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1913 · PDF PAGE 131

The Book of Lies

…ing social system, and a satire on at least one of the conventionally-approved remedies. 6¢ . Itis possible that electric shocks of this nature ‘may prove beneficial in some cases.’ Literary Guide. Oracles. 55. “The Autobiography of an Art.” This volume contains unpublished poems dating from 1886 to 1903. 123

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1913 · PDF PAGE 435

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES “The third or philosophical cross has been in all initiations the symbol of Nature, and its four elementary forms. The four points represent the four indicible and incommunicable letters of the occult tetragram, that eternal formula of the Great Arcanum, G.°. A.’. “The two points on the right represent force, as those on the left symbolize love, and the four letters should be read from right to left, beginning by the right-hand upper corner, and going thence to the left-hand lower corner, and so for the others, making t…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 435

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES “The third or philosophical cross has been in all initiations the symbol of Nature, and its four elementary forms. The four points represent the four indicible and incommunicable letters of the occult tetragram, that eternal formula of the Great Arcanum, G.°. A.’. “The two points on the right represent force, as those on the left symbolize love, and the four letters should be read from right to left, beginning by the right-hand upper corner, and going thence to the left-hand lower corner, and so for the others, making t…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 111

The Book of Thoth

…lity, dulness and the like. Yet Saturn appears in Binah in respect of its blackness in the Queen’s scale, which is the scale of Observed Nature; but always, as soon as the end of a proc‐ ess is reached, it returns automatically to the beginning. In Chemistry, it is the heaviest elements that are unable in terrestrial conditions to support the strain and stress of their internal structure; consequently, they radiate particles of the most tenuous character and the highest activity. In an essay written in Cefalù, Sicily, on the second law of Therm…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 175

Collected Works (Vol. II)

… necessity. I come to tell you why I shun Impermanence The sight of men, the life and fun of the soul. You know I can enjoy so well, The Nature that I love as none (I think) before me ever loved. You know I scorn the fear of Hell, By worship and all else unmoved.

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1907 · PDF PAGE 38

The Star in the West

THE LOOKING -GLASS 31 Little , if any , poetry of a truly epic nature can we find ; the nearest is the song of Tannhäuser , somewhat of a prophecy , somewhat of an anthem : I rose within the elemental ball, And lo ! the Ancient One of Days did sit ! His head and hair were white as wool . His eyes A flaming fire : and from the splendid mouth Flashed the Eternal Sword ! Lo ! Lying at his feet as dead , I saw The leaping - forth of Law : Division of the North wind and the South , The lightning of the armies of the Lord ; East rolled asunder from t…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 36

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…nt should use a general invocation, such as the “Preliminary Invoca- tion” in the “ Goetia,” as well as a special invocation to suit the nature of his working. 5. Success in these verbal invocations is so subtle a 26

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1909 · PDF PAGE 36

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…nt should use a general invocation, such as the “Preliminary Invoca- tion” in the “ Goetia,” as well as a special invocation to suit the nature of his working. 5. Success in these verbal invocations is so subtle a 26

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1910 · PDF PAGE 22

The World’s Tragedy

…rect result of the vile system that, not content with torturing me itself, handed me over bound and blindfold to the outraged majesty of Nature. I escaped then from Tonbridge. They sent me to East- bourne to a P. B. family where I had more liberty, and could have been happy ; but the revolting cruelties which they inflicted on the only pretty and decent member of the family, my dear “ sister ” Isabelle, caused me one day to knock their heads together and walk out of the house. They sent me to Cambridge. I found myself my own master, and settled…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 84

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

… being the Voluntary Emancipation of a certain Exempt Adept from his Adeptship. These are the Birth Words of a Master of the Temple. The nature of this book is sufficiently explained by its title. Its seven chapters are referred to the seven planets in the following order: Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Sol, Mercury, Luna, Venus. Liser X.—Liber Porta Lucis. This book is an account of the sending forth of the Master by the A .*, A..:. and an explanation of his mission. Liner XXVII.—Liber Trigrammaton, being a book of Trigrams of the Mutations of the Tao…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 84

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

… being the Voluntary Emancipation of a certain Exempt Adept from his Adeptship. These are the Birth Words of a Master of the Temple. The nature of this book is sufficiently explained by its title. Its seven chapters are referred to the seven planets in the following order: Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Sol, Mercury, Luna, Venus. Liser X.—Liber Porta Lucis. This book is an account of the sending forth of the Master by the A .*, A..:. and an explanation of his mission. Liner XXVII.—Liber Trigrammaton, being a book of Trigrams of the Mutations of the Tao…

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1916 · PDF PAGE 14

A Prophet In His Own Country

…a is fortunate. this is probable the greatest crisis that has ever occurred in the history of the world; and infinitely wise, all-seeing nature has provided against catastrophe by combining these two rare faculties in a single brain.

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1919 · PDF PAGE 406

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…rence, except that it is not Buddhism.” From this example the Student will understand that he had better not worry about Nibbana and its nature, but confine himself to controlling his thoughts. 7. Look on. What seest thou before thine eye, O aspirant to Godlike Wisdom? 8. “The cloak of darkness is upon the deep of matter; within its folds I struggle. Beneath my gaze it deepens, Lord; it is dispelled beneath the waving of thy hand. A 84

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1961 · PDF PAGE 119

Liber Aleph

…h they lead not thereunto, and they are the Works of Hé with Hé, and of Yod with Vau. Of these twain the former is a Work Magical of the Nature of Music, and it draweth down the Fire of the HIGHER by Seduction or Bewitchment. And the latter is a Work opposite thereunto, whose Effect forumlateth itself by direct Creation in the Sphere of its Purpose and Intent. But there remain yet two of the Eight Works, namely, the straight Aspiration of the Chiah or Creator in thee to the Crown, and the Surrender of the Nephesh or Animal soul to the Possessio…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 242

The Star in the West

…t sists of simple (parts ). everything is composite . 3 There are in the world causes There is no freedom , but all through freedom . is Nature . 4 In the series of the world There is nothing necessary causes there exists a necessary but in this series all is con being tingent . “ The above is the most remarkable phenomenon of the human Reason , of which no instance can be shown in any other sphere . If, as generally happens , we regard the phenomena of the world of sense as things in themselves ; if we assume the principles of their connection…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 82

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…ditate upon a God, his first experience of that God will be no longer of His appearance or of His effect upon himself, but rather of His nature in some 72

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1909 · PDF PAGE 82

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…ditate upon a God, his first experience of that God will be no longer of His appearance or of His effect upon himself, but rather of His nature in some 72

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1919 · PDF PAGE 215

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…closed under an oath of secrecy to those entitled to make use of them. They are also temples of true worship, specially conse- crated by Nature to bring out of a man all that is best in him. 5. The authority of the O.T.O. is concentrated in the O.H.O. (Outer Head of the Order), or Frater Superior. The name of the person occupying this office is never dis- closed except to his immediate representatives. 6. The Authority of the O.H.O. in all English-speaking countries is delegated by charter to the Most Holy, Most Illustrious, Most Illuminated, a…

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1922 · PDF PAGE 249

Diary of a Drug Fiend

… focus on anything. | But the moment I saw what had happened, my strength came back to me, at least, not my strength but the strength of nature. It flowed through me like the wind blowing through a flimsy ragged curtain. The cartridges were very old, and the powder must have lost its strength; for the bullet turned on his breast bone and ran round the ribs. It was really a trifling wound; but he was so weak that he might have died from loss of blood. I got some water, and washed the wounds, and bound them up as best I could. When the waiter cam…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 585

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…over the laws which express their energies, exactly as in physics to honour gravitation is senseless, but we may increase our control of nature by inquiry into its nature and action. The more I studied these verses, the more tremendous seemed their import and should I succeed in completing my translation and commentary, the long lost secret of Pythagoras should be brought to light and Greek philosophy assume an aspect hitherto hidden which must revolutionize our ideas of the ancient wisdom. The true significance of the Atus of Tahuti, or Tarot …

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