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1913 · PDF PAGE 2

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…e will be there to meet them. Tue Chancellor of the A... A... wishes to warn readers of THE Equinox against accepting instruction in his name from an ex-Probationer, Captain J. F. C. Fuller, whose motto was “Per Ardua.” This person never advanced beyond the Degree of Probationer, never sent in a record, and has presumably neither performed practices nor obtained results. He has not, and never has had, authority to give instructions in the name of the A... A. THE Chancellor of the A..A.*. considers it desirable to make a brief statement of the f…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 89

Gargoyles

… flares Like corpse-lights glimmering in the gloom Till all’s a blaze, one roar of flame, Death universal, locked and linked :— Aha! one names the awful Name— The twin red planets are extinct. SI G

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1910 · PDF PAGE 184

The World’s Tragedy

…IAM, to a bystander. Knave Wilt earn a penny ? Beg this grace, For the death-dews stand on the bloodless face. IST BYSTANDER What is the name of the criminal ? A GREEK DISCIPLE FROM ALEXANDRIA Say, Logos, or Homoiousios ! JOHN Nay, Fool! Homoousios — lippis et nota ! THE GREEK Homoiousios, with the iota !

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1911 · PDF PAGE 19

Hail Mary

…the stars of night ! Ave Maria ! Spouse of the Breath Divine, Hail to Thee, shrouded shrine, Whence our REDEEMER came ! Hail to Thy holy name ! Ave Maria ! Hail, Hail, O Queen, to Thee, Spouse of Eternity ! Ave Maria ! Mother in Maidenhood ! Saintly Beatitude ! Queen of the Angel Host ! Bride of the HOLY GHOST ! Ave Maria ! Amen. H 12

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1961 · PDF PAGE 97

Liber Aleph

…manifest in Force and Fire. This Mass of the Holy Ghost is then the true Formula of the Magick of the Æon of Horus, blessed by He in His Name Ra- Hoor-Khuit! And thou shalt bless also the Name of our Father Merlin, Frater Superior of the O.T.O., for that by seven Years of Apprenticeship in His School did I discover his most excellent Way of Magick. Be thou diligent, o my son, for in this wondrous Art is no more Toil, Sorrow, and Disappointment, as it was in the dead Aeon of the Slain Gods. n

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1909 · PDF PAGE 136

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

… authorities even became suspicious: why was I so anxious? How could I say? He was the servant of . . . “T did not know my sweet child’s name! * * * * * “So, while a living man, I made myselfa ghost. IV “Tt may have been one day some ten years later,” con- tinued the old nobleman, “when as I paced uselessly the Street of the Four Winds I was confronted by a stern, grey figure, short, stout, and bearded, but of an indescribable majesty and force. “He laid his hand unhesitatingly upon my shoulder. ‘Unhappy man!’ he cried, ‘thou art sacrificing th…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 136

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

… authorities even became suspicious: why was I so anxious? How could I say? He was the servant of . . . “T did not know my sweet child’s name! * * * * * “So, while a living man, I made myselfa ghost. IV “Tt may have been one day some ten years later,” con- tinued the old nobleman, “when as I paced uselessly the Street of the Four Winds I was confronted by a stern, grey figure, short, stout, and bearded, but of an indescribable majesty and force. “He laid his hand unhesitatingly upon my shoulder. ‘Unhappy man!’ he cried, ‘thou art sacrificing th…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 65

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NOTES 49 Figure. Nature. Name. Divination and Spiritual Meaning. 17 18 19 21 23 V ot A V ot A O ot V A ot O Oo A V ot © VY ot O Oo A Sui. Lin Kwé4n. Shih Ho. Pi. Po. Fu. . Following. Troublesome services, arrest of decay, hard work. Approach of authority, inspect, comfort. Manifesting, contemplating. Union by gnawing, legal constraint. Ornament, freewill. Overthrow, couch. . . | Returning, visit from friends.

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1909 · PDF PAGE 360

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

THE EQUINOX Come! I am writhing with despair Like a snake taken in a snare, Moaning thy mystical name Till my tongue is torn and bleeding! Have I not gilded my nails And painted my lips with vermilion ? Yea! thou art I; the deed awakes: Thy lightning strikes, thy thunder breaks Wild as the bride that wails In the bridegroom’s plumed pavilion ! ALEISTER CROWLEY. 352

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1909 · PDF PAGE 360

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

THE EQUINOX Come! I am writhing with despair Like a snake taken in a snare, Moaning thy mystical name Till my tongue is torn and bleeding! Have I not gilded my nails And painted my lips with vermilion ? Yea! thou art I; the deed awakes: Thy lightning strikes, thy thunder breaks Wild as the bride that wails In the bridegroom’s plumed pavilion ! ALEISTER CROWLEY. 352

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1929 · PDF PAGE 527

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…ng such qualities of mind that the communication will benefit me. Now, as it happened, I had a test question to my hand. I had taken the name Baphomet as my motto in the O.T.O. For six years and more I had tried to discover the proper way to spell this name. I knew that it must have eight letters, and also that the numerical and literal correspondences must be such as to express the meaning of the name in such a ways as to confirm what scholarship had found out about it, and also to clear up those problems which archaeologists had so far failed…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 38

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…cy, Seen ? ANGELA, Your love—you call it so! SIR PERCY. Have you, then— ANGELA. I saw all. Ah me! Poor Angela! SIR PERCY. Angela is your name? ANGELA. My name. Sir PERCY. A lovely name. tion runs parallel. No doubt your disposi- ANGELA. Meets never? You are no courtier, sir ! Sir PERcY. ‘sir !” Do not say ‘

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1903 · PDF PAGE 39

Alice: An Adultery

…ep, “ To love—and to forget ! ” Still sombre whispers from the deep Sob through Night’s golden net, And waft upon the wings of sleep The name of Margaret. 17

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1904 · PDF PAGE 12

In Residence

…ng For copy, and I’m in a huff. You see even me versifying— Lord, keep us from reading the stuff ! 1R, Browning’s Works, vol. xvi. A pet name for Mr Spalding.

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1913 · PDF PAGE 93

The Book of Lies

KE®AAH OB HASHED PHEASANT Shemhamphorash! all hail, divided Name! Utter it once, O mortal over-rash !— The Universe were swallowed up in flame —Shemhamphorash ! Nor deem that thou amid the cosmic crash May find one thing of all those things the same! No! if creation did possess an aim (It does not.) it were only to make hash Of that most ‘‘high” and that most holy game, Shemhamphorash !

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1905 · PDF PAGE 67

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…nobbed,” and tdi-tempered). Either I see my son now, or I fetch in a policeman. idnapper! Yes, sir, that’s what I call vou! Yes, sir! my name zs Brandon. And your damned name is Vaughan, sir! And I'll drag your damned name through a police-court, sir, as soon as —as—Where’s my son? [7s heard to move towards dining- root. Yes, sir. VAUGHAN. Mr. Brandon, my I cannot John ! shut that door. daughter is at dinner in that room. allow you to enter. BRANDON. That’s where he is, you scoundrel. Out of the way, fool! [Avwcking JOHN over, bursts the door o…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 39

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…this your writing? ANGELA. Oh shame! shame! shame! Tell me you have not read it, Sir Percy ! Str Percy. Some I did read— How know you my name? ANGELA. I read it in my heart. O but I am ashamed to speak to you! Or would be were not that name as a brand to blot out all feeling from me for evermore. SIR PERCY (aside). How she speaks! singing. (Aloud.) Indeed, I read too far, It is indeed an angel ANGELA. Pity me! Sir PERCY. Dear lady, the joy to know, and so per- fectly to express such love is enough. ANGELA. You mock me! That girl—do you in truth…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 128

Konx Om Pax

108 KONX OM PAX THE POET BURY me in a nameless grave! I came from God the world to save. I brought them wisdom from above: Worship, and liberty, and love. They slew me for I did disparage Therefore Religion, Law, and Marriage. So be my grave without a name That earth may swallow up my shame! Arthur! said the big man, more tenderly than he had yet spoken, there was once a man like you. He wished your wish, not with‘tears, but with laughter; he had his wish, as you shall have yours. In spite of all, that nameless man is widely known as any in the…

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1903 · PDF PAGE 65

The Star and the Garter

XXVIII Anp who is then the moon? Bend close, And clothe me in a silken kiss, And I will whisper to my rose The secret name of Artemis. Words were not needed then : to-day Must I begin what never I thought To do: mould flowers in common clay? Mud casket of mere words is nought, When by love’s miracle we guess What either always thinketh. Yes? 63

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1904 · PDF PAGE 61

The Goetia

…e averseness and contempt thou art guilty of great disobedience and rebellion, and therefore shall I excommunicate thee, and destroy thy name and seal, the which I have enclosed in this box; and shall burn thee in the immortal fire and bury thee in immortal oblivion; unless thou immediately come and appear visibly and affably, friendly and courteously here unto me before this Circle, in this triangle, in a form comely and fair, and in no wise terrible, hurtful, or frightful to me or any other creature whatsoever upon the face of earth. And thou…

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