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1913 · PDF PAGE 94

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…Eguinox V//, 376. The mystic number of Malkuth and of TM orna- ment; a number generally suitable to the subject of the book. wm Grace, a secret title of the Qabalah. See Sepher Sephiroth. See Sepher Sephiroth. The allusion is to the fact that this book forms an introduction to the series. A number of Mercury. The number of Adonai. The sum of the first 11 numbers. This book relates to Magic, whose Key is 11. The number of + a sword. The number of cards in the Tarot pack. Enumeration of the name Enoch. Tzaddi means a fish-hook. “I will make you f…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 144

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

… utters the new doctrine declared in Lider Legis. marsyaS. I bear a message. Heaven hath sent The knowledge of a new, sweet way Into the Secret Element. 104

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1926 · PDF PAGE 33

Liber Al vel Legis

… for thereby alone can he fall from it. 48. Now this mystery of the letters is done, and I want to go on to the holier place. 49. I am a secret fourfold word, the blas- phemy against all gods of men. 50. Curse them! Curse them! Curse them! 51. With my Hawk’s head I peek at the eyes of Jesus as he hangs upon the cross. 52. I flap my wings in the face of Mohammed and blind him. 53. With my claws I tear out the flesh of the Indian and the Buddhist, Mongol and Din. 54. Bahlasti! Ompehda! I spit on your crapulous creeds. 55. Let Mary inviolate be torn…

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1935 · PDF PAGE 11

One Star in Sight

…ay down precise rules by which a man may attain to the knowledge and conversation of His Holy Guardian Angel; for that is the particular secret of each one of us; as secret not to be told or even divined by any other, whatever his grade. It is the Holy of Holies, whereof each man is his own High Priest, and none knoweth the Name of his brother’s God, or the Rite that invokes Him. The Masters of the A. A.. have therefore made no attempt to institute any regular ritual for this central Work of their Order,

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1913 · PDF PAGE 604

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…lated form a comparative view of all the symbols of the great religions of the world; the perfect attributions of the Taro, so long kept secret by the Rosicrucians, are now for the first time published ; also the complete secret magical correspondence of the G.*. D.*. and R.R.et A. C._ It forms, in short, a complete magical and philosophical dictionary ; a key to all religions and to all practical occult working. For the first time Western and Qabalistic symbols have been harmonised with those of Hinduism, Buddhism, Mohammedanism, Taoism, etc, …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 604

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…lated form a comparative view of all the symbols of the great religions of the world; the perfect attributions of the Taro, so long kept secret by the Rosicrucians, are now for the first time published ; also the complete secret magical correspondence of the G.*. D.*. and R.R.et A. C._ It forms, in short, a complete magical and philosophical dictionary ; a key to all religions and to all practical occult working. For the first time Western and Qabalistic symbols have been harmonised with those of Hinduism, Buddhism, Mohammedanism, Taoism, etc, …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 53

Collected Works (Vol. I)

46 SONGS OF THE SPIRIT By these suppressed Desires my soul must flee, By heaven’s crest, I pray that secretly Toward God’s breast I draw, to find, maybe, Rest ! NIGHTFALL. THE seas that lap the sand Where lilies fill the land Are silent, while the moon ascends to span the curvéd leaves. The lordly stars arise With pity in their eyes So large and clear and wise, And angels yearn toward the world that wonders, wakes, and grieves. Sleep holds the hand of life, And, as a loving wife Moves not for fear the sufferer should wake before his hour, So sl…

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1903 · PDF PAGE 32

The God-Eater

…owers, which the priests re- ceive and cast before the throne. Rupna motions Criospa to be silent.] 1st Prizst. Glory unto thee, Maurya, secret Lady of the Stars ! CuorisTeRs. Who wast born on earth ! 2nd Priest. Glory unto thee, Maurya, Lady of Life ! CuorisTers. Who didst die for us ! Art. Glory for ever unto Maurya! Tue Worsuippinc Fotx. Maurya, hear us! [ All bend deeper and deeper in adoration. Silence awhile. They rise, and the priests see Rupua and Criospa.] ist Priest. [Whispers.| It is the Mother of our Lady. and Prizst. [Whispers.| Wh…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 31

The Holy Books

…Khuit! 39. All this and a book to say how thou didst come hither and a reproduction of this ink and paper for ever—for in it is the word secret and not only in the English—and thy comment upon this the Book of the Law shall be printed beautifully in red ink and black upon beautiful paper made by hand; and to each man and woman that thou meetest, were it but to dine or to drink at them, it is the Law to give. Then they shall chance to abide in this bliss or no; it is no odds. Do this quickly! 40. But the work of the comment? That is easy; and Ha…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 187

The Winged Beetle

…circumstances. [TODD bows very low to the company as if deeply sympathising ; but turning his face to the audience, smiles as if at some secret jest. The actor should study hard to make this smile sig- nificant of the whole character, as revealed in the complete play ; for TODD does not develop through, but is explained by, the plot. TODD goes out ; OSSORY follows, and returns in a minute. There is no sound in the room but that of EUPHEMIA’S sobs. OSSORY [returning, throws himself into a chair near the door]. Dear me ! dear me ! Poor, poor Henr…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 147

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING They lead their hosts to victory: In every joy they are kings; then see That secret serpent coiled to spring And win the world! O priest and king, Let there be feasting, foining, fighting, A revel of lusting, singing, smiting! Work; be the bed of work! Hold! Hold! The stars’ kiss is as molten gold. Harden! Hold thyself up! now die— Ah! Ah! Exceed! Exceed! OLYMPAS. And I? maRsyas. My stature shall surpass the stars : He hath said it! Men shall worship me In hidden woods, on barren scaurs, Henceforth to all eternity…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 147

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING They lead their hosts to victory: In every joy they are kings; then see That secret serpent coiled to spring And win the world! O priest and king, Let there be feasting, foining, fighting, A revel of lusting, singing, smiting! Work; be the bed of work! Hold! Hold! The stars’ kiss is as molten gold. Harden! Hold thyself up! now die— Ah! Ah! Exceed! Exceed! OLYMPAS. And I? maRsyas. My stature shall surpass the stars : He hath said it! Men shall worship me In hidden woods, on barren scaurs, Henceforth to all eternity…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 16

The Mother’s Tragedy

… a tear? that trembling, in their deep Violet passion, of the beautiful Eyes that they half discover? Speak to me. I have long thought a secret was your spouse, Shared your deep fancies and your lightest word, Partook your maiden bed, and gave you dreams Somewhat too troublous to be virginal. MADELINE. My dear kind Cora, do they lie to you, These fancies of my idle hours? Believe, I seem to tremble at my inward thought ; My heart is full of wonder. When I go Nightward beneath the moon, and take my thoughts

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1926 · PDF PAGE 30

Liber Al vel Legis

…Khuit! 39. All this and a book to say how thou didst come hither and a reproduction of this ink and paper for ever—for in it is the word secret and not only in the English—and thy comment upon this the Book of the Law shall be printed beautifully in red ink and black upon beautiful paper made by hand; and to each man and woman that thou meetest, were it but to dine or to drink at them, it is the Law to give. Then they shall chance to abide in this bliss or no; it is no odds. Do this quickly! 40. But the work of the comment? That is easy; and Ha…

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1937 · PDF PAGE 3

Scientific Solution of the Problem of Government

…ll the empirical theories hitherto current. QUOTATION. CHAPTER I. 2. Every man and every woman is a star. 10. Let my servants be few and secret: they shall rule the many and the known. 40. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 41. The word of Sin is Restriction. 42. Thou hast no right but to do thy will. 43. Do that, and no other shall say nay. 44. For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect. 57. Love is the law, love under will. CHAPTER II. 19. Is a God to live in a dog? No ! but the…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 6

Magick Without Tears

…The 0=2 Equation 52 6 The Three Schools of Magick (I) 64 7 The Three Schools of Magick (2) 72 8 The Three Schools of Magick (3) 83 9 The Secret Chiefs 91 10 The Scolex School 97 II Woolly Pomposities of the Pious "Teacher" 101 12 The Left-hand Path-The "Black Brothers" 109 13 The System of the O.T.O. 122 14 Noise 125 IS Sex Morality: Including Artemis Iota 128 16 On Concentration 138 17 Astral Journey-How to Do It: 141 How to Verify Your Experiences 18 The Importance of Our Conventional Greetings 149 19 The Act of Truth 152 20 Talismans: The La…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 13

The Winged Beetle

… soul ! Ay, they are dead and drowned (And damned, I doubt !) Ah God ! I am exhaust In the red moon’s holocaust ! God ! God ! The chasms secret and profound Suck down the porphyry flood Of your maniacal, ensorcelled blood That maddens and bewitches. My life is suffocated—now I swoon— I die ! I am in hell, red hell, red hell, Circles me closer ; all the soul’s afire As if the boreal moon With all the icy Lapland hags That shiver on ‘s hibernal crags Were but a thin white shell Hoarding the seed of many a million suns, Giving its life up unto its…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 157

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…ore and aching eye in a face of gray—— Droops down to slumber. All the world is dead. Rose! Rose! Where art thou? O my Rose, my Rose! My secret Rose, art lost among the gray? There is no voice in the silence ; in the woods The brownness glistens under the weeping rain, I49

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1911 · PDF PAGE 157

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…ore and aching eye in a face of gray—— Droops down to slumber. All the world is dead. Rose! Rose! Where art thou? O my Rose, my Rose! My secret Rose, art lost among the gray? There is no voice in the silence ; in the woods The brownness glistens under the weeping rain, I49

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1913 · PDF PAGE 104

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…heir columns. JULIAN covers him with a cloth, and jovian throws a sprig of acacia upon it. (To the women) Open us the shrine! Jutta. The secret is not yours or mine! [Ske and Joanna pull open the doors of the Vesica. A blaze of light sends the three ruffians reeling forth. They fly 64

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