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1909 · PDF PAGE 57

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…urney, not by any hallucination of the physical eye, that this illusion is produced. In writing my notes on one occasion I found that my right arm (which of course is not in the line of vision at all, normally) was many thousands of miles in extent. It was strange and difficult to control such colossal sweeps through space to the fine work of the pen. Yet my handwriting was no worse than usual—I admit this says little! Itwas the time that it apparently took to get one word written that caused the illusion of extravagant size, itself therefore a…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 14

The Soldier and the Hunchback ! and ?

… on quietly and took no notice; and in the end I forgot about them. Thinking it over soberly, I see now that very likely they were quite right: I can’t prove it either way. Butas a mere practical man, I intend taking the steamer—for my sins I am 122

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1913 · PDF PAGE 136

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…her form of Aima, the Rejoicing Mother. Further, she was dressed in grey, the colour of Chokmah, which he took to imply that she was the right kind of Mother, being covered by the Father. There is no record of any importance in the diary until the Vernal Equinox, when the “Word of the Equinox,” which is given out by the Masters to govern the events of the six months, was Perdurabo; and we find, in fact, that during this six months were some of the most important events of our history, those which finished Perdurabo. On June 15, he was at his Sa…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 566

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…oes nothing by chance; the possession of more developed intellectual faculties, like that of money and land, constitutes an indefeasible right of transmission and inheritance. Yes, man is called to complete the work of his creator, and every instant employed by him to improve himself or to 268

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1913 · PDF PAGE 136

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…her form of Aima, the Rejoicing Mother. Further, she was dressed in grey, the colour of Chokmah, which he took to imply that she was the right kind of Mother, being covered by the Father. There is no record of any importance in the diary until the Vernal Equinox, when the “Word of the Equinox,” which is given out by the Masters to govern the events of the six months, was Perdurabo; and we find, in fact, that during this six months were some of the most important events of our history, those which finished Perdurabo. On June 15, he was at his Sa…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 566

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…oes nothing by chance; the possession of more developed intellectual faculties, like that of money and land, constitutes an indefeasible right of transmission and inheritance. Yes, man is called to complete the work of his creator, and every instant employed by him to improve himself or to 268

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1904 · PDF PAGE 12

The Sword of Song

…ccept my law and still Use hatred, the sole means of ill, In Truth’s defence ? In praise of light ?” Well ! Well ! I guess Brer Buddha’s right ! I am no brutal Cain37 to smash an Abel: I hear that blasphemy’s unfashionable: So in the quietest way we’ll chat about it; No need to show teeth, claws of cat about it! With gentle words—fiat exordium; Exeat dolor, intret gaudium ! 1 It had a design of 666 and Crowley’s name in Hebrew (which, like most names, adds up to that figure) on the reverse. 110 115 120 125 130 135 140 Necessity of poem. Mystici…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 113

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…Mrs. Roberts? Mrs. B. I'm so glad to see you. I'm so sorry to see you. Jane. Oh, it's nothing. Dr. Fielding tells me it's sure to be all right. Dr. Bob—oh, I mean Dr. RobertsAwill say the very worst he can, and then we’ve got to hope for the best. Dr. F. Yes. I always get his opinion; and then we're sure to err on the safe side. Eh? Mrs. B. Yes; but he's so anxious to make people take proper care, and follow his instructions absolutely. 71

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1912 · PDF PAGE 113

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…Mrs. Roberts? Mrs. B. I'm so glad to see you. I'm so sorry to see you. Jane. Oh, it's nothing. Dr. Fielding tells me it's sure to be all right. Dr. Bob—oh, I mean Dr. RobertsAwill say the very worst he can, and then we’ve got to hope for the best. Dr. F. Yes. I always get his opinion; and then we're sure to err on the safe side. Eh? Mrs. B. Yes; but he's so anxious to make people take proper care, and follow his instructions absolutely. 71

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1913 · PDF PAGE 54

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…rse. Accurséd! Accurséd be it to the aeons! Hell. 42. Let it be that state of manyhood bound and loathing. So with thy all; thou hast no right but to do thy will. 43. Do that, and no other shall say nay. 44. For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect. 45. The Perfect and the Perfect are one Perfect and not two; nay, are none! 46. Nothing is a secret key of this law. Sixty-one the Jews call it; I call it eight, eighty, four hundred & eighteen. 14

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1913 · PDF PAGE 54

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…rse. Accurséd! Accurséd be it to the aeons! Hell. 42. Let it be that state of manyhood bound and loathing. So with thy all; thou hast no right but to do thy will. 43. Do that, and no other shall say nay. 44. For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect. 45. The Perfect and the Perfect are one Perfect and not two; nay, are none! 46. Nothing is a secret key of this law. Sixty-one the Jews call it; I call it eight, eighty, four hundred & eighteen. 14

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1922 · PDF PAGE 6

Poetica Erotica

…me back, come back, my life’s one flower! Come back. One kiss before you leave me. So! Stop—turn—one little kiss before you go; Tt is my right—you must. Oh no! Oh no! A SAINT’S DAMNATION (By Aleister Crowley. From The Soul of Osiris. 1901) YOU buy my spirit with those shameless eyes That burn my soul, you loose the torrent stream Of my desire, you make my lips your prize, And on them burns the whole life’s hope: you deem You buy a heart; but I am well aware How my damnation dwells in that supreme Passion to feed upon your shoulders bare, And pa…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 48

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…inister the virtues to the Brethren. She sheathes the Sword. The PRIEST, issuing jrom the Tomby holding the Tance erect with both handsy right over lejty against his breasty takes the first three regular steps. He then gives the Tance to the PRIESTESS and gives the three penal signs. He then kneels and vsorships the Tance with both hands. Penitential music. The PRIEST. I am a man among men. He takes again the Tance and lowers it. He rises. The PRIEST. How should I be worthy to administer the virtues to the Brethren? The PRIESTESS takes jrom the…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 3

Alexandra

…ert Bridges with it. The only question is : did not perhaps the late Lord Tennyson foresee events, and leave it to be published when the right time came ? But in this case, how account for Eu- phemia’s possession of the dainty thing ? Anyway, it’s not Tennyson : don’t worry : I was only teas- ing. She had originally picked up the unfinished M.S. to use as curl-papers. It was indeed written, as will be obvious from the style, on sheets of thin- nest, softest (and I believe sterilised) paper of a delicate and pleasing pale canary colour, mullione…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 115

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

… in the Prana through the Ida (left nostril), retain it until the body begins to perspire and shake, and then exhale it through Pingala (right nostril) slowly and never fast. * The Voice of the Nada. + “Hatha Yoga Pradipika,” p. 43. Iol

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1910 · PDF PAGE 115

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

… in the Prana through the Ida (left nostril), retain it until the body begins to perspire and shake, and then exhale it through Pingala (right nostril) slowly and never fast. * The Voice of the Nada. + “Hatha Yoga Pradipika,” p. 43. Iol

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1907 · PDF PAGE 310

The Star in the West

…rth throughout his works , can in any way lead a man into a nobler and higher insight of himself , no one can ever doubt then that it is right for him to so raise it . We have already seen from Dr. Maudsley what dangers have to be expected by those who chose this hill - top track to follow . Others from a similar point of vantage attack it as being pure autohypnosis and nothing else . But curious to say , if such be the case why is it that the greatest sages of all times have been able to attract within their focus so many hundreds of millions …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 90

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…men- tarily freed by the dissolving action of the drug from the chain of the four lower Skandhas, obtains this knowledge which is his by right, totally inept as he may be to do so by any ordinary methods. In the case of the aspirant to meditation, this stage is even more terrible than the last. He has, to use our previous figures, suspended the law of gravitation ; the stream is still, and the Sun of the soul is faithfully reflected in its brilliance; the mighty engine is stopped. But—there it is! We have got rid of motion, but matter remains. …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 90

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…men- tarily freed by the dissolving action of the drug from the chain of the four lower Skandhas, obtains this knowledge which is his by right, totally inept as he may be to do so by any ordinary methods. In the case of the aspirant to meditation, this stage is even more terrible than the last. He has, to use our previous figures, suspended the law of gravitation ; the stream is still, and the Sun of the soul is faithfully reflected in its brilliance; the mighty engine is stopped. But—there it is! We have got rid of motion, but matter remains. …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 266

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…e comes to the Surgery for meals. My wife‘s bringing her up to the Manse to call on Monday. ΜΕΕΚ. Oh! Oh! There, Elder, you see it‘s all right! EEL [aghast]. A’ richt ! ! !- a' v richtl I I [ΜΕΕΚ mm’ DOSE mm’ andþasx Μ, [aug/ling. BEL. He's fair witched‘ He’s the prey ο’ Satan I The meenister was laughing on the Sawbath I Oh, Lord I Lord] An’ I’m left by my lanes to wrastle wi’ the de‘il i’ petticoats I Witchcraft! fair witchcraft! An' sorcery! Whaur’s ony help but in the A’mighty? [He tti/22:021! a flat 76154/??]שבלשand swallows a 6ng drum] VVh…

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