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1909 · PDF PAGE 21

The Holy Books

of the English Alphabet; thou shalt find new symbols to attribute them unto. 56. Begone! ye mockers; even though ye laugh in my honour ye shall laugh not long: then when you are sad know that I have for- saken you. 57. He that is righteous shall be righteous still; he that is filthy shall be filthy still. 58. Yea! deem not of change: ye shall be as ye are, and not other. Therefore the kings of the earth shall be kings for ever. The slaves shall serve. There is none that shall be cast down or lifted up: all is ever as it was. Yet there are masked o…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 188

Moonchild

…o suspend them, or to counteract them; for the effort to do so is itself in accordance with those laws themselves, and the compensation, though it be invisible for a time, is adjusted with an exactitude absolute because independent of every source of error. No trickery, no manipulation, can alter by the millionth of a milligramme the amount of oxygen in a billion tons of water. No existing thing is ever destroyed or magnified or lessened, though it change its form as it passes from one complexity to another. And if this be true of an atom of ca…

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1926 · PDF PAGE 20

Liber Al vel Legis

of the English Alphabet; thou shalt find new symbols to attribute them unto. 56. Begone! ye mockers; even though ye laugh in my honour ye shall laugh not long: then when you are sad know that I have for- saken you. 57. He that is righteous shall be righteous still; he that is filthy shall be filthy still. 58. Yea! deem not of change: ye shall be as ye are, and not other. Therefore the kings of the earth shall be kings for ever. The slaves shall serve. There is none that shall be cast down or lifted up: all is ever as it was. Yet there are masked o…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 16

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…d of the masteries of desire? Who can give garlands of fadeless bays Unto the sorrow and pain we praise? 1 Priapus. Yea, we must praise, though the deadly shade . Fall on the morrow, though fires of hell Harrow our vitals; a miracle Springs at thy kisses, for thou hast made Anguish and sorrow desirable ; Torment of hell as the leaves that fade Quickly forgotten, despised, decayed. They are decayed, but thou.springest again, Mother of mystery, barren, who bearest Fidwers of most comeliest children, who wearest . Wounds for delight, whose desire …

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1902 · PDF PAGE 42

Tannhäuser

…ed upon His hinder parts. And I —yes, goddess ! in this passionate Life in our secret mountain, well I know Thy beauty, and Thy love, (although they be Infinite, far beyond the mortal mind, Body, or soul to touch, to comprehend. And dwell in) that the utter intimate Knowledge of Thee, if once I ravelled out Thy secret, laid Thee naked to the bone— Nay, to the marrow ! were to come, aware. Face to face full with deity itself And this I strive at ! Therefore is my love Wholly in tune with that concealed desire Bred in each mortal, though he never…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 209

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS OF THE TAROT If ill dignified, cruel, sly, deceitful, unreliable, though with a good exterior. Rules from 20° W to 20° Δ, V of A Queen of the Sylphs and Sylphidesl XV THE PRINCE OF THE CHARIOT OF THE WINDS King ofSwords A WINGED King with Winged Crown, seated in a chariot drawn by Arch Fays, represented as winged youths very slightly dressed, with butterfly wings: heads encircled by a fillet with a pentagram thereon: and holding wands sur- mounted by pentagrams, the same butterfly wings on their feet and fillets. General equ…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 240

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…, and yet a loser thereby. Sometimes it denotes slight and isolated gains with no fruits resulting therefrom, and of no further account, though seeming to promise well. Netzach of( ?הUnprofitable speculations and employments ; little gain for much labour). Therein?לאחרהand?לארצמare ruling Angels. LI THE LORD OF SHORTENED FORCE Eight ofSwords FOUR White Radiant Angelic Hands issuing from clouds, each holding two swords, points upwards; all the points touch near the top of the card. Hands issue, two at each bottom angle of the card. The pose of th…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 209

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS OF THE TAROT If ill dignified, cruel, sly, deceitful, unreliable, though with a good exterior. Rules from 20° W to 20° Δ, V of A Queen of the Sylphs and Sylphidesl XV THE PRINCE OF THE CHARIOT OF THE WINDS King ofSwords A WINGED King with Winged Crown, seated in a chariot drawn by Arch Fays, represented as winged youths very slightly dressed, with butterfly wings: heads encircled by a fillet with a pentagram thereon: and holding wands sur- mounted by pentagrams, the same butterfly wings on their feet and fillets. General equ…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 240

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…, and yet a loser thereby. Sometimes it denotes slight and isolated gains with no fruits resulting therefrom, and of no further account, though seeming to promise well. Netzach of( ?הUnprofitable speculations and employments ; little gain for much labour). Therein?לאחרהand?לארצמare ruling Angels. LI THE LORD OF SHORTENED FORCE Eight ofSwords FOUR White Radiant Angelic Hands issuing from clouds, each holding two swords, points upwards; all the points touch near the top of the card. Hands issue, two at each bottom angle of the card. The pose of th…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 120

Orpheus

…s, The breast-flower of my bride; the dainty bit Fit for—ah God! the pearl-smooth blossom drips Poisonous blood that will not poison me, Though I drink deep its fierce intensity. My lips closed silent on her bosom’s light, The stung blood springs—like pearls beneath the sea Whose moony glimmer hath a purple vein Hidden—so I athirst of the sad stain Drink up her body’s life, as if to spite Its quiet, as if the venom were to drain Into my life—that hurts me not at all, Struck by a stronger buffet: let me call All deaths! they come not, seeing I a…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 284

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…s Malted Milk? Graver than Gladstone, decenter than Dilke, You, called to be the Peter of the State, Tried in your agony to do a bilk :— Though you could handle rod, and master bait. “ Now all is changed. Offended Crowley cries Upon your shoulderi All's red nose, wet eyes. You shall be Mary now as well as Martha! The mystic quest is yours as well as mine, Dilucid: sacramentally, in fine, Victoria loved Albert: I love Arthur.” I shall now draw the Veil of Sanctimoniosity upon this touching scene. A. QUILLER, JR. 242

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1912 · PDF PAGE 284

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…s Malted Milk? Graver than Gladstone, decenter than Dilke, You, called to be the Peter of the State, Tried in your agony to do a bilk :— Though you could handle rod, and master bait. “ Now all is changed. Offended Crowley cries Upon your shoulderi All's red nose, wet eyes. You shall be Mary now as well as Martha! The mystic quest is yours as well as mine, Dilucid: sacramentally, in fine, Victoria loved Albert: I love Arthur.” I shall now draw the Veil of Sanctimoniosity upon this touching scene. A. QUILLER, JR. 242

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1929 · PDF PAGE 209

Moonchild

…ie after that?" [293] The sorcerer deliberated with himself a while. Then he consulted his familiar demons. The omens were confusing. He thought that perhaps he had put his question ambiguously, and tried again in other words. He had begun by asking vaguely "whether Cremers would succeed in her mission," which had earned him a very positive "yes," flanked by a quite unintelligible message about "deception," "the false Dmitri" and "the wrong horse," also some apparent nonsense about Scotland and an island. This time he asked whether Cremers woul…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 333

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

… To radiate seraphic coronals, Flowers, flowers—O let our light and darkness mix, Adela, Goddess and beast with me in the gondola! Come! though your hair be a cascade of fire, Your lips twin snakes, your tongue the lightning flash, Your teeth God’s grip on life, your face His lyre, 315

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1910 · PDF PAGE 333

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

… To radiate seraphic coronals, Flowers, flowers—O let our light and darkness mix, Adela, Goddess and beast with me in the gondola! Come! though your hair be a cascade of fire, Your lips twin snakes, your tongue the lightning flash, Your teeth God’s grip on life, your face His lyre, 315

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1904 · PDF PAGE 76

In Residence

…w the race with) must be slurred over. Conclude. A thousand kind words and a word over to those who won and those who gamely stuck to it though they were beaten. (Next time better luck to it !)? 1 As a direct result of these remarks the boat-race was indeed won by us the very next year but three or four.

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1901 · PDF PAGE 24

The Mother’s Tragedy

…some hateful spouse Carry away the bride. That feeble prescience of events to come, That stultified imagining, hath lied; And I can see, though all the signs be dumb And auguries unfruitful—I can see, Now, some intolerable tragedy Fit for a god to picture, not a man! I see the breaking of the rosary, And Fate’s cold fingers snap the span Of three most innocent and pleasant lives. So terrible a happening dives Swift from God’s hand to the abyss of hell, And in its torment thrives, Gathering curses from the darkest cave, Calling corruption from t…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 43

Mortadello

…asing Mark ! It was Olimpia’s father. Whose knotted cherry-club teased you last Easter rather. MARCO. Don’t. Bygones should be bygones ! Though if I catch him walking One night by the canal, I may set people talking ! MATTEO. Well, what’s the news ? GIUSEPPE. The Doge is drunk ? FILIPPO. Or is the Pope ill ? MATTEO. He has just heard the Turks have sacked Con- stantinople. MARCO. No, but an idol breaks, a temple is defiled : Your Princess Monica is found to be with child. GIUSEPPE. Hum ! MATTEO. It’s a dirty lie. FILIPPO. A dirty lie ! EUPHEMIA…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 134

The Soul of Osiris

…y Fates then, think you, must control The stainless aspiration of the soul ? Not one. I tell you, destiny is sure, Yet moves no finger : though it tune my tongue, My tongue shall tune it too : my words endure As destiny decays : my hands are flung In prayer to Heaven ; nay, to mine own crown, To raise myself, and not to drag it down ! O holiest Lord of the divine white flame Of brilliance sworded in the temple sky ! O thou who knowest my most secret name, Who whisperest when only thou and I Make up our universe : bestow thy kiss : Arise ! Come,…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 7

Rosa Decidua

…uth ! It was—it is not—it can never be. This would corrupt God’s body with a breath. I see Him sicken and swoon ; I see Him rot Through, though His tabernacle be Eternity. This makes a man catch hold of death Greedily like a harlot in the street That plucks by the arm some sot. Death shakes me off with a hoarse curse. Tied to this woman, his beneficence

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