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1954 · PDF PAGE 200

Magick Without Tears

…e for the Lamp; and I made the Weapons compact. I had a Wand eight inches long, all precious stones and enamel, to represent the Tree of Life; within, an iron tube containing quicksilver-very correct , lordly, and damsilly. What a cub! Also, bought, a silver-gilt Cup; for Air and Earth I made one 167

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1912 · PDF PAGE 320

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…TH Wheat?הטה Good?הבוט Notariqon of “Tetr Elohim?איאי Tet. Achad.” Unity '?רה 1r 23 Parted, removed, separated?ההז 10y?הררה A thread?טוה Life?היה ii; The Number of the ‘Elders’ 24 in the Apocalypse He whom I love "mm: He who loves me?`בהךא A Mercurial GOD, His?הגמוא essence is m, 8 Substance; a body?ה`װ A pauper?ךר Angel of a C.?הטבח Abundance W A water—pot, a large earthen-?רב ware vessel 5“ $25 To break?אבר The Beast NW'I ]ehewid, GOD of Geburah?דוהי of Binah Let there be ᾽Π᾿ Will be separated m' Thus?הב The Numbers of the Sephiroth of 26 the…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 320

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…TH Wheat?הטה Good?הבוט Notariqon of “Tetr Elohim?איאי Tet. Achad.” Unity '?רה 1r 23 Parted, removed, separated?ההז 10y?הררה A thread?טוה Life?היה ii; The Number of the ‘Elders’ 24 in the Apocalypse He whom I love "mm: He who loves me?`בהךא A Mercurial GOD, His?הגמוא essence is m, 8 Substance; a body?ה`װ A pauper?ךר Angel of a C.?הטבח Abundance W A water—pot, a large earthen-?רב ware vessel 5“ $25 To break?אבר The Beast NW'I ]ehewid, GOD of Geburah?דוהי of Binah Let there be ᾽Π᾿ Will be separated m' Thus?הב The Numbers of the Sephiroth of 26 the…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 51

The Stratagem and Other Stories

… the gases of the body, combined and recombined, flamed off, free from organic form. Where was Arthur? His brain, his individuality, his life, were utterly de- stroyed. As separate things, yes: Arthur had entered the universal consciousness. And I heard this utterance: or rather this is my translation into English of a single thought whose syn- thesis is “Woe.” Substance is called spirit or matter. Spirit and matter are one, indivisible, eternal, inde- structible. Infinite and eternal change! Infinite and eternal pain! No absolute: no truth, no…

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1903 · PDF PAGE 7

Berashith

…ere is any place, not only for morals and religion, which we can very well do without, but for the most essential and continuous acts of life? Why should an. infinite Ego fill a non-existent body with imaginary food cooked in thought only over an illusionary fire by a cook who is not there? Why should infinite power use such finite means, and very often fail even then?” * Encyclopedia Britannica. Art. Metaphysics. + The Principles of Mevaphysics, Macmillan.

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1903 · PDF PAGE 10

Berashith

…was limited in all sorts of ways. At the Fall, for instance, Tetragrammaton Elohim has to summon his angels hastily to guard the Tree of Life, lest ke should be proved a liar. For had it occurred to Adam to eat of that Tree before their trans- gression was discovered, or had the Serpent been aware * An expression they carefully avoid using.

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1907 · PDF PAGE 80

The Star in the West

… Childbirth sobered me . I loved the child , the only human love I ever tasted , and I sacrificed The popularity , the infamy, Of my old life ; I sought another world . I “ got religion " -how I hate the phrase ! So jest the matron newspapers . ... For I will do without a mother's name If only I may keep a son's love still ! ' It is not here that we can enter on the fearful tragedy of these short dozen pages , suffice it to say , that it was that of Phædra and Hippolytus , the sexes however being reversed . Shamed , insulted by her son , she st…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 51

John St. John

JOHN ST. JOHN 10.42. though, with a little scourging, torturing, and branding by fire. . . . Anything for a quiet life! But scourging oneself is not easy with a robe on; and though one could take it off, there is this point to be considered : that one can never (except by a regrettable accident) hurt oneself more than one wants to. In other words, it is impossible thus to inflict pain, and so flagellants have been rightly condemned as mere volup- tuaries. The only way to do so would be to inflict some torture whose severity one could not gauge at t…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 105

John St. John

…zens had that band been swept away, dashed to pieces on one rock or another. He, alone almost upon that angry stream, still held on, his life each moment the play- thing of giant forces, so enormous as to be (once they were loose) quite out of proportion to all human wit or courage or address—and he held on his course, humbly, 103

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1912 · PDF PAGE 83

Book 4 (Part I)

… that the prophet has been able to constrain mankind to obey his law. It never occurs to him that any one can do otherwise. In practical life one can walk past any guardian, such as a sentry or ticket-collector, if one can really act so that the man is somehow persuaded that you have a right to pass unchallenged. This power, by the way, is what has been described by magicians as the power of invisibility. Somebody or other has an excellent story of four quite reliable men who were on the look-out for a murderer, and had instructions to let no o…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 152

Book 4 (Part II)

…Magician from above. It is of velvet for the softness of that divine kiss, and crimson for that it is the very blood of God which is its life. The band of gold is the eternal circle of perfection. The three pentagrams symbolize the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, while the hexagram represents the Magician him- self. Ordinarily, pentagrams represent the microcosm, hexagrams the macrocosm; but here the reverse is the case, because in this Crown of Perfection, that which is below has become that which is above, and that which is above has be…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 354

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ace. Do not say that civilization is bad; for it resembles the damp heat which ripens the harvest, it rapidly develops the principles of life and the principles of death, it kills and it vivifies. It is like the angel of the judgment who separates the wicked from the good. Civilization transforms men of good will into angels of light, and lowers the selfish man beneath the brute; it is the corruption of bodies and the emancipation of souls. The impious world of the giants raised to Heaven the soul of Enoch; above the Bacchanals of primitive Gre…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 354

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ace. Do not say that civilization is bad; for it resembles the damp heat which ripens the harvest, it rapidly develops the principles of life and the principles of death, it kills and it vivifies. It is like the angel of the judgment who separates the wicked from the good. Civilization transforms men of good will into angels of light, and lowers the selfish man beneath the brute; it is the corruption of bodies and the emancipation of souls. The impious world of the giants raised to Heaven the soul of Enoch; above the Bacchanals of primitive Gre…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 344

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

THE EQUINOX ing the Soul with human life, from the failure of its aspira- tions. 35. If through the Hall of Wisdom, thou would’st reach the Vale of Bliss, Disciple, close fast thy senses against the great dire heresy of Separateness that weans thee from the rest. This verse reads at first as if the heresy were still possible in the Hall of Wisdom, but this is not as it seems. The Dis- ciple is urged to find out his Ego and slay it even in the beginning. 36. Let not that “Heaven-Born,’ merged in the sea of Maya, break from the Universal Parent (…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 57

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

For this is the Covenant of Résurrection. He makes the five crosses on the PRIESTESS. Accept, O Lord, this sacrifice of life and joy, true warrants of the Covenant of Résurrection. (The PRIEST offers the Tance to the PRIESTESS, who hisses it; he then touches her hetween the breasts and upon the body. He then flings out his arms upward as comprehending the whole shrine. ) Let this offering be borne upon the waves of Aethyr to our Lord and Father the Sun that travelleth over the Heavens in his name ON. (He closes his hands, hisses the PRIESTESS b…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 248

The Book of Thoth

…er DCCLXXVII, cols. 149‐151.) Fifth Operation FINAL RESULT 1. Shuffle, ec., as before. 2. Deal into ten packs in the form of the Tree of Life. 3. Make up your mind where the Significator should be, as before; but failure does not here necessarily imply that the divination has gone astray. 4. Count and pair as before. (Note that one cannot tell at what part of the divination the present time occurs. Usu‐ ally Op. I seems to indicate the past history of the question; but not always so. Experience will teach. Sometimes a new current of high help m…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 5

Collected Works (Vol. III)

… . . 67 THE SIRE DE MALETROIT’S DOOR— SCENE L.. . . . . 68 - II, . . . . 69 III. . . . . 72 GARGOYLES— To L. BENTROVATA . . 84 IMAGES OF LIFE— PROLOGUE—VIA VITA . . 84 THE WHITE CaT . . . 86 ALI AND HASSAN . . . 86 AL MALIK . . . . 86 SONG . . . . . 87 ANICCA . . . . . 87 TARSHITERING . . . 87 A FRAGMENT . . . 88 THE SruMBLING-BLOCK . 89 WOODCRAFT . . . . 89 A NUGGET FROM A MINE. 90 GARGOY LES— Continued Au CAVEAU DES INNOCENTS Rosa INFERNI DIOGENES SAID EPILOGUE—PRAYER IMAGES OF DEATH— PROLOGUE— PATCHOULI KALI THE JILT THE EYES OF PHARAOH BANZ…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 111

The Star in the West

… look once more into his face , And , kissing , kill him ! Thus to hold him fast , Drawing his human spirit into mine For strength , for life , for poison ! Ah , my God ! These pangs , these torments ! See ! the sleeper wakes ! I am triumphant ! For he reaches out The sleepy arms , and turns the drowsy head To catch the dew dissolving of my lip . Wake , lover , wake ! Thy Venus waits for thee ! Draw back , look , hunger ! —and thy mouth is mine !" The vision of Elizabeth , the loved one of his boy hood - his pure ideal — rises before him . so d…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 107

Ambergris

…n ; Its swift caress Flits like an angel’s kiss in a dream ; remains The healing virtue ; from all sin, All ill, one touch sets free. My life is like a star—oh fool ! oh fool ! Is not thy back yet tender from the rod ? Is there no learning in the poet’s school ? Wilt thou achieve what were too hard for God ? I call Him to the battle ; ask of me When the hinds calve ? What of eternity When he built chaos ? Shall Leviathan Be drawn out with an hook ? Enough ; I see This I can answer—or Ernst Haeckel can ! Now, God Almighty, rede this mystery ! Wh…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 161

The Vision and the Voice

THE VISION AND THE VOICE Light, Life and Love are like three glow-worms at thy feet: the whole universe of stars, the dewdrops on the grass whereon thou walkest! Iam quite blind. Thou art Nuit! Strain, strain, strain my whole soul! Aka dua Tuf ur biu Bi a’a chefu Dudu ner af an nuteru. Falutli! Falutli! I cling unto the burning Aethyr like Lucifer that fell through the Abyss, and by the fury of his flight kindled the air. And I am Belial, for having seen the Rose upon thy breast, I have denied God. And I am Satan! I am Satan! I am cast out upon…

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