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scientific method and basis, of the spiritual facts of the Universe. “It is not easy to review Mr. Crowley. One of the most brilliant of contemporary writers... Mr. Crowley’s short poems in particular reveal the possession of a beautiful and genuine vein of poetry, which, like the precious metals, is at times scarcely discernible among the rugged quartz in which it is embedded. With the true poetic feeling allied to remarkable learning, and with a pretty wit of his own, Mr. Crowley is well equipped for producing a work of permanent value. . . .…
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… ecstatic sense, and it was at once recognized as genuine poetry. Now it has come forth again, retitled ‘Hail Mary,’ and signed Aleister Crowley. We hope it will be widely read, and serveas an introduction tosomeof Mr. Crowley’s other works of poetry. Particularly we hope the Church will look at it. They will find a religious sense that will astonish some of them. The real trouble about Mr. Crowley is this: he is a true poet—he cannot compromise. The persecution of silly and unkind men has wounded him. It is for literary men now to come forward…
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Mr. Crowley isa strong and genuine poet, and we have little doubt that he will work up from his appreciation of the Temple of Osiris to that loftier and wider work of the human imagination, the appreciation of the Brixton Chapel.”— Dazly News. Carmen Szeculare. 2:5. 6d. “*. . . The poet foresees the dawn of an era of love, justice, and peace, when the Celtic race shall be restored to their own. There are many strong, nervous lines, and some exalted thoughts.” —Dazly News. Tannhduser. 10s. A remarkable ‘‘ Pilgrim’s Progress” in dramatic form. Th…
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… we quote the following: ‘“To the side of a mind concerned with idle merriment [sic!] there is certainly something a little funny in Mr. Crowley’s passionate devotion to deities who bear such names as Mout, and Nuit, and Ra, and Shu, and Hormakhou. They do not seem to the English mind to lend themselves to pious exhilaration. Mr. Crowley says in the same poem: ‘The burden is too hard to bear; I took too adamant a cross; This sackcloth rends my soul to wear, My self-denial is as dross. O, Shu, that holdest up the sky, Hold up thy servant, lest h…
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…s.) An Appeal to the American People. 1s. A superb patriotic ode in favour of the Anglo- American entente. Jephthah, etc. 75. 6d. ‘“‘Mr. Crowley has paced the literary stage before, not without success. . .. He was hailed asa promis: ing young man, anda follower of Swinburne.... It should be said that the‘ Dedication’ is a poem ex- pressive of admiration of Swinburne, and the title- workis only one of many that the book contains. ‘ Jephthah ’ is, of course, a tragedy; ‘The Five Kisses’ comprises a series of lyrics of impassioned character, skil…
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metaphorsand symbols Mr. Crowley has fashioned his mysticism, we do not stop to determine. Its importance to himis immense; it is the hinge of his whole thought. To us, its importance is simply that it carries him ofteninto excellent poetry. The main intellectual passions which move him will be familiar to all who have studied writers tinged or impregnated with mystical and transcendental thought... “Fnoug h has been said to show that Mr. Crowley's ‘Ambergris ’ is a volume containing notable poetry.”—Wation. “The most interesting volume of new …
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… the way home—home? nay! but to the house of the harlot whom he loveth not. For it is LAYLAH that he loveth And yet who knoweth which is Crowley, and which is FRATER PERDURABO? 71
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…ut portraits, £2 2s. Ambergris. 35. 6d. “* A very casual glance at ‘ Ambergris’ will con- vince any one with understanding eyes that Mr. Crowley is as passionately possessed by his theme as any poet has been. This must ensure a constant achievement of notable poetry. . . . Mysticism is Mr. Crowley’s theme. Precisely what species of mysticism he professes, or rather, for all mysticisms are fundamentally the same, into what shape of 126
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**Mr. Aleister Crowley has set his metrical skill to the congenial business of a rhyming symbolic legend. He has succeeded uncommonly well. The line runs easily; there is loads of colour and poetic force about it, and the atmosphere of a remote, almost religious purpose; while Mr. Crowley has kept a tight hold on the archaic diction, he has used it happily, and successfully avoided the tricks and concéits that one might have expectedin such a venture.”—Manchester Guardian. Hail Mary. 1s. ‘Thisis a garland of some fifty or sixty devo- tional hym…
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…osa Coeli. 16s, Each of these three contain a lithograph from a water-colour of Auguste Rodin. Gargoyles. 35. 6d. This book contains Mr. Crowley’s finest lyrics. Konx om Pax. Ios. The most remarkable treatise on the mystic path ever written. ** Yours alsois the Reincarnation and the Life, O laughing lion thatis to be.” “Here you have distilled for our delight the inner spirit of the Tulip’s form, the sweet secret 124
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…VII. 10s. 6a. net. ‘*For purposes of review, it may be hazarded roundly that the whole of the ‘Equinox’ is a creation of the amazing Mr. Crowley. His antics are as wild as the devil’s, he dances through its pages like a mad magician. Itis asort of enchanted variety entertainment. I must not fail however to draw attention to one of the two fine plays that hap- pen to be written in prose. ‘ The Ghouls’ is possibly the most ghastly death-dance in English literature. If Oscar Wilde had written it (but he could not have) every one would know it. It …
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Aceldama. 425. Mr. Crowley’s earliest and most wonderful mystic poem. Less than 5 copies remain for sale. The Tale of Archais. 55. ** “A Gentleman of the University of Cambridge’ wields a wonderful pen, much of his workis exceed- ingly beautiful... . In conclusion, as far as descrip- tive power and. beauty of thought are concerned, we consider that the author of‘The Tale of Archais’ holds the first place among the latter-day poets.” — Cambridge Magazine. Songs of the Spirit. 35. 6d. Delicate lyrics, illustrating the vague, yet holy aspirations …
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…And ever since his creed has proved that it is not a commen hypothesis; for it is hated. ‘Next week I hope to make a fuller study of Mr. Crowley’s interpretation of Buddhism... suffice for the moment to say that if this be indeed a true interpretation of the creed, as it is certainly a capable one, I need go no further than its pages for example of how a change of abstract belief may break a civilization to pieces. Under the influence of this book earnest modern philosophers may, I think, begin to perceive the outlines of two vast and mystical …