The values of the single lines are based on what Hexagram is the
Transition between the Cast and the Becoming Hexagrams. These should only be
read when a single line is changing. If that line is considered as Tao, then
the value of that line is the value of the hidden Hexagram as a whole. The
line texts are, in effect, the 'Judgment' of the Hexagram that would have a
Tao, or null, value in that single position, instead of a Yang or Yin.
The Lines are loose 'translations' made in the spirit of the original line
texts of the Duke of Chou, but from a Thelemic perspective. These verses can
be read for any changing lines in the cast Hexagram, but are only part of the
divination proper if there is a single line changing. The resulting Hexagram
is then consulted for its Judgment.
Using this work to determine the meanings of divinations veers into both the
mystical and magickal aspects of each Hexagram. The advice given can change
from third person to first person and vice versa, as well as describe
situations in abstract. The method of generating these Hexagrams can be
whatever the adept finds most suitable, although the Sixteen System is the
most mathematically exact.
Recall that the lines have a basic meaning that runs through most of the
Hexes:
Line 1 is the beginning, or the foot, and is sometimes difficult;
line 2 is the place of the king's subject, or a servant, or the common folk.
Line 3 is the place of danger,
line 4 is the place of a Minister,
line 5 is the place of the King, and
line 6 is the end of the situation, or the head, or going so far that there
is a 'fall from grace' so to speak.
All pairs of I Ching Antigrams sum to the same number: 1092
if only the zelator blow sufficiently upon his furnace all the systems of
earth are consumed in the One Knowledge. = 1092
Hexagram 1, The Creative = 364 = the great mystery of the House of God
The Judgment:
the vault. There is one that shall avail to open it. = 364
eat rich foods and drink sweet wines = 364
Let thy flesh hang loose upon thy bones, = 364
and the name thereof shall be no more. = 364
Then was the Adept glad, and lifted his arm. = 364
The Image:
God is one; God is the Everlasting One; = 364
a white heat like the heat of the midmost sun. = 364
The Lines:
6 = 121 = top to bottom:
5 = 283 = the Secretest Chamber of the Palace!
4 = 337 = Now cometh the glory of the Single One,
3 = 355 = the Stable Abode of the Kings of AEgypt.
2 = 361 = I am a boy before Thee, O Thou satyr God.
1 = 363 = atone for the wrong of the Beginning;
Hexagram 2, the Receptive = 728
The Judgment: come before me in a single robe, and covered with a rich
headdress. I love you! = 728
Before all let the Oath be taken firmly as thou raisest up the altar from the
black earth. = 728
The Image: two in the supernal ecstasy of the stars. They did laugh and
rejoice exceedingly, = 728
though the flower wave bright in the sunshine, the root is deep in the
darkness = 728
wheeling in an abyss of infinite space. It is minute among a myriad vast ones
= 728
The Lines:
6 = 242 = Towers of the Universe
5 = 566 = And the Lord of Silence was established upon the Lotus flower.
4 = 674 = there is none to answer Thee. Thou art like a lonely pillar in the
midst of the sea;
3 = 710 = Ah! Ah! Death! Death! thou shalt long for death. Death is
forbidden, o man, unto thee.
2 = 722 = Hold! Hold! Bear up in thy rapture; fall not in swoon of the
excellent kisses! Harder!
1 = 726 = But ill befall the folk of the grey land, my God! Let me smother
them with my roses!
Hexagram 3, Gathering Support = 646
The Judgment: We are not for the poor and sad: the lords of the earth are
our kinsfolk. = 646
let the first strengthen the lower link, the last attach more firmly to the
higher. = 646
The Image: my darling, my lord, my master! O come to me, mix the fire and
the water, = 646
Secretly and by stealth did we drink of the informing sacrament. = 646
The Lines:
6 = 160 = a crown of thorns
5 = 565 = I will give you of their flesh to eat! Sacrifice cattle little and
big: after a child.
4 = 592 = coiled and ready to spring. I will give thee the kingdoms of the
earth,
3 = 628 = And thou, O prophet, shalt see these things, and thou shalt heed
them not.
2 = 640 = Heed naught! I love Thee! I love Thee! Therefore had I faith unto
the end of all;
1 = 645 = the slow and dark One, the ancient one, the devourer of His
children.
Hexagram 4, The Young Shoot = 482
The Judgment:
fool! what bitterness thou didst crown thy days withal. = 482
I charge you that ye come unto me in the Beginning; = 482
for a thousand times a night for a thousand nights = 482
The Image:
the stable was shaken and the unstable became still. = 482
this harlot maiden, within the Secretest Chamber of the Palace! = 482
The Lines:
6 = 239 = the Magician and the Exorcist.
5 = 320 = may ye reach unto the Smooth Point.
4 = 428 = thou shalt be forgotten, dust lost in dust.
3 = 464 = the fangs of the hound Eternity in this my throat!
2 = 479 = Thou shalt have danger & trouble. Ra-Hoor-Khu is with thee.
1 = 480 = the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done;
Hexagram 5, Getting Wet = 634
The Judgment:. Then I sought a Word for Myself; nay, for myself. And the
Word came: = 634
but ye are my chosen ones. Obey my prophet! follow out the ordeals = 634
The Image:
a mighty angel appeared as a woman, pouring vials of woe upon the flames, =
634
O Thou satyr God. Thou wilt inflict the punishment of pleasure --- Now! Now!
= 634
The Lines:
148 a rich headdress.
553 in the Naught of our Lady of the Body of the Milk of the Stars.
580 the Holy Graal, that is the sacred vessel of our Lady the Scarlet Woman,
625 secret, a fear to the world. Thou shalt be exalted, and none shall see
thee;
631 It is a lie, this folly against self. The exposure of innocence is a lie.
Be strong,
633 Let my servants be few & secret: they shall rule the many & the
known.
Hexagram 6, Grievance = 374
The Judgment:
Let Him beware of abstinence from action. = 374
Against him the Brothers of the Left-hand Path, = 374
O cobbler! mend me this shoe, that I may walk. = 374
the circumference, is nowhere found. = 374
These gods came right quickly to mine aid. = 374
Deem not too eagerly to catch the promises; = 374
The Image:
I am the Master: thou art the Holy Chosen One. = 374
If I lift up my head, I and my Nuit are one. = 374
The Lines:
6. 131 all shall dissolve.
5. 293 the garden of immortal kisses,
4. 347 that which is to be trampled shall be trampled;
3. 356 this is the bitter water that becometh sweet.
2. 371 be obstinate, and be not obstinate.
1. 372 the Fool that heedeth not the Play of the Magician.
Hexagram 7, An Army = 725
The Judgment:
destroy the traitors. I am Ra-Hoor-Khuit; and I am powerful to protect my
servant. = 725
your armour; go on, go on, in my strength; & ye shall turn not back for
any. = 725
The Image:
He must speak Truth, that the Falsehood thereof may enslave the souls of men.
= 725
the just merchant shall behold thee, and plunging in his hand shall single
thee out = 725
The Lines:
239 I will dwell therein with my Lord
563 my servant V.V.V.V.V. did rule and govern in His place.
671 O my God, the breath of the Garden of Spices. All these have a savour
averse.
707 Why? Why? comes the sudden cackle of a million imps of hell. And the
laughter runs.
722 the Law of the Battle of Conquest: thus shall my worship be about my
secret house.
723 Help me, o warrior lord of Thebes, in my unveiling before the Children of
men!
Hexagram 8, Alliance = 647
The Judgment:
Thou art Adonai the beloved one! Thou art my darling and my lord, = 647
love and love. There is the dove, and there is the serpent. Choose ye well! =
647
The Image:
the dimmest hollow! There we will feast upon mandrake and upon moly! = 647
in that formless abyss was I made a partaker of the Mysteries Averse. = 647
The Lines:
161 Hail! ye twin warriors
566 an huntress among Thy dogs, as a goddess virginal chaste,
593 Then, O thou heart, will I the serpent eat thee wholly up; yea, I will
eat thee wholly up.
629 the slaying of the Warrior 418,
641 My God! but I love Thee! Why hast Thou whispered so ambiguous things?
645 That which established me is invisible and unknowable in its essence.
Hexagram 9, Small is Tamed = 391
The Judgment:
one with the Eternal and Omnipotent God. = 391
we veil the brilliance of our Self. My darling! = 391
declare gentleness and quietness, = 391
I will kiss you, and bring you to the bridal: = 391
The Image:
the priest beheld a steady glitter in the heart = 391
the cold emptiness of the utmost heaven, = 391
the onrush of two galaxies, butting each other = 391
The Lines:
148 Afloat in the aether,
310 I am a white bird, and perch upon Thee.
337 I will dwell therein with my Lord for ever.
382 Seven Spirits of Unrighteousness;
388 the secret Serpent coiled about to spring:
390 all shall dissolve. I await Thee in sleeping, in waking.
Hexagram 10, Treading = 373
The Judgment:
O ye that are without understanding! = 373
In the name of the Lord of Initiation, Amen. = 373
All words are sacred and all prophets true; = 373
Follow out these my words. Fear nothing. = 373
follow out the ordeals of my knowledge! = 373
bear thou the Word unto the mighty cities, = 373
But whoso availeth in this, let him be the chief of all! = 373
Glory to God, and Thanksgiving to God! = 373
The Image:
Up! The ruddy clouds hang over thee! = 373
a flake of snow falling in the pine-clad woods. = 373
The Lines:
130 black and white.
292 the darkly-splendid abodes.
346 There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.
355 my words devour the spirit of man.
370 Nu is your refuge as Hadit your light,
372 He hath established His rule in His kingdom.
Hexagram 11, Flowing = 715
The Judgment:
Long ages hast thou waited at the end of the city and the roads thereof.
Awake Thou! = 715
thou hast darkened thine eyepits with Kohl; thou hast tinted thy lips with
vermilion;
Come to me now! I love Thee! I love Thee! O my darling, my darling --- Kiss
me! Kiss me! = 715
slay thyself as I at the end am slain, in the death that is life, in the
peace that is mother of war, = 715
lay thy dust in the City of the Pyramids, and the name thereof shall be no
more. = 715
The Image:
of a vast black brooding ocean of death and the central blaze of darkness, =
715
compassed about with the Infinite Circle of Emerald that encloseth the
Universe. = 715
The Lines:
229 reflections distorted.
553 thou hast no right but to do thy will. Do that, and no other shall say
661 All these I cast aside, crying: Begone! So that all these faded from my
vision.
706 the dawn of the utmost snows upon the burnt-up flats of the tiger's land.
712 Stooping down, dipping my wings, I came unto the darkly-splendid abodes.
714 their words shall illumine the worlds. They shall be masters of majesty
and might;
Hexagram 12, Blocked = 377
The Judgment:
the scribe knew the narcissus in his heart; = 377
No man shall understand this writing --- = 377
I am like a wounded bird flapping in circles. = 377
my God! I see Thee dark and desirable, = 377
hidden behind the ovals of Thine eyes. = 377
How shall I come forth into the light? Thou art He, O God! = 377
Thy silence and Thy speech that worship me avail. = 377
do thy will. Do that, and no other shall say nay. = 377
And in all shalt thou create the Infinite Bliss, = 377
Only the Destroyer shall devour Thee; = 377
The Image:
Supremely solitary in that heath of scrub. = 377
thou raisest up the altar from the black earth. = 377
the root is deep in the darkness of earth. = 377
The Lines:
134 I lift up my head,
296 in the temple of Ammon-Ra at Thebai.
350 stand erect upon the high mountain;
359 I ask you to sacrifice nothing at mine altar;
371 I am alone: there is no God where I am. Behold!
375 like a multitude of swans upon the lake.
Hexagram 13, With Others = 367
The Judgment:
combine Sat-Chit-Ananda, and Light, Love, Life, = 367
the colours are many, but the light is one. = 367
He leaveth the one, and cleaveth to the other. = 367
So also I went down into the great sad city. = 367
These men and women rave and howl; = 367
the secret word which I have given unto him. = 367
let him rise next swollen and straining; = 367
glory in the End and the Beginning; = 367
The Image:
Above it shineth not; below it is not dark. = 367
a crust of earth concealed the core of flame. = 367
I have made a secret door Into the House = 367
The Lines:
6. 124 Head of the Hawk,
5. 286 a love-sick courtesan of Corinth.
4. 340 like a garden of Roses of Macedonia.
3. 358 twin warriors about the pillars of the world!
2. 361 The inspired forth-speaker of Mentu;
1. 366 the first night of the Prophet and his Bride!
Hexagram 14, Great Wealth = 445
The Judgment:
The guests dally upon couches of mother-of-pearl = 445
all in the clear light, and some, though not all, in the dark. = 445
another shall privily cast a crown of violets over thee; = 445
I see thee hate the hand & the pen; but I am stronger. = 445
and I will give you all that is desirable upon the earth. = 445
wealth and wisdom when thou art no longer thou. = 445
The Image:
God! Thou art a little white rabbit in the burrow Night. = 445
Thy kisses are like sunlight on the blue Aegean. = 445
The Lines:
202 the God enthroned
283 A, the heart of IAO, dwelleth in ecstasy
418 man of Earth. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
436 Yet there are masked ones my servants:
442 for there are also of my friends who be hermits.
444 Let him not seek to try: but one cometh after him,
Hexagram 15, Modesty = 719
The Judgment:
Am not I the flying spark of light whirled away by the great wind of your
perfection? = 719
Nameless and imperceptible is the Tao; but it informeth and perfecteth all
things. = 719
The best students, learning of the Tao, set to work earnestly to practice the
Way. = 719
ye, o my people, rise up & awake! Let the rituals be rightly performed
with joy & beauty! = 719
The Image:
My adepts stand upright; their head above the heavens, their feet below the
hells. = 719
the hair of the Great Goddess, flowers of the roses that are about her neck,
Amen! = 719
The Lines:
233 a secret fourfold word,
557 Lurk! Withdraw! Upon them! this is the Law of the Battle of Conquest:
665 (The scribe looketh upwards and crieth) Amen! Thou hast spoken it, Lord
God!
710 there is no thing at all, that is not altogether and perfectly fashioned
for Thy delight.
713 Therefore thou art mine, even now and for ever and for everlasting.
717 Fear me not with my spearmen! They shall slay the demons with their petty
prongs.
Hexagram 16, Contentment = 701
The Judgment:
The Sun, Strength & Sight, Light; these are for the servants of the Star
& the Snake. = 701
in the supernal ecstasy of the stars. They did laugh and rejoice exceedingly,
= 701
Nay! Who shall devour the infinite? who shall undo the Wrong of the
Beginning? = 701
Only those who fear shall fail. Those who have bent their backs to the yoke
of slavery = 701
The foundations of the pyramid were hewn in the living rock ere sunset; = 701
the Lord Khem arose, He who is holy among the highest, and set up his crowned
staff = 701
The Image:
I the serpent will coil close about thee. My coil shall never relax
throughout the aeons. = 701
The Lines:
215 the crown of the pyramid
539 Yea! all the world is split apart, as an old grey tree by the lightning!
674 Then they shall chance to abide in this bliss or no; it is no odds. Do
this quickly!
683 I will make me a little boat of my tongue, and explore the unknown
rivers.
695 Refuse none, but thou shalt know & destroy the traitors. I am
Ra-Hoor-Khuit;
699 It is minute among a myriad vast ones, dark amid a myriad bright ones.
Hexagram 17, The Hunt = 619
The Judgment:
One mounteth unto the Crown by the moon and by the Sun, = 619
He shall stretch himself upon the altar, and awake it into life, and into
death. = 619
the flaming God may rage through the firmament with his fantastic spear. =
619
even as a snake that seizeth on a little singing-bird. I have caught Thee, =
619
I have hit. I passed into the mountain of lapis-lazuli, even as a green hawk
= 619
The Image: thou art dropt, O my child, my conqueror, my sword-girt
captain, O Hoor! = 619
Nor is there any rest, Sweet Heart, save in the cradle of royal Bacchus, =
619
The Lines:
133 be righteous
538 in the night watch one shall steal close, and grip thee with the secret
grip;
592 thou Who hast mastered the kingdoms of the East and of the West.
601 Beware, beware, I say, lest ye seek after the one and lose the other!
613 stamp down the wretched & the weak: this is the law of the strong:
this is our law
618 a soul of filth and of weakness, and it corrupted all the rule of the
Tao.
Hexagram 18, Illness = 473
The Judgment:
Come! lift up thine heart & rejoice! We are one; we are none. = 473
spirit of man. I shall not rest until I have dissolved it all. = 473
the abyss, annihilation. An end to loneliness, as to all. = 473
ever deeper. I fall, even as the whole Universe falls = 473
who shall lead me to the sight of the Rapture of my master? = 473
the Law is Thelema. Who calls us Thelemites will do no wrong, = 473
I inscribe the secret riddles of the Sphinx of the Gods, = 473
The Image:
the winds of pale water, thou shalt transmute the earth = 473
blown by the wind from the low sweet brows of Hathor = 473
The Lines:
230 I want to go on to the holier place.
311 Let my servants be few & secret:
419 the prophet and slave of the beauteous one:
464 the fangs of the hound Eternity in this my throat!
470 the angels shall lay thy dust in the City of the Pyramids,
471 First falls the silly world; the world of the old grey land.
Hexagram 19, Leadership = 724
The Judgment:
Men and women of the Earth, to you am I come from the Ages beyond the Ages, =
724
This Path is beyond Life and Death; it is also beyond Love; but that ye know
not, = 724
remember, o chosen one, to be me; to follow the love of Nu in the star-lit
heaven; = 724
The beat of my heart is the pendulum of love. The songs of me are the soft
sighs: = 724
Them that seek to entrap thee, to overthrow thee, them attack without pity or
quarter; = 724
The Image: Thou shalt drain out thy blood that is thy life into the golden
cup of her fornication. = 724
disciples; as fast as they acquire this balanced power and joy so faster will
I push them. = 724
The Lines:
238 Raise the spell of Ra-Hoor-Khuit!
562 I have burst the bonds of Love and of Power and of Worship.
670 all these mysteries hidden therein. The child of thy bowels, he shall
behold them.
706 Thou art standing as it were upon a pinnacle at the edge of some
fortified city.
721 Lazily, hungrily, ardently, patiently; so will I work. There shall be an
End. O God! O God!
723 I await the awaking! The summons on high From the Lord Adonai, from the
Lord Adonai!
Hexagram 20, Watching = 404
The Judgment:
Master of the Temple of A.'.A.'., whose name is Truth. = 404
the adept, seeing all these things from above, = 404
my God! Let the work be accomplished in silence. = 404
Behold! in my beauty how joyous Thou art, = 404
wast Thou then as now my beautiful lover? = 404
Was my boyhood then as now Thy toy, Thy joy? = 404
the End is delight, and delight is in the midst, = 404
The Image:
and the Lord Tahuti stood forth. The Voice came = 404
as a messenger unto that small dark orb. = 404
The Lines:
161 I am the axle of the wheel,
323 and the Watchers shall drink thereof.
350 stand erect upon the high mountain;
386 Blue am I and gold in the light of my bride:
398 I am the Fool that heedeth not the Play of the Magician.
402 a pure heart, and the Serpent flame therein,
Hexagram 21, Biting Through = 457
The Judgment:
the kisses of the stars rain hard upon thy body. = 457
deem not of change: ye shall be as ye are, & not other. = 457
Then was the countenance of all time darkened, = 457
The Rituals of Initiation, Asar, as Bull, as Man, as Sun. = 457
the seal unloosed, that guarded the Eighth abyss; = 457
O heart that art girt about with the coils of the old serpent, = 457
I am a man. Even a little child might not endure Thee. = 457
The Image:
Nuit! Hadit! Ra-Hoor-Khuit! The Sun, Strength & Sight, Light; = 457
the cradle of royal Bacchus, the thigh of the most Holy One. = 457
The Lines:
214 the Court of the Profane
295 a great fire and a devouring.
430 Only Thy silence and Thy speech that worship me avail.
439 I chid my beautiful lover with his sunray mane;
451 learn the secret that hath not yet been revealed.
456 This shall be your only proof. I forbid argument.
Hexagram 22, Adorned = 475
The Judgment:
Now rejoice! now come in our splendour & rapture! = 475
in purple robes and drunken with purple wine, = 475
Then shall the master appear as He should appear --- in His glory. = 475
Let us feast on the cool grass! Bring wine, ye slaves, = 475
I the priest beheld a steady glitter in the heart of the pearl. = 475
a waning moon. Clouds scudding over the sky. = 475
the crowned child, the golden rod of the golden God. = 475
Thou wast with me from the beginning. This now I know, = 475
The Image:
Let the rituals be rightly performed with joy & beauty! = 475
o blessed Beast, and thou the Scarlet Concubine = 475
The Lines:
232 the touch of the Fire Qadosh
313 a secret glory for them that love me.
421 they shall stand upon the firm foundation;
466 Then the joys of my love will redeem ye from all pain.
469 Thou shalt inspire the proud ones with infinite pride,
474 it is I that go. Who worshipped Heru-pa-kraath have worshipped me;
Hexagram 23, Destruction = 485
The Judgment:
Self-Luminous Image of the Unimaginable Naught, = 485
All things are sacred to me; no thing is sacred from me. = 485
in my temple stood Bacchus as the priest of Ammon-Ra. = 485
Intoxicate the inmost, O my lover, not the outermost! = 485
prophet, though thou likest it not. Thou shalt have danger = 485
all is in vain; a man's life spilt for thy love upon My Altars. = 485
The Image:
I will reward you here and hereafter. Fear not, o prophet, = 485
dwelleth in ecstasy in the secret place of the thunders. = 485
The Lines:
242 the winners of the Ordeal x.
323 Yea, an angel troubled the waters.
431 Yet in a little while a serpent struck him that he died.
467 Then the Lord Khem arose, He who is holy among the highest,
479 I am like a hawk of mother-of-emerald; I catch Thee by instinct,
483 the ancient dragon that sat upon the stagnant water.
Hexagram 24, Return = 727
The Judgment:
The fool readeth this Book of the Law, and its comment; & he
understandeth it not. = 727
ye shall know that the chosen priest & apostle of infinite space is the
prince-priest the Beast; = 727
for there be times of darkness, and this as a lamp therein. With the Wand
createth He. = 727
We parted thence; ever to the smaller, ever to the greater, until now, O
sweet God, = 727
The Image:
a death and a birth. The priest of Isis lifted the veil of Isis, and was
slain by the kisses = 727
so do thou bind together the words and the deeds, so that in all is one
Thought = 727
The Lines:
241 the milky ocean of the stars!
565 follow on the wings of the gale even unto the holy house of Hathor;
673 it pains, it slays, it suffices. Let me go back into the world; yea, back
into the world.
709 I saw these things averse and evil; and they were not, even as Thou art
Not.
721 Let him come through the first ordeal, & it will be to him as silver.
Through the second, gold.
726 the blood makes as it were a sunset on the lapis lazuli of the King's
Bedchamber.
Hexagram 25, No Expectations = 376
The Judgment:
To the false I am true; thus all become true. = 376
a wine whose savour thou knowest not. = 376
Behold, these many aeons have passed; = 376
the swan flew and dived and soared, = 376
the humming-bird was afflicted in his spirit, = 376
In no way shall he come to the Identity of Thee! = 376
Even a little child might not endure Thee. = 376
The Image:
in his heart I beheld the slow and dark One, = 376
Thy blood for an offering of intoxication. = 376
The Lines:
133 flame of blue,
295 a jocund and ruddy God,
349 I laid my head against the Head of the Swan,
358 Thus shall equilibrium become perfect.
370 like a lover into the bed of his beautiful;
375 Fear nothing. Fear nothing. Fear nothing.
Hexagram 26, Big is Tamed = 472
The Judgment:
She hath burst in sunder with the weight of the waters; = 472
let her raise herself in pride! Let her follow me in my way! = 472
continuous one of Heaven, let it be ever thus; = 472
Deep into Thine eyes that are golden my soul leaps, = 472
let us attain to the Union with the Many! In the silence = 472
There is no more voice at all. So shall it be unto the end. = 472
Do what thou wilt. There is an end of the word of the God = 472
The Image:
To me! The Manifestation of Nuit is at an end. Nu! = 472
it is revealed by Aiwass the minister of Hoor-paar-kraat. = 472
The Lines:
229 balanced power and joy
310 the omnipresence of my body.
418 gnarl'd and crook'd and devilish strong.
463 let us fill up the pillar of the Infinite with an infinite kiss!
469 I am shed out like spilt blood upon the mountains;
471 Let us sit awhile in the orchard, until the sun go down!
Hexagram 27, Bulging Cheeks = 484
The Judgment;
One absorbs little and is called white and glistening; = 484
my God! Thou art a little white rabbit in the burrow Night. = 484
I am a white bird, and perch upon Thee. Thou art My Lover: = 484
He shall await the sword of the Beloved and bare his throat = 484
He must teach; but he may make severe the ordeals. = 484
The Image:
the wisdom of Ra-Hoor-Khu-it. Also the mantras and spells; = 484
my words. Fear nothing. Fear nothing. Fear nothing. = 484
no sound heard but this thy lion-roar of rapture; = 484
The Lines:
241 the fang of the Exalted One.
322 Be not animal; refine thy rapture!
430 Adonai laughed, and played more languidly.
466 again and again the Veil has fallen upon the Holy of Holies.
478 Lord Adonai, I pray thee to loosen the coils of the serpent!
483 I have aimed at the peeled wand of my God, and I have hit;
Hexagram 28, Big Gets By = 608
The Judgment:
fool! what bitterness thou didst crown thy days withal. Now I am with
thee; = 608
one kiss is the key to the infinite sleep and lucid, the sleep of Shi-loh-am.
= 608
I love you; I would sprinkle you with the divine dew of immortality. = 608
a beautiful thing whiter than a woman in the column of this vibration. = 608
he is like the Woman that jetteth out the milk of the stars from her paps;
yea, = 608
the milk of the stars be drunk up by Sebek the dweller of Nile! = 608
the kisses of the stars rain hard upon thy body. Thou art exhaust = 608
The Universe reels; Thou hast looked upon it. Twice, and all is done. = 608
The Image:
the Glory abideth within. Thou shalt comfort the heart of the secret stone =
608
thou canst not hurt him. Therefore strike hard & low, and to hell with
them, = 608
The Lines:
122 Lift up thyself!
527 I have filled thee with a wine whose savour thou knowest not.
581 also the Pyramid was builded so that the Initiation might be complete.
599 There is a strange pale God, a god of pain and deadly wickedness.
605 Be strong, o man! lust, enjoy all things of sense and rapture:
606 the altar shall fume before the master with incense that hath no smoke.
Hexagram 29, Pits = 644
The Judgment:
let the fine be tried in intellect, and the lofty chosen ones in the highest.
= 644
to the abyss, annihilation. An end to loneliness, as to all. Pan! Pan! Io
Pan! Io Pan!
I pour out the libation on Thine altars; all night will I burn the sacrifice
of blood; = 644
drain out thy blood that is thy life into the golden cup of her fornication.
= 644
fear with the fear of love: I will overcome thee. Thou shalt be very nigh to
death. = 644
6. the Priest veiled himself, lest his glory be profaned, lest his word be
lost = 644
Yet certain holy nuns concealed the secret in songs upon the lyre. = 644
The Image:
I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube
in the circle. = 644
the waters were cloven and the illusion of the towers was destroyed. = 644
little light. When Thou shall know me, O empty God, my flame shall utterly
expire
The Lines:
158 the poor and sad:
563 the yielding of the Yoni is one with the lengthening of the Lingam.
590 the Lord Adonai delighteth in me, and I bear the Cup of His gladness
626 A bed of flowers immortal, that we may take our pleasure thereupon.
641 Thou didst bear away the Holy Graal beneath Thy Druid vestments.
642 What meaneth this, o prophet? Thou knowest not; nor shalt thou know ever.
Hexagram 30, Shining Light = 448
The Judgment:
Iacchus invisible, Iacchus triumphant, Iacchus indicible! = 448
a rood of glowing gold! So I adored the God. Bacchus! = 448
the hour Of the hooded and holy ineffable flower. = 448
Lord Adonai, in His garlands of roses and pearls = 448
silent, unique, apart. O lonely woods of the world! = 448
the winners of the Ordeal x. What is this? Thou shalt know. = 448.
The Image:
Not otherwise may you reach unto the Smooth Point. = 448
to Absolute Truth, Absolute Light, Absolute Bliss. = 448
The Lines:
205 transcendent heat;
286 the Mystery of Redemption.
421 a white ash be prepared by Hermes the Invisible.
439 The night fell, and the music of the lutes was stilled.
442 Let him enter in turn or at once the four gates;
447 Thou shalt manifest Thyself in the unmanifest;
Hexagram 31, Movement = 611
The Judgment:
Behold! the rituals of the old time are black. Let the evil ones be cast
away; = 611
seek me only! Then the joys of my love will redeem ye from all pain. = 611
The laughter of the mockers shall be a ripple in the hair of the Beloved One.
= 611
for there is a factor infinite & unknown; & all their words are
skew-wise. = 611
ye have star & star, system & system; let not one know well the
other! = 611
Only your mouths shall drink of a delicious wine --- the wine of Iacchus; =
611
The Image:
her lovely hands upon the black earth, & her lithe body arched for love,
= 611
bathing his whole body in a sweet-smelling perfume of sweat: O Nuit, = 611
The Lines:
6. 125 Fear nothing.
5. 530 arouse the coiled splendour within you: come unto me!
4. 584 I am the strength, force, vigour of your arms. Mercy let be off:
3. 602 the faun became Pan in the midst of the primal forest of Eternity.
2. 605 This life is too full; it pains, it slays, it suffices. Let me go back
into the world;
1. 609 The little dogs cannot correct him, for they can do naught but bark.
Hexagram 32, Constancy = 689
The Judgment:
I sought a Word for Myself; nay, for myself. And the Word came: O Thou! it is
well. = 689
the stream of the stars floweth ever majestical unto the Abode; bear me away
= 689
Yet Pertinax brought me to the bridal. I had a crown of thorns for all my
dower. = 689
then beneath the winged Eros is youth, delighting in the one and the other. =
689
He that lives long & desires death much is ever the King among the Kings.
Aye! = 689
ye know not how to will. Yet the music of my spears shall be a song of
freedom. = 689
The Image:
But I beheld the beautiful God at the back of the blizzard -- and Thou wast
He! = 689
It moveth all continuously, without Expression, returning into Naught. = 689
The Lines:
203 They beheld not God;
527 Art thou sorry? Is fear in thine heart? Where I am these are not.
662 Farther and farther into the never-ending Expansion of the Abyss.
680 my whole body shall be like the milk of the stars. I will be lustrous and
Greek,
686 I am clothed with the body of flesh; I am one with the Eternal and
Omnipotent God.
687 the Seven might move indeed, yet ever point to the unchanging One.
Hexagram 33, The Piglet = 368
The Judgment:
Also certain secret ones concealed the Light = 368
The adepts, the servants of V.V.V.V.V., = 368
Thou art revealed by the darkness, = 368
Ye, even ye, know not this meaning all. = 368
Love one another with burning hearts; = 368
The Image: blue-lidded daughter of Sunset; = 368
she is like a pearl, and seeketh Seventy = 368
I have found a vessel of quicksilver. = 368
The Lines:
125 joy & beauty!
287 unutterable splendour,
341 a black pearl of infinite preciousness.
359 There rest, under the canopy of night.
362 I was Thy mate in the forests of the lowland;
366 I am but a speck in the star-dust of ages;
Hexagram 34, Big Uses Force = 688
The Judgment:
Behold! there are three ordeals in one, and it may be given in three ways. =
688
that trident walking over the sea. A phoenix hath it for its head; below are
two prongs.
Verbum fit Verbum. Also Vitriol and the Hierophant's name V.V.V.V.V. = 688
Thou art like a cluster of maidens, like a multitude of swans upon the lake.
= 688
Thou didst ride with Thy captains and Thy hosts; with Thy chariots and
horsemen
So thou bringest me tidings of the Beloved One, I shall not ask thy name. =
688
Intoxicate the inmost, O my lover, not the outermost! So was it --- ever the
same! = 688
The Image:
o my people, rise up & awake! Let the rituals be rightly performed with
joy & beauty! = 688
the Invisible inform all the devouring Light of its disruptive vigour! Yea! =
688
they shall find thee as a black gnarl'd glittering stone, and they shall
worship thee. = 688
The Lines:
202 Ye are against the people,
526 the dissolving of the soul in that resounding abyss.
661 Had! The manifestation of Nuit. The unveiling of the company of heaven.
679 even in thy yielding thou strivest to yield --- and lo! thou yieldest
not.
685 Then the word of Adonai came unto me by the mouth of the Magister mine,
687 But these thy prophets; they must cry aloud and scourge themselves;
Hexagram 35, Advancement = 458
The Judgment:
I, the force that have created all, am not to be despised. = 458
thou serpent-woman! Thou wast lithe and delicious = 458
the Sacrament of the Graal in the Chapel of Abominations. = 458
To you who yet wander in the Court of the Profane = 458
the changeless pain of the eyes is bitter to the blind. = 458
Let me fashion an image of gems and gold for Thee! = 458
The Image:
God, my God! O Thou great hooded sun of glory, = 458
strange and mystic, like a yellow priest invoking = 458
The Lines:
215 King among the Kings.
296 the sorrows are but as shadows;
431 Yet in a little while a serpent struck him that he died.
440 Think not, o king, upon that lie: That Thou Must Die:
452 be me; to follow the love of Nu in the star-lit heaven;
456 The lightning came and licked up the little flock of sheep.
Hexagram 36, The Bright Pheasant = 718
The Judgment:
I am the Heart; and the Snake is entwined About the invisible core of the
mind. = 718
if thou do aught joyous, let there be subtlety therein! But exceed! exceed! =
718
combine Sat-Chit-Ananda, and Light, Love, Life, three by three into nine that
are one, = 718
And the Magus is Love, and bindeth together That and This in His Conjuration.
= 718
Lonely is he, and abominable; yet hath he gained the crown. Oh rejoice!
rejoice! My God! = 718
I love Thee! With the vehement appetite of a beast I hunt Thee through the
Universe. = 718
my dove, my excellent one, how shall this word seem unto the children of men?
= 718
No man shall understand this writing -- it is too subtle for the sons of men.
= 718
The Image:
your Kiblah for ever. It shall not fade, but miraculous colour shall come
back to it = 718
the darkness of earth. Praise to thee, O beautiful dark earth, thou art the
mother = 718
The Lines:
232 the secret Serpent coiled
556 to him is the winged secret flame, and to her the stooping starlight.
664 in these are mysteries that no Beast shall divine. Let him not seek to
try:
709 Deem not too eagerly to catch the promises; fear not to undergo the
curses.
712 the ordeals I write not: the rituals shall be half known and half
concealed: the Law is for all.
717 the Hermit, and the Lover, and the man of Earth. Do what thou wilt shall
be the whole of the Law.
Hexagram 37, The Household = 394
The Judgment:
Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; = 394
Let the woman be girt with a sword before me: = 394
a courtesan of Delos, of the unstable Isle. = 394
Also the purity was divided by Strength, = 394
Thus ye have star & star, system & system; = 394
Alone. Alone. Think, O God, how I am happy in Thy love. = 394
Thou art the cool still water of the wizard fount. = 394
F.I.A.T. is enthroned on the day of Be-with-Us. = 394
The Image:
anointed with the right sweet oil of the Magister; = 394
I invoke, I greet Thy presence, O Ra-Hoor-Khuit! = 394
The Lines:
151 Lord of Initiation.
313 the brilliance of our Lord the Sun.
340 a purple plum upon a sunny tree.
385 I console not: I hate the consoled & the consoler.
388 ye are my chosen ones. Obey my prophet!
393 Every man and every woman is a star.
Hexagram 38, Estrangement = 454
The Judgment:
I will give you a war-engine. With it ye shall smite the peoples; = 454
(The Magister saw it and rejoiced in the beauty of it.) = 454
I have gone down, O my God, into the abyss of the all, = 454
O my Lord Adonai, O thou Abyss of Sapphire! I follow Thee, = 454
I passed through the deep sea, and by the rivers = 454
I was caught up into the presence of my Lord Adonai, = 454
and there we abode and rejoiced. Exceedingly; = 454
Thou art He, O God! O my darling! my child! my plaything! = 454
The Image:
the blood of the heart that beareth me, that beareth me. = 454
convey it with worship, o prophet, though thou likest it not. = 454
The Lines:
211 the laughing face of Eros.
292 the midst of the Delightful Ocean.
427 lift up thine heart & rejoice! We are one; we are none.
436 the bonds of Love and of Power and of Worship.
451 Altogether I melted into her beauty and was glad.
453 Is a God to live in a dog? No! but the highest are of us.
Hexagram 39, Stumbling = 638
The Judgment:
Lord Adonai, that dalliest with the Magister in the Treasure-House of Pearls,
= 638
my master! O come to me, mix the fire and the water, all shall dissolve. I
await Thee = 638
for Thee, I wander very lonely among the mad folk, in the grey land = 638
I the Serpent clasp Thee; I drive home mine head into the central core of
Thee, = 638
take but one step in this Path, ye must arrive inevitably at the end = 638
The Image:
the Word Abrahadabra. The Book of the Law is Written and Concealed. Aum. Ha.
= 638
Be still, O my soul! that the spell may dissolve As the wands are upraised, =
638
The Lines:
152 Selflessness
557 a potent spell to exorcise the demons of the Five! Ah God, all is gone!
584 an acid eats into steel, as a cancer that utterly corrupts the body;
629 But your holy place shall be untouched throughout the centuries:
632 my prophet, thy stature shall surpass the stars. They shall worship thy
name,
636 Also it straineth like a hound in the leash. It hath pride and great
subtlety.
Hexagram 40,Getting Free = 698
The Judgment:
my chosen ones. Obey my prophet! follow out the ordeals of my knowledge! =
698
in the house of happiness. I am not come to rebuke you, or to enslave you. =
698
thou attain to the Sacrament of the Graal in the Chapel of Abominations. And
behold! = 698
I will overcome thee; the New Life shall illumine thee with the Light that is
beyond the Stars. = 698
The Image:
God! I swim in Thy heart like a trout in the mountain torrent. I leap from
pool to pool = 698
knowing the law of the fortress, and the great mystery of the House of God. =
698
The Lines:
212 Strive ever to more!
536 I sailed over the sky of Nu in the car called Millions-of-Years,
671 Thou hast burst me utterly in sunder. I am shed out like spilt blood
680 certainty, not faith, while in life, upon death; peace unutterable, rest,
ecstasy;
695 I will bring you to victory & joy: I will be at your arms in battle
& ye shall delight to slay.
696 Thou shalt assure thyself of the stability of the altar. In this rite
thou shalt be alone.
Hexagram 41, Reduction = 481
The Judgment:
let him stand on the floor of the palace. Will he not sink? Amn. = 481
They say that while this Tao of mine is great, yet it is inferior. = 481
It is beyond Sense, yet all Being is hidden within it. = 481
This shall regenerate the world, the little world my sister, = 481
Thou shalt replenish thy veins from the chalice of heaven. = 481
Thou shalt dwell among the people as a precious diamond = 481
your salvation is at hand. The end of sorrow is come; = 481
The Image:
a trout in the mountain torrent. I leap from pool to pool = 481
The prophet cried against the mountain; come thou hither, = 481
The Lines:
238 the Heart and the Serpent;
319 whoso availeth in this, let him be the chief of all!
427 I was pierced as the thief by the Lord of the Garden.
463 Travelling through space, I saw the onrush of two galaxies,
478 chosen ones. Obey my prophet! follow out the ordeals
480 They shall rejoice, our chosen: who sorroweth is not of us.
Hexagram 42, Increase = 403
The Judgment:
nothing. I based all on one, one on naught. = 403
Burn to me perfumes! Wear to me jewels! = 403
my whole body shall be like the milk of the stars. = 403
to the wise. I give unimaginable joys on earth: = 403
lovers; let us forward to the dimmest hollow! = 403
I the Serpent clasp Thee; I drive home mine head = 403
and the mouth of Asi was on the mouth of Asar.
The Image:
master! O come to me, mix the fire and the water, = 403
for the colours are many, but the light is one. = 403
The Lines:
160 no difference.
322 a steady glitter in the heart of the pearl.
349 Thou art harder than tempered steel;
385 Then shall every gain be a new sacrament,
397 making her beauty into a thunderbolt.
402 This chain reaches from Eternity to Eternity,
Hexagram 43, Flight = 607
The Judgment:
God! O God! I am a fool to love Thee; Thou art cruel, Thou withholdest
Thyself. = 607
God! O my devourer! Let me fall, fall down, fall away, afar, alone! Let me
fall! = 607
Thus did V.V.V.V.V. become mad, and wend about naked. = 607
thou darling fool! what bitterness thou didst crown thy days withal. = 607
in thy yielding thou strivest to yield --- and lo! thou yieldest not. = 607
Only the Destroyer shall devour Thee; Thou shalt blacken his throat, = 607
The Image:
I am the Lord of Thebes, and I The inspired forth-speaker of Mentu; = 607
The winged globe, the starry blue, Are mine, O Ankh-af-na-khonsu! = 607
The Lines:
121 the foolish people,
526 O man! refuse not thy wife, if she will! O lover, if thou wilt, depart!
580 Success is your proof; courage is your armour; go on, go on,
598 I have anointed Thee and Thy Staff with oil and blood and kisses.
604 certain holy nuns concealed the secret in songs upon the lyre.
606 I saw the ravens of death, that flew with hoarse cries upon the carrion
earth.
Hexagram 44, Subjugated = 365
The Judgment:
Behold! the rituals of the old time are black. = 365
If Power asks why, then is Power weakness. = 365
deem not of change: ye shall be as ye are, = 365
Thou fightest the beasts and the flames. = 365
The weak, the timid, the imperfect, the cowardly, = 365
the Eighties cower before me, & are abased. = 365
The Image:
Let the magus act thus in his conjuration. = 365
under the night-stars in the desert = 365
thy vow is but the rustling of the wind = 365
The Lines:
122 I await the awaking!
284 the milk of the stars from her paps;
338 For there is no holiness where I am not.
356 I have a secret glory for them that love me.
362 in the Abodes that are beyond Decay.
363 I pray thee to loosen the coils of the serpent!
Hexagram 45, Gathering Around = 620
The Judgment:
Long ages hast thou waited at the end of the city and the roads thereof. =
620
extending beyond the permitted end of the endless One. = 620
into a land of pestilence and evil; ye shall encamp in the river of a foolish
= 620
city forgotten; there shall ye meet with Me. There will I make Mine
habitation; = 620
the diamond shall glow red for the rose, and green for the rose-leaf; = 620
The Image:
ablution, the dissolving of the soul in that resounding abyss. = 620
The temple shall be darkened, save for the fire and the lamp of the altar. =
620
The Lines:
134 One is Thy Spirit,
539 Worship then the Khabs, and behold my light shed over you!
593 with my force shall she see & strike at the worship of Nu: she shall
achieve Hadit.
602 O thou Who hast mastered the kingdoms of the East and of the West.
614 Let all things drop into this ocean of love! Be this devotion a potent
spell
618 let us sing to thee, Iacchus invisible, Iacchus triumphant, Iacchus
indicible!
Hexagram 46, Rising = 716
The Judgment:
Rise, O my snake, into brilliance of bloom On the corpse of Osiris afloat in
the tomb! = 716
There is joy in the setting-out; there is joy in the journey; there is joy in
the goal.
glory in the End and the Beginning; yea, in the End and the Beginning. = 716
O come to me, mix the fire and the water, all shall dissolve. I await Thee in
sleeping, in waking. = 716
God, how I am happy in Thy love. O marble Pan! O false leering face! I love
Thy dark kisses, = 716
my God, Thou didst habit Thyself as an Athenian courtesan, and I loved Thee.
= 716
O my God! Thou art my little pet tortoise! Yet Thou sustainest the
World-Elephant.
The Image:
Hadit the invisible glory. Now riseth Ra-Hoor-Khuit, and dominion is
established = 716
in the Star of the Flame. Also is the Star of the Flame exalted, bringing
benediction = 716
The Lines:
230 I am the Fool that heedeth not
554 For our red powder of projection is beyond all possibilities.
662 I am like a love-sick courtesan of Corinth. I have toyed with kings and
captains,
707 thou waited at the end of the city and the roads thereof. Awake Thou!
wait no more!
713 Also I give you power earthly and joy earthly; wealth, and health, and
length of days.
714 My incense is of resinous woods & gums; and there is no blood
therein:
Hexagram 47, Burdened = 617
The Judgment:
O beautiful flag of the moon, that she hangs out in the centre of bliss! =
617
For me unveils the veiled sky, The self-slain Ankh-af-na-khonsu = 617
who saw the Nile flow by for many moons, for many, many moons, = 617
these many aeons have passed; whence camest thou? Whither wilt thou go? = 617
All this while did Adonai pierce my being with his sword that hath four
blades; = 617
O God! O God! I am a fool to love Thee; Thou art cruel, Thou withholdest
Thyself.
To-day I am the slave of the little asp of death; and who shall loosen our
love? = 617
O God! O my devourer! Let me fall, fall down, fall away, afar, alone! Let me
fall!
The Image:
the world of the waters of Maim; this is the bitter water that becometh
sweet. = 617
the fresh springs were unloosed, that the folk athirst might be at ease. =
617
we have drunk your wine, and left ye but the bitter dregs. = 617
The Lines:
131 vine-clad girls,
536 I sailed over the sky of Nu in the car called Millions-of-Years,
590 Adonai, that dalliest with the Magister in the Treasure-House of Pearls,
599 These are fools that men adore; both their Gods & their men are
fools.
614 my prophet! follow out the ordeals of my knowledge! seek me only!
615 a figure that draweth with her hands small images of men down into hell.
Hexagram 48, The Well = 635
The Judgment:
I beheld the beautiful God at the back of the blizzard --- and Thou wast He!
= 635
Thou art blasted and black! Supremely solitary in that heath of scrub. = 635
in the secret places men shall meet with thee, and Thou shalt overcome them.
= 635
Pan. On all sides Pan to the eye, to the ear; The perfume of Pan pervading, =
635
and I have found Thee in the midst under the guise of No Thing. = 635
the Towers of the Universe totter, and the guardians hasten away! = 635
The Image:
Come! let us irritate the vessels of the earth: they shall distil strange
wine. = 635
the wine of the earth which is blood. Thou shalt replenish thy veins from the
chalice = 635
The Lines:
149 I leap from pool to pool
554 Now is the Pillar established in the Void; now is Asi fulfilled of Asar;
581 in our honeycomb of happiness, let us drink, let us drink!
626 And the Cross was formulated in the Universe that as yet was not.
632 Light cleaveth unto Light, and filth to filth; with pride one contemneth
another.
633 The world is all grey before mine eyes; it is like an old worn wine-skin.
Hexagram 49, Revolution = 610
The Judgment:
Who calls us Thelemites will do no wrong, if he look but close into the word.
= 610
my servants be few & secret: they shall rule the many & the known. =
610
But to him is the winged secret flame, and to her the stooping starlight.
= 610
Nuit; She bends in ecstasy to kiss The secret ardours of Hadit. = 610
glorious, glorious art Thou, O my lover supernal, O Self of myself. = 610
The Image:
Thou art Not. I saw the twin heads that ever battle against one another, =
610
away beyond the Assembly and the Law and the Enlightenment = 610
divided for love's sake, for the chance of union. This is the creation = 610
The Lines:
124 Lord of Glory,
529 A King may choose his garment as he will: there is no certain test:
583 I have mastered Her, I have possessed Her, and Her life is within me.
601 But I beheld in thee a certain taint, even in that wherein I delighted.
604 the company of heaven. Every man and every woman is a star.
609 a deep taint beneath the ineffable bliss; it is the taint of generation.
Hexagram 50, The Ritual Cauldron = 446
The Judgment:
He that hath the Magick powers of the Tao is like a young child. = 446
Hold! Hold! Bear up in thy rapture; fall not in swoon = 446
transcend the Known and the Unknown = 446
glare with thy quenchless lust unto the Infinite, = 446
the sacred vessel of our Lady the Scarlet Woman, = 446
poured out for them that never tasted wine. = 446
I have bathed in Thee, and lost me in Thy stillness. = 446
The Image:
to the higher. Thus shall equilibrium become perfect. = 446
if only that furnace be of transcendent heat; = 446
The Lines:
203 the Cup of His gladness
284 Then shall this Knowledge go aright.
419 And a crust of earth concealed the core of flame.
437 so that he alone did escape from the ruin thereof.
443 let her be covered with jewels, and rich garments,
444 the Right and the Averse. These are alike unto me.
Hexagram 51, Thunderbolts = 700
The Judgment:
I slipped from the embrace as a stone from the sling of a boy of the
woodlands. = 700
Thou beloved One! is there not an end? Nay, but there is an end. Awake! = 700
rejoice exceedingly; for your salvation is at hand. The end of sorrow is
come; = 700
and if thou do aught joyous, let there be subtlety therein! But exceed! = 700
Iacchus, O Iacchus, be near us! Then was the countenance of all time
darkened, = 700
and in the midst thereof he is like the Woman that jetteth out the milk of
the stars = 700
He expandeth it all into twelve rays of the Crown. And these twelve rays are
One.
The Image:
she hideth me from My destruction, O Thou open eye. O ever-weeping One!
Thy marvellous spear. I was stricken as a bird by the bolt of the thunderer;
= 700
yea, therein I partook of the glory of my Lord. His Splendour shone upon me;
= 700
The Lines:
214 thy lion-roar of rapture.
538 He is Asar between Asi and Nephthi; he cometh forth from the veil.
673 Even to the abyss, annihilation. An end to loneliness, as to all. Pan!
Pan! Io Pan!
682 In thy branches is the lightning nested! Above thee hangs the Eyeless
Hawk.
694 Death! Death! thou shalt long for death. Death is forbidden, o man, unto
thee.
699 the voice of Adonai the Lord the desirable one concerning that which is
beyond.
Hexagram 52, Keep Still = 476
The Judgment:
I am the Eye in the Triangle, the Silver Star that ye adore. = 476
set up the abominable lonely Thing of wickedness. = 476
into the Pyramid of the ceremony of the Death of Asar, = 476
darkened, save for the fire and the lamp of the altar. = 476
they shall find thee as a black gnarl'd glittering stone, = 476
My God! O my God! I am but a speck in the star-dust = 476
But I was anointed with the right sweet oil of the Magister; = 476
there is joy. If I lift up my head, I and my Nuit are one. = 476
To me! To me! The Manifestation of Nuit is at an end. = 476
The Image:
Double Wand of Power; the wand of the Force of Coph Nia = 476
the blade of the thunderbolt, the blade of the Pylon, = 476
The Lines:
233 Woman of the Mysteries
314 the original in the writing of the Beast;
422 I am the Hawk-Headed Lord of Silence & of Strength;
467 I have crushed an Universe; & nought remains.
470 From gold forge steel! Be ready to fly or to smite!
474 a young god in his strength, playing upon the lyre.
Hexagram 53, Gradual Advance = 395
The Judgment:
progress is rapture, constant, dazzling, = 395
I love you! I am the blue-lidded daughter = 395
the Woman that jetteth out the milk of the stars = 395
drink, drink by the eight and ninety = 395
rules of art: if thou love, exceed by delicacy; = 395
the keen and the proud, the royal and the = 395
lofty; ye are brothers! As brothers fight ye! = 395
The Image:
flights of great grey birds from the North, = 395
the Inverted Palace. There is the Heart of Blood, = 395
The Lines:
152 the Wheel of the Spirit.
314 we beheld the White Horse of the Saxon
341 He that is righteous shall be righteous still;
386 Here is Nothing under its three forms.
389 I Am She that should come, the Virgin of all men.
393 go back into the world; yea, back into the world.
Hexagram 54, A Maiden Marries = 697
The Judgment:
men are fools. Come forth, o children, under the stars, & take your fill
of love! = 697
I love thee with surpassing love; therefore they that despise thee shall
adore thee. = 697
Let her follow me in my way! Let her work the work of wickedness! Let her
kill her heart! = 697
with no care for the matters of men's thought. There shall be a fair altar in
the midst,
the great ablution, the dissolving of the soul in that resounding abyss. =
697
uncover the nakedness of Nuit, for every step is a death and a birth. = 697
The Image:
Lord the Beast. Thou shalt drain out thy blood that is thy life into the
golden cup = 697
with victory and splendour; they shall stand upon the firm foundation; = 697
The Lines:
211 the Sacrifice of Maidens.
535 There is no bond that can unite the divided but love:
670 all these mysteries hidden therein. The child of thy bowels, he shall
behold them.
679 I was pernicious drunk, O my God! Yet Pertinax brought me to the bridal.
694 Rise, O my snake! It is now is the hour Of the hooded and holy ineffable
flower.
696 I wander very lonely among the mad folk, in the grey land of desolation.
Hexagram 55, Abundance = 691
The Judgment:
It is a lie, this folly against self. The exposure of innocence is a lie. Be
strong, o man! = 691
There is a light before thine eyes, o prophet, a light undesired, most
desirable. = 691
a steady glitter in the heart of the pearl. So bright we could not look! But
behold! = 691
First falls the silly world; the world of the old grey land. Falls it
unthinkably far, = 691
The end of sorrow is come; I will ravish you away into mine unutterable joy.
691
O beloved One, O Lord God of the Universe, O Vast One, O Minute One! = 691
I am but a speck in the star-dust of ages; I am the Master of the Secret of
Things. = 691
The Image:
there be times of darkness, and this as a lamp therein. With the Wand
createth He. = 691
ye are brothers! As brothers fight ye! There is no law beyond Do what thou
wilt. = 691
The Lines:
205 Osiris afloat in the tomb!
529 his stature was above the Heaven and below Earth and Hell.
664 therein I partook of the glory of my Lord. His Splendour shone upon me;
682 The night falls like a spangled cloak from the shoulders of a prince upon
a slave.
Hexagram 56, The Wanderer = 449
The Judgment:
Thou hast come hither, O my prophet, through grave paths. = 449
I guide you to the heart of the groves of Eleusis. = 449
I offer you the certain consciousness of bliss. = 449
verily this is the Truth, this is the Truth, this is the Truth. = 449
stain Thy fiery feet with litanies of Love in Anguish. = 449
be nothing! Let all things drop into this ocean of love! = 449
the first kiss of love shall be radiant on your lips; = 449
be with Me in the Abodes that are beyond Decay. = 449
The Image:
I who was the priestess of Ahathoor rejoice in your love. = 449
my God! I am but a speck in the star-dust of ages; = 449
The Lines:
206 the secret Place of Silence.
287 the celestial waters flow at my word.
422 I was anointed with the right sweet oil of the Magister;
440 expect the direful judgments of Ra Hoor Khuit!
443 a single robe, and covered with a rich headdress.
447 stand on the floor of the palace. Will he not sink? Amn. Ho!
Hexagram 57, Kneeling In Submission = 392
The Judgment:
Cast thou, O prophet, the cloak upon these slaves. = 392
beloved One, let Thy shadow be over me! = 392
For even thus must we veil the brilliance = 392
the stars of the mother Supernal, begone! = 392
into the desolate land of Barren Words. = 392
I woo thee with a dagger drawn across my throat. = 392
words are skew-wise. Enough of Because! = 392
The Image:
the Ibis-headed One charmed away the strife. = 392
(which reflecteth Mercury into the lowest world) = 392
The Lines:
149 sacrifice of blood;
311 I am the heart, and Thou the serpent.
338 I shall be waiting for you with my kisses.
383 Spelling is defunct; all is not aught. Beware!
389 Therefore thou art wholly pure before Me;
390 Thou shalt rejoice in the pools of adorable water;
Hexagram 58, Stand Straight = 616
The Judgment:
We shall bring you to Absolute Truth, Absolute Light, Absolute Bliss. = 616
Tear down that lying spectre of the centuries: veil not your vices = 616
Thou who camest from the land of the Elephant, girt about with the tiger's
pell, = 616
assure thyself of the stability of the altar. In this rite thou shalt be
alone. = 616
my God! There is a beauty unspeakable in this heart of corruption, = 616
Thou art no dream, O Thou too beautiful alike for sleep and waking! = 616
we float; yet we are still. It is the chain of systems that is falling away
from us. = 616
The Image:
the bitter water that becometh sweet. Thou art beautiful and bitter, = 616
One is Thy Beginning! One is Thy Spirit, and Thy Permutation One! = 616
The Lines:
130 the wrath of God,
535 Thou camest, O my flaming God, and pierced me with Thy spear.
589 Thou shalt slay thyself upon mine altar: I will have thy blood to drink.
598 in the byways of thy being I inflamed, and dispelled the illusion.
613 therefore were they arisen to the Palace of the Splendour Ineffable.
615 Let us make ourselves into a pleasant bait, into a seductive shape!
Hexagram 59, The Flood = 401
The Judgment:
I came unto the darkly-splendid abodes. = 401
And I laid my head against the Head of the Swan, = 401
the Thought of Adonai was a Word and a Deed; = 401
With the Wand createth He. With the Cup preserveth He. = 401
O Thou! it is well. Heed naught! I love Thee! I love Thee! = 401
the Me and the Thee; there is no difference, = 401
to me, mix the fire and the water, all shall dissolve. = 401
Thou art a little white rabbit in the burrow Night. = 401
my flame shall utterly expire in Thy great N.O.X. = 401
The Image:
rapt away in bliss, and the beyond of bliss, = 401
replenish thy veins from the chalice of heaven. = 401
The Lines:
158 the waters of Maim;
320 may ye reach unto the Smooth Point.
347 Oh! thou art overcome: we are upon thee;
383 and the archangels swept over the heaven.
398 thou art the beloved of the Beloved One;
399 Come up through the creeks to the fresh water;
Hexagram 60, Restraint = 643
The Judgment:
this line drawn is a key: then this circle squared in its failure is a key
also. = 643
He who attracteth to himself all that is under Heaven doeth so without
effort. = 643
There are four gates to one palace; the floor of that palace is of silver and
gold; = 643
Help me, o warrior lord of Thebes, in my unveiling before the Children = 643
O my soft thrush; I am like a hawk of mother-of-emerald; I catch Thee by
instinct, = 643
My head is jewelled with twelve stars; My body is white as milk of the stars;
= 643
And in the word CHAOS let the Book be sealed; yea, let the Book be sealed. =
643
The Image:
it is as the abyss of the Arcanum that is opened in the secret Place of
Silence.
I did worship His magnificence and majesty. I trembled before His might. =
643
The Lines:
157 melancholy eyes.
562 I creep in, and sit in Thine heart, as cubby and cosy as may be.
589 the swan was ever silent. Ah! but we floated in the infinite Abyss.
625 They did laugh and rejoice exceedingly, being clad in purple robes
640 yet the Word is falsehood, and the Understanding darkness.
642 I am like the little red dog that sitteth upon the knees of the Unknown.
Hexagram 61, Wholehearted Allegiance = 400
The Judgment:
Thou art like a lonely pillar in the midst of the sea; = 400
Fear not, o prophet, when these words are said, = 400
we are upon thee; our delight is all over thee: hail! hail: = 400
beautiful child of the Pregnant Goddess! = 400
Accept the worship of the foolish people, whom thou hatest. = 400
the Magistry of this Opus is a secret magistry; = 400
mantras and spells; the obeah and the wanga; = 400
fill up the pillar of the Infinite with an infinite kiss! = 400
there shall the Consummation be accomplished. = 400
The Image:
Adonai, in His garlands of roses and pearls = 400
split apart, as an old grey tree by the lightning! = 400
The Lines:
157 a little heap of dust
319 I trembled at Thy coming, O my God,
346 But there are means and means.
382 My disciples are proud and beautiful;
397 I have possessed Her, and Her life is within me.
399 Over the plain came the atrocious cry of wolves.
Hexagram 62, Small Gets By = 692
The Judgment:
I the Serpent clasp Thee; I drive home mine head into the central core of
Thee, O God
my adorable, my delicious one, all night will I pour out the libation on
Thine altars;
Lighten the ways of the Ka! The ways of the Khabs run through To stir me or
still me!
Thou art drunken, O my God, upon my kisses. The Universe reels; = 692
the spell may dissolve As the wands are upraised, and the aeons revolve. =
692
Then this line drawn is a key: then this circle squared in its failure is a
key also. = 692
The Image:
the little world my sister, my heart & my tongue, unto whom I send this
kiss. = 692
fill her with joy: with my force shall she see & strike at the worship of
Nu: she shall achieve Hadit. = 692
The Lines:
206 Ye shall be sad thereof.
530 arouse the coiled splendour within you: come unto me!
665 thou raisest up the altar from the black earth. In the words that Thou
knowest.
683 both their Gods & their men are fools. Come forth, o children, under
the stars,
686 So was it --- ever the same! I have aimed at the peeled wand of my God,
and I have hit;
690 the bars of the prison that the old Slime of Khem set up in the Gates of
Amennti.
Hexagram 63, Already Across = 637
The Judgment:
Fear not at all; fear neither men, nor Fates, nor gods, nor anything. = 637
thou art overcome: we are upon thee; our delight is all over thee: hail!
hail: prophet = 637
as a trodden serpent turn and strike! Be thou yet deadlier = 637
the merchants bend their knees and bring thee gold and spices. = 637
Also the altar shall fume before the master with incense that hath no smoke.
= 637
Yet from these we will distil ye a liquor beyond the nectar of the Gods. =
637
The Image:
brighter than the moon; in the daytime I exceeded utterly the sun; = 637
Also the purity was divided by Strength, the force of the Demiurge. = 637
Amri maratza, maratza, atman deona lastadza maratza maritza --- maran! =
637
The Lines:
151 stagnant water.
556 Come in our passionate peace, & write sweet words for the Kings!
583 I have found Thee in the midst under the guise of No Thing.
628 I was deceived by none of these. All these I cast aside, crying: Begone!
631 Think not, o king, upon that lie: That Thou Must Die: verily thou shalt
not
636 diguise Thy glory! Come as a thief, and let us steal away the Sacraments
Hexagram 64, Not Yet Across = 455
The Judgment:
Eternity. Eternity is the storm that covereth me. = 455
Ye, even ye, know not this meaning all. Fear not = 455
harlot maiden, within the Secretest Chamber of the Palace! = 455
The Fire is not defiled by the altars of the Ghebers, = 455
Now shalt thou adore me who am the Eye and the Tooth, = 455
secret and apart. Whom I love I chastise with many rods. = 455
A rooting-out of the weeds: a watering of the flowers. = 455
I am the God who giveth all. Light, Life, Love; Force, Fantasy, Fire; = 455
The Image:
consciousness of the continuity of existence, = 455
on the Cubic Stone, on the Path, and among the Shells. = 455
two; nay, are none! Nothing is a secret key of this law. = 455
The Lines:
212 at last the harper was silent,
293 Success is thy proof: argue not;
428 a blood-red rose upon a rood of glowing gold!
437 I am like a maiden bathing in a clear pool of fresh water.
452 the flame of the pyre. Ascend in the flame of the pyre,
453 Will he not sink? Amn. Ho! warrior, if thy servant sink?
The Gematria of the King Wen Sequence of Hexagrams.
The following prayer was created using the values of the 64 I Ching Hexagrams
as gematria totals. Many have been frustrated to find a mathematical logic
behind the ordering of the famous King Wen sequence of Hexagrams. Perhaps
none such will ever be found, but it is possible that the received sequence
can be seen as a description of a nobleman's journey through the hierarchy of
feudal China. In that spirit, this prayer is a sequence of linked verses
describing the path of a Thelemite doing the Great Work.
