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1899 · PDF PAGE 93

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

… mouths of uninitiates words appreciative of those glorious destinies that overrule the cruelties of fate, let me find my excuse in that love for, and faith in, “the holy spirit of man,” which itself may do so much toward the final regeneration of humanity, and the uniting of man once more with that God of whom Porphyry has written, ‘ We are but a little part of Him.”

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1922 · PDF PAGE 290

Diary of a Drug Fiend

… the part of people who in the ordinary way were plain straightforward law-abiding citizens. “Of course, we must have restrictions about love and drink and drugs. It is quite obvious how frightfully people would abuse their liberty if they had it.” “I’m sorry to have to disagree,’ said Lamus. “ And as you know, I’ve got into endless trouble of one sort or another for holding the views I do. But I’m afraid I do honestly think that most of the troubles spring directly from the unnatural conditions set up by the attempts to regulate the business. …

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1907 · PDF PAGE 129

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…ce divine That fills thy face; magnificence ! no less. Ay! thou shalt drink the hemlock; thou shalt suffer And die for self-respect, for love of others! To-day are men indissolubly brothers? Is my life smoother than the Greek’s or rougher ? The Greek at least shall stead me in my craft. Crucify Crowley! Nay, my friends! the draught. COLOPHON. INCIDENT. (RUE DE L'UNIVERSITE, 182.) SPELL-BOUND we Sat: the vivid violin Wailed, pleaded, waited, triumphed. Kingly note By note imperial from its passionate throat Vibrates : the shadows fall like pause…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 118

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

…ith Tiphareth. To show how these positions may be used in conjunction with the spirals, suppose that you are invoking Hathor, Goddess of Love, to descend upon the Altar. Standing on the square of Netzach you will make your invocation to Her, and then dance an inward spiral deosil ending at the foot of the altar, where you sink on your knees with your arms raised above the altar as if inviting Her embrace.1 2 3 * To conclude, one may add that natural artistic ability, if you possess it, forms an excellent guide. Ail Art is Magiek. Isadora Duncan…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 78

Snowdrops from a Curate’s Garden

…riod of her pregnancy. Imagine the gradual heaving up of her greasy belly under one’s very fuck, the constant tickling of one’s thumb of love by the innumerable fingers new-made of the many foetuses, the curious slime that filled her, and floated one away into dreams of bliss not to be described ! Yes, it was a glorious time — but, look here, young fellow, this talk is luring me away from my archiepiscopal duties. I have a meeting of bishops to bugger this after- noon : surely you have enough copy for a volume : I would suggest your slinging yo…

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1922 · PDF PAGE 363

Diary of a Drug Fiend

Love under Will 349 maternal grandfather is a mechanical genius. Fact two: From your earliest childhood, subjects of this sort have exercised the strongest fascination for you. Fact three: Whenever you get off those subjects, you are unhappy, unsuccessful, and get into various kinds of mess. Fact four: The moment the war gives you your opportunity, you throw up medicine and go back to engineering. Fact five: You graduate re- luctantly from the bench to the pilot’s seat, and your squad commander himself sees that it’s a case of a square peg in a…

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1922 · PDF PAGE 373

Diary of a Drug Fiend

Love under Will 359 us, now that you have discovered your true wills, in the Vesper Ceremony of the Abbey, which we perform every night in the Temple of my tower. Let us be going |” We followed, hand in hand, along the smooth, broad, curving path that bordered the stream, cunningly bended to run along the crest of the ridge so that its power might be used to turn various mill-wheels. The gathering shadows whispered subtle lyrics in our ears ; the scents of spring conveyed superb imaginations to our senses; the sunset squandered its last scarlet…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 94

The Law is for All

…s also the Dwarf-Soul, the Secret Self of every man, the Serpent with the Lion’s Head. Now Hadit knows Nuit by virtue of his “Going” or “Love.” It is therefore wrong to worship Hadit; one is to be Hadit, and worship Her. This is clear even from His instruction “To worship me” in verse 22 of this chapter. Confer Cap. I, v. 9. We are exhorted to offer ourselves unto Nuit, pilgrims to all her temples. It is bad Magick to admit that one is other than One’s inmost self. One should plunge passionately into every possible experience; by doing so one i…

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1938 · PDF PAGE 13

The Heart of the Master

The Music swiftly sinks to a low brooding rapture, solemn and slow: 3. That which thou createst is thine Understanding of thy Love. Then comes a sudden shaking and confusion, as if the harmony were broken up into innumerable fragments; clashing together, nor is there any speech articulate; until a fearful blast peals forth, a trumpeting of Majesty. But within the blare of the tempest sounds a Voice steady and stern, yet full of peace and kindliness: 4. The Necessity of the Universe is the Measure of thy Righteousness. Now follows martial music,…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 22

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

… of us only too often the feeling which {59} Freud calls the OEdipus complex. We want to repose, to be at peace with our fellows whom we love, who misunderstand us and for whose love we are hungry. We want to make terms, we want to surrender. But I have always found that, though I could acquiesce in some such line of conduct, though I could make all preparations for accommodation, yet when it came to the point, I was utterly unable to do the base, irrevocable act. I cannot even do evil that good may come. I abhor Jesuitry. I would rather lose t…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 348

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

THE EQUINOX all magic—which is love—and Mr. Brodie-Innes’ refinement avoids the crude detective solution of the mystery. And that mystery is enticing and enthralling; Morag is delicious as dream or death, enticing, elusive, exquisite. One of the subtlest and truest women in literature. Not many men have imagination so delicate and—dictame!—but Mr. Brodie- Innes writes “with authority, and not as the scribes.” Why he allows Mathers to go about saying that he is a Jesuit and a poisoner will be revealed at the Last Day. Perhaps, like us, he can’t …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 348

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

THE EQUINOX all magic—which is love—and Mr. Brodie-Innes’ refinement avoids the crude detective solution of the mystery. And that mystery is enticing and enthralling; Morag is delicious as dream or death, enticing, elusive, exquisite. One of the subtlest and truest women in literature. Not many men have imagination so delicate and—dictame!—but Mr. Brodie- Innes writes “with authority, and not as the scribes.” Why he allows Mathers to go about saying that he is a Jesuit and a poisoner will be revealed at the Last Day. Perhaps, like us, he can’t …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 360

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…:D:R:, vide ILR.Q. 992.) Dividing as 3 and 8, we get A of Horus dominating the Stooping Dragon, N* 9N; also— rZ\g A—B A—H A—D R-A 8="J5, Love, and 207 ="), Light; 8 x 207 = 18, which is equivalent to m, Living; further, 297 = 23 x9 = rn, Life: hence, Licht ; Liebe : Leben. Again, 418 = AN +N, =21 + 397, qv. DF and 678=6+74+8=21. 2x +2x5+4=32. The Five different letters represent Amoun : Thoth: Isis: Horus : Osiris. They (A+B+R+H + D) add to 212 (q.v.). Finally, & is the Crown, 9 the Wand, the Cup, 14 the Sword, 5 the R.C. See Equinox, V and VII…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 360

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…:D:R:, vide ILR.Q. 992.) Dividing as 3 and 8, we get A of Horus dominating the Stooping Dragon, N* 9N; also— rZ\g A—B A—H A—D R-A 8="J5, Love, and 207 ="), Light; 8 x 207 = 18, which is equivalent to m, Living; further, 297 = 23 x9 = rn, Life: hence, Licht ; Liebe : Leben. Again, 418 = AN +N, =21 + 397, qv. DF and 678=6+74+8=21. 2x +2x5+4=32. The Five different letters represent Amoun : Thoth: Isis: Horus : Osiris. They (A+B+R+H + D) add to 212 (q.v.). Finally, & is the Crown, 9 the Wand, the Cup, 14 the Sword, 5 the R.C. See Equinox, V and VII…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 165

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…guidance of Frater O.M. This event must not be supposed to reflect in any way on Frater P.A. for whom he always felt and will feel great love and respect; the circumstances leading up to this change were outside the sphere of influence of Fra V.I.O. and the more difficult to judge owing to his isolation in Canada. With this brief allu- sion to the change in his occult affairs, we may pass on to a 157

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1996 · PDF PAGE 199

The Law is for All

…: Who am I, and what shall be the sign? So she answered him, bend­ ing down, a lambent flame of blue, all-touching, all pene­ trant, her lovely hands upon the black earth, & her lithe body arched for love, and her soft feet not hurting the little flowers: Thou knowest! And the sign shall be my ecstasy, the consciousness of the continuity of existence, the omnipres­ ence of my body. 27. Then the priest answered & said unto the Queen of Space, kissing her lovely brows, and the dew of her light bathing his

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1930 · PDF PAGE 10

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 2)

… only that god vertically above him is in his path. And so a man who perhaps took up Magick merely with the idea of acquiring knowledge, love, or wealth, finds himself irrevocably committed to the performance of The Great Work. I. This forgetfulness must be complété; it is fatal to try to Tet oneself go’ consciously. — 130 —

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1996 · PDF PAGE 208

The Law is for All

… King. A King may t choose his garment as he will: there is no certain test: but a beggar cannot hide his poverty. 59. Beware therefore! Love all, lest perchance is a King con­ cealed! Say you so? Fool! If he be a King, thou canst not hurt him. 60. Therefore strike hard & low, and to hell with them, master! 61. There is a light before thine eyes, o prophet, a light unde­ sired, most desirable. 62. I am uplifted in thine heart; and the kisses of the stars rain hard upon thy body. 63. Thou art exhaust in the voluptuous fullness of the inspira­ ti…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 252

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…uggested by another of the poet’s poéms. It is a version of the Lamia legend, with, however, new modifications. A fair youth, Charicles, loves a maiden of evil birth. Her doom it is that when she yields to love she will change into a snake. She yields to Charicles, and her meta- morphosis is as well described as anything in the poem: ‘And lo! there came to pass the dreadful fate Her lips had shuddered out ; her pulses bate Their quick sweet movement ; on the ground she lies Struggling, and rending Heaven with her cries. Like light, in one convu…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 141

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…pheres— As a bride to the bridegroom: I blush, but] I hear, and I nestle upon thee, O lyrist I come supreme, And bow to thee dumb. Light loves in a dream. ORPHEUS. ORPHEUS. O blacker than hell, Child of sweet rain, © bluer than heaven, O fathered of frost ! O green as the dell Bitterest pain Lit of sunlight at even ! The birth of thee cost. © strong as a spell! Passion is slain O bright as the levin: When wished of thee most. Come forth! I invoke thee, O ice, by their |Come forth! I invoke thee, O hail, thou lord anguish, the rocks thou hast ri…

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