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1929 · PDF PAGE 102

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…the sequel will be told in its place. During this time, magical phenomena were of constant occurrence. I had two temples in my flat; one white, the walls being lined with six huge mirrors, each six feet by eight; the other black1, a mere cupboard, in which stood an altar supported by the figure of a Negro standing on his hands. The presiding genius of this place was a human skeleton, which I fed from time to time with blood, small birds and the like. The idea was to give it life, but I never got further than causing the bones to become covered …

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1906 · PDF PAGE 157

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…ger-ends ; What the bulk hold, High Church or Friends, 270 Or Hard-shell Baptists—and we'll see. I will not now invite attack By proving white a shade of black, Or Christ (as some have lately tried) | An epileptic maniac, Citing some cases, “ where a dose Of Bromide duly given in time Drags a distemper so morose At last to visions less sublime ; Soft breezes stir the lyre Aeolian, 280 No more the equinoctial gales ; The patient reefs his mental sails ; His Panic din that shocked the Tmolian * Admits a softer run of scales— Seems no more God, bu…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 323

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…ing me, she knelt down before me, and I, trying to comfort her, extended my hands to her, which she in turn kissed. Behind her stood the white astrals of weeping women—these were her many lovers. “ After a whileI brought her into the circle in which I was standing, and raising her up, caressed her upon the forehead. Then I changed to my usual shape, at which she was exceed- ingly amazed, and only comforted when I told her of my great love for her. Thereupon we rose together, embracing, to a place where angels greeted us. Here we were told to go…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 323

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…ing me, she knelt down before me, and I, trying to comfort her, extended my hands to her, which she in turn kissed. Behind her stood the white astrals of weeping women—these were her many lovers. “ After a whileI brought her into the circle in which I was standing, and raising her up, caressed her upon the forehead. Then I changed to my usual shape, at which she was exceed- ingly amazed, and only comforted when I told her of my great love for her. Thereupon we rose together, embracing, to a place where angels greeted us. Here we were told to go…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 20

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…ape PerpetuaJ I. - (81 Indigo . The Universe . . . . . .| Administrative I. $2 Citrine, olive, russet, and | Empresses [Coins] - 182 bis White merging into grey | All 22 Trumps. . {81 bis

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1909 · PDF PAGE 382

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…of the Men-Covers of future times, I opened the second book to put down in it some equally useful aphorisms. But as I took my pencil the white, immaculate page appeared covered with brown characters. I had scarcely time enough to read and they had vanished. But I remember what I saw. “You must leave the study of the oyster-shells in order to perceive the invisible, to refine your senses and escape the delusions caused by them.” “The duty of man is not to believe other men. They speak either truth or untruth; but if they speak truth, even then i…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 382

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…of the Men-Covers of future times, I opened the second book to put down in it some equally useful aphorisms. But as I took my pencil the white, immaculate page appeared covered with brown characters. I had scarcely time enough to read and they had vanished. But I remember what I saw. “You must leave the study of the oyster-shells in order to perceive the invisible, to refine your senses and escape the delusions caused by them.” “The duty of man is not to believe other men. They speak either truth or untruth; but if they speak truth, even then i…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 134

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ck one afternoon—was concentrated on Professor Zircon, torn away from a compound with half the Greek Alphabet dotted about its name by a white-haired little Colonel who 92

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1912 · PDF PAGE 134

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…ck one afternoon—was concentrated on Professor Zircon, torn away from a compound with half the Greek Alphabet dotted about its name by a white-haired little Colonel who 92

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1904 · PDF PAGE 88

Snowdrops from a Curate’s Garden

…e ? ” “ Kiss you — come here — Satan ! ” “ Eve ! ” And his lithe coils rolled over her naked body, his forked tongue slipped beneath the white teeth and its delicate foam maddened her tongue. It touched her tender palate, and withdrew to pene- trate her dainty nostrils. All round her he wrapped his soft green folds and their gentle pressure warmed her blood that shuddered with love to feel him, cold and slimy, embrace her bosom and her lissom thighs. Always his tail penetrated her half- opened fountain and gently tickled the rosy tongue of love…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 83

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…hought. In the case of the god Osiris, for example, he will no longer express his vision by the name Osiris or by the green face, by the white robes starred with the three active colours, by the crown and by the crook and scourge; nor will he chant wondrous hymns of the descent into Amennti, the death and resurrection of the God; but he will express all this by some pure symbol, such as the cross, the hexagram, or even the number 6. And those upon his plane will understand him. Here, too, we must class the revelations of the pure Qabalah, and t…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 83

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…hought. In the case of the god Osiris, for example, he will no longer express his vision by the name Osiris or by the green face, by the white robes starred with the three active colours, by the crown and by the crook and scourge; nor will he chant wondrous hymns of the descent into Amennti, the death and resurrection of the God; but he will express all this by some pure symbol, such as the cross, the hexagram, or even the number 6. And those upon his plane will understand him. Here, too, we must class the revelations of the pure Qabalah, and t…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 33

The Scented Garden

…n, which a boy cannot : namely : (1) the pleasure of the cunnilinge. (2) common copulation. (both these either with or without ‘ Red and white roses ’ i.e., menses and leucorrhoea.) Common to either sex (besides opifex and arti- fex) are obviously all forms of masturbation with the hand, mouth, breast, armpit, etc : active sod- omy : most forms of sadism and masochism ;

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1913 · PDF PAGE 353

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES The tuba tree will make, with its back-curving branches, a dais for the celestial table. The bride will be white as the moon, and scarlet as the smile of morning. All nations shall press forward to see her, and they will no longer fear to pass Al Sirah; for, on that razor-edged bridge, the Saviour will stretch His cross, and come to stretch His hand to those who stumble, and to those who have fallen the bride will stretch her perfumed veil, and draw them to her. O ye people, clap your hands, and praise the last triumph …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 465

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…oys, came the banner of St. Genevieve; then, walk- ing in double file, came the lady devotees of St. Genevieve, clothed in black, with a white veil on the head, a blue ribbon around the neck, with the medal of the legend, a taper in the hand, surmounted by the little gothic lantern that tradition gives to the images of the saint. For, in the old books, 167

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1913 · PDF PAGE 466

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ulous little tabernacle. After the lady devotees came the clergy; then finally appeared the venerable Archbishop of Paris, mitred with a white mitre, wearing a cope which was supported on each side by his two vicars; the prelate, leaning on his cross, walked slowly, and blessed to right and left the crowd which knelt about his path. Eliphas saw the Archbishop for the first time, and noticed the features of his countenance. They expressed kindliness and gentleness; but one might observe the expression of a great fatigue, and even of a nervous su…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 353

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES The tuba tree will make, with its back-curving branches, a dais for the celestial table. The bride will be white as the moon, and scarlet as the smile of morning. All nations shall press forward to see her, and they will no longer fear to pass Al Sirah; for, on that razor-edged bridge, the Saviour will stretch His cross, and come to stretch His hand to those who stumble, and to those who have fallen the bride will stretch her perfumed veil, and draw them to her. O ye people, clap your hands, and praise the last triumph …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 465

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…oys, came the banner of St. Genevieve; then, walk- ing in double file, came the lady devotees of St. Genevieve, clothed in black, with a white veil on the head, a blue ribbon around the neck, with the medal of the legend, a taper in the hand, surmounted by the little gothic lantern that tradition gives to the images of the saint. For, in the old books, 167

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1913 · PDF PAGE 466

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ulous little tabernacle. After the lady devotees came the clergy; then finally appeared the venerable Archbishop of Paris, mitred with a white mitre, wearing a cope which was supported on each side by his two vicars; the prelate, leaning on his cross, walked slowly, and blessed to right and left the crowd which knelt about his path. Eliphas saw the Archbishop for the first time, and noticed the features of his countenance. They expressed kindliness and gentleness; but one might observe the expression of a great fatigue, and even of a nervous su…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 135

Konx Om Pax

… has snatched the fire from the secret place of God's glory, and bro ht it down in the hollow tube of his ecstasy-waking flute, and in the white chalice o God’s awful Dawn, he now offers them the wine of the Via Lactea caught from the rosy nipples of the Virgin of the World, of which he hath drunk, whereby the heart of man is glad. The ATHEIST says: A capital exposition. . . . Far as we are from admiring the dreamy romanticism of Captain Fuller’s hero, his staunch denial of the supernatural, the divine, the mystical, must command our respect and …

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