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1996 · PDF PAGE 152

The Law is for All

…and, labelling the totality of his defects Perfection, defines God as Faeces so that he may flatter himself with the epithet divine. The whole manœuvre is described as Religion. 78. Lift up thyself! for there is none like unto thee among men or among Gods! Lift up thyself, o my prophet, thy stature shall surpass the stars. They shall worship thy name, foursquare, mystic, wonderful, the number of the man; and the name of thy house 418. 79. The end of the hiding of Hadit; and blessing & worship to the prophet of the lovely Star! Commentary: So mo…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 46

Moonchild

…after a pause. "Now watch!" cried Iff. He took several steps into the garden, and raised his right hand. "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law!" [66] he proclaimed in such a voice as once shook Sinai. Then he threw the rest of the dittany in the direction of the Thing. "By all the powers of the Pentagram!" shouted Cyril Grey; "he's deliberately making a magical link between it and Lisa." He bit his lip, and cursed himself in silence; he knew he had been startled out of prudence. Simon Iff had not noticed the outburst. He quoted "The …

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1901 · PDF PAGE 139

The Soul of Osiris

…thy breast ! Even the perfumes of the dawn Intoxicate, deceive the soul. Let every shadow be withdrawn ! Let there be Light, supreme and whole ! O Ra, thou golden Lord of Day, The Sun of Righteousness display ! The burden is so hard to bear. I took too adamant a cross ; This sackcloth rends my soul to wear ; My self-denial is as dross ! O Shu, that holdest up the sky, Hold thou thy servant, lest he die !

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1913 · PDF PAGE 7

Manifesto of the M.M.M.

…s of all these Orders to recombine and centralize their activi evenas white light, divided ina prism, may be recomposed. It embodies the whole of the secret knowledge of all Oriental Orders; and its chiefs are initiates of the highest rank, and recognized as such by all capable of such recog nition in every country in the world. In more remote times, the O. T. O. included such men as Fohi Laotze Siddartha Krishna Tahuti Ankh.fenckhonsu Herakles Orpheus Odysseus Vergilius Catullus Martialis Apollonius Tyanaeus ‘Simon Magus Manes Basilides Valent…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 18

Rosa Mundi

…the vigil overpast. Call me to thee at last, O Rose, O perfect miracle lover, Call me ! I hear thee though it be across The abyss of the whole universe, Though not a sign escape, delicious loss ! Though hardly a wish rehearse

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1912 · PDF PAGE 196

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ral branch for the double letters; and between it and that on the Right twelve: six above and six below about the Left- hand branch. The whole is a great and flaming Torch It symbolizes Force—strength, rush, vigour, energy, and it governs, according to its nature, various works and ques- tions‘ It implies Natural, as opposed to Invoked, Force. II THE ROOT OF THE POWERS OF THE WATERS Ace of Cuþs or Chalice: A WHITE Radiant Angelic Hand, issuing from clouds, and supporting on the palm thereof a cup, resembling that of the Stolistes. From it rises …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 196

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…ral branch for the double letters; and between it and that on the Right twelve: six above and six below about the Left- hand branch. The whole is a great and flaming Torch It symbolizes Force—strength, rush, vigour, energy, and it governs, according to its nature, various works and ques- tions‘ It implies Natural, as opposed to Invoked, Force. II THE ROOT OF THE POWERS OF THE WATERS Ace of Cuþs or Chalice: A WHITE Radiant Angelic Hand, issuing from clouds, and supporting on the palm thereof a cup, resembling that of the Stolistes. From it rises …

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1919 · PDF PAGE 211

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…TION ON ALL POINTS OF THE TRIANGLE; RESPECT TO THE ORDER. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: GREETING AND HEALTH Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 1. The O.T.O. is a body of initiates in whose hands are concentrated the wisdom and the knowledge of the follow- ing bodies: HoHFOOMPNAKHRYYH 4 bd HoHBw The Gnostic Catholic Church. The Order of the Knights of the Holy Ghost. The Order of the Illuminati. The Order of the Temple (Knights Templar). The Order of the Knights of St. John. The Order of the Knights of Malta. The Order of the Knights…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 396

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

… accessible to science herself. Science studies Being in its partial manifestation; faith supposes it, or rather admits it a Jrtord as a whole. Science seeks the truth in everything; faith refers every- thing to an universal and absolute truth. Science records realities in detail ; faith explains them by 98

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1913 · PDF PAGE 396

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

… accessible to science herself. Science studies Being in its partial manifestation; faith supposes it, or rather admits it a Jrtord as a whole. Science seeks the truth in everything; faith refers every- thing to an universal and absolute truth. Science records realities in detail ; faith explains them by 98

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1906 · PDF PAGE 244

Collected Works (Vol. II)

238 TYR | whole system-of numbers, and of manipulating them, is merely a series of conventions When I say that the square root of three is unreal, I know quite well that it is only so in relation to the series 1, 2, 3, &c., and that this series is equally unreal if I make 4/3, 7, 2/50 the members of a ternary scale. But this, theoretically true, is practically absurd. If I mean ‘‘the number of.a, b, and c,”’ it does not matter if I write 3 or 3/50; the idea is a definite one; and it is the funda- mental ideas of consciousness of which we are tr…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 67

The Mother’s Tragedy

…The pale sweet blooms of lotos burn ; The scent of spring is in the soul; Men’s spirits to the loftiest turn; Light is extended and made whole. The waters of the whispering Nile Lisp of their loves a little while, Then break, like songsters, into sighing, Because the lazy days are dying; And swift and tawny streams must rise World’s world to fertilise. The lotos is afire for love, Its yearnings are immortal still ; But in its bosom, fed thereof, Lust, like a child, will have his will. Immortal fervour, strangely blent With mystic sensual sacram…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 53

The Winged Beetle

…t dire dæmonic dawn When he did split My spirit with his lightnings and enveloped it ! XXIX So I am stretched out naked to the knife, My whole soul twitching with the stress Of the expected yet surprising strife, A martyrdom of blessedness. Though Death came, I could kiss him into life ; Though Life came, I Could kiss him into death, and yet nor live nor die ! XXX Yet I that am the babe, the sire, the dam, Am also none of these at all ;

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1910 · PDF PAGE 47

The World’s Tragedy

XLII PROEM. For as I love with spirit and with sense I nauseate at this crawling crapulence, Our whole state, summed in one supreme enigma, Solved (in a second) by a simple Σ. Monstrous conjunctions with black man and brute Level our ladies with the prostitute : Our spinsters chaste in criminal abortion, And matrons with the pox for marriage portion ; Husbands who pimp all day for their young wives, Athletes from Oxford, pathic all their lives, Who sport the “ so ” coat, the sotadic necktie, And lisp their filthy pun “ Mens conscia recti ” ! Pr…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 199

Moonchild

…ster Clara stood smiling gently and tenderly. Iliel looked at her, almost despite herself; and she could not but see the radiance of her whole being, a physical aura of light playing about her, and the fire of her eyes transcendent with seraph happiness. "They are waiting for us in the garden," she said, taking Iliel by the arm, like a nurse with an invalid. And she drew over her shoulders the great lunar mantle of blue velvet with its broidered silver crescents, its talismans of the moon, and its heavy hanging tassels of seed pearls; and upon …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 48

The Winged Beetle

38 THE GARDEN OF JANUS Broke in that space and wrapped it in a robe Of glory ; of how One most white Withdrew that Whole, and hid it in the lobe Of his right Ear, So that the Universe one dewdrop did appear. XI Yea ! and the end revealed a word, a spell, An incantation, a device Whereby the Eye of the Most Terrible Wakes from Its wilderness of ice To flame, whereby the very core of hell Bursts from its rind, Sweeping the world away into the blank of mind. XII So then I saw my fault ; I plunged within The well, and brake the images That I had ma…

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1903 · PDF PAGE 20

Alice: An Adultery

…. He could evidently write and obtain money from home (47th day), and his actions are quite difficult to understand unless we assume the whole “ Alice ” episode to be a gor- geous fiction with the place and time references slyly inserted, the more surely to ensnare the feet of an investigator. This I am rather inclined to xvii

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1905 · PDF PAGE 128

Orpheus

…through the horn gates by some sleepy wind. All lingers: all is gone: a little while, And all the live sweet rapture of the smile Of her whole being is discomfited, The body broken, desolated, vile, Til nought remains but the memorial urn Of deep red gold, less golden than did burn Once the strong breast: the ash within is shed, Dust given for flowers : what memory shall turn i 129

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1912 · PDF PAGE 220

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

… labour: carefulness, sociability and avoiding of strife, yet victory therein: also insolence, and pride of riches and success, etc. The whole dependent on the dignity Tiphareth of ( ?יGain). Hereunto are allotted the great Angels?לאטיסand?הימלע of the Schemhamphorash. 178

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1912 · PDF PAGE 220

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

… labour: carefulness, sociability and avoiding of strife, yet victory therein: also insolence, and pride of riches and success, etc. The whole dependent on the dignity Tiphareth of ( ?יGain). Hereunto are allotted the great Angels?לאטיסand?הימלע of the Schemhamphorash. 178

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