The Book of Lies

13

ΚΕΦΑΛΗ ΙΓ

PILGRIM-TALK

1

O thou that settest out upon The Path, false is the Phantom that thou seekest. When thou hast it thou shalt know all bitterness, thy teeth fixed in the Sodom-Apple.

2

Thus hast thou been lured along That Path, whose terror else had driven thee far away.

3

O thou that stridest upon the middle of The Path, no phantoms mock thee. For the stride's sake thou stridest.

4

Thus art thou lured along That Path, whose fascination else had driven thee far away.

5

O thou that drawest toward the End of The Path, effort is no more. Faster and faster dost thou fall; thy weariness is changed into Ineffable Rest.

6

For there is not Thou upon That Path: thou hast become The Way.

COMMENTARY (ΙΓ)

This chapter is perfectly clear to anyone who has studied the career of an Adept.

The Sodom-Apple is an uneatable fruit found in the desert.

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