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1944 · PDF PAGE 160

The Book of Thoth

…helmet is crested by the head of a child, and from it stream sharp rays of light, illuminating her empire of celestial dew. In her right hand, she bears a sword; in her left hand, the newly severed head of a bearded man. She is the clear, conscious perception of Idea, the Liberator of the Mind. The person symbolized by this card should be intensely perceptive, a keen observer, a subtle interpreter, an intense individualist, swift and accurate at recording ideas; in action confident, in spirit gracious and just. Her movements will be graceful, a…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 103

The Mother’s Tragedy

…e rolled Flecking its whiteness with immortal gold : “ Daughter of Earth, take thou thy proper stand, Virgin of Virgins, at My own right hand!”

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1910 · PDF PAGE 188

The Winged Beetle

…nventionally ”]. Pray do not leave us yet, Monsieur Delhomme. Lunch is just ready. DELHOMME. I really think that I should go. [He shakes hands. MRS. OSSORY. Good morning. We are so grateful for your sympathy and kindness. [He turns to the old man.] Grandfather is asleep. [DELHOMME shakes hands coldly with CARR, wonder- ing why he does not offer to come with him. He goes to EUPHEMIA. EUPHEMIA. [Jumps up and gives her hand, hiding her tear-stained face. She has a slight lisp.] Good morning, monsieur. [He bends over her hand and kisses it. DELHOMM…

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1924 · PDF PAGE 9

An Open Letter to Lord Beaverbook

…n days’ notice he was torn from his family, his library, and all the resources of his craft, and obligated to live in North Africa, from hand to mouth, with his life work indefinitely suspended and maimed. It was more than ever impossible for him to refute efficiently the lies of the Sunday Express. 7. Circumstances led to my undertaking the task of coping with the desperate position into which Mr. Crowley’s family and dependants were thus suddenly thrown, a task which he himself—penniless, and broken in health—could not then even begin. Thus I…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 18

Songs of the Spirit

When he dips down beyond the far flat land, Know never more the day and night apart, Know not where frost has laid his iron hand, Save only that it fastens on my heart ; Save only that it grips with icy fire These veins no fire of hell could satiate ; Save only that it quenches this desire. Let me pass out beyond the city gate. 8

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1910 · PDF PAGE 232

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…conventionally]. Pray do not leave us yet, Monsieur Delhomme. Lunch is just ready. DELHOMME. I really think that I should go. [He shakes hands. MRS. ossory. Good morning. We are so grateful for your sympathy and kindness. [He turns to the old man.] Grand- father is asleep. [DELHOMME shakes hands coldly with carr, wondering why he does not offer to come with him. He goes to EUPHEMIA. EUPHEMIA. [Jumps up and gives her hand, hiding her tear-stained face. She has a slight lis.) Good morning, monsieur. [He bends over her hand and kisses tt. DELHOMME…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 232

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…conventionally]. Pray do not leave us yet, Monsieur Delhomme. Lunch is just ready. DELHOMME. I really think that I should go. [He shakes hands. MRS. ossory. Good morning. We are so grateful for your sympathy and kindness. [He turns to the old man.] Grand- father is asleep. [DELHOMME shakes hands coldly with carr, wondering why he does not offer to come with him. He goes to EUPHEMIA. EUPHEMIA. [Jumps up and gives her hand, hiding her tear-stained face. She has a slight lis.) Good morning, monsieur. [He bends over her hand and kisses tt. DELHOMME…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 32

Ambergris

…s upon Our sleep—Love’s birchen bark. Love, love to-night. To-night is all we know, Is all our care ; lips joined to lips we lie, Tender hands touching, hearts in tune to die, With willing kiss reluctant to let go ; So sweet love’s last enduring sigh For sleep, so sure, so slow. Sleep, sleep to-night. Our arms are intertwined ; Breath desires breath and hand imprisons hand ; Breezes cool faces, rosy with the brand Of long sweet kisses ; sun shall dawn and find Two lovers who have passed the land Of sleep—and found Death kind.

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1910 · PDF PAGE 181

The Winged Beetle

…leaps from his control Wild, in a choking scream. She curves white lips to a cup of death ; Her eyes gleam, and her wise brows nod ; Her hand makes music with her breath Dancing upon the ivory rod— The dying priestess offereth The sacrifice to God

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1912 · PDF PAGE 243

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS OF THE TAROT above water, which occupies the lower part of the card rising above the hand, From this flower rises a stern, terminating near the top of the card in another lotus, from which flows a Sparkling white water, as from a fountain. Crossed on the stem just beneath are two dolphins, Argent and Or, on to which the water falls, and from which it pours in full streams, like jets of gold and silver, into two cups; which in their turn overflow, flooding the lower part of the card, 52 and as above and below Harmony of masc…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 243

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS OF THE TAROT above water, which occupies the lower part of the card rising above the hand, From this flower rises a stern, terminating near the top of the card in another lotus, from which flows a Sparkling white water, as from a fountain. Crossed on the stem just beneath are two dolphins, Argent and Or, on to which the water falls, and from which it pours in full streams, like jets of gold and silver, into two cups; which in their turn overflow, flooding the lower part of the card, 52 and as above and below Harmony of masc…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 162

The Winged Beetle

…ts hold brotherhood, And this they shall not take away. Ashes to ashes ? Dust to dust ? So let it be ! In God we trust. Stand ! and join hands ! and let us sing ! Shake out Old Glory to the skies ! With heart and hand defiant fling Our purpose against Destiny’s Ashes to ashes ? Dust to dust ? So let it be ! In God we trust.

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1898 · PDF PAGE 37

Jephthah

… all his people, and to pitch Tents hostile in the plains before Jahaz. And there he fought with Israel ; but God Delivered Sihon to our hands, and all That followed him: whom therefore we destroyed With many slaughters: so we dispossessed _ The envious Amorites, and had their land, A land whose borders were the Ammon brook On the one hand, and on the other Jabbok And Jordan: we, who slew the Amorites. What hast thou, king of Ammon, here to do? How thinkst thou to inherit their possessions That the Lord God hath given us? Go to! Chemosh your go…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 51

Rodin in Rime

LA MAIN DE DIEU HE Hand. From mystery that is cloud control The mystery that is emptiness of air Purpose and power. What blossom do they bear? Stability and strength inform—what soul? Turn to me, love! the banks of air are soft. We are so safe; so happy we: Turn to me, love! the skies are blue, Our love can never falter; fate can never close Fleeced with the clouds that hang aloft, Hard on the flower of land and sea. Buds that may blossom into dew. Lift, O rose petals of my rose, Toward me, rest, dream on, we are here, we love. Turn to me, love…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 58

Mortadello

… proceeds. When the candles should be given to the betrothed, MORTADELLO disdainfully waves it aside, and his page holds it for him, the handmaiden of MAGDALENA performing the same office. THE ARCHBISHOP. Now take your lady’s hand, my lord, and with the oath Supreme confirm the consummation of your troth. Per Patrem, per Filium, per Spiritum Sanctum Ita conjungo vos in matrimonium ! [MORTADELLO, taking the hand of MAGDALENA, starts and pales. He snatches at it, and the corpse falls crashing forward from its chair.

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1907 · PDF PAGE 244

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…rly arranged. Dedications to ‘“The Memory of Jehi Aour,” &c., and ‘*To my Wife,” p. 148. Edition : 1 copy on Roman vellum, 500 copies on hand-made paper. Issued in white boards, linen backs, white label ‘‘ORPHEUS| I. (or II.”) | Two volumes | Ten Shillings | Boards | CROWLEY. [COLLECTED WORKS} The Works | of| Aleister Crowley | Volume I. { Foyers | Society for the Propagation of | Re- ligious Truth | 1905 | [A2/ rights reserved]. Collation :—Extra crown. In Three Volumes. Vol. I., pp. x+269, consisting of Half- title; Title as above; Preface; C…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 55

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

… all his people, and to pitch Tents hostile in the plains before Jahaz. And there he fought with Israel ; but God Delivered Sihon to our hands, and all That followed him: whom therefore we destroyed With many slaughters: so we dispossessed _ The envious Amorites, and had their land, A land whose borders were the Ammon brook On the one hand, and on the other Jabbok And Jordan: we, who slew the Amorites. What hast thou, king of Ammon, here to do? How thinkst thou to inherit their possessions That the Lord God hath given us? Go to! Chemosh your go…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 54

Mortadello

36 MORTADELLO I’ll whisper, and your sea runs smooth, luxuriant. Come, take this gallant noble’s hand, he is your lord. [ALESSANDRO does homage, reluctantly, and takes MORTADELLO’S offered hand. ALESSANDRO. I’d kiss the devil at your command. MONICA. Put up your sword ! Now, gentles all, we reconcile each warring thought, End all our quarrel with a smile, right richly wrought. Farewell, Count Mortadello ! Go your lordly ways, Followed by faith and overflow of high-pitched praise. [To ALESSANDRO.] For you sir, since you erred, repair your fault …

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1944 · PDF PAGE 253

The Book of Thoth

…and unexpected. Apparent death or destruction, but such interpretation is illusion. XIV Pour thine all freely from the Vase in thy right hand, and lose no drop. Hath not thy left hand a vase? Transmute all wholly into the Image of thy Will, bringing each to its true token of Perfection. Dis­ solve the Pearl in the Wine­cup; drink, and make manifest the Virtue of that Pearl. Combination of forces, realization, action based on accurate calculation; the way of es‐ cape, success after elaborate manoeuvres. XV With thy right Eye create all for thyse…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 58

Book 4 (Part I)

… lest you should kill the animalcula. But this constant worry, this fear of killing anything by mischance is, on the whole, worse than a hand-to-hand conflict with a griesly bear. If the barking of a dog disturbs your meditation, it is simplest to shoot the dog, and think no more about it. A similar difficulty with wives has caused some masters to recommend celibacy. In all these questions common sense must be the guide. No fixed rule can be laid down. The “non-receiving of gifts,” for instance, is rather important for a Hindu, who would be thorou…

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