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1910 · PDF PAGE 36

Ambergris

…ome folk would make it ! God—should you stretch out a hand, Who can be quicker to take it ? Then you have pacted an oath—judge you if He will forsake it ! I have had hope in the spring— Trust that the God who has given Flowers, and the thrushes that sing Dawnwards all night, and at even Year after year, will be true now we are speaking of heaven.

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1930 · PDF PAGE 7

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 2)

…denied in those Oaths by whose virtue He is Ihat He is. This is the case, even when the spirit of such Orgia is fully consonant with His Will. Ihe literal sense of His original Oath insists that it shall be respected. The case offers two instances of this principle. Frater Perdurabo specifically swore that He would renounce His Personal possessions to the last penny5 also that He would allow no human affection to hinder Elim. Ihese ternis were accepted; He was granted infinitely more than He had imagined possible to any incarnated Man. On the o…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 146

The Law is for All

…to abolish the very idea of dependence on others. Women with child, and infants, are not exceptions, as might seem. They are doing their will, the one class to reproduce, the other to live; the state should consider their welfare to be its first duty; for if they are for the moment dependent on it, it is also dependent on them. A man might as well cut out his heart because it was weak, and in need of cautious care. But he would be no less foolish if he tried to prevent the used-up elements from eliminating themselves from his body. We respect t…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 361

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…hese small over-eagernesses, this book is a revolutionary volume, a work that should stimulate argument and comment; and we hope that it will induce others to collect and discover the secrets of the past before they are devoured by our Minotaurean Civilization. It is a melancholy fact that though amongst the rudest of rude savages secrets have been kept and great systems maintained for hundreds of thousands of years, the “clever” children of the present with all their arts and crafts are only destroyers of the past. We defame antiquity, annihil…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 361

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…hese small over-eagernesses, this book is a revolutionary volume, a work that should stimulate argument and comment; and we hope that it will induce others to collect and discover the secrets of the past before they are devoured by our Minotaurean Civilization. It is a melancholy fact that though amongst the rudest of rude savages secrets have been kept and great systems maintained for hundreds of thousands of years, the “clever” children of the present with all their arts and crafts are only destroyers of the past. We defame antiquity, annihil…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 19

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 2)

…were sol there would be a number of things, sympathetic to the operation, attracted to the Circle. These must be duly dispersed, or thev will degenerate and become evil. It is always easy to do this where invocations are concerned; the mere removal of the strain imposed by the will of the magician will restore things to their normal aspects, in accordance with the great law of inertia. In a badly-managed évocation, however, this does not always obtainj the spirit may refuse to be controlled, and may refuse to départ — even after having sworn ob…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 60

The Law is for All

…t indulgence of irresistible impulse. We glance back to the previous verse—we examine our charter. We are permitted to take our fill and will of love as we will, when, where and with whom we will, but there is nothing said about why we will. On the contrary, despite the infinite variety of lawful means, there is one end held lawful, and no more than one. The act has only one legitimate object: it must be performed unto Nuit. Further reflec­ tion reassures us to some extent, not directly, in the manner of the jurist, but indirectly, by calling o…

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1902 · PDF PAGE 127

Tannhäuser

…ght in word. Enough — The thought transmuted in the very act. Tannhauser. You know ? You know ! The new illusion gone ! Bitter, O bitter will it be to say ! The Unknown Minstrel. Due grace and courage will be found for you. Farewell, Tannhauser ! Tannhauser. Shall we meet again .'' & The Unknown Minstrel. There is one glamour you must wreathe in gloom Before you come to the dark hill of dreams. 125

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1904 · PDF PAGE 116

The Argonauts

…m, but I Advance against thee an impervious blade, And give thee in thy throat and teeth the lie! JASON. Boy’s bluster! MADNESS. Justice will be satisfied. It will be best to flee!

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1913 · PDF PAGE 55

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…s ; jasmine & rose, and the emblems of death. Let him enter in turn or at once the four gates; let him stand on the floor of the palace. Will he not sink? Amn. Ho! warrior, if thy servant sink? But there are means and means. Be goodly therefore: dress ye all in fine apparel; eat rich foods and drink sweet wines and wines that foam! Also, take your fill and will of love as ye will, when, where and with whom ye will! But always unto me. 52. If this be not aright; if ye confound the space-marks, saying: They are one; or saying, They are many; if t…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 55

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…s ; jasmine & rose, and the emblems of death. Let him enter in turn or at once the four gates; let him stand on the floor of the palace. Will he not sink? Amn. Ho! warrior, if thy servant sink? But there are means and means. Be goodly therefore: dress ye all in fine apparel; eat rich foods and drink sweet wines and wines that foam! Also, take your fill and will of love as ye will, when, where and with whom ye will! But always unto me. 52. If this be not aright; if ye confound the space-marks, saying: They are one; or saying, They are many; if t…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 120

White Stains

114 ‘ • Á¼±ÆÁ¿´¯Ä¿Å ’ O½±Á Thy love-gift I will wear, Thy joys my soul shall share, Being made one with thee. So, love, the days may keep My nameless love from me ; Yet over slumber’s deep I will sail into sleep Thither to lie by thee, Hold thee with arms that cleave Lock thee in limbs that leap, Chain thee with lips that leave Kisses of blood to weave Castles of hope in sleep. Poppy ! best flower whose bud Sends dreams to men that die, I drain thy drowsy flood That our impatient blood May mingle utterly. So, Hermes, thou art wed, So, Aphrodite…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 13

Orpheus

footsteps, and (4) I am literally not the man who wrote it, and, despise him as I may, I have no right to interfere with his work. But I will not be haunted by the ghost of a Banquo that another man has failed to lay; and this kind of ghost knows but one exorcism. One should bury him decently in fine fat type, and erect nice boards over him, and collect the criticisms of an enlightened press, and inscribe them on the tomb. Then he is buried beyond resurrection ; oblivion takes him, and he will never haunt the author or anybody else again. So I …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 198

The Winged Beetle

…a moment on urgent business. [The lovers exchange signals privately. EUPHEMIA. Show him up. THOMAS. Yes, miss. [THOMAS goes out. CARR. I will go and get a snack. Trust me—love me—— EUPHEMIA. I will—I do. [They embrace. CARR goes to the door—turns. CARR. Love me—trust me. [EUPHEMIA “ flies to him, kisses him again, nods. EUPHEMIA. I will—I do—I love you—I trust you. CARR. Sweetheart ! [they kiss, furtively, as if hearing footsteps.] So long ! [She retreats into the room, and blows him a kiss. CARR. [outside, loudly]. Good morning, Miss Ossory ! …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 249

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…ies, in my heart is fidelity—fidelity— fidelity. ARIES. Brother Leo, a god has whispered in mine ear: it is folly—folly—folly. LEO. The sun will be obscured in a moment: and no pilgrims can come to.night. ARIES. Νο pilgrims can come to-night. LEO. There will be no more sacrifice. ARIES. There will be no more sacrifice. [SATAN—TYPHON, SCORPIO—APOPI-IIS, am! BESZ 6771'67' silent/y in ῤγσσεπίσπ. The [ig/zl grows maium/wil)! dimmer] ARIEs. Hail, brethren! Ye are come to adore the splen— dour οί the sun? SATAN-TYPHON. We are come to sacrifice. ARIES. What…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 249

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…ies, in my heart is fidelity—fidelity— fidelity. ARIES. Brother Leo, a god has whispered in mine ear: it is folly—folly—folly. LEO. The sun will be obscured in a moment: and no pilgrims can come to.night. ARIES. Νο pilgrims can come to-night. LEO. There will be no more sacrifice. ARIES. There will be no more sacrifice. [SATAN—TYPHON, SCORPIO—APOPI-IIS, am! BESZ 6771'67' silent/y in ῤγσσεπίσπ. The [ig/zl grows maium/wil)! dimmer] ARIEs. Hail, brethren! Ye are come to adore the splen— dour οί the sun? SATAN-TYPHON. We are come to sacrifice. ARIES. What…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 167

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…ilence; 10 minutes by hearing.t 11th. Recited the Mantra for about 1} hour while painting a talisman. * Any who have undergone this test will readily understand how severe it is. The speaker says something with a view to break the meditation of the meditator. Meanwhile the meditator must so strengthen his will, that he wd/s to remain in his meditation uninterrupted; and yet in the end, though his mind has never wandered in contemplating the object meditated upon, he, neverthe- less, has to repeat what the speaker said; which when the will is ve…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 167

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…ilence; 10 minutes by hearing.t 11th. Recited the Mantra for about 1} hour while painting a talisman. * Any who have undergone this test will readily understand how severe it is. The speaker says something with a view to break the meditation of the meditator. Meanwhile the meditator must so strengthen his will, that he wd/s to remain in his meditation uninterrupted; and yet in the end, though his mind has never wandered in contemplating the object meditated upon, he, neverthe- less, has to repeat what the speaker said; which when the will is ve…

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1939 · PDF PAGE 71

Eight Lectures on Yoga

…ur proper directions; and, thirdly, to govern ourselves accordingly. The question for me is also to describe a method of procedure which will be sufficiently elastic to be useful to every human being. I have tried to do this by combining the two paths of Magick and Yoga. If we perform the preliminary practices, each according to his capacity, the result will surely be the acquisition of a certain technique. And this will become much easier as we advance, especially if we bear it well in mind not to attempt to discriminate between the two method…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 19

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

(Illustration: It is my Will to inform the World of certain facts within my knowledge. I therefore take “magical weapons”, pen, ink, and paper ; I Write “incantations” — these sentences — in the “magical language” i.e. that which is understood by the people I wish to instruct; I call forth “spirits”, such as printers, publishers, booksellers, and so forth, and constrain them to convey my message to those people. The composition and distribution of this book is thus an act of __ . MAGICK by which I cause Changes to take place in conformity with …

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