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1929 · PDF PAGE 238

Moonchild

…t initiation. As Cyril walked, leaning on the arm of Sister Cybele, to the room appointed for his prescribed solitude, he beheld a great light. It shone serenely from the eyes of the Mahathera Phang.

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1905 · PDF PAGE 33

Collected Works (Vol. I)

… Make fiends their shape dissemble. Freedom forbids their tyrannous reign here, Flee to their prison must they, nor deceive ; Love has a lightning that shall strip them clear, Truth through the curtain of the dark shall reave. Ye love, O happy ones andl chaste, Ye love, and light indwells your eyes ; Truth is the girdle of your waist, Ye play before the gates of pearl of Paradise. Happy lovers, dwell together In the isles of golden weather, Free of tyranny and tether, Roam the world, linked hand in hand, Moonlight for your sleep, and breezes Fr…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 143

Collected Works (Vol. III)

… ORPHEUS. From the breast of the snow As a life-swollen stream, Your !ove-rivers flow Soft hued as a dream, Adrift and aglow With the sunlight supreme. Come forth! I invoke ye, O torrents that fall in the mazes and gleam ! THE MOUNTAIN TORRENTS. Falling fast or lingering love-wise, Gathered into mirror-lakes, Floating sprayed through heaven dove- wise, Dreaming, dashing ; sunlight shakes Into million-coloured petals All our limpid drops, and wraps Earth with green, as water settles On the rocks and in their gaps, Mossy rainbow-tinted maidens, f…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 38

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

… congress of Heaven and Earth. But T is the Holy Spirit in action as a “roaring lion” or as the uold Serpent” instead of as an “Angel of Light”. The twins of Set-Isis, harlot and beast, are busy with that sodomitic and incestuous lust which is the traditional formula for producing demi-gods, as m the cases of Mary and the Dove; Leda and the Swan, etc. The card is XI, the number of Magick AVD : Aleph the Fool impregnating the woman according to the Word of Yod, the Angel of the Lord ! His sister has seduced her brother Beast, shaming the Sun wit…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 268

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…greater part of its symbolism is explained in the Opening. The reverse circum- ambulation is intended to formulate the withdrawal of the Light of the Supernal Triad from the Altar. The Adoration then takes place, after which followeth the mystical repast, or communion in the body of Osiris. Its mystic name is ‘‘ The Formula of the Justified One.” * The Hierophant saying : “Nothing now remains but to partake in Silence the Mystic repast composed of the * The “ Formula of Osiris” is given in Z. 1, and is as follows : “For Osiris Onnophris hath sa…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 268

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…greater part of its symbolism is explained in the Opening. The reverse circum- ambulation is intended to formulate the withdrawal of the Light of the Supernal Triad from the Altar. The Adoration then takes place, after which followeth the mystical repast, or communion in the body of Osiris. Its mystic name is ‘‘ The Formula of the Justified One.” * The Hierophant saying : “Nothing now remains but to partake in Silence the Mystic repast composed of the * The “ Formula of Osiris” is given in Z. 1, and is as follows : “For Osiris Onnophris hath sa…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 257

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…een, He crowned and chosen out of men, Who sits beside thee, sees Love's laughing ecstasies Flame in thy face, and alter then To the low light of passion dimly seen In shaded woods and dells, Love’s wide demesne. But me! I burn with love! My lips are wan ! Thy face is turned—I flame! I melt! I fall! My heart is chilled and dark; My soul’s ethereal spark Is dulled for sorrow ; my despairs recall At last Thy name, O gracious Paphian, Lady of Mercy to the love of man ! Come, come, immortal, of the many thrones ! Sparrows and doves in chariot diamo…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 73

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

…uth. He is the Open Eye of the exalted Sun, before whom ail shadows flee away: also that Secret Eye which makes an image of its God, the Light, and gives it power to utter oracles, enlightening the mind. Thus, he is Man made God, exalted, eager; he has corne consciously to his full stature, and so is ready to set out on his journey to redeem the world. But he may not appear in this true form; the Vision of Pan would drive men mad with fear. He must conceal Himself in his original guise. He therefore becomes apparently the man that he was at the…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 37

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…the work of extending the Law in the world, wherein his proof is his own success, the witness of his Life to the Law that hath given him light in his ways, and liberty to pursue them. Thus doing, he payeth his debt to the Law that hath freed him by working its will to free ail men; and he proveth himself a true man in our Order by willing to bring his fellows into freedom. By thus ordering his disposition, he will fit himself in the best possible manner for the task of understanding and mastering the divers technical methods prescribed by the A…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 101

The Law is for All

…tood: If the body of the King dissolve, he shall remain in pure ecstasy for ever. Nuit! Hadit! Ra-Hoor-Khuit! The Sun, Strength & Sight, Light; these are for the servants of the Star & the Snake. Commentary: There is a good deal of the Nietzschean stand­ point in this verse. It is the evolutionary and natural view. Of what use is it to perpetuate the misery of tuberculosis, and such diseases, as we now do? Nature’s way is to weed out the weak. This is the most merciful way, too. At present all the strong are being damaged, and their progress hi…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 316

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

… edition. 3:. δαί net. These two volumes breathe the pure semi-conscious aspiration o( the soul, and express the first glimmerings oi the light. THE SOUL OF OSIRIS. Medium 8vo, pp. ix+ 129, 55. net. A collection or lyrics, illustrating the progress or the soul 110111 corporeal to celestial beatitude. TANNHAUSER. Demy 4to, pp, 142, 155. net. The progress otthe soul in dramatic tonn. BERASHITH. 4to, China paper, pp. 24, 55. nec. Only afew copies remain. An illuminating essay on the Universe, reconciling the conflicting systems of religion. THE GOD=…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 316

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

… edition. 3:. δαί net. These two volumes breathe the pure semi-conscious aspiration o( the soul, and express the first glimmerings oi the light. THE SOUL OF OSIRIS. Medium 8vo, pp. ix+ 129, 55. net. A collection or lyrics, illustrating the progress or the soul 110111 corporeal to celestial beatitude. TANNHAUSER. Demy 4to, pp, 142, 155. net. The progress otthe soul in dramatic tonn. BERASHITH. 4to, China paper, pp. 24, 55. nec. Only afew copies remain. An illuminating essay on the Universe, reconciling the conflicting systems of religion. THE GOD=…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 13

The Law is for All

…nd upon religious theory or racial tradition. One who knows far more than I do both of mathematics and of mysticism has thrown a clearer light than I could upon the evidence of the preternatural character of this Book. He writes: The Qabalists conceal the value of it in the name of alhim, which is God considered as the cooperative forces of Nature, and by taking the significant figure in the conventional value of these letters you obtain the number 3.1415. But this is incorrect. In The Book of the Law (ch. 3, v. 47) “this circle squared in its …

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1929 · PDF PAGE 126

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

…d retransform himself in a thousand ways by accepting a retinue of such adhérents. In this way the projection of the “astral” or Body of Light may be made absolutely tangible and practical. At the same time, the magician must réalisé that in undertaking the Karma of any elemental, he is assuming a very serious responsibility• The bond which unités him with that elemental is love; and, though it is only a small part of the outfit of the magician, it is the whole of the outfit of the elemental. He will, therefore, suffer intensely in case of any …

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1929 · PDF PAGE 163

Moonchild

… not know that death was life. They were not ready for the Great Adventure. So they stood like tall lilies about the coruscating cone of Light, wondering, doubting, drooping. But at the last came one taller than all the rest, sadder of mien, and lovelier of features; her robes were stained and soiled, as if by contact with other colours. Artemis drew back with quick repulsion. For the first time the maiden goddess spoke. "What is thy name?" she cried. "I am Malkah of the tribe of the Sickles." "And thy crime?" "I love a mortal." Artemis drew ba…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 47

The Law is for All

…eneral terms. I would suggest that the palace is the “Holy House” or Universe of the Initiate of the New Law. The four gates are perhaps Light, Life, Love, Liberty—see “De Lege Libellum.”1 Lapis Lazuli is a symbol of Nuit, Jasper of Hadit. The rare scents are possibly various ecstasies or samadhis. Jasmine and Rose are hieroglyphs of the two main Sacraments, while the emblems of death may refer to certain secrets of a well-known exoteric school of initiation whose members, with the rarest exceptions, do not know what it is all about. 1 [See Wor…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 503

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

… edition. 3s. 6d. net. These two volumes breathe the pure semi-conscious aspiration of the soul, and express the first glimmerings ofthe light. THE SOUL OF OSIRIS. Medium 8vo, pp. ix+129, 5s. net. A collection of lyrics, illustrating the progress of the soul from corporeal to cefestial beatitude. TANNHAUSER. Demy 4to, pp. 142, 15s. net. ‘The progress of the soul in dramatic form. BERASHITH. 4to, China paper, pp. 24, 5s. net. Only a few copies remain, An illuminating essay on the Universe, reconciling the conflicting systems of religion. THE GOD…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 503

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

… edition. 3s. 6d. net. These two volumes breathe the pure semi-conscious aspiration of the soul, and express the first glimmerings ofthe light. THE SOUL OF OSIRIS. Medium 8vo, pp. ix+129, 5s. net. A collection of lyrics, illustrating the progress of the soul from corporeal to cefestial beatitude. TANNHAUSER. Demy 4to, pp. 142, 15s. net. ‘The progress of the soul in dramatic form. BERASHITH. 4to, China paper, pp. 24, 5s. net. Only a few copies remain, An illuminating essay on the Universe, reconciling the conflicting systems of religion. THE GOD…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 75

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…. Devil take them! What, will they stand here gossiping all night? FIRST PASSER-BY. Tis a cold night: I would be home. SECOND PASSER-BY. Light me, prithee, to my door: it lieth as thou knowest, but a stone’s-throw from St. Yniold’s. FIRST PASSER-BY. Well, let us be going. [ Aveunt. FLORIMOND. Now for the moment I have longed for this three months! Blanche! Blanche! I shall see thee, touch thee—who knows what

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1909 · PDF PAGE 285

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

… Countenances of Darkness half-formed arose. “They abode not; they hasted away; and in the vastness of vacancy the Spirit moved; and the light-bearers were for a space. “T have said: Darkness of the Dark- ness ; are not the Countenances of Dark- ness fallen with the kings that were? Do Ww nN » the Sons of the Night of Time endure for j ever? Not yet are they passed away. ob ES8 “ Before all things are the waters; and the Darkness and the Gates of the land Bopad |_| of Night. Barnet tose. “And the Chaos cried aloud for the wl | VV unity of Form,…

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