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1929 · PDF PAGE 70

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

…nd ignorance of nature. The partheno- 1. Her sole speech in the last Act is “Dienen: Dienen ”. 2. Note that alî these three remain for a time as neuters among women, prevenled from living the male life.

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1910 · PDF PAGE 150

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…panishad,” 1, 16. In the infinite illusion of the universe The soul sleeps; when it awakes Then there wakes in it the Eternal, Free from time and sleep and dreams. t+ Most Buddhists will raise a terrific howl when they read this; but, in spite of their statement that the Hindu Nirvana, the absorption into Brahman, corresponds not with their Nibbana, but with their fourth Ardpa-Vimokha, we nevertheless maintain, that in essence Nirvana and Nibbana are the same, or in detail, if logic is necessary in so illogical an argument, it certainly sided r…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 150

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…panishad,” 1, 16. In the infinite illusion of the universe The soul sleeps; when it awakes Then there wakes in it the Eternal, Free from time and sleep and dreams. t+ Most Buddhists will raise a terrific howl when they read this; but, in spite of their statement that the Hindu Nirvana, the absorption into Brahman, corresponds not with their Nibbana, but with their fourth Ardpa-Vimokha, we nevertheless maintain, that in essence Nirvana and Nibbana are the same, or in detail, if logic is necessary in so illogical an argument, it certainly sided r…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 110

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

…the other fools in the world. He accordingly wrote a song, and produced the desired resuit. This is the most notorious example in recent times of the power exerted by a barbarous name of évocation. A few words may be useful to reconcile the general notion of Causality with that of Magick. How can we be sure that a person waving a stick and howling thereby produces thunderstorms ? In no other way than that familiar to Science ; we note that whenever we put a lighted match to dry gunpowder, an unintelligibly arbitrary phenomenon, that of sound, i…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 113

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

…in terms of the object measured, thus avoiding the absurdity of defining metaphysical ideas by mutable standards, (Cf. Eddington “Space, Time, and Gravitation . — 77

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1930 · PDF PAGE 46

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 2)

…ake sure only of not stopping too soon.1 The lines being traced, the operation is over as far as spiritual qualifies are required, for a time. The process of setting up the figure for judgment is purely mechanical. But, in the judgment, the diviner stands once more in need of his mmost and utmost attainments. He sbould exhaust tlie infcellectual sources of information at Iiis disposai, and form from them his jodgment. But having done this, lie should deîacli Iiis mind from wliat it lias just formulated, and proceed to concentrate it on tlie fig…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 14

The Law is for All

…are unmistakably addressed, in an intimately personal sense, to him. It is because the thought expressed in this Book of the Law was sometimes not easily intelligible to the transmitter that he wrote a Commentary upon it.1 2 He wished to explain, so far as he could, the messages that he had received. After some lapse of time he wrote a second Commentary,3 which superseded the first; so I have not included the first in this volume. And there is a good deal of the second Commentary that I have not included. Sometimes the understanding of the Comm…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 100

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

…n of the Will, just as a word is of a thought. It can never be anything else; thus, though the process of making it, whether it involves time, money, or labour, is a spiritual and moral synthesis, it is not measurable in terms of its éléments. 64

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1929 · PDF PAGE 227

Moonchild

…idates take notice!" Abdul protested his loyalty and devotion. "The supreme test," continued Douglas, "cannot conveniently be imposed in time of war. There is too much to do just now. But — as a preliminary — ?" how do you stand with Germany?" Abdul shrank back, startled out of his presence of mind. "Germany!" he stammered at last. "Why, [319] Colonel," (he emphasized the title) "I know nothing. I have no instructions from my Government."He met the eye of his master, and read its chill contempt. "I—er—er—" "Dare you play with me?" The young man…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 292

The Law is for All

…ly, 1816. In The Complete Poetical Works, ed. E. H. Coleridge (Oxford: Clarendon, 1912; rpt. 1957). 40 Eddington, Arthur Stanley. Space, Time and Gravitation: An Out­ line of the General Relativity Theory. Cambridge up, 1920; rpt. 1990. 41 The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day, trans. R.O. Faulkner and Ogden Goelet. San Francisco: Chroni­ cle Books, 1994. 42 Fabre-d’Olivet, Antoine. Hermeneutic Interpretation of the Origin of the Social State of Man, and of the Destiny of the Adamic Race, trans. Nayan Louise Redfield. Ne…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 87

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…igious offspring of the fatal graft? 1 The offspring of Europa and of Jupiter under the form of a bull. VOL. Il. The worst has happened. Time must now discover . What love had hidden from the wittol’s! eyes (What hate may tell him if he read my song, If he be subtle : not if he be wise). In our despair came laughter to my lover : ‘* All’s well as yet. I calculated wrong.” THE FORTY-FIRST DAY. ‘*T am sick.” Antony and Cleopatra. How things are changed since Alice was so ill ! I, being in high fever, lay in bed, While my love smoothed the pillows…

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1938 · PDF PAGE 22

The Heart of the Master

…, and worked by the Formula of Isis, worshipping Nature chaste and kindly, not understanding Death, or the Arcanum of Love. So, when the time was ripe, appeared the Brethren of the Formula of Osiris, whose word is I A O; so that men worshipped Man, thinking him subject to Death, and his victory dependent upon Resurrection. Even so conceived they of the Sun as slain and reborn with every day, and every year. Now, this great Formula being fulfilled, and turned into abomination, this Lion came forth to proclaim the Aeon of Horus, the crowned and c…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 66

The Law is for All

…anges in what we call death, and partly by the inmost will of the father, perhaps modified to some extent by his con­ scious will at the time of his slipping the leash. This being so, it becomes tremendously important to a man that he should become conscious of his true inmost Will, of his essential nature. This is the Great Work whose attainment consti­ tutes adeptship, provided that the consciousness recognizes that its own dependence on circumstance makes it no more than a troubled image in foul water of the sun which is that Silent Self. If…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 59

The Goetia

…his manner twice or thrice over, then conjure the spirit thou wouldest call forth by the aforesaid conjurations, rehearsing them several times together, and he will come without doubt, if not at the first or second time of rehearsing. But if he do * It will depend on the quarter to which the Spirit is attributed, which of the four chief kings is to be invoked. 43

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1910 · PDF PAGE 176

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…ous; but loudest during Rechaka, 1.23 am, I awoke, lying on left side. This being unusual... . I did not know I had been asleep, and the time much surprised * When Gods are near, or Kundalini arises thither, the petals bend down and out: thus is the Winged-Globe of Egypt formed. These petals are the same as the horns of Pan which open out as the God descends. 160

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1910 · PDF PAGE 176

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…ous; but loudest during Rechaka, 1.23 am, I awoke, lying on left side. This being unusual... . I did not know I had been asleep, and the time much surprised * When Gods are near, or Kundalini arises thither, the petals bend down and out: thus is the Winged-Globe of Egypt formed. These petals are the same as the horns of Pan which open out as the God descends. 160

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1911 · PDF PAGE 310

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…f a Libertine; The Strong M: the Evolution of a Flirt; ‘The Divine Womanly.. Part II1.—Stilling the Tempest. Live in the Eternal, not in Time. "Affirmation of Being. Affirmation for the Morning. Affirmation for the Evening. Affirmation for Fear of Heredity. Affirmation for Fear of Death. EVERY MAN A KING; or, Might in Mind Mastery. By Oxtson Swerr Marve. Price 38. 6d. net. “Happily written, with knowledge and insight as well as gaiety and charm."—Light. “Admirable! It is a long time since we read a book on the fascinating subject of mind’s infl…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 310

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…f a Libertine; The Strong M: the Evolution of a Flirt; ‘The Divine Womanly.. Part II1.—Stilling the Tempest. Live in the Eternal, not in Time. "Affirmation of Being. Affirmation for the Morning. Affirmation for the Evening. Affirmation for Fear of Heredity. Affirmation for Fear of Death. EVERY MAN A KING; or, Might in Mind Mastery. By Oxtson Swerr Marve. Price 38. 6d. net. “Happily written, with knowledge and insight as well as gaiety and charm."—Light. “Admirable! It is a long time since we read a book on the fascinating subject of mind’s infl…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 109

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…any-coloured, but He kept his lips well shut. The last was like a full great moon ; He knew, but uttered not, his rune. II, Now when the time was fully come The dying man was dumb, But with his failing hand did make A sign: my heart doth ache. At that the kingly man, the fourth, Rose up and spat against the North. Then made the dying man a sign: My head is running like strong wine. The agéd man lifted his mouth And spat against the South. He clutched his throat in pang of death, As if he cried for breath. Whereat the second beat his breast And …

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1907 · PDF PAGE 207

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…, Thy light hath long missed her : That hour hath an end. All zons to squander We chance at our will: We may woo, work or wander Through time to our fill, Hither or yonder By fountain or hill, Each day growing fonder, Each night growing still ! Bright Hermes behind me Caduceus-armed Guides: shall he blind me? My spirit be charmed? The song shall not swerve her, Its glory shall shed Respite, deserve her From gulfs of the dead. Ah me! let it nerve her These conduits to tread That lead to the fervour Of earth overhead ! Fire, thou dear splendour O…

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