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1913 · PDF PAGE 599

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

MR. NEUBURG’S NEW VOLUME OF POEMS Imperial 16mo, pp. 200 Now ready. Order through The Equinox, or of any Bookseller THE TRIUMPH OF PAN Porms sy VICTOR B. NEUBURG This volume, containing many poems—nearly all of them hitherto unpublished— besides THe TriumpH or Pan, includes THE Romance or Otivia Vang, The First Edition is limited to Two Hundred and Fifty copies; Two Hundred and Twenty on ordinary paper, whereof less than Two Hundred are for sale; and Thirty on Japanese vellum, of which Twenty-five are for sale. These latter copies are numbered,…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 40

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

…s between the particular Sephiroth which they join is the final key to their understanding. It will be noticed that each chapter of this book is attributed to one of them. This was. not intentional. The book was originally but a collection of haphazard dialogues between Fra. P. and Soror A.; but on arranging the MSS, they fell naturally and of necessity into this division. Conversely, my knowledge of the Schéma pointed out to me numerous gaps in my original exposition; thanks to this, I hâve been able to make it a complété and systematic treati…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 44

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

…ings which are harmonious with it, and express particular parts of its nature. These correspondences hâve been elaborately mapped in the Book 777 in a very convenient and compendious form. It will be necessary for the student to make a careful study of this book in connexion with some actual rituals of Magick, for example, I. He is this only by définition. The universe may contain an infinité variety of worlds inaccessible to human appréhension. Yet, for this very reason, they do not exist for the purposes of the argument. Man has, how- ever, s…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 9

The Law is for All

…aphy, The Great Beast (1951). 4 John Symonds, letter to Gerald Pollinger, April 2, 1986. 5 Magical and Philosophical Commentaries on the Book of the Law (Montréal: 93 Publishing, 1974). Although the most complete edition to date, even this edition made substantial cuts. Crowley’s death in December of 1947 suspended any publish­ ing plans, and Wilkinson did no further editorial work on the book, although he did believe it to be in circulation among the o.T.o.1 2 He was in any event preoccupied with settling Crowley’s affairs, as Crowley’s had na…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 235

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

… green moss is my seat, Beech is a canopy o’er me, Calm and content the retreat ; | Man, my worst foe, cannot bore me ; Life is a closed book behind—Shelley an open before me. Shelley’s own birds are above Close to me (why should they fear me ?) MayI believe it—that love Brings his bright spirit so near me That, should I whisper one word—Shelley’s swift spirit would hear me. Heaven is not very far; Soul unto soul may be calling When a swift meteor star Through the quick vista is falling. Loose but your soul—shall its wings find the white way so…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 109

Book 4 (Part I)

… ease and speed which was previously impossible. The first grade in Their system is that of STUDENT. A Student must possess the following books: I. 2. 777. 103. 3. 4. Collected Works of A. Crowley; Tannhause‘r,‘ The Sword of י=!י0.`ז The Equinox, No. I to the current number; KonX Om Pax. Ios. Song, Time, Eleusis. 3 vols, £2 25. Raja Yoga, by Swami Vivekananda. 35. 6d. The Shiva Sanhita, or the Hathayoga Pradipika. 5s. . The Tao Teh King and the writings of Kwang Tze: S.B.E. xxxix, ΧΙ. 155. 8. The Spiritual Guide, by Miguel de Molinos. 15. 9. Rit…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 418

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…e had stolen the holy water (as I begged him to do) and baptized our mandrakes properly Never mind! I advise all our readers to read his book ; and if he does not advise all the readers of [01:11 Bull to read mine, Ι shall despair of human nature, A. QUILLER, JR. EPICURES are invited to taste the J'peciol Dishes invented by ALEIJ‘TER CROWLEY. This can be done at the CAFE ROYAL, REGENT STREET, W. Pavots d’Amour Cro=Cro Pilaff de Moules a la Santa Chiara Crowley Mixed Grill Souffle Aleister Crowley etc.. etc.

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1912 · PDF PAGE 418

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…e had stolen the holy water (as I begged him to do) and baptized our mandrakes properly Never mind! I advise all our readers to read his book ; and if he does not advise all the readers of [01:11 Bull to read mine, Ι shall despair of human nature, A. QUILLER, JR. EPICURES are invited to taste the J'peciol Dishes invented by ALEIJ‘TER CROWLEY. This can be done at the CAFE ROYAL, REGENT STREET, W. Pavots d’Amour Cro=Cro Pilaff de Moules a la Santa Chiara Crowley Mixed Grill Souffle Aleister Crowley etc.. etc.

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1961 · PDF PAGE 37

Liber Aleph

THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 25 f De Voluntate Ultima (Of the Final Will) AY not then that this Way is contrary to Nature, and that in Simplicity of Satisfaction of thy Needs is perfection of thy Path. For to thee, who hast aspired, it is thy Nature to perform the Great Work, and this is the final Dissolution of the Cosmos. For though a Stone seem to lie still on a Mountain Top, and have no care, yet hath it an hidden Nature, a Task Ineffable and Stupendous; namely, to force its Way to he Centre of Gravity of the Universe, and also to burn up it…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 49

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…upersede that Will; and if apparent contradiction should arise in any crisis, it is the Will that will guide us aright. Lo, while in the Book of the Law is much of Love, there is no word of Sentimentality. Hate itself is almost like Love! Fighting most certainly is Love! “As brothers fight ye!” All the manly races of the world understand this. The Love of Liber Legis is always bold, virile, even orgiastic. There is delicacy, but it is the delicacy of strength. Mighty and ter- rible and glorious as it is, however, it is but the pennon upon the s…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 17

Liber Aleph

THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 5 e Gesta de Amore (Histories of Love) OW Literature overfloweth with the Murders of Love, so also doeth History, and the Lesson is ever the same. Thus the Loves of Abelard and of Heloise were destroyed by the System of Repression in which they chanced to move. Thus Beatrice was robbed of Dante by social Artificialities; and Paolo slain on account of Things external to his Love of Francesca. Then, per contra, Martin Luther, being a Giant of Will, and also the Eighth Henry of England, as a mighty King, bent them to ov…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 399

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…L PSYCHOLOGY. By Dr. THEODOR ZIEHEN. Swan Sonnenschein and Co., 6s. Luke vi. 39. Professor Ziehen, the author of this useful little text-book—useful at least for examination purposes and “ sixth-form” students in psychology—follows in the main the theories more widely known in this country through the works of Minsterberg, and rejects such of those of Wundt as are based by him upon that a priori auxiliary function, the so-called “apperception.” “From the outstart,” states Professor Ziehen, “the conception ‘ unconscious psychical pro- cesses’ is…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 399

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…L PSYCHOLOGY. By Dr. THEODOR ZIEHEN. Swan Sonnenschein and Co., 6s. Luke vi. 39. Professor Ziehen, the author of this useful little text-book—useful at least for examination purposes and “ sixth-form” students in psychology—follows in the main the theories more widely known in this country through the works of Minsterberg, and rejects such of those of Wundt as are based by him upon that a priori auxiliary function, the so-called “apperception.” “From the outstart,” states Professor Ziehen, “the conception ‘ unconscious psychical pro- cesses’ is…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 77

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 2)

…be added that ail these things happen “naturally”. 1 Perform an operation to bring Gold — your rich uncle dies and leaves you his moneyj books — you see the book wanted in a catalogue that very day, although you hâve advertised in vain for a year; woman — but if you hâve made the spirits bring you enough gold, this operation will become unnecessary. 2 It must further be remarked that it is absolute Black Magic to use any of these powers if the object can possibly be otherwise attained. If your child is drowning, you must jump and try to save hi…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 295

The Law is for All

…ister autobiographical passages 76-77,79- 83,96-99,143,149-151,158-160, 161,185,188 works “Amath, an Essay on Truth” 122 Berashith 23,24 Book 4 Parti 116 Partlll 33,38,89,100 “The Book of the Great Auk” 25 quoted 26 “Eleusis” 122 “Energized Enthusiasm” 38,84 “Genesis Libri AL” 28 “The Hermit of /Esopus Island” 32 Konx Om Pax 122 “Liber VII, Liber Liberi” quoted 135

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1961 · PDF PAGE 27

Liber Aleph

THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 15 x De Via per Empyræum (Of the Way through the Empyrean) ONCERNING thy Travellings in thy Body of Light, or Astral journeys and Visions so-called, do thou lay this Wisdom to thy Heart, o my Son, that in this Practice, whether Things Seen and Heard be Truth and Reality, or whether they be Phantoms in the Mind, abideth this Supreme Magical Value, namely: Whereas the Direction of such Journeys is consciously willed, and determined by Reason, and also unconsciously willed, by the true Self, since without It no Invocati…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 362

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

… by ALEISTER CROWLEY. Elkin Mathews. 3s. 6d. Printed by Strangeways and Sons, Great Tower Street, Cam- bridge Circus, W.C. We don’t like books of selections, and you can’t make a nightingale out of a crow by picking out the least jarring notes. The book is nicely bound and printed—as if that were any excuse! Mr. Crowley, however, must have been surprised to receive a bill of over Six Pounds for “ author's corrections,” as the book was printed from his volume of Collected Works, and the alterations made by him were well within the dozen! [Yes; h…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 362

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

… by ALEISTER CROWLEY. Elkin Mathews. 3s. 6d. Printed by Strangeways and Sons, Great Tower Street, Cam- bridge Circus, W.C. We don’t like books of selections, and you can’t make a nightingale out of a crow by picking out the least jarring notes. The book is nicely bound and printed—as if that were any excuse! Mr. Crowley, however, must have been surprised to receive a bill of over Six Pounds for “ author's corrections,” as the book was printed from his volume of Collected Works, and the alterations made by him were well within the dozen! [Yes; h…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 239

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…he story of my life itself from this time on is no more than a record of my reactions to it. To recapitulate the historical basis of The Book of the Law, let me say that evolution (within human memory) shows three great steps: 1. the worship of the Mother, when the universe was conceived as simple nourishment drawn directly from her; 2. the worship of the Father, when the universe was imagined as catastrophic; 3. the worship of the Child, in which we come to perceive events as a continual growth partaking in its elements of both these methods. …

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1922 · PDF PAGE 388

Diary of a Drug Fiend

…s an attempt to present a happy, witty, simple-minded woman who attracted love because she gave it out. This is a very difficult type of book to write.. The attention of the reader must be aroused and held by the sheer merit of the writing, and the publishers believe they have found in Catherine Cotton a writer with just the right gifts of wit, sympathy, and understanding. DOMENICO H, M. Anderson This is the story of a Cardinal of Rome, a member of one of the great noble families. In his youth something had happened which had thrown a shadow ov…

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