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1912 · PDF PAGE 152

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ounce AGLA these Names : ΝΑΝΤΑ.] [Make the Invoking Pentagram of Earth, and pronounce this ADNI MLKJ Name : And Elohim said: Let us make Man in Our own image ; and let them have dominion over the Fish of the Sea and over the Fowl of the Air; and over every creeping thing that 110

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1912 · PDF PAGE 152

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…ounce AGLA these Names : ΝΑΝΤΑ.] [Make the Invoking Pentagram of Earth, and pronounce this ADNI MLKJ Name : And Elohim said: Let us make Man in Our own image ; and let them have dominion over the Fish of the Sea and over the Fowl of the Air; and over every creeping thing that 110

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1929 · PDF PAGE 279

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…here had been a dozen outrages upon Europeans in Calcutta, some of them culminating in the most brutal murder. And I was the only Englishman who had come out on top. I had lost four rupees, eight annas, it is true; but I had won the victory, one against six. Thornton was in bed when I arrived; but I had not hesitation in making his "bera" admit me. I told him my story and opened my revolver. Then only did I discover that my elaborate course of reasoning was entirely at fault! I had NOT monkeyed with the weapon and the hammer HAD been down on th…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 51

Collected Works (Vol. II)

… Here and hereafter doth he mourn, him suffering doth doubly irk, Who doeth evil, seeing now at last how evil was his work. The virtuous man rejoices here, hereafter doth he take delight, Both ways rejoices, both delights, as seeing that his work was right. Here and hereafter suffers he: the pains of shame his bosom fill Who thinks ‘‘I did the wrong,” laments his going on the Path of III. Here and hereafter hath he joy: in both the joy of rectitude Who thinks ‘‘I did the right” and goes rejoicing on the Path of Good. A-many verses though he can…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 32

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…ain of youth, and the fear of age, Life tossed and broken into dust in the elemental rage. Is not God part of every the tiniest spark of man? ls He not moulded also in His own eternal plan? Even so; as the woes of earth is the angry crested sea. Even so; as Her great peace abideth in the deep—so He! What wreck floats by us? What pale corpse rolls horribly above, Tossed on the unbewailing foam, cast out of light and life and love? The sea shall draw thee down, O brother, to her breast of peace, Her unimaginable springs, her bridal secre- cles. E…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 14

Jephthah

…m for the lips to bind; And the struggle is keen as the strife to be, And the heart is tossed by the thankless wind. ELEAZAR, Nay, for a man’s sure purpose is of God. CHORUS. The large pale limbs of the earth are tanned With the sun and the sea and the yellow sand And the face of earth is dark with love Of the lords of hell and the spirits above That move in the foggy air of night, And the spirit of God, most like a dove, Hovers, and lingers, and wings his flight, Spurned and rejected and lost to sight; But we desire him, a holy bird, And we tu…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 60

Tale of Archais

…d asteroid, Where our desire is welcome. Yea, the night Holds in her bosom such a world of light As in this sick sad Earth would consume man With its quick blaze of truth. Thy bitter ban, Zeus, shall most utterly be made to cease. We must fight Fate and conquer it. Our peace, Our passion, is the silent answer given To the importunate questioning of heaven. Thou art supreme, my king, and I in thee ; We have life hard by its chill throat, to choke Its petty gasping pleasures, and to see The ancient altars with new incense smoke : We are supreme t…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 120

The Soul of Osiris

…tude. Even beyond the keen delight—to Be— Steals that diviner mood Of wonder at the miracle—the plan Of Nature crowned by the astounding Man ! The secret of the Lord is set with him That wonders at His Majesty : his praise Wells from no trembler’s misery : his hymn Swells the exultant day’s. His psalm wings upward, and reflected down Even in Hell makes music and renown. Yea ! for the echo of the anthem rolls Down to the lost unfathomable deep. Down, to the darkness of all shades and souls, The founts of music sweep. Even the devils in the utter…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 116

Orpheus

…it abides and feels As if God’s vulture clung to it amain, And furies fixed with fiery darts and wheels Their horror, thought-exceeding, manifold, Vertiginous within me—and the cold Of Styx splashed on me, making me immortal, Invulnerable in its bitter mould; Leaving its own ice, penetrating streams, Grim streaks, and dismal drops, abysmal beams Thrown from the gulphthorough the placeand portal, Each drop o’erladen with a curse that steams Unnatural in the coldness: let me be Alone, inviolate of eternity! Let all the winds of air leave me, nor …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 153

Orpheus

… cruel strife With my own being: hideous sorrow fills My heart—O misery! my wife! my wife! Stay ! if I cannot be the Absolute, Let me be man! discard the wailing lute And wake the lyre: the mightier than me Drag up the courage in me to dispute The battle with despair: awake the strings Stronger than earth, than the immortal kings Alike of death and life: invoke the sea That I may cross her on the viewless wings Of song, find out the desolating river That girds the earth, unloose the silver quiver, Choosing an arrow of sharp song to run Down to …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 35

Ambergris

… receives the kiss of the dainty-lip runlet. Here the green moss is my seat, Beech is the canopy o’er me, Calm and content the retreat ; Man, my worst foe, cannot bore me ; Life is a closed book behind—Shelley an open be- fore me. Shelley’s own birds are above Close to me (why should they fear me ?) May I believe it—that love Brings his bright spirit so near me That, should I whisper one word—Shelley’s swift spirit would hear me ?

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1913 · PDF PAGE 236

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

…s the strong sun that leaps upon the sea As when the lone sea calls A -tiptoe up and down and all about ... Away , for we are ready to a man Aye, lad ! He crossed the court, and in His eyes A young Apollo , golden -haired ... ::::::: 105 172 35 8 190 168 163 Bangle -sellers are we who bear Barden Towers in a mist of rain Because the fulfilment of dreams is itself a dream ... Because your face is with me in the dark Behold ! “ The Bride 's Descent " Bitter and shrill, O wind , bitter and shrill ... 154 10 201 171 “ Cambridge indeed is beautiful …

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1961 · PDF PAGE 70

Liber Aleph

…. Also it is thy Nature as it is mine, o my Son, to will that all Men share our Mirth and Jollity; wherefore have I proclaimed my Law to Man, and thou continuest in that Work of Joyance. s

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1905 · PDF PAGE 156

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…The song of the sons of the seas profound ; The thundet of death; the might Of the eloquent silence of black ight ! RATOUM. The noise of many planets fallen far ! CHORUS. Death listens for the voice of life; mght waits dawn of wisdom: spring ! winter seeks the The RATOUM. ‘The music of all stars arisen; the breath Of God upon the valley of the dead ! CHORUS. The silence of the awaiting soul asleep ! RATOUM. The murmur of the fountain of my life! CHORUS. The whole dead universe awaits the Word. RATOUM. Now is the hour of life ; my voice leaps up…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 52

Moonchild

…omplex nutrition — with no idea that these activities might damage his reputation as a research student. And he was really a very clever man, with a quick eye and brain. If he had possessed moral force, he might have been saved from many of his follies. But his belief in his own fads had impaired his health and made him somewhat hysterical; as a result of this, and of his tendency to exploit his knowledge in second-rate ways, people had begun to [75] doubt the value of his testimony even in serious matters. For instance. Some years before, he h…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 41

Tale of Archais

THE TALE OF ARCHAIS 33 Until the glint and glory of the place Grew o’er the blue dim line of ocean. It was a temple never built of man, Being of marble white, and all unhewn, Above a cliff, about whose base were strewn Boulders of amethyst or malachite. Save these the cliffs rose sheer, a dazzling white, Six hundred feet from ocean ; so divine Was the tall precipice, that from the shrine A child might fling a stone and splash it in the brine. Within whose silver courts and lily bowers The Queen of Love led Charicles ; white flowers Blushed ever…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 463

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

SIR PALAMEDES, THE SARACEN KNIGHT To breathe fond prayers ; and (marry !) if Man’s soul were measured by his sighs He need not linger to attain. Nay! while the Beast squats there, above Him, smiling on him; as he vows Wonderful deeds and fruitless flowers, He grows so maudlin in his love That even the knaves of his own house Mock at him in their merry hours. “God’s death!” raged Palamede, not wroth But irritated, “laugh ye so? Am I a jape for scullions ?” His curse came in a flaky froth. He seized a club, with blow on blow Breaking the knave’s …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 463

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

SIR PALAMEDES, THE SARACEN KNIGHT To breathe fond prayers ; and (marry !) if Man’s soul were measured by his sighs He need not linger to attain. Nay! while the Beast squats there, above Him, smiling on him; as he vows Wonderful deeds and fruitless flowers, He grows so maudlin in his love That even the knaves of his own house Mock at him in their merry hours. “God’s death!” raged Palamede, not wroth But irritated, “laugh ye so? Am I a jape for scullions ?” His curse came in a flaky froth. He seized a club, with blow on blow Breaking the knave’s …

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1914 · PDF PAGE 14

Chicago May

…mplete Her repertory. That's all. I think she failed To match your speech and breath : and you could rise To steal the pennies offa dead man's eyes. 13

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1961 · PDF PAGE 72

Liber Aleph

…ALEPH VEL CXI 60 Bh Allegoria de Caissa (Allegory of Chess) ONSIDER for an Example the Game and Play of the Chess, which is a Pastime of Man, and worthy to exercise him in Thought, yet by no means necessary to his Life, so that he sweepeth away Board and Pieces at the least Summons of that which is truly dear to him. Thus unto him this Game is as it were an Illusion. But insofar as he entereth into the Game he abideth by the Rules thereof, though they be artificial and in no wise proper to his Nature; for in this Restriction is all this Pleasur…

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