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Liber HAD
LIBER HAD
SUB FIBVRA DLV
ooo. This is the Book of the Cult of the Infinite Within.
oo. 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.).
o. 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 lam-
bent 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 voluptous, I who am all pleasure
and purple, and drunkenness of the innermost sense,
desire you. Put on the wings, and arouse the coiled
splendour withing 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, II:3).
5. Let the Aspirant apply himself to comprehend Hadit
as the soul of every man, and of every star, conjoining
this in his Understanding of the Word (ccxx, I:2).
"Every man and every woman is a star." Let this con-
ception be that of Life, the giver of Life, and let him
perceive that theredfore the knowledge of Hadit is the
knowledge of death.
This is the third practice of the 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 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 the 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 other-
wise 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 drunken-
ness. 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.
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.
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 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 Infinte 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 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
transfering 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 ac-
complished.
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.
1. During the preparation, perform the In-
vocation 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 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.
-oOo-
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