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1912 · PDF PAGE 154

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…isit us in peace and comfort: conclude us receivers of your mysteries: for why? Our Lord and Master is the All-One! [Invokes2 Nanta; the whole tablet of Barth. The angle of Vי019? The Princess of the Echoing Hills, the Rose of the Palace of Earth] THE OPENING OF THE TEMPLE IN THE GRADE OFם4<>=7? GIVE the sign of Thoum—aesh-neithr [Knock] Let us adore the Lord and King of Fire I Tetragrammaton Tzabaothl Blessed be Thou! The Leader of Armies is Thy Namel AMEN! uz

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1912 · PDF PAGE 154

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…isit us in peace and comfort: conclude us receivers of your mysteries: for why? Our Lord and Master is the All-One! [Invokes2 Nanta; the whole tablet of Barth. The angle of Vי019? The Princess of the Echoing Hills, the Rose of the Palace of Earth] THE OPENING OF THE TEMPLE IN THE GRADE OFם4<>=7? GIVE the sign of Thoum—aesh-neithr [Knock] Let us adore the Lord and King of Fire I Tetragrammaton Tzabaothl Blessed be Thou! The Leader of Armies is Thy Namel AMEN! uz

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1913 · PDF PAGE 130

Book 4 (Part II)

…ast to West. What is the height of this Temple? From the Abyss to the Abyss. There is, therefore, nothing movable or immovable under the whole firmament of heaven which is not included in this pantacle, though it be but " eight inches in diameter, and in thickness half an inch." Fire is not matter at all; water is a combination of elements; air almost entirely a mixture of elements; earth contains all both in admixture and in combination. So must it be with this Pantacle, the symbol of earth. And as this Pantacle is made of pure wax, do not for…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 306

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…l, and more mosquitoes than I had seen for many a month. We hurried on by train to Yen Bay, a filthy hole with no redeeming feature. The whole country and its people are monotonously reddish brown; skin, clothes, food, roofs --- everything but the grass and the trees, which are all the same shade of dull green. The whole forms a curiously harmonious picture, very low in tone and undeniably depressing. The sky itself was uniformly leaden, though I suppose this was a question of the time of the year. There are few features in the scenery; a damp …

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1901 · PDF PAGE 45

The Mother’s Tragedy

…m most miserable. But truth must leap In this tremendous moment from my lips, Its long-shut barrier. For I pity thee With my old heart’s whole pity. Thou art young, And beautiful, and proud, and dear to me, Whom I have served thy life through. Now that love Demands a deadlier service—to speak truth. Thou art not Horus, but a man as I. CHORUS. Thou art not Horus, buta man. Thy life Is not of the immortals, but, as ours, Stands at the summons of the hooded death. PACHAD. Speak! I have this much of a god in me— I am not shaken at your cries; my li…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 119

Oracles

…ou guess how gladly to the door I rushed And flung it wide. Why ! no one’s there ! Arouse ! I am asleep. What horror came and crushed My whole soul’s life out as some shadow brushed My body and passed in ? All sense allows At last the fearful truth—This is the house ! This is my old house on the marsh, and here, Here is the terror of the distant sea Moaning, and here the wind that wails, the drear Groans like a ghost’s, the desolate house of fear Whence I fled once from my great enemy— This is the house ! O speechless misery ! Here the great si…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 15

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

EDITORIAL Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. THE world needs religion. Religion must represent Truth, and celebrate it. This truth is of two orders: one, concerning Nature ex- ternal to Man; two, concerning Nature internal to Man. Existing religions, especially Christianity, are based on primitive ignorance of the facts, particularly of external Nature. Celebrations must conform to the custom and nature of the people. Christianity has destroyed the joyful celebrations, char- acterized by music, dancing, feasting, and making love; …

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1919 · PDF PAGE 38

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…CXX. Liper L Vet Lecis Sub Figura CCXX. as delivered by XCIII. unto DCLXVI. This book is the foundation of the New ‘Zon, and thus of the whole of our Work. Liser DCCCCLXIII. (Only the short note pertains to Class A.) This Book is a superb collection of Litanies ap- propriate to the Signs of the Zodiac. Liser CMXIII. Liser Via Memoria. Gives meth- ods for attaining the magical memory or memory of past lives, and an insight into the function of the aspirant in this present life. Liser III. LrserJucorum. An instruction for the con- trol of speech,…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 19

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

… iii part 1), p. 11. This appendix is extracted therefrom. Liber CCXX (L vel Legis). The Book of the Law, which is the foundation of the whole work. Text in Equinox x, p. 9. Short commentary in Equinox VII, p. 378. Full commentary by the Master Therion through whom it was given to the world, will be published shortly. Liber CCXVI. The Yi King. A new translation, with a commentary by the Master Therion. Unpublished. Liber CCXXXI. Liber Arcanorum twv ATU toü TAHUTI quas vidit ASAR in AMENNTI sub figura CCXXXI. Liber Carcerorum tov QLIPHOTH cum su…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 59

The Scented Garden

…heir heels in a well at Babylon, where they wile away the time by giving magical instruction. The mean- ing, therefore, (argal !) of the whole passage is that unredeemed (i.e. uninitiated) man, however ordina- rily devout, is liable to become a sorcerer ! I cannot help thinking that Mahbub must have been hung up by his heels at one time ; nobody could ever think all that out right way up !

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1938 · PDF PAGE 24

The Heart of the Master

The Mystery of Sin. “The word of Sin is Restriction. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.” Such were the words of a certain square tablet of brass which lay upon the hexagonal table beneath the extended forefinger of mine Instructor. And because he saw that their sense was partly hidden from me, he called to my memory two other writings from a compilation of certain Jews of old: “All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God”; and this: “The thought of foolishness is sin.” Now did I understand that all men live in sin, being b…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 8

Jezebel

…on for that sacrament Of shame. From the day unto this My cheek desires that hideous kiss. Her hate, her scorn, her cruel blows, Fill my whole life, consume my breath ; Her red-fanged hatred in me glows, I lust for her, and hell, and death. I see that ghastly look, and yearn Toward the brands of her that burn. Sleep shuns me ; dreams divide the night, (My parched throat thirsty for her veins) That she and I with deep delight Suck from death’s womb infernal pains, Whose fire consumes, destroys, devours Through night’s insatiable hours. And altog…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 71

Liber Aleph

…n another One, and in the third an organised and necessary Part of that great Structure, so that there is no more conflict at all in thy whole By-coming. But now will I make Light for thine Eyes in this Matter as thou gropest, asking: but of them that see not this, what sayst thou, o my Father? But in that Vision thou sayst not thus, my Son! Learn then of me the Secret Mystery of Illusion, and how it Worketh, and other Holy Law that is its Nature, and of thine Action therein; for this is an Arcanum of the Wisdom of the Magi, and proper unto the…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 15

Jezebel

…h those peerless eyes That burn my soul ; you loose the torrent stream Of my desire ; you make my lips your prize, And on them burns the whole life’s hope : you deem You buy a heart ; but I am well aware How my damnation dwells in that supreme Passion to feed upon your shoulders bare, And pass the dewy twilight of our sin In the intolerable flames of hair That clothe my body from your head ; you win The devil’s bargain ; I am yours to kill, Yours, for one kiss ; my spirit for your skin ! O bitter love, consuming all my will ! O love destroying,…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 7

Mortadello

…l of brown diamond within Homard Cardinal on the vanguard and Pêches Richeliseu on the rearguard, as is only too evident from nearly the whole of the Second Act. And then in an evil hour, inauspicious in heaven, I took to the Salade Parisienne at the Rat Mort. I have had the strength of mind to destroy the corresponding manuscript.

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1912 · PDF PAGE 198

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

THE EQUINOX a red Greek Cross. From this White Centre, Twelve Rays, also white, issue: these terminate at the circumference, making the whole something like an Astrological figure of the Heavens. It is surmounted by a small circle, above which is a large white Maltese Cross, and with two white wings. Four Crosses and two buds are shewn. The Hand issueth from the Clouds as in the other three cases. It represents materiality in all senses, good and evil: and is, therefore, in a sense, illusionary: it shows material gain, labour, power, wealth, etc…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 198

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

THE EQUINOX a red Greek Cross. From this White Centre, Twelve Rays, also white, issue: these terminate at the circumference, making the whole something like an Astrological figure of the Heavens. It is surmounted by a small circle, above which is a large white Maltese Cross, and with two white wings. Four Crosses and two buds are shewn. The Hand issueth from the Clouds as in the other three cases. It represents materiality in all senses, good and evil: and is, therefore, in a sense, illusionary: it shows material gain, labour, power, wealth, etc…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 25

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…oks for Serious Study: Lrper CCXX. (Liper L ver Lecis.) The Book of the Law. This book is the foundation of the New Zon, and thus of the whole of our Work. Tue Egurnox, Vol. I. Nos. l.-X. The standard Work of Reference in all occult matters. The Encyclopedia of Initiation. Liser ABA (Book 4). A GENERAL Account in elemen- tary terms of magical and mystical powers. In four parts: (1) Mysticism. (2) Magical Theory. (3) Magical Practice. (4) The Law. Liper II. THE MEssaGE oF THE MASTER THERION, which explains the essence of the new law in a very si…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 50

Liber Aleph

… happy. But we do care that each fulfil its Function, and the Failure of even a few Cells, or their Revolt, may involve the Death of the whole Organism. Yet even here the Complaint of a few, which we call Pain, is a Warning of general Danger. Many Cells fulfil their Destiny by swift Death, and this being their Function, they in no wise resent it. Should Hæmoglobin resist the Attack of Oxygen, the Body would perish, and the Hæmoglobin would not even save itself. Now, o my Son, do thou then consider deeply of these Things in thine Ordering of the…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 529

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…. with those of the A.'. A.'.. 93 is also the number of the Secret Word of the Neophyte of A.'. A.'., a word indicating symbolically the whole course of existence. It is in fact a completion of the ideas contained in the Sacred Word of the Hindus, AUM. It was to be discovered later that the Secret Key of The Book of the Law is the number 31, 1/3 of 93. There are three words, each of the value of 31 which represent perfectly the whole mystery of existence. That Aiwaz should have, so to speak, signed himself with His Law, was irrefutable proof of…

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