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MS chapter 1, page 18 - AL (Liber Legis)
Ch. I, pg. 18
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 is not the Star. This
also is secret : my prophet shall reveal
it to the wise.
I give unimaginable joys on earth : certainty,
not faith, while in life, upon death ; peace
unutterable, rest, ecstasy; nor do I demand
aught in sacrifice.
My incense is of resinous woods & gums
and there is no blood therein : because of
my hair the trees of Eternity.