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1928 · PDF PAGE 109

Little Poems in Prose

…us happiness, and, as I lay down to sleep, kneeling once more in prayer (a tag of imbecile custom!) I repeated, half asleep; “Oh God. Oh Lord my God, do Thou grant that the devil keep his word to me!”

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1904 · PDF PAGE 86

Snowdrops from a Curate’s Garden

…ness he was so fond of in the old days. She was rude enough to both of us yesterday though-so are all the beasts since we ate that apple Lord God made all the fuss about. The serpent’s as much a gentleman as ever, of course. He was at the same public school as Lord God, he says. I’m sure he’s got better manners, though ! The old [86]

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1910 · PDF PAGE 35

The World’s Tragedy

…ings stand, bare- ly 1 % are found to oppose it root and branch, and they from constituencies which the act will hardly touch, while the Lords — our bulwark, oh God ! and what a fortress is that whose semi-lunes are Lord Townshend and Lord Tanker- ville ! — pass the bill with scarce a protest. We are to be taxed beyond endurance, our defences neglected, our edu- cation left to sink or swim as it may, that our whole state may be clogged with its own excrement ! It is no idle boast of the vermin socialists that their system is Christianity, and n…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 87

Gargoyles

In death each damnéd minion Of Set, the accursed lord of Hell. Yea! in those globes of fire there sate Some cruel knowledge closely curled Like serpents in those halls of hate, Palaces of the Underworld. But in the hell-glow of those eyes The ashen skull of Pharaoh shone White as the moonrays that surprise The invoking Druse on Lebanon. Moreover pylon shouldered round To pylon an unearthly tune, Like phantom priests that strike and sound Sinister sistrons at the moon. And death’s insufferable perfume Beat the black air with golden fans As Turki…

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1908 · PDF PAGE 54

Amphora

…s desire. Thy grace for us sufficient still To smite the arbiters of ill Shall grant the exceeding great reward To look by Thee upon the LORD. Be still, my soul, whate’er assail ! Through Mary they shall not prevail ; And thou resigned in peace await Her peace at Her appointed date. Amen. B 47

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1928 · PDF PAGE 165

Little Poems in Prose

…hast (it may be) placed within my soul the love of hor- ror in order to turn my heart to Thee, like the cure which follows the knife; Oh Lord, have pity, have pity upon the mad men and women that we are! Oh Creator, is it possible that monsters should exist in the eyes of Him alone who knoweth why they exist, how they have made themselves, and how they would have made themselves, and could not?

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1910 · PDF PAGE 99

The World’s Tragedy

…ee’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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1911 · PDF PAGE 54

Hail Mary

…s desire. Thy grace for us sufficient still To smite the arbiters of ill Shall grant the exceeding great reward To look by Thee upon the LORD. Be still, my soul, whate’er assail ! Through Mary they shall not prevail ; And thou resigned in peace await Her peace at Her appointed date. Amen. B 47

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1930 · PDF PAGE 48

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

Arise. In the name of our Lord + the Sun, and of our Lord + that thou mayst administer the virtues to the Brethren. She sheathes the Sword. The PRIEST, issuing jrom the Tomby holding the Tance erect with both handsy right over lejty against his breasty takes the first three regular steps. He then gives the Tance to the PRIESTESS and gives the three penal signs. He then kneels and vsorships the Tance with both hands. Penitential music. The PRIEST. I am a man among men. He takes again the Tance and lowers it. He rises. The PRIEST. How should I be…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 128

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

… the Hebrew religion we find the same thing inculcated. The first ethical lesson in the Bible is that the only sacrifice pleasing to the Lord is the sacrifice of bloodj Abel, who made this, finding favour with the Lord, while Cain, who offered cabbages, was rather naturally considered a cheap sport. The idea recurs again and again. We hâve the sacrifice of the Passover, following on the story of Abraham s being commanded to sacrifice his firstborn son, with the idea of the substitution of animal for human life. The annual ceremony of the two go…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 80

The Goetia

o0 farinuji-ilasa pujo ooaona: totsa, enapo De genetaabe, soba and stirreth thee up unto visible appearance: he, thelord of thy governments whose Dooain Joaumeda Dctinomos. Name is called Octinomos. Dorehesa, eca, na-e-el, ta korevazodiz0D, Do-0-a-ipe enapo: Obey, therefore, my power as a reasoning creature in the name of the Lord. BWathat vel Catbat super Abrac Buens! Aheor veniens super Aberer! YE WELLCOME UNTO YE SPIRIT DYGNYTIE. M{ Z0diredo totza Das i Dorepebala pujo ilagsa, ilasa gabe... 12. turebesa I am he that is looking with gladness …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 37

John St. John

8.0. 8.15. JOHN ST. JOHN Accordingly, I continue in gentle and easy meditation on my Lord Adonai, without fear or violence, quite directly and naturally. One of the matters that came up last night with Dr. R d was that of writing rubbish for magazines. He thought that one could do it in the intervals of serious work ; but I do not think that one should take the risk. I have spent these many years training my mind to think cleanly and express beautifully. Am I to prosti- tute myself for a handful of bread? I swear by Thyself, 0 Thou who art myse…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 75

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

…sons to be described in the Chapter on “Gesture”. After further purification and consécra¬ tion, he is allowed for one moment to see the Lord of the West, and gains courage 1 2 to persist. For the third time he is purified and consecrated, and he sees the Lord of the East, who holds the balance, keeping him in a straight line. In the West he gains energy. In the East he is prevented from dissipating the same. So fortified, he may be received into the order as a néophyte by the three principal officers, thus uniting the Cross with the Triangle. …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 266

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ΜΕΕΚ mm’ DOSE mm’ andþasx Μ, [aug/ling. BEL. He's fair witched‘ He’s the prey ο’ Satan I The meenister was laughing on the Sawbath I Oh, Lord I Lord] An’ I’m left by my lanes to wrastle wi’ the de‘il i’ petticoats I Witchcraft! fair witchcraft! An' sorcery! Whaur’s ony help but in the A’mighty? [He tti/22:021! a flat 76154/??]שבלשand swallows a 6ng drum] VVhaur, I say, is ony help but in the A’mighty ? [Re-ml” AWL, L., still smoking. AWL. Hullo, Elder, an’ what’s the matter noo? Hae ye discovered the sin of Achan again? BEL. Ah, well, ah, well! …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 266

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…ΜΕΕΚ mm’ DOSE mm’ andþasx Μ, [aug/ling. BEL. He's fair witched‘ He’s the prey ο’ Satan I The meenister was laughing on the Sawbath I Oh, Lord I Lord] An’ I’m left by my lanes to wrastle wi’ the de‘il i’ petticoats I Witchcraft! fair witchcraft! An' sorcery! Whaur’s ony help but in the A’mighty? [He tti/22:021! a flat 76154/??]שבלשand swallows a 6ng drum] VVhaur, I say, is ony help but in the A’mighty ? [Re-ml” AWL, L., still smoking. AWL. Hullo, Elder, an’ what’s the matter noo? Hae ye discovered the sin of Achan again? BEL. Ah, well, ah, well! …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 252

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…ers the CoM pany. Hail, friends ! Good cousin Landgrave, merry be the meet! LANDGRAVE. Hands off me, fellow! Who are you? TANNHAUSER. My lord, Your cousin. Is my face so changed with care, My body shrunken with my suffering (That was not ever of the body) so? WOLFRAM. I know you, my old friend! Our chiefest bird ! Sweetest of singers ! TANNHAUSER. No, the naughty one! HEINRICH. Tannhauser! Yes! you dead. And we have thought LANDGRAVE. Friends, will you swear to him? HEINRICH. Yes, yes, ‘tis he! WOLFRAM. I know the blithe look in the sober eyes …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 159

The Vision and the Voice

…here is naught but the vast black triangle having the apex downwards, and in the centre of the black triangle is the face of Typhon, the Lord of the Tempest, and he crieth aloud: Despair! Despair! For thou mayest deceive the Virgin, and thou mayest cajole the Mother; but what wilt thou say unto the ancient Whore that is throned in Eternity? For if she will not, there is neither force nor cunning, nor any wit, that may prevail upon her. Thou canst not woo her with love, for she zs love. And she hath all, and hath no need of thee. And thou canst …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 40

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…pen to the knowledge of iA dawn of new thought that may lead Votce. To God. Ph, Wope hardly dared to name it! Enter Messenger. Afess. My lord, the king’s command ! Ph. I heed it not. See thou disturb not my high meditation. Away! Voice. With meditations centred in thyself. Mess. Who spoke? Lh. Speak thou. I obey the king. Tess. My lord, Ile lids thee to his court, to hold the reins Tight on the fretful horses of the state Whose weary burden makes them slip—-nay, fall On the stern hill of war. Thou art appointed, 1 This voice is again heard, usi…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 146

The Star in the West

…ast , till they meet in some flaming region of equatorial fury, and flashing interfuse and interblend . Once again must a prophet of the Lord arise and wed a wife of whoredoms, who hath committed great whoredom , departing from the Lord . Once again must Hosea expire on the crimson lips of Gomer, and from the womb of a harlot must the Christ be reborn a woman , wise , beautiful, and young ; who is both Circe and Diana , Isis and Aphrodite, in whose veins course all the fury of Medea , all the abominations of Canidia , who revels in the infernal…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 93

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…as smitten through by Thy marvellous spear. 40. I was stricken as a bird by the bolt of the thunderer; I was pierced as the thief by the Lord of the Garden. 41. O my Lord, let us sail upon the sea of blood! 42. There is a deep taint beneath the ineffable bliss; it is the taint of generation. 43. Yea, though the flower wave bright in the sunshine, the root is deep in the darkness of earth. 44. Praise to thee, O beautiful dark earth, thou art the mother of a million myriads of myriads of flowers. 45. Also I beheld my God, and the countenance of H…

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