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1913 · PDF PAGE 257

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

DEAD WEIGHT eradicable; and he used to wince when his familiars called him “ Art,” as it revived the story of Crowley’s epigram on his work, as Art for Art's Sake. Again, he objected to references to the “wait-a-bit” thorn in connection with occult style and subject, so that he took what was really quite an unreasonable dislike to Fra. S. P. merely because that worthiest of men had spent some years in Africa. However, these were small blemishes on a_ beautiful character. Having given up trying to look wise, he began to be wise ; and he never fo…

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1947 · PDF PAGE 10

The Last Ritual

COLLECTS OF THE GNOSTIC MASS Lord visible and sensible of whom this earth is but a frozen spark turning about thee with annual and diurnal motion, source of light, source of life, let thy perpetual radiance hearten us to continual labour and enjoyment ; so that as we are constant partakers of thy bounty we may in our particular orbit give out light and life, sustenance and joy to them that revolve about us without diminution of substance or effulgence for ever. Lord secret and most holy, source of light, source of life, source of love, source o…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 14

Liber Aleph

LIBER ALEPH VEL CXI 2 b De Arte Kabbalistica (Of the Qabalistic Art) O thou study most constantly, my Son, in the Art of the Holy Qabalah. Know that herein the Rela- tions between Numbers, though they be mighty in Power and prodigal of Knowledge, are but lesser Things. For the Work is to reduce all other conceptions to these of Number, because thus thou wilt lay bare the very Structure of thy Mind, whose rule is Necessity rather than Prejudice. Not until the Universe is thus laid naked before thee canst thou truly anatomize it. The Tendencies o…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 2

Oracles

O R A C L E S THE BIOGRAPHY OF AN ART UNPUBLISHED FRAGMENTS OF THE WORK OF ALEISTER CROWLEY WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES BY R. P. LESTER AND THE AUTHOR 1905 Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth BOLESKINE, FOYERS, INVERNESS

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1947 · PDF PAGE 9

The Last Ritual

… shall be lovely : whoso seeth it shall be glad. Thy death shall be the seal of the promise of our age long love. Come ! lift up thine heart and rejoice ! We are one ; we are none. There is help and hope in other spells. Wisdom says : be strong ! Then canst thou bear more joy. Be not animal ; refine thy rapture ! If thou drink, drink by the eight and ninety rules of art : if thou love, exceed by delicacy ; and if thou do ought joyous, let there be subtlety therein ! But exceed ! exceed ! Strive ever to more ! and if thou art truly mine—and doub…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 80

The Goetia

…irit... N.’ beautiful od akatrinu! Dorepebela, gobus, bajileim iebe ivaumed Do totza and praiseworthy! with gladness I say, because thou artcalled in him Das ft go-o-al peripesol, oD caosago, oD faorejsita oresa, oD tofajilo who is creator of Heaven and _— earth and the dwelling of darkness, and all things Das cabisa Do-no poamala, od bajilenu iebe noco adana. that are in their palaces, and _ because thou art the servant of obedience. Do vaunesa elonusa kasaremeji Dorebesa jijipabe, ol commennabe In these the power by which thou art obedient to…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 93

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…fable bliss; it is the taint of generation. 43. Yea, though the flower wave bright in the sunshine, the root is deep in the darkness of earth. 44. Praise to thee, O beautiful dark earth, thou art the mother of a million myriads of myriads of flowers. 45. Also I beheld my God, and the countenance of Him was a thousandfold brighter than the lightning. Yet in his heart I beheld the slow and dark One, the ancient one, the devourer of His children. 46. In the height and the abyss, O my beautiful, there is no thing, verily, there is no thing at all, …

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1939 · PDF PAGE 69

Eight Lectures on Yoga

…ritual virus as a mere morbid reflection, the apish imitation of the true ecstasies and trances. All expressions of the real thing must partake of the character of that thing, and therefore only that language is permissible which is itself released from the canon of ordinary speech, exactly as the trance is unfettered by the laws of ordinary consciousness. In other words, the only proper translation is in poetry, art and music. 16. If you examine the highest poetry in the light of common sense, you can only say that it is rubbish; and in actual…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 204

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

PART II CENTRUM IN CENTRI TRIGONO I. SPHINX L HERMANUBIS Ι. TYPHON I. TYPHON. Hail unto thee, thou great god Hermanubis! Art thou not the messenger of Jupiter? HERMANUBIS. Hail unto thee, thou great god Typhon ! Art thou not the executor of his vengeance? TYPHON. Brother Hermanubis, what is the hour? HERMANUBIS. Noon. Brother Typhon, what is the place? TYPHON. The summit of Olympus Brother Hermanubis, what is thy position? HERMANUBIS. Upon the rim of the Wheel. And thine? TYPHON. Upon the rim of the Wheel. HERMANUBIS. Let us seek the centre of …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 204

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

PART II CENTRUM IN CENTRI TRIGONO I. SPHINX L HERMANUBIS Ι. TYPHON I. TYPHON. Hail unto thee, thou great god Hermanubis! Art thou not the messenger of Jupiter? HERMANUBIS. Hail unto thee, thou great god Typhon ! Art thou not the executor of his vengeance? TYPHON. Brother Hermanubis, what is the hour? HERMANUBIS. Noon. Brother Typhon, what is the place? TYPHON. The summit of Olympus Brother Hermanubis, what is thy position? HERMANUBIS. Upon the rim of the Wheel. And thine? TYPHON. Upon the rim of the Wheel. HERMANUBIS. Let us seek the centre of …

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1904 · PDF PAGE 3

The Sword of Song

TO MY OLD FRIEND AND COMRADE IN THE ART BHIKKU ANANDA METTEYA AND TO THOSE FOOLS WHO BY THEIR SHORT-SIGHTED STUPIDITY IN ATTEMPTING TO BOYCOTT THIS BOOK HAVE WITLESSLY AIDED THE CAUSE OF TRUTH I DEDICATE THESE MY BEST WORDS.

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1910 · PDF PAGE 205

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

… one definite end. Thus did Frater P. by two years close and unabandoned experiment show, to his own satisfaction, that Yoga was but the Art of uniting the mind to a single idea; and that Gnana- Yoga, Raja-Yoga, Bhakta-Yoga and Hatha-Yoga* were but one class of methods leading to the same Result as attained to by The Holy Qabalah, The Sacred Magic, the Acts of Worship and The Ordeals of Western Ceremonial Magic; which again are but subsections of that One Art, the Art of uniting the mind to a Single Idea. And, that all these, The Union by Knowl…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 205

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

… one definite end. Thus did Frater P. by two years close and unabandoned experiment show, to his own satisfaction, that Yoga was but the Art of uniting the mind to a single idea; and that Gnana- Yoga, Raja-Yoga, Bhakta-Yoga and Hatha-Yoga* were but one class of methods leading to the same Result as attained to by The Holy Qabalah, The Sacred Magic, the Acts of Worship and The Ordeals of Western Ceremonial Magic; which again are but subsections of that One Art, the Art of uniting the mind to a Single Idea. And, that all these, The Union by Knowl…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 14

Rosa Mundi

…g : all were dull, And thou, O rose, sole, sacred, wonderful, Informing all, in all most beautiful, Circle and sphere, perfect in every part, High above hope of Art : Though, be it said ! thou art nowhere now, Save in the secret chamber of my heart. Behind the brass of my anonymous brow. Ay ! let the coward and slave who writes write on ! He is no more harm to Love than the grey snake Who lurks in the dusk brake

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1909 · PDF PAGE 209

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…flect (though dimly) the supreme guiding force of the mystic, the highest trance to which he has attained. YOGA AND MAGIC I. Yoga is the art of uniting the mind to a single idea. It has four methods. Gnana-Yoga. Union by Knowledge. Raja-Yoga. Union by Will. Bhakta-Yoga. Union by Love. Hatha-Yoga. Union by Courage. add Mantra-Yoga. Union through Speech. Karma-Yoga. Union through Work. These are united by the supreme method of Silence. II. Ceremonial Magic is the art of uniting the mind to a single idea. It has four Methods. The Holy Qabalah. Uni…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 209

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…flect (though dimly) the supreme guiding force of the mystic, the highest trance to which he has attained. YOGA AND MAGIC I. Yoga is the art of uniting the mind to a single idea. It has four methods. Gnana-Yoga. Union by Knowledge. Raja-Yoga. Union by Will. Bhakta-Yoga. Union by Love. Hatha-Yoga. Union by Courage. add Mantra-Yoga. Union through Speech. Karma-Yoga. Union through Work. These are united by the supreme method of Silence. II. Ceremonial Magic is the art of uniting the mind to a single idea. It has four Methods. The Holy Qabalah. Uni…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 25

The Vision and the Voice

…rshipped, as the warrior lord of the sun. Yet in him is the woman that devoureth with her water all the fire of God. Alas! my lord, thou art joined with him that knoweth not these things. When shall the day come that men shall flock to this my gate, and fall into my furious throat, a whirlpool of fire? This is hell unquenchable, and all they shall be utterly consumed therein. Therefore is that asbestos unconsumable made pure. Each of my teeth is a letter of the reverberating name. My tongue is a pillar of fire, and from the glands of my mouth a…

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1917 · PDF PAGE 4

The Law of Liberty

…Equinox of the Gods. A feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death! A feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture! A feast every night unto Nu, and the pleasure of uttermost delight! Aye! Feast! Rejoice! There is no dread hereafter. There is the dissolution, and eternal ecstasy in the kisses of Nu.” It all depends on your own acceptance of this New Law, and you are not asked to believe anything, to accept a string of foolish fables beneath the intellectual level of a negro or a clergyman, and…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 27

Carmen Saeculare

The Saxons are driven as cattle ; We know Thee, that Thou art the Lord ! Forth Freedom flings skyward, a maiden Rejoicing, upsprung from the sea, And the wild lyre of Erin is laden At last with the songs of the free ! Hail ! Hail unto Thee ! 25

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1911 · PDF PAGE 137

The Vision and the Voice

…nding, for the winged globe is the crown, and the shaft is the wisdom, and the barb is the understanding. And the Arrow is one, and thou art lost in the Mystery, who art but as a babe that is carried in the womb of its mother, that art not yet ready for the light. And the vision overcometh me. My sense is stunned; my sight is blasted; my hearing is dulled. And a voice cometh: Thou didst seek the remedy of sorrow; therefore all sorrow is thy portion. This is that which is written: “God hath laid upon him the iniquity of us all.” For as thy blood…

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