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1907 · PDF PAGE 50

Konx Om Pax

…rs. P. C. [Aside.] If Maeterlinck gives meaname likeaheadache, will not Shaw call me simply a cough-drop? [ExiL Prompter. [Angn'ly.] The Truth! Mr. .M. H. The Truth! The Truth! The Truth! [Exit Blare of Trumpets. Mrs. Bones. A truce to this theatrical follyl More cofi‘ee, Mr. Bowley? Bowley. Please. I hope you will forgive me, Mrs. Bones, but in honour of the festive season, and as relaxation of our severe labours upon the Table of Correspondences, I have taken the liberty of

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1898 · PDF PAGE 76

Songs of the Spirit

… their face, nor loose their hold upon the perfect prize. My hands no longer write : Communion with the night Is built, a bride of fiery truth across the subtle mind. God’s angels, and His fire, Consume the soul’s desire, And strike a lighter lyre. I seek ; the angels lead me on, all light and truth to find. 66

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1901 · PDF PAGE 29

The Mother’s Tragedy

…as Madeline. I am a man—you mate me with a girl ? CORA. Stop! not a word! My blasphemy to hear, Yours to speak out—when you are told the truth! ULRIC. What truth? This word hath first an ugly sound. The truth! God curse it to His blackest hell If but it stand between us and our love! CORA. O Ulric, Ulric! bear with me awhile! Speak no more words—each syllable strikes here, [Hand to heart. A cloud of wingéd scorpions, that rage In mine own deepest self; for there I know Tame harpies that had ceased to torture me; And this more ghastly brood rene…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 142

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…e, Sorrow and Absence of an Ego— Anikka, Dukkha, and Anatta, which were attained by medi- tating on the inmost meaning of the Four Noble Truths: “The Truth about Suffering; the Truth about the Cause of Suffering; the Truth about the Cessation of Suffering; and the Truth about the Path which leads to the Cessation of 126

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1910 · PDF PAGE 142

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…e, Sorrow and Absence of an Ego— Anikka, Dukkha, and Anatta, which were attained by medi- tating on the inmost meaning of the Four Noble Truths: “The Truth about Suffering; the Truth about the Cause of Suffering; the Truth about the Cessation of Suffering; and the Truth about the Path which leads to the Cessation of 126

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1904 · PDF PAGE 67

Why Jesus Wept

…s month of joy. I am a foolish boy ; Did not the golden starred Ambassador Come like a father to me and implore I would look straight on truth ? “ This is no love-sick youth ! ” He cried, “ She is nigh sixty years of age ; Her lovers are a mangled multitude ; You are one duckling of an infinite brood This vixen hath up-gobbled ! ” Am I mage ? Ay, for I grant the aged diplomat His truth — the truth for him ! To me she is The rosy incarnation of a kiss, The royal rapture of a young delight, The mazy music of virginity, Sun of the day, moon of the…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 109

Ambergris

…glows. Poet, each word ! Maiden, each burden of snows Extending beyond sunset, beyond dawn ! O Rose, inviolate, utterly withdrawn In the truth :—for this is truth ; Love knows ! Ah ! Rose of the World ! Rose ! Rose !

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1913 · PDF PAGE 537

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

… It is the word which creates forms; and forms in their turn react upon the word, in order to modify it and com- plete it. Every word of truth is a beginning of an act of justice. One asks if man may sometimes be necessarily driven to evil. Yes, when his judgment is false, and consequently his word unjust. But one is responsible for a false judgment as for a bad action. What falsifies the judgment is selfishness and its unjust vanities. The unjust word, unable to realize itself by creation, realizes itself by destruction. It must either slay or…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 537

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

… It is the word which creates forms; and forms in their turn react upon the word, in order to modify it and com- plete it. Every word of truth is a beginning of an act of justice. One asks if man may sometimes be necessarily driven to evil. Yes, when his judgment is false, and consequently his word unjust. But one is responsible for a false judgment as for a bad action. What falsifies the judgment is selfishness and its unjust vanities. The unjust word, unable to realize itself by creation, realizes itself by destruction. It must either slay or…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 128

The Vision and the Voice

…mmed; for all these attained unto the grade of Magus, and therefore were they bound with the curse of Thoth. But, being guardians of the truth, they have taught nothing but falsehood, except unto such as understood; for the truth may not pass the Gate of the Abyss. But the reflection of the truth hath been shown in the lower Sephiroth. And its balance is in Beauty, and therefore have they who sought only beauty come nearest to the truth. For the beauty receiveth directly three rays from the supernals, and the others no more than one. So, theref…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 168

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…losophy, Schooled from my childhood in the brother- hood Of poets, to descend to this absurd Quibble of tedious morality? Shame not your truth with that ignoble thought ! And also—tell me, once for all, the truth ! [ Bitterly. Say that you love him—it is on your tongue CORA. Learn the momentous horror of thy birth ! [A pause. ULRIC. I would not urge my suit against that plea, But—I have known you, and your own pure soul Should cast no doubt against me—you have said ‘* Rather we love such as the child of love; And pity—he is not unpitiful In thi…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 5

The Argonauts

THE ARGONAUTS BY ALEISTER CROWLEY SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF RELIGIOUS TRUTH BOLESKINE, FOYERS, INVERNESS 1904

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1901 · PDF PAGE 33

The Mother’s Tragedy

…lips of mine, These harlot lips, and kiss you unashamed ? ULRIC. Strange are these words, and this emotion strange! CORA. Strange is the truth, and deadly as an asp. ULRIC. Wear me no more with this anxiety. CORA. How can I speak? For this will ruin us. ULRIC. Unspoken, I demand thy heart of thee. CORA. My heart is broken. This will murder thine. ULRIC. Kill, but not torture! Let me know the truth.

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1907 · PDF PAGE 292

The Star in the West

…kartshausen : In time and space knowledge is but relative. Is it not true that all which we call reality is but relative , for abso lute truth is not to be found in the phenomenal world . Thus your natural reason does not possess its true essence , but only the appearance of truth and light ; and the more the essence of light inwardly fades , and the man confuses him self with this appearance , and gropes vainly after the dazzling phantasmal images he conjures . This appearance of Truth is practically what the Hindu would call “. maya ,” in whi…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 3

Collected Works (Vol. I)

THE WORKS OF ALEISTER CROWLEY WITH PORTRAITS VOLUME | FOYERS SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF RELIGIOUS TRUTH 1905

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1906 · PDF PAGE 3

Collected Works (Vol. II)

THE WORKS OF ALEISTER CROWLEY WITH PORTRAITS VOLUME II FOYERS SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF RELIGIOUS TRUTH 1906

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1906 · PDF PAGE 5

Gargoyles

Garrone BEING STRANGELY WROUGHT IMAGES OF LIFE AND DEATH BY ALEISTER CROWLEY FOYERS SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF RELIGIOUS TRUTH 1906

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1907 · PDF PAGE 3

Collected Works (Vol. III)

THE WORKS OF ALEISTER CROWLEY WITH PORTRAITS VOLUME III FOYERS SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF RELIGIOUS TRUTH 1907

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1903 · PDF PAGE 18

The God-Eater

…ion, Frazer’s Research, find men have made—since men made aught— Their Gods, and slain, and eaten. Surface ! I, Criosda of the Mist, see truth in all Rather than truth in none. Below the rite The sight ! Beyond the priest, the power! Above The sense, the soul ! So men who made their gods Did make in very deed : so I will make In uttermost truth a new god, since the old Are dead, or drunk with wine, and soma-juice And hemp and opium ! Maurya, thou shalt be ! So for long years I have dared. First the twin death

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1913 · PDF PAGE 78

Book 4 (Part II)

66 In the beginning the Cup of the student is almost empty; and even such truth as he receives may leak away, and be lost. They say that the Venetians made glasses which changed colour if poison was put into them; of such a glass must the student make his Cup. Very little experience on the mystic path will show him that of all the impressions he receives none is true. Either they are false in them- selves, or they are wrongly interpreted in his mind. There is one truth, and only one. All other thoughts are false. And as he advances in the knowl…

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