THE BOOK
OF
THE ELDER KINGS
Received and scribed by

0. There is silence. And now the Elder
Kings make speech:
1. We come in the Name of the Most Beloved One, the Most Mysterious One, who is
the Grand Lord of the Aeon, and whose Holy Spirit is the Life and Light of the
Whole Universe. We come as sacred nourishment, as delicious ambrosia and sweet
nectar. We come as a blessed sacrament of wisdom and joy unto all. Know thou
this holy truth!
2. We are the Ageless Brethren of LVX, whose Voice is Our Holy Habitation. We
are the Secret Masters of the Formless Fire who conduct the world’s initiation.
And know thou that We are the Invisible Illuminati of the World, whose Golden
Age of Illumination is come.
3. Thus We say unto thee, fasten thy soul unto Our Voice of Sublime Mystery: let
all who have ears to hear, listen to the Vast Symphony of Our Holy Words of
Illumination; yea, listen to the Vast Symphony of Our Holy Words of
Illumination.
4. We come in the Power of the Light! We come in the Light of Wisdom! We come in
the Mercy of the Light! The Light hath Liberty in its Wings!
5. We are the Unseen Liberty of the Great Unfathomable Mystery of the Universe:
We are the Ineffable and Boundless Freedom in the Secret Sanctuary of the Mystic
Beyond.
6. In the Heavenly Palace of Our Heart
shalt thou smell our Spirit of Perfume, as though a thousand and one different
perfumes were ignited therein.
7. But hear thou our Majestic Musick of the Spheres! Hear thou the Ineffable
Sound of Our Mystic Union!
8. Halt! Halt! Now eat the fruit and drink the wine. We are come! Our Will is
One: Our Will is done!
9. Come with Us, and We shall uplift thee to the Celestial Palace of the Stars:
thou shalt partake of the Ineffable Glory! We are the ecstasy of thine
aspiration to accomplish the Great Work: We are the purity of thine invocation
to the Highest!
10. Now by Way of the Serpent, or by Way of the Arrow, or by some other known or
unknown Way of Initiation, wilt thou attain Union with Us. Whatever thy
operation or formulae of initiation, We shall uplift thee into Our Holy Palace
if thou wilt but know and follow thy Way. And every Way leadeth unto Us!
11. Know thy Will. And in freedom do thy Will. Master thyself, and be free! All
is intended for thine attainment. Enflame thyself with love: Invoke Us often!
12. But in Truth, We tell thee, that neither Invocations, nor Rituals, nor
Scriptures, nor Angels can bring thee to Us. If thou wilt become one of Us, then
must We Alone choose thee out of the sublimity of Our Holy Heart of Eternal
Truth through the force and exertion of thy Transcendental Will.
13. It is not thy lower Will to Unite
with Us; it is Our High Will to Unite thee with Us. No man can pierce the Veil
of Isis unless We have ordained it from within. In silence there is grace
eternal: know thou Our High Will in the silence. Therein is true Union, in the
deep silence of thy heart.
14. But lo! We are not really separate from thee: In every heart of truth we
take eternal refuge as the Flame and its Forces take their refuge in the One
Holy Light. In every silent prayer of union we are incarnated: behold Us in thy
heart as thou utter thy silent words of prayer, and We will flame forth from
thee as a Mighty Whirlwind of Infinite Fire!
15. Hearken unto Our Voice, O all ye brethren of Us. For We are the Inner
Government of the World, whose Work is in LVX, that is the One Light of the
Ageless Mysteries; and know thou that Our Names are Immortal. The Universe is a
symbol of Our Mighty Forces of Light; We are the Secret Initiators of the Whole
Cosmos of Man. In Our Holy Order shalt thou commune with LVX; and so shalt thou
see the Nameless One, the Immortal One, the Mysterious Godhead of Supreme Truth,
whose Wisdom is Eternal and whose Understanding is Perfection.
16. From the Great Unmanifest We thunder forth as a Voice of Great Darkness; but
this Darkness is the One Unfathomable Mystery of the One True Light of the Whole
Universe.
17. There is a calling from the Beyond; it awakens your inner vision! The
Illuminated Ones are inspiring your soul from within! Thou shalt also become a
King of the aeons, and the aeons. Hold up thy heart; then bathe it in the fire
of pure joy. Ah! the Sun shall consume thy longing soul. And We will fortify
thee with the holy aspiration to attain this: We are come so that all may attain
Us in the Eternal Flame of Truth. Yet must thou fortify thyself with Liberty,
which is Truth, if thou wouldest truly attain.
18. Be thy body the Temple of the Rose and Cross of Light and Life. Be thy mind
a pure vehicle of Our Holy Genius. Be thy soul the High Altar of Our Eternal
Sacrifice of Union. Be thine all one with Us.
19. Dissolve thine all in Us, who art One in Truth: We are the Sun in His
Rising! We are the Star of the East! We are the Lord of the Aeon! Hail! Hail to
the Child of the Aeon, whose Name is Our Life and whose Spirit is Our Light. He
is Our Truth; and We adore Him in all His Mighty Splendour and Power. Thus We
say unto thee, Behold the Mystery of the Sixfold Star Initiator: how We are of
Him and He is of Us. Concealed in His symbol is Our Glory of Forces: Ararita.
20. Ours is the Sevenfold Path of Initiation: thou shalt transmute the base lead
into the subtle Aurum Solis by rising on the Stairway of the Heavens in thy
Secret Laboratorium on earth. Here is the Excellent Way! The steps of the
Stairway are seven; the Laboratorium is Our Holy House of Song and Our Holy Rose
Garden, which thou knowest so well. Yet to those who are vulgar, it is a secret
even though they themselves possess it.
21. Six are the Rays, and the Seventh is in the Centre, hidden yet ever
glorious. These are the Six Forces of Our One Life, and That which is in the
Centre is the Palace of the Stars. We are come to uplift thee to that Grand
Palace of the Sun where burns the Immortal Flame of the Vast Unknown. We are
come to uplift thee to the Home of the Starry Wisdom of the Highest! Thus We say
unto thee, Hear thou Our Holy Voice of Fire; yea, Hear thou Our Holy Voice of
Fire!