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1913 · PDF PAGE 70

The Book of Lies

KE®AAH NA TERRIER-WORK Doubt. Doubt thyself. Doubt even if thou doubtest thyself. Doubt all. Doubt even if thou doubtest all. It seems sometimes as if beneath all conscious doubt there lay some deepest certainty. O kill it! Slay the snake! The horn of the Doubt-Goat be exalted! Dive deeper, ever deeper, into the Abyss of Mind, until thou unearth the fox THAT. On, hounds! Yoicks! Tally-ho! Bring THAT to bay! Then, wind the Mort!

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1913 · PDF PAGE 62

The Book of Lies

…t them be turned out to grass! Proof is only possible in mathematics, and mathematics is only a matter of arbitrary conventions. And yet doubt is a good servant but a bad master; a perfect mistress, but a nagging wife. “White is white” is the lash of the overseer; ‘‘white is black” is the watchword of the slave. The Master takes no heed. 58

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1913 · PDF PAGE 76

The Book of Lies

…One. And worship Him that swore by His holy T that One should not be One except in so far as it is Two. Iam glad that LAYLAH is afar; no doubt clouds love.

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1913 · PDF PAGE 136

The Book of Lies

… missed. Itis a work that superficial criticism might as easily compare to some of the productions of Byron, as overlook with a sneer. I doubt,in fact whether the question of its placein literatureis one to be decided by contemporary criticism at all, I, at any rate, will not commit myself to attempting a decision.” —Poetry Review. 128

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1913 · PDF PAGE 128

The Book of Lies

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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