My Favorite Lies

"THE BOOK OF LIES

WHICH IS ALSO FALSELY
CALLED

BREAKS

THE WANDERINGS OR FALSIFICATIONS
OF THE ONE THOUGHT OF

FRATER PERDURABO
(Aleister Crowley)

WHICH THOUGHT IS ITSELF
UNTRUE"

This title to me reminds me of taking breaks from automatic true will speech. Like as if the Lies are breaks from the automatic speech of thought, the same speech that utters words from Arlyvenarly. These are breaks from that automatic speech otherwise called lies.

"ΚΕΦΑΛΗ Η ΟΥΚ ΕΣΤΙ ΚΕΦΑΛΗ

O!1
The Ante Primal Triad which is
NOT-GOD
Nothing is.
Nothing Becomes.
Nothing is not.

The First Triad which is GOD
I AM.
I utter The Word.
I hear The Word.

The Abyss
The Word is broken up.
There is Knowledge.
Knowledge is Relation.
These fragments are Creation.
The broken manifests Light.2

The Second Triad which is GOD
GOD the Father and Mother is concealed in Generation.
GOD is concealed in the whirling energy of Nature.
GOD is manifest in gathering: harmony: consideration: the Mirror of the Sun and of the Heart.

The Third Triad
Bearing: preparing.
Wavering: flowing: flashing.
Stability: begetting.

The Tenth Emanation
The world."

"ΚΕΦΑΛΗ Β

THE CRY OF THE HAWK

Hoor hath a secret fourfold name: it is Do What Thou Wilt.3
Four Words: Naught—One—Many—All.
Thou—Child!
Thy Name is holy.
Thy Kingdom is come.
Thy Will is done.
Here is the Bread.
Here is the Blood.
Bring us through Temptation!
Deliver us from Good and Evil!
That Mine as Thine be the Crown of the Kingdom, even now.
ABRAHADABRA.
These ten words are four, the Name of the One."

"ΚΕΦΑΛΗ ΙΖ

THE SWAN11

There is a Swan whose name is Ecstasy: it wingeth from the Deserts of the North; it wingeth through the blue; it wingeth over the fields of rice; at its coming they push forth the green.
In all the Universe this Swan alone is motionless; it seems to move, as the Sun seems to move; such is the weakness of our sight.
O fool! criest thou?
Amen. Motion is relative: there is Nothing that is still.
Against this Swan I shot an arrow; the white breast poured forth blood. Men smote me; then, perceiving that I was but a Pure Fool, they let me pass.
Thus and not otherwise I came to the Temple of the Graal."

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ΚΕΦΑΛΗ ΜΔ

THE MASS OF THE PHOENIX

The Magician, his breast bare, stands before an altar
on which are his Burin, Bell, Thurible, and two
of the Cakes of Light. In the Sign of the Enterer he
reaches West across the Altar, and cries:
Hail Ra, that goest in Thy bark
Into the Caverns of the DarK!

He gives the sign of Silence, and takes the Bell, and
Fire, in his hands.
East of the Altar see me stand
With Light and Musick in mine hand!

He strikes Eleven times upon the Bell 3 3 3-5 5 5 5 5-
3 3 3 and places the Fire in the Thurible.
I strike the Bell: I light the flame:
I utter the mysterious Name.
ABRAHADABRA
He strikes Eleven times upon the Bell.

Now I begin to pray: Thou Child,
holy Thy name and undefiled!
Thy reign is come: Thy will is done.
Here is the Bread; here is the Blood.
Bring me through midnight to the Sun!
Save me from Evil and from Good!
That Thy one crown of all the Ten.
Even now and here be mine. AMEN.

He puts the first Cake on the Fire of the Thurible.
I burn the Incense-cake, proclaim
These adorations of Thy name.

He makes them as in Liber Legis, and strikes again
Eleven times upon the Bell. With the Burin he then
makes upon his breast the proper sign.



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Behold this bleeding breast of mine
Gashed with the sacramental sign!

He puts the second Cake to the wound.
I stanch the blood; the wager soaks
It up, and the high priest invokes!

He eats the second Cake.
This Bread I eat. This Oath I swear
As I enflame myself with prayer:
"There is no grace: there is no guilt:
This is the Law: DO WHAT THOU WILT!"

He strikes Eleven times upon the Bell, and cries
ABRAHADABRA.
I entered in with woe; with mirth
I now go forth, and with thanksgiving,
To do my pleasure on the earth
Among the legions of the living.

He goeth forth."

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ΚΕΦΑΛΗ ΜΘ

WARATAH-BLOSSOMS

Seven are the veils of the dancing-girl in the harem
of IT.
Seven are the names, and seven are the lamps beside
Her bed.
Seven eunuchs guard Her with drawn swords; No
Man may come nigh unto Her.
In Her wine-cup are seven streams of the blood of
the Seven Spirits of God.
Seven are the heads of THE BEAST whereon She
rideth.
The head of an Angel: the head of a Saint: the head
of a Poet: the head of An Adulterous Woman: the
head of a Man of Valour: the head of a Satyr:
and the head of a Lion-Serpent.
Seven letters hath Her holiest name; and it is



A B
77
B A (Drawn upon this page is the
77 77 Sigil of BABALON.)
N L
7
O

This is the Seal upon the Ring that is on the Fore-
finger of IT: and it is the Seal upon the Tombs of
them whom She hath slain.
Here is Wisdom. Let Him that hath Understanding
count the Number of Our Lady; for it is the
Number of a Woman; and Her Number is
An Hundred and Fifty and Six."

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ΚΕΦΑΛΗ ΞΘ

THE WAY TO SUCCEED-AND THE WAY TO
SUCK EGGS!

This is the Holy Hexagram.
Plunge from the height, O God, and interlock with
Man!
Plunge from the height, O Man, and interlock with
Beast!
The Red Triangle is the descending tongue of grace;
the Blue Triangle is the ascending tongue of
prayer
This Interchange, the Double Gift of Tongues, the
Word of Double Power-ABRAHADABRA!-is
the sign of the GREAT WORK, for the GREAT
WORK is accomplished in Silence. And behold is
not that Word equal to Cheth, that is Cancer.
whose Sigil is ♋?
This Work also eats up itself, accomplishes its own
end, nourishes the worker, leaves no seed, is per-
fect in itself.
Little children, love one another!"

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ΚΕΦΑΛΗ ΟΗ

WHEEL AND--WOA!

The Great Wheel of Samsara.
The Wheel of the Law [Dhamma].
The Wheel of the Taro.
The Wheel of the Heavens.
The Wheel of Life.
All these Wheels be one; yet of all these the Wheel of
the TARO alone avails thee consciously.
Meditate long and broad and deep, O man, upon this
Wheel, revolving it in thy mind
Be this thy task, to see how each card springs
necessarily from each other card, even in due order
from The Fool unto The Ten of Coins.
Then, when thou know'st the Wheel of Destiny
complete, mayst thou perceive THAT Will which
moved it first. [There is no first or last.}
And lo! thou art past through the Abyss."

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ΚΕΦΑΛΗ ΠΗ

GOLD BRICKS
Teach us Your secret, Master! yap my Yahoos.
Then for the hardness of their hearts, and for the
softness of their heads, I taught them Magick.
But...alas!
Teach us Your real secret, Master! how to become
invisible, how to acquire love, and oh! beyond all,
how to make gold.
But how much gold will you give me for the Secret
of Infinite Riches?
Then said the foremost and most foolish; Master, it
is nothing; but here is an hundred thousand
pounds.
This did I deign to accept, and whispered in his ear
this secret:
A SUCKER IS BORN EVERY MINUTE."

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ΚΕΦΑΛΗ ΚΕ

THE STAR RUBY

Facing East, in the centre, draw deep deep deep thy
breath, closing thy mouth with thy right fore-
finger prest against thy lower lip. Then dashing
down the hand with a great sweep back and out,
expelling forcibly thy breath, cry: ΑΠΟ
ΠΑΝΤΟΣ ΚΑΚΟΔΑΙΜΟΝΟΣ.
With the same forefinger touch thy forehead, and
say ΣΟΙ, thy member, and say ΩΦΑΛΛΕ,(14)
thy right shoulder, and say ΙΣΧΥΡΟΣ, thy left
shoulder, and say ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΟΣ; then clasp
thine hands, locking the fingers, and cry ΙΑΩ.
Advance to the East. Imagine strongly a Pentagram.
aright, in thy forehead. Drawing the hands to the
eyes, fling it forth, making the sign of Horus, and
roar ΧΑΟΣ. Retire thine hand in the sign of Hoor
pa kraat.
Go round to the North and repeat; but scream
ΒΑΒΑΛΟΝ.
Go round to the West and repeat; but say ΕΡΩΣ.
Go round to the South and repeat; but bellow
ΨΥΧΗ.
Completing the circle widdershins, retire to the
centre, and raise thy voice in the Paian, with these
words Ι&Omicron ΠΑΝ with the signs of N.O.X.
Extend the arms in the form of a Tau, and say low
but clear: ΠΡ&Omicron ΜΟΥ ΙΥΓΓΕΣ ΟΠΙΣΩ ΜΟΥ ΤΕΛΕΤΑΡΧΑΙ
ΕΠΙ ΔΕΞΙΑ ΣΥΝΟΧΕΣ ΕΠΑΡΙΣΤΕΡ&Alpha ΔΑΙΜΟΝΕΣ ΦΛΕΓΕ&Iota ΓΑΡ
ΠΕΡΙ ΜΟΥ Ο ΑΣΤΗ&Rho ΤΩ&Nu ΠΕΝΤ&Epsilon ΚΑ&Iota Ε&Nu ΤΗ&Iota ΣΤΗΛΗΙ Ο ΑΣΤΗΡ
ΤΩΝ ΕΞ ΕΣΤΗΚΕ.
Repeat the Cross Qabalistic, as above, and end as
thou didst begin."

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ΚΕΦΑΛΗ ΛΣ

THE STAR SAPPHIRE

Let the Adept be armed with his Magick Rood [and
provided with his Mystic Rose].
In the centre, let him give the L.V.X. signs; or if
he know them, if he will and dare do them, and
can keep silent about them, the signs of N.O.X.
being the signs of Puer, Vir, Puella, Mulier. Omit
the sign I.R.
Then let him advance to the East, and make the
Holy Hexagram, saying: PATER ET MATER
UNIS DEUS ARARITA.
Let him go round to the South, make the Holy
Hexagram, and say: MATER ET FILIUS UNUS
DEUS ARARITA.
Let him go round to the West, make the Holy
Hexagram, and say: FILIUS ET FILIA UNUS
DEUS ARARITA.
Let him go round to the North, make the Holy
Hexagram, and then say: FILIA ET PATER
UNUS DEUS ARARITA.
Let him then return to the Centre, and so to The
Centre of All [making the ROSY CROSS as he
may know how] saying: ARARITA ARARITA
ARARITA.
In this the Signs shall be those of Set Triumphant
and of Baphomet. Also shall Set appear in the
Circle. Let him drink of the Sacrament and let him
communicate the same.]
Then let him say: OMNIA IN DUOS: DUO IN
UNUM: UNUS IN NIHIL: HAE NEC
QUATUOR NEC OMNIA NEC DUO NEC
UNUS NEC NIHIL SUNT.
GLORIA PATRI ET MATRI ET FILIO ET

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FILIAE ET SPIRITUI SANCTO EXTERNO
ET SPIRITUI SANCTO INTERNO UT ERAT
EST ERIT IN SAECULA SAECULORUM SEX
IN UNO PER NOMEN SEPTEM IN UNO
ARARITA.
Let him then repeat the signs of L.V.X. but not the
signs of N.O.X.; for it is not he that shall arise in
the Sign of Isis Rejoicing."

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ΚΕΦΑΛΗ ΚΒ

THE DESPOT

The waiters of the best eating-houses mock the whole
world; they estimate every client at his proper
value.
This I know certainly, because they always treat me
with profound respect. Thus they have flattered
me into praising them thus publicly.
Yet it is true; and they have this insight because
they serve, and because they can have no personal
interest in the affairs of those whom they serve.
An absolute monarch would be absolutely wise and
good.
But no man is strong enough to have no interest.
Therefore the best king would be Pure Chance.
It is Pure Chance that rules the Universe; therefore,
and only therefore, life is good."