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1910 · PDF PAGE 165

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…Solar Aspect or to the Manipura Chakkra, The sixth and seventh stages—Right Effort and Right Thought, are stages of “definitely directed power” closely related to Geburah and Chesed—Mars and Jupiter. And then finally comes the eighth stage—Right Meditation, again a summary of the three stages below it, which may be compared as the Three Supernals or the Sahasdra Chakkra. [Compare with the essay “ Science and Buddhism ” in the “ Sword of Song” by A. Crowley, and the writings of Ananda Metteya. Here are then three men who have worked both several…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 45

The Goetia

…pride, for he never declared other reason why he thus bound them. And when he had thus bound them up and sealed the Vessel, he by Divine Power did chase them all into a deep Lake or Hole in Babylon. And they of Babylon, wondering to see such a thing, they did then go wholly into the Lake, to break the Vessel open, expecting to find great store of Treasure therein. But when they had broken it open, out flew the Chief Spirits immediately, with their Legions following them; and they were all restored to their former places except BELIAL, who enter…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 155

The Scented Garden

…p, discharges it slowly and slow- ly ; and practises this daily according to the in- structions of his Guru, he obtains the vindusiddhi (power over semen), that gives great powers. 74. He who practises this daily according to the instructions of his Guru does not lose semen, were he to enjoy a hundred women at a time. 75. O PARVATI ! When vindu-siddhi is obtained, what else cannot be accomplished ? Even the in- accessible glory of my godhead can be attained through it. 9. The angel to whom is allotted the duty of sounding “ the last trump.” 10.…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 73

The Goetia

…hat are the names of the God of Secret Truth Das apila, Ja-t-Don, WMI vinu od larinujt ilasa, Jlasa gabe m. who liveth for ever, the All-Powerful. I invoke and stir thee up, O spirit N. nomiji Do ftotz3a das gobo od asa, casareme tofasilo tol: Even by him who spake and it was, to whom all creatures toregi Datebesa: oD Do balatune od vaunupebe Jada: od do are obedient and inthe Extreme Justice and Anger of God; and by the z0dimibe Das i asapeta basada Jada, micaclzod0; od ji: Do toltoreji veil(?) that is before the glory of God, mighty ; and by …

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1902 · PDF PAGE 53

Tannhäuser

Marvellous ! So, you say, she is a witch Seeking to rob or trick you of your power ? Venus. I say so ? No ! I dare not ! Oh forbear ! TannhAuser {starts up). There, there She comes in waking ! Hail to Thee ! I am afraid, I also, I myself ! Help ! lover, Venus, mistress of my life ! I cannot bear the glory of the gaze. No man shall look upon the face of God ! Where art thou } Save me from the scorpion ! I am — alone ! Hathoor. Light, Truth, arise, arise ! TannhAuser. I see— I see ! All blinded by the Light — Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 153

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

A HANDBOOK OF GEOMANCY Agriculture, sorrow, death. Good fortune, feasting, church preferment. War, victory, fighting. Power, magistracy. Love, music, pleasure. Science, learning, knavery. Travelling, fishing, &c. vxwvOars In diagram, p. 144, the Sigil of Hismael should be used. In marking points fix attention on Sigil and on the question proposed ; the hand should not be moved from the paper till complete. It is convenient to rule lines, to guide the eye. The daughters are derived by reading the mothers horizontally. The four nephews, Figures I…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 153

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

A HANDBOOK OF GEOMANCY Agriculture, sorrow, death. Good fortune, feasting, church preferment. War, victory, fighting. Power, magistracy. Love, music, pleasure. Science, learning, knavery. Travelling, fishing, &c. vxwvOars In diagram, p. 144, the Sigil of Hismael should be used. In marking points fix attention on Sigil and on the question proposed ; the hand should not be moved from the paper till complete. It is convenient to rule lines, to guide the eye. The daughters are derived by reading the mothers horizontally. The four nephews, Figures I…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 73

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…e sky. 71. Hail! ye twin warriors about the pillars of the world! for your time is nigh at hand. 72. I am the Lord of the Double Wand of Power; the wand of the Force of Coph Nia—but my left hand is empty, for I have crushed an Universe; & nought remains. 73. Paste the sheets from right to left and from top to bottom: then behold! 74. There is a splendour in my name hidden and glorious, as the sun of midnight is ever the son. 75. The ending of the words is the Word Abrahadabra. The Book of the Law is Written and Concealed. Aum. Ha. [For doubtful…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 73

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…e sky. 71. Hail! ye twin warriors about the pillars of the world! for your time is nigh at hand. 72. I am the Lord of the Double Wand of Power; the wand of the Force of Coph Nia—but my left hand is empty, for I have crushed an Universe; & nought remains. 73. Paste the sheets from right to left and from top to bottom: then behold! 74. There is a splendour in my name hidden and glorious, as the sun of midnight is ever the son. 75. The ending of the words is the Word Abrahadabra. The Book of the Law is Written and Concealed. Aum. Ha. [For doubtful…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 97

The Law is for All

… have to know them perfectly before you can do this; otherwise you are not in a position to transcend them. Aiwaz here explains that his power over me depended upon II: 12 the fact that Hadit is verily “the core of every star.” As is well known, there is a limit to the power of the hypnotist; he cannot overcome the resistance of the Unconscious of his patient. My own Unconscious was thus in alliance with Aiwaz; taken between two fires, my conscious self was paralyzed so long as the pressure lasted. It will be seen later—verses 61 to 69—that my …

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1898 · PDF PAGE 81

White Stains

…t, fearful and murderous tongue. Hell is the house of all delight, Heaven the home of a bitter blight ; Pain is our joy and our spirits’ power, Never shall fade its fiery flower. Now is the triumph of Love, gazing far to an infinite pleasure, Pleasure that mocks Heaven’s hopes, that our hands are impatient to hold. Love and delight pouring out, in a fearless insatiate measure, Out of the chalice of lust, scarlet o’errunning its gold. This is the song of the Spring, that the nightingales carol by starlight, This the delight of our eyes, as they …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 57

Oracles

…nventor’s spark, Confessor of hanged men and plotters dark ! O Satan, have pity of my long misery ! Adopted sire of whom black wrath and power Of God the Father chased from Eden Bower ! O Satan, have pity of my long misery ! FEMMES DAMNÉES. Like pensive cattle couched upon the sand They turn their eyes to ocean’s distant ring ; Feet seek each other, hand desires hand, With langour sweet and bitter shuddering.

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1913 · PDF PAGE 181

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

…GURE OF SPEED . L ERE does she sit, her foot upon the wing 11 Of a winged wheel , and in one mighty hand Holding aloft her golden rod of power ; And in the other hand a flaming bar , With spear - like darting jaggéd lightning heads . Her face is like some ancient hero 's face , Far - seeing eyes , and brows , where sleep the thoughts That shall be born in lightnings , and her lips Most smoothly curved , but set too firm that love Should dally with his rosy kisses there . Her corslet clasps her firm and vital breasts , But leaves uncaught her st…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 55

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…he Great Work, in 1901 e.v. He only discovered that 418 was the number of his house in conséquence of AIWAZ mentioning the fact. (b) His power to conceal a cohérent System of numbers and letters in the text of a rapidly-written document, containing ridelles and ciphers opening to a Master-Key unknown to the scribe, yet linked with his own System ; this Key and its subordi - nates being moreover a comment on the text. as the communication from Amalantrah. The letter ends as fallows: “Please inform your readers that I, Samuel bar Aiwaz bie Yackou…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 61

The Goetia

…forth, I, who am the servant of the Most HicH anp IMPERIAL Lorp Gop or Hosts, lzHovan, I who am dignified and fortified by His celestial power and permission, and yet thou comest not to answer these my propositions here made unto thee. For the which thine averseness and contempt thou art guilty of great disobedience and rebellion, and therefore shall I excommunicate thee, and destroy thy name and seal, the which I have enclosed in this box; and shall burn thee in the immortal fire and bury thee in immortal oblivion; unless thou immediately come…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 56

The Goetia

… by the Chief Prince of the Seat of Apologia in the Ninth Legion, I do invoke thee, and by invocating conjure thee. And being armed with power from the Supreme Mayesty, I do strongly command thee, by Him Who spake and it was done, and unto whom all creatures be obedient. Also I, being made after the image of Gop, endued with power from Gop, and created according unto His will, do exorcise thee by that most mighty and powerful name of Gop, EL, strong and wonderful; O thou Spirit N. And I command thee by Him who spake the Word and His Fiat was ac…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 52

Oracles

…orget. I would have pitied him. This flower spits blood upon him ; so must I Cast ashes through the misty sky to mock his faded crown of power, And with our laughter’s nails refix his torn flesh faster to the wood, And with more cruel zest make good the shackles of the Crucifix. So be it ! In thy arms I rest, lulled into silence by the strain Of sweet love-whispers, while I drain damnation from thy tawny breast :

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1907 · PDF PAGE 31

Rodin in Rime

…this, thy Tower of Toil. Grow up the grades! record the tasks These arduous phantoms have achieved! The growth of mind to mortals asks A power not swift to be believed. What bosoms heaved ere Nature's age From monkey-man deduced the sage! So be thy spiral tower the type Of higher convolutions drawn From hunger’s woe and murder’s gripe And lust’s revulsion to the dawn Of days that spawn on holier soil Thy loftier sons, O Tower of Toil. 17

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1910 · PDF PAGE 51

Ambergris

…ng through the streams that flow In ether to the sky, The moving archipelago, Stars in their seigneury. Thine be the kingdom ! Thine the power ! The glory triply thine ! Thine, through Eternity’s swift hour Eternity, thy shrine Yea, by the holy lotus-flower, Even mine !

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1906 · PDF PAGE 242

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…s, distinct from men and things. In fact, personally, I believe in them all, and admit them to possess inconceivable though not infinite power. The Buddhists admit the existence of Maha-Brahma, but his power and knowledge are limited ; and his agelong day must end. I find evidence everywhere, even in our garbled and mutilated version of the Hebrew Scriptures, that Jehovah’s power 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 he should be proved…

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