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…e, and as I approached them they gave way before me. Then a voice whispered to me ‘Smite’; thereupon, drawing my sword with fury I smote three times, upon which a great wailing arose. “Having smitten down many with those three blows, I descended among them, but left my sword behind me. Thinking I had forgotten it, in vain I tried to return, and in my strivings was of a sudden armed with many potent lightnings; then at my feet there fell away a great hollow column of rolling smoke. Seeing it, I approached it and gazing down it, beheld at its fur…
1909 · PDF PAGE 322
…e, and as I approached them they gave way before me. Then a voice whispered to me ‘Smite’; thereupon, drawing my sword with fury I smote three times, upon which a great wailing arose. “Having smitten down many with those three blows, I descended among them, but left my sword behind me. Thinking I had forgotten it, in vain I tried to return, and in my strivings was of a sudden armed with many potent lightnings; then at my feet there fell away a great hollow column of rolling smoke. Seeing it, I approached it and gazing down it, beheld at its fur…
1911 · PDF PAGE 98
…em in my jaws, and I void them from my fundament. I fear not the power of the Pentagram, for I am the Master of the Triangle. My name is three hundred and thirty and three, and that is thrice one. Be vigilant, therefore, for I warn thee that I am about to deceive thee. I shall say words that thou wilt take to be the cry of the Aethyr, and thou wilt write them down, thinking them to be great secrets of Magick power, and they will be only my jesting with thee. (Here the Scribe invoked Angels, and the Holy Guardian Angel of the Frater P. . . . The…
1913 · PDF PAGE 55
… Hoor in his secret name and splendour is the Lord initiating. 50. There is a word to say about the Hierophantic task. Behold! there are three ordeals in one, and it may be given in three ways. The gross must pass through fire; let the fine be tried in intellect, and the lofty chosen ones in the highest; Thus ye have star & star, system & system; let not one know well the other! 51. There are four gates to one palace; the floor of that palace is of silver and gold ; lapis lazuli & jasper are there; and all rare scents ; jasmine & rose, and the …
1913 · PDF PAGE 55
… Hoor in his secret name and splendour is the Lord initiating. 50. There is a word to say about the Hierophantic task. Behold! there are three ordeals in one, and it may be given in three ways. The gross must pass through fire; let the fine be tried in intellect, and the lofty chosen ones in the highest; Thus ye have star & star, system & system; let not one know well the other! 51. There are four gates to one palace; the floor of that palace is of silver and gold ; lapis lazuli & jasper are there; and all rare scents ; jasmine & rose, and the …
1902 · PDF PAGE 65
…unredeeming wings Over the world, and flaps for lust of Death —and Love! Venus. This man was drained of music ! Five new songs Chase the three ancient to oblivion ! Oh ! Love is grown fury ! TannhAuser. Kill me! Venus. In the kiss. [ Tannhduser sleeps. 63
1919 · PDF PAGE 443
… able: the necessity of so doing is strong within Him, and He may perhaps even imagine that He can make one which shall be free from the Three Characteristics. Evelyn Hall —an early love of mine—used to say: “God Almighty—or words to that effect—has no conscience”; and in the tre- mendous state of mind in which He is, a state of Cosmic priapism, He may very likely see red, care nothing for what may result to Himself or His victim, and, violently project- ing Himself on the Akasa, may fertilize it, and the Universe begin once more. In Liber I. i…
1954 · PDF PAGE 469
…Mathematics is the Art of manipulating the Ruach, and of raising it to Neschamah; and Science is co-terminous with Magick. These are the three branches of study which I regard as fundamental. No others are in the same class. For instance, Geography is almost meaningless until one makes it real by dint of honest travel, which does not mean either "commuting" or "luxury cruises," still less "globe-trotting." Law is a specialized study, with a view to a career; History is too unsystematic and uncertain to be of much use as mental training; Art is …
1913 · PDF PAGE 92
…rs to them who sit above ? How shall we conquer ? Like a wind That falls at eve , our fancies blow , And old Maeonides the blind Said it three thousand years ago . 13
1903 · PDF PAGE 90
…ow must pay them back again. I plucked not one flower, but an hundred flowers ; I bore an hundred passions in my brain— King Solomon had three hundred paramours. I quite agree that everything is vain. 70
1929 · PDF PAGE 505
…daily invocation of Mercury (the god corresponding to the Grade of Magus) with whom I did not consciously want to have any dealings. For three times three-and- seventy days I remained thus blind and impotent, oppressed and overwhelmed by the sense of my {797} utter failure and futility, although on the surface all the conditions were in my favour, and there was not anywhere one single visible obstacle. I met dozens of interesting and important people; yet on none of these did my personality seem to produce the slightest effect, while (equally) …
1922 · PDF PAGE 198
…es ostensibly to protect them against some disease which there was no reason whatever to suppose they were likely to get. ... _ The last three days have been too dreadful. This is the first time I have felt like writing, and yet I have been itching insanely to put down that hideously ‘luxurious scene when our love broke out like an abscess. All the old fantastic features were there. They had assumed a diabolical disguise ; but my mind has been in abeyance. We shut the medical books with a shudder, and slung them out of the window into the stree…
1929 · PDF PAGE 3
…ned THE CONFESSIONS OF ALEISTER CROWLEY (For reference, the Symonds and Grant page numbers are in {} at the bottom of each text page) To Three Friends J. W. N. SULLIVAN who suggested this booklet AUGUSTUS JOHN who first gave practical assistance P. R. STEPHENSEN who saw the point And To Three Immortal Memories RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON the perfect pioneer of spiritual and physical adventure OSCAR ECKENSTEIN who trained me to follow the trail ALLAN BENNETT who did what he could P A R T O N E TOWARDS THE GOLDEN DAWN. PRELUDE "Do what thou wilt shall…
1903 · PDF PAGE 17
VI Trutn, like old Gaul, is split in three. A lesson in anatomy, A sketch of sociology, A tale of love to end. But see! What stirs the electric flame of eyes? One word—that word. Be destiny’s Inviolate fiat rolled athwart The clouds and cobwebs of our speech, And image, integrate of thought, This ebony anthem, each to each :-— To lie, invulnerable, alone, Valkyrie and hero, in the zone, Shielded by lightnings of our wit, Guarded by fires of intellect Far on the mountain-top, elect Of all the hills divinely lit By rays of moonrise! O the moon! O…
1944 · PDF PAGE 264
…cally nothing is said about these forms. They only come out into the clear light when the combinations of the Yang and the Yin are taken three at a time as shown in the lower part of this diagram. It will be noticed that there are eight of these forms; they are called Kwâ. Two of these are completely balanced in purity, Khien and Khwan with three Yangs and three Yins respec‐ tively. Next comes the first failure of perfect balance; there are Li, the Sun, and Khan, the Moon. The one contains two Yangs with a Yin between them and the other two Yin…
1930 · PDF PAGE 74
is widdershins. He thus makes three curves, each covering three-fourths of the circle. He should give the sign of the Enterer on passing the Kiblah, or Direction of Boleskine. This picks up the Force naturally radiating from that point1 and projects it in the direction of the path of the Magician. The sigils are those given in the Equinox Vol. I, No. 7, Plate X outside the square 5 the signs those shewn in Vol. I, No. 2, Plate “The Signs of the Grades”. In these invocations he should expand his girth and his stature to the utmost2, assuming the…
1905 · PDF PAGE 35
… !) The agony increases fast. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) Each spasm is a holocaust. (O Holy Spirit, pity her !) There are three kings upon the road. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) She hath thrice cursed the name of God. (O Holy Spirit, pity her !) There stands her star above the sky. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) She hath thrice prayed that she may die. (O Holy Spirit, pity her !) Her bitter anguish hath sufficed. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) She is delivered of the Christ. (The angels come to …
1913 · PDF PAGE 73
KE®AAH NA EAVES-DROPPINGS Five and forty apprentice masons out of work! Fifteen fellow-craftsmen out of work! Three Master Masons out of work! All these sat on their haunches waiting The Report of the Sojourners; for THE WORD was lost. This is the Report of the Sojourners: THE WORD was LOVE;?? and its number is An Hundred and Eleven. Then said each AMO; for its number is An Hundred and Eleven. Each took the Trowel from his LAP,” whose number is An Hundred and Eleven. Each called moreover on the Goddess NINA 37° for Her number is An Hundred and …
1944 · PDF PAGE 83
The nature of these qualities requires careful description. In the Hindu system are three Gunas‐Sattvas, Rajas and Tamas. The word “Guna” is untranslatable. It is not quite an element, a quality, a form of energy, a phase, or a potential; all of these ideas enter into it. All the qualities that can be predicated of anything may be ascribed to one or more of these Gunas: Tamas is darkness, inertia, sloth, ignorance, death and the like; Rajas is energy, excite‐ ment, fire, brilliance, restlessness; Sattvas is calm, intelligence, hicidity and bala…
1905 · PDF PAGE 273
…s the true Way. Let us however suppose that it is spelt 18°. This adds up to 17. But first of all it strikes us that I, A, and O are the three Letters associated with the three Letters in the great Name of Six Letters, M17°NS8, which combines AN and 1M’, Macroprosopus and Microprosopus. Now these feminine Letters 1 conceal the ‘‘ Three Mothers” of the Alphabet, &, ©, and &. Replace these, and we get NID°WN, which adds up to 358, the Number alike of YM3, the Serpent of - Genesis, and the Messiah. We thus look for redeeming Power in IAQ, and for …