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1912 · PDF PAGE 160

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

… : which bum night 3110 day, and vomit out the heads of scorpions and live Sulphur mingled with poison. These be the thunders that, 5678 times in the twenty-fourth part of 3 moment, 1031 with 3 hundred mighty earthquakes and 3 thousand times 35 many surges, which rest not, neither know any1 time here, One rock bringeth forth a thousand, even as the heart of man doth his thoughts Woel Woel Woel Woel Woel Woel Yea, Woe be to the Earth, for her iniquity is, was, and shall be great Come away] but not your mighty sounds] The Angle of A of V in the t…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 160

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

… : which bum night 3110 day, and vomit out the heads of scorpions and live Sulphur mingled with poison. These be the thunders that, 5678 times in the twenty-fourth part of 3 moment, 1031 with 3 hundred mighty earthquakes and 3 thousand times 35 many surges, which rest not, neither know any1 time here, One rock bringeth forth a thousand, even as the heart of man doth his thoughts Woel Woel Woel Woel Woel Woel Yea, Woe be to the Earth, for her iniquity is, was, and shall be great Come away] but not your mighty sounds] The Angle of A of V in the t…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 270

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…ane; that is, without making the normal physical actions, though we were able to use our limbs in the ordinary way. We communicated, sometimes by audible speech, sometimes by direct transmission of thought such as occurs every day in ordinary life, when one knows what a friend is going to say before he says it. One very curious phenomenon must be recorded. In the early days we had arranged special hours for our interviews by calculating the difference of time due to longitude. We now summoned each other by means of the astral bell. But on compa…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 127

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…easure-seeking, with none of the corners chipped off. It is beautifully situated and the air reminds one curiously of Edinburgh. At that time it possessed a real interest and glory --- its Chinatown. During the week I was there, I spent most of my time in that quarter. It was the first time that I had come into contact with the Chinese spirit in bulk; and, though thee exiles were naturally the least attractive specimens of the race, I realized instantly their spiritual superiority to the Anglo-Saxon, and my own deep-seated affinity to their poi…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 122

John St. John

….30. 120 THE EQUINOX Mastery of the Reason), though it is commonly called 7°=4". It appeared to him at that period that so much talk and time were wasted on discussing the nature of the Attainment—a discussion foredoomed to failure, in the absence of all Knowledge, and in view of the Self- Contradictory Nature of the Reasoning Faculty, as applied to Metaphysics—that it would be wiser to drop the whole question, and concentrate on a simple Magical Progress. The Next Step for humanity in general was then “ the Knowledge and Conversation of the Ho…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 141

Liber Aleph

…on, or rather Symbol and Hieroglyph, of the true Adjustment of thy being to its Environment. Now, then, this Environment being eroded by Time, this Wisdom is no more perfect, for it is not absolute, but standeth in relation to the Universe. So then a Part thereof may become useless, and atrophy as (I will instance this case) Man’s Wit of Smell; and the bodily Organ corresponding degeneratheth therewith. But this is an effect of much Time, so that in thy Hell thou art like to find Elements vain, or foolish, or contrary to thy present Weal. Yet, …

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1930 · PDF PAGE 24

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

… of Death. 25 The Daughter of the Reconcilers, the Bringer-forth of Life. 26 The Lord of the Gates of Matter. The Child of the forces of Time. 27 The Lord of the Hosts of the Mighty. 28 The Daughter of the Firmament; the Dweller between the Waters. 29 The Ruler of Flux & Reflux. The Child of the Sons of the Mighty. 30 The Lord of the Fire of the World, 31 The Spirit of the Primai Fire. 32 The Great One of the Night of Time. 32 bis 31 bis 324

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1910 · PDF PAGE 179

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…d. Mental Muttering of “Aum Shivayavashi.” Result better than usual. Pranayama. Seven minutes after 10 seconds of Kumbhaka. This seventh time I forgot all about everything and breathed out of both nostrils. Quite quietly—pure mental abstraction. Mental Muttering of “ Aum Shivayavashi,” for seventy-five minutes. Several times lost concentration or consciousness or something, z.z., either vision or voice or both were interrupted. (N.B. At one particular vaée the third eye throbs violently in time with mantra.) Constant dreams of Dharana. Pranayam…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 179

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…d. Mental Muttering of “Aum Shivayavashi.” Result better than usual. Pranayama. Seven minutes after 10 seconds of Kumbhaka. This seventh time I forgot all about everything and breathed out of both nostrils. Quite quietly—pure mental abstraction. Mental Muttering of “ Aum Shivayavashi,” for seventy-five minutes. Several times lost concentration or consciousness or something, z.z., either vision or voice or both were interrupted. (N.B. At one particular vaée the third eye throbs violently in time with mantra.) Constant dreams of Dharana. Pranayam…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 219

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS OF THE TAROT Solitary success: i.e. success in the matter for the?דוה time being: but not leading to much result apart from the? thing itself.? Very great fundamental force. Executive power,?דוסי because they restore a firm basis. Powerful for good or evil.? Fixed, culminated, complete Force, whether good?תוכלמ or evil. The matter thoroughly and definitely determined.? Ultimating Force.? Follow the particular descriptions of each of the thirty-six cards: with full meanings. Decan-cards are always modified by the other symb…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 219

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS OF THE TAROT Solitary success: i.e. success in the matter for the?דוה time being: but not leading to much result apart from the? thing itself.? Very great fundamental force. Executive power,?דוסי because they restore a firm basis. Powerful for good or evil.? Fixed, culminated, complete Force, whether good?תוכלמ or evil. The matter thoroughly and definitely determined.? Ultimating Force.? Follow the particular descriptions of each of the thirty-six cards: with full meanings. Decan-cards are always modified by the other symb…

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1928 · PDF PAGE 167

Little Poems in Prose

…tony—that better half of nothing. There we may take prolonged baths of shadow, while, to amuse us, the Aurora Borealis will send us from time to time its rosy sheaves, like the reflection of the fire-works of Hell.

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1944 · PDF PAGE 255

The Book of Thoth

XXI Treat time and all conditions of Event as Servants of thy Will, appointed to present the Universe to thee in the form of thy Plan. And: blessing and worship to the prophet of the lovely Star. The matter of the question itself, synthesis, the end of the matter, may mean delay, op‐ position, obstinacy, inertia, patience, perseverance, persistent stubbornness in difficulty. The crystallization of the whole matter involved.

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1954 · PDF PAGE 141

Magick Without Tears

… when you mean "he died," and don't call a spade a bloody shovel! I shall break off this brief note at this point , so that you may have time to tell me if what I have so far said covers the whole ground of your enquiry. Love is the law, love under will. Fraternally, 666

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1919 · PDF PAGE 145

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…ly to estimate the value of what had happened to him. He was certainly in a mental muddle, as the following entry shows, yet at the same time his one thought seems to have been to find a means of helping others to find that Light which had so transformed his whole being. Sep. 24th, 1910. Driad Hotel. Victoria, B. C. I sit here with the idea of attempting to classify the results lately obtained. (Since L.V.X. entry.) I may mention that during the interval I have carefully read and studied Crowley’s Tannhauser, Sword of Song, Excluded Middle, Tim…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 87

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…rom Greenland's Icy Mountains’ (the most ridiculous thing that occurred to his mind)—if with faith, Samadhil » . . "No faith, I suppose. Time after time I feel the sickening pangs of dissolution; physi- cally I nearly faint; but I don‘t get over the bar. . . . I am sick, sick] ”I retire in disorder pursued by dog-faced demons of all kinds. “Once again I nearly got there—all went brilliance—but not quite” Again, “There is nothing but dog-faced demons after I get to bed; but there is always 45

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1912 · PDF PAGE 87

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…rom Greenland's Icy Mountains’ (the most ridiculous thing that occurred to his mind)—if with faith, Samadhil » . . "No faith, I suppose. Time after time I feel the sickening pangs of dissolution; physi- cally I nearly faint; but I don‘t get over the bar. . . . I am sick, sick] ”I retire in disorder pursued by dog-faced demons of all kinds. “Once again I nearly got there—all went brilliance—but not quite” Again, “There is nothing but dog-faced demons after I get to bed; but there is always 45

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1913 · PDF PAGE 45

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

… to the article No. 9, “ Energized Enthusiasm,” a circumstance of exceptional interest has arisen. The author was not acquainted at that time with the literature of those gnostics who were the earliest and only true Christians. In Fragments of a Faith Forgotten, however, we find the following passage : “After the banquet they keep the holy all-night festival. And this is how it is kept. They all stand up in a body, and about the middle of the entertainment they first of all separate into two bands, men in one and women in the other. And a leade…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 45

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

… to the article No. 9, “ Energized Enthusiasm,” a circumstance of exceptional interest has arisen. The author was not acquainted at that time with the literature of those gnostics who were the earliest and only true Christians. In Fragments of a Faith Forgotten, however, we find the following passage : “After the banquet they keep the holy all-night festival. And this is how it is kept. They all stand up in a body, and about the middle of the entertainment they first of all separate into two bands, men in one and women in the other. And a leade…

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1939 · PDF PAGE 38

Eight Lectures on Yoga

… irregularity. Once it is established, no interference will prevent it. Its own natural tendency is to slow down, like a pendulum, until time stops, and the sequence of impressions which constitutes our intellectual apprehensions of the universe is replaced by that form of consciousness (or unconsciousness, if you prefer it, not that either would give the slightest idea of what is meant) which is without condition of any kind, and therefore represents in perfection the consummation of Yoga. Love is the law, love under will. 1—In coitu, of cours…

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