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1929 · PDF PAGE 513

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

513 I may mention the absurdity of Shaw finding difficulty in the fact that the visit of the three "Kings" is not mentioned in profane history. Shaw did not realize that a "King" may be the equivalent of a very minor chieftain in the Highlands. Again the injunctions to abandon family ties and worldly cares involve no social theories. They are addressed only to would-be disciples, and have been so given --- from the dawn of history to the present day --- by every Eastern teacher that ever balanced himself upon one thumb, used a hip bath instead …

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1907 · PDF PAGE 126

The Star in the West

THE HARLOT 119 burning the royal palace of Persepolis , and after his death married Ptolemy , King of Egypt ; and was it not at the feet of Lais that such men as Demosthenes and Diogenes were to be found ? Was it not also Catullus who sang to the fickle Lesbia : Give me kisses thousand fold , Add to them a hundred more ; Other thousands still be told , Other hundreds o'er and o'er . And Propertius to the wayward Cynthia : Cynthia's unsnaring eyes my bondage tied : Ah wretch ! no loves , till then , had touched my breast , Love bent to earth the…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 93

John St. John

…g counsel. Woke fresh and comfortable. Sleep filled with dreams and broken into short lengths. I ought to observe that this is a very striking result of forging this magic chain; for in my normal life I am one of the soundest sleepers imaginable. Nine solid hours without turning once is my irreducible minimum. Having done an hour’s illumination of the New Ritual, will go and break my fast with coffee and a brioche, and thence proceed to Michael Brenner’s studio. I have spent the morning in modelling Siddhasana— a more difficult task than appeared…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 319

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…bra—Melin Servitorsof Amaimon Fraternity?הוחא Black liquid?ו`ד It was?ה`ה The breast; a vision; a prophet;?הזח to gaze Jobab, an Edomite King?:בןי The hand "ΙἸ᾿ ΣζΙ-ό). The Mystic Number of Tiphareth Existence, Being, the Kerhere?היהא name of GOD But, yet, certainly?ךא Deep meditation?גינה Ah !—Alas !?יוה Purity, innocence?והז Vide Sepher Yetzirah?והי The Number of AbrarMelin Servitors of Arnon With his hand; Night Demon?ורינ of [si Dec. ;25 By Yodh?רויכ Hearer in secret; Angel?היאאה of 8 W, The state of puberty?גװז A magical vision (Ch.)?אווה …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 319

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…bra—Melin Servitorsof Amaimon Fraternity?הוחא Black liquid?ו`ד It was?ה`ה The breast; a vision; a prophet;?הזח to gaze Jobab, an Edomite King?:בןי The hand "ΙἸ᾿ ΣζΙ-ό). The Mystic Number of Tiphareth Existence, Being, the Kerhere?היהא name of GOD But, yet, certainly?ךא Deep meditation?גינה Ah !—Alas !?יוה Purity, innocence?והז Vide Sepher Yetzirah?והי The Number of AbrarMelin Servitors of Arnon With his hand; Night Demon?ורינ of [si Dec. ;25 By Yodh?רויכ Hearer in secret; Angel?היאאה of 8 W, The state of puberty?גװז A magical vision (Ch.)?אווה …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 64

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

THE EQUINOX 66. Write, & find ecstasy in writing! Work, & be our bed in working! Thrill with the joy of life & death! Ah! thy death shall be lovely: whoso seeth it shall be glad. Thy death shall be the seal of the promise of our agelong love. Come! lift up thine heart & rejoice! We are one; we are none. 67. Hold! Hold! Bear up in thy rapture; fall not in swoon of the excellent kisses! 68. Harder! Hold up thyself! Lift thine head! breathe not so deep—die! 69. Ah! Ah! What do I feel? Is the word exhausted? 70. There is help & hope in other spells…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 64

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

THE EQUINOX 66. Write, & find ecstasy in writing! Work, & be our bed in working! Thrill with the joy of life & death! Ah! thy death shall be lovely: whoso seeth it shall be glad. Thy death shall be the seal of the promise of our agelong love. Come! lift up thine heart & rejoice! We are one; we are none. 67. Hold! Hold! Bear up in thy rapture; fall not in swoon of the excellent kisses! 68. Harder! Hold up thyself! Lift thine head! breathe not so deep—die! 69. Ah! Ah! What do I feel? Is the word exhausted? 70. There is help & hope in other spells…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 85

The Book of Thoth

…at victorious armies, at all the joy; and there shall be in them a joy a million times greater than this. Beware lest any force another, King against King! Love one another with burning hearts; on the low men trample in the fierce lust of your pride, in the day of your wrath.” “There is a light before thine eyes, O prophet, a light undesired, most de‐ sirable. “I am uplifted in thine heart; and the kisses of the stars rain hard upon thy body. “Thou art exhaust in the voluptuous fulness of the inspiration; the expi‐ ration is sweeter than death,…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 342

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…y and loyally! Shame only on the traitors and cowards ! Christ died between two thieves, and He took one of them with Him to heaven. The Kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. God bestows His almighty power on love. He loves to triumph over hate, but the lukewarm He spueth forth from His mouth. Duty is to live, were it but for an instant! It is fine to have reigned for a day, even for an hour! though it were beneath the sword of Damocles, or upon the pyre of Sardanapalus ! But it is finer to have seen at one’s f…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 342

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…y and loyally! Shame only on the traitors and cowards ! Christ died between two thieves, and He took one of them with Him to heaven. The Kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. God bestows His almighty power on love. He loves to triumph over hate, but the lukewarm He spueth forth from His mouth. Duty is to live, were it but for an instant! It is fine to have reigned for a day, even for an hour! though it were beneath the sword of Damocles, or upon the pyre of Sardanapalus ! But it is finer to have seen at one’s f…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 268

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…ood indic. tense imperf. pers. 3rd. 14 From French sevére; from Lat. severus- a-um; from Greek gaupos, a crocodile; from Sanskrit Sar, a king. Cf Persian Sar, a king; also W. African and Kentucky, ‘‘ sar,” master; Lat. Caesar, Germ. Kaiser, Russ. Tsar. Cf. Sanskrit Siva, the destroyer, or severe one. 262

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1912 · PDF PAGE 47

Mortadello

… one and all before me at my knees. Flare out, my banner, winds adore me, utmost seas Carry my galleons, conquest kneel, a vassal cowed, Kings follow fawning at my heel, a cringing crowd. My fame be blazoned through the world, a ruddy Mars, And climb in incense scimitar-curled to storm the stars ! Your homage, gentlemen. The oath upon my sword. ALL. We swear to follow and obey thee as our lord. THE DOGE. ’Tis sworn. Retire, and one by one re-entering Unmask, and kiss the hand of who shall be your king. [All bow and retire. Then they enter, unma…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 78

Mortadello

…d Christ, kept vigil before Thee, Fasted and prayed, endured a life’s Gethsemane ; Now, scourged and spat upon, mocked before priest and king— Thou, gaze on thought, come crowned, come armed, come conquering, Come, save me, save thy maiden ! Strike each barbèd dart Home to the grave convent and cloister of my heart, Where all thine anguish in mine own repeats each phrase. There all loves languish, there all sound of prayer and praise Dies, there one thought alone rules with an iron rod, Flies to the court of our immitigable God— Thine, thy grea…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 49

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING joined him by night in the magical body. And on one night— " Had long colloquy with Golden Hawk; invited——(the Adept) and learnt that the Great Work was to create a new Universe. Whence severe self-criticism.” This at the end of his journey. Yet during this journey We find that he had written down the secrets of the Mystic Path in a myterious MS., which few indeed have been privi- leged to see. In Calcutta he was very busy. He had been attacked by armed robbers, and, slaying two of them, was, in the then political …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 49

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING joined him by night in the magical body. And on one night— " Had long colloquy with Golden Hawk; invited——(the Adept) and learnt that the Great Work was to create a new Universe. Whence severe self-criticism.” This at the end of his journey. Yet during this journey We find that he had written down the secrets of the Mystic Path in a myterious MS., which few indeed have been privi- leged to see. In Calcutta he was very busy. He had been attacked by armed robbers, and, slaying two of them, was, in the then political …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 55

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…one, to climb yet another ridge of the Great Mountain and become a 7°=4°, an Exempt Adept in the Second Order, Master over the Ruach and King over the Seven Worlds. By destroying those who had usurped control of the Order of the Golden Dawn, he not only broke a link with the darken- ing past, but forged so mighty an one with the gleaming future, that soon he was destined to weld it to the all encirc- ling chain of the Great Brotherhood. The Golden Dawn was now but a deserted derelict, mast- less, rudderless, with a name of opprobrium painted ac…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 55

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…one, to climb yet another ridge of the Great Mountain and become a 7°=4°, an Exempt Adept in the Second Order, Master over the Ruach and King over the Seven Worlds. By destroying those who had usurped control of the Order of the Golden Dawn, he not only broke a link with the darken- ing past, but forged so mighty an one with the gleaming future, that soon he was destined to weld it to the all encirc- ling chain of the Great Brotherhood. The Golden Dawn was now but a deserted derelict, mast- less, rudderless, with a name of opprobrium painted ac…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 164

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

… ANGEL.” All beyond that is useless till that has been done. Here, then, the task of the writers of this book. 7he Temple of Solomon the King, may end. The progress of a man has been described in detail with the documents reproduced verbatim. It is of no concern to any man, least of all to him, whether that account of his attainment is accepted. What is urgent for each man is that the message should be accepted. And this message, whether it be interpreted in Tiphareth, the attainment of the Heart, or 124

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1913 · PDF PAGE 333

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

… falls; and the column of smoke and flame, which goes before a freed people, advances majestically into the desert. Christ is priest and king by intelligence and by love. He has received the holy unction, the unction of genius, faith and virtue, which is force. He comes when the priesthood 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…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 486

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ain Christians, the Emperor Julian, we say, understood better than Dupuis and Volney the symbolic worship of the sun. In his hymn to the king, Helios, he recognizes that the star of day is but the reflection and the material shadow of that sun of truth which illumines the world of intelligence, and which is itself only a light borrowed from the Absolute. It is a remarkable thing that Julian has ideas of the Supreme God, that the Christians thought they alone adored, much greater and more correct than those of some of the fathers of the Church, …

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