THE URILIA TEXT
THE following is the Text of URILIA, the Book of the Worm. It contains the
formulae by which the wreakers of havoc perform their Rites. These are the
prayers of the ensnarers, the liers-in-wait, the blind fiends of Chaos, the most
ancient evil.
These incantations are said by the hidden priests and
creatures of these powers, defeated by the Elders and the Seven Powers, led by
MARDUK, supported by ENKI and the whole Host of IGIGI; defeaters of the Old
Serpent, the Ancient Worm, TIAMAT, the ABYSS, also called KUTULU the
Corpse-ENKI, yet who lies not dead, but dreaming; he whom secret priests,
initiated into the Black Rites, whose names are writ forever in the Book of
Chaos, can summon if they but know how.
These words are not to be shown
to any man, or the Curse of ENKI are upon thee!
Such are
the Words:
IA
IA
IA
IO
IO
IO
I AM the God of
Gods
I AM the Lord of Darkness, and Master of Magicians
I AM the Power and
the Knowledge
I AM before all things.
I AM before ANU and the
IGIGI
I AM before ANU and the ANNUNNAKI
I AM before the Seven
SHURUPPAKI
I AM before all things.
I AM before ENKI and SHAMMASH
I
AM before all things.
I AM before INANNA and ISHTAR
I AM before NANNA
and UDDU
I AM before ENDUKUGGA and NINDUKUGGA
I AM before ERESHKIGAL
I
AM before all things.
Before ME was made Nothing that was made.
I AM
BEFORE all gods.
I AM before all days.
I AM before all men and legends of
men.
I AM the ANCIENT ONE.
NO MAN may seek my resting place.
I
receive the Sun at night and the Moon by day.
I AM the reciever of the
sacrifice of the Wanderers.
The Mountains of the West cover me.
The
Mountains of Magick cover me.
I AM THE ANCIENT OF DAYS.
I AM
before ABSU.
I AM before NAR MARRATU.
I AM before ANU.
I AM before
KIA.
I AM before all things.
IA! IA! IA! IA SAKKAKTH! IAK SAKKAKH!
IA SHA XUL!
IA! IA! IA! UTUKKU XUL!
IA! IA ZIXUL! IA ZIXUL!
IA KINGU!
IA AZBUL! IA AZABUA! IA XAZTUR! IA HUBBUR!
IA! IA!
IA!
BAXABAXAXAXAXABAXAXAXAXA!
KAKHTAKHTAMON IAS!
II. THE ABOMINATIONS
The terrible offspring of the Ancient Ones may be summoned by the priest.
These offspring may be called and adjured to perform what tasks the priest may
deem necessary in his temple. They were begotten before all ages and dwelt in
the blood of KINGU, and MARDUK could not altogether shut them out. And they
dwell in our country, and alongside our generations, though they may not be
seen. And this was taught by the priests of Babylon, who charged that these
formulae may never be revealed to anyone who is not initiated into our ways, for
to do so would be the most frightful error.
Though they dwell beyond the
Gate, they may be summoned when MARDUK is not watchful, and sleeps, on those
days when he has no power, when the Great Bear hangs from its tail, and on the
four quarters of the year computed therefrom, and on the spaces between these
Angles. On these days, the Mother TIAMAT is restless, the corpse KUTULU shakes
beneath the Earth, and our Master ENKI is sore afraid.
Prepare, then the
bowl of TIAMAT, the DUR of INDUR, the Lost Bowl, the Shattered Bowl of the
Sages, summoning thereby the FIRIK of GID, and the Lady SHAKUGUKU, the Queen of
the Cauldron. Recite the Conjuration IA ADU EN I over it, and build the Fire
therein, calling GBL when thou dost, after his manner and form.
When the
Fire is built and conjured, then mayest thou raise thine Dagger, summoning the
assistance of NINKHARSAG, Queen of the Demons, and NINKASZI, the Horned Queen,
and NINNGHIZHIDDA, the Queen of the Magick Wand, after their manner and form.
And when thou hast accomplished this, and made the proper sacrifice, thou mayest
begin calling whichsoever of the offspring thou mayest, after opening the
Gate.
DO NOT OPEN THE GATE, SAVE FOR AN ESPECIAL TIME THAT THOU STATE AT
THE TIME OF OPENING, AND IT MAY NOT STAY OPEN FOR A MOMENT AFTER THE PASSAGE OF
THE HOUR OF TIAMAT, ELSE ALL THE ABYSS BREAK FORTH UPON THE EARTH, AND THE DEAD
RISE TO EAT THE LIVING, FOR IT IS WRIT: I WILL CAUSE THE DEAD TO RISE AND DEVOUR
THE LIVING, I WILL GIVE TO THE DEAD POWER OVER THE LIVING, THAT THEY MAY
OUTNUMBER THE LIVING.
After thou hast performed the necessary, called the
Spirit, appointed his task, set the time of the closing of the Gate and the
return of the Spirit therein, thou must not leave the place of Calling, but
remain there until the return of the Spirit and the closing of the
Gate.
The Lord of Abominations is HUMWAWA of the South Winds, whose face
is a mass of the entrails of the animals and men. His breath is the stench of
dung, and has been. HUMWAWA is the Dark Angel of all that is excreted, and of
all that sours. And as all things come to the time when they will decay, so also
HUMWAWA is the Lord of the Future of all that goes upon the earth, and any man's
future years may be seen by gazing into the very face of this Angel, taking care
not to breathe the horrid perfume that is the odour of death..
And this is the Signature of HUMWAWA.
And is HUMWAWA appears to the priest, will not the dread PAZUZU also be
there? Lord of all fevers and plagues, grinning Dark Angel of the Four Wings,
horned, with rotting genitalia, from which he howl in pain through sharpened
teeth over the lands of the cities sacred to the APHKHALLU even in the height of
the Sun as in the height of the Moon; even with whirling sand and wind, as with
empty stillness, and it is the able magician indeed who can remove PAZUZU once
he has laid hold of a man, for PAZUZU lays hold unto death.
Know that
HUMWAWA and PAZUZU are brothers. HUMAWAW is the eldest, who rides upon a silent,
whispering wind and claims the flocks for his own, by which sign you shall know
that PAZUZU will come.
And this is the Sigil of PAZUZU
by which he is constrained to come:
Of all the Gods and Spirits of Abomination, there can be no use or gain to
call upon AZAG-THOTH, as he is Surely Mad. Rendered sightless in the Battle, he
is Lord of CHAOS, and the priest can find little use for him. He is also too
powerful to control once called, and gives violent struggle before sent back to
the Gate, for which only a strong and able magician may dare raise him. Thus,
for that reason, his seal is not given.
Of all the Gods and Spirits of
Abomination, KUTULU only cannot be summoned, for he is the Sleeping Lord. The
magician can not hope to have any power over him, but he may be worshipped and
for him the proper sacrifices may be made, so that he will spare thee when he
rises to the earth. And the times for the sacrifice are the same times as the
Sleeping of MARDUK, for this is when Great KUTULU moves. And he is the very Fire
of the Earth, and Power of All Magick. When he joins with the Abominations of
the Sky, TIAMAT will once more rule the earth!
And this
is his Seal:
And there are Four Spirits of the Spaces, and they come upon the Wind, and
they are Things of the Wind, and of Fire. And the First comes from the North,
and is called USTUR, and has a Human Shape. And He is the Most Ancient of the
Four, and a Great Lord of the World. And the Second comes from the East, and is
called SED and has the Shape of a Bull, but with a human face, and is very
mighty. And the Third comes from the south, and is called LAMAS, and is of the
Shape of a Lion, but with a human head, and governs those things of the Flame
and the Burning Wind. And the Fourth comes from the West, and is called NATTIG,
and is of the Shape of an Eagle, but with a human body, having only the face and
wings of an Eagle, with an Eagle's claws. And this Eagle comes from the Sea and
is a Great Mystery.
And from Nuzku upon Uru they come, and do not wait,
and are always present,, and they receive the Wanderers in their Seasons. And
the Season of SED is that of the Great Night, when the Bear is slain, and this
is in the Month of AIRU. And the Season of LAMAS is the Month of ABU, and that
of NATTIG in ARAHSHAMMA and lastly that of USTUR in SHABATU. Thus are the Four
Spirits of the Four Spaces, and their Seasons; and they dwell between the Sun's
Spaces, and are not of them, but of the Stars, and, as it is said, of the very
IGIGI themselves although this is not altogether known.
And to summon
these and other Demons, the herb AGLAOPHOTIS must be burnt in a new bowl that
must be the Evil Times, and at Night.
And the AKHKHARU may be summoned,
which sucketh the blood from a Man, as it desires to become a fashioning of Man,
the Blood of KINGU, but the AKHKHARU will never become Man.
And the AKHKHARU may be summoned, if its Sign be known, and it is
thus:
And the LALASSU may be called, which haunteth the places of Man, seeking also
to become like Man, but these are not to be spoken to, lest the Priest become
afflicted with madness, and become unto a living LALASSU which must needs be
slain and the Spirit thereof exorcised, for it is Evil and causeth only terror,
and no good can come of it. It is like the LALARTU, and of the same Family as
that, save the LALARTU was once living and is caught between the Worlds, seeking
Entrance into one or the other. And it must not be permitted Entrance into This,
for it is of a sickened constitution and will slay mothers at birth, like unto
LAMASHTA, the Queen of Sickness and Misery.
And the Signs by which these
Things may be summoned are these, if the Priest have need of them, but know that
it is not lawful:
And this is the Seal of the
LALASSU
And this is the Seal of the
LALARTU:
And know that the MINU of ENKI is powerful against these, but against all
Operations of Demonic character, and some of these may be rendered fruitless
thereby. Therefore it must always be hid.
Know that GELAL and LILIT are
quick to come at Calling, and invadeth the beds of Man, robbing the Water of
Life and the Food of Life in which to quicken the Dead, but their labours are
fruitless for they do not have the formulae. But the Priest has the formulae,
and the Food of Life and the Water of Life may be brought to call many, for
after the passage of one-tenth of a Moon the Elements are dead.
And GELAL
invades the bed of a Woman, and LILIT that of a Man, and sometimes evil beings
are born of these hauntings, and as such must be slain, for the children of
GELAL are workers natural of the ANCIENT ONE, having His Spirit; and the
children of LILIT are likewise, but are born in secret places which may not be
perceived by Man, and it is not until the time of their maturity that such as
these are given to walking in the places of Men.
And GELAL rideth upon
the Wind, but oftentimes LILIT cometh of the Water. Which is why running Water
must be used in the Rites, because of the cleanliness thereof.
And the Sign of GELAL is thus:
And the Sign of LILIT is thus:
And XASTUR is a foul demoness who slays Men in their Sleep, and devours that
which she will. And of her no more may be said, for it is unlawful; but know
that the worshippers of TIAMAT know her well, and that she is beloved of the
Ancient Ones.
This is her Sign, by which you may know
her:
And know further that the legions of these Evil Ones are uncountable and
stretcheth forth on all sides and into all places, though they cannot be seen,
except at certain times and to certain persons. And these times are as said
before, and the persons unknown, for who can know XASTUR?
But the Dead
may be always summoned, and many times are willing to rise; but some are
stubborn and desire to remain Where they are, and do not rise, save for the
efforts of the Priest, who has power, as ISHTAR, both in this Place and in the
Other. And the Dead must be called in the Four Directions, and in the Four
Spaces for, not knowing where It is, the Priest must needs take especial care
that he call everywhere, for the Spirit may be in flight.
And a Dead God
may be also summoned, and the formulae is that which follows. It must be spoken
clearly aloud, and not a word changed, else the Spirit of the God may devour
thee, as there is no Food and no Drink where they are.
And it must be
called in a secret place, without windows, or with windows only in one place,
and that should be in the Northern Wall of the place, and the only light shall
be of one lamp, set on the altar, and the lamp need not be new, nor the altar,
for it is a Rite of Age and of the Ancient Ones, and they care not for
newness.
And the altar should be of a large rock set in the earth, and a
sacrifice acceptable unto the nature of the God should be made. And at the time
of the Calling, the waters of ABSU will roil, and KUTULU will stir, but unless
it be His time, he will not Rise.
And this is the
Conjuration of the Dead God:
May NAMMTAR open my eyes that
I may see . . . . . . . . .
May NAMMTAR open my ears that I may hear . . . .
. . . . .
May NAMMTAR open my nose that I may sense His approach.
May
NAMMTAR open my mouth that my voice will be heard to the far reaches of the
Earth.
May NAMMTAR strengthen my right hand that I shall be strong, to keep
the Dead . . . . . . . . . under my power, under my very power.
I conjure
Thee, O Ancestor of the Gods!
I summon Thee, Creature of Darkness, by the
Works of Darkness!
I summon Thee, Creature of Hatred, by the Words of
Hatred!
I summon Thee, Creature of the Wastes, by the Rites of the
Waste!
I summon Thee, Creature of Pain, by the Words of Pain!
I summon and
call Thee forth, from Thy Abode in Darkness!
I evoke Thee from Thy
resting-place in the bowels of the Earth!
I summon Thine eyes to behold the
Brightness of my Wand, which is full of the Fire of Life!
I conjure Thee,
O Ancestor of the Gods!
I summon Thee, Creature of Darkness, by the Works of
Darkness!
I summon Thee, Creature of Hatred, by the Works of Hatred!
I
summon Thee, Creature of the Wastes, by the Rites of the Waste!
I summon
Thee, Creature of Pain, by the Words of Pain!
By the Four Square Pillars of
Earth that support the Sky,
May they stand fast against Them that desire to
harm me!
I evoke Thee from Thy resting-place in the bowels of the Earth!
I
summon Thee and Thine ears to hear the Word that is never spoken, except by Thy
Father, the Eldest of All Who Know Age
The Word that Binds and Commands is my
Word!
IA! IA! IA! NNGI BANNA BARRA IA!
IARRUGISHGARRAGNARAB!
I
conjure Thee, O Ancestor of the Gods!
I summon Thee, Creature of
Darkness, by the Works of Darkness!
I summon Thee, Creature of Hatred, by the
Works of Hatred!
I summon Thee, Creature of the Wastes, by the Rites of the
Waste!
I summon Thee, Creature of Pain, by the Words of Pain!
I summon
Thee, and call Thee forth, from Thy Abode in Darkness!
I evoke Thee from Thy
resting-place in the Bowels of the Earth!
MAY THE DEAD RISE!
MAY
THE DEAD RISE AND SMELL THE INCENSE!
And this shall be recited only once, and if the God do not appear, do not
persist, but finish the Rite quietly, for it means that It hath been summoned
elsewhere, or is engaged in some Work which it is better not to
disturb.
And when thou hast set out bread for the dead to eat, remember
to pour honey thereupon, for it is pleasing to the Goddess Whom No One
Worshippeth, Who wanders by night through the streets amid the howling of the
dogs and the wailing of the infants, for in Her time a great Temple was built
unto Her and sacrifices of infants made that She might save the City from the
Enemies who dwelt without. And the Number of infants thus slain is countless and
unknowable. And She did save that City, but it was taken soon thereafter when
the people no more offered up their children. And when the people made to offer
again, at the time of the attack, the Goddess turned her back and fled from her
temple, and it is no more. And the Name of the Goddess is no more known. And She
maketh the infants restless, and to cry, so the reason for the pouring of honey
over the sacred bread, for it is written:
Bread of the Cult of the Dead
in its Place I eat
In the Court prepared
Water of the Cult of the Dead in
its Place I drink
A Queen am I, Who has become estranged to the Cities
She
that comes from the Lowlands in a sunken boat
Am I.
I AM THE VIRGIN
GODDESS
HOSTILE TO MY CITY
A STRANGER IN MY STREETS.
MUSIGAMENNA URUMA
BUR ME YENSULAMU
GIRME EN!
Oh, Spirit, who understand thee? Who comprehend
Thee?
Now, there are Two Incantation to the Ancient Ones set down here, which are
well known to the Sorcerers of the Night, they who make images and burn them by
the Moon and by other Things. And they burn them by the Moon and by other
Things. And they burn unlawful grasses and herbs, and raise tremendous Evils,
and their Words are never written down, it is said. But there are. And they are
Prayers of Emptiness and Darkness, which rob the Spirit.
Hymn To the Ancient Ones
They are lying down, the
Great Old Ones.
The bolts are fallen and the fastenings are placed.
The
crowds are quiet and the people are quiet.
The Elder Gods of the Land
The
Elder Goddesses of the Land
SHAMMASH
SIN
ADAD
ISHTAR
Have gone to
sleep in heaven.
They are not pronouncing judgements.
They are no deciding
decisions.
Veiled is the Night.
The Temple and the Most Holy Places are
quiet and dark.
The Judge of Truth
The Father of the
Fatherless
SHAMMASH
Has gone to his chamber.
O Ancient Ones!
Gods of
the Night!
AZABUA!
IAK SAKKAK!
KUTULU!
NINNGHIZHIDDA!
O Bright
One, GIBIL!
O Warrior, IRRA!
Seven Stars of Seven Powers!
Ever-Shining
Star of the North!
SIRIUS!
DRACONIS!
CAPRICORNUS!
Stand by and
accept
This sacrifice I offer
May it be acceptable
To the Most Ancient
Gods!
IA MASHMASHTI! KAKAMMU SELAH!
Invocation of the Powers
Spirit of the Earth,
Remember!
Spirit of the Seas, Remember!
In the Names of the Most Secret
Spirits of NAR MARRATUK
The Sea below the seas
And of KUTULU
The
Serpent who sleepeth Dead
From beyond the graves of the Kings
From beyond
the tomb wherein INANNA
Daughter of the Gods
Gained Entrance to the Unholy
Slumbers
Of the she-fiend of KUTHULETH
In SHURRUPAK, I summon thee to
mine aid!
In UR, I summon thee to mine aid!
In NIPPURR, I summon thee to
mine aid!
In ERIDU, I summon thee to mine aid!
In KULLAH, I summon thee to
mine aid!
In LAAGASH, I summon thee to mine aid!
Rise up, O powers from
the Sea below all seas
From the grave beyond all graves
From the Land of
TIL
To
SHIN
NEBO
ISHTAR
SHAMMASH
NERGAL
MARDUK
ADAR
House of
the Water of Life
Pale ENNKIDU
Hear me!
Spirit of the Seas,
Remember!
Spirit of the Graves, Remember!
And with these incantations, and with others, the sorcerers and the
she-sorcerers call many things that harm of the life of man. And they fashion
images out of wax, and out of flour and honey, and of all the metals, and burn
them or otherwise destroy them, and chant the civilisations. And they cause
plagues, for they summon PAZUZU. And they cause madness, for they call
AZAGTHOTH. And these Spirits come upon the Wind, and some upon the Earth,
crawling. And no oil, no powder, suffices to save a man from this inquity, save
that exorcisms handed down and recited by the able Priest. And they work by the
Moon, and not by the Sun, and by older planets than the Chaldaens were aware.
And in cords, they tie knows, and each is a spell. And if these knots be found,
they may be untied, and the cords burnt, and the spell shall be broken, as it is
written:
AND THEIR SORCERIES SHALL BE AS MOLTEN WAX, AND NO
MORE.
And a man may cry out, what have I don't, and my generation that such evil
shall befall me? And it mean nothing, save that a man, being born, is of
sadness, for he is of the Blood of the Ancient Ones, but has the Spirit of the
Elder Gods breathed into him. And his body goes to the Ancient Ones, but his
mind is turned towards the Elder Gods, and this is the War which shall be always
fought, unto the last generation of man; for the World is unnatural. When the
Great KUTULU rises up and greets the Stars, then the War will be over, and the
World be One.
Such is the Covenant of the Abominations and the End of
this Text.