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The
Book of Lies
by Harry Hill III published by Threshold Publishing Company P.O. Box 4033 Blaine, WA 98231 USA TABLE OF CONTENTS
BezaleelAnd long the shadow dogged meAs I labored for the Light And long the days grew empty As the holocaust grew bright. I waited out the
empty days of light I prayed, and
wept, and was not left alone Can it be, my
enemy Bezaleel my brother
is the author of these lies 6/9/98 Instructions to the AllegoryDeMolay was de moleMallory spoke mal ori Shakespeare was known to shake a spear In pretty lies, the purest truth yet lies. Judge not!
Lest ye interpret badly 6-10-98
My prophet dies,
my prophet dies! 6-10-98 Notes: The irresponsible keep excellent records of their infractions; so that on the ever-postponed Day of Judgement, they have calculated their debts (with compound interest) to an exactitude. It is this dedication to self-condemnation and the actions which produce it that define ‘damnation.’ These take on a single responsibility: measuring the weight of their sin on the scales of Karma; the only rightful task they should defer to Deity. 6-13-98 Beware the ides of June. Jack and Jill
Eighth of Ides: Throne of AlcazarI greet the waxing Sun in salutationAnd watch as towers fall into the sea The month of plenty is upon me now again Beckoning the dreamers to decree: In attunement
is the healing of the earth And yet the shadow
looms before my door; 6/14/98
Apocalypsos Fugiens
O glad the angel
blessing on the tamed and savage lands Glad the holy
blessing that emerges from our hands 6/14/98 Lethe in Israel
Twenty three were
numbered psalms At the crossroads
6/15/98 Notes on the Mir - 6/17/98
We saw good works
of men, and wept; What lends the
strength The voices of
the meek rise not against the Pharisee But I am dumb
to pleas for justice without power; 6-17-98 2. Land of Law No grace for thee
Pay they the most
to let them be; 6-17-98 3. The Returning Coin I could not give
a dollar for the widow 6-17-98 The Lesser
6/19/98 The Mir
Stronger through
adversity, these need The Mir refuse
to serve the politics of need. Righteous yet
is still the cruelty of their creed. 6/17/98 The Politics of WantThe drones still love the candyThe droves of need are gathering So give em what they want So their lives
are soft and lazy Before My EyesBefore my eyes the earth is stillAwaiting judgement, all is still Yet I am overjoyed. The Lie has made
itself and burns itself in fire I have burned
more than I built Who would laugh
if they could see me meek? All the knowledge
of the world Before my eyes,
the dream is done The secret lost,
the power gone 6-19-98, 30,000 feet Denied.We hide, as God demands day labor Light denied, I grow that talent from death I died I could not be light denied. . As she grew, she died A darkness grew as long I tried And could not free her from her pride She would live, though light denied. . She long was lost, my errant bride In calumny she laughed and lied And drew me to her fallen side A chattel of her fallen pride. . And purged, and humbled from my sin The Lord hath spoke and drew me in Where broke stood, a whole again I could not sin to fall again. . But there she waits, my beauteous Her harvest ripe and plenteous Pretending light and virtuous A virgin and abstemious. . Is she now light and purged of sin Or doth she seek my soul to win With lust in beauty calcified Or is she damned, and light denied? . For how I loved her, dark and bright And long I loved her through our night We broke apart the glorious morn And turned away when I was shorn. . Humility will hold me here As pride will bind her to her fear But serve I will and serve I must Until the Ram has gone to rust. . The dove has lighted on my head Although she breathes upon the dead She makes a god of death instead I count her now among the dread. . I will not be light denied No matter how she pled or tried I would not bleed to serve her pride Though she is lost, she has not died. . 6/19/98 The Bounteous SpiritI cannot understand his speechI speak in tongues but cannot reach The bounteous spirit hid beneath In Osterreich, upon that beach. I died in Bonn;
and this he knew In esoteric cannonade
He speaks in Deutsch,
he speaks Gaulois The cannonade
resumes again Are howling in
the death-filled streets Case! I
plead, and cease! I cry. Who are they,
and who am I Who are they,
and why am I Cows will feed
and pigs will fly I cannot hear,
nor understand Do not plague
me, profligate! 6/19/98 The Begats1925 the word was still1985 the word was Will 1995 the Voice was shrill 2005 the world was filled. And so I died.
Mark my pen! I
am alive As Lust and Boredom
masturbate 6-19-98 The Sons of David RepentWhere are my sons?I count them few, my little ones Where are all my holy sons? I wait The earth is mine,
sayeth the Lord Let he be judged
who judges least 6/19/98 Redemption
In Eros' pure
and hot sensation As a woman lone
and spurned The captain of
your life Unmindful of that
One When will you
seek her, placid Dame The female form
cannot approach Waken briefly,
leave your arbor And ask forgiveness,
profligate 4-90 Rhapsody in August (Reprise)
Akira, we have
seen their melted faces I await the cool
expanse of August 6-26-98 The Technique of Allegoresis
It is also designed to keep its authors from breaking the law of the land and to still communicate specific and sensitive information which will not be corrupted by translation, editing, or censorship while in the hands of those who might seek to confuse, confound, or execute the authors and keep them from their high spiritual purposes. This has always been the use of allegory in the Western world; a sort of traditional encryption scheme which has proven to be uncrackable. In the modern day, even amongst those who say they are initiated into the schools to which these allegories belong, they cannot crack their own codes, although the keys sit on the table before them. It may be necessary to abandon all pretense since Babylon has risen far quicker than anticipated. The Rules of Esoteric Allegory Traditional literary allegories (if there are any separate from the mystery schools to which they belong) are said to have four levels of decipherable interpretation: Metaphoric Esoteric allegories have more: Initiatic - referring
to specific rituals, initiations, or techniques of the school to which
the allegory belongs The sets I use,
in addition to the traditional, are the initiatic rituals of the Rosicrucian
school, the Kabalistic formulae of that school and of the Count of Saint
Germain (see The Kabalah of Numbers), the Numerological system of the
same source, the Cosmological System of the Kybalion (the school of Hermes
Trismegistos), very slight use of the Astrological system of the Theosophical
school and its derivatives, and the private symbols developed specifically
for the new cycle, whose dictionary I am in the midst of compiling.
My writings are the only rosetta stone for those, as far as I know.
I compiled the first gloss at the end of the first edition of “Epistle”
- which touches on the bare literary surface of that work (the first four
levels.) As an allegorist, my personal opinion of the allegories extant from the Middle Ages onward is that they all contain at least two of the additional levels of interpretation I have cited that characterize esoteric allegory, but that some of these have been obscured by retranslation and language change, as well as severe editing. Evidence of initiatic and kabalistic levels of interpretation can be found in many of the medieval mystery plays, the Song of Roland, the Romance of the Rose, and the other love allegories of the Middle Ages, written in French, since that is the main school that survived and flourished in the Western World and French was the language of choice for encryption. Latin naming is a traditional esoteric device for that reason. I use very little Latin, because I am not attempting to recreate the French school’s work or replace its message. Just as Valentin Andreae did in Germany in the 15th century with his new German allegory, the Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, he did not intend to replace anything, but rather to issue new information in new contexts to communicate to those who would be attracted to a new dispensation of teachings. A Sample Allegoresis An allegory is indicated in my work by the capitalization of common words that do not fall at the beginning of a line, such as “Nickel Man” and “Soldier.” The reader should note that the work is an allegory by this device alone, because it employs allegorical naming of persons and places. These persons and place names can be interpreted by the use of other reference sources. If they are English they may be found in English dictionaries, if not English they may be found in the Greek roots of English words. The place names may recur in many poems - if so, they will always refer to the same thing and have the same meaning. When such an allegory is indicated, the use of pronouns takes on a special meaning, and not the traditional meaning throughout the poem. “I” refers to the Higher Self or superconscious identity, “me” refers to the conscious self, “you” refers to the audience or conscious self of the reader, “the” in an allegorically-keyed line will refer to ‘the elohim’ or the human race, ‘they’ means ‘the yod’ - and will refer to the leadership of the elohim “the yod” - the active principle amongst the race, sometimes referred to as the ‘y’ chromosome, ‘them’ will be the mundane kingdom or the world of affairs, “which” refers to myself - ‘vh’ + ‘ich’ when it used grammatically incorrectly in place of the word ‘that’ x or m -
designates a female person Eaters of the DeadLet me tell you about the Nickel ManAnd his hairy friend the Soldier (Foreigners, my father said) Come to Annaganthas for the Sunday fair Come to sell their bodies and their foreign yellow hair. They sold their
shoes on Sunday And war broke
out in Annaganthas The Huns had taken
Annaganthas 12/08/91 I renamed this allegory - a very unusual act, after the Nickel Man got a big kick out of the original name, “The Nickel Man.” I got upset about the gloating and decided to rename it to focus upon the topic under discussion, rather than the allegorical naming convention. The allegory worked much too well in this case. The original publication shows the name as “The Nickel Man” but only the Nickel Man has copies of the original published copies. Eaters of the Dead - Easter of the Dead - the Resurrection of the Dead And How They are Consumed The title could be alternatively translated as “Dawn of the Dead” in the popular idiom. I stole the title from Michael Crichton’s novel because I liked it so much - it referred to a race of throwbacks who fed on carrion. “Easter” refers to an ancient festival called Oester which also refers to the East - the word ‘estrus’ comes from the same root, and refers to the spring festival of fertility, or the rite of spring. East in Hermetic philosophy is the source of the Greater Light or Cosmic awareness, and anagrammatized, it means ‘not’ Light. The Eaters of the Dead are not from the East. Let me tell you
about the Nickel Man ‘Let me tell you about’ - tells the reader it is ‘about’ rather than straightforward, the author does not know the full import of events, but it is a tale of events, of affairs in the mundane world. The Nickel Man: a compound allegorical name. It means an alloy, a coin, or something signifying five. Answer: all of the above. It designates five people of one purpose, and then there is one other person, the Soldier, who is physically described as ‘hairy’ - ref. Esau, the hairy son who was not favored by Joseph. Foreigners - this refers to ‘outside’ Come to Annaganthas: this line can be read more than one way: Imperative:
“Come to Annaganthas for the Sunday fair” There is also an encryption using the word ‘come’ - ‘they came with me’ Annaganthas:
‘anna’ = grace (Hebrew) it has more than one meaning: the outcome of spiritual striving - i.e. Cosmic enlightenment, the flower of grace is the awakened eye or the jewel in the lotus in other metaphorical systems, or it could be considered the rejuvenated Garden, which is a traditional image in Western hermeticism. It could be generally considered as the Temple or at least a place of instruction and attainment. They came with me to the temple for the Sunday fair - forth Sunday f air - those who came forth on Sunday , Sunday being the day of Christ, or the present dispensation - these are Cosmically known as ‘stragglers’, or the last wave, ‘f(rom) the air’ - or mental beings. Since on the 7th day it was said that God rested, then those things that come forth on this day are not of this creation and not of the Divine plan. Foreigners, (as)
my father (who art in heaven) said The first stanza explains the entire situation as well as can be described. The imagery is consistent with the allegory. The next stanza refers to what happened after the Nickel Man and the Soldier arrived at the temple. They sold their
shoes on Sunday “They” - special use, ‘the elohim’ - the leaders of humanity ‘sold their shoes’ - shoes is a scriptural reference to visible attainments, such as John used in his description of Christ - “I am not worthy to lace his shoes” - one’s shoes Scripturally refer to one’s portable wealth. To sell one’s shoes is to give away all that is valuable that one can carry and render one unable to travel freely, or to abandon your vehicle. They relinquished their attainments on Sunday ‘Limbs’ refers to the body - a limb on pegs is a crucifixion or submitting oneself to the law of karma, which inevitably happens when one relinquishes attainment, he retrogresses. “They” repeated, changes the subject back to the Nickel Man asked a penny
for the arms: ‘arms’ here is a pun - there was one warrior - a penny
is one The device above is known as an epithet - ‘arms’ for a soldier, ‘legs’ for a runner or an errand-person. Thus this stanza glosses the interpretation of “Nickel Man” as being five people plus a soldier who made a sixth, and served in a military capacity. And war broke
out in Annaganthas ‘war broke out’
is the conflict that ensued The Huns had taken
Annaganthas ‘The Huns’ is the only direct reference I have made so far in my work to the Huns as a free force of karmic intervention of a military type. The Huns were known widely as the Scourge of God, or the retribution of Yahweh upon the unfaithful. The military intervention described was done by this same force by Cosmic decree. It also makes a historical reference to a previous repetition of history and places this allegory in space and time as to its true significance historically, the destruction of Italy and the fall of the Roman Empire. I expect to write another whole book called “Princes of the East” about two brothers (of different mothers, one Asian, the other Roman) who forged the modern Hunnic empire and helped to destroy Rome in the 5th century. This stanza also
removes the Soldier as a reference - the alliance was broken in the 3rd
stanza, and the denouement occurs in the 4th. Since there were 6
people under discussion at the beginning, only five fled at the end, to
create more karma and trade in more souls, thus ending the involvement
with the temple after it was taken and secured. Actually, the temple
was destroyed. 12/08/91 The events took place between September, 1991 and March, 1995. The final denouement will not be had until 7 years has passed - which makes it December 8, 1998. This timing is always consistent. Gentle SilenceI return, and not forsakenTo remind you of a truth What will speak to open your grey heart And rend the veil that keeps you laboring apart? You stand, a stone,
unyielding Stay, do not be
counseled by the wise We come, so bid
us come toward you We come, so bid
us come toward you 6-26-98
7-5-98 Even in the glossaries
The lost work
of the lost years... Eve of St. John
My feet gain rock
upon the shore The cooling sea
becalms the wind I watch for hope
to rise with dawn 8/10/97 Gold Coast
I breathe an artificial
air 8/3/97 One More Summer(from the Gold Coast) - 8/4/97An easy yoke, this summer O Love The love I felt
a hammerblow You my love, you
be my madness then O Love, I cannot
breathe enough Alexandros Basileus
Somewhere here,
he thundered into Persia 9/23/97 Once more, in the palace at Pella(from the lost year, on Andalusia’s shore)The stillness
of the season has advanced Though once the
great king strode Now the stillness
of the season has advanced Ah we! Warriors
in mead The world, so
grand and full Today, I watch
the faces of the men who bled to death Olympia, O cold,
And so, I turn
For as you die, my last temptation dies. 7-17-97
Atalanta Fugiens
Ah, Zebratta,
will you ever rise afresh For I weep again,
upon this torrid coast Is there any power
I could hold Nothing will remain;
and though I weep 2 And as the winter
wept and waned The season wanes,
the vision lost And what have
I become? Prophecy will
hasten, yet Author of Destiny
I will not sleep
again tonight I recall this
night, a thousand years ago, 7-17-97 Therion and the Green MaidenAs green as grass upon the battlefield she lay;Her naked form exposed beneath the sun And one by one they took her as she lay beneath the sun An incidental victim of the fray. And broken did
she seem when found by Therion And never did
she speak, as she beheld the human man Long he slept
and long he dreamed, of fay and fairy lands 7-17-97 Chylde Harold in HellOh he came unready into this good nightDimly prepared by God was he for Eden And forth he went, his army and his band And forth they went, into the thickest fight. And poorly met,
went Harold to his maker And so we meet,
now he has fallen after Came he unready,
into unholy night 6/22/98 Alexandros Basileus (II)O kings are herded fast before the RodThe ides of June have tolled at last Alexander marches on the Colossus of Rhodes His army grows, Diameter is passed. The feather of
the eagle has at length been passed Let the allegory
lead the youth aright Let all who know the Round be round about. 6-23-98 The Book of Kings Divided by the Book of EzekielOr,The Chemical Funeral of Kasimir Raj El Kelal They killed him. They stabbed him
with a blade of grass The tree of righteousness
remains He walked among
them, natural And so, he dies. Before the veil
illusory, before their fallen eyes The world is still
And no one looks
for Kasimir Then was the winter,
and in our discontent Let all pretenders
take the fallen Throne Let all pretenders
slake the fallen Throne Deliver him to
me Deliver him to
me! My brethren are
the begotten of the He Pause before the
window, Demon Death We breathe. 6-25-98 The Watch of Nightingales
We who have lived
before .******* Sons of God **** We, who guard
the tree of life and death 23 Palms
Pray, pray for
Jehovah Stay, till you
are older Pray you are not His. Now, the Vatican
remade Play, play in
the clover Stay, till you
are older Stay till you are His. 6-23-98 Xerxes in AllegoriaHow great an army may be wroughtFrom cold calamity Commodities of pain their portion and their part How small salvation may in truth be sought. I stood apart
and watched the tribe unite I hold them all
to me Reconcile yourselves
entire to Me Bind yourselves
in love to She Free yourselves
from that infernal Bee Balance both your
pillars in your palm Join me in the
festival of peas The Hun has taken
Rome, and I have done. 6-23-98
30K Vigil of the MuseBy the circling pool of darkI wait for light Like a monk in pained petition Like a Christ awaiting bliss I snuff the smoky candle end of time And give it all to night I wait in starved desire for the light. It is the vigil
of the Muse tonight By the cooling
of my hearth 1/2/92 Helena PetrovnaUnaware of any but that shining TruthObsessed with where and how, No less by who She holds forth against the Muse Calamity Child now, carrying her scars with ancient grace Soldier of the line, renewed. Helene penetrates
my peace with shouts Let your Master
strike a chord anew Let all her chelas
follow after 6-29-98
Pesach
7/2/98 - over Montana The Second and the ThirdThe magic moment chimesBetween the sluice of the waters of the mind And much is done. I cannot cease or rest Between the chastening of all the newly-blessed The seven weeping sisters weep at last for joy; They are heaven-borne, they are heaven-blest. Ka, take us to
the lake Ka, kA, I bid
them come awake 7/2/98 over Montana Warden of the MindShe wakesMy demon bride, the half of me unmade She wakes And sleep, the warden of the mind She slakes. 7/2/98 Watch of Nightingales (II)
7/2/98 My Love
7/2/98
over Montana And if I closed my eyes
7/2/98 She reminds meShe reminds me of myselfHad I been loved too well Poisoned by indulgences and greed Wealth and power and useless toys Eons of attention. There will never
be enough attention, 7/28/98 (sic) 7/2/98 He curses me
7/2/98 Daleth1. TimaeasSun at the source
2. Brillig In my nightmare,
all the city woke ‘Twas brillig,
and the skirling stones I shook awake,
and demons rose ‘Twas brilliant,
when the scowling drones I shook awake,
and demons rose I met with Shelley
in the early morn I must lay with
beauty Death Today, enflamed,
I hold myself at bay There is purpose
in this silent vigil yet 3. Minnesota 3-5000 This dream will
end 7/2/98, 35K, over N. Dakota Destroyers of Light
Departure is a
flurry in the velveteen of night Alive, five lean
and hungry lawyers They greet their
newfound followers outside the Grand Hotel Arrival is a flurry
in the velveteen of night Numen is the candle
to awake my failing sight Year of LeapingFebrile time reverses fastWhile harbors bubble over Minds are crushed by eglantine While rabbit runs in clover. Psyche stolen
by the dawn 7-2-98 VigilThe evening comes.The coin is tossed,
the demon wakes 7-2-98 over Montana The Rabbit Years Music: Breathe, Pink Floyd
Along the shores,
above the Hill 7-2-98 Green Eggs and Hell
Do you like to
eat the dark? I will not eat
your growing dark I will not eat
them, Samael I will not eat
them, Samael 7-8-98 Shadow
8-8-98
Heh Yod
Vigil of the Muse (II)
I snuff the smoky
candle end of time Be not afraid,
my brethren Mars RisesAnd as we riseThe fire blends into the sky. 6:08 a.m.
In seven years,
is this Rome built July 8,
1998 Never the TwainEast is SouthAnd West is North In the heart of the Mir I go to turn, I turn to flee Direction is not near. South is East
How may we bend
For East is West
7-9-98 Ice Nine:Or, Felix Hoenniker’s Seventh SonOne molecule of
ash will cloud the sky and grow 7/10/98 CalamityCalamity, the eighth unhappy Muse,In parts of six and seven, Delighted, makes a mockery of Fate And brings me to the Jews. The passion of
her moment Penelope, my brightest
wife Collide, unmake,
resume, my sweetest bride 7-10-98 UnmadeUnwoven, unbegotten, sheMy child life, my creativity She is unmade Clouded by the ash, and Buried in the sand, the candle Snuffed before her flame I see ahead, I grow behind I seek her in the calamind She is undone. My endless years,
the million words unspoke Let her come to
me 7-10-98 We flyInto the heart of God, into the molten skyWe drop upon the beach and brilliant lie In bodies of our sons, in flesh In subterranea Free the prisoners of sub-Atlantea. 7-10-98 Seraphi elStately march the warriorsAs Evan Evolan Tribe of Sabiri Unstained, noble as the horse upon the Plains Ranks of silent discipline On ranks of brokenness O heal the broken places in our ranks! Replace the piny plinths With finer flanks With whiter planks 7-10-98 Lot in Jerusalem
7-10-98 Reliquary
7-14-98 Lamaserie
7-14-98
He speaks of me,
he turns away Take allTake all of me, LoveThat I might live in you Take all my care and woe And pledge me unto Love Take my soul entire,
do not shape Take me, sweetling,
unto you entire Thus our marriage
is at length begun John Milton 18 BrumaireThey tumble over one anotherAs approaching the delicate Fat-lined necks of Aristocracy Proclaim Democracy Fraternity, Equality And place a smaller King Upon their throne. Jacobins, enlighten
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