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1961 · PDF PAGE 95

Liber Aleph

THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 83 Ge De Arcano, per quod Spiritus quidam in Corpore recipiatur (Of the Secret, by which a Spirit may be received in a Body) ERE now is another Formula of Power, good to invoke any Being to manifest in thyself. First, invoke him by the Power of all thy Spells and conjurations, with Mind concentrated and Will vehement, toward him, as I have written in many Books. But because thou art NEMO, thou mayst safely invoke him, no matter of what Nature, within thy Circle. Now then do thou confer on him as a Guerdon of his Obed…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 186

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…cial. 1, Of losing a tooth. 2, Of beard being shaved off. 3. Of climbing amountain. 4. Of being taken in adultery. 5. Of Poem or Magical book I have written (in dream). 6. Of being embarrassed. 7. Of flying, especially of escaping. 170

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1910 · PDF PAGE 186

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…cial. 1, Of losing a tooth. 2, Of beard being shaved off. 3. Of climbing amountain. 4. Of being taken in adultery. 5. Of Poem or Magical book I have written (in dream). 6. Of being embarrassed. 7. Of flying, especially of escaping. 170

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1961 · PDF PAGE 135

Liber Aleph

THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 123 Dr De Periculo Iocorum Amoris (Of the Peril of the Sports of Love) ET be thou heedful, o my son, for this Art is set upon a Razor’s Edge. In our Blood is this great Pox of Sin, whose Word is Restriction, as Inheritance of our Sires that served he Slave-Gods. Thou must be free in the Law of Thelema, perfectly one with thy true Self, singly and wholly bound in hy true Will, before thou durst (in Prudence) invoke the Name of Choronzon, even for thy good Sport and Phantasy. It is but to pretend, thou sayst; and that …

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1961 · PDF PAGE 141

Liber Aleph

THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 129 Dy De Vitiis Voluntatis Secretæ (Of Defects of the Hidden Will) EARN moreover concerning this Hell, or hidden Wisdom, that is within thee, that it is modified, little by little, through the Experience of the conscious Mind, which feedeth it. For that Wisdom is the Expression, or rather Symbol and Hieroglyph, of the true Adjustment of thy being to its Environment. Now, then, this Environment being eroded by Time, this Wisdom is no more perfect, for it is not absolute, but standeth in relation to the Universe. So t…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 33

The Holy Books

…ght to slay. Success is your proof; cour- age is your ardour; go on, go on, in my strength; and ye shall turn not back for any! 47. This book shall be translated into all tongues: but always with the original in the writing of the Beast; for in the chance shape of the letters and their position to one another: in these are mysteries that no Beast shall divine. Let him not seek to try: but one cometh after him, whence I say not, who shall discover the key of it all. Then this line drawn is a key: then this circle squared in its failure is a key …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 158

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…l Atman in the universal Atman, the method of Buddha pro- duced a submersion of Karma in the bournless ocean of Nibbana. In Chapter I of Book II of ‘The Questions of King Mi- linda” NAgasena lays down that he who escapes rebirth does so through Wisdom (Pafifia) and Reasoning (Yonisomanasikara) and by other “Good Qualities.” The Reason grasps the object and Wisdom cuts it off, whilst the good qualities seem to be the united action of these two, thus we get Good Con- duct (Silam), Faith (Saddha), Perseverance (Viriyam), Mind- fulness (Sati) and M…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 158

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…l Atman in the universal Atman, the method of Buddha pro- duced a submersion of Karma in the bournless ocean of Nibbana. In Chapter I of Book II of ‘The Questions of King Mi- linda” NAgasena lays down that he who escapes rebirth does so through Wisdom (Pafifia) and Reasoning (Yonisomanasikara) and by other “Good Qualities.” The Reason grasps the object and Wisdom cuts it off, whilst the good qualities seem to be the united action of these two, thus we get Good Con- duct (Silam), Faith (Saddha), Perseverance (Viriyam), Mind- fulness (Sati) and M…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 297

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

… has to impose upon us the propinquity of ferule and desk. Either by example or precept he must enforce the doctrine: ‘Look in your note-book and write.’ And like all doctrinaires, Mr. Pound is exposed to the besetting sin of the half-true or the maybe-true platitude. ‘The mastery of any art is the work of a lifetime, for example. How about the art of lyric poetry, how about Sappho and Keats and Swinburne’s early work? Again, we must have ‘direct treatment,’ Mr. Pound affirms, and we must ‘use absolutely no word that does not contribute to the …

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1919 · PDF PAGE 308

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…not art. A Mourner Crap In GREEN. Four Dimensionat Vistas. By CLaupe Bracpon. Alfred A. Knopf, 1916. Ir is a great pleasure to read this book, for although in some points we may find ourselves obliged to disagree with the author, the general effect is that a perusal leaves one with the feeling of having been at home; that is to say, on the planes of pure and exalted thought. We cannot say that Mr. Bragdon is in any sense an original thinker, as Hinton was, but he has done something to extend and pop- ularize Hinton’s ideas. Some of the analogie…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 100

The Mother’s Tragedy

…not in her joy discern The real fountain of delight. She took The carrion crow to be the golden erne, Saw dainty covers, and misread the book. The world was open to her now—she went From passion unto passion, sacrament To profanation: and the village knew She asked for lovers, and cared little who.

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1912 · PDF PAGE 59

Book 4 (Part I)

…ately dealt with in “Thien Tao” in “ Konx Om Pax," and should be there studied. Also see Liber XXX of the A. A. Also in Liber CCXX, the “Book of the Law,” it is said: “ DO WHAT THOU WILT shall be the Whole ofthe Law.” Remember that for the purpose of this treatise the Whole object of Yama and Niyama is to live so that no emotion or passion disturbs the mind.)

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1913 · PDF PAGE 25

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…°, 90°, 96°, Patriarch Grand Administrator General. Ws. Hy. Quitiiam, 33°, 90°, 96°, Patriarch Grand Keeper General of the Signed Golden Book. Leon ENGERS-KENNEDY, 33°, 90°, 95°, Patriarch Grand Secretary General. THEODOR REUusS, 33°, 90°, 96°, Sovereign Grand Master General ad Vitam for the German Empire and Grand In- spector General. XXV

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1913 · PDF PAGE 25

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…°, 90°, 96°, Patriarch Grand Administrator General. Ws. Hy. Quitiiam, 33°, 90°, 96°, Patriarch Grand Keeper General of the Signed Golden Book. Leon ENGERS-KENNEDY, 33°, 90°, 95°, Patriarch Grand Secretary General. THEODOR REUusS, 33°, 90°, 96°, Sovereign Grand Master General ad Vitam for the German Empire and Grand In- spector General. XXV

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1919 · PDF PAGE 264

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…ars the Sword from a red girdle, and the Paten and Hosts, or Cakes of Light. The Deacon. He is clothed in white and yellow. He bears the Book of the Law. Two Children. They are clothed in white and black. One bears a pitcher of water and a cellar of salt, the other a censer of fire and a casket of perfume. Til OF THE CEREMONY OF THE INTROIT The Deacon, opening the door of the Temple, admits the congregation, and takes his stand between the small altar and the font. (There should be a door- keeper to attend to the admission.) The Deacon advances…

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1922 · PDF PAGE 233

Diary of a Drug Fiend

…d guide me, and prepare me for the great destiny which is in store for me. Here comes Peter with the waiter and a tray. I must hide this book. The secrets of the spiritual life must be kept from the profane. It’s all right. Peter is my soul-mate after all. We couldn't eat much. It’s only natural ; all base appetites have to be killed out before one is ready to go on. Peter ate very little himself; and then he said :— | “IT know why we couldn’t get the Devil to come the other night. It was having those servants about. I remember now that grandfa…

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1926 · PDF PAGE 32

Liber Al vel Legis

…ght to slay. Success is your proof; cour- age is your ardour; go on, go on, in my strength; and ye shall turn not back for any! 47. This book shall be translated into all tongues: but always with the original in the writing of the Beast; for in the chance shape of the letters and their position to one another: in these are mysteries that no Beast shall divine. Let him not seek to try: but one cometh after him, whence I say not, who shall discover the key of it all. Then this line drawn is a key: then this circle squared in its failure is a key …

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1961 · PDF PAGE 69

Liber Aleph

THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 57 Be De Necessitate Voluntatis (Of the Necessity of Will) ND how then (sayest thou?) shall I reconcile this Art Magick with that Way of the Tao which achieveth all Things by doing nothing? But this have I already declared to thee in Part, showing that thou canst do no Magick save it be thy Nature to do Magick and so the true Nothing for thee. For to do nothing signifieth to interfere with nothing so that for a Magician to do no Magick is to commit Violence on himself. Yet learn also that all Action is in some sense …

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1961 · PDF PAGE 97

Liber Aleph

THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 85 Gz De Missa Spiritus Sancti (Of the Mass of the Holy Ghost) OW at last, o my son, may I being thee to under- stand the Truth of this Formula that is hidden in the Mass of the Holy Ghost. For Horus that is Lord of the Æon is the Child crowned and conquering. The formula of Osiris was, as thou knowest, a Word of Death, that is, the Force lay long in Darkness, and by Putrefaction came to Resurrection. But we take living Things, and pour in Life and Nature of our own Will, so that instantly and without Corruption the …

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1961 · PDF PAGE 105

Liber Aleph

THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 93 Gc De Medicinis secundum Quattuor Elementa (Of Medicines according to the Four Elements) ONCERNING the Use of chemical Agents, and be mindful that thou abuse them not, learn that the Sacrament itself relateth to Spirit, and the Four Elements balanced thereunder in its Perfection. So also thy Lion himself hath a fourfold Menstruum for his Serpents. Now to Fire belong Cocaine, which fortifieth the Will, loosing him from bodily Fatigue, Morphine, which purifieth the Mind, making the Thought safe, and slow, and single…

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