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Liber 440, the Book of Perfection L IBER 440 The Book of Perfection IntroductionA MERE GLANCE AT THE TITLE OF THIS WORK the reader's soul like a strange Mexican drug, assuming will certainly raise some questions in the mind of the the role of guru and teacher. Even one short meditation reader. It might seem, above all, a pretentious title, sug- on an obscure passage will yield a treasury of practical gesting omniscience on the part of the author, therefore knowledge. implying an overwhelming arrogance, if not egomania! The grammar itself can be offensive at first, and Actually, the book is neither pretentious nor ego- can remain so during dozens of perusals. 777 was terri- maniac, but quite the opposite. It would be truer to call bly embarrassed by the (apparently) illogical misuse of the author omniscient, for compared to human standards the second persons plural and singular (you and thou), of consciousness, he is no less than divine. His name is not to mention a few bizarre forms of verbal conjugation. Aiwass, the archetype, as it were, of the magician's famil- Some of the poetry seems crude, even childish. But the iar spirit, his Holy Guardian Angel or tutelary deity – reader will discover upon continued meditation that take your pick. some of the more “offensive” terms are of great signifi- This book is in fact the work of one spirit.The first cance; indeed, he will find that the passage in question section, the BOOK OF THE LAW, was dictated to 666 could not have been written otherwise. (Aleister Crowley) in the year 1904. The second and A simple example: The word “dolt” is given as a third parts were transmitted to 777 in the years 1976 and code at the end of the first chapter of the BOOK OF OZ 1977. There is no discontinuity due to the hiatus of (v. 19). This word could not have been deciphered until nearly three quarters of a century. Aiwass has composed chapter three was dictated approximately one month a work of masterful brilliance, the like of which can only later. Now, in the BOOK OF THE LAW there are 220 be found (out of focus) in the world's great scriptures. verses. The combined texts of the BOOK OF CODES and The spirit Aiwass presents a picture of Reality OZ also consist of 220 verses. 777 had no idea of this par- which covers the whole range of human experience, from allel until he added up the letters of the word the subtlest of mystical theologies, the most advanced “dolt” some weeks after the three books had been united magical techniques, to a perfected system of government into one volume. Of course, numerologically, the equiva- and community ethics, all replete with prophecies, lent of the word is 440 (D = 4, 0 = 6, L = 30, T = 400) profound insights, even “jokes.” So startling is the transi- by the Hebrew Qabalah, a number having great signifi- tion from one extreme to the other, from high spiritual- cance to Thelema, but especially describing the concept ity to practical economics, exquisite poetry to crude of Perfection. constructions, that a certain vertigo develops at times There are many, many other “codes” or “puzzles” and the reader must simply set the book down until he implanted throughout the work, some of great complex- can look at it afresh some days, or even weeks, later. ity, some of august simplicity, but none of them without Whether one accepts the book, rejects it, or profound implications, no matter how trivial they might remains neutral in regard to it, it is always a mistake to appear at first glance. judge it prematurely. Much of the scripture speaks in The BOOK OF PERFECTION is the only “religious” symbolic terms, some mythological, some poetical, that work that presents a truly universal doctrine. Here are are simply incomprehensible to one who is not, at least, elements of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, well-read in the Qabalah and comparative religion. Phi- Taoism, Paganism of all varieties, the shamanism of the losophy, ancient and modern, is a surprising aid in paleolithic and the priestcraft of the neolithic. Its Light unlocking the contents of this work. But, above all, beams expand to all corners of the world, gathering and applied magical techniques will unlock the secrets of the absorbing fundamental truths. It descends deep into the book with the least difficulty. wells of the past, even to the haunts of neanderthal men; Many passages of 440 have to remain enigmatic it ascends into infinite space in search of the Future, and until one has experienced the higher spiritual trances. As there discovers a human civilization spread out among a matter of fact, one cannot expect to comprehend it fully the galaxies. until the samadhi called Nerodha-Samapatti has been Between the two extremes of human history, it mastered, also called Shivadarshana. Fortunately, how- perceives this simple fact: there is no God but Man, and ever, there is much in the book that can be understood its corollary: there is no law but Do What Thou Wilt. by the lower grades of spiritual awakening, even by the uninitiate, and the writing itself has a way of working into Jimmi Rocket (James Charles Beck) 1983 C.E. C ONTENTS L IBER 220 The Book of the Law CHAPTER ONE 5 CHAPTER TWO 16 CHAPTER THREE 27 L IBER 718 The Book of Codes CHAPTER ONE JIHA’AD 31 39 CHAPTER TWO T Z EBA 93 47 CHAPTER THREE BABALON 156 53 CHAPTER FOUR MELEK 90 59 CHAPTER FIVE HEMESH 348 65 L IBER 77 The Book of Oz CHAPTER ONE 73 CHAPTER TWO 75 CHAPTER THREE 80 L IBER A L VEL L EGIS S UB F IGURA CCXX The Book of the Law 1. Had! The manifestation of Nuit. 2. The unveiling of the company of heaven. 3. Every man and every woman is a star. 4. Every number is infinite; there is no difference. 5. Help me, o warrior lord of Thebes, in my unveiling before the Children of men! 6. Be thou Hadit, my secret centre, my heart & my tongue! 7. Behold! it is revealed by Aiwass the minister of Hoor-paar-kraat. 8. The Khabs is in the Khu, not the Khu in the Khabs. 9. Worship then the Khabs, and behold my light shed over you! 10. Let my servants be few & secret: they shall rule the many & the known. 11. These are fools that men adore; both their Gods & their men are fools. 12. Come forth, o children, under the stars, & take your fill of love! 13. I am above you and in you. My ecstasy is in yours. My joy is to see your joy. 14. Above, the gemmèd azure is The naked splendour of Nuit; She bends in ecstasy to kiss The secret ardours of Hadit. The wingèd globe, the starry blue, Are mine, O Ankh-af-na-khonsu! 15. Now ye shall know that the chosen priest & apostle of infinite space is the prince-priest the Beast; and in LIBER 220 THE BOOK OF THE LAW 5 CHAPTER ONE his woman called the Scarlet Woman is all power given. They shall gather my children into their fold: they shall bring the glory of the stars into the hearts of men. 16. For he is ever a sun, and she a moon. But to him is the winged secret flame, and to her the stooping starlight. 17. But ye are not so chosen. 18. Burn upon their brows, o splendrous serpent! 19. O azure-lidded woman, bend upon them! 20. The key of the rituals is in the secret word which I have given unto him. 21. With the God & the Adorer I am nothing: they do not see me. They are as upon the earth; I am Heaven, and there is no other God than me, and my lord Hadit. 22. Now, therefore, I am known to ye by my name Nuit, and to him by a secret name which I will give him when at last he knoweth me. Since I am Infinite Space, and the Infinite Stars thereof, do ye also thus. Bind nothing! Let there be no difference made among you between any one thing & any LIBER 220 THE BOOK OF THE LAW 6 CHAPTER ONE other thing; for thereby there cometh hurt. 23. But whoso availeth in this, let him be the chief of all! 24. I am Nuit, and my word is six and fifty. 25. Divide, add, multiply, and understand. 26. Then saith the prophet and slave of the beauteous one: Who am I, and what shall be the sign? So she answered him, bending down, a lambent flame of blue, all-touching, all penetrant, her lovely hands upon the black earth, & her lithe body arched for love, and her soft feet not hurting the little flowers: Thou knowest! And the sign shall be my ecstasy, the consciousness of the continuity of existence, the omnipresence of my body. 27. Then the priest answered & said unto the Queen of Space, kissing her lovely brows, and the dew of her light bathing his whole body in a sweet-smelling perfume of sweat: O Nuit, continuous one of Heaven, let it the unfragmentary non-atomic fact of my universality. (Write this in whiter words) Done later as (But go forth on ) above. LIBER 220 THE BOOK OF THE LAW 7 CHAPTER ONE be ever thus; that men speak not of Thee as One but as None; and let them speak not of thee at all, since thou art continuous! 28.
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