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1914 · PDF PAGE 18

Chicago May

…t—ob | unveil the Graal for me! What! you are past redemption thief and whore? It is for you I must give up my life. My maid is pure and true; she needs no more. You are the bitch that I must make my wife. Tlove her. Yes: then just that love demands Renunciation. Ay! love understands. 7

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1961 · PDF PAGE 123

Liber Aleph

…t must such Act be done rightly, according to Art; and unless such Act is of Profit alike to Mind and Body, it is an Error. This then is true Doctrine; which if it be understanded aright of thee, shall make diamond-clear thy Path in Love, which (to them that know not this) is so obscure and perilous that I believe there is not one Man in Ten Thousand that cometh not to Misadventure therein. k

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1907 · PDF PAGE 54

Collected Works (Vol. III)

… to-morrow they instal him as Lord Abbot. Sir HERPES Z, What? And he a Highlander? S1R GRABSON J. It seems that was a mere disguise; his true name was Jchann Schmidt.! Sir HERPES Z. So? Why the deception? S1R GRABSON J. A Jesuit, no doubt! But about Lady Percivale now? SiR HERPES Z, Better and better. Old Farmer Tyson, luckily enough, as it turned out, insisted on examination, and no less than: twenty-three skilled surgeons—all men of note !—declared her to be wzrxvo0 tntacta. SiR GRABSON J. Eh? What? SIR HERPES Z, You see, Englishmen—ah ! SIR …

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1944 · PDF PAGE 246

The Book of Thoth

…very similar. In this essay, and in these de‐ signs, is given an analysis of the general character of each card; but he cannot reach any true appreciation of them without observing their behaviour over a long period; he can only come to an understanding of the Tarot through experience. It will not be sufficient for him to inten‐ sify his studies of the cards as objective things; he must use them; he must live with them. They, too, must live with him. A card is not isolated from its fellows. The reactions of the cards, their interplay with each …

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1924 · PDF PAGE 12

An Open Letter to Lord Beaverbook

…umes, therefore, without hesitation, that such an allegation, deliber- ately published, by a well-known paper, as an indictment, must be true. 9. Now you, my Lord, as proprietor of the Sunday Express, can satisfy yourself, by a few minutes’ inquiry, that your editor is unable to specify the date or place of any such conviction. You can compel him to admit to you that he printed this, the most damaging libel conceivable, either without trying to verify it, or after failing to do so. You can satisfy yourself that he has not now, and never has had…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 53

Liber Aleph

…ess upon thee as in Conformity with our holy Experience in the Way of Truth. And it is this, that since that which can be thought is not true, every Statement is in some Sense false. Even on the Sea of pure Reason, we may say that every Statement is in some Sense disputable, therefore in every Case, even the simplest, the Child should be taught not only the Thesis, but also its opposite, leaving the Decision to the Child’s own Judgment and good Sense, fortified by Experience. And this Practice will develop its Power of Thought, and its Confiden…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 69

Why Jesus Wept

WHY JESUS WEPT 55 Thou chaste pale goddess blooded to the human, Artemis rosy like Hippolyta ! Ay, my lord, were it true, your liar’s lore, (Oh blasphemy !) were my young love an whore, An hag of sixty ; I were greater so. He who doth know And fears and hates, Is not as he who cares not, but creates A royal crown from an old bonnet string, A maiden from a strumpet : that is to be like God, Who from all chaos, from the husks of matter, Crusts shed off putrefaction, shakes a wing And flies ; bids flowers spring from the dull black sod, Is not the…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 18

The Winged Beetle

… Dreams are all lies ; those jetty shadows lie When the full moon doth crown the midnight sky ; But shadows image truth, and dreams come true, For when I wake my arms are full of you.

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1912 · PDF PAGE 149

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

… the First I made ye stewards, and placed ye in twelve seats of government: giving unto every one of you power successively over the 456 true ages οἱtime: to the intent that from the highest vessels and the corners of your governments you might work my Power, pouring down the fires of life and increase continually on the earth. Thus you are become the skirts of Justice and Truth. In the name of the same your God, lift up, Ι say, yourselvesl Behold! His mercies flourish, and (His) Name is become mighty among us. In whom we say: Movel Descend I and…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 149

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

… the First I made ye stewards, and placed ye in twelve seats of government: giving unto every one of you power successively over the 456 true ages οἱtime: to the intent that from the highest vessels and the corners of your governments you might work my Power, pouring down the fires of life and increase continually on the earth. Thus you are become the skirts of Justice and Truth. In the name of the same your God, lift up, Ι say, yourselvesl Behold! His mercies flourish, and (His) Name is become mighty among us. In whom we say: Movel Descend I and…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 98

Liber Aleph

…6 Gh De Formula Tota (Of the Complete Formula) ERE then is the Schedule for all the Operations of Magick. First, thou shalt discover thy true Will, as I have already taught thee, and that Bud thereof which is the Purpose of this Operation. Next, formulate this Bud-Will as a Person, seeking or constructing it, and naming it according to thine Holy Qabalah, and its infallible Rule of Truth. Third, purify and consecrate this Person, concen- trating upon him and against all else. This Preparation shall continue in all thy daily Life. Mark well, mak…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 85

Oracles

…e birth ? O waves of death, O saltness, O sorrow manifold ! I see beneath thy darkness azure ; deeper still, the heart of gold. Am I not true, O mother, who hast held the lives of men Sucked down to thy swart bosom—O render not again ! Keep thou our life and mix it with thine eternal sleep : Rest, let us rest from passion there, deep ! O how deep ! Deep calleth unto deep, Amen ! hast thou no passion, thou ? Even now the white flames kindle on thy universal brow. I hear white serpents hiss and wild black dragons roll ; And the storm of love is o…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 198

The Book of Thoth

…ed to Alchemy. The number Two referring to Will, this card might really be renamed the Lord of Love under Will, for that is its full and true meaning. It shows the harmony of the male and the fe‐ male: interpreted in the largest sense. It is perfect and placid harmony, radiating an intensity of joy and ecstasy.

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1907 · PDF PAGE 76

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…ced rose of France. A soldier’s heart is thine —a soldier’s arms shall be round thee in a moment! ’Tis a fine thing this love—the strong true abiding love ofa brave man. How like little Florise her voice is when she sings ! [By thts fool's talk he loses his oppor- tunity. Enter DENYS. DENYs. Cold is no word for it. [Shudders.] Where the devil have I got to now? Jad I but vowed St. Denys a candle and put the same in my pocket, I would not now be in the dark. Here was a lane, and the folk had called it Wolf’s Throat, and now here’s a door and dev…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 85

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ess so far as it is indicated by the Tarot Trumps. Liper CCCLXX.—Liber A’ASH Vel Capricorni Pneu- matici Sub Figuré CCCLXX. Contains the true secret of all practical magick. Lrser CD.—Liber Tav Vel Kabbale Trium Literarum Sub Figuré CD. A graphic interpretation of the Tarot on the plane of initiation. 45

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1913 · PDF PAGE 85

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ess so far as it is indicated by the Tarot Trumps. Liper CCCLXX.—Liber A’ASH Vel Capricorni Pneu- matici Sub Figuré CCCLXX. Contains the true secret of all practical magick. Lrser CD.—Liber Tav Vel Kabbale Trium Literarum Sub Figuré CD. A graphic interpretation of the Tarot on the plane of initiation. 45

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1938 · PDF PAGE 25

The Heart of the Master

… the other South; yet are they harmonious parts of the same system. And the rowlock which resisteth the oar hindereth not but aideth the True Will of that oar. So then self-control is nowise the enemy of Freedom, but that which maketh it possible. And he who would deliver a muscle from its bondage to its bone by severing it rendereth that muscle impotent. Moreover hear this word: as a muscle is vain, except it be rightly ordered, so also is thy work to be made easy by uniting thyself to the Work of the Master, even Therion, whose True Will it i…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 12

White Stains

…s, frivolous and scoffing sensualist ; besides a host of others, most alike in this, that, below the cloak of madness and depravity, the true heart of genius burns. No more terrible pe- riod than this is to be found in literature ; so many great minds, of which hardly one comes to fruition ; such seeds of genius, such a harvest of—whirlwind ! Even a barren waste of sea is less saddening than one strewn with wreckage. In England such wild song found few followers of any worth or melody. Swinburne stands on his solitary pedestal above the vulgar …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 28

The World’s Tragedy

…s into the painful position we now occupy. The “ man-eating beasts because of whom we dare not love thee ”, once gone, we can revive the true cultus of the Logos ; the chastitymongering masturbators once swept away, we can without reproach follow our natural inclina- tion to purity : the lawyers and millionnaires and dema- gogues once squelched, we can enjoy our property without alarm. Young men ! there is the enemy. I am no coward, I hope ; and believe that I may make a fairly good general — at least no traitor. But without an army I am useles…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 121

Mortadello

… in my heart there seems the echo of a sigh. Delight dissolves the dreams desire had set on high ! MONICA. Oh, we shall find fresh food. True wit is never stale. Trust me, my merry mood. LUCREZIA. Provided we prevail. Can Venice be deceived ? ALESSANDRO. Could all the angel choirs Make any truth believed ? MONICA. Man thinks as he desires. And all men being blind and deaf—— ALESSANDRO. It follows then That women will not find much trouble from the men.

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