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1912 · PDF PAGE 7

Book 4 (Part I)

A NOTE HIS book is intentionally not the work of Frater Perdurabo. Ex- perience shows that his writing is too concentrated, too abstruse, too occult, for ordinary minds to apprehend. It is thought that this record of disjointed fragments of his casual conversation may prove alike more intelligible and more convincing, and at least provide a pre- liminary study which will enable the student to attack his real work from a standpoint of some little general knowledge and understanding of his ideas, and of the form in which he figures them. Part II, …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 35

Book 4 (Part II)

…wn in The Equinox, No. VII; for these are syntheses of the forces of Nature. Yet these are rather special than general symbols, and this book purports to treat only of the grand principles of working.

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1899 · PDF PAGE 184

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

… Sharper than Love’s. Thy wisdom is revealed To them who love, but thou hast aye abhorred The children of revenge, to them is sealed Thy book, so clear to me. Thy book where seven sins their sceptres wield, And seven sorrows track them, and one joy Cancels their infamy ; Shame and regret are fused to an alloy, Whose drossy weight sinks down and is consumed, While o’er the ruddy metal is relumed A purer flame of peace, with knowledge now per- fumed. Thy ways are very bitter. Not one rose Twines in the crown of thorns thy spouse must wear; There …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 31

The Holy Books

…lendour, 0 Nuith ! Bid me within thine House to dwell, 0 winged snake of light, Hadith! Abide with me, Ra-Hoor-Khuit! 39. All this and a book to say how thou didst come hither and a reproduction of this ink and paper for ever—for in it is the word secret and not only in the English—and thy comment upon this the Book of the Law shall be printed beautifully in red ink and black upon beautiful paper made by hand; and to each man and woman that thou meetest, were it but to dine or to drink at them, it is the Law to give. Then they shall chance to a…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 90

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

THE EQUINOX Liser CCCXXXIII.—T7%e Book of Lies falsely so-callea. This book deals with many matters on all planes of the very highest importance. It is an official publication for Babes of the Abyss, but is recommended even to beginners as highly suggestive. Its Chapters XXV, XXXVI and XLIV are in Class D. Liser CCCXXXV.—Aadonis. This gives an account in poetic language of the struggle of the human and divine elements in the consciousness of man, giving their harmony following upon the victory of the latter. Liper CDLXXIV.—Liber Os Abysmi Vel D…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 90

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

THE EQUINOX Liser CCCXXXIII.—T7%e Book of Lies falsely so-callea. This book deals with many matters on all planes of the very highest importance. It is an official publication for Babes of the Abyss, but is recommended even to beginners as highly suggestive. Its Chapters XXV, XXXVI and XLIV are in Class D. Liser CCCXXXV.—Aadonis. This gives an account in poetic language of the struggle of the human and divine elements in the consciousness of man, giving their harmony following upon the victory of the latter. Liper CDLXXIV.—Liber Os Abysmi Vel D…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 5

Book 4 (Part II)

A NOTE THIS book is intentionally not the work of Frater Perdurabo. Ex- perience shows that his writing is too concentrated, too abstruse, too occult, for ordinary minds to apprehend. It is thought that this record of disjointed fragments of his casual conversation may prove alike more intelligible and more convincing, and at least provide a pre- liminary study which will enable the student to attack his real work from a standpoint of some little general knowledge and understanding of his ideas, and of the form in which he figures them. Part II…

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1926 · PDF PAGE 30

Liber Al vel Legis

…lendour, 0 Nuith ! Bid me within thine House to dwell, 0 winged snake of light, Hadith! Abide with me, Ra-Hoor-Khuit! 39. All this and a book to say how thou didst come hither and a reproduction of this ink and paper for ever—for in it is the word secret and not only in the English—and thy comment upon this the Book of the Law shall be printed beautifully in red ink and black upon beautiful paper made by hand; and to each man and woman that thou meetest, were it but to dine or to drink at them, it is the Law to give. Then they shall chance to a…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 558

Magick Without Tears

… Qabalah,hi system of reference; the symbols o the three major schools of mag} approach to life and use of power; tion; the Yi King; The Book of thi tance of talismans, lamens and pent: cointidence; etc., etc. Magick Without Tears is the Coming soon from Falcon Pr: compilation of Crowley's m: volume Equinox; The Law the moss definitive comment ing the creative work of th than a personal encyclopedia of mag-_ rience and explained in unguarded to use it asa tool rather than merely a tymology and its philosophy; —white, black, and yellow—their ts …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 196

Book 4 (Part II)

ORDER FORM Part III of this BOOK FOUR ['' RITUAL "] is in the Pi'css, and zuill be published as early as possible. Three shillings net. Orders should be sent in at once to Wieland and Co., 2^1^ Avenue Studios (76, Fulham Road), South Kensington, London, SAV. Tel: 2632 Ken.

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1913 · PDF PAGE 123

The Book of Lies

ERRATA It seems absurd, as the whole book is a misprint: however— On Page 61, for ‘*‘ Themindor ” vead ‘* Ther- midor.” On Page 79, line 10, for ‘‘Be” read ‘‘ He.” NOTES, Page 12, for ““O=Vs” read ““O=\9.” Page 31, for ‘‘Mualtar” read ‘‘ Muattar.”’ Page 39, for ‘‘10” read ‘‘80.”

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1954 · PDF PAGE 294

Magick Without Tears

…Magical Link arises! No matter how mighty the truth of Thelema, it cannot prevail unless it is applied to and by mankind. As long as The Book of the Law was in Manuscript, it could only affect the small group amongst whom it was circulated. It had to be put into action by the Magical Observation of publishing it. When this was done, it was done without proper perfection . Its commands as to how the work ought to be done were not wholly obeyed. There were doubt and repugnance in FRA TER PERDURABO's mind, and they hampered His work. He was halfhe…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 426

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…ive adequate proof of his existence and his claim to speak with authority. The main purport of his message was to instruct me to write a book on my system of mysticism and Magick, to be called Book Four, and told me that by means of this book, I should prevail against public neglect. It saw no objection to writing such a book; on quite rational grounds, it was a proper course of action, I therefore agreed to do {677} so. But Ab-ul-Diz was determined to dictate the conditions in which the book should be written; and this was a difficult matter. …

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1919 · PDF PAGE 330

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

… a lot of people, even in Boston, who do not know that there are any Iddhi at all, low or high. However, one who has been assiduous with Book 4, by Frater Perdurabo, should have no difficulty so far as a general comprehension of the subject-matter of the Book is concerned. Too ruddy a cheerfulness on the part of the assiduous one will however be premature, to say the least. For the fact is that this treatise does not contain an intelligible and coherent cos- mogony. The unfortunate Lanoo is in the position of a sea- captain who is furnished wit…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 85

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…ard their A from attack. The Hermit to himself, the Fool to foes, 1. But see also the general solution of the Riddle of Existence in the Book of the Law and its Comment — Part IV of Book 4. 2. If we adopt the new orthography VIAOV (Book 4 Part III Chap. V.) we must read “The Sun-6-the Son” etc. for “ail”; and elaborate this interprétation here given in other ways, accordingly. Thus O (or F) will nat be “The Fifteen by function” instead of “Five” etc., and “in act free, firm, aspiring, ecstatic”, rather than “gentle” etc. as in the présent text.…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 58

The Book of Lies

…of Life, and Life of Death; for both are Gods. This is that which is written: ‘‘A feast for Life, and a greater feast for Death!” in THE BOOK OF THE LAW. The blood is the life of the individual: offer then blood!

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1911 · PDF PAGE 305

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

RIDER’S OCCULT PUBLICATIONS JUST PUBLISHED THE KABALA OF NUMBERS. A Handbook dealing with the Traditional Inter- pretation of Numbers and their Predictive Value. By ‘SEPHARIAL,” Author of “A Manual of Occultism,” “Kabalistic Astrology,” “Prognostic Astronomy,” etc. etc. About 168 pp. crown 8vo, ornamental cloth gilt, 2s. net. A MANUAL OF OCCULTISM. A complete Exposition of the Occult Arts and Sciences by ‘SEPHARIAL,” Author of ‘A Manual of Astrology,” ‘‘ Prognostic Astronomy,” “Kabalistie Astrology,” etc. etc. With numerous diagrams and illustr…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 305

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

RIDER’S OCCULT PUBLICATIONS JUST PUBLISHED THE KABALA OF NUMBERS. A Handbook dealing with the Traditional Inter- pretation of Numbers and their Predictive Value. By ‘SEPHARIAL,” Author of “A Manual of Occultism,” “Kabalistic Astrology,” “Prognostic Astronomy,” etc. etc. About 168 pp. crown 8vo, ornamental cloth gilt, 2s. net. A MANUAL OF OCCULTISM. A complete Exposition of the Occult Arts and Sciences by ‘SEPHARIAL,” Author of ‘A Manual of Astrology,” ‘‘ Prognostic Astronomy,” “Kabalistie Astrology,” etc. etc. With numerous diagrams and illustr…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 38

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…tainment of Control of the Body of Light, develop- ment of Intuition, et cetera. COURSE IV The Zelator will be examined in the following books: Lrper CCXX. Liper L Vet Lecis Sub Figura CCXX. as delivered by XCIII. unto DCLXVI. This book is the foundation of the New ‘Zon, and thus of the whole of our Work. Liser DCCCCLXIII. (Only the short note pertains to Class A.) This Book is a superb collection of Litanies ap- propriate to the Signs of the Zodiac. Liser CMXIII. Liser Via Memoria. Gives meth- ods for attaining the magical memory or memory of …

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1930 · PDF PAGE 19

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…9. Liber CCV1I. Syllabus. An énumération of the Official publications of the A.*. A .'. with a brief description of the contents of each book. Equinox XI (vol. iii part 1), p. 11. This appendix is extracted therefrom. Liber CCXX (L vel Legis). The Book of the Law, which is the foundation of the whole work. Text in Equinox x, p. 9. Short commentary in Equinox VII, p. 378. Full commentary by the Master Therion through whom it was given to the world, will be published shortly. Liber CCXVI. The Yi King. A new translation, with a commentary by the M…

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