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1913 · PDF PAGE 73

The Book of Lies

KE®AAH NA EAVES-DROPPINGS Five and forty apprentice masons out of work! Fifteen fellow-craftsmen out of work! Three Master Masons out of work! All these sat on their haunches waiting The Report of the Sojourners; for THE WORD was lost. This is the Report of the Sojourners: THE WORD was LOVE;?? and its number is An Hundred and Eleven. Then said each AMO; for its number is An Hundred and Eleven. Each took the Trowel from his LAP,” whose number is An Hundred and Eleven. Each called moreover on the Goddess NINA 37° for Her number is An Hundred and …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 71

The Book of Lies

KE®AAH NB THE BULL-BAITING Fourscore and eleven books wrote I; in each did I expound THE GREAT WORK fully, from The Beginning even unto The End thereof. Then at last came certain men unto me, saying: O Master! Expound thou THE GREAT WORK unto us, O Master! And I held my peace. O generation of gossipers! who shall deliver you from the Wrath that is fallen upon you? O Babblers, Prattlers, Talkers, Loquacious Ones, Tatlers, Chewers of the Red Rag that inflameth Apis the Redeemer to fury, learn firstwhat isWork! and THE GREAT WORK is not so far bey…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 128

The Book of Lies

Mr. Crowley isa strong and genuine poet, and we have little doubt that he will work up from his appreciation of the Temple of Osiris to that loftier and wider work of the human imagination, the appreciation of the Brixton Chapel.”— Dazly News. Carmen Szeculare. 2:5. 6d. “*. . . The poet foresees the dawn of an era of love, justice, and peace, when the Celtic race shall be restored to their own. There are many strong, nervous lines, and some exalted thoughts.” —Dazly News. Tannhduser. 10s. A remarkable ‘‘ Pilgrim’s Progress” in dramatic form. Th…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 90

The Book of Lies

…cending tongue of prayer. This Interchange, the Double Gift of Tongues, the Word of Double Power—ABRAHA- DABRA!—is the sign of the GREAT WORK, for the GREAT WORK is ac- complished in Silence. And behold is not that Word equal to Cheth, that is Cancer, whose Sigil is 3? 86

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1913 · PDF PAGE 78

The Book of Lies

…ices, instead of making bricks, put the straws in their hair, and think they are Jesus Christ! O sublime tragedy and comedy of THE GREAT WORK!

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1913 · PDF PAGE 56

The Book of Lies

KE®AAH MA CORN BEEF HASH” chosen to manifest; and this one hath given His ring as a Seal of Authority to the Work of the A.*. A.*. through the colleagues of FRATER PERDURABO. But this concerns themselves and their ad- ministration; it concerneth none below the grade of Exempt Adept, and such an one only by command. Also, since below the Abyss Reason is Lord, let men seek by experiment, and not by Questionings.

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1913 · PDF PAGE 70

The Book of Lies

KE®AAH NA TERRIER-WORK Doubt. Doubt thyself. Doubt even if thou doubtest thyself. Doubt all. Doubt even if thou doubtest all. It seems sometimes as if beneath all conscious doubt there lay some deepest certainty. O kill it! Slay the snake! The horn of the Doubt-Goat be exalted! Dive deeper, ever deeper, into the Abyss of Mind, until thou unearth the fox THAT. On, hounds! Yoicks! Tally-ho! Bring THAT to bay! Then, wind the Mort!

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1913 · PDF PAGE 136

The Book of Lies

… and ‘Don Quixote’ without the particular individ- ual qualities of either; but, seriously speaking, it is a religious poem, and a great work of art. Again, superficially speaking, it is the master-limerick of a buffoon; again, seriously speaking, it is the epic of the eternal speaker .. . should on no account be missed. Itis a work that superficial criticism might as easily compare to some of the productions of Byron, as overlook with a sneer. I doubt,in fact whether the question of its placein literatureis one to be decided by contemporary cr…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 137

The Book of Lies

…s of ‘ Amphora,’ as the little volume was entitled when published ‘anonymously two years ago, by Burns and Oates, we feel them to be the work of a recipient of the tradition of Vaughan the Silurist, George Herbert, and Cra- shaw, although Mr. Crowleyis smooth where they are rugged, plain where they are perplexing. ‘*These poems indicate a mind full of earnest aspiration towards his spiritual Queen, a mind of an engaging zaiveté, untroubled by the religious and philosophical problems which weary more com- plex intelligences. This little work can…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 74

The Book of Lies

… head was mashed into wood pulp, and thereon the Daily Newspaper was printed. Thus wrote I, since my One Love was torn from me. I cannot work: I cannot think: I seek distraction here: I seek distraction there: but this is all my truth, that Z who love have lost; and how may 1 regain? I must have money to get to America. O Mage! Sage! Gauge thy Wage, or in the Page of thine Age is written Rage! O my darling! We should not have spent Ninety Pounds in that Three Weeks in Paris! . 2. ee we ew wwe eee ewe Slash the Breaks on thine arm with a pole- a…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 130

The Book of Lies

…th the true poetic feeling allied to remarkable learning, and with a pretty wit of his own, Mr. Crowley is well equipped for producing a work of permanent value. . . . Good work may be found in ‘ The Sword of Song,’ but there is even more which will arouse in the average reader (to whom, however, Mr. Crowley obviously does not appeal) no other feeling than one of sheer bewilder- ment. Sometimes an oasis of beauty will reveal the author’s power to charm, the good-humoured egotism will tickle the fancy, the quaint allusive- ness of his notes will…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 122

The Book of Lies

. Chinese Music. . Buttonsand Rosettes. . Windmill-Words. . Méme Raths. . WARATAH-BLOS- SOMS. . The Vigil of St. Hu- bert. . Terrier Work. . The Bull-Baiting. . The Dowser. . Eaves-Droppings. . The Drooping Sun- flower. . Trouble with Twins. . The Duck - Billed Platypus. . Haggai-Howlings. . The Tailless Monkey. . The Wound of Am- fortas. . The Fool’s Knot. . Twig? . Margery Daw. . Constancy. . Sic Transeat —— . The Praying Mantis. . Sodom-Apples. . Manna. The Way to Succeed —and the Way to Suck Eggs! . Broomstick-Bab- blings. . King’s College …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 135

The Book of Lies

…ms. The latteris ‘no tragedy of little tears,’ but the utterance of a god-like grief. ‘ The Priestess of Panormita’ is an extremely fine work of art; the right of selection has been exercised to the utmost, there are no superfluous words, no vague images, everything iis precise, clear-cut, and strong. ‘Bathyllus’ is a beautiful poem;... ‘The Ladder’ is a fine lyric describing the ascen- sion up the middle pillar of the Tree of Life, from Malkuth to Kether. ‘Telepathy,’ ‘The Opium Smoker,’ ‘ The Muse,’ are all poems which will grip and hold the …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 134

The Book of Lies

‘¢. . . This work has only to come under the notice of the right people to be sure of a ready sale. In its author’s words, it represents ‘an attempt to systematisealike the data of mysticism and the results of comparative religion,’ and so far as any book can succeed in such an attempt, this book does succeed ; that is to say, it condenses in some sixty pages as much information as many an intelligent reader at the Museum has been able to collect in years. The book proper consists of a table of ‘Correspondences,’ and is, in fact, an attempt to …

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