Liber NV


sub figura XI
ooo. This is the Book of the Cult of the Infinite Without.
oo. The Aspirant is Hadit. Nuit is the infinite espansion of the Rose; Hadit
is the infinite concentration of the Rood (Instruction of V.V.V.V.V.).
o. First let the Aspirant learn in his heart the First Chapter of THE BOOK OF THE LAW (Instruction of V.V.V.V.V).
1. Worship, i.e. identify thyself with, the Khabs, the secret Light within the Heart. Within this again, unextended, is Hadit.
This is the first practice of the Meditation (ccxx,I:6 and 21).
2. Adore and understand the Rim of the Stele of Revealing.

Above, the gemmed azure is
The naked splendor of Nuit;
She bends in ecstasy to kiss
The secret ardours of Hadit

This is the first practice of Intelligence (ccxx, I:14).
3. Avoid any act of choice or discrimination.
This is the first practice of Ethics (ccxx, I:22).
4. Consider the six and fifty that 50/6=0.12.
o the circumference Nuit.
. the center, Hadit.

1 the unity proceeding, Ra-Hoor-Khuit.

2 the world of illusion.
Nuit thus comprehends All in None.
Also 50+6=56=5+6=11, the key to all Rituals.
And 50X6=300, the Spirit of the Child within.
(Note NFic=72, the Shemhamphorash and the Quinaries of the Zodiac, etc.)
This is the second practice of Intelligence (ccxx,I:24,25).

5. The Result of this Practice is the Consciousness of the Continuity of Existence, the Omnipresence of the Body of Nuit.
In other words, the Aspirant is conscious only of the Infinte Universe as a single Being.
This is the first Indication of the Nature of the Result (ccxx,I:26).

6. Meditate upon Nuit as the Continuous One Resolved into None and Two as the phases of her being.
This is the second practice of Meditation (ccxx,I:27).

7. Meditate upon the facts of Samadhi on all planes the liberation of heat in chemistry, joy in natural history, Ananda in religion, when two things join to lose themselves in a third.
This is the third practice of Meditation (ccxx, I:28,29,30).

8. Let the Aspirant pay utmost reverence to the Authority of the A.·.A.·. and follow Its instructions, and let him swear a great Oath of Devotion unto Nuit.
This is the second practice of Ethics (ccxx, I:32).

9. Let the Aspirant beware the slightest exercvise of his will against another being. Thus, lying is a better posture than sitting or standing, as it opposes less resistance to gravitation. Yet his first duty is to the force nearest and most potent; e.g. he may rise to greet a friend.
This is the third practice of Ethics (ccxx, I:41).

10. Let the Aspirant exercise his will without the least consideration for any other being. This direction cannot be understood, much less accomplished, until the previous practice has been perfected.
This is the fourth practice of Ethics (ccxx, I:42,43,44).

11. Let the Aspirant comprehend that these two practices are identical.
This is the third practice of Intelligence (ccxx, I:45).

12. Let the Aspirant live the Life Beautiful and Pleasant. For this freedom hath he won. But let each act, especially of love, be devoted wholly to his true mistress, Nuit.
This is the fifth practice of Ethics (ccxx, I:51,52,61,63).

13. Let the Aspirant yearn toward Nuit under the stars of Night, with a love directed by his Magical Will, not merely proceeding from the heart.
This is the first practice of Magick Art (ccxx, I:57).

14. The Result of this Practice in the subsequent life of the Aspirant is to fill him with unimaginable joys: to give him certainty concerning the nature of the phenomenon called death, to give him peace unalterable, rest, and ecstasy.
This is the second Indication of the Nature of the Result
(ccxx, I:58).

15. Let the Aspirant prepare a perfume of resinous woods and gums, according to his inspiration.
This is the second practice of Magick Art (ccxx, I:59).

16. Let the Aspirant prepare a Pantacle, as follows. Inscribe a circle within a Pentagram, upon a ground square or of such other convenient shape as he may choose. Let the circle be of scarlet, the Pentagram black, the ground royal blue studded with golden stars. Within the circle, at its centre, shall be painted a sigil that shall be revealed to the Aspirant by Nuit herself. And this Pentacle shall serve for a Telesmantic Image, or as an Eidolon, or as a Focus for the mind.
This is the third practice of Magick Art (ccxx, I:60).

17. Let the Aspirant find a lonely place, if possible a place in the Desert of Sand, or if not, a place unfrequented, and without objects to disturb the view. Such are moorlands, fens, the oÿen sea, broad rivers, and open fields. Also, and especially, the summits of mountains. There let him invoke the Goddess as he hath Wisdom and Understanding so to do. But let this Invocation be that of a pure heart, i.e., a heart wholly devoted to Her, and let him remember that it is Hadit Himself in the most secret place thereof that invoketh. Then let this serpent Hadit burst into flame.
This is the fourth practice of Magick Art (ccxx, I:61).

18. Then shall the Aspirant come a little to lie in Her bosom.
This is the third Indication of the Nature of the Result
(ccxx, I:61).

19. Let the Aspirant stand upon the edge of a precipice in act or in imagination. And let him imagine and suffer the fear of falling.
Next let him imagine with this aid that the Earth is falling, and he with it, or he from it; and considering the infinity of space, let him excite the fear within him to the point of ecstasy, so that the most dreadful dream of falling that he hath ever suffered be as nothing in comparison. This is the forth practice of Meditation (Instruction of V.V.V.V.V.).

20. Thus having understood the nature of this Third Indication, let him in his Magick Rite fall from himself into Nuit, or expand into Her, as his imagination may compel him.
And at that moment, desiring earnestly the Kiss of Nuit, let him give one particle of dust, i.e., let Hadit give himself up utterly to Her.
This is the fifth practice of Magick Art (ccxx, I:61).

21. Then shall he lose all in that hour.
This is the fourth Indication of the Nature of the Result.
(ccxx, I:61).

22. Let the Aspirant prepare a lovesong of rapture unto the Goddess, or let him be inspired by Her unto this.
This is the sixth practice of Magick Art (ccxx, I:63).

23. Let the Aspirant be clad in a single robe. An "abbai" of scarlet wrought with gold is most suitable.
This is the seventh practice of Magick Art (ccxx, I:61).

24. Let the Aspirant wear a rich head-dress. A crown of gold adorned with sapphires or diamonds with a royal blue cap of maintenance, or nemmes, is most suitable.
This is the eighth practice of Magick Art (ccxx, I:61).

25. Let the Aspirant wear many jewels such as he may possess.
This is the ninth practice of Magick Art (ccxx, I:61).

26. Let the Aspirant prepare an Elixir or libation as he may have wit to do.
This is the tenth practice of Magick Art (ccxx, I:63).

27. Let the Aspirant invoke, lying supine, his robe spread out as it were a carpet.
This is the eleventh practice of Magick Art (Instruction of V.V.V.V.V.).

28. Summary. Preliminaries.
These are the necessary possessions.

  1. The Crown or head-dress.
  2. The Jewels.
  3. The Pantacle.
  4. The Robe.
  5. The Song or Incantation.
  6. The Place of Invocation.
  7. The Perfume.
  8. The Elixir.

29. Summary continued. Preliminaries.
These are the necessary comprehensions.

  1. The Natures of Nuit and Hadit, and their relation.
  2. The Mystery of the Individual Will.
    3.

30. Summary continued. Preliminaries.
These are the meditations necessary to be accomplished.

  1. The discovery of Hadit in the Aspirant, and identification with Him.
  2. The Continuous One.
  3. The Value of the Equation n + (-n).
  4. Cremnophobia.
    5.

31. Summary continued. Preliminaries.
These are the Ethical Practices to be accomplished.

  1. Assertion of the Kether-point-of-view.
  2. Reverence to the Order.
  3. Abolition of human will.
  4. Exercise of true will.
  5. Devotion to Nuit throughout a beautified life.

32. Summary continued. The Actual Rite.

  1. Retire to desert with crown and other insignia and implements.
  2. Burn perfume.
  3. Chant incantation.
  4. Drink unto Nuit the Elixir.
  5. Lying supine, with eyes fixed on the stars, practice the sensation of falling into nothingness.
  6. Being actually within the bosom of Nuit, let Hadit surrender Himself.
    7.

33. Summary concluded. The Results.

  1. Expansion of consciousness to that of the Infinte.
  2. "Loss of all" the highest mystical attainment.
  3. True Wisdom and perfect Happiness.

Always Unto Thee Nuit!



Liber H A D
sub figura DLV

A.·. A.·.
Publication in Class D
(for Winners of the Ordeal X.)
Imprimatur:
V.V.V.V.V. ...
N. Fra A.·. A.·.
O.M. 7° = 4.
000. This is the Book of the Cult of the Infinite Within.

00. The Aspirant is Nuit. Nuit is the infinite expansion of the Rose; Hadit the infinite concentration of the Rood. (Instruction of V.V.V.V.V.)
0. First let the Aspirant learn in his heart the Second Chapter of the Book of the Law. (Instruction of V.V.V.V.V.)
  1. Worship, i.e. identify thyself with, Nuit, as a lambent flame of blue, all-touching, all-penetrant, her lovely hands upon the black earth, and her lithe body arched for love, and her soft feet not hurting the little flowers, even as She is imaged in the Stele of Revealing.
    This is the first practice of Meditation (ccxx. I. 26).
  2. Let him further identify himself with the heart of Nuit, whose ecstasy is in that of her children, and her joy to see their joy, who sayeth: I love you! I yearn to you. Pale or purple, veiled or voluptuous, I who am all pleasure and purple, and drunkenness of the innermost sense, desire you. Put on the wings, and arose the coiled splendour within you: come unto me! ... Sing the rapturous love-song unto me! Burn to me perfumes! Wear to me jewels! Drink to me, for I love you! I love you! I am the blue-lidded daughter of Sunset; I am the naked brilliance of the voluptuous night-sky. To me! To me!
    This is the second practice of Meditation (ccxx. I. 13, 61, 63, 64, 65).
  3. Let the Aspirant apply himself to comprehend Hadit as an unextended point clothed with Light ineffable. And let him beware lest he be dazzled by that Light.
    This is the first practice of Intelligence (ccxx. II. 2).
  4. Let the Aspirant apply himself to comprehend Hadit as the ubiquitous centre of every sphere conceivable.
    This is the second practice of Intelligence (ccxx. I. 2).
  5. Let the Aspirant apply himself to comprehend Hadit as the soul of every man, and of every star, conjoining this in his Understanding with the Word (cxx. I. 2). "Every man and every woman is a star." Let this conception be that of Life, the giver of Life, and let him perceive that therefore the knowledge of Hadit is the knowledge of death.
    This is the third practice of Intelligence (ccxx. II. 6).
  6. Let the Aspirant apply himself to comprehend Hadit as the Magician or maker of Illusion, and the Exorcist or destroyer of Illusion, under the figure of the axle of the Wheel, and the cube in the circle. Also as the Universal Soul of Motion.
    (This conception harmonises Thoth and Harpocrates in a very complete and miraculous manner. Thoth is both the Magus of Taro (see Liber 418) and the Universal Mercury; Harpocrates both the destroyer of Typhon and the Babe on the Lotus. Note that the "Ibis position" formulates this conception most exactly. ED.)
    This is the fourth practice of Intelligence (ccxx. II. 7).
  7. Let the Aspirant apply himself to comprehend Hadit as the perfect, that is Not, and solve the mystery of the numbers of Hadit and his components by his right Ingenium.
    This is the fifth practice of Intelligence (ccxx. II. 15, 16).
  8. Let the Aspirant, bearing him as a great King, root out and destroy without pity all things in himself and his surroundings which are weak, dirty, or diseased, or otherwise unworthy. And let him be exceeding proud and joyous.
    This is the first practice of Ethics (ccxx. II. 18, 19, 20, 21).
  9. Let the Aspirant apply himself to comprehend Hadit as the Snake that giveth Knowledge and Delight and bright glory, who stirreth the hearts of men with drunkenness. This snake is blue and gold; its eyes are red, and its spangles green and ultra-violet.
    (That is, as the most exalted form of the Serpent Kundalini.)
    This is the sixth practice of Intelligence (ccxx. II. 22, 50, 51).
  10. Let him further identify himself with this Snake.
    This is the second practice of Meditation (ccxx. II. 22).
  11. Let the Aspirant take wine and strange drugs, according to his knowledge and experience, and be drunk thereof.
    (The Aspirant should be in so sensitive a condition that a single drop, perhaps even the smell, should suffice. ED.)
    This is the first practice of Magick Art (ccxx. II. 22).
  12. Let the Aspirant concentrate his consciousness in the Rood Cross set up upon the Mountain, and identify himself with It. Let him be well aware of the difference between Its own soul, and that thought which it habitually awakes in his own mind. This is the third practice of Meditation, and as it will be found, a comprehension and harmony and absorption of the practices of Intelligence (ccxx, II. 22).
  13. Let the Aspirant apply himself to comprehend Hadit as the Unity which is the Negative. (Ain Elohim. ED.)
    This is the seventh practice of Intelligence (ccxx. II. 23).
  14. Let the Aspirant live the life of a strong and beautiful being, proud and exalted, contemptuous of and fierce toward all that is base and vile.
    This is the second practice of Ethics (ccxx. II. 24, 25, 45-49, 52, 56- 60).
  15. Let the Aspirant apply himself to comprehend Hadit according to this 26th verse of the Second Chapter of the Book of the Law. And this shall be easy for him if he have well accomplished the Third Practice of Meditation.
    This is the eighth practice of Intelligence (ccxx, II. 26).
  16. Let the Aspirant destroy Reason in himself according to the practice in Liber CDLXXIV.
    This is the fourth practice of Meditation (ccxx. II. 27-33).
  17. Let the Aspirant observe duly the Feasts appointed by the A.'. A.'. and perform such rituals of the elements as he possesseth, invoking them duly in their season.
    This is the second practice of Magick Art (ccxx. II. 35-43).
  18. Let the Aspirant apply himself to comprehend Hadit as a babe in the egg of the Spirit (Akasha. ED.) that is invisible within the 4 elements.
    This is the ninth practice of Intelligence (ccxx. II. 49).
  19. The Aspirant seated in his Asana will suddenly commence to breathe strangely, and this without the Operation of his will; the Inspiration will be associated with the thought of intense excitement and pleasure, even to exhaustion; and the Expiration very rapid and forceful, as if this excitement were suddenly released.
    This is the first and last Indication of the Sign of the Beginning of this Result (ccxx. II. 63).
  20. A light will appear to the Aspirant, unexpectedly. Hadit will arise within him, and Nuit concentrate Herself upon him from without. He will be overcome, and the Conjunction of the Infinite Without with the Infinite Within will take place in his soul, and the One be resolved into the None.
    This is the first Indication of the Nature of the Result (ccxx. II. 61, 62, 64).
  21. Let the Aspirant strengthen his body by all means in his power, and let him with equal pace refine all that is in him to the true ideal of Royalty. Yet let his formula, as a King's ought, be Excess.
    This is the third practice of Ethics (ccxx. II. 70, 71).
  22. To the Aspirant who succeeds in this practice the result goes on increasing until its climax in his physical death in its due season. This practice should, however, prolong life.
    This is the second Indication of the Nature of the Result (ccxx. II. 66, 72-74).
  23. Let the Adept aspire to the practice of Liber XI. and preach to mankind.
    This is the fourth Practice of Ethics (ccxx. II. 76).
  24. Let the Adept worship the Name, foursquare, mystic, wonderful, of the Beast, and the name of His house; and give blessing and worship to the prophet of the lovely Star.
    This is the fifth practice of Ethics (ccxx. II. 78, 79).
  25. Let the Aspirant expand his consciousness to that of Nuit, and bring it rushing inward. It may be practised by imagining that the Heavens are falling, and then transferring the consciousness to them.
    This is the fifth practice of Meditation. (Instruction of V.V.V.V.V.)
  26. Summary. Preliminaries.
    These are the necessary possessions.
    1. Wine and strange drugs.
  27. Summary continued. Preliminaries. These are the necessary comprehensions.
    1. The nature of Hadit (and of Nuit, and the relations between them.)
  28. Summary continued. Preliminaries.
    These are the meditations necessary to be accomplished.
    1. Identification with Nuit, body and spirit.
    2. Identification with Hadit as the Snake.
    3. Identification with Hadit as the Rood Cross.
    4. Destruction of Reason.
    5. The falling of the Heavens.
  29. Summary continued. Preliminaries.
    These are the Ethical Practices to be accomplished.
    1. The destruction of all unworthiness in one's self and one's surroundings.
    2. Fulness, almost violence, of life.
  30. Summary continued. Preliminaries.
    These are the Magick Arts to be practised.
    1. During the preparation, perform the Invocations of the Elements.
    2. Observe the Feasts appointed by the A.·. A.·.
  31. Summary continued. The actual Practice.
    1. Procure the suitable intoxication.
    2. As Nuit, contract thyself with infinite force upon Hadit.
  32. Summary continued. The Results.
    1. Peculiar automatic breathing begins.
    2. A light appears.
    3. Samadhi of the two Infinites within aspirant.
    4. Intensification of 3 on repetition.
    5. Prolongation of life.
    6. Death becomes the climax of the practice.
  33. Summary concluded.
    These are the practices to be performed in token of Thanksgiving for success.
    1. Aspiration to Liber XI.
    2. Preaching of Thelema to mankind.
    3. Blessing and Worship to the prophet of the lovely Star.