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1954 · PDF PAGE 296

Magick Without Tears

… only do as I tell them to, " he replied, "the catastrophe can be averted. " Somehow I fear they won 't. "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law." Then I issued a prospectus for the book , giving the facts as to previous publications and their results, and leaving blank a space after "The Fourth Publication" to wait the event. The First Publication nine months before the outbreak of the Balkan War, which broke up the Near East. When this was done it was done without proper perfection. Its commands as to how the work ought to be done we…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 17

Konx Om Pax

…ension—is your natural home. You have written these essays by my pen; not on you need I bestow them; but— To all and every person in the whole world who is without the Pale of the Order; and even to Initiates who are not in possession of the Password for the time being; and to all those who have resigned demitted, or been expelled I dedicate this Revelation of the Arcana which are in the Adytum of God-nourished Silence.

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1910 · PDF PAGE 143

The World’s Tragedy

…er, It is a daughter ! ALEXANDER I take it — and yours too, my lord. Maybe You both are wrong. GOVINDA True, this much mystery Veils the whole matter — it were hard to say. CHAU Shang Ti ! how fierce a bray The amorous ass gives. MIRIAM Heave, o heave, my sides ! Stretch ! Split ! This pang decides

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1913 · PDF PAGE 361

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…houris which he has so long dreamt of, and let the martyrs of the Saviour teach chaste caresses to the beautiful angels of Mohammed! The whole earth, reclothed with the rich adornments which all the arts have embroidered for her, will no longer be anything but a magnificent temple, of which man shall be the eternal priest. All that was true, all that was beautiful, all that was sweet in the past centuries, will live once more glorified in this transfiguration of the world. And the beautiful form will remain inseparable from the true idea, as th…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 361

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…houris which he has so long dreamt of, and let the martyrs of the Saviour teach chaste caresses to the beautiful angels of Mohammed! The whole earth, reclothed with the rich adornments which all the arts have embroidered for her, will no longer be anything but a magnificent temple, of which man shall be the eternal priest. All that was true, all that was beautiful, all that was sweet in the past centuries, will live once more glorified in this transfiguration of the world. And the beautiful form will remain inseparable from the true idea, as th…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 260

Magick Without Tears

Cara Soror, 34 The Tao (1) Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. This is the hardest question you have yet put to me: to explain the Tao. The only proper answer would be Silence, trusting to the slow dispersion and absorption of the disturbance created by your asking it. In that sentence there lies, really, the whole explanation; but I see well enough that it won't do for you. You are not yet old or wise enough to understand that the only way to clear muddy water is to leave it alone. Still, you doubtless expect me to tell you just h…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 283

The Star in the West

… of mankind are very loath to do , for instead of honestly expressing nine - tenths of their knowledge in terms of doubt , they cast the whole onus of Absolute or Noumenal knowledge on to the back of some aching and asinine deity . By postulating Unknowability , which if treated as an absolute term is also a positive one ( God ), Spencer the Transfigured Realist was hoisted by that very same petard he had himself intended to tie to the wagging tail of the Christian Deity . Thus by render ing all knowledge automorphological , in order to an nihi…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 141

Book 4 (Part II)

129 Now though this Pantacle is composed only of shams, some shams somehow seem to be more false than others. The whole Universe is an illusion, but it is an illusion difficult to get rid of. It is true compared with most things. But ninety-nine out of every hundred impressions are false even in relation to the things on their own plane. Such distinctions must be graven deeply upon the surface of the Pantacle by the Holy Dagger. There is only one other of the elemental Instruments to be considered, namely the Lamp.

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1907 · PDF PAGE 259

The Star in the West

…and blind in either eye . I move for ever to my mystic goal Where I may drain a fountain never dry , And of Life's guerdon gather in the whole , And on celestial manna satisfy my soul.3 All the “ Unholy phantom faces ” . of self, and of sin , will be lost , and all the misty distortions that crowd the brain will fade and wither : So shalt thou conquer Space , and lastly climb The walls of Time , And by the golden path the great have trod Reach up to God !6 And then : ... there gleams from Heaven The likeness of a Man in glory set ; The sun is b…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 353

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…merely a repetition of verse 61 in different lan- guage. But remember: “The word of Sin is Restriction.” “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.” 63. Silence thy thoughts and fix thy whole attention on thy Master, whom yet thou dost not see, but whom thou feelest. 31

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1908 · PDF PAGE 11

Amphora

…bleeding blade Shudders, as, meditating Thee, Thy mercy sheds its shower on me ! O mother Mary, from Thy soul Distil the balm to make me whole ; And when the dreary days are done Lead up my spirit to Thy Son ! Amen. B 4

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1913 · PDF PAGE 446

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ayers on his lips; Eliphas fell on his knees beside him, and the Abbé opened the reliquary. There were in the reliquary three hosts, one whole, the two others almost like paste, and as it were kneaded with blood. The whole host bore in its centre a heart in relief on both sides; a clot of blood moulded in the form of a heart, which seemed to have been formed in the host itself in an inexplicable manner. The blood could not have been applied from without, for the imbibed colouring matter had left the particles adhering to the exterior surface qu…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 446

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ayers on his lips; Eliphas fell on his knees beside him, and the Abbé opened the reliquary. There were in the reliquary three hosts, one whole, the two others almost like paste, and as it were kneaded with blood. The whole host bore in its centre a heart in relief on both sides; a clot of blood moulded in the form of a heart, which seemed to have been formed in the host itself in an inexplicable manner. The blood could not have been applied from without, for the imbibed colouring matter had left the particles adhering to the exterior surface qu…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 11

Hail Mary

…bleeding blade Shudders, as, meditating Thee, Thy mercy sheds its shower on me ! O mother Mary, from Thy soul Distil the balm to make me whole ; And when the dreary days are done Lead up my spirit to Thy Son ! Amen. B 4

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1912 · PDF PAGE 415

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…79 3180 713181 3182 3183 3184 3185 3186 ?וז3187 3188 3189 3‘90 ?וז3191 3192 3193 3194 3195 3195 3197 3198 3199 32 xצ10? The paths of the Whole 3200 Tree in excelsis תישארב ארב םיהלא 3201 3202 3:03 » 3204 3205 3206 3207 3208 N3?

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1912 · PDF PAGE 415

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…79 3180 713181 3182 3183 3184 3185 3186 ?וז3187 3188 3189 3‘90 ?וז3191 3192 3193 3194 3195 3195 3197 3198 3199 32 xצ10? The paths of the Whole 3200 Tree in excelsis תישארב ארב םיהלא 3201 3202 3:03 » 3204 3205 3206 3207 3208 N3?

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1913 · PDF PAGE 541

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ho shall submit at once all passions to powers and all powers to justice. Tuy Kincpom come! For nigh on nineteen hundred years, over the whole surface of the earth, this has been the cry of seven hundred million throats, and the Israelites yet await the Messiah! He said that he would come, and come he will. He came to die, and he has promised to return to live. HEAVEN IS THE HARMONY OF GENEROUS SENTIMENTS. HELL IS THE CONFLICT OF COWARDLY INSTINCTS. When humanity, by dint of bloody and dolorous experience, has truly understood this double truth…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 541

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ho shall submit at once all passions to powers and all powers to justice. Tuy Kincpom come! For nigh on nineteen hundred years, over the whole surface of the earth, this has been the cry of seven hundred million throats, and the Israelites yet await the Messiah! He said that he would come, and come he will. He came to die, and he has promised to return to live. HEAVEN IS THE HARMONY OF GENEROUS SENTIMENTS. HELL IS THE CONFLICT OF COWARDLY INSTINCTS. When humanity, by dint of bloody and dolorous experience, has truly understood this double truth…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 76

The Book of Thoth

…nxes composed of the four Kerubs, the Bull, the Lion, the Eagle and the Man. In each sphinx these elements are counter‐changed; thus the whole represents the sixteen sub‐elements. The Charioteer is clothed in the amber‐coloured armour appropriate to the sign. He is throned in the chariot rather than con ducting it, because the whole system of progression is perfectly balanced. His only function is to bear the Holy Grail. Upon his armour are ten Stars of Assiah, the inheritance of celestial dew from his mother. He bears as a crest the Crab appro…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 168

Collected Works (Vol. II)

162 THE SWORD OF SONG Mystical mean- ing of ‘‘ Ascen. sion Day.” Futility of whole discus- sion, in view of facts. At the whole fabric—nor the seas Filled with those innocent agonies Of Pagan Martyrs that once bled, Of Christian Martyrs damned and dead In inter-Christian bickerings, Where hate exults and torture springs, A lion on anguished flesh and blood, A vulture on ill-omen wings, A cannibal “* on human food. Nor do I cry the scoffer’s cry, That Christians live and look the lie Their faith has taught them: none of these Inspire my life, di…

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