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1922 · PDF PAGE 26

Diary of a Drug Fiend

…ly do is this: the physical gesture startles the mind out of its lethargy, so that the idea which has been troubling it is replaced by a new one. They have various dodges for securing a new one and making sure that the new one shall be pleasant. More of this later. What happened is that at this moment my mind was seized with sharp, black anger, entirely objectless. I had at the time not the faintest inkling as to its nature, but there it was. The café was intolerable—like a pest-house. I threw a coin on the table, and was astonished to notice t…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 490

Magick Without Tears

…ly and stupidly "the gods," or some equally unhelpful term. But she was always absolutely clear and precise as to the instructions . The New Aeon was to supersede the old; my special job was to preserve the Sacred Tradition, so that a new Renaissance might in due season rekindle the hidden Light, I was accordingly to make a Quintessence of the Ancient Wisdom, and publish it in as permanent a form as possible. This I did in The Equinox . I should perhaps have been strictly classical, and admitted only the "Publication in Class A," "A-B," "8" and…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 462

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…ke our relations intelligible, but in spite of the community of language, customs, commercial conventions, and so on, between London and New York, the difference between us is really more radical. There are many incalculable factors in any formula which connects the United States with Europe. Let me give a few obvious illustrations. Almost all Europeans suppose skyscrapers to be monstrosities of vanity. They are in fact necessary consequences of the conditions of New York City, as fogs were of the climate and situation of London and the physica…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 120

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

… and they will become still and full of rest, so that like a mirror will they reflect the unima- ginable glory of the Atman. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the Holy City, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.t And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall b…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 120

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

… and they will become still and full of rest, so that like a mirror will they reflect the unima- ginable glory of the Atman. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the Holy City, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.t And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall b…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 516

Magick Without Tears

…me for eating; and when it's done, I need the absolute relaxation of leisured luxury. Then what of the Work itself? If the Idea be truly new and important, God help it! The whole class of men affected jump on it with one accord, if haply they may crush it in the germ. Read a little of the History of Medicine! Any man who shows a sign of independent thought is watched. is thwarted. He persists and is threatened and bullied. He persists; every engine of oppression is set in motion against him. Then, something snaps; either they succeed in killing…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 10

The Law is for All

…y years, especially one that had been shunned by its author. 1 The Law is for All (St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1975); reprinted by New Falcon Publications. Regardie’s title The Law is for All has been retained, not only for the practical reason that this new edition replaces his, but because this title — a line from The Book of the Law— is appro­ priate for a popular edition. Had this edition gone to press as intended, Louis Wilkinson would no doubt have performed another round of editing to resolve remaining problems. I have addressed th…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 5

The Star in the West

…oonlight in the vale ; Hidden the sunlight in the sea . -Orpheus. London and felling - on - Tyne THE WALTER SCOTT PUBLISHING CO. , LTD . NEW YORK : 3 EAST 14TH STREET 1907

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1930 · PDF PAGE 31

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

which he lives by the installation of new officers to présidé over its initiation. This can take place only at an “Equinox of the Gods” at the end of an “Aeon”; that is, when the secret formula which expresses the Law of its action becomes outworn and useless to its further development. (Thus “Suckling” is the formula of an infant : when teeth appear it marks a new “Aeon”, whose “Word” is “Eating”). A Magus can therefore only appear as such to the world at inter- vais of some centuries ; accounts of historical Magi, and their Words, are given i…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 43

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…following books: Lrper CCXX. Lizer L Ver Lecis Sub Figura CCXX. as delivered by XCIII. unto DCLXVI. This book is the foun- dation of the New A£on, and thus of the whole of our Work. Liser XCV. THE WaKE Wortp (in Konx Om Pax). A poetical allegory of the relations of the soul and the Holy Guardian Angel. Liser DCCCLX. Joun St. Joun. A model of what a magical record should be, so far as accurate analysis and fullness of description are concerned. Lier VIII. See CCCCXVIII. Lizer XI. LiperNV. Aninstruction for attaining Nuit. Lizer DLV. Liser HAD. A…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 296

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…nored by the great American public. When all the readers and reviewers in the land should be hasting in their thousands to acclaim this ‘new birth of our new soil, the first American’—as indeed Mr. Pound is the first Complete American high-brow, armed at all points, accoutred cap-d-pie—instead they persist in regarding him as an exotic, a fantastic, a new-art poseur. I suppose, because he lives in Europe, because he has written vers libre, because he has praised a man with a name like Gaudier-Brzeska. These trifling accidents do not in the leas…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 55

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…. 28. A omitted in a.m. through forgetful folly. A . *. in p.m. penitent but sleepy. March 1. A penitent and fair. ח Good, but should do new Pentagram ritual before and after to make a Magick Circle, 2. New A . '. very difficult (walking on cobbles). 3. A difficult (walking). 4. A difficult walking and very tired. (It should be explained that this powerful magical ceremony had usually to be done under the most awkward circumstances. He averaged about ten hours' walking daily, and had all the business of camp life to attend to when he got in. Peopl…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 55

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…. 28. A omitted in a.m. through forgetful folly. A . *. in p.m. penitent but sleepy. March 1. A penitent and fair. ח Good, but should do new Pentagram ritual before and after to make a Magick Circle, 2. New A . '. very difficult (walking on cobbles). 3. A difficult (walking). 4. A difficult walking and very tired. (It should be explained that this powerful magical ceremony had usually to be done under the most awkward circumstances. He averaged about ten hours' walking daily, and had all the business of camp life to attend to when he got in. Peopl…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 174

The Star in the West

VI The Chapter known as The Cup In which chapter it is related how the Cup held the “ New Wine ,” and how that wine is quaffed greedily by all ; and how to some it tasteth as bitter as gall , and yet to others is as Falernian a hundred and twenty years old ; for that is the age of the cellar from out of which it was ta'en .

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1911 · PDF PAGE 314

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

George Raffalovich’s new works THE HISTORY OF A SOUL Puke 33. 6d. Ea’flion strz'itly limited THE DEUCE AND ALL A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES 15. ne! READY Through THE EQUINOX and all booksellers READY SHORTLY THE WHIRLPOOL ETHEL ARCHER WITH A COVER SPECIALLY DESIGNED BY E. ]. WIELAND A DEDICATORY SONNET 13v VICTOR B. NEUBURG AND AN INTRODUCTION BY ALEISTER CROWLEY Price One Shilling net

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1911 · PDF PAGE 314

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

George Raffalovich’s new works THE HISTORY OF A SOUL Puke 33. 6d. Ea’flion strz'itly limited THE DEUCE AND ALL A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES 15. ne! READY Through THE EQUINOX and all booksellers READY SHORTLY THE WHIRLPOOL ETHEL ARCHER WITH A COVER SPECIALLY DESIGNED BY E. ]. WIELAND A DEDICATORY SONNET 13v VICTOR B. NEUBURG AND AN INTRODUCTION BY ALEISTER CROWLEY Price One Shilling net

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1934 · PDF PAGE 1

Your Interest in Magick

our interest in Magick should be the Dawn ofa New Life. Determine now to rise above the deadly level of mortality: to fit yourself to raise your fellow-men from that abasement: to learn the Mysteries of Esoteric Magick: to master the Art of Living (“Magick” Cap. XL, par. 1.): to attain to the highest powers, the deepest wisdom, by the development and guidance of the Will, with full

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1919 · PDF PAGE 33

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…, as commentaries: Liser CCXX. Liser L ver Lecis Sus Figura CCXX. as delivered by XCIII. unto DCLXVI. This book is the foundation of the New Zon, and thus of the whole of our Work. Liser I]. THe MEssacE oF THE Master THERION. It explains the essence of the New Law in a very simple manner. Lisrr DCCCXXXVII. THe Law or Lizerty. This is a further explanation of the Book of the Law in reference to certain ethical problems. Liser CL. Dr Lece Lisettum. A further explanation of the Book of the Law, with special reference to the Powers and Privileges c…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 26

The Law is for All

…48n.] 2 [The “Star-Sponge” Vision was usually characterized by Crowley as “Nothingness with Twinkles”; see p. 79.] 3 [A lake in Bristol, New Hampshire.] 4 [A lengthy technical commentary to this verse, omitted by Dr. Wilkin­ son, is given as Appendix B in 777 Revised (1955); see Works Cited.] 4. Every number is infinite; there is no difference. Commentary: This is a great and holy mystery. Although each star has its own number, each number is equal and supreme. Every man and every woman is not only a part of God, but the Ultimate God. “The Cent…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 106

The Book of Thoth

…e, “the Sun, charged with a rose, on a mount vert”.1 This is one of the simplest of the cards; it represents Heru‐ra‐ha, the Lord of the New Aeon, in his manifestation to the race of men as the Sun spiritual, moral, and physical. He is the Lord of Light, Life, Liberty and Love. This Aeon has for its purpose the complete emanci‐ pation of the human race. The rose represents the flowering of the solar influence. Around the whole picture we see the signs of the Zodiac in their normal position, Aries rising in the East, and so on. Free‐ dom brings …

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