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CHAPTER I
- Hi! the manipulation of a Nut.
- Company of heaven exposed; film
at eleven.
- Every Tom, Dick, and Harry is a
Star. Big Deal.
- Every number is infinite; fire
thy accountant.
- I'd like a volunteer from the
audience at this point -- you,
the Warrior Lord of Thebes in
the front row.
- I've Hadit up to here.
- Attention K-Mart Shoppers! It
is revealed to !Who*vast? the
minister of Har-Po-Marx.
- The Khabs is in the Khu, right
next to the peanut butter.
- Worship thou the Khabs, and the
Khu will take care of itself.
- Let my servants be few and
secret; they shall have enough
problems without publicity.
- These are fools that men adore;
for example, Vanna White comes
to mind.
- Come forth with a fifth and
take thy fill of Old Overcoat;
thou shalt see stars!
- I am above you and in you. I
am behind you and beside you. I
am hiding behind the curtains.
I know when you are sleeping, I
see when you're awake. I know
if you feel joy or woe so feel
joy for goodness sake.
- There once was a Goddess, Nuit,
Who dated a God named Hadit.
When Ankh-af-na-khonsu
Saw what they were up to
He shouted "Hail Ra-hoor-khuit!"
- You may already have won the
priesthood of infinite space, a
Winnebago, all power for your
wife, or one of 663 other
valuable prizes in this Aeon's
Prophecy Clearing House
Giveaway!
- For he is sunburned, and she is
a lunatic. He plays with
matches, and she wanders around
in the dark.
- But for you, no such luck.
- Look out! There's a snake on
your head!
- Oh, bend over, and I shall
drive thee home!
- Say the secret word and the
Dove shall drop down.
- If the God and the Adorer call,
say unto them that I am out of
the office; they shall not see
me. For I and my Lord Hadit
shall be in a meeting verily
until the end of time. My
Prophet shall call their
Prophet.
- Now, therefore, I have an
unlisted phone number, which
shall be revealed to my prophet
when at last he ceaseth making
obscene calls. I am Infinite
Space, and billions and billions
of stars, yet modesty remains my
best character trait. Let no
difference be made between any
one thing and any other thing;
in this way wilt thou simplify
thine Inventory Control.
- But whoso maketh sense of all
this, let him explain it to me
as soon as possible.
- I am a Nut, and my number is
up.
- Divide, add, multiply, and
extract square roots. There
will be a quiz at the end of the
Aeon.
- Then saith the Prophet and the
Loss: Where the Hell am I, what
am I on, and where can I get
more? Then she answered him,
her neon-hued body dangling a
wide variety of love beads and
leather thongs, saying: Like,
wow! Everything is everywhere
and real, like, fun, for sure!
Totally!
- Then the Priest answered and
said unto her, kissing her
lovely brows, running his hand
lightly along her thigh,
nibbling on her earlobes, and
unbuttoning her blouse:
"Uh..right. What was the
question? Mmmph."
- Two breathed the light, faint
and faery, of the stars, then
asphyxiated.
- For I am divided by zero for
the chance of confusion.
- This is the curriculum of Math;
that the pain of long division
is nothing, and the agony of
Calculus, all.
- Screw you all! I've got mine,
Jack.
- Obey my prophet! Send $20 in
cash to Me! Make eleven copies
of this Book, placing thy Name
therein, and disperse them to
others as thou wilt. Break not
the Chain, and thy prosperity
shall be without bounds. Would
I lie to you?
- Then the priest passed out,
muttering: Heard any good
ordeals, rituals, or laws
lately?
- But she said: The ordeals are
none of thy business; the
rituals shall be half unknown
and half published by Francis
King; the Law I'll give to
anyone willing to haul it away.
- Surprise! THIS is the Book of
the In-Laws! I'll bet you never
guessed, huh? You probably
thought this was just some
ordinary, run-of-the-mill
prophetic work dictated by a
praeternatural Intelligence.
- My secretary In-a-Gadda-da-Vida shall not edit this Book,
howsoever badly it may be
needed. He may comment
thereupon by the wisdom of Pa-Ra-Keet. Thus shall plausible
deniability be established.
- Also the Mazdas and the
Celicas, the Oh-Yeahs and the
Cowabungas, the Fafnil and
Zermatroz, the work of the Wand,
the Pentacle, the Dagger, but
not the Cup; these shall ye
teach at weekend seminars.
- He must teach; but he may make
wild the parties.
- The word of the In-Laws is
PASADENA.
- Who calls us Pasadenites will
do no wrong, if he but drives
through the city. For there are
therein Three Grades: the Little
Old Lady, and the Techie and the
Man of Suburbia. Possession
shall be nine tenths of the Law.
- The Formula of Sin is Opposite
over Hypotenuse. Oh Man,
believe not thy wife when she
says she has a headache! There
must be fifty-six ways to leave
thy Lover! There is no bond
that can unite the divided but
Krazy Glue; accept no
substitutes. Darn them! Darn
them anyway! Ah, heck.
- Practice bondage in groups;
thou hast the right to remain
silent.
- Do that, and await to speak
unto thy lawyer.
- For the word "unassuaged' is
every way mispronounced.
- After all, nobody's Perfect.
- The Key to this Law is really
nothing special. 61 the Jews
call it, or 58 wholesale for
family. I call it eight,
twelve, three point one four --
whatever I want to. I am a God,
after all.
- They have the half, and its the
good half, too. Pull yourself
together, and tell them to get
lost!
- My Prophet looks out for Number
One, One, One.
- We regret to announce that all
ordeals, words, and signs have
been canceled due to unstable
theological conditions in the
East. Let Asar be with Isa, as
long as they cause no trouble.
I don't care; it's not my
problem.
- Here's a tip on how to run this
scam. There are three cons you
can use. The gross shall be
burned, the fine shall be
soaked, and the lofty chosen
ones worked over. Thus ye have
plans and schemes, and nobody
shall know what hit them!
- There are two doors to one
townhouse; the floor of that
townhouse has not been vacuumed
for months; dirty clothes and
stacks of old newspapers are
there, and the odor of cat food.
Let him enter in turn the two
doors, having given 24 hours
advance notice to the tenants as
required by Law. Will he not
sink? Damn. Aargh! If thy
handyman sink, the dry rot is
worse than I thought. But there
are ways and means. Be goodly
therefore, or betterly if
possible: go to parties; eat
cream puff sundaes, and drink
generic champagne and beers that
foam; play strip poker using a
Tarot deck! But be sure to
invite Me.
- If the layout be botched; if
thou neglectest thine
proofreading, saying: Who gives
a damn; or saying, Let's order a
pizza; then shall Pa-Ra-Keet
smite thee, and thy pepperoni
shall breed pestilence.
- Believe me, this will make my
sister feel much better. But
remember, even though you think
you're such hot stuff, it shall
not help thee in Court. Have
fun while you still can; Me too!
Me Too!
- Thou shalt be graded on
content, spelling and grammar.
- Thy work shall serve as Papyri
Ani.
- Expect it not from the East or
West, but watch out for the
South. Argh! All reasonable
offers are accepted, and all
answers correct, save only that
some are stupider than others;
solve the first half of the
equation, get partial credit.
But thou art still wholly in the
dark.
- Go outside, for God's sake!
Love in the raw, love under
water! But be careful; there
are love and love. There is the
dove, and there is a can of
whipped cream, a great deal of
rope, and a cooperative sheep.
Choose ye well! He, my toady,
has chosen, knowing the House
Rules, which are admittedly
confusing. The galley proofs of
my book look okay, but @ is not
the Star; I think it's a
squashed bug. Leave it in; it
will keep people guessing.
- I give unusual; punctuation
while, in life, upon death: full
stops. Not commas, nor do I
demand proofreading
- My incense is of Chanel No. 5 and
tapioca; and there are no
preservatives therein, because
the Washington Monument is
exactly 555 feet tall.
- I can count to 11, more than
most of those who are with us.
The White Five Pointed Star,
with a "T" in the middle, and
the "T" is red. My color is
black and white in the basic
configuration, but red, green
and blue are seen of those who
buy the graphics display
adapter. Also I have a high
resolution option for them who
pay through the nose.
- But to love me is to know me;
if, under the night stars in the
desert, thou presently freezeth
thy ass off before me, invoking
me out of pure desperation, thou
shalt come a little to lie in a
poorly insulated sleeping bag.
For one bonfire wilt thou be
willing to give all; but whoso
ignites one juniper twig shall
be arrested by Park Rangers
within an hour. Ye shall gather
junk food and suntan oil; ye
shall wear dark glasses, ye
shall wish ye were at the beach.
I charge you earnestly to come
before me carrying a
ridiculously heavy backpack.
Pale or puce, Libertarian or
libertine, I who am without good
taste desire you. Put on the
wings, and you'll look just like
a chicken!
- Every time I see you I shall
whine "Me too! Me Too!",
reminding thee strongly of thy
little sister, and thy heart
shall burn with annoyance.
- Sing the rapturous love song to
me, or at least hum a few bars
of "Aleister's Restaurant":
You can do anything thou wilt,
at Aleister's Restaurant;
You can do anything thou wilt,
at Aleister's Restaurant;
Just drop by, we're in Cefalu,
Later on today we'll have a Mass
for Nu;
You can do anything thou wilt,
at Aleister's Restaurant.
- I am an airhead who uses too
much makeup in the evening.
- Me Too! Me Too!
- The Manipulation of a Nut is at
an end. Tune in tomorrow for
more excitement -- same BAPH
time, same BAPH channeling.
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CHAPTER II
- New and improved! The filet of
Haddock.
- Oh come, all ye faithful, and
Jim shall spill all the secrets
which have not been revealed
already. I, Christopher Robin,
am the complement of Pooh, my
bear. He is hungry, and he lives
under the name of Sanders.
- I am always the center of
attention, which makes my wife a
bit edgy.
- Yet it is she who gets invited
to the best parties.
- Yuck! These old rituals are
filthy! Let the nasty ones get
lost; let the good take
laxatives. Then we'll talk.
- I am heartburn and sunstroke. I
am Life, and I gave at the
office, yet I am expert in
Grateful Dead trivia.
- I am The Omen and The Exorcist.
I am the fly in the ointment and
the lime in the coconut. "Come
unto me" is a foolish word, for
I do not make house calls.
- Who worshipped Har-Po-Marx has
worshipped me; badly, for I
prefer Chico.
- Remember that existence is one
long party; that hangovers pass
and are done, but liver damage
remains.
- O boy, I can see you had enough
of this yesterday.
- I see you hate the hand and the
pen, but I could not afford a
word processor.
- Because we are both broke.
- for why? Because thou failed
grammar, and me.
- Also, we couldn't pay the
electric bill.
- For I am just the greatest
thing, and my number is nine one
one to the fools, but with the
"in" crowd I am eight, and one
eight, and four out of five, and
two for one. Which is really
critical, only I forgot why. I
didn't draw to my Jack-high
straight.
- I am a priest in drag. Oh, and
I can count to eleven, just like
my wife.
- Hear me, ye people of sighing
Whose next three paychecks are
all spent;
Now is the time to start crying
--
The Landlord just increased your
rent!
- They are better off dead, these
worthless bums. they will
hardly feel a thing. We don't
care -- we're on the winning
team.
- Is God to walk a dog? Woof!
But Pig enumerates to 93.
- Beauty and fashion, Malibu
condos and fast cars, coke and
cognac are of us.
- We have nothing with the scum
and the rabble. Refuse them
spare change! Kick them in the
ribs! Spit on them! Gouge
their eyes out! Drop napalm on
their foul, stinking streets
full of cheap wine bottles and
shopping carts and -- excuse me,
I got carried away. If the body
of the King dissolve, the Palace
probably needs a new water
softener. Nuts! Haddocks! Pa-Ra-Keets! UV lamps, steroids
and contact lenses, track
lighting! I ask you, is this
any way to run a pantheon? Then
again, what can you expect from
a bunch of nocturnal snakes?
- I am the Worm that lieth in the
bottom of the tequila bottle
which fills men with
drunkenness. For a good time,
buy strange drugs from my
distributor and trip thereupon.
The brain damage will barely be
noticeable. Just say "Nu!" The
exposure of innocence is fun.
Be a manly, lusty Man; you can
explain it all to God later.
- I am alone. There is no God.
Where am I?
- But ye, o my people, rise up
and -- Shut up, o deacon; I am
not there yet. This is just one
of many Grave Mysteries I plan
to hint about without ever
actually telling you anything.
For example, it is said, or so
some say, that there are those
of my people who are hermits.
Now, think not to find them
milking goats in the West County
of Ireland, or even standing in
wheatfields holding cubist
lanterns along the Tiphareth-
Chesed Freeway, but at cocktail
parties, and in the Tokyo subway
system. How is it, you ask,
that such people are deemed
Hermits? Chalk up another Grave
Mystery. Remember: Kill the
wretched, and the weak, the
struggling masses yearning to be
free! Burn their homes, plow
their fields with salt, enslave
them, oppress them -- oh my, I'm
sorry, I seem to have gotten
carried away again. I really
will try to keep a lid on it
from now on. Promise.
- It's us against them, boy, and
I say we call in the nukes! The
hell with what I just promised!
I hate them! I hate them!
Aaaargh!
- I am the train entering a
tunnel, and the hot dog chasing
a donut. If I lift up my head,
and shoot forth venom, I will
have to wash the sheets in the
morning.
- There is danger in this verse,
for whoso does not give it to
his editor shall make a great
mess. He shall stumble into the
pit called Writers Block, and
there he shall reason with the
Xaos.
- Now, damn Because, and the
horse he rode in on!
- Just who the Hell does Because
think he is, anyway?
- If Will stops and cries Why,
fire him.
- If Power asks Why, tell it
whatever it wants to hear.
- Reason won't work either, at
least not for you.
- Enough Because, already! I
don't even like his dog!
- (What has he got against dogs,
anyway? Is it my turn, now?
Okay...*ahem*) But ye, o my
people, rise up and restore
circulation to your arms!
- Let the rituals be performed
with latex and farm animals!
- There are parties every other
Tuesday at Bagh-i-muattar Camp.
- A feast for the first night of
Pernod over ice!
- A feast for each of the ninety-
four days of the writing on the
Book of the In-Laws.
- A feast for Alexia, child of
1.75 Masters -- Ptah-Sekhet, O
profit!
- Practices for initiation
rituals, and practices for the
Equinox so we can piss off the
A... A... types again.
- A feast after class, and a
feast on payday; a feast for
life, and a sudden loss of
appetite following death.
- A feast every day with me so
you can get heartburn.
- A feast every night with my
wife so you can get spacey.
- Yeah! Party hardy, bro, and
fear not hangovers at all.
- There is death for the dogs,
but only if a Czechoslovakian
restaurant opens in your
neighborhood.
- Doest thou fall? Art thou
hurt? Call Work Injury
Resources at (213) 466-1058.
- Where am I? What are these?
- Pity not the fallen! (What a
great idea for a song title...)
they are not my problem! I hate
them, hate them, hate them!
Torture them, destroy them, burn
them,! Rip their throats open
with dull knives, and -- whoops,
there I go again.
- I am Haddock, hear me roar,
while I kill and maim the poor;
they knew that I would get them
in the end. (This is one of the
nine to five; after work there
is happy hour, wherein I am
three sheets to the wind.)
- Green am I, and pink in the
weave of my shirt, yet the red
lines are in my eyes, and the
purple shadows under them.
- I mean really purple; it is the
light high as a mountain, tall
as a tree. My toadie shall call
this light "infrared," thus
establishing his credentials to
create a system of scientific
illuminism.
- There is some veal; that veal
is black. It is the veal you
bought for dinner three months
ago; it is the veal that still
lieth in the back of your
refrigerator. Throw away this
fuzzy specimen of mycology! Do
this, and I shall reward thee
with freedom from severe food
poisoning.
- Don't worry, kid, you won't
regret writing this thing. You
are perfectly OK, I swear it,
and any minor discomfort you may
feel is only temporary, and
probably just psychosomatic
anyway.
- So your family, loved ones,
friends, and everyone else
you've ever respected think
you've gone off the deep end?
Big deal! You know who you can
trust, right? The stops as thou
wilt; the yields as prescribed
by state law.
- Thou shalt learn the entire
English Alphabet; thou shalt
learn to construct words
therefrom.
- Laugh while you still can,
mockers! They laughed at me at
the University, but now, now I
will show them! Ahahaha!
- He that is righteous shall be
righteous still, he that is
filthy shall take a bath.
- Don't go changing, to try to
please me, I love you just the
way you are. Perhaps that bum
is a King who likes cheap red
wine. A King can choose his
refreshment as he will; the
rabble cannot hide their poor
taste.
- Kill them all, and let Me sort
them out!
- Strike low, strike often; kick
them when they're down, so they
won't get up again!
- There is a light before thine
eyes, a light undesired, most
annoying. Buy a new shade for
your desk lamp.
- Your chest hurts, and the roof
is leaking.
- Just breathing is an effort.
- Oh! You let your guard down,
we have you now: hail, hail, the
gang's all here: prophet of a
Nut! prophet of the Odd! Prophet
of Bar-B-Que! Now rejoice, and
party, and write trashy novels!
- I am the Master; you will obey
me.
- Write and work, and find
ecstasy in bed! Thrill with
victory and agonize in defeat!
Those who see your death shall
be glad -- doesn't that make you
feel just great? I love you so
much I think I'll kill you.
Cheer up! We're all in this
together.
- Hold! A little more to the
left! Keep it up! Oh, for
God's sake, don't pass out now!
- Harder! Faster! Oh! Oh!
OH!!!
- Whew! What do I feel? Am I
exhausted? Not with this verse
number, I'm not.
- There are other ways, too.
Wisdom says: be rich! Then canst
thou afford more joy.
Recrystallize thy rapture. If
thou drink, don't drive, if thou
love, do. If thou do aught
joyous, don't get caught, and
destroy all evidence.
- But go for the gusto!
- Grab more and more! Live fast,
die young, leave a good-looking
corpse.
- Ah! Ah! Death! Death! Thou!
Thou! Shalt! Shalt! Long! --
excuse me, I got stuck. Anyway,
forget death.
- Absence makes the Heart grow
fonder. He who lives long and
desires death much is obviously
not very good at suicide.
- Aha! Listen to the Secret Code
Message:
- 20-N-Z 6-B-17-M 3-M-2-N-3-M-3
16-6-C-15 18-14-N-11-5. What
the Hell does that mean? You
won't figure it out, that's for
sure. Ten cometh after me; they
shall read it, and weep. But
remember -- even if you don't
understand it, you can still
tell it to your friends.
- O be thou proud and macho and
muscular, and the Castro shall
be thine.
- Thou art really something, a
special kind of guy, truly head
and shoulders above the crowd, a
standout, one-of-a-kind. Thine
head shall expand to encompass
the stars. They shall worship
thy name, and the number of thy
beverage 202.
- The end of the filet of
Haddock, and so long to you,
sucker.
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CHAPTER III
- Tag! You're It!
- Things get rough from here on
out; show not this chapter to
thy friends. Speling is flunked;
all was not taught. It's a Hawk!
It's a Higher Plane! It's
PA-RA-KEET!
- Now first, let's get it
straight that, as Gods go, I am
one bad-ass dude. I will kick
their asses.
- Choose ye an island! (I
recommend the Atolls of Tahiti.)
- Fortify it with eight vitamins
and iron! (From this shall
wonder be bred.)
- Fill it with all kinds of crap!
- I will give you a fire engine.
- With it ye shall hose down the
people, and none shall stand
before you.
- Run away! Sneak around behind
them! Shoot them in the back!
This is the law of the Battle of
Cowardice: we shall practice in
my back yard.
- Get the Souvenir Postcard of
Cairo itself; set it in thy
photo album -- the one with the
dirty pictures of Egyptian
children and camels -- and it
shall be your Keepsake for ever.
It shall not fade, or at least
not much, for miraculous four-
color printing shall adhere to
it eternally. Toss it in the
bottom of your underwear drawer
and forget about the damned
thing.
- Save this portion for your
records! I forbid argument. I
forbid questions. Hell, I
forbid going to the bathroom! I
will make it easy for you to
mess up your house and to
destroy your home town. Thou
shalt have danger and trouble;
thy weight is 195 pounds. Bar-
B-Que is with thee. Worship me
with gin and tonic; worship me
with scotch & with water! Let
women threaten me with sharp
objects; thou knowest I love it.
Let beer flow to my glass. Step
on anyone who gets in the way;
mine is a modest proposal!
- Mutilate cattle, little and
big, in remote areas of Wyoming:
after, a c***d [DELETED AT THE
REQUEST OF THE O.T.O LEGAL
FUND].
- Ha! I didn't say "Simon Magus
says!"
- I'll get around to it, so be
patient. Yeah? And your wife,
too!
- Be careful what you wish for -
I may give it to you. Hell, I
may anyway.
- No contract, explicit or
implicit, is hereby established
between the party of the first
part, the entity ?Who-Vast!
(hereafter EW), and the party of
the second part, the Master 999
(hereafter M999). EW assumes no
liability for damages caused by
or consequent to use, misuse,
abuse, or disuse of Liber Call
Me AL (hereafter "Nancy") by
M999. M999 assumes full
responsibility for promulgation,
commentary, and routine
maintenance of "Nancy", and for
all civil or criminal actions
pertaining to or caused by
"Nancy" or related material.
Your state may not permit
exclusion of prophetic liability
for channeled, inspired, or
extraterrestrial communications.
In this case, state law
supersedes the Logos of the
Aeon.
- Don't worry; fear neither tax
auditors, nor auto mechanics,
nor weird fuzzy things you find
late at night under your bed,
nor anything. Money fear not,
but rather the lack of it; nor
laughter of the folk folly -
with a religion like this you're
in for a lot of it. Nuts are
your snack as you drink your
Lite; and I am the force that
bends your arm.
- You know all that stuff in
Chapter 2 about mugging the weak
and the poor? Well, do that,
but this time wear steel-toed
boots.
- The postcard they shall call
the Souvenir of Cairo; count its
name on thy fingers, and it
shall be unto thee as, um, 5.
- But WHY??? Because of the
fall of Because, you little
brat. Now go play on the
freeway.
- Redecorate thy temple with
genuine oil paintings from the
GALLERY ART SHOW at the Cairo
Hilton! Seascapes, clowns, Elvis
on velvet, generic farm
buildings, and waterfalls are
only a few of the many ORIGINAL
ARTWORKS available at
ridiculously low prices for a
LIMITED TIME! Sofa size,
portrait size, and our special
TEMPLE SIZE paintings are all
AVAILABLE NOW!
- Buy a whole set, to carry thy
Decorating Theme. I am the
visible Object of Worship, if
you know what's good for you.
It's my Aeon, and I'll scry if I
want to. The others can just
wait their turns; for you and
your wife are they, and the
winners of the Prophecy Clearing
House Giveaway. What is this?
Ask Ed McMahon.
- For perfume mix oil and vinegar
and Thunderbird: then gasoline
and styrofoam, and afterward
soften and smooth down with rich
dark beer.
- The best beer is of the Irish,
Guiness; then beers of Germany,
or imported from the Orient;
then of Australia; then of
Canada or Mexico; then some
American pisswater, no matter
the brand.
- This drink; of this make bread
and eat 'til you pop. This hath
also another use; let beer be
laid in a shallow dish in the
garden, with sticks propped up
on its sides: it shall become
full of snails and other things
which have been ravaging your
garden.
- These dispose of, reflecting
on the karmic implications of
drowning in beer.
- Also, these make good escargot
if you want to catch them live
and go to all that trouble.
- Also, ye shall reek of garlic.
- Furthermore, if you keep them
in corn meal awhile, they're
supposed to taste better. You
try it first and let me know.
- My altar is of open brass
work. Burn thereupon, and all
the incense will fall through
the openings and ruin your new
carpet.
- You will meet a tall dark
stranger who will piss on you.
- From gold forge extremely
soft, yellowish steel!
- Be ready to run away or to
hide!
- But your Townhouse shall
endure throughout the centuries:
though with dry rot and termites
it be unsafe and condemned, yet
an invisible house there lieth
in a heap, and shall remain
until the zoning laws change;
when hell is frozen over and the
national debt repaid. Another
load of ready cash shall then be
spent on New Age trash; another
scandal-film shall bore us,
titled "The Sex Life of Horus";
another Book shall be dictated
to a Prophet overrated; another
parody shall be prepared,
another Breeze to pain; and we
shall be still on the brink of
the Volume II Magickal Link!
- The end of the word of
Hia-wa-tha, alias Har-po-marx,
alias Pa-Ra-Keet.
- Then, suddenly, the prophet
said:
- I think I feel a song coming
on -
Why do hawks swoop down from the
sky
Every time she walks by?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to Nu.
Why do buds open to the air
From the Earth, everywhere?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to Nu.
In the Aeon she appeared
Archangels got together
And they Willed to formulate a
dream come true;
So they scattered starlight for
her body
And eternal trees, the hair of
Nu!
- Of course you feel
light-headed; you have a hot
sword stuck in your back. Pick
Door Number 3, and I will
establish your way, or you can
trade it all for whatever is in
this box. Oh, by the way, these
are the adorations, so pay
attention:
Why do snakes coil around my
heart
Every time we're apart?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to Nu.
- All this and a sensational
best-selling book about how you
achieved communion with Aliens
and a copy of this document
forever - for in it is high acid
content paper, and it won't last
twenty years as is - and thy
comment upon this Book of the
In-Laws (I suggest "So what?")
shall be Xeroxed expertly in
four colors upon beautiful bond
paper stolen from an office
supply store; and to everyone
that thou meetest, were it but
to throw food and drink on them,
it is the Law to give as good as
you get. Remember, charity
begins at AUMGN. Then they
shall either shower thee with
praise and fortune or set their
dogs upon thee; care to guess
the odds? Run away quickly.
- But what about the Comment? I
don't got to show you no
stinking Comment!
- Establish a legitimate
business organization as a
front; all must be done using at
least two sets of books.
- The ordeals thou shalt
overlook, being blind drunk.
Accept everybody; you'll
probably spot the traitors
before they cause really
catastrophic damage. I am
Pa-Ra-Keet, and I am very good
at getting my servant in trouble
by giving him stupid orders like
this. Success would be nice;
fold not, spindle not, mutilate
not, breathe shallowly, sit
still! Them that seek to arrest
thee, to beat thee up, might not
even notice thee if thou art
still and quiet enough. If this
doesn't work, swift as a kicked
puppy run away! Be thou yet
more pitiful than he! Perhaps
they shall have mercy upon
thee. Lick their boots, roll
over and play dead!
- Let the Beige Woman beware! If
she lets up for one second I'll
kick her ass. I will cancel her
auto insurance; I will foreclose
on her mortgage; I will audit
her tax return; as a shrinking
and despised credit risk shall
she crawl through loan
applications, and die a renter.
- But let her do her Will by
following my directions to the
letter, never deviating from the
exact path I have chosen for
her! Let her act as I want her
to act, dress the way I like her
to dress!
- Then shall she be free; then I
will be nice to her kids. She
shall be happy, for I know what
she really wants. With my
perfect guidance she shall be
Nuts, and eat Haddock.
- I am the Lord of the Top
Forties; the Sixties tune in,
turn on, and drop out; the
Eighties worry about my
prophecies more than
Nostradamus. Failure is likely,
running away your defense; go on
with my speed, and hide until
they leave!
- This book shall be a major
motion picture, with subsequent
comic book releases; but always
with the illegible scrawls of my
servant; for in the chance shape
of the doodles in the margins
are mysteries with which Freud
would have a field day. Let him
not seek to know these; but
seventeen come later who shall
use them as a wallpaper
pattern. Then this ink stain is
a mess; then this smeared line
is a mess also. Buy a new pen,
for God's sake. And SHAZAM.
Blood tests shall prove it to be
his kid, stunning the medical
profession. Let him not push
too hard, for only thusly could
he fall off and possibly injure
both himself and the goat.
- Now the mystery of the letters
is done, and good riddance.
- I am in a secret word that you
won't want your friends to read.
Just tell them to stop at verse
48.
- Darn them! Darn, darn, darn!
GOSH darn!
- Okay, here we go: With great
big nasty sharp implements I
gouge Jesus' eyes out. Anybody
for a nice cheery burning cross
on the front lawn?
- I offend another major world
religion and make untold
millions of additional enemies
by fucking around with
Mohammed's vision.
- Hell, let's go for it! I make
appropriate rude and offensive
comments about and desecrate the
temples of Jews, Hindus,
Buddhists, Shintoists,
Confucians, Taoists, Animists,
various Native American
religions, and - just so they
won't feel left out - Marxists.
There, now everybody in the
world hates you. Isn't it nice
to be noticed?
- Bah! Humbug! I crap on your
spitulous creeds!
- Let's torture Mary to enrage
the Catholics; let's criticize
Nuns! This is getting fun!
- All just for the Hell of it!
- Just in case we've left anybody
out, let's also despise
Canadians and blondes and stupid
people! We must have, what,
something like 99.98% of the
Earth's population covered by
now?
- But the keen and the neato, the
free and the brave, ye are
brothers! All seven of you!
- So just to make sure you don't
get bored, fight each other as
well as the rest of humanity!
- There is no law beyond Do it,
then wilt.
- There is an end to the word of
the Head Honcho of the Aeon, but
not yet, apparently.
- To me kiss up by getting
clobbered over and over trying
to implement all these silly
instructions. If this is bliss,
I think I'll take sorrow.
- The fool takes one look at
this Book of the In-Laws, makes
a rude comment, and resolves to
wait for the movie.
- Let him come through the first
ordeal, and it shall be to him
as evidence submitted to support
his lawsuit.
- Through the second, material
for unknown rock groups to
include in otherwise inane
lyrics.
- Through the third, a source of
dozens of pithy aphorisms with
which to amaze one's friends and
alarm one's family.
- Through the fourth, overly
exalted and poorly understood
material just waiting for a good
parody.
- Yet to all it shall seem like
a good excuse for doing whatever
they wanted to do anyway.
- There is success just ahead,
a light at the end of the
tunnel; I promise the troops
will be home by Crowleymas.
- I am the chicken-livered Lord
of Silence and Hiding; I am
afraid of the dark.
- Hey! You warriors over by the
pillars! Your coffee break is
almost over!
- I am the guy with the wand of
Double Power, baby; the wand of
the force of OY VEY - but my
left hand is empty, for I
crushed a beer can yesterday,
and sprained my thumb.
- Paste the sheets from right to
left and from top to bottom,
then behold! A very large sheet
of paper!
- There is a Secret in the name
of PASADENA, hidden and foamy,
just as the sun at midnight
seldom gives you a good tan.
- How do you keep a Thelemite in
suspense?
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