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1905 · PDF PAGE 71

Oracles

…tiation’s dangerous path And groping aspiration, came I forth Where the White Splendour shone upon the Throne, Even to the Temple of the Holy Ones : Now, by that Light, come forth, I say, to me, My Lady of the Starlight and the Moon ! Come and be absolute within my mind, That I may take no dim remembrance back To drown this glory with earth’s quivering gloom. But, O abide within Me ! Every hour I need the lofty and the limpid stream Of that White Brilliance : Leave me not alone, O Holy Spirit ! Come to comfort me, To draw me, and to make me man…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 188

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…cred feast, Changes by its seven powers to the misbegotten beast: Even as the powers of ill, Broken by the wanded will, shriek about the holy place, vain and vague and terrible: Even as the lords of hell, Chained in fires before the spell, Strain upon the sightless steel, break not fetters nor compel : So be distant, Ο profane! Children of the hurricane! Lest the sword of fire destroy, lest the ways of death be plain I So depart, and so be wise, Lest your perishable eyes Look upon the {armless fire, see the maiden sacrifice! So depart, and secret fl…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 188

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…cred feast, Changes by its seven powers to the misbegotten beast: Even as the powers of ill, Broken by the wanded will, shriek about the holy place, vain and vague and terrible: Even as the lords of hell, Chained in fires before the spell, Strain upon the sightless steel, break not fetters nor compel : So be distant, Ο profane! Children of the hurricane! Lest the sword of fire destroy, lest the ways of death be plain I So depart, and so be wise, Lest your perishable eyes Look upon the {armless fire, see the maiden sacrifice! So depart, and secret fl…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 24

The Book of Lies

… of Identity is but a lie. For there is no subject, and there is no predicate; nor is there the contradictory of either of these things. Holy, Holy, Holy are these Truths that I utter, knowing them to be but falsehoods, broken mirrors, troubled waters; hide me, O ovr Lady, in Thy Womb! for I may not it from me! Amen.

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1906 · PDF PAGE 21

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…OM BAUDELAIRE 15 Mine host protects an honest roof. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) His spouse sniffs loud and holds aloof. (O Holy Spirit, pity her !) The Angel has not come again. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) Why did God deal her out such pain? (O Holy Spirit, pity her !) Her love-hours held the Holy Ghost. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh: !) Where is he now she needs him most? (O Holy Spirit, pity her !) Joseph drinks deep outside the inn. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) She is half hated by her kin. (…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 173

The Vision and the Voice

…d thou must work by the light of the Star and of the Moon and of the Sun, and by the dreadful light of judgment that is the birth of the Holy Spirit within thee. When these shall have destroyed the universe, then mayest thou enter the palace of the Queen my daughter. Blessed, blessed blessed; yea, blessed; thrice and four times blessed is he that hath attained to look upon thy face. For I will hurl thee forth from my presence as a whirling thunderbolt to guard the ways, and whom thou smitest shall be smitten indeed. And whom thou lovest shall b…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 26

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…odhead shine Through all the luminous aethers of the air Even to earth, thy footstool ; unto me Who by these sacred invocations draw The holy influence within myself, To strengthen and to purify my will And holy aspiration to thy Life. Purge me and consecrate until my heart Burn through the very limits of the veil, And rend it at the hour of sacrifice That even the secret pillar in the midst May be made manifest to mortal eyes. Behold upon my right hand and my left The mighty pillars of amazing fire, And terrible cloud. Their tops in Heaven are…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 42

Book 4 (Part II)

It is now evident why these weapons are grouped around the phial of clear crystal in which is kept the Holy Oil. The Scourge keeps the aspiration keen: the Dagger expresses the determination to sacrifice all; and the Chain restricts any wandering. We may now consider the Holy Oil itself.

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1905 · PDF PAGE 67

Oracles

…upon the Universe Are set in rolling clouds, in thunder-gusts, In vivid flame, and tempest : but to me, Balanced between them, burns the holy light Veilless, one liquid wheel of sacred fire, Whirling immutably within itself And formulating in the splendid sun Of its white moony radiance, in the light Of its immaculate eternity, Thy glorious vision ! O thou Starlight face, And crownèd diamond of my self and soul, Thou Queenly Angel of my Higher Will, Form in my spirit a more subtle fire Of God, that I may comprehend the more The sacred purity of…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 209

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

BAPHOMET XI 0.T.O. SUPREME AND HOLY KING OF IRELAND, IONA, AND ALL THE BRITAINS THAT ARE IN THE SANCTUARY OF THE GNOSIS GRAND MASTER OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE HOLY GHosT GRAND MASTER OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE TEMPLE Custos OF THE ILLUMINATI IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Erc., Erc., Erc.

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1905 · PDF PAGE 68

Oracles

…hee, thee, thee only I invoke ! O Soul Of my own spirit, let thy fervid eyes Give me their light : for thou dost stand, as God Among the Holy Ones. Before the gods Thy music moves, coequal, coeterne, Thou, Lord of Light and Life and Love ! Come forth ! I call thee in the holiest name of Him Lord of the Universe, and by His Name, Osiris perfected through suffering, Glorious in trial : by His Holy Name, Jesus, the Godhead passing through the gates Of Hell, that even there the rescuers Might find the darkness, and proclaim the light ; For I invoke…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 8

The Soul of Osiris

vi CONTENTS. THE HOLY PLACE : PAGE THE NEOPHYTE ............................................ 85 THE NAME ................................................... 88 CERBERUS .................................................... 91 THE EVOCATION ............................................ 95 “ THE ROSE AND THE CROSS ” ......................... 99 HAPPINESS ................................................. 100 THE HOLY OF HOLIES : THE PALACE OF THE WORLD ......................... 103 THE MOUNTAIN CHRIST ................................ 107 TO ALLAN MA…

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1908 · PDF PAGE 19

Amphora

…n of the stars of night ! Ave Maria ! Spouse of the Breath Divine, Hail to Thee, shrouded shrine, Whence our REDEEMER came ! Hail to Thy holy name ! Ave Maria ! Hail, Hail, O Queen, to Thee, Spouse of Eternity ! Ave Maria ! Mother in Maidenhood ! Saintly Beatitude ! Queen of the Angel Host ! Bride of the HOLY GHOST ! Ave Maria ! Amen. H 12

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1911 · PDF PAGE 19

Hail Mary

…n of the stars of night ! Ave Maria ! Spouse of the Breath Divine, Hail to Thee, shrouded shrine, Whence our REDEEMER came ! Hail to Thy holy name ! Ave Maria ! Hail, Hail, O Queen, to Thee, Spouse of Eternity ! Ave Maria ! Mother in Maidenhood ! Saintly Beatitude ! Queen of the Angel Host ! Bride of the HOLY GHOST ! Ave Maria ! Amen. H 12

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1907 · PDF PAGE 25

Konx Om Pax

THE WAKE WORLD 5 I saw the image of the One: I came from darkness into L.V.X. I pray Thee keep the holy tryst Within this ring of Amethyst. I.N.R.l.—me crucified, Me slain, interred, arisen, inspire! T.A.R.O.—me glorified, Anointed, fill with frenzied A! I pray Thee keep the holy tryst Within this ring of Amethyst. I eat my flesh: I drink my blood I gird my loins: l journey far: For thou hast shown 0, +, j], 777, mpfihov, I pray Thee keep the holy tryst Within this ring of Amethyst. Prostrate I wait upon Thy will, Mine Angel, for this grace of union…

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1908 · PDF PAGE 35

Amphora

AMPHORA O bring us swiftly to the waters Of peace ; our souls in joyance bring, As we adore, Thy sons and daughters, Thy SON, the Holy King ! Thy seven sacraments deliver That so Thy sorrows may not sting ! O lead us upward to the river Of our anointed King ! With these desires my life be laden ! These two adore, my soul ! and sing ! Mary, Thou mildest mother-maiden, Thy SON, the Holy King ! Amen. 28

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1910 · PDF PAGE 58

The Winged Beetle

…on my desert of sorrow That the magical eyes of me swoon With lust of rain to-morrow ! Ages and ages ago I stood on the bank of a river— Holy and holy and holy, I know, For ever and ever and ever ! A priest in the mystical shrine, I muttered a redeless rune, Till the waters were redder than wine In the blush of the harlot moon. I and my brother priests Worshipped a wonderful woman With a body lithe as a beast’s, Subtly, horribly human. Deep in the pit of her eyes I saw the image of death, And I drew the water of sighs From the well of her lulla…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 35

Hail Mary

AMPHORA O bring us swiftly to the waters Of peace ; our souls in joyance bring, As we adore, Thy sons and daughters, Thy SON, the Holy King ! Thy seven sacraments deliver That so Thy sorrows may not sting ! O lead us upward to the river Of our anointed King ! With these desires my life be laden ! These two adore, my soul ! and sing ! Mary, Thou mildest mother-maiden, Thy SON, the Holy King ! Amen. 28

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1912 · PDF PAGE 25

Sir Palamedes

Quod he: “ By Goddes holy spell, So high a venture was not known, Nor so divine a miracle. A certain beast there runs alone, That ever in his belly sounds A hugeous cry, a monster moan, As if a thirty couple hounds Quested within him. Now God saith (I swear it by His holy wounds And by His lamentable death, And by His holy Mother’s face !) That he shall know the Beauteous Breath And taste the Goodly Gift of Grace Who shall achieve this marvel quest.” Then Arthur sterte up from his place, And sterte up boldly all the rest, And sware to seek this…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 220

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…e on my desert of sorrow That the magical eyes of me swoon With lust of rain to-morrow! Ages and ages ago I stood on the bank of a river Holy and holy and holy, I know, For ever and ever and ever! A priest in the mystical shrine, I muttered a redeless rune, Till the waters were redder than wine In the blush of the harlot moon. I and my brother priests Worshipped a wonderful woman With a body lithe as a beast’s, Subtly, horribly human. Deep in the pit of her eyes I saw the image of death, And I drew the water of sighs From the well of her lullab…

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