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1954 · PDF PAGE 421

Magick Without Tears

…f Will; it is almost a burden, even an insult. Rather as if I risked my life to save yours , and you tipped me half-a-crown! Here's that Book of Lies popping out its ugly mug again: "Thou hast become the Way." This is why the Ankh or "Key of Life" is a sandal-strap, borne in the hand of every God as a mark of his Godhead: a God is one who goes. (If I remember rightly, Plato derives Theos from a verb meaning 'to run' , and is heartily abused by scholars for so doing. But perhaps the dreary old sophist was not far wrong, for once.) What you need …

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1899 · PDF PAGE 248

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

… who is curious of new tendencies in contemporary poetry, and values the articulate expression of an individuality, should miss a little book of unusual quality, called ‘ Songs’of the Spirit,’ by Aleister Crowley (Kegan Paul and Co., 8vo., pp. 109, 3s. 6d.). We have read it with admiration for its intense spirituality, as well as for its technical superiorities, and with sympathy for its spontaneous reflection of certain moods—byways of poetry, no doubt, that Mr. Crowley pursues almost without variation except in the movement of his rhythms, no…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 39

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…nintelligible to him, and he must interpret its nature by means of a vision as exactly as if he had read its name and description in the book when it was chosen. The power to make and “charge” talismans is tested as if they were scientific instruments of précision, as they are. In the Qabalah, the candidate must discover for himself, and prove to the examiner beyond ail doubt, the properties of a number never previously examined by any student. annihilation of this Ego. One might therefore be an Adeptus Minor or even a Magister Templi, in essen…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 51

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

…that name of God which throughout History has been echoed by one religion to another, the infinité swelling paean I.A.O. ! 2 1. See “The Book of Lies”, Liber 333, for several sermons to this effect. The whole theory of Death must be sought in Liber CXI Aleph. 2. This name. I. A. O. is qabalistically identical with that of The Beast and with His number 666, so that he who invokes the former invokes also the îatter. Also with AIWAZ and the Number 93. See Chapter V. 15

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1930 · PDF PAGE 21

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 2)

…to do Magick without method, as if it were anything else. To do Magick without keeping a record is like tiying to run a business without book-keeping. There are a great manv people who quite misunderstand the nature of Magick. They hâve an idea that it is something vague and unreal, instead ot being, as it is, a direct means of coming into contact with reauty. It is these people who pay themselves with phrases, who are always using long words with no definite connotation, who p aster themselves with pompous titles and décorations which mean not…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 600

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ubt.” —John Bull. The ‘Triumph of Pan’ contains poems alive with music and rich in thought. Mr. Neuburg writes with distinction, and the book, from first to last,isone which lovers of poetry will appreciate.” —Standard, “ full of the throbbing fever of life which one cannot confine into measure on all occasions. «The Triumph of Pan’ is full of sonorous lines, with wonderful word pictures and poetic imagery which has seldom been excelled. . '—American Register. Many beautiful passages in the volume . . . strange allusions to unpleasant gods, and…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 600

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ubt.” —John Bull. The ‘Triumph of Pan’ contains poems alive with music and rich in thought. Mr. Neuburg writes with distinction, and the book, from first to last,isone which lovers of poetry will appreciate.” —Standard, “ full of the throbbing fever of life which one cannot confine into measure on all occasions. «The Triumph of Pan’ is full of sonorous lines, with wonderful word pictures and poetic imagery which has seldom been excelled. . '—American Register. Many beautiful passages in the volume . . . strange allusions to unpleasant gods, and…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 14

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…ic, till you comprehend The meaning of the world, and sigh— Yet love makes happy in the end This pleasant tale of Thessaly. Turn from my book, the poet prayed, And look to Heaven, an hour to spend Before Ilis throne who spake and bade The fountains of the deep descend, And bade the earth uproot and rend To pitch like tents the mountains high, And gave him language who hath penned This pleasant tale of Thessaly. ENVOI. Fair maiden. who hast rightly weighed The message of the morning sky, Think kindly of the man who made | This pleasant tale of T…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 134

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…he plains, and water at the mouth thereof when it leaps forth into the mighty sea, yea, into the mighty sea. (The Interprétation of this Book will be given to members of the Grade of Dominus Liminis on application, each to his Adeptus.) 4.34

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1954 · PDF PAGE 127

Magick Without Tears

…atural objects, animate or inanimate. 2 Needless to say, the outstanding example in my life is the whole Plan of Campaign concerning The Book of the Law. But is Aiwaz a man (presumably a Persian or Assyrian) and a "Secret Chief," or is He an 'angel' in the sense that Gabriel is an angel? Is Ab-ul-Diz an Adept who can project himself into the aura of some woman with whom I happen to be living, although she has no previous experience of the kind, or any interest in such matters at all? Or is He a being whose existence is altogether beyond this pl…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 428

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ubt.”—John Bull. “<The Triumph of Pan? contains poems alive with music and rich in thought. Mr. Neuburg writes with distinction, and the book, from first to last,is one which lovers of poetry will appreciate.” —Svandard, + full of the throbbing fever of life which one cannot confine into measure on all occasions. “<The Triumph of Pan’ is full of sonorous lines, with wonderful word pictures and poetic imagery which has seldom been excelled. . '— American Register. “... Many beautiful passages in the volume . . . strange allusions to unpleasant g…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 428

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…ubt.”—John Bull. “<The Triumph of Pan? contains poems alive with music and rich in thought. Mr. Neuburg writes with distinction, and the book, from first to last,is one which lovers of poetry will appreciate.” —Svandard, + full of the throbbing fever of life which one cannot confine into measure on all occasions. “<The Triumph of Pan’ is full of sonorous lines, with wonderful word pictures and poetic imagery which has seldom been excelled. . '— American Register. “... Many beautiful passages in the volume . . . strange allusions to unpleasant g…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 19

Moonchild

…mers, and vote the Prohibition ticket." He shut up with a snap, swung his chair round again, and returned to the study of his big square book. "I hope you realize," remarked Simon Iff, "what you have let yourself in for?" Lisa blushed laughingly. "You have set me at my ease. I should certainly never know how to talk to him." "Always talk," observed Cyril Grey, without looking up. "Words! Words! Words! It's an awful thing to be Hamlet when Ophelia takes after Polonius. She wants to know how to talk to me! And I want to teach her to be silent — e…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 437

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

LIBER CCCXXXIII NOW READY THE BOOK OF LIES WHICH IS ALSO FALSELY CALLED BREAKS THE WANDERINGS OR FALSIFICATIONS OF THE ONE THOUGHT OF FRATER PERDURABO WHICH THOUGHT IS ITSELF UNTRUE “Break, break, break At the foot of th; And I would that stones, O Sea! could ‘utter ‘The thoughts that arise in me!" CONTENTS *° 49. WARATAH-BLOSSOMS 2. ‘The Sabbath of the Goat 50. The Vigil of St. Hubert 2, The Cry of the Hawk $1. Terrier Work 3. The Oyster $2. The Bull-Baiting 4. Peaches 33. The Dowser 5. The Battle of the Ants 34. Eaves-Droppings @. Caviar 35. …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 437

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

LIBER CCCXXXIII NOW READY THE BOOK OF LIES WHICH IS ALSO FALSELY CALLED BREAKS THE WANDERINGS OR FALSIFICATIONS OF THE ONE THOUGHT OF FRATER PERDURABO WHICH THOUGHT IS ITSELF UNTRUE “Break, break, break At the foot of th; And I would that stones, O Sea! could ‘utter ‘The thoughts that arise in me!" CONTENTS *° 49. WARATAH-BLOSSOMS 2. ‘The Sabbath of the Goat 50. The Vigil of St. Hubert 2, The Cry of the Hawk $1. Terrier Work 3. The Oyster $2. The Bull-Baiting 4. Peaches 33. The Dowser 5. The Battle of the Ants 34. Eaves-Droppings @. Caviar 35. …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 609

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

LIBER CCCXXXIII NOW READY THE BOOK OF LIES WHICH IS ALSO FALSELY CALLED BREAKS THE WANDERINGS OR FALSIFICATIONS OF THE ONE THOUGHT OF FRATER PERDURABO WHICH THOUGHT IS ITSELF UNTRUE “Break, break, break At the foot of th And I would that stones, O Sea! could ‘utter ‘The thoughts that arise in me!” CONTENTS 5 49. WARATAH-BLOSSOMS 1, ‘The Sabbath of the Goat 50, The Vigil of St. Hubert 2. The Cry of the Hawk $1. Terrier Work 3. The Oyster $2. The Bull-Baiting 4. Peaches $3. The Dowser 5. The Battle of the Ants 54. Eaves-Droppings 8. Caviar $5. Th…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 609

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

LIBER CCCXXXIII NOW READY THE BOOK OF LIES WHICH IS ALSO FALSELY CALLED BREAKS THE WANDERINGS OR FALSIFICATIONS OF THE ONE THOUGHT OF FRATER PERDURABO WHICH THOUGHT IS ITSELF UNTRUE “Break, break, break At the foot of th And I would that stones, O Sea! could ‘utter ‘The thoughts that arise in me!” CONTENTS 5 49. WARATAH-BLOSSOMS 1, ‘The Sabbath of the Goat 50, The Vigil of St. Hubert 2. The Cry of the Hawk $1. Terrier Work 3. The Oyster $2. The Bull-Baiting 4. Peaches $3. The Dowser 5. The Battle of the Ants 54. Eaves-Droppings 8. Caviar $5. Th…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 71

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 2)

… Wisdom, and so dare act. He must dare act, although iî like Him not. But He must assume the Curse of His grade, as it is written in the Book of the Magus. * 1 There are, of course, entirely black forms of magic. To him who has not given every drop of his blood for the cup of Babalon objectionable as pollution of the purity of the planes, is at least respectable for its nobility. The ascetic of the Thebaid or the Trappist Monastery is infinitely worthier than the health-peddler and success-monger of Boston or Los Angeles; for the one offers tem…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 79

The Law is for All

…al Philosophy, where the above position is thoroughly justified, as also certain positions which follow. At the time I had not read this book; and I regard it as a striking proof of the value of mystical attainment, that its results should have led a mind such as mine, whose mathematical training was of the most elementary character, to the immediate consciousness of some of the most profound and important mathematical

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1996 · PDF PAGE 172

The Law is for All

…alty ride by day beside us in the Charge of the Battle of Life. “Let the woman be girt with a sword before me”! ni:ll So sayeth this our Book of the Law. We respect Woman in the self of Her own nature; we do not arrogate the right to criticize her. We welcome her as our ally, come to our camp as her Will, free-flashing, sword-swinging, hath told Her, Welcome, thou Woman, we hail thee, star shouting to Star! Welcome to rout and to revel! Welcome to fray and to feast! Welcome to vigil and victory! Welcome to war with its wounds! Welcome to peace …

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