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1929 · PDF PAGE 193

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…obstacles. It was not our fault, for instance, that we were on the wrong side of the river, for the other bank involved a detour of some three days.) {327} It required more than one voyage to cross the river. It could not have been crossed at all but for the fact that it is divided into seven streams, only one of which could not be forded. Naturally, a passage was chosen where the current was least formidable. But for all that we were swept down about three-quarters of a mile in order to cross less than two hundred yards. In order to regain its…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 521

Magick Without Tears

… have to get lost? Even suicide is not a "dead bird." I knew a creature once - careless observers often mistook him for a man- who tried three times, pistol, rope and poison. Something always went wrong. (Like the Babbacombe murderer, who went to the scaffold three times, and lived to a green old age!) Finally he did poison himself , by accident, when he had no intention whatever of doing anything of the sort. Where's that Book of Lies? Ah, here we are. "It is chance, and chance only, that rules the Universe; therefore , and therefore only, lif…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 49

The Goetia

…aid, etc. Anaphaxeton is sometimes written Anepheneton. (Colours.—Triangle outlined in black; name of Michael black on white ground; the three Names without the triangle written in red; circle in centre entirely filled in in dark green.) THE HEXAGRAM OF SOLOMON. Tuis is the Form of the Hexagram of Solomon, the figure whereof is to be made on parchment of a calf’s skin, and worn at the skirt of thy white vest- ment, and covered with a cloth of fine linen white and pure, the which is to be shown unto the Spirits when they do appear, so that they …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 391

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

Vv Sir PALAMEDE the Saracen Hath cast his sword and arms aside. To save the world of goodly men, He sets his teeth to ride—to ride! Three days: the black horse drops and dies. The trappings furnish them a fire, The beast a meal. With dreadful eyes Stare into death the child, the sire. Six days : the gaunt and gallant knight Sees hateful visions in the day. Where are the antient speed and might Were wont to animate that clay? Nine days; they stumble on; no more His strength avails to bear the child. Still hangs the mist, and still before Yawns t…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 391

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

Vv Sir PALAMEDE the Saracen Hath cast his sword and arms aside. To save the world of goodly men, He sets his teeth to ride—to ride! Three days: the black horse drops and dies. The trappings furnish them a fire, The beast a meal. With dreadful eyes Stare into death the child, the sire. Six days : the gaunt and gallant knight Sees hateful visions in the day. Where are the antient speed and might Were wont to animate that clay? Nine days; they stumble on; no more His strength avails to bear the child. Still hangs the mist, and still before Yawns t…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 74

The Book of Lies

… O Mage! Sage! Gauge thy Wage, or in the Page of thine Age is written Rage! O my darling! We should not have spent Ninety Pounds in that Three Weeks in Paris! . 2. ee we ew wwe eee ewe Slash the Breaks on thine arm with a pole- axe!

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1913 · PDF PAGE 238

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ased pool, a third card being drawn and the hands finally decided on the above principle. (Example: Deuce of Hearts, Deuce of Spades and Three of Spades beat Deuce of Diamonds, Deuce of Clubs and Ace of Hearts.] The banker's advantage is in getting the first card free, but if he challenge he must put up the amount of the pool. If the player with the lowest card fail to challenge, his right passes to the player with the next lowest card, and so on, till every one has had his opportunity. This rule applies even to the second challenge, the new ch…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 238

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ased pool, a third card being drawn and the hands finally decided on the above principle. (Example: Deuce of Hearts, Deuce of Spades and Three of Spades beat Deuce of Diamonds, Deuce of Clubs and Ace of Hearts.] The banker's advantage is in getting the first card free, but if he challenge he must put up the amount of the pool. If the player with the lowest card fail to challenge, his right passes to the player with the next lowest card, and so on, till every one has had his opportunity. This rule applies even to the second challenge, the new ch…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 173

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…them, preferring ‘‘dok,” a paste of coarse flour and water, wrapped round a hot stone. Still youre young yet, scarce forty—we’ll hope at three score You'll be more of a singer, and less ofa whore. Fach to his trade! live out your life ! Fondle your child, and buss your wife ! Trust not, fear not, steer straight and strong ! Don’t worry, but just get along. I used to envy all my Balti coolies #4 In an inversé kind of religious hysteria, Though every one a perfect fool is, To Judge by philosophic criteria, My Lord Archbishop. The name of Winchest…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 300

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…patient (with my qualities), Slowly webbing the slightly soiled cavities— A lute, a rapturing lute aux sons clairs, (But Oh, He, Ho, for three weary years The lute hath no song!)— 282

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1910 · PDF PAGE 300

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…patient (with my qualities), Slowly webbing the slightly soiled cavities— A lute, a rapturing lute aux sons clairs, (But Oh, He, Ho, for three weary years The lute hath no song!)— 282

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1911 · PDF PAGE 45

The Vision and the Voice

…ive the very elect. For in the beginning the Father of all called forth lying spirits that they might sift the creatures of the earth in three sieves, according to the three impure souls. And he chose the wolf for the lust of the flesh, and the raven for the lust of the mind; but me did he choose above all to simulate the pure prompting of the soul. Them that are fallen a prey to the wolf and the raven I have not scathed; but them that have rejected me, I have given over to the wrath of the raven and the wolf. And the jaws of the one have torn …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 360

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…. A B AA RwH HereBHR=207 KO p&p =N AID PS, etc. and DBR=Voice (“The Vision and the Voice”); thus showing, by Yetziratic attribution, the Three Wands—Caduceus : Phoenix: Lotus. Note always 4N are the three Supernals. 3% method. A AxA RB both mean “ Mighty,” whence Abra- hadabra is “The Word of Double A ne pee 205 +213; 44 Power.” AAB show AB: AIMA: BN, viz, Amoun : Thoth : Mout. By Yetziratic Method, H:D:R: are Isis : Horus : Osiris. (Also, for H:D:R:, vide ILR.Q. 992.) Dividing as 3 and 8, we get A of Horus dominating the Stooping Dragon, N* 9N…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 360

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…. A B AA RwH HereBHR=207 KO p&p =N AID PS, etc. and DBR=Voice (“The Vision and the Voice”); thus showing, by Yetziratic attribution, the Three Wands—Caduceus : Phoenix: Lotus. Note always 4N are the three Supernals. 3% method. A AxA RB both mean “ Mighty,” whence Abra- hadabra is “The Word of Double A ne pee 205 +213; 44 Power.” AAB show AB: AIMA: BN, viz, Amoun : Thoth : Mout. By Yetziratic Method, H:D:R: are Isis : Horus : Osiris. (Also, for H:D:R:, vide ILR.Q. 992.) Dividing as 3 and 8, we get A of Horus dominating the Stooping Dragon, N* 9N…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 231

Collected Works (Vol. II)

1902 THE THREE CHARACTERISTICS ‘‘ LISTEN to the Jataka !” said the Buddha. And all they gave ear. ‘‘ Long ago, when King Brahmadatta reigned in Benares,! it came to pass that there lived under his admirable government a weaver named Suraj Ju? and his wife Chandi. And in the fulness of her time did she give birth to a man child, and they called him Perdu’ R Abu.4 Now the child grew, and the tears of the mother fell, and the wrath of the father waxed: for by no means would the boy strive in his trade of weaving. The loom went merrily, but to the …

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1954 · PDF PAGE 334

Magick Without Tears

…e reason for every incident in his past, and found a purpose for every item of his present equipment,2 he cannot truly answer even those Three Questions that were first put to him, even the Three Questions of the Ritual of the Pyramid; he is not ready to swear the oath of the Abyss. But being thus enlightened, let him swear the Oath of the Abyss; yea, let him swear the Oath of the Abyss.3 2. A brother known to me was repeatedly baffled in this meditation. But one day being thrown with his horse over a sheer cliff of forty feet, and escaping wit…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 132

The World’s Tragedy

THE BLUE DWARF. 79 All a pirate’s hoarded store From the islands of the West Gathered far with blood and tears For three score and seven years. All this wealth of virgin gold This thy babe shall helt and hold. He shall buy the souls of priests ; Forge men chains, and make them beasts ; Give the carrion soldier meat, And corrupt the judgment-seat. With it he shall seethe the snake Of his faith in fire-hot blood ; Hurt the humble, strew the stake With the faggots ; gild the rood That for many a year shall brand With its blight full many a land. C…

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1924 · PDF PAGE 1

An Open Letter to Lord Beaverbook

…d by that paper against the social honour, life, and work of an English gentleman and man of letters, and against the personal virtue of three very noble women who have renounced their private ambitions in order to help in his work. I. The case is as follows :— Between November 1922 and March 1923, the Sunday Express published a series of sensa- — I —

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1912 · PDF PAGE 50

Book 4 (Part I)

…spondaic. II. Aum Tat Sat Aum 3. Aum mani padme hum; two trochees between two caesuras. ΠΙ. u Aum Ma-ni Pad-me Hum 4. Aum shivaya vashi; three trochees. Note that “shi” means rest, the absolute or male aspect of the Deity,- “va” is energy, the mani- fested or female side of the Deity. This Mantra therefore expresses the Whole course ofthe Universe, from Zero through the finite back to Zero. Aum shi - va - ya Va-shi Aum shi - va - ya Va-shi 5. Allah. The syllables of this are accented equally, with a certain pause between them; and are usually co…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 97

The Book of Thoth

…er natu‐ rally repugnant; he transcends all limitations; he is Pan; he is All. It is important to notice some other correspondences. The three vowel‐consonants of the Hebrew alphabet, Aleph, Yod, ‘Ayin, these three letters form the sacred name of God, I A 0. These three Atu, IX, 0, and XV, thus offer a threefold explanation of the male creative energy; but this card especially represents the masculine energy at its most masculine. Saturn, the ruler, is Set, the ass‐headed god of the Egyptian deserts; he is the god of the south. The name refers …

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