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1961 · PDF PAGE 108

Liber Aleph

…f no Account. Do thou wean thy Babes from that Simplicity, and instil the Sense of true Proportion. For verily this is a Way of Madness, Love, unless it be under Will. And the Cure of his Madness is not so good as its Prevention, so that thou shouldst be beforehand with these Children, shewing them the right Importance of Love, how it should be a sacred Rite, exalted above Personality, and a Fire to enlighten and serve Man, not to devour him. i

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1939 · PDF PAGE 10

Eight Lectures on Yoga

…ual results of Yoga, are demonstrated in every conscious and unconscious happening. This is that which is written in The Book of the Law—Love is the law, love under will—for Love is the instinct to unite, and the act of uniting. But this cannot be done indiscriminately, it must be done 'under will,' that is, in accordance with the nature of the particular units concerned. Hydrogen has no love for Hydrogen; it is not the nature, or the 'true Will' of Hydrogen to seek to unite with a molecule of its own kind. Add Hydrogen to Hydrogen: nothing hap…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 38

Oracles

THE CANNIBALS 33 Our father and our love and our god ! Yea, though he lift his adamantine rod And pierce us through, how shall his anger tame Fire that glows fiercer for the brand of shame Thrust in it ; so, we who are all fire, One dull red flare of devilish desire, The God of Israel shall not quench with tears, Nor blood of martyrs drawn from myriad spheres, Nor watery blood of Christ ; that blood shall boil With all the fury of our hellish toil ; His veins shall dry with heat ; his bones shall bleach Cold and detested, picked of dogs, on eac…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 110

Mortadello

…urmur lives, You need not lift your veils. 2ND MASK. [In the central throne.] There are alternatives. Young man, we’ll parley first. You love the Doge’s wife ? ALESSANDRO. So that’s the thunderburst ! I love her as my life. I need not say that she is cold and virtuous. She scarce supposes me—— 2ND MASK. You need not lie to us. ALESSANDRO. Sir, I would lie to God. 1ST MASK. Quite right, quite right. The lad Means well. ALESSANDRO. I may be odd, but not devoutly bad. 2ND MASK. More than yourself’s at stake. Listen, my friend ; we know For Monica’…

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1903 · PDF PAGE 36

Alice: An Adultery

MARGARET The moon spans Heaven’s architrave ; Stars in the deep are set ; Written in gold on the day’s grave, “ To love, and to forget ; ” And sea-winds whisper o’er the wave The name of Margaret. A heart of gold, a flower of white, A blushing flame of snow, She moves like latticed moons of light— And O ! her voice is low, Shell-murmurs borne to Amphitrite, Exulting as they go. 14

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1910 · PDF PAGE 110

Ambergris

AMBERGRIS 101 OTHER LOVE SONGS Dora Dora steals across the floor Tiptoe ; Opens then her rosy door, Peeps out. “ Nobody ! And where shall I Skip to ? ” Dora, diving daintily, Creeps out. “ To the woodland ! Shall I find Crowtoe, Violet, jessamine ! I’ll bind Garlands. Fancy I m a princess. Where Go to ? Persia, China, Finisterre ? Far lands ! ” Pity Dora ! Only one Daisy Did she find. The sulking sun Slept still. Dora stamped her foot. Aurora Lazy

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1913 · PDF PAGE 241

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

… flesh. What sage can dare impugn Man’s immortality? Our godhead swims, immune From death and destiny. Ignored the bubble in the flow Of love eighteen short years ago! Time—I embrace all time As my arm rings your waist. Space—you surpass, sublime, As, taking me, we taste Omnipotence, sense slaying sense, Soul slaying soul, omniscience. 203

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1913 · PDF PAGE 241

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

… flesh. What sage can dare impugn Man’s immortality? Our godhead swims, immune From death and destiny. Ignored the bubble in the flow Of love eighteen short years ago! Time—I embrace all time As my arm rings your waist. Space—you surpass, sublime, As, taking me, we taste Omnipotence, sense slaying sense, Soul slaying soul, omniscience. 203

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1938 · PDF PAGE 22

The Heart of the Master

…me from Woman alone, and worked by the Formula of Isis, worshipping Nature chaste and kindly, not understanding Death, or the Arcanum of Love. So, when the time was ripe, appeared the Brethren of the Formula of Osiris, whose word is I A O; so that men worshipped Man, thinking him subject to Death, and his victory dependent upon Resurrection. Even so conceived they of the Sun as slain and reborn with every day, and every year. Now, this great Formula being fulfilled, and turned into abomination, this Lion came forth to proclaim the Aeon of Horus…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 34

Jephthah

…tars. Yet of my own life they have never breathed One chilly word of fear, or one divine Roseate syllable of hope and joy. Still less of love. For no sweet life of love Lies to my hand, but I am bound by Fate To the strong compulsion of the sword; my lips Shall fasten on my wife’s not much; nor those Pure lips of innocent girlhood that call me Father ; but my lips must wreathe smiles no more, But set in fearful strength of purpose toward The blood of enemies, in horrid gouts And hideous fountains leaping from great gashes, Rather than that belo…

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1922 · PDF PAGE 2

Poetica Erotica

And lovers’ lips, from lips withdrawn, Seek dimmer bosoms till the dawn. Yet on the central altar lies The sacrament of kneaded bread, With blood made one, the sacrifice To those, the living, who are dead— Strange gods and goddesses, that shed Monstrous desires of secret things Upon their worshippers, from wings One lucent web of light, from head One labyrinthine passion-fed Palace of love, from breathing rife With secrets of forbidden life. But not the sunlight, nor the stars, Nor any light but theirs alone, Nor iron masteries of Mars, Nor Sat…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 113

The Law is for All

…exual character is one form of his self-expression; he unites Hadit with Nuit sacramen­ tally when he satisfies his instinct of physical love. Of course, this is only one partial projection; to govern, to fight, and so on, must fulfil other needs. We must not imagine that any form of activity is ipso facto incapable of supplying the elements of an Eucharist; suum cuique) Observe, however, the constant factor in this enu­ meration of the practices proper to “hermits”: it is ecstatic delight. Let us borrow an analogy from Chemistry. Oxygen has tw…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 207

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…’s clamour. How did The strength that has sinned Avail in the crowded Abodes of the wind? By lightning of rapture The soul of my song My love doth recapture ; Lead up to the long Years in blithe measure Of summer and ease ; Linger at leisure For passion and peace. Sadness and pleasure Relent and release :— A torrent, a treasure, A garden of Greece ! Selene, our sister, ¢ Our lover and friend, Thy light hath long missed her : That hour hath an end. All zons to squander We chance at our will: We may woo, work or wander Through time to our fill, H…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 229

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

… of the Battle] [Si/ewe. We now invoke thee, O Ama—Inanna, whom our Brethren worshipped in the days of ancient Babylon, great Goddess of Love and War, who made love and war to Gilgames, the ruler of thine own city Erech. We invoke thee, our Mother, that thou entreat for us with the Master of Battles. SOR. SCORPIO. To what end do we ask the aid of the Lord Mars ? BRO. ARIES. Unto Jupiter we have given the thunderbolt and the lightning—flash; for we seek to enthrone him in the stead of Saturn his father. But Saturn yet reigns; we need the Sword of…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 229

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

… of the Battle] [Si/ewe. We now invoke thee, O Ama—Inanna, whom our Brethren worshipped in the days of ancient Babylon, great Goddess of Love and War, who made love and war to Gilgames, the ruler of thine own city Erech. We invoke thee, our Mother, that thou entreat for us with the Master of Battles. SOR. SCORPIO. To what end do we ask the aid of the Lord Mars ? BRO. ARIES. Unto Jupiter we have given the thunderbolt and the lightning—flash; for we seek to enthrone him in the stead of Saturn his father. But Saturn yet reigns; we need the Sword of…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 359

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES apostolic traditions: that is to say, that during a series of centuries, the intelligence and love of chosen men, devoted to the burden of power, will administer the interests and the wealth of the universal family. At that day, according to the promise of the Gospel, there will be no more than one flock and one shepherd. XVI THE NUMBER SIXTEEN SIXTEEN is the number of the temple. Let us say what the temple of the future will be! When the spirit of intelligence and love shall have revealed itself, the whole trinity will…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 359

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES apostolic traditions: that is to say, that during a series of centuries, the intelligence and love of chosen men, devoted to the burden of power, will administer the interests and the wealth of the universal family. At that day, according to the promise of the Gospel, there will be no more than one flock and one shepherd. XVI THE NUMBER SIXTEEN SIXTEEN is the number of the temple. Let us say what the temple of the future will be! When the spirit of intelligence and love shall have revealed itself, the whole trinity will…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 84

Magick Without Tears

…he letters in a word, a sort of cipher; for these are almost always frivolous. To base any serious calculations on them would be absurd. Love is the law, love under will. Fraternally, 666 P.S. You should study The Equinox. Vol. I, No.5, The Temple of Solomon the King for a more elaborate exposition of the Qabalah.

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1903 · PDF PAGE 65

Alice: An Adultery

ALICE The roses of the world are sad, The water-lilies pale, Because my lover takes her lad Beneath the moonlight veil. No flower may bloom this happy hour— Unless my Alice be the flower. The stars are hidden in dark and mist, The moon and sun are dead, Because my love has caught and kissed My body in her bed. No light may shine this happy night— Unless my Alice be the light. 45

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1904 · PDF PAGE 91

In Residence

A RONDEL SAY, how long shall our love remain Keen as the sea and strong, Light as the wind, and glad as the rain :— Say, how long? Say, to whom shall the lips belong This year, next year, never again ? Say, whose lips will have done me wrong? Tell me, little shy bird, if pain Dwell in thy heart at an idle song ; Now we are one; we shall soon be twain ! Say, how long? 79

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