran Might of the most ancient forests,  whose
voice  is  as the murmur of unappeasable winds caught up  in  the
arms  of  the swaying branches.  I know Thee!  O Thou  rumble  of
conquering  drums,  who lulleth to a rapture of deep sleep  those
lovers who burn into each other, flame to fine flame.
     5.  O  Thou Sovran Guide of the star-wheeling  circles,  the
soles  of  whose  feet  smite plumes  of  golden  fire  from  the
outermost annihilation of the Abyss.  I know Thee! O Thou crimson
sword of destruction, who chasest the comets from the dark bed of
night, till they speed before Thee as serpent tongues of flame.
     6.  O  Thou  Sovran  Archer of  the  darksome  regions,  who
shooteth  forth  from Thy transcendental crossbow the  many-rayed
suns into the fields of heaven. I know Thee! O Thou eight-pointed
arrow of light, who smiteth the regions of the seven rivers until
they laugh like Maenads with snaky thyrsus.
     7.  O Thou Sovran Paladin of self-vanquished knights,  whose
path  lieth  through  the  trackless  forests  of  time,  winding
athrough  the  Byss of unbegotten space.  I  know  Thee!  O  Thou
despiser  of  the mountains,  Thou whose course is as that  of  a
lightening-hoofed  steed  leaping along the green bank of a  fair
river.
     8.  O Thou Sovran Surging of wild felicity, whose love is as
the overflowing of the seas,  and who makest our bodies to  laugh
with beauty.  I know Thee!  O Thou outstrider of the sunset,  who
deckest  the snow-capped mountains with red roses,  and  strewest
white violets on the curling waves.
     9.  O  Thou  Sovran  Diadem of crowned  Wisdom,  whose  work
knoweth  the  path  of  the sylphs of  the  air,  and  the  black
burrowings of the gnomes of the earth. I know Thee! O Thou Master
of the ways of life,  in the palm of whose hand all the arts  lie
bounden as a smoke-cloud betwixt the lips of the mountain.
     10.O Thou Sovran Lord of primaeval Baresarkers,  who huntest
with dawn the dappled deer of twilight,  and whose engines of war
are blood-crested comets. I know Thee! O Thou flame-crowned Self-
luminous One, the lash of whose whip gathered the ancient worlds,
and looseth the blood from the virgin clouds of heaven.
     11.  O Thou Sovran Moonstone of pearly loveliness,  from out
whose many eyes flash the fire-clouds of life,  and whose  breath
enkindleth the Byss and the Abyss.  I know Thee! O Thou fountain-
head  of  fierce  aethyr,  in the pupil of whose  brightness  all
things  lie crouched and wrapped like a babe in the womb  of  its
mother.
     12.O Thou Sovran Mother of the breath of being,  the milk of
whose breasts is as the fountain of love,  twin-jets of fire upon
the  blue  bosom  of night.  I know Thee!  O Thou Virgin  of  the
moonlit glades, who fondleth us as a drop of dew in Thy lap, ever
watchful over the cradle of our fate.
     13.  O Thou Sovran All-Beholding eternal Sun, who lappest up
the constellations of heaven, as a thirsty thief a jar of ancient
wine.  I know Thee!  O Thou dawn-wing'd courtesan of light,  who
makest me to reel with one kiss of Thy mouth, as a leaf cast into
the flames of a furnace.

              O Glory be unto Thee through all Time
                  and through all Space: Glory,
                      and Glory upon Glory,
                      Everlastingly. Amen,
                          and Amen, and
                              Amen.















































                    LEO The Chapter known as
               The Twelvefold Glorification of God
                      and the Unity thereof

                                I
                              adore
                           Thee by the
                      Twelve Glorifications
                    and by the Unity thereof.

     1.  O Glory be to Thee,  O God my God;  for I behold Thee in
the Lion Rampant of the dawn:  Thou hast crushed with Thy paw the
crouching lioness of Night,  so that she may roar forth the Glory
of Thy Name.
     2.  O Glory be to Thee,  O God my God;  for I behold Thee in
the  lap of the fertile valleys:  Thou hast adorned their  strong
limbs  with a robe of poppied corn,  so that they may laugh forth
the Glory of Thy Name.
     3.  O Glory be to Thee,  O God my God;  for I behold Thee in
the gilded rout of dancing-girls: Thou hast garlanded their naked
middles  with fragrant flowers,  so that they may pace forth  the
Glory of Thy Name.
     4.  O Glory be to Thee,  O God my God;  for I behold Thee in
the riotous joy of the storm: Thou hast shaken the gold-dust from
the tresses of the hills, so that they may chaunt forth the Glory
of Thy Name.
     5.  O Glory be to Thee,  O God my God;  for I behold Thee in
the  stars and meteors of Night:  Thou hast caparisoned her  grey
coursers  with moons of pearl,  so that they may shake forth  the
Glory of Thy Name.
     6.  O Glory be to Thee,  O God my God;  for I behold Thee in
the precious stones of the black earth:  Thou hast lightened  her
with a myriad eyes of magic, so that she may wink forth the Glory
of Thy Name.
     7.  O Glory be to Thee,  O God my God;  for I behold Thee in
the  sparkling dew of the wild glades:  Thou hast decked them out
as for a great feast of rejoicing,  so that they may gleam  forth
the Glory of Thy Name.
     8.  O Glory be to Thee,  O God my God;  for I behold Thee in
the  stillness  of the frozen lakes:  Thou hast made their  faces
more dazzling than a silver mirror,  so that they may flash forth
the Glory of Thy Name.
     9.  O Glory be to Thee,  O God my God;  for I behold Thee in
the smoke-veil'd fire of the mountains:  Thou hast inflamed  them
as  lions that scent a fallow deer,  so that they may rage  forth
the Glory of Thy Name.
     10.  O Glory be to Thee,  O God my God; for I behold Thee in
the  countenance of my darling:  Thou hast unclothed her of white
lilies and crimson roses,  so that she may blush forth the  Glory
of Thy Name.
     11.  O Glory be to Thee,  O God my God; for I behold Thee in
the weeping of the flying clouds: Thou hast swelled therewith the
blue breasts of the milky rivers, so that they may roll forth the
Glory of Thy Name.
     12.  O Glory be to Thee,  O God my God; for I behold Thee in
the amber combers of the storm:  Thou hast laid Thy lash upon the
sphinxes of the waters,  so that they may boom forth the Glory of
Thy Name.
     13.  O Glory be to Thee,  O God my God; for I behold Thee in
the lotus-flower within my heart: Thou hast emblazoned my trumpet
with  the lion-standard,  so that I may blare forth the Glory  of
Thy Name.

              O Glory be unto Thee through all Time
                  and through all Space: Glory,
                      and Glory upon Glory,
                      Everlastingly. Amen,
                          and Amen, and
                              Amen.































































                   VIRGO The Chapter known as
                The Twelvefold Beseechment of God
                      and the Unity thereof

                                I
                              adore
                           Thee by the
                       Twelve Beseechments
                    and by the Unity thereof.

     1.  O Thou mighty God, make me as a fair virgin that is clad
in  the blue-bells of the fragrant hillside;  I beseech  Thee,  O
Thou great God!  That I may ring out the melody of Thy voice, and
be  clothed  in the pure light of Thy loveliness:  O Thou God  my
God!
     2.O Thou mighty God,  make me as a Balance of rubies and jet
that is cast in the lap of the Sun;  I beseech Thee, O Thou great
God!  That  I may flash forth the wonder of Thy  brightness,  and
melt into the perfect poise of Thy Being: O Thou God, my God!
     3.  O  Thou  mighty God,  make me as a brown  Scorpion  that
creepeth on through a vast desert of silver;  I beseech  Thee,  O
Thou great God!  That I may lose myself in the span of Thy light,
and  become one with the glitter of Thy Shadow:  O Thou  God,  my
God!
     4.  O Thou mighty God, make me as a green arrow of Lightning
that speedeth through the purple clouds of Night; I beseech Thee,
O  Thou  great God!  That I may wake fire from the crown  of  Thy
Wisdom,  and flash into the depths of Thine Understanding: O Thou
God, my God!
     5.  O  Thou mighty God,  make me as a flint-black goat  that
pranceth in a shining wilderness of steel; I beseech Thee, O Thou
great God!  That I may paw one flashing spark from Thy Splendour,
and be welded into the Glory of Thy might: O Thou God, my God!
     6.  O Thou mighty God,  make me as the sapphirine waves that
cling to the shimmering limbs of the green rocks; I beseech Thee,
O  Thou great God!  That I may chant in foaming music Thy  Glory,
and  roll forth the eternal rapture of Thy Name:  O Thou God,  my
God!
     7.  O  Thou  mighty God,  make me as a silver  fish  darting
through  the vast depths of the dim-peopled  waters;  I  beseech
Thee,  O Thou great God!  That I may swim through the vastness of
Thine abyss, and sink beneath the waveless depths of Thy Glory: O
Thou God, my God!
     8. O Thou mighty God, make me as a white ram that is athirst
in  a sun-scorched desert of bitterness;  I beseech Thee,  O Thou
great  God!  That I may seek the deep waters of Thy  Wisdom,  and
plunge  into the whiteness of Thine effulgence:  O Thou  God,  my
God!
     9. O Thou mighty God, make me as a thunder-smitten bull that
is drunk upon the vintage of Thy blood;  I beseech Thee,  O  Thou
great God!  That I may bellow through the universe Thy Power, and
trample the nectar-sweet grapes of Thine Essence:  O Thou God, my
God!
     10.  O  Thou mighty God,  make me as a black eunuch of  song
that is twin-voiced, yet dumb in either tongue; I beseech Thee, O
Thou  great God!  That I may hush my melody in Thy  Silence,  and
swell into the sweet ecstasy of Thy Song: O Thou God, my God!
     11.  O  Thou  mighty God,  make me as an emerald  crab  that
crawleth over the wet sands of the sea-shore;  I beseech Thee,  O
Thou  great God!  That I may write Thy name across the shores  of
Time,  and sink amongst the white atoms of Thy Being. O Thou God,
my God!
     12.  O Thou mighty God,  make me as a ruby lion that roareth
from the summit of a white mountain; I beseech Thee, O Thou great
God!  That I may echo forth Thy lord-ship through the hills,  and
dwindle into the nipple of Thy bounty. O Thou God, my God!
     13.  O  Thou  mighty God,  make me as an  all-consuming  Sun
ablaze  in  the centre of the Universe;  I beseech Thee,  O  Thou
great God!  That I may become as a crown upon Thy brow, and flash
forth the exceeding fire of Thy Godhead: O Thou God, my God!

              O Glory be unto Thee through all Time
                  and through all Space: Glory,
                      and Glory upon Glory,
                      Everlastingly. Amen,
                          and Amen, and
                              Amen.























































                   LIBRA The Chapter known as
               The Twelvefold Gratification of God
                      and the Unity thereof

                                I
                              adore
                           Thee by the
                      Twelve Gratifications
                    and by the Unity thereof.

     1.  O  Thou  green-cloaked Maenad  in  labour,  who  bearest
beneath Thy leaden girdle the vintage of Thy kisses;  release me
from the darkness of Thy womb,  so that I may cast off my infant
wrappings and leap forth as an armed warrior in steel.
     2.  O Thou snake of misty countenance, whose braided hair is
like a fleecy dawn of swooning maidens;  hunt me as a fierce wild
boar  through the skies,  so that Thy burning spear may gore  the
blue heavens red with the foaming blood of my frenzy.
     3.  O Thou cloudy Virgin of the World,  whose breasts are as
scarlet lilies paling before the sun;  dandle me in the cradle of
Thine  arms,  so  that the murmur of Thy voice may lull me  to  a
sleep like a pearl lost in the depths of a silent sea.
     4. O Thou wine-voiced laughter of fainting gloom, who art as
a naked faun crushed to death between millstones of thunder; make
me drunk on the rapture of Thy song, so that in the corpse-clutch
of  my  passion I may tear the cloud-robe from off  Thy  swooning
breast.
     5.  O  Thou wanton cup-bearer of madness,  whose mouth is as
the joy of a thousand thousand masterful kisses; intoxicate me on
Thy loveliness,  so that the silver of Thy merriment may revel as
a moon-white pearl upon my tongue.
     6.  O Thou midnight Vision of Whiteness,  whose lips are  as
pouting  rosebuds deflowered by the deciduous moon;  tend me as a
drop of dew in Thy breast,  so that the dragon of Thy  gluttonous
hate may devour me with its mouth of adamant.
     7.  O Thou effulgence of burning love,  who pursueth the dawn
as a youth pursueth a rose-lipped maiden; rend me with the fierce
kisses  of Thy mouth,  so that in the battle of our lips I may be
drenched by the snow-pure fountains of Thy bliss.
     8.  O  Thou  black bull in a field  of  white  girls,  whose
foaming flanks are as starry night ravished in the fierce arms of
noon;  shake forth the purple horns of my passion,  so that I may
dissolve as a crown of fire in the bewilderment of Thine ecstasy.
     9.  O  Thou  dread  arbiter of all men,  the  hem  of  whose
broidered  skirt crimsoneth the white battlements of Space;  bare
me the starry nipple of Thy breast,  so that the milk of Thy love
may nurture me to the lustiness of Thy virginity.
     10.  O  Thou thirsty charioteer of Time,  whose cup  is  the
hollow  night filled with the foam of the vintage of day;  drench
me in the shower of Thy passion, so that I may pant in Thine arms
as a tongue of lightning on the purple bosom of night.
     11.  O Thou opalescent Serpent-Queen,  whose mouth is as the
sunset that is bloody with the slaughter of day;  hold me in  the
crimson flames of Thine arms,  so that at Thy kisses I may expire
as a bubble in the foam of Thy dazzling lips.
     12.  O Thou Odalisque of earth's palace,  whose garments are
scented  and passionate as spring flowers in sunlit glades;  roll
me in the sweet perfume of Thy hair,  so that Thy tresses of gold
may anoint me with the honey of a million roses.
     13.  O Thou manly warrior amongst youths, whose limbs are as
swords of fire that are welded in the furnace of war;  press  Thy
cool kisses to my burning lips,  so that the folly of our passion
may weave us into the Crown of everlasting Light.

              O Glory be unto Thee through all Time
                  and through all Space: Glory,
                      and Glory upon Glory,
                      Everlastingly. Amen,
                          and Amen, and
                              Amen.






























































                  SCORPIO The Chapter known as
                  The Twelvefold Denial of God
                      and the Unity thereof

                                I
                              adore
                           Thee by the
                         Twelve Denials
                    and by the Unity thereof.

     1. O Thou God of the Nothingness of All Things! Thou who art
neither  the  Formless breath of Chaos;  nor the exhaler  of  the
ordered spheres: O Thou who art not the cloud-cradled star of the
morning;  nor the sun, drunken upon the mist, who blindeth men! I
deny  Thee by the powers of mine understanding;  Guide me in  the
unity  of Thy might,  and lead me to the fatherhood of Thine all-
pervading Nothingness;  for Thou art all and none of these in the
fullness of Thy Not-Being.
     2. O Thou God of the Nothingness of All Things! Thou who art
neither the vitality of worlds;  nor the breath of star-entangled
Being:  O  Thou  who art not horsed 'mid the  centaur  clouds  of
night;  nor  the twanging of the shuddering bowstring of noon!  I
deny Thee by the powers of mine understanding;  Throne me in  the
unity  of Thy might,  and stab me with the javelin of Thine  all-
pervading Nothingness;  for Thou art all and none of these in the
fullness of Thy Not-Being.
     3. O Thou God of the Nothingness of All Things! Thou who art
neither the Pan-pipe in the forest; nor life's blue sword wrapped
in  the  cloak  of death:  O Thou who art not found  amongst  the
echoes of the hills;  nor in the whisperings that wake within the
valleys!  I deny Thee by the powers of mine understanding;  Crown
me  in the unity of Thy might,  and flash me as a scarlet  tongue
into Thine all-pervading Nothingness;  for Thou art all and  none
of these in the fullness of Thy Not-Being.
     4. O Thou God of the Nothingness of All Things! Thou who art
neither  the Crown of the flaming storm;  nor the opalescence  of
the Abyss: O Thou who art not a nymph in the foam of the sea; nor
a  whirling devil in the sand of the desert!  I deny Thee by  the
powers of mine understanding;  Bear me in the unity of Thy might,
and  pour  me  forth  from out the  cup  of  Thine  all-pervading
Nothingness;  for  Thou art all and none of these in the fullness
of Thy Not-Being.
     5. O Thou God of the Nothingness of All Things! Thou who art
neither  the formulator of law;  nor the Cheat of  the  maze  of
illusion:  O  Thou who art not the foundation-stone of existence;
nor the eagle that broodeth upon the egg of space! I deny Thee by
the powers of mine understanding;  Swathe me in the unity of  Thy
might,  and  teach me wisdom from the lips of Thine all-pervading
Nothingness;  for Thou art all and none of these in the  fullness
of Thy Not-Being.
     6. O Thou God of the Nothingness of All Things! Thou who art
neither the fivefold root of Nature; nor the fire-crested helm of
her Master:  O Thou who art not the Emperor of Eternal Time;  nor
the warrior shout that rocketh the Byss of Space!  I deny Thee by
the  powers of mine understanding;  Raise me in the unity of  Thy
might, and suckle me at the swol'n breasts of Thine all-pervading
Nothingness;  for  Thou art all and none of these in the fullness
of Thy Not-Being.
     7. O Thou God of the Nothingness of All Things! Thou who art
neither  the  golden  bull of  the  heavens;  nor  the  crimsoned
fountain  of the lusts of men:  O Thou who reclinest not upon the
Waggon  of Night;  nor restest Thine hand upon the handle of  the
Plough! I deny Thee by the powers of mine understanding; Urge me
in the unity of Thy might,  and drench me with the red vintage of
Thine  all-pervading Nothingness;  for Thou art all and  none  of
these in the fullness of Thy Not-Being.
     8.O Thou God of the Nothingness of All Things!  Thou who art
neither  the  starry  eyes of heaven;  nor the  forehead  of  the
crowned  morning;  O Thou who art not perceived by the powers  of
the mind;  nor grasped by the fingers of Silence or of Speech!  I
deny  Thee  by the powers of mine understanding;  Robe me in  the
unity of Thy might, and speed me into the blindness of Thine all-
pervading Nothingness;  for Thou art all and none of these in the
fullness of Thy Not-Being.
     9.O Thou God of the Nothingness of All Things!  Thou who art
neither the forge of Eternity;  nor the thunder-throated womb  of
Chaos:  O  Thou  who  art not found in the hissing of  the  hail-
stones;  nor in the rioting of the equinoctial storm! I deny Thee
by the powers of mine understanding; Bring me to the unity of Thy
might,  and  feast  me on honeyed manna  of  Thine  all-pervading
Nothingness;  for  Thou art all and none of these in the fullness
of Thy Not-Being.
     10.  O Thou God of the Nothingness of All Things!  Thou  who
art neither the traces of the chariot;  nor the pole of galloping
delusion: O Thou who art not the pivot of the whole Universe; nor
the  body of the woman-serpent of the stars!  I deny Thee by  the
powers of mine understanding;  Lead me in the unity of Thy might,
and   draw   me  unto  the  threshold  of   Thine   all-pervading
Nothingness;  for  Thou art all and none of these in the fullness
of Thy Not-Being.
     11.  O Thou God of the Nothingness of All Things!  Thou  who
art  neither the moaning of a maiden;  nor the electric touch  of
fire-thrilled youth: O Thou who art not found in the hardy kisses
of  love;  nor in the tortured spasms of madness and of  hate!  I
deny  Thee by the powers of mine understanding;  Weight me in the
unity  of Thy might,  and roll me in the poised rapture of  Thine
all-pervading Nothingness;  for Thou art all and none of these in
the fullness of Thy Not-Being.
     12.  O Thou God of the Nothingness of All Things!  Thou  who
art neither the primal cause of causes;  nor the soul of what is,
or was, or will be: O Thou who art not measured in the motionless
balance;  nor smitten by the arrow-flights of man! I deny Thee by
the  powers of mine understanding;  Shield me in the unity of Thy
might,  and  reckon me aright in the span of Thine  all-pervading
Nothingness;  for Thou art all and none of these in the  fullness
of Thy Not-Being.
     13.  O  Thou God of the Nothingness of All Things!  Thou who
art  neither the breathing influx of life;  nor the iron ring  i'
the marriage feast of death: O Thou who art not shadowed forth in
the songs of war;  nor in the tears or lamentations of a child! I
deny Thee by the powers of mine understanding;  Sheathe me in the
unity  of Thy might,  and kindle me with the grey flame of  Thine
all-pervading Nothingness;  for Thou art all and none of these in
the fullness of Thy Not-Being.

              O Glory be unto Thee through all Time
                  and through all Space: Glory,
                      and Glory upon Glory,
                      Everlastingly. Amen,
                          and Amen, and
                              Amen.











                SAGITTARIUS The Chapter known as
                 The Twelvefold Rejoicing of God
                      and the Unity thereof

                                I
                              adore
                           Thee by the
                        Twelve Rejoicings
                    and by the Unity thereof.

1.  Ah! but I rejoice in Thee, O Thou my God; Thou seven-
rayed  rainbow of perfect loveliness;  Thou light-rolling chariot
of sunbeams;  Thou fragrant scent of the passing  storm:  Yea,  I
rejoice  in Thee,  Thou breath of the slumbering valleys;  O Thou
low-murmuring ripple of the ripe cornfields!  I rejoice,  yea,  I
shout  with gladness!  till,  as the mingling blushes of day  and
night,  my  song weaveth the joys of life into a gold and  purple
Crown, for the Glory and Splendour of Thy Name.
2.  Ah!  but  I  rejoice in Thee,  O Thou  my  God;  Thou
zigzagged  effulgence of the burning stars;  Thou  wilderment  of
indigo light;  Thou grey horn of immaculate fire:  Yea, I rejoice
in  Thee,   Thou  embattled  cloud  of  flashing  flame;  O  Thou
capricious serpent-head of scarlet hair!  I rejoice, yea, I shout
with gladness!  till my roaring filleth the wooded mountains, and
like  a  giant  forceth the wind's head  through  the  struggling
trees, in the Glory and Splendour of Thy Name.
3.  Ah! but I rejoice in Thee, O Thou my God; Thou silken
web of emerald bewitchment;  Thou berylline mist of marshy meers;
Thou  flame-spangled fleece of seething gold:  Yea,  I rejoice in
Thee,  Thou  pearly dew of the setting moon;  O Thou dark  purple
storm-cloud of contending kisses!  I rejoice,  yea,  I shout with
gladness!  till all my laughter, like enchaunted waters, is blown
as an iris-web of bubbles from the lips of the deep, in the Glory
and Splendour of Thy Name.
4.  Ah!  but I rejoice in Thee,  O Thou my God;  Thou who
broodest  on the dark depths of the deep;  Thou lap of the  wave-
glittering sea; Thou bright vesture of the crested floods: Yea, I
rejoice  in Thee,  Thou native splendour of the  Waters;  O  Thou
fathomless  Abyss of surging joy!  I rejoice,  yea,  I shout with
gladness!  till the mad swords of my music smite the  hills,  and
rend  the amethyst limbs of Night from the white embrace of  Day,
at the Glory and Splendour of Thy Name.
5.  Ah! but I rejoice in Thee, O Thou my God; Thou cloud-
hooded  bastion  of  the stormy skies;  Thou lightning  anvil  of
anglel  swords;  Thou gloomy forge of  the  thunderbolt:  Yea,  I
rejoice  in Thee,  Thou all-subduing Crown of Splendour;  O  Thou
hero-souled helm of endless victory! I rejoice, yea, I shout with
gladness! till the mad rivers rush roaring through the woods, and
my  re-echoing voice danceth like a ram among the hills,  for the
Glory and Splendour of Thy Name.
6.  Ah!  but  I  rejoice in Thee,  O Thou  my  God;  Thou
opalescent  orb  of shattered sunsets;  Thou pearly boss  on  the
shield of light;  Thou tawny priest at the Mass of lust:  Yea,  I
rejoice  in  Thee,  Thou chalcedony cloudland of  light;  O  Thou
poppy-petal floating upon the snowstorm!  I rejoice, yea, I shout
with gladness!  till my frenzied words rush through the souls  of
men,  like  a  blood-red  bull through a white  herd  of  terror-
stricken kine, at the Glory and Splendour of Thy Name.
7.  Ah!  but  I  rejoice in Thee,  O Thou  my  God;  Thou
unimperilled flight of joyous laughter;  Thou eunuch glaive-armed
before joy's veil;  Thou dreadful insatiable One:  Yea, I rejoice
in Thee,  Thou lofty gathering-point of Bliss;  O Thou bridal-bed
of murmuring rapture! I rejoice, yea, I shout with gladness! till
I  tangle  the black tresses of the storm,  and lash the  tempest
into  a  green  foam  of twining  basilisks,  in  the  Glory  and
Splendour of Thy Name.
8.  Ah!  but  I  rejoice in Thee,  O Thou  my  God;  Thou
coruscating  star-point of Endlessness;  Thou inundating fire  of
the Void;  Thou moonbeam cup of eternal life:  Yea,  I rejoice in
Thee,  Thou fire-sandalled warrior of steel; O Thou bloody dew of
the field of slaughter and death!  I rejoice,  yea,  I shout with
gladness!  till  the  music of my throat smiteth the hills  as  a
crescent moon waketh a nightly field of sleeping comets,  at  the
Glory and Splendour of Thy Name.
9.  Ah! but I rejoice in Thee, O Thou my God; Thou jewel-
work of snow on the limbs of night;  Thou elaboration of oneness;
Thou  shower  of universal suns:  Yea,  I rejoice in  Thee,  Thou
gorgeous,  Thou wildering one;  O Thou great lion roaring over  a
sea of blood!  I rejoice,  yea,  I shout with gladness!  till the
wild thunder of my praise breaketh down,  as a satyr doth a babe,
the  nine  and  ninety  gates of Thy  Power,  in  the  Glory  and
Splendour of Thy Name.
        10.  Ah!  but  I  rejoice in Thee,  O Thou my  God;  Thou
ambrosia-yielding  rose  of  the  World;  Thou  vaulted  dome  of
effulgent light;  Thou valley of venomous vipers:  Yea, I rejoice
in Thee, Thou dazzling robe of the soft rain-clouds; O Thou lion-
voiced up-rearing of the goaded storm!  I rejoice,  yea,  I shout
with  gladness!  till my rapture,  like unto a  two-edged  sword,
traceth a sigil of fire and blasteth the banded sorcerers, in the
Glory and Splendour of Thy Name.
11.  Ah! but I rejoice in Thee, O Thou my God; Thou Crown
of unutterable loveliness; Thou feather of hyalescent flame; Thou
all-beholding  eye of brightness:  Yea,  I rejoice in Thee,  Thou
resplendent everlasting one: O Thou vast abysmal ocean of foaming
flames!  I rejoice,  yea,  I shout with gladness!  till the stars
leap like white coursers from the night,  and the heavens resound
as an army of steel-clad warriors,  at the Glory and Splendour of
Thy Name.
12.  Ah! but I rejoice in Thee, O Thou my God; Thou star-
blaze  of  undying  expectation;   Thou  ibis-throated  voice  of
silence;  Thou blinding night of understanding: Yea, I rejoice in
Thee,   Thou  white  finger  of  Chaotic  law;  O  Thou  creative
cockatrice twined amongst the waters!  I rejoice,  yea,  I  shout
with gladness! till my cries stir the night as the burnished gold
of  a lance thrust into a poisonous dragon  of adamant,  for  the
Glory and Splendour of Thy Name.
13.  Ah! but I rejoice in Thee, O Thou my God; Thou self-
luminous  refulgent  Brilliance;  Thou eye of light that hath  no
eyelid; Thou turquoise-studded sceptre of deed: Yea, I rejoice in
Thee,  Thou white furnace womb of Energy;  O Thou  spark-whirling
forge  of the substance of the worlds;  I rejoice,  yea,  I shout
with gladness!  till I mount as a white beam unto the crown,  and
as  a breath of night melt into the golden lips of Thy  dawn,  in
the Glory and Splendour of Thy Name.

              O Glory be unto Thee through all Time
                  and through all Space: Glory,
                      and Glory upon Glory,
                      Everlastingly. Amen,
                          and Amen, and
                              Amen.











                 CAPRICORN The Chapter known as
                The Twelvefold Humiliation of God
                      and the Unity thereof

                                I
                              adore
                           Thee by the
                       Twelve Humiliations
                    and by the Unity thereof.

1.  O my God, behold me fully and be merciful unto me, as
I  humble myself before Thee;  for all my searching is as  a  bat
that seeks some hollow of night upon a sun-parched wilderness.
2.  O my God, order me justly and be merciful unto me, as
I  humble myself before Thee;  for all my thoughts are as a dust-
clad  serpent wind at noon that danceth through the  ashen  grass
of law.
3.  O  my God,  conquer me with love and be merciful unto
me,  as I humble myself before Thee;  for all the striving of  my
spirit  is  as a child's kiss that struggles through a  cloud  of
tangled hair.
4.  O  my God,  suckle me with truth and be merciful unto
me,  as I humble myself before Thee;  for all my agony of anguish
is but as a quail struggling in the jaws of an hungry wolf.
5.  O my God,  comfort me with ease and be merciful  unto
me,  as I humble myself before Thee;  for all the toil of my life
is  but  as  a small white mouse swimming through a  vast  sea  of
crimson blood.
6.  O my God,  entreat me gently and be merciful unto me,
as  I  humble  myself before Thee;  for all my toil is but  as  a
threadless  shuttle of steel thrust here and there in  the  black
loom of night.
7.  O my God,  fondle me with kisses and be merciful unto
me,  as  I humble myself before Thee;  for all my desires are  as
dewdrops  that  are sucked from silver lilies by the throat of  a
young god.
8. O my God, exalt me with blood and be merciful unto me,
as I humble myself before Thee;  for all my courage is but as the
fang of a viper that striketh at the rosy heel of dawn.
9.  O my God, teach me with patience and be merciful unto
me,  as I humble myself before Thee;  for all my knowledge is but
as  the refuse of the chaff that is flung to the darkness of  the
void.
10. O my God, measure me rightly and be merciful unto me,
as  I humble myself before Thee;  for all my praise is but  as  a
single letter of lead lost in the gilded scriptures of the rocks.
11.O  my God,  fill me with slumber and be merciful  unto
me, as I humble myself before Thee; for all my wakefulness is but
as  a  cloud at sunset that is like a snake gliding  through  the
dew.
12. O my God, kindle me with joy and be merciful unto me,
as  I humble myself before Thee;  for all the strength of my mind
is  but  as a web of silk that bindeth the milky breasts  of  the
stars.
13.  O my God,  consume me with fire and be merciful unto
me, as I humble myself before Thee; for all mine understanding is
but  as  a  spider's thread drawn from star to star  of  a  young
galaxy.

              O Glory be unto Thee through all Time
                  and through all Space: Glory,
                      and Glory upon Glory,
                      Everlastingly. Amen,
                          and Amen, and
                              Amen.



































































                  AQUARIUS The Chapter known as
                The Twelvefold Lamentation of God
                      and the Unity thereof

                                I
                              adore
                           Thee by the
                       Twelve Lamentations
                    and by the Unity thereof.

     1. O woe unto me, my God, woe unto me; for all my song is as
the  dirge  of the sea that moans about a  corpse,  lapping  most
mournfully  against  the dead shore in the darkness.  Yet in  the
sob of the wind do I hear Thy name, that quickeneth the cold lips
of death to life.
     2.  O woe unto me, my God, woe unto me; for all my praise is
as  the  song of a bird that is ensnared in the  network  of  the
winds,  and  cast adown the drowning depths of night.  Yet in the
faltering  notes  of my music do I mark the melody  of  universal
truth.
     3.  O woe unto me, my God, woe unto me; for all my works are
as a coiled-up sleeper who hath overslept the day,  even the dawn
that  hovereth as a hawk in the void.  Yet in the gloom  of  mine
awakening  do I see,  across the breasts of night,  Thy  shadowed
form.
     4.  O woe unto me,  my God,  woe unto me; for all my labours
are  as  weary  oxen  laggard and sore stricken  with  the  goad,
ploughing black furrows across the white fields of light.  Yet in
the  scrawling  trail of their slow toil do I descry  the  golden
harvest of Thine effulgence.
     5.  O woe unto me,  my God, woe unto me; for all the hope of
my  heart  hath  been ravished as the body of a  virgin  that  is
fallen into the hands of riotous robbers.  Yet in the outrage  of
mine innocence do I disclose the clear manna of Thy purity.
     6.  O woe unto me,  my God, woe unto me; for all the passion
of my love is mazed as the bewildered eyes of a youth, who should
wake to find his beloved fled away.  Yet in the crumpled couch of
lust do I behold as an imprint the sigil of Thy name.
     7. O woe unto me, my God, woe unto me; for all the joy of my
days  lies dishonoured as the spangle-veil'd Virgin of night torn
and  trampled  by the sun-lashed stallions of Dawn.  Yet  in  the
frenzy  of their couplings do I tremble forth the pearly  dew  of
ecstatic light.
     8.  O  woe  unto  me,  my God,  woe unto  me;  for  all  the
aspirations  of my heart ruin as in time of earthquake the  bare
hut  of  an hermit that he hath built for prayer.  Yet  from  the
lightning-struck  tower  of my reason do I enter Thy  house  that
Thou didst build for me.
     9.  O woe unto me, my God, woe unto me; for all my joy is as
a cloud of dust blown athwart a memory of tears,  even across the
shadowless brow of the desert. Yet as from the breast of a slave-
girl do I pluck the fragrant blossom of Thy Crimson Splendour.
     10.  O  woe  unto  me,  my God,  woe unto me;  for  all  the
feastings  of my flesh have sickened to the wormy hunger  of  the
grave,  writhing  in  the spasms of indolent decay.  Yet  in  the
maggots  of  my  corruption  do I shadow forth  sunlit  hosts  of
crowned eagles.
     11.  O woe unto me, my God, woe unto me; for all my craft is
as  an injured arrow,  featherless and twisted,  that  should  be
loosed  from its bowstring by the hands of an infant.  Yet in the
wayward struggling of its flight do I grip the unwavering courses
of Thy wisdom.
     12.  O woe unto me, my God, woe unto me; for all my faith is
as a filthy puddle in the sinister confines of a forest, splashed
by the wanton foot of a young gnome.  Yet like a wildfire through
the  trees at nightfall do I divine the distant glimmer of  Thine
Eye.
     13.  O woe unto me,  my God,  woe unto me; for all my  life
sinks as the western Sun that struggles in the strangling arms of
Night,  flecked  over with the starry foam of her kisses.  Yet in
the very midnight of my soul do I hold as a scarab the signet  of
Thy name.

              O Glory be unto Thee through all Time
                  and through all Space: Glory,
                      and Glory upon Glory,
                      Everlastingly. Amen,
                          and Amen, and
                              Amen.





















































                   PISCES The Chapter known as
               The Twelvefold Bewilderment of God
                      and the Unity thereof

                                I
                              adore
                           Thee by the
                      Twelve Bewilderments
                    and by the Unity thereof.


     1.  O  what art Thou,  O God my God,  Thou snow-browed storm
that art whirled up in clouds of flame?  O Thou red sword of  the
thunder!  Thou great blue river of ever-flowing Brightness,  over
whose breasts creep the star-bannered vessels of night! O how can
I  plunge within Thine inscrutable depths,  and yet with open eye
be lost in the pearly foam of Thine Oblivion?
     2.  O what art Thou,  O God my God, Thou eternal incarnating
immortal One? O Thou welder of life and death! Thou whose breasts
are  as  the  full breasts of a mother,  yet  in  Thy  hand  Thou
carriest the sword of destruction!  O how can I cleave the shield
of Thy might as a little wanton child may burst a floating bubble
with the breast-feather of a dove?
     3.  O what art Thou,  O God my God, Thou mighty worker laden
with the dust of toil? O Thou little ant of the earth! Thou great
monster  who  infuriatest the seas,  and by their vigour  wearest
down  the  strength of the cliffs!  O how can I bind  Thee  in  a
spider's  web of song,  and yet remain one and unconsumed  before
the raging of Thy nostrils?
     4.  O what art Thou, O God my God, Thou forked tongue of the
purple-throated thunder?  O Thou silver sword of lightning!  Thou
who rippest out the fire-bolt from the storm-cloud, as a sorcerer
teareth  the heart from a black kid!  O how can I possess Thee as
the  dome  of the skies,  so that I may fix the  keystone  of  my
reason in the arch of Thy forehead?
     5.  O  what art Thou,  O God my God,  Thou amber-scal'd  one
whose  eyes  are set on columns?   O Thou sightless seer  of  all
things!  Thou  spearless  warrior  who urgest on Thy  steeds  and
blindest the outer edge of darkness with Thy Glory!  O how can  I
grasp  the  whirling  wheels of Thy splendour,  and  yet  be  not
smitten into death by the hurtling fury of Thy chariot?
     6.  O what art Thou,  O God my God,  Thou red fire-fang that
gnawest  the  blue  limbs of night?  O Thou devouring  breath  of
flame!  Thou  illimitable ocean of frenzied air,  in whom all  is
one,  a plume cast into a furnace!  O how can I dare to  approach
and  stand before Thee,  for I am but as a withered leaf  whirled
away by the anger of the storm?
     7.  O  what  art Thou,  O God my God,  Thou almighty  worker
ungirded of slumber?  O Thou Unicorn of the Stars! Thou tongue of
flame burning above the firmament,  as a lily that blossometh  in
the drear desert! O how can I pluck Thee from the dark bed of Thy
birth,  and  revel  like a wine-drenched faun in the  banqueting-
house of Thy Seigniory?
     8.  O what art Thou,  O God my God, Thou dazzler of the deep
obscurity of day? O Thou golden breast of beauty! Thou shrivelled
udder of the storm-blasted mountains,  who no longer sucklest the
babe-clouds  of  wind-swept  night!  O how can I  gaze  upon  Thy
countenance of eld,  and yet be not blinded by the black fury  of
Thy dethroned Majesty?
     9.  O  what  art Thou,  O God my God,  Thou seraph-venom  of
witch-vengeance enchaunted? O Thou coiled wizardry of stars! Thou
one  Lord of life triumphant over death,  Thou red rose  of  love
nailed  to the cross of golden light!  O how can I die in Thee as
sea-foam  in the clouds,  and yet possess Thee as a  frail  white
mist possessess the stripped limbs of the Sun?
     10.  O what art Thou, O God my God, Thou soft pearl set in a
bow  of  effulgent light?  O Thou drop of  shimmering  dew!  Thou
surging  river of bewildering beauty who speedest as a blue arrow
of fire beyond,  beyond!  O how can I measure the poisons of  Thy
limbeck,  and  yet be for ever transmuted in the athanor of Thine
understanding?
     11.  O  what art Thou,  O God my God,  Thou disrober of  the
darkness  of  the Abyss?  O Thou veil'd  eye  of  creation!  Thou
soundless voice who,  for ever misunderstood,  rollest on through
the dark abysms of infinity!  O how can I learn to sing the music
of Thy name,  as a quivering silence above the thundering discord
of the tempest?
     12.  O what art Thou,  O God my God,  Thou teeming desert of
the abundance of night?  O Thou river of unquench'd thirst!  Thou
tongueless  one  who lickest up the dust of death and casteth  it
forth as the rolling ocean of life! O how can I possess the still
depths of Thy darkness, and yet in Thine embrace fall asleep as a
child in a bower of lilies?
     13.  O what art Thou, O God my God, Thou shrouded one veiled
in a dazzling effulgence?  O Thou centreless whorl of Time!  Thou
illimitable abysm of Righteousness,  the lashes of whose eye  are
as showers of molten suns! O how can I reflect the light of Thine
unity,  and melt into Thy Glory as a cloudy chaplet of chalcedony
moons?

              O Glory be unto Thee through all Time
                  and through all Space: Glory,
                      and Glory upon Glory,
                      Everlastingly. Amen,
                          and Amen, and
                              Amen.




































                    SUN The Chapter known as
                The Twelvefold Unification of God
                      and the Unity thereof

                                I
                              adore
                           Thee by the
                       Twelve Unifications
                    and by the Unity thereof.

     1.  O  Thou Unity of all things:  as the water that  poureth
through  the fingers of my hand,  so art Thou,  O God my  God.  I
cannot hold Thee,  for Thou art everywhere;  lo!  though I plunge
into the heart of the ocean,  there still shall I find Thee, Thou
Unity  of Unities,  Thou Oneness,  O Thou perfect Nothingness  of
Bliss!
     2.  O Thou Unity of all things: as the hot fire that flameth
is  too subtle to be held,  so art Thou,  O God my God.  I cannot
grasp Thee,  for Thou art everywhere;  lo!  though I hurl me down
the scarlet throat of a volcano,  there still shall I find  Thee,
Thou Unity of Unities,  Thou Oneness,  O Thou perfect Nothingness
of Bliss!
     3.  O Thou Unity of all things:  as the moon that waneth and
increaseth in the heavens,  so art Thou,  O God my God.  I cannot
stay Thee;  for Thou art everywhere; lo! though I devour Thee, as
a  dragon devoureth a kid,  there still shall I find  Thee,  Thou
Unity  of Unities,  Thou Oneness,  O Thou perfect Nothingness  of
Bliss!
     4. O Thou Unity of all things: as the dust that danceth over
the  breast of the desert,  so art Thou,  O God my God.  I cannot
seize Thee, for Thou art everywhere; lo! though I lick up with my
tongue  the bitter salt of the plains,  there still shall I  find
Thee,  Thou  Unity  of Unities,  Thou  Oneness,  O  Thou  perfect
Nothingness of Bliss!
     5. O Thou Unity of all things: as the air that bubbleth from
the  dark  depths of the waters,  so art Thou,  O God my  God.  I
cannot catch Thee, for Thou art everywhere; lo! though I net Thee
as  a goldfish in a kerchief of silk,  there still shall  I  find
Thee,  Thou  Unity  of  Unities,  Thou Oneness,  O  Thou  perfect
Nothingness of Bliss!
     6.  O Thou Unity of all things:  as the cloud that  flitteth
across the white horns of the moon,  so art Thou, O God my God. I
cannot pierce Thee,  for Thou art everywhere; lo! though I tangle
Thee  in a witch-gossamer of starlight,  there still shall I find
Thee,  Thou  Unity  of Unities,  Thou  Oneness,  O  Thou  perfect
Nothingness of Bliss!
     7.  O Thou Unity of all things:  as the star that travelleth
along its appointed course,  so art Thou,  O God my God. I cannot
rule Thee, for Thou art everywhere; lo! though I hunt Thee across
the blue heavens as a lost comet,  there still shall I find Thee,
Thou Unity of Unities,  Thou Oneness,  O Thou perfect Nothingness
of Bliss!
     8. O Thou Unity of all things: as the lightning that lurketh
in the heart of the thunder, so art Thou, O God my God. I cannot
search  Thee,  for  Thou art everywhere;  lo!  though I  wed  the
flaming circle to the enshrouded square, there still shall I find
Thee,  Thou  Unity  of  Unities,  Thou Oneness,  O  Thou  perfect
Nothingness of Bliss!
     9. O Thou Unity of all things: as the earth that holdeth all
precious jewels in her heart, so art Thou, O God my God. I cannot
spoil Thee,  for Thou art everywhere;  lo!  though I burrow as  a
mole  in  the mountain of Chaos,  there still shall I find  Thee,
Thou Unity of Unities,  Thou Oneness,  O Thou perfect Nothingness
of Bliss!
     10.  O  Thou  Unity of all things:  as  the  pole-star  that
burneth in the centre of the night,  so art Thou, O God my God. I
cannot hide Thee, for Thou art everywhere; lo! though I turn from
Thee at each touch of the lodestone of lust,  there still shall I
find Thee,  Thou Unity of Unities,  Thou Oneness,  O Thou perfect
Nothingness of Bliss!
     11.  O  Thou  Unity of all things:  as the blue  smoke  that
whirleth up from the altar of life,  so art Thou, O God my God. I
cannot  find Thee,  for Thou art everywhere;  lo!  though I inter
Thee  in the sarcophagi of the damned,  there still shall I  find
Thee,  Thou  Unity  of Unities,  Thou  Oneness,  O  Thou  perfect
Nothingness of Bliss!
     12. O Thou Unity of all things: as a dark-eyed maiden decked
in  crimson and precious pearls,  so art Thou,  O God my  God.  I
cannot rob Thee, for Thou art everywhere; lo! though I strip Thee
of Thy gold and scarlet raiment of Self, there still shall I find
Thee,  Thou  Unity  of  Unities,  Thou Oneness,  O  Thou  perfect
Nothingness of Bliss!
     13.  O  Thou Unity of all things:  as the sun  that  rolleth
through the twelve mansions of the skies,  so art Thou,  O God my
God.  I cannot slay Thee,  for Thou art everywhere;  lo! though I
lick up the Boundless Light,  the Boundless,  and the Not, there
still shall I find Thee,  Thou Unity of Unities,  Thou Oneness, O
Thou perfect Nothingness of Bliss!

              O Glory be unto Thee through all Time
                  and through all Space: Glory,
                      and Glory upon Glory,
                      Everlastingly. Amen,
                          and Amen, and
                              Amen.