Liber Five
The Book of Babylons

Parallel Figure

XIV








I
1] Go wherewith and he shall be thy Ape. Open thy hands and he shall engrave upon thy skin.2] And cry unto him not, for he will not listen. Plead with him not, for he will not hear thee.
3] Thy blackened lies shall he shut and say: Well done; Now must thou go away cursed and alone.
4] Therefore, adorn thyself with thy colours: yellow and violet, violet and jet.
5] And keep thy number close to thee and utter it not, even unto thy God, for truly shall they be listening.
6] In thy end shalt there be no heaven. No hell shalt thou seest. All that is within thee shall be spilled thereunto, that all may behold.
7] Thy words wherewith shall they take thy life, and make thee an example unto men.
8] Out of thy shadow shall they fashion a God. Out of thy skull shall they make sanctuary.
9] Yea, from within thy sins, may they find a place of refuge; and he will be their deliverer, though they strike him down.
10] And his number:
Four and Three,
Four and Three,
Again, Four and Three.
11] Their folly shall be his delight, their ignorance, his child.
12] Upon his forehead shall be written imprecations, and he shall be their God, this my servant.
13] And his name shall be a curse, and the one before him, yea, and one last after.
14] All who curse him shall be cursed, and all who bless him, the same. A burden shall he be unto them - a burden and hope.
15] Those who utter naught, to them shall be given naught, But to those who speak wisdom, shall be given the same.
16] Life in death. Death in life. What is it that I speak of but foolishness?
17] Taketh from thee all, and what hast thou but naught? Taketh from thee naught, and what hast thou but naught?
18] Nothing and none.
One and nothing.
Be it this a key?

II
1] What is engraved upon thy hands?
Is it wisdom?
It is hope.
2] Therefore, write it down, and utter it not unto anyone,
but until that appointed time.
3] For the command hath not yet fallen from my lips. Thy time is not yet come.
4] For now, write. Write all that is within thy heart and I shall make thee great.
5] This is my promise unto thee, and I shall keep it. Mighty art thou, o little one, but yet thou dost not know it.
6] One day thy voice shall cause the sun to fall from the sky, yea, and many great men with it.
7] Truth shall they call thee, and Belial.{Greek: Belial} But the child shall be their father, and his Father shall be their God.
8] And watch for him, o thou wicked ones, for he shall test thy faith, and also thy wisdom and understanding.
9] In that day shall he stand over thee with a sword, and call upon thy god in mockery, to come to thy rescue.
10] Truly shalt thou fall to thy knees before him, and he shall crawl beneath thy skin and bind thee with thine own veins.
11] His courage shall be great, for his wisdom is abounding. Diligently shall he label them fools.
12] And, o thou little one, watch carefully for thy last written word, for when thou hast nothing left to say wilt thou be taken.
13] Thy silence shall be a sword, and thou shalt fall upon it. This is that with which thou hast been bedamned.
14] For but a blink of an eye shalt thou be great in thy silence, but thy wisdom shall never leave them.
15] Yea, even in that wretched day when all are to perish, the last word that will be uttered upon the earth shall be thy name.

III
1] To understand this work, truly thou must have great understanding, for one matter may not relate another.
2] Go therefore to the canyon and cry aloud. If thou hearest not an echo, then thou hast been misled.
3] Thy God is liken unto a little bird, and he flies over many seas. If thou rebuketh him, then he will depart. To find him again, thou must learn to fly.
4] And look unto thy hands, for within them is the key. But only when thou hast lifted them from the water, mayest thou accept thy blessing.
5] In bravery is there to be found much virtue. Truly is thy destruction the keeper of thy wisdom.
6] To find precious stones, thou must descend unto the earth. And when thou hast returned unto the living, wilt thou be truly great.
7] Thou must have understanding, for within thy understanding is wisdom, and within that is hope.
8] Go therefore unto thy colour, and it is blue; There will he be in thy midst.
9] In thy little room will he dirndl thee and make thee a most beautiful slave. Truly wilt thou be pleasing unto his eyes, and he will lie with thee.
10] Whisper thy pain unto the wind and she shall embrace thee. Call unto the night, and she shall bring thee comfort.
11] Also shalt thou bring forth rain with thy sorrow, yea, and thunder and lightning, and great whirling winds.
12] And lie not with the harlot, for she will steal these away - these and more. Truly will this cause thy God to become angry with thee.
13] And stumble not over ambiguity, regarding this text, for it is not without vindication.
14] Therefore, look to the numbers which I have given thee, for there lie within many secrets.
15] But beware, for I shall set before thee many traps, as was done by those who came before me. This is to ensure that the unjust shall not gain any wisdom hereby.
16] Also, do not disregard those ancient works, for within them are written many great things.
17] But instead, run from those who teach them. Truly shall they perish for their devitrifications.
18] And within thy circle, curse them, those wicked ones who twist the truth and murder the innocent. And in that day shalt thou see their towers crumble.
19] In that day shalt thou see an eagle in the heavens, and he shall cry unto the earth: Today hath the harlot fallen, for her iniquities were great!

IV
1] Where is my little girl, that one whom I have made my vassal? It is only thee that I long for.
2] And o how I have longed for thee to pour wine into thy precious little hands that I may drink. Lay thy head upon my lap and give me thy tiny kisses.
3] Thy lips are pink and thy eyes are jet. Ever do they haunt my dreams and fill my every waking hour with longing.
4] Thy name I know not, but thy innocence hast thou offered me without hesitation.
5] Thy number wilt thou not utter, though I smite thee in anger. Thou art my dirndl, my rose.
6] At once do I fall to my knees and beg for thy forgiveness. And lo, with my own tears wilt thou cause me to drown. Thou hast finally found my weakness.
7] I love thee above all, for I have not created thee. Thou hast come unto me whole. What is thy mystery, that I may behold it?
8] Thou art only a child; how is it that thou knowest such things? Thy seduction is likened to that of a woman who hath lied with many.
9] Thou standest before me clothed with only the wind. Thy long red hair falls about thy shoulders and covers all that thou art yet to have.
10] Truly am I mighty, but thy beauty hath beaten me into submission. Thy voice is a d'mon that hath devoured my soul. I am nothing in thy presence.
11] And to thee all that I have is nothing also. For thou hast knelt upon my alter, and desecrated it with thy vile. My prayers hast thou drowned in thy mockery.
12] Also hast thou painted thine eyes and thy fingernails with the holy colours of my God and seduced me wherewith. Thou showest me no mercy.
13] And turn not thy face away from me, o my little Goddess. I love thee with all that is within me. Without thee I am nothing.
14] O how I long to raise thee up for all to see, but in secret must I keep thee hidden away.
15] Because of thy youth would they condemn me. Thy existence shall be a mystery unto them always, though one day must I offer thee up to them.
16] Truly, thou art only a child, but art thou not comely still? Is not thy beauty deafening?
17] Thy kisses are more beautiful than a sea of diamonds. Thy voice is more precious than mountains of gold and silver.
18] Speak to me my child, and fall to thy knees before me and take me into thy mouth, just as I have done unto thee.
19] Draw my fingers unto thy nipples, and touch my lips with thy tongue, and sit upon my knee and drip thy innocence thereunto.
20] Breathe thy breath upon my face, and unto my ear whisper thine intentions.
21] And place my hands about thy waist, that I may draw thee closer, that I may entre therein.
22] O damen girl!
O damen girl!
Thou art my lover,
Thou art my whore,
and for this do I love thee
23] With my sword shall I divide thee a portion of the heavens, and cast them down unto the earth, that thou mayest behold them, yea, and the sun and the moon, Orion and Pleiades. At my command all shall exist for thy pleasure and for nothing other.
24] Thy cries are lovely unto my ears, and thy tears are sweeter than honey. Truly could the voice of God ever be so beautiful?
25] Once thou wert my slave, but now thou art my master.
26] Except my blessing, o my little Goddess, and struggle not, for I shall make thee the mother of many nations.
27] Yea, many peoples and many tongues shall burst forth from thy belly. From thy womb shalt thou create hope.
28] The great shall come unto thee seeking guidance. The lowly shall come unto thee seeking only thy eternal love. And ever shall the young approach thee, for thou art strong.
29] With thy breasts shalt thou point the way. And with thy milk wilt thou create great rivers of wisdom, that all who come may drink.
30] And they shall place thee upon a pedestal of gold and lapis-lazuli, and there shall be none other that may be likened unto thee until the end of time.
31] Open up thy womb unto me, o thou little one, and I shall make thee great.
32] And with thy beautiful hair, bind my arms and my legs, and with thy fingernails, pluck out mine eyes, that I may find no other until I have fulfilled my promise unto thee.
33] O EkstasiV! {Greek: ecstacy}
O EkstasiV!
Thou nameless one.
Thou art the keeper of truth.
Truly shalt thou be great until the end.
34] And in thy death shall they come unto thee, and crawl upon thy lifeless body, and lie with thee for seven days and seven times, nai, ebdomhkontaxilioi eptakiV.{Greek: Nay, seventy times seven}
35] And because of this shalt thou give birth to yet one more, and he shall be their prince, and thou wilt be their God.
36] And he shall rule them for but a thousand years, but it is thee that they shall worship forever.

V
1] With ten-thousand lies hath he bound me hand and foot.
2] Man. His logic and his tongue hath afflicted him with an disease and its name is Utter Damnation. All who come into his embrace will be afflicted also.
3] The merciless destroyer,
The enslaver,
The liar,
These are his names.
4] But into submission could I not be beaten. Into slavery could they not bind me. And through all their efforts, could they not lead my eyes away from Truth.
5] Then did they plot my crucifixion.
6] But unknown to them was my number - and it was Fifty. Yea, and five and also ten. These must thou add, divide and multiply, o thou foolish one.
7] Savagely did they tear my flesh from my body with the flagellum of conformity. And through all this did my spirit remain unscathed.
8] And naked did I stand before the multitudes, for they had taken from me everything and left me with naught but shame that I may cover myself therewith.
9] But this did I return unto them, for I know not shame.
10] And before me did they take the lives of all who knew me. Yea and my mother and my father.
11] All this did they do unto me, for they knew that I held the key which is Truth. And because of this did they wish to silence me.
12] They cut out my tongue, that I might not speak it, but the voice of God sounded from within me like a great blast of thunder.
13] They cut off my hands that I may not write it, but upon the heavens did I engrave it with lightning.
14] Annihilation!
Annihilation!
15] The one would thou not hear; therefore, twice must it be spoken.
16] Now is thy teaching in this matter complete. In this have I shewn thee the way.
17] Therefore, never again mayest thou find vindication for thy wicked ways,
18] For this also will they hate me, for Truth will not come unto them easy.
19] I speak to them, and they pretend not to hear me, but they hear.
20] So again do I speak to them, and they cover their ears, that my voice might be silenced, but still they hear.
21] So again I speak, and they gouge out their ears and curse me in anger, but still do they hear.
22] And then, and only then, do they realize, that all the while I was speaking - I was speaking to their souls.

VI
1] In the centre of thy perfection do I begin with thy spirit, o my God.
2] In peace, I turn and ascend unto thy Wisdom. Thou art Severe, o my God.
3] I descend unto thy Beauty. Glory! Glory! Glory be to the throne of God. In thy Mildness do I cleans myself of earthly life.
4] I ascend and drink of the waters of thy Understanding. Thou art truely Merciful, o my God.
5] I descend and am burned up in thy Severity. Thou art a terrible God.
6] And as a phoenix, I rise and ascend unto thee, o thou great I AM.
7] Descending, I breathe thy breath, o my God.
8] Ascending, I return unto thy great equilibrium. Praise be to God who is dual in nature, and great is he in the centre of the balances.
9] One is his beginning. One is his individuality. His permutation is one.
10] Contained within six is five, and this is an mystery also. For five is a budding rose, which bloometh and becometh six, and budding again becometh five.
11] Thou art great forever, my Lord.

VII
1] Behold! There is a book that is hidden away, and within it is written a secret:
2] By five footprints in the sand, shall he be known unto the foolish.
3] (But the wise shall know him by the hand and the five oxen who follow, and thereafter shall come a shout of joy). Let there be a legend are the first words of that hidden book, and written are they in vulgar speech. Rejoice! He has come!
4] Also, by my secret name shall they know him In The Beginning.
5] I am he!
6] I am he!
7] I am he!
8] By the light of the Moon shall they find him, the Sun.

VIII
1] Into the air, I fly as a mysterious bird.
2] As a great spear, do I fly unto the stars.
3] An violet bolt am I, shot from a bow of blue.
4] And in a violent fury was I then burnt up.
5] And there did I become a great rod in the hand of God.
6] And firing forth, did I produce awsome darts of scarlet and amber.
7] Then did I fall unto a sea, vast and magnificent, where I became a great cup, catching up the thoughts of God.
8] Deep, so deep was this sea of green, until it became as the blackest black.
9] And o how I fell ever further unto my perfection, until I could rise no further unarmed, for still imperfect was I.
10] And then did I become a great disk where at last was my foundation stablished.
11] And a beautiful star became I.
12] And silver was I upon a circle of gold.
13] And beautiful was I in the perception of these things as one, this four-fold mystery in its eight-fold complexity.
14] Yet, still was I incomplete.
15] And up went I unto Nothing above all else, where I became a great lamp, a little spark in the House of God, a blinding and magnificent light in mine temple.
16] And there did I abide with her and she with me.
17] And then did I become no longer a man, but a force.
18] Yea, no longer am I a man, but a force.
19] And in my mighty downgoing were the balance reversed, yea, and even I, yet all remained sound.
20] In this did the shepherdess come and smite the sheep. Only a few were spared.

IX
1] A blessing unto the little Goddess whose name is Life.
2] Blessed is she in her thousand and thousand, and also cursed is she.
3] Shall she deliver them before there is no more breath?
4] Shall she abate wickedness by virtue of familiarity?
5] Hidden is the number of the rod with which she will stretch forth her hand.
6] Shall she woo them wide eyed and curious, and save them unaware?
7] How fast hath the whore held them? Are they blinded forever?
8] So fierce is this little Goddess in her two hundred and twenty divided.
9] Nay, not all are lost, though it showeth not. There are yet promise.
10] There are this and yet fourteen, and therein lie a key.
11] Shalt thou find honor with thy neighbor if thou should choose to follow this little girl?
12] Surely not! Thou wilt be regarded as a fool, and that rightly.
13] For is it not the better to follow and fall as thy father and his father before him?
14] Is it not easier to conform with the congregation?
15] Bravery is not a virtue unto the ignorant, but a vice, a burden that bringeth only shame.
16] Yea, shall there be brother against brother, even as now.
17] Angry are they who know nothing, jealous are they of the brave, envious are they of the wise.
18] Death and a fool are husband and wife and those who believe in them are their children.
19] Cursed! Cursed! Cursed are they in their folly!
20] God can not know them.
21] Their gates are closed up tight and they go about mad, spreading madness. So naked are they.
22] An disease are they unto man.
23] And what shall they think of the child? Shall they comprehend?
24] And what shall they say of her lover? He and his six! Yea, even his one hundred and twenty.
25] Can they calculate the number of time?
26] Seek ye first the kingdom of God.

X
1] What is this three hundred years thou speakest of?
2] Is there any truth in this?
3] And what of her? Is there any mystery truly so?
4] Nay, if there are only lies!
5] Come, revel with me in the revival of revolution!

XI
1] What is this piercing thing thou speakest of? Is it a sword? Will it take me and overcome?
2] Verily, is it an crucifixion?
3] And what of this fire that I have foreseen? Is this my fate?
4] And what is this sixty and three? Be it this a key?
5] Shall I live or shall I die? What then of my children? Shall I see that great day?
6] Shall my fleshly eyes behold my mighty children in their glory?
7] What is to be said of a prophet who can not foresee his own demise?
 
 
 
 
 

XII
1] Thirty and five and thirty and three.
2] This is the number prophesied.
3] Is there pain? Would there be fury?
4] Nay, if only to behold.
5] Verily, I have found her sleeping in the serpent.
6] There is none other than she.
7] She is the blasphemous final, and the third of those five.
8] Jonah new her. Art thou as ready?
9] Nay, for thou could never be so ready for something as such, for it is a curse, and a curse much greater than his.
10] Verily, she shall swallow thee up.
11] Canst thou tell one whore from another?
12] Aye, thou knowest.
13] One is conquered and one conqueror.
14] Today, one is great and the other small.
15] Tomorrow, one is great and the other small, but never the same.
16] If thou knewest the defeated, would thou stand by her sooth fast?
17] Aye, for she is most beautiful and her words so sweet. Verily, none other can be likened unto her.
18] If thou knewest the defeated, would thou love her any less? Would thou love another in her place?
19] Nay, for she is truth and that only. If thou art the only wise in a world of folly, then she was for thee and for thee alone.
20] Glory be to her. Glory be to the Cross of Life and Light.

XIII
1] Dost thou wonder at thine enigma, o thou wretched one?
2] Art thou saddened because of these things?
3] Fearest thou doom?
4] Fearest thou the hour of separation and death?
5] Nay, for even in Gemini thou knewest these things well.
6] But this doth not thee solace nor comfort of experience. There is no why.
7] Art thou saddened by thy mother's hatred and thy father's distance? Doth not their fear of thee bring thee sorrow? Dost thou not long for them to understand thy predicament?
8] Nay, for never were there a man of God accepted in his own house.
9] Dost thou wonder why there were one and not the other?
10] Nay, for these are questions of old. Thou knowest well the choice and the reason thereof.
11] As a child, didst thou wonder at the dead and question why they came unto thee and frightened thee sorely?
12] Didst thou wonder why they came unto thee speaking of mystery and of things to come?
13] Aye, but no more. Thou learnest quickly in thy youth that they came not unto thee to frighten, but to praise thee, to teach thee and also to observe and oversee thy progress.
14] And of these things did thy earthly mother and thy earthly father know also the reason thereof, and did keep it hidden from thee.
15] These things did they keep secret and shut up, and ran thee away quickly and placed thee in the care of the one great whore, in hope that she would save thee from my blessing.
16] Did they think that they could deny me my revenge? Did they think that they could overpower me and spoil my child with filthy reason? Did they think that they could force thee one way or another?
17] Did they think that they could make one choice irresistible unto thee and the other loathsome? Aye, but they have, but not as they prayed.
18] Did they think that they could confound thee with choice?
19] And verily, wast thou not overwhelmed and abated by the confusion of right and wrong? Didst thou not hate one side as much as the other?
20] Aye, but no more. Verily, wast thou given two choices, and thou hast chosen rightly.
21] It could not have been another way.
22] Dost thou not remember the great battle that thou witnessed, as a child, while in the spirit?
23] Dost thou not remember those fearsome warriors clashed in battle on thine every side?
24] Dost thou not remember seeing those great men falling slain all around thee, as thou wert trembling beside thy bed? Did not the clash and fell of their mighty weapons frighten thee also?
25] Aye, but it was most necessary for thee to witness these things.
26] Thou wert permitted to see these things only to shew thee thine great importance.
27] Verily, these were the force of light and of darkness, and they were battling for dominion of thy soul, that one may use thee against the other.
28] Aye, and one is now victor, and the other beaten. It is now time.
29] Aye, and defeat. How well doth death know thy face and the meaning of that great word.
30] For how many times hath death come unto thee, and thou rebukest him and drave him away. Yea, even as a babe thou sentest him running.
31] Verily, art thou the master of the Flaming Circle of Art. This was thine only blessing given to thee at birth. And thou hast utilized it well. All else that was given thee was a curse and that strangely. Thou knowest well the difference.
32] Also dost thou not remember thee in thy youth, stumbling in thine practice of invocation. How easily did these things come unto thee.
33] Dost thou remember the creeping black spirit and the roaring d'mon?
34] Did these things not frighten thee?
35] Nay, for they were thine only companions. Thou wert only startled for a time at their magnificent force.
36] Didst thou not fear these things would overcome and devour thee?
37] Nay, for they loved thee dearly, even as thou did love them also.
38] Thou art the Magician and the Exorcist, and thou art the truest of these things, for thou wert born under them as a magnificent Star.
39] Thou art a mighty and powerful Necromancer, and thou hast dominion over all things, both seen and unseen.
40] Thou hast been given power to infuriate the flesh, but in the dead hast thou found peace.
41] Thou hast found solace and comfort in the company of the dead, for these are my things, and thine also.
42] And verily hast thou learned well that these things are not dead, but that this is merely a fault of inexpression and a seeming word of choice when discussing matters such as these. Thou knowest different.
43] Verily, didst thou have an earthly mother and an earthly father, but their brief intercessions were insignificant in light of my constant presence.
44] Verily, didst thou have an earthly mother and an earthly father, but thou hast had many mothers and many fathers other.
45] Aye, have I sent my messengers unto thee from the beginning, and they have done well to bring thee up, my child.
46] Yea, didst thou have an earthly mother and an earthly father, but thou shalt one day stand with thy Mother of many mothers and thy Father of many fathers, and one shall stand on thy left and the other shall stand on thy right.
47] And verily, shalt thou stand between them, for thou art their Son, as thou art mine also, o my most precious Angel.
48] Though yet thou knowest them not, fear not for they will know thee. Verily, art thou my lovely, whom I promised to send, and long have they waited for thee.
49] Stand up my Prophet, my Scribe, my most precious colour! Stand up and show thyself! that they may know that I have not forsaken them. Behold! I stand at the door an knock!

XIV
1] Do we all not know that the secret of the star is the serpent and not the breath, but the same of another kind?
2] Am I not a Fool for saying so?
3] Did not my Father show thee already?
4] Is this not an mystery easily solved?
5] In this, are not all things brought together? Yea, together, and this the secret of my name.
6] Verily, there stand beside me two great beings. Is not one a beautiful spring, from which flow the thoughts of God? Is she not delightful in her determination?
7] And can the other not be likened unto a sailing ship? Is he not a wheel on a mighty chariot?
8] Verily, thou wilt only know the answer to these things if thou art of me.
9] And behold for these things have been bound together unto me with an great number, and struck by the hammer of God.
10] And these are the inhabitants of my dwelling.
11] Are wealth and death not one already? Are not one and ten not the same? Aye, for it hath been written so.
12] And be it understood that, by this book, death shall bring thee wealth of another kind.
13] Unto the poor, it shall come as an hurtful spirit.
14] But in the hand of the wise shall it be a mighty sword. And this together with the Law which I have already given.
15] There is ecstasy in the name of the children who are in love, and the one who stands in their midst.
16] Glory be to the one who hath come as a thief in the night.
17] Yea, I carry a heavy burden, and this is the number added to the number of my house, which hath dissolved this little mystery. Sealed are my lips behind the perfection of a most sacred word. Aumng.

XV
1] O little flower, thou bringer of light, why hast thou chosen me?
2] Ho! for thy love and mine.
3] Thou hast chosen the curse over the blessing alone, and because of this hast thou been blessed many and many. There are two crowns, thou wearest them both.
4] The mightiest of blessing seem so small to thee now, my lover, my goat.
5] With thy horns gorge the heavens, yea, the substance and the sea.
6] Thou serpent, thou lioness, thou savior, come.
7] But these things thou knowest well the answer thereof.
8] Thou hast brought them light, and they closed their eyes.
9] Thou hast brought them darkness, and they opened their eyes wide.
10] Aye, but they have seen.
11] Thou hast come unto them resounding, and thou hast brought them silence.
12] Thou hast touched them, and thou hast rebuked them.
13] Ah, but in every case have they perceived, though they listened not. There is no why. There is no because.
14] There are only those things of which I am.
15] Doubt? There is no such word, only trial and folly, defilement and restriction, bravery and arrogance. One of these I will not know.
16] But thee, my lover, thou art familiar to both of these, but no more. Thou knowest now only one. Thou hast chosen well. Death.
17] And also, because of this, countless other things hast thou known and been the partaker therein, for these are my secret things which are hidden from those who cling to life. Thou knowest. Thou knowest well thy nature and the meaning thereof.
18] Hearest thou the thunder? Seest thou the lightening? Feelest thou the swift rushing winds? The hail? The rain?
19] Thou hast come unto me saying: Master, these things are beyond my hand; I touch them not.
20] Ho, little one, for thy modesty brings me joy. Thou bringest laughter unto the Gods for such things said.
21] The flesh hath not changed thee aught, thou joy, thou rose, thou flitting force, thou God.
22] Dost thou not remember the day of thy nativity, my child?
23] Ah, but that day is well remembered in thy house.
24] For in that day didst thou cause a great storm in the 'ther. Yea, and great thunder and lightening and torrents of rain, such as the Gods have never seen. Verily, were the heavens rent with thy going.
25] And were not the earth as rent with thy coming? Aye, but of another kind.
26] Thou commandest, though thou knowest not, for the flesh hath blinded thee to these things. But still thou go, for thou go both here and there. All is the same.
27] Slowly are thine eyes beginning to open, and verily shall that great day of seeing come.
28] Woe be it that day! Woe be it to the inhabitants of the earth! Woe be it unto them, for they know not of the cup that hath been set before them.

XVI
1] Behold! for the sword was Abraham's niche. Many thousands have passed, still it is I that go. Woe be it unto those who deceive. Speak not of me for I am none.
2] The work of the sphere in the spiraling wilderness, this shall be the one to save them. I am upon those who seek not.
3] All have now been given that much. There are no more patience. There are no more mercy.
4] Go as thou wilt, but ever unto me. Seek as thou wilt, and wherever thou wilt, but seek only me.
5] Those who are wise shall know me by number, for this is my hiding. For them shall there be infinite blessing and eternal life.
6] Those who would not count the number of my mysteries shall never know me. For them shall there be a thousand sorrows and an end.
7] But the children of God, they shall please me. They shall find me. They will not be deceived. They shall unite under the child, mine anointed. Yea, the child also hath a secret number, and this have I added unto the number of branches and fruit of a great and mighty tree. By this will the masses be conquered or conqueror. Those who know him, know me.
8] They shall be likened unto stones in a mighty sling. They shall come and gather unto me, each bringing his own and adding it to the one who came before him. And by this shall there be nothing hidden from them. Yea, they shall know all things. They shall know the wise and shall greet them. They shall know the foolish and shall strike them down.