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1922 · PDF PAGE 347

Diary of a Drug Fiend

CHAPTER VI THE TRUE WILL Lov and I were both utterly exhausted by the climb; and King Lamus reminded us that this was the formula of the Abbey of Thelema at Telepylus, that every one had to reach the top, step by step, through his own exertions. There was no question of soaring into the air by alien aid; and in all probability coming to earth with a bump. We had found ourselves repeatedly out of breath during the ascent, though it had only occupied three- quarters of an hour, and we should certainly never have reached the top without recourse t…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 45

Sir Palamedes

…ide after stride with little pains Upon the lumbering, flapping thing. He stabs the lamb, and splits the brains Of that majestic-seeming king. He clips the wing and pares the claw— What turns to laughter all his joy, To wondering ribaldry his awe? The beast’s a mere mechanic toy, Fit to amuse an idle boy! 39

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1912 · PDF PAGE 388

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…רקת טוה ?יבשה ”95 2(1—51) 36‘:6‘ A[37’1ng «1297 1298 1299 1300 "᾽ π13οΙ 1302 «1303 1304 1305 1306 71307 Angel”?!?.סמהDeo vs,?תורחש/א and King-Demon of Geburah 1308 1309 1310 72 1311 1312 1313 1314 1315 1316 1317 1318 11319 1320 211321 1322 1323 1324 1325 1326 wx327 1328 1329 1330 3/‘1331 1332 1333 !334 !335 1336 l337 1338 1339 1340 1341 1342 I343 !344

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1912 · PDF PAGE 388

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…רקת טוה ?יבשה ”95 2(1—51) 36‘:6‘ A[37’1ng «1297 1298 1299 1300 "᾽ π13οΙ 1302 «1303 1304 1305 1306 71307 Angel”?!?.סמהDeo vs,?תורחש/א and King-Demon of Geburah 1308 1309 1310 72 1311 1312 1313 1314 1315 1316 1317 1318 11319 1320 211321 1322 1323 1324 1325 1326 wx327 1328 1329 1330 3/‘1331 1332 1333 !334 !335 1336 l337 1338 1339 1340 1341 1342 I343 !344

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1919 · PDF PAGE 72

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…o the Smooth Point. 11. Nor is it fitting for the cobbler to prate of the Royal matter. O cobbler! mend me this shoe, that I may walk. O king! if I be thy son, let us speak of the Embassy to the King thy Brother. 12. Then was there silence. Speech had done with us awhile. There is a light so strenuous that it is not perceived as light. 13. Wolf’s bane is not so sharp as steel; yet it pierceth the body more subtly. 14. Even as evil kisses corrupt the blood, so do my words devour the spirit of man. 15. I breathe, and there is infinite dis-ease in…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 41

777

… the ene The Grades of the Order. Magical Images of the of= 0° ‘ . 0 al Death of First- | ro°= 19 Ipsissimus . . . & + e Ancient bearded king seen in pro- 1 born e Locusts . g°= 29 Magus. .... 3 Almost any male image shows 2 some aspect of Chokmah Darkness 8°= 3° Magister Templi \ Almost any female image shows 3 some aspect of Binah Hail and Fire . = 49 Adeptus Exemptus | 3 ( : A mighty crowned and enthroned 4 | 4 Boils. . . .{ 6°= 5° Adeptus Major . fo) : A mighty warrior in his chariot, 5 | mo | armed and crowned Murrain . 5°= 6° Adeptus Mino…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 493

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…hess, attributed to Palamedes, has no other origin than the Tarot, and one finds there the same combina- tions and the same symbols: the king, the queen, the knight, the soldier, the fool, the tower, and houses representing numbers. In old times, chess-players sought upon their chess-board the solution of philosophical and religious problems, and argued silently with each other in manceuvring the hieroglyphic characters across the numbers. Our vulgar game of goose, revived from the old Grecian game, and also attributed to Palamedes, is nothing …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 493

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…hess, attributed to Palamedes, has no other origin than the Tarot, and one finds there the same combina- tions and the same symbols: the king, the queen, the knight, the soldier, the fool, the tower, and houses representing numbers. In old times, chess-players sought upon their chess-board the solution of philosophical and religious problems, and argued silently with each other in manceuvring the hieroglyphic characters across the numbers. Our vulgar game of goose, revived from the old Grecian game, and also attributed to Palamedes, is nothing …

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1907 · PDF PAGE 106

The Star in the West

… of his adversary . Ah God ! she won that most reluctant breath Out of corruption : love ! ah ! love is strong ! What waters quench it ? King Shalomeh saith .? Thus failed the Quest , as all quest against love must inevitably fail . A man who truly loves a woman loves her so intensely that all else is as naught ; she grows before him gigantic through the mist of his desire , swallowing him up in the affinity of her being . The King's sword was of little use ; the pillar of the Higher Self lay in the salt - encrusted plains , saline with the tea…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 33

777

TABLE II 17 LIX. Lvl. | LVIL LVI. LV. LIV. Archangels pepreme The Four The Four The Elements The Letters Quarters. Kings. Quarters. Rivers. and Senses. <i Name. rig bans | Tahceloi . . .). (E)NND Soa | A Air, Smell 4B]. 2957!) 1 Sxva3 | Thahebyobeaatan | .(W) J5YD yg | V water, Taste |... | 23 Sxesip | Ohooohatan . . |. (S) DYN wp | A Fire, Sight 7). 9/7] 81 Sy | Thahaaotahe ©. . (N) MBY nu | W Earth, Tough |... 1." | 82 bis @® spirit, Hearing) . .w. . | 31 bis LXVIII. LXVII LXVI. LXV. The Demon The Parts of Spelling of Tetragrammaton Secret Nu…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 44

Tale of Archais

36 THE TALE OF ARCHAIS Love that is lighter than scorn, Love, that is strong as a king, Love, through the gate that is horn, Sing ! Then Charicles rejoicing quickly ran And chose a lyre, and thus his song began Rippling through melodies unheard of man. SONG OF CHARICLES Wake, fairy maid, for the day Blushes our curtain to shake ; Summer and blossoms of May Wake ! Lilies drink light on the lake, Laughter drives dreamland away, Kisses shall woo thee, and slake Passion with amorous play, Clip thee and love, for Love’s sake. Wake and caress me, I p…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 13

Oracles

A PEEP BEHIND THE SCENES Written By a student at King’s College Hospital IN the hospital bed she lay, Rotting away ! Cursing by night and cursing by day, Rotting away ! The lupus is over her face and head, Filthy and foul and horrid and dread, And her shrieks they would almost wake the dead ; Rotting away ! In her horrible grave she lay, Rotting away ! Rotting by night, and rotting by day, Rotting away ! In the place of her face is a gory hole, And the worms are gnawing the tissues foul, And the devil is gloating over her soul, Rotting away ! 8

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1922 · PDF PAGE 261

Diary of a Drug Fiend

CHAPTER I KING LAMUS INTERVENES It is only three months ago; but it seems a lifetime. My memory is now very good, and I remember more details of the past every day. I am writing this account of the past three months, partly because my best friend tells me that it will strengthen it if I exercise it by putting down what has occurred in sequence. And you know, even a month ago, I couldn’t have recalled anything at all with regard to certain periods. My friend tells me that memory fails me in part because nature mercifully wishes to hide from us t…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 7

Ambergris

…...........................................................110 Prayer ...........................................................113 The King-Ghost .............................................115

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1904 · PDF PAGE 19

The Goetia

…g Creatures ; there is also a reference to the same beings in the Apocalypse. The argument then stands: The Book of Chronicles refers to King Solomon (unknown date). Mr. Waite refers to King Solomon (1898), Therefore, The author of the Book of Chronicles was acquainted with Mr. Waite’s book.’ We will conclude by condoling with the author of the Book of Chronicles. * Even apart from this, if Living Creatures are really existent things—which the name would suggest—the argument stands: The Rig-Veda, The Old Testament, The Insidecompletuar Britanni…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 53

The Argonauts

…oebus, subtler than the Sphinx, This plague should catch him, nor my wisdom spare. CHORUS OF HEROES. Thus hast thou sent him unto Hades, king. AEETES. Not otherwise were such gain possible. Ye are the witnesses that with much skill, And eloquence of shining words, and thought Darkling behind their measured melody, I did dissuade him. CHORUS. Such an enterprise After such toils no man should lightly leave.

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1910 · PDF PAGE 105

The World’s Tragedy

…eace in Pan Hide from us the knowledge of This eclipse of joy and love ! ALEXANDER Is there nothing but distress In the mystic vision lurking ? IST NYMPH Ah ! but were thy loveliness With the God supremely working ! ALEXANDER Nymph, thy face is like a flower Fairer than the driven foam ! Shining like an honeycomb Is thy body — and thy soul Shoots me to the gilded goal. I shall master yet the hour. SATYRS King of Kings, we bow before Thee ; As our Master we adore Thee.

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1907 · PDF PAGE 103

The Star in the West

… at length suc ceeds in releasing himself from the magic threads . In “ The Nameless Quest ,” Gereth is in love with the Queen , and the King calls on a knight to go on the Nameless Quest to a certain pillar which lies at the end of the road which leads from Human desire to Divine contentment ; around it lie the bones of the “ questing slain " unburied , unremembered , uncon fessed ; Gereth's name is cried aloud , and the King bids him God - speed , girding on him his own true sword , whilst the Queen draws from her finger a ring and places it …

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1954 · PDF PAGE 550

Magick Without Tears

…458; Lords of, 338 Kelly, Edward, 157,321,502 Kephra,8 Kether, 169,310 Khabs, 203, 249 Khem,75 Khu, 195,212 Kidneys, defective, 380, 381 King, The, quoted from AL, II, 250,293,294 Kingsford, Anna, 85 King's Scale, 106, 141, 157 Kinks in Time, 192 Kipling, Rudyard, 164,258,442 Kiriloff, 75 Knowledge and Conversation of Holy Guardian Angel, 19, 11 0, 276, 306, 318, 496, 497,502 Knox Om Pax, 426 Krishna, 11 Krishnamurti, 86 Kwa,61 Lamb, 119 Lamen,17 Lao Tse, 40, 206, 228, 233, 236, 237,252 Lapis Lazuli, 78 La Poule aux Rats, 478 Laughter, Trance o…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 99

The World’s Tragedy

46 THE WORLD’S TRAGEDY. Ah ! my pan, if blood suffice, Crush the world as in a vice ! IST NYMPH King of kings, the world shall bleed In the vilest vice of vices. 2ND NYMPH While the riddle thou hast ree’d Mocks them with its “ Blood suffices ”. ALEXANDER Know ye, bright ones, who I am ? I have slain a thing adored At this altar to its Lord, As a butcher kills a lamb. IST NYMPH That shall be — thou rightly fearest — Till the Balance weigh the Ram. 2ND NYMPH Men shall even slay their dearest For the sake of that slain lamb.

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