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1904 · PDF PAGE 57

The Goetia

…e name Hacios; and by the Srat® or Aponal; and by Iscuyros, ATHANATOS, PARACLETOS; and by O THEos, Ictros, ATHANATOS; and by these three secret names, AGLA, On, TETRA- GRAMMATON, do I adjure and constrain thee. And by these names, and by all the other names of the Livinc and True Gop, the Lorp Atmicuty, I do exorcise and command thee, O Spirit N., even by Him Who spake the Word and it was done, and to Whom all creatures are obedient; and by the dreadful judgments of Gop; and by the uncertain Sea of Glass, which is before the Divine Majesty, mig…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 133

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

…victim is always — in a certain sense — the Magician himself, and the sacrifice must coïncide with the utterance of the most sublime and secret name of the God whom he wishes to invoke. Properly performed, it never fails of its effect. But it is difficult for the beginner to do it satisfactorily, because it is a great effort for the mind to remain concentrated upon the purpose of the ceremony. The overcoming of this difficulty lends most powerful aid to the Magician. It is unwise for him to attempt it until he has received regular initiation in…

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1935 · PDF PAGE 8

One Star in Sight

…officers to preside 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- vals of some centuries; accounts of historical Magi, and their Words, are given in Liber Aleph. This does not mean that only …

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1906 · PDF PAGE 84

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…yed me oft forbearance.” Cymbeline, How sweet the soft looks shot, endearing shame With their warm fragrance of love’s modest eyes ! The secret knowledge of our secrecies Shone from their distance with a subtle flame, And gave to pudency a rosier name When the long lashes drooped, and saintlier sighs Took softer meanings, till my arteries Throbbed with the glad desire that went and came. ‘¢ I charge you in the very name of love.” Quoth she: ‘* We have all day to steal below And snatch short kisses out of danger’s throat. Why beg you night: is n…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 29

The Goetia

…speech is such that the Magician cannot well understand unless he can compel him. This Spirit can teach all Arts and Sciences, and other secret things. He can discover unto thee what the Earth is, and what holdeth it up in the Waters; and what Mind is, and where it is; or any other thing thou mayest desire to know. He giveth Dignity, and confirmeth the same. He bindeth or maketh any man subject unto the Magician if he so desire it. He giveth good Familiars, and such as can teach all Arts. He is to be observed towards the West. He is of the Orde…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 41

The Goetia

…time he putteth on the Shape of a Man. His Office is to make one cunning in the Liberal Sciences, and to give True Answers of Divine and Secret Things; also to change a Man into any Shape that the Exorcist pleaseth, so that he that is so changed will not think any other thing than that he is in verity that Creature or Thing he is changed into. He governeth 3’ Legions of Spirits, and this is his Seal, etc. (58.) Amy, or Avnas.—The Fifty-eighth Spirit is Amy, or Avnas. He is a Great President, and appeareth at first in the Form of a Flaming Fire;…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 131

Collected Works (Vol. I)

… straight swift road—-Ah God !—to her who sleeps, To her bright bosom as at peace she lies. She is dead quickly, and the ocean keeps The secret of my sorrow from her eyes. I will not weep; I cannot weep; I turn And watch the sail fill with the wind that sighs A little for pure pity—I discern The cowards shake with fear; the vessel springs Light to the breezes, as the golden erne That seeks a prey on its impetuous wings : The reef is past; I crash upon the foe, And all the fury of my weapon rings On armour temperless ; the waters flow Through th…

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1935 · PDF PAGE 7

One Star in Sight

…rade of Ipsissimus is not to be described fully; but its opening is indicated in Liber I vel Magi. There is also an account in a certain secret document to be published when propriety permits. Here it is only said this : The Ipsissimus is wholly free from all limitations soever, existing in the nature of all things without discriminations of quantity or quality between them. He has identified Being and not-Being and Becoming, action and non-action and tendency to action, with all other such triplicities, not distinguishing between them in respe…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 58

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…nd high thrones shake ; Lecause my eyes still steadily behold, And dazzle not, nor shun the night, The foam-born lamp of beaten gold And secret might ; Because my forehead bears the sacred Name, And my lips bear the brand Of Him! whose heaven is one flame, Whose holy hand Gathers this earth, who built the vaults of space, Moulded the stars, and fixed the iron sea, Because His? love lights through my face And all of me. ' Jehovah,

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1996 · PDF PAGE 29

The Law is for All

… motley. Tigers and croco­ diles follow him, thus linking this image with that of Harpocrates. Almost identical symbols are those of the secret God of the Templars, the bisexual Baphomet, and of Zeus Arrhenothelus, equally bisexual, the Father-Mother of All in One Person. (He is shown in this full form in the Tarot Trump XV, “The Devil.”) Now Zeus being lord of Air, we are reminded that aleph is the letter of Air. As Air we find the “Wandering Fool” pure wanton Breath, yet creative. Wind was supposed of old to impregnate the Vulture, which ther…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 35

The Goetia

…een Man and Woman. He can raise Lightnings and Thunders, Blasts, and Great Tempestuous Storms. And he giveth True Answers both of Things Secret and Divine, if commanded. He ruleth over 26 Legions of Spirits. And his Seal is this, etc. : (35.) Marcuostas.—The Thirty-fifth Spirit is Marchosias. He 1s a Great and Mighty Marquis, appearing at first in the Form of a Wolf? having * In one Codex of the seventeenth century, very badly written, it might be read “Ox” instead of ‘‘ Wolf.”—-Trans. [For me he appeared always like an ox, and very dazed.— Ep.…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 96

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…me end of God desired, Pass, though they seem to sink in night, To dawns more perdurably bright. So priest and people join to praise The secret wisdom of the Lord, Awaiting the arisen rays That smite through heaven as a sword ; Remembering He hath surely sworn : Toward the night, toward the dawn ! Behold the moon that fails above, The stars that pale before the sun ! How far, those figures Hight as love That laughing to the mountains run ! 3ehold the flames of hair that leap Above her forehead mild and deep! She turns to bless her people sull: …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 161

Collected Works (Vol. I)

… A smile, a tear? that trembling, in their deep Violet passion, of the beautiful Eyes that they half discover? me. I have long thought a secret was your spouse, Shared your deep fancies and your lightest word, Partook your maiden bed, and gave you dreams Somewhat too troublous to be virginal. Speak to MADELINE. My dear kind Cora, do they lie to you, These fancies of my idle hours? Lelieve, I seem to tremble at my inward thought ; My heart is full of wonder. When I go Nightward beneath the moon, and take my thoughts Past her pale beauty through …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 162

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…nd the love I bear To Ulric! MADELINE gzves a latile cry. Ileart of Christ ! it cannot be ! Cora. No, child; I tricked you. out? Is your secret MADELINE. I am dismayed at my discovery. (Slow/y.) Inever guessed my own poor silli- ness Until that moment when you frightened me. CORA. And now you know how dear he is to you! Come, child, I love you both. Your happi- ness Is my life’s purpose. I have seen the truth Of this in you ; it comes to every one. I know that he is half in love with you. Look once again as you did look just now, And he would d…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 71

The Law is for All

…as sent forth his lightnings and thunders, hailstones and coals of fire, to burn up Gomorrah and Sodom where Love is either shameful and secret, or daubed with dung of sentiment in order that the swinish citizens may recognize their ideal therein. We do not tell the artist that his art is so sacred, so disgusting, so splendid and so disgraceful that he must not on any account learn the use of the tools of his trade, and study in school how to see with his eye, and record what he sees with his hand. We do not tell the man who would heal disease …

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1906 · PDF PAGE 112

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…ntom of the dark ; So in the harbour-horns I stand Till I forget the land. Who sails through all that solemn space Out to the twilight’s secret place, The sleepy waters move below His ship’s imaginary flow. No song, no lute, so lowly chaunts In woods where still Arisbe haunts, Wrapping the wanderer with her tresses Into untold caresses. 1 The harbour in which this lyric was written was that of Vera Cruz.

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1905 · PDF PAGE 11

Collected Works (Vol. I)

… ecstasy exalt my heart ; Let every trance make loose and light the wings My soul must shake, ere her pure fabric springs Clothed in the secret dream-delights of Art Transcendant into air, the tomb of Things ; Let every kiss Melt on my lips to flame, fling back the gates of Dis 13 XXII, Give me a master! not some learned priest Who by long toil and anguish has devised A train of mysteries, but some despised Young king of men, whose spirit is released From all the weariness, whose lips are prized By men not much— Ah! let them only once grow warm…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 139

Moonchild

In this obscure and antique oracle, so Simon Iff himself subsequently agreed, the secret of the Universe is revealed to those who are worthy to partake of it. Iliel could not understand a word of what was written, but she realized that it must be valuable, and, taking the tablet, she hid it in her robe and came out of the cave. Then she saw that the coast was changed: it was the familiar Posilippo which hung above her, and she could see Vesuvius away to the right. She turned to breast the steep slope between her and the road, when she found her…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 51

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…ys to knit. 1 The reference isto the ‘‘ Shepherd Kings” of Abydos, who, says one theory, built Ghizeh. SONGS OF THE SPIRIT Armoured with secret might [ stand on earth upright, Strong in the power of Ilim who welded ‘arth, Barred in the sky with steel, And breathed upon the wheel Of this vast scheme of stars, and made Him mirth In the poor dreams of us Who strive mysterious To pierce the bands of sense, and break the eirth Of our own minds’ desire, Till He relume the fire Lost at our fall, not kindled fresh till that diviner birth, IN NEVILLE’S …

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1930 · PDF PAGE 56

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

… to take the edge off his plan for making the Assyrian’s letter a fulminating révélation of his existence, as would hâve happened if the secret had been prematurely disclosed. The case is here cited in order to illustrate the extreme care which ought to be taken in excluding ail alternative hypothèses before admitting the existence of disembodied intelligences. It may be mentioned, however, that in this particular case there are numerous other incidents which make the télépathie theory untenable. 4. There is a well-known story quoted in several…

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