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1911 · PDF PAGE 72

The Vision and the Voice

…Cross is the Golden light of noon, and in the heart of the Rose there is the secret light that men call midnight. And a voice: ‘Glory to God and thanksgiving to God, and there is no God but God. And He is exalted; He is great; and in the Sevenfold Table is His Name writ openly, and in the Twelvefold Table is His Name concealed.’ And the Pyramid casts a shadow of itself into the sky, and the shadow spreads over the whole stone. And an angel clad in blue and scarlet, with golden wings and plumes of purple fire, comes forth and scatters disks of g…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 66

The Vision and the Voice

…more than the helmet of the Most High. Who shall reach up to him in supplication, save those that he shall set upon his shoulders? Would God that my tongue were torn out by the roots, and my throat cut across, and my heart torn out and given to the vultures, before I say this that I must say: Blessing and Worship to the Prophet of the Lovely Star! And now he is fallen quite to the ground, in a heap, and dust is upon his head; and the throne upon which he sat is shattered into many pieces. And dimly dawning in this unutterable gloom, far, far ab…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 8

The Vision and the Voice

… Death: or a Death which should be infinite. For Thou art submitted to the Four: Five thou shalt find, but Seven is lone and far. O Lord God, let Thy Spirit hither unto me! For I am lost in the night of infinite pain: no hope: no God: no resurrection: no end: I fall: I fear. O Saviour of the World, bruise Thou my Head with Thy foot to save the world, that once again I touch Him whom I slew, that in my death I feel the radiance and the heat of the moving of Thy Robes! Let us alone! What have we to do with Thee, Thou Jesus of Nazareth? Go! Go! If…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 165

The Vision and the Voice

…It is) Thou! Triumph; the Will stealeth away (like a thief), The Strong Will that staggered Before Ra Hoor Khuit!—Hadit!—Nuit! IV To the God OAI Be praise In the end and the beginning! And may none fall Who Will attain The Sword, the Balances, the Crown! And that which thou hearest is but the dropping of the dew from my limbs, for I dance in the night, naked upon the grass, in shadowy places, by running streams. Many are they who have loved the nymphs of the woods, and of the wells, and of the fountains, and of the hills. And of these some were…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 35

The Vision and the Voice

…d now he shows the tablet again, and he says: As there are 49 letters in the tablet, so are there 49 kinds of cosmos in every thought of God. And there are 49 interpretations of every cosmos, and each interpretation is manifested in 49 ways. Thus also are the calls 49, but to each call there are 49 visions. And each vision is composed of 49 elements, except in the roth Aethyr, that is accurséd, and that hath 42. All this while the dewdrops have turned into cascades of gold finer than the eyelashes of a little child. And though the extent of the…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 47

The Vision and the Voice

…nly a hand energized by him. And now it is the dance of Shiva. I lie beneath his feet, his saint, his victim. My form is the form of the God Phtah, in my essence, but the form of the god Seb in my form. And this is the reason of existence, that in this dance which is delight, there must needs be both the god and the adept. Also the earth herself is a saint; and the sun and the moon dance upon her, torturing her with delight. This vision is not perfect. I am only in the outer court of the vision, because I have undertaken it in the service of th…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 131

The Vision and the Voice

…white and black; they face inwards, and their buttocks are almost worn away by the kisses of those who have come to worship that supreme God, who is the single end of all those diverse religions. But the shrine itself is higher than a man may reach. But the Angel that was with me lifted me, and I saw that the edge of the altar, as I must call it, was surrounded by holy men. Each has in his right hand a weapon—one a sword, one a spear, one a thunderbolt, and so on, but each with his left hand gives the sign of silence. I wish to see what is with…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 100

The Vision and the Voice

…that art the Scribe hast not the understanding * that alone availeth against Choronzon. And wert thou not protected by the Holy Names of God and the circle, I would rush upon thee and tear thee. For when I made myself like unto a beautiful woman, if thou hadst come to me, I would have rotted thy body with the pox, and thy liver with cancer, and I would have torn off thy testicles with my teeth. And if I had seduced thy pride, and thou hadst bidden me to come into the circle, I would have trampled thee under foot, and for a thousand years should…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 7

The Vision and the Voice

THE VISION AND THE VOICE reveal it unto none: for the ear is not framed that shall hear it: nor the tongue that can speak it! O Lord God, blessed, blessed, blessed be Thou for ever! Thy Shadow is as great Light. Thy Name is as the Breath of Love across all Worlds. (A vast Svastika is shewn unto me behind the Angel with the Book.) Rend your garments, O ye clouds! Uncover yourselves! for the Love of My Son! Who are they that trouble thee? Who are they that slew thee? O Light! Come thou, who art joined with me to bruise the Dragon’s head. We, who …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 5

The Vision and the Voice

…ND THE VOICE Tue Cry OF THE THIRTIETH OR INMosT AIRE oR AETHYR, WHICH IS CALLED TEX I am in a vast crystal cube in the form of the Great God Harpocrates. This cube is surrounded by a sphere. About me are four archangels in black robes, their wings and armour lined out in white. In the North is a book on whose back and front are A.M.B.Z. in Enochian characters. Within it is written: I AM, the surrounding of the four. Lift up your heads, O Houses of Eternity: for my Father goeth forth to judge the World. One Light, let it become a thousand, and o…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 162

The Vision and the Voice

…eru. Nuit! Nuit! How art thou manifested in this place! This is a Mystery ineffable. And it is mine, and I can never reveal it either to God or to man. It is for thee and me! Aha! Aha! A ka dua Tuf ur biu Bi a’a chefu Dudu ner af an nuteru. . .. My spirit is no more; my soul is no more. My life leaps out into annihilation! Aka dua Tuf ur biu Bi a’a chefu Dudu ner af an nuteru. It is the cry of my body! Save me! I have come too close, I have come too close to that which may not be endured. It must awake, the body; it must assert itself. It must …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 176

The Vision and the Voice

…he First Key to the formula of Horus, a sevenfold arrangement. A shadow of Horus declares his nature. 21. This seems to be the Vision of God face to face that is the necessary ordeal for him who would pass the Abyss, as it were. A commission to be the prophet of the Aeon arising is given to the Seer. The God is the Hierophant in the Ceremony of Magister Templi. 20. A guide is given to the Seer, his Holy Guardian Angel. And this is attained by a mastery of the Universe conceived as a wheel The Hiereus in the Ceremony of Magister Templi. 19. Now …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 94

The Vision and the Voice

…ibe. First let the scribe be seated in the centre of the circle in the desert sand, and let the circle be fortified by the Holy Names of God—Tetragrammaton and Shaddai El Chai and Ararita. And let the Demon be invoked within a triangle, wherein is inscribed the name of Choronzon, and about it let him write ANAPHAXETON - ANAPHANETON - PRIMEU- MATON, and in the angles MI-CA-EL: and at each angle the Seer shall slay a pigeon, and having done this, let him retire to a secret place, where is neither sight nor hearing, and sit within his black robe, …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 58

The Vision and the Voice

… mere elemental that one would suppose from the account of Casaubon. I enquire why her form is different. She says: Since all things are God, in all things thou seest just so much of God as thy capacity affordeth thee. But behold! Thou must pierce deeply into this Aethyr before true images appear. For TAN is that which transformeth 56

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1911 · PDF PAGE 70

The Vision and the Voice

… am I again rapt in contemplation of that universe of letters which are stars. The words ORLO, ILRO, TULE are three most secret names of God. They are Magick names, each having an interpretation of the same kind as the interpretation of I.N.R.L, and the name OIT, RLU, LRL, OOE are other names of God, that contain magical formulae, the first to invoke fire; the second, water; the third, air; and the fourth, earth. And if the Table be read diagonally, every letter, and every combination of letters, is the name of a devil. And from these are drawn…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 9

The Vision and the Voice

…e-angel is before me. His wings seem to hide all the Heaven. He cried aloud saying: The Voice of the Lord upon the Waters: the Terror of God upon Mankind. The voice of the Lord maketh the Skies to tremble: the Stars are troubled: the Aires fall. The First Voice Speaketh and saith: Cursed, cursed be the Earth, for her iniquity is great. Oh Lord! Let Thy Mercy be lost in the great Deep! Open thine eyes of Flame and Light, O God, upon the wicked! Lighten thine Eyes! The Clamour of Thy Voice, let it smite down the Mountains! Let us not see it! Cove…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 130

The Vision and the Voice

THE EQUINOX Then again arose the God Thoth, in the sign of the Enterer, and he drove the seer from before his face. And he fell through the starry night unto the little village in the desert. BENISHRUR, ALGERIA. December 10, 1909. 7.40-9.40 p.m. Tue Cry OF THE 5TH AETHYR, WHICH IS CALLED LIT There is a shining pylon, above which is set the sigil of the eye, within the shining triangle. Light streams through the pylon from before the face of Isis-Hathor, for she weareth the lunar crown of cows’ horns, with the disk in the centre; at her breast s…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 109

The Vision and the Voice

THE VISION AND THE VOICE the seven breaths of God that move and thrill its excellence. And she hath tired her hair with seven combs, whereupon are written the seven secret names of God that are not known even of the Angels, or of the Archangels, or of the Leader of the armies of the Lord. Holy, Holy, Holy art thou, and blessed be Thy name for ever, unto whom the Aeons are but the pulsings of thy blood. Tam blind and deaf. My sight and hearing are exhausted. I know only by the sense of touch. And there is a trem- bling from within me. Images kee…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 107

The Vision and the Voice

…nto an infinite ring, and hath set the sapphire therein, and put it upon his finger. (Refrain.) (v. VI.) Open wide your gates, O City of God, for I bring No-one with me. Sink your swords and your spears in salutation, for the Mother and the Babe are my com- panions. Let the banquet be prepared in the palace of the King’s daughter. Let the lights be kindled; Are not we the children of the light? (Refrain.) (v. VII.) For this is the key-stone of the palace of the King’s daughter. This is the Stone of the Philosophers. This is the Stone that is hi…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 139

The Vision and the Voice

…h created the universe, and overthrown it, that he might take his pleasure thereupon. And now, in the midst of the Aethyr, I beheld that god. He hath a thousand arms, and in each hand is a weapon of terrible strength. His face is more terrible than the storm, and from his eyes flash lightnings of intolerable brilliance. From his mouth run seas of blood. Upon his head is a crown of every deadly thing. Upon his forehead is the upright tau, and on either side of it are signs of blasphemy. And about him clingeth a young girl, like unto the king’s d…

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