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1912 · PDF PAGE 36

Mortadello

…ust face Venice now. MONICA. I am at the height of Fate ! GABRIELE. Halt there ! ORLANDO. Who calls ? GABRIELE. Allow The warrant of the Three ! I have a word to speak To the Princess. MONICA. To me ? My lord, I am too weak To move against your will. I only ask to go, As is my custom still, a pilgrim to and fro Among my poor, to heal, to comfort, to befriend— [She kneels before him. GABRIELE. Nay, lady, never kneel ! I am come in peace. Attend ! This is my warrant. Since dissensions are so rife, That Venice and its prince are seething with the …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 240

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

… other lights , the other trees ... ... There 's a mist on the land , low flying There was a man who loved a wood so well ... There were three hills that stood alone The shadows flickering , the daylight dying The Virgin lies at Bethlehem The years have judgment given Though I was born a Londoner Through the more limpid air the live trams clash Through the Uncreated ... To and fro , and out and back ... . To sea ! To sea ! The ship is trim ... ... Two things I ask of you , and they are these ... Unutterably far , and still , and high ... Vague …

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1926 · PDF PAGE 7

Liber Al vel Legis

…id: The ordeals I write not: the rituals shall be half known and half con- cealed: the Law is for all. 35. This that thou writest is the threefold book of Law. 36. My scribe Ankh-af—na-khonsu,the priest of the princes, shall not in one letter change his book; but lest there be folly, he shall comment thereupon by the wisdom of Ra-Hoor-Khuit. 37. Also the mantras and spells; the obeah and the wanga; the work of the wand and the work of the sword: these he shall learn and teach. 38. He must teach; but he may make severe the ordeals. 39. The word …

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1930 · PDF PAGE 27

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…n love, which is both unique and universal. 2. The order consists of eleven grades or degrees, and is numbered as follows: these compose three groups, the Orders of the S. S., of the R. C., and of the G. D. respectively. The Order of the S. S. Ipsissimus. 10° 1G Magus .... 9° — 2D Magister Templi ... . 8° = 3D The Order of the R. C. (Babe of the Abyss — the link) Adeptus Exemptus . . . . 7° — Ao Adeptus Major. 6° — 5D Adeptus Minor . . 5° — 6D The Order of the G. D. (Dominus Liminis — the link) Philosophus. 40 = ju Practicus. 3° — gD Zelator. 2…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 54

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

… Wisdom; let him that hath understanding count the number of the Beast; for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred and three score and six. TO ME! A 0HPION, the Great Wild Beast, has the value, according to the Greek System, of 666. It is, of course, the title of the Master Therion. The Master H herion was, about this time, in communication with an intelligence who gave the name of Amalantrah. On Sunday, February 24, 1918, at 9*3° P* m-, The Master Therion asked Amalantrah if he could use the Word OHPION as if it were Hebrew, …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 58

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…avoiding all, even the smallest, consideration of things occult, as also he bade me. Thus, at the beginning, I did meditate twice daily, three meditations morning and evening, upon such simple objects as—a white triangle; a red cross; Isis; the simple Tatwas; a wand; and the like. I remained after some three weeks for 593} minutes at one time, wherein my thought wandered 25 times. Now I began also to consider more complex things: my little Rose Cross;+ the these A&thyrs, “whose dominion extendeth in ever widening circles without and beyond the …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 58

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…avoiding all, even the smallest, consideration of things occult, as also he bade me. Thus, at the beginning, I did meditate twice daily, three meditations morning and evening, upon such simple objects as—a white triangle; a red cross; Isis; the simple Tatwas; a wand; and the like. I remained after some three weeks for 593} minutes at one time, wherein my thought wandered 25 times. Now I began also to consider more complex things: my little Rose Cross;+ the these A&thyrs, “whose dominion extendeth in ever widening circles without and beyond the …

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1919 · PDF PAGE 267

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

ECCLESIAE GNOSTICAE CATHOLICAE He then gives the Lance to the Priestess, and gives the three penal signs. He then kneels, and worships the Lance with both hands. Penitential music. Tue PRIEST. I ama man among men. He takes again the Lance, and lowers it. He rises. Tue PRIEST. How should I be worthy to administer the virtues to the Brethren? The Priestess takes from the child the water and the salt, and mixes them in the font. Tue Priestess. Let the salt of Earth admonish the Water to bear the virtue of the Great Sea. (Genuflects.) Mother, be th…

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1928 · PDF PAGE 150

Little Poems in Prose

…g inspired me: to disencumber myself without lacking in respect. What would you that I should do with her, since she was per- fect?” The three other men looked at their com- panion with a vague and slightly stupefied

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1944 · PDF PAGE 47

The Book of Thoth

…shape the He‐ brew letter (so it is said) represents a plough‐ share; thus the significance is primarily Phallic. It is the first of the three Mother letters, Aleph, Mem, and Shin, which correspond in various interwoven fashions with all the triads that occur in these cards, notably Fire, Water, Air; Fa‐ ther, Mother, Son; Sulphur, Salt, Mercury; Rajas, Sattvas and Tamas. The really important feature of this card is that its number should be 0. It represents therefore the Negative above the Tree of Life, the source of all things. It is the Qaba…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 272

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…inite Opposites. is the Egg of Matter; is &, the Bull, or Energy-Motion ; and ‘1 is the Sun, or organised and moving System of Orbs. The three Letters of WIN thus repeat the three Ideas. The Nature of TN is thus analysed, under the figure of the ten Numbers and the 22 Letters which together compose what the Rosicrucians have diagrammatised under the name of Minutum Mundum. (See Table of Correspondences.) It will be noticed that every Number and Letter has its “‘ Correspondence ”’ in Ideas of every Sort ; so that any given Object can be analysed…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 267

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…ng in Darkness.” The four pillars being thus established, now only is the Candidate invested with the badge of the White Triangle of the Three Supernals formulating in Darkness ; and now only is the Higher Soul able to formulate a link with him if the human will of the natural man be in reality consenting thereto, For the free will of the Candidate as a natural man is never obsessed, either by the Higher Soul, or by the ceremony. But the Will consenting, the whole of the ceremony is directed to the strengthening of its action. And as this badge…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 267

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…ng in Darkness.” The four pillars being thus established, now only is the Candidate invested with the badge of the White Triangle of the Three Supernals formulating in Darkness ; and now only is the Higher Soul able to formulate a link with him if the human will of the natural man be in reality consenting thereto, For the free will of the Candidate as a natural man is never obsessed, either by the Higher Soul, or by the ceremony. But the Will consenting, the whole of the ceremony is directed to the strengthening of its action. And as this badge…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 528

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…bstitutions, including use of cognate letters. In simple Greek gematria, the total is very different. people. More especially there were three women, symbolized as three scorpions of the symbolic desert which I was crossing in my mystic journey. It is not yet clear whether I dealt with these women as I should have done. One was Eva Tanguay, the supreme artist, whom I hymned in the April International; one, a married woman, a Russian aristocrat in exile, and one, a maiden, to whom the Wizard gave the mystic name of Wesrun. This name can be spelt…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 313

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…nings thereof, I will undertake to keep you interested for more than sixteen minutes with their history.” The room was now darkened, and three large globes of crystal, set under the rays of a lamp, stood alone, attracting the eyes. The first globe was limpid and colourless, the second was of the palest amethyst, the third of a rich yellow. Worlds were revolving within. Then Elphénor broke the silence again. “She was a little girl and he was a little boy . . .’ 295

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1910 · PDF PAGE 313

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…nings thereof, I will undertake to keep you interested for more than sixteen minutes with their history.” The room was now darkened, and three large globes of crystal, set under the rays of a lamp, stood alone, attracting the eyes. The first globe was limpid and colourless, the second was of the palest amethyst, the third of a rich yellow. Worlds were revolving within. Then Elphénor broke the silence again. “She was a little girl and he was a little boy . . .’ 295

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1912 · PDF PAGE 48

Mortadello

…s. Farewell for the time. [To THE DOGE.] My lord, you whelm the spirit. If such mystery In my realm of the Ten, what shall I deem of the Three ? THE DOGE. My son, the keys of power are in your hand this hour. The garden is yours ; the shower is God’s ; may He grant the flower ! MORTADELLO. Father, I take my leave ; to-morrow’s busi- ness presses. Venice shall wake to joy-bells. THE DOGE. Make the wildernesses To blossom like the rose, my God, in whom I trust. MORTADELLO. Trust me to strike, my father. THE DOGE. Son, we are but dust [They greet …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 364

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…Wool ‘p2 Wey Period of time; Time ny Solum; fundus yprp 47t Palatia mba Mount Moriah. aA [2 Chron. iii, 1] 472 Was terrified nya 473 The Three Persons. UNTANS (ATH: HVA: ANI coalesced] Skull andi Molitrices many 474 Knowledge. [Vide K.D. nyo L.C.K. p. 252, et seq.] (Plural) —Wisdom mypsan The Testimony within the Ark my A ram, he-goat; a prepared any sacrifice Angel L.T.D. of 96 wy 475 [Vide no. 473.] In xndabya Golgotha 476 pons Domus Iudicii; Curia; Consistorium iudiciale 48 477 478 nbubna The Lesser Countenance, PDN vy Microprosopus Cranium,…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 364

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…Wool ‘p2 Wey Period of time; Time ny Solum; fundus yprp 47t Palatia mba Mount Moriah. aA [2 Chron. iii, 1] 472 Was terrified nya 473 The Three Persons. UNTANS (ATH: HVA: ANI coalesced] Skull andi Molitrices many 474 Knowledge. [Vide K.D. nyo L.C.K. p. 252, et seq.] (Plural) —Wisdom mypsan The Testimony within the Ark my A ram, he-goat; a prepared any sacrifice Angel L.T.D. of 96 wy 475 [Vide no. 473.] In xndabya Golgotha 476 pons Domus Iudicii; Curia; Consistorium iudiciale 48 477 478 nbubna The Lesser Countenance, PDN vy Microprosopus Cranium,…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 91

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…Domus Det. An instruction for attainment by the direct destruction of thoughts as they arise in the mind. Liper XVII.—Liber J A O. Gives three methods of attainment through a willed series of thoughts. This book has not been published. It is the active form of Liber HH H. The article “ Energized Enthusiasm” is an adumbration of this book. LiBer XXV. This is the chapter called the “Star Ruby” in the Book of Lies. It is an improved form of the “lesser” ritual of the Pentagram. Lrser XXVIII.—Lider Septem Regum Sanctorum. Has not been published. It…

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