Liber Stellae Rubeae

1Apep deifieth Asar

2Let excellent virgins evoke rejoicing, son of Night!

3This is the book of the most secret cult of the Ruby Star. It shall be given to none, save to the shameless in deed as in word

4No man shall understand this writing --- it is too subtle for the sons of men

5If the Ruby Star have shed its blood upon thee; if in the season of the moon thou hast invoked by the Iod and the Pe, then mayest thou partake of this most secret sacrament

6One shall instruct another, with no care for the matters of men's thought

7There shall be a fair altar in the midst, extended upon a black stone

8At the head of the altar gold, and twin images in green of the Master

9In the midst a cup of green wine

10At the foot the Star of Ruby

11The altar shall be entirely bare

12First, the ritual of the Flaming Star

13Next, the ritual of the Seal

14Next, the infernal adorations of OAI

Mu pa telai, Tu wa melai a, a, a. Tu fu tulu! Tu fu tulu Pa, Sa, Ga

Qwi Mu telai Ya Pu melai; u, u, u. 'Se gu malai; Pe fu telai, Fu tu lu

O chi balae Wa pa malae: --- Ut! Ut! Ut! Ge; fu latrai, Le fu malai Kut! Hut! Nut!

Al OAI Rel moai Ti --- Ti --- Ti! Wa la pelai Tu fu latai Wi, Ni, Bi

15Also thou shalt excite the wheels with the five wounds and the five wounds

16Then thou shalt excite the wheels with the two and the third in the midst; even Saturn and Jupiter, Sun and Moon, Mars and Venus, and Mercury

17Then the five --- and the sixth

18Also the altar shall fume before the master with incense that hath no smoke

19That which is to be denied shall be denied; that which is to be trampled shall be trampled; that which is to be spat upon shall be spat upon

20These things shall be burnt in the outer fire

21Then again the master shall speak as he will soft words, and with music and what else he will bring forward the Victim

22Also he shall slay a young child upon the altar, and the blood shall cover the altar with perfume as of roses

23Then shall the master appear as He should appear --- in His glory

24He shall stretch himself upon the altar, and awake it into life, and into death

25(For so we conceal that life which is beyond.)

26The temple shall be darkened, save for the fire and the lamp of the altar

27There shall he kindle a great fire and a devouring

28Also he shall smite the altar with his scourge, and blood shall flow therefrom

29Also he shall have made roses bloom thereon

30In the end he shall offer up the Vast Sacrifice, at the moment when the God licks up the flame upon the altar

31All these things shalt thou perform strictly, observing the time

32And the Beloved shall abide with Thee

33Thou shalt not disclose the interior world of this rite unto any one: therefore have I written it in symbols that cannot be understood

34I who reveal the ritual am IAO and OAI; the Right and the Averse

35These are alike unto me

36Now the Veil of this operation is called Shame, and the Glory abideth within

37Thou shalt comfort the heart of the secret stone with the warm blood. Thou shalt make a subtle decoction of delight, and the Watchers shall drink thereof

38I, Apep the Serpent, am the heart of IAO. Isis shall await Asar, and I in the midst

39Also the Priestess shall seek another altar, and perform my ceremonies thereon

40There shall be no hymn nor dithyramb in my praise and the praise of the rite, seeing that it is utterly beyond

41Thou shalt assure thyself of the stability of the altar

42In this rite thou shalt be alone

43I will give thee another ceremony whereby many shall rejoice

44Before all let the Oath be taken firmly as thou raisest up the altar from the black earth

45In the words that Thou knowest

46For I also swear unto thee by my body and soul that shall never be parted in sunder that I dwell within thee coiled and ready to spring

47I will give thee the kingdoms of the earth, O thou Who hast mastered the kingdoms of the East and of the West

48I am Apep, O thou slain One. Thou shalt slay thyself upon mine altar: I will have thy blood to drink

49For I am a mighty vampire, and my children shall suck up the wine of the earth which is blood

50Thou shalt replenish thy veins from the chalice of heaven

51Thou shalt be secret, a fear to the world

52Thou shalt be exalted, and none shall see thee; exalted, and none shall suspect thee

53For there are two glories diverse, and thou who hast won the first shalt enjoy the second

54I leap with joy within thee; my head is arisen to strike

55O the lust, the sheer rapture, of the life of the snake in the spine!

56Mightier than God or man, I am in them, and pervade them

57Follow out these my words

58Fear nothing. Fear nothing. Fear nothing

59For I am nothing, and me thou shalt fear, O my virgin, my prophet within whose bowels I rejoice

60Thou shalt fear with the fear of love: I will overcome thee

61Thou shalt be very nigh to death

62But I will overcome thee; the New Life shall illumine thee with the Light that is beyond the Stars

63Thinkest thou? I, the force that have created all, am not to be despised

64And I will slay thee in my lust

65Thou shalt scream with the joy and the pain and the fear and the love --- so that the Lambda-Omicron-Gamma-Omicron-Sigma of a new God leaps out among the Stars

66There shall be no sound heard but this thy lion-roar of rapture; yea, this thy lion-roar of rapture