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1907 · PDF PAGE 151

Collected Works (Vol. III)

LIBER PRIMUS VEL CARMINUM I am Light in thy Love, I am Love in thy Life. I am cloistered above Where the stars are at strife. I am life in thy light, and thy death Is part of my breath. My voices are many, Thy lyre is but one ; But thou art not as any Soul under the sun ! Thou hast power for an hour, The motherly dower. One voice of my voices Uncalled and unheard, No song that rejoices OF beast or of bird, No sound of my children sublime, But the spirit of time. Fear is his name, Nor flickers nor dies His blackening flame. Beware, were thou wis…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 19

The Star in the West

…and the world wakes to a chant : DIONYSUS I bring ye wine from above , From the vats of the storied sun ; For every one of ye love , And life for every one . Ye shall dance on hill and level ; Ye shall sing in hollows and height In the festal mystical revel , The rapturous Bacchanal rite ! The rocks and trees are yours , And the waters under the hill , By the might of that which endures , The holy heaven of will ! I kindle a flame like a torrent To rush from star to star ; Your hair as a comet's horrent , Ye shall see things as they are ! I lif…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 27

John St. John

…be ye unto me strength that I formulate the 12 rays of the Crown of HVA! I conjure ye, and very potently command. Even by Him who ruleth Life from the Throne of Tahuti unto the Abyss of Amennti, even by Ptah the swathed one, that unwrappeth the mortal from the immortal, even by Amoun the giver of Life, and by Khem the mighty, whose Phallus is like the Pillar in Karnakl Even by myself and my male power do I conjure ye. Amen. I was getting sleepy when the oysters came. I now eat them in a Yogin and ceremonial manner. I have eaten my oysters, chew…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 391

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

THE TWO PATHS 72. And if he falls, e’en then he does not fall in vain; the enemies he slew in the last battle will not return to life in the next birth that will be his. Further encouragement to proceed; for although you do not attain everything, yet the enemies you have conquered will not again attack you. In point of fact this is hardly true. The conquest must be very complete for it to be so; but they certainly recur with very diminished intensity. Similar is the gradual immunization of man to syphilis, which was a rapidly fatal disease when…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 204

The Law is for All

…he prophet! Then shall this Knowledge go aright. 6. I am the flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star. I am Life, and the giver of Life, yet there­ fore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of death. 7. I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a fool­ ish word: for it is I that go. 8. Who worshipped Heru-pa-kraath have worshipped me; ill, for I am the worshipper. 9. Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sor­ rows are but as shado…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 192

Moonchild

…d burning over a charcoal brazier. [271] Science is gradually being forced round once more to the belief that there is something more in life than its mere chemistry and physics. Those who practise the occult arts have never been in doubt on the subject. The dynamic virtue of living substance does not depart from it immediately at death. Those ideas, therefore, which seek manifestation in life, must do so either by incarnation or by seizing some still living matter which the idea or soul in possession has abandoned. Sorcerers consequently emplo…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 57

Why Jesus Wept

… Percy ! ” You, sir, what makes your honour here ! Sir Percy ? Who then dares to face him ? CARRUTHERS. Let go my bridle, girl, I save a life. MOLLY. You hunt Sir Percy Percivale ! CARRUTHERS. To save him. MOLLY. God save all honest men from knaves like you ! Stay, though, you are his friend ? CARRUTHERS. His guardian. MOLLY. And I his promised wife. CARRUTHERS. Mad girl, be off ! MOLLY. Ay, strike me, coward !

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1910 · PDF PAGE 229

The Winged Beetle

… moon’s disgrace Empty thou shalt find my place That shall be cold till night appear. As others’ tenderness and truth Desire to rule thy life, thy youth, So will I dominate by fear !

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1922 · PDF PAGE 108

Diary of a Drug Fiend

… of a Drug Fiend It’s stupid to hang back. If you start to do a thing, you'd much better do it. What’s that fellow say? “T do not set my life at a pin’s fee.” That’s the right spirit. ‘‘ Unhand me, gentlemen, I'll make a ghost of him that lets me.” That’s the Pendragon spirit, and that’s the flying man’s spirit. Get to the top and stay at the top and shoot the other man down |!

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1944 · PDF PAGE 96

The Book of Thoth

…t fully understood. (See Atu 0, above.) At least he succeeded in identi‐ fying the goat portrayed upon the card with Pan. On the Tree of Life, Atu XIII and XV are symmetrically placed; they lead from Tiphareth, the human consciousness, to the spheres in which Thought (on the one hand) and Bliss (on the other) are developed. Between them, Atu XIV leads similarly to the sphere which formu‐ lates Existence. (See note on Atu X and arrangement.) These three cards may therefore be summed up as a hieroglyph of the processes by which idea manifests as …

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1906 · PDF PAGE 70

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…! Hide, in that peace, these ecstasies ; In that fair fountain, this! She fades as starlight on the stream, As dewfall in the dell ; All life and love, one ravishing gleam Stolen from sleep’s crucible ; That kiss, that vision is a dream :— And I—most miserable ! Still Echo wails upon the steep, ‘¢To love—and to forget !” Still sombre whispers from the deep Sob through Night’s golden net, And waft upon the wings of sleep The name of Margaret. ALICE: AN ADULTERY. ‘‘Commit not with man’s sworn spouse.” King Lear. \GAINST the fiat of that God discr…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 215

The Star in the West

… as Orpheus did when he sang : This world is shadow -shapen of The bitterness of pain . Vain are the little lamps of love ! The light of life is vain ! Life , death , joy , sorrow, age and youth Are phantoms of a further truth . This is but the chant of the Brahmin and the Buddhist as it has risen and fallen over the East for hundreds and thousands of years . There no sun shines , no moon , nor glimmering star , Nor yonder lightning , the fire of earth is quenched , From him , who alone shines , all else borrows its brightness , The whole world…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 102

Gargoyles

…ir and lower Advanced the eyes of power. Ay! but above the dead man’s head A lotus-flower was spread. Thence dripped the Amrita, whereby Life learneth not to die. The seventh in silence tended it Against the horror of the pit. ITI. Thus in a cage of wisdom lay The dead man, live as they. They hold him sacred from the sun, From death and dissolution. Within the charmédd space is naught Possible unto thought. 94

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1907 · PDF PAGE 22

Rosa Coeli

…Nay ! ’tis no wonder—shall they wonder then, These bat-eyed newspaper-besotted men, If thou and I have found the Elixir rare That giveth Life to those whoso drinketh it, The Stone beyond compare, The harmony of the Circle and the Square, All that surpasseth mortal wit Even to imagine ? we have found it, Rose, Rose of the Stars, Rose of the utmost snows ! Where ? Where Love knows. 17

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1913 · PDF PAGE 333

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ood is worn out, when the old symbols have no more virtue, when the beacon of intelligence is extinguished. He comes to recall Israel to life, and if he cannot galvanize Israel, slain by the Pharisees, into life, he will resurrect the world given over to the dead worship of idols. Christ is the right to do one’s duty. Man has the right to do his duty, and he has no other right. O Man! thou hast the right to resist even unto death any who prevents thee from doing thy duty. Mother! Thy child is drowning; a man prevents thee from helping him; thou…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 333

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ood is worn out, when the old symbols have no more virtue, when the beacon of intelligence is extinguished. He comes to recall Israel to life, and if he cannot galvanize Israel, slain by the Pharisees, into life, he will resurrect the world given over to the dead worship of idols. Christ is the right to do one’s duty. Man has the right to do his duty, and he has no other right. O Man! thou hast the right to resist even unto death any who prevents thee from doing thy duty. Mother! Thy child is drowning; a man prevents thee from helping him; thou…

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1943 · PDF PAGE 2

The Oriflamme, Vol. I, No. I

DIONYSUS I bring ye wine from above From the vats of the storied sun; For every one of ye love. And life for every one. Ye shall dance on hill and level; Ye shall sing in hollow and height In the festal mystical revel, The rapturous Bacchanal rite! The rocks and trees are yours, And the waters under the hill, By the might of that which endures, The holy heaven of will! I kindle a flame like a torrent To rush from star to star; Your hair as a comet's horrent, Ye shall see things as they are! I lift the mask of matter; I open the heart of man; Fo…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 191

The Star in the West

… odds and numbers , as in the spiritual journey towards the Supreme of “ The Ultimate Voyage , ” struggling with the cold wet horrors of life : with my sword Trenchant , that tore their scaly essences Like Lucian's sailor writhing in the clutch Of those witch - vines-- I slashed about like light , And noises horrible of death devoured That hateful suction of their clinging arms And wash of slippery bellies . . > 3 » 5 Life is a boiling cauldron of purposes , actions , and desires . At one moment all pessimistic with the “ toad spotted dew of Re…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 13

Handbook of Geomancy

A HANDBOOK OF GEOMANCY J. [Rw. J. [RW. J. [RW. J. [RW. J. [RAW. J. (RW. J Fortuna Major Life, &c. 1| Good | Evil | Good | Med. | Med. | Med. | Good | Med. Money, &c. 2| Good | Evil | Good | Med. | Med. | Med. | Good | Med. Rank, &c. 3| Possi- | Evil | Good | Good | Good | Med. | Good | Good bility good Property 4| Good | Evil | Good | Med. | Med, | Med. | Good | Evil Wife, &c. 5 | Good | Evil | Good | Good | Good | Evil | Good | Evil Sex of Child 6 5 Son Son 5 Son Dau. 5 5 Sickness 7 | Health| Health| Good | Asc. | Health |Perilous) Health | He…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 219

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

… Fraternity are still further strengthened. The Order thus affords a perfect system of insurance against every misfortune or accident of life. Members of the IX° become part proprietors of the Estates and Goods of the Order, so that the attain- ment of this degree implies a return with interest of the fees and subscriptions paid. The Order gives practical assistance in life to worthy members of even its lower degrees, so that, even if originally poor, they become well able to afford the comparatively high fees of the VIT°, VIII°, and IX°. On ex…

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