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1905 · PDF PAGE 201

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…asure in desire to die And never taste again the deadly thirst For those caresses ; even then a curst Sick pang shot through me: looking far on high, Beyond, I see Zogca in the sky. The petty bubble of Love’s pipe is burst ! Yea! through the portals of the dusky dawn I see the nameless Rose of Heaven un- fold ! Yea! through rent passion and desire with- drawn Burns in the East the far ephemeral gold. O Wisdom! Mother of my sorrow! Rise! And lift my love to thine immortal eyes ! THE TWO LOVES. Wuar is my soul? The shadow of my will. What is my w…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 223

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…ves Round the limbs of a bough that cleaves Fast to the oak whose branches quiver With the kiss of the wind as its bosom heaves. Yonder, far by the gleaming border, Pale gold reaches of sunny sand Stretch their arms to the fierce marauder, The cold sweet sea with its iron hand Menacing all the fair fresh land, Where no tall cliff as a faithful warder, Guarding the coast from its wrath, may stand. Arrows born of the sunlight gleam Through the temperate world of spring, Air moves up in a sweet hot steam, Where the birds in the wheatfields sing; S…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 157

Magick Without Tears

…der of the Extreme Left in the Council-Chamber of the City of the Pyramids, so that if I acquiesce at all in the system of the O.T.O. so far as the "secret of secrets" of the IXo is concerned, it is really on a point of personal honour. My pledge given to the late Frater Superior and O.H.O., Dr. Theodor Reuss. For all that, in this particular instance it is beyond question a point of common prudence , both because the abuse of the Secret is, at least on the surface, so easy and so tempting, and because, if it became a matter of general knowledg…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 12

Why Jesus Wept

…Watts, and the Devil and all his angels. While נחש and משיח alike add to 358, indeed, it is no odds : did you once see this you were not far off from the Heart of the Qabalah. The occasion of this letter is the insertion of a scene equi- valent to an “ appreciation of the Brixton Chapel ” in my masterpiece “ Why Jesus Wept.” You asked me for it ;

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1919 · PDF PAGE 295

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

… the conclusion can be carried a step further. When you have proved that God is merely a name for the sex instinct, it appears to me not far to the per- ception that the sex instinct is God. This particular MS. is absolutely sane in every line. The fact that the woman committed suicide twelve or fifteen years afterwards is no more against the sanity of the MS. than the suicide of Socrates proves that the Republic is merely the lucubration of a lunatic. I am very far from agreeing with all that this most talented woman sets forth in her paper, b…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 8

Rosa Mundi

…all beauty to distil Into one drop of utmost dew, one name Choral as floral, one thin, subtle flame Fitted to a shaft of love. O bear me far Up and up yet to where thy sacred star Burns in its brilliance ! Thence the storm be shed A passion of great calm about this head, This head no more a poet’s . Ay ! the dream Of beauty gathered close into a stream Of tingling light, and, gathering ever force From thine own love, its unextended source, Became the magic utterance that makes Me, Dissolving self into the starless sea That makes one lake of mol…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 231

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…y in their expression of sympathy. MR. TopD is at the door, his cloak on, his hat in his hand. ossory. It is kind of you to have come so far to break the sad news, my dear sir. I hope that we shall see you again soon under—under—under happier circumstances. [Topp bows very low to the company as if deeply sympathis- ing; but turning his face to the audience, smiles as if at some secret jest. The actor should study hard to make this smile significant of the whole character, as revealed in the complete play; for topp does not develop through, but …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 231

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…y in their expression of sympathy. MR. TopD is at the door, his cloak on, his hat in his hand. ossory. It is kind of you to have come so far to break the sad news, my dear sir. I hope that we shall see you again soon under—under—under happier circumstances. [Topp bows very low to the company as if deeply sympathis- ing; but turning his face to the audience, smiles as if at some secret jest. The actor should study hard to make this smile significant of the whole character, as revealed in the complete play; for topp does not develop through, but …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 8

Mortadello

…that every climax was in some sense marred ; the little rift appeared in the lute of the perfect dinner. Again, the only proper wine (as far as colour goes) is tawny port or old brown sherry ; and these are not possible with Filets de Sole Dugléré ; they would even tend to over-whelm the truffles. I resolved upon an austere and ceremonial course. Cold consommé after the melon—pale dawns of the rich gold of that Ineffable Champagne Sauce—to serve as a lustration, an asperging. Then Oeufs aux Ecrévisses—the sunrise tinged with blood—the puri- fic…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 85

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…guré CCXXXI Liber Carcerorum viv QLIPHOTH cum suis Genits. Adduntur Sigilla et Nomina Eorum. This is an account of the cosmic process so far as it is indicated by the Tarot Trumps. Liper CCCLXX.—Liber A’ASH Vel Capricorni Pneu- matici Sub Figuré CCCLXX. Contains the true secret of all practical magick. Lrser CD.—Liber Tav Vel Kabbale Trium Literarum Sub Figuré CD. A graphic interpretation of the Tarot on the plane of initiation. 45

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1913 · PDF PAGE 606

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

A GREEN GARLAND B Vv. B. NEUBURG Green Paper Cover . . 28. 6d. net. “As far as the verse is concerned there is in this volume something more than mere promise; the performance is at times remarkable ; there is beauty not only of thought and invention—and the invention is of a positive kind—but also of expression and rhythm. ‘There is a lilt in Mr. Neuburg’s poems; he has the impulse to sing, and makes his readers feel that impulse.” —Zhe Morning Post. “There is a certain grim power in some of the imaginings concerning death, as ‘The Dream? and …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 85

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…guré CCXXXI Liber Carcerorum viv QLIPHOTH cum suis Genits. Adduntur Sigilla et Nomina Eorum. This is an account of the cosmic process so far as it is indicated by the Tarot Trumps. Liper CCCLXX.—Liber A’ASH Vel Capricorni Pneu- matici Sub Figuré CCCLXX. Contains the true secret of all practical magick. Lrser CD.—Liber Tav Vel Kabbale Trium Literarum Sub Figuré CD. A graphic interpretation of the Tarot on the plane of initiation. 45

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1913 · PDF PAGE 606

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

A GREEN GARLAND B Vv. B. NEUBURG Green Paper Cover . . 28. 6d. net. “As far as the verse is concerned there is in this volume something more than mere promise; the performance is at times remarkable ; there is beauty not only of thought and invention—and the invention is of a positive kind—but also of expression and rhythm. ‘There is a lilt in Mr. Neuburg’s poems; he has the impulse to sing, and makes his readers feel that impulse.” —Zhe Morning Post. “There is a certain grim power in some of the imaginings concerning death, as ‘The Dream? and …

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1961 · PDF PAGE 54

Liber Aleph

…t prepare it for him perfectly; for no Man can keep open all Roads for ever. And to him making his Choice explain how one may not travel far on any Road without a general Knowledge of Things apparently irrelevant. And with that he will understand, and bend him wisely to his Work. i

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1961 · PDF PAGE 81

Liber Aleph

…T may be unto thy Profit, o my Son, if I relate unto thee the secret History of those who have gone before me in this Grade of Magus, so far as their Memory hath remained among Mankind. For what would it avail thee should I recount the deeds of those whom I indeed may know, but thou not? Thou knowest well how I keep me from all Taint of Fable, or any Word unproven and undemonstrable. First then I speak of Lao-Tze, whose word was the TAO. Hereof have I already written much unto thee, because His Doctrine has been lost or misinterpreted, and it i…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 35

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…ht, aching in bosom and brain. Surely, O Mother, thou knowest! not followed thy star? I have gone whither thou goest, bitterly followed afar, Have I 1 A secret Order, probably established by Crowley himself, Buried my heart in thy sorrow, cast down my soul at thy knees. Thou, thou hast left me no morrow. Days and desires, what are these? Nay, I have torn from my breast passion and love and despair : Sought in thy palaces rest, sleep that awaited me there ; Sleep that awaits me in vain: I have done with the hope of things ; Passion and pleasure …

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1907 · PDF PAGE 148

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…thery slopes, With footfalls softer than tne antelope’s. We listen and obey: the sacred slumberer swoons More tranced than deacn in this far follow- ing, Careless of winter, not invoking spring ; And all the witless woods company us and sing. But not the glades by song of thee unstricken ? Not they? Shall they refuse the pulse to quicken, Soft smiting the low melody of light? Tuned without fingers, the wild woods lift high The wordless chant, the murmurous melody, The song that dwells like moon-enkindled night. We draw from low palm groves and …

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1903 · PDF PAGE 21

Alice: An Adultery

…le of deify- ing an old woman of fifty with a false front and *The results of a lengthy correspondence with some who knew our author, go far to confirm this theory. Yet I believe (for it is so like his peculiar sense of humour) that there is enough genuine detail somewhere in the poem to enable the wronged husband to discover his wife’s infidelity, as he says in the 40th day. Our opinion of such humour is, of course, damning.—ED.

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1939 · PDF PAGE 57

Eight Lectures on Yoga

the Supplement of the fifth number of the First Volume of The Equinox, an idea is only true in so far as it contains its contradictory in itself. 33. It is such states of mind as this which constitute the really important results of Samyama, and these results are not to be destroyed by philosophical speculation, because they are not susceptible of analysis, because they have no component parts, because they exist by virtue of their very Unreason—"certum est quia ineptum!" They cannot be expressed, for they are above knowledge. To some extent we…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 126

Oracles

… dwellers of the fire that fold Fine wings in wanton ecstasy, and sleep Where the thin tongues of glory leap Up from the brazen hold And far majestic keep Of Djinn, the Lord of elemental light. But he beheld some sight Beyond that city’s joy : his gentle word The old king gently heard. (This king was Zôhra’s father) “ Lord and king Of love’s own city, give me leave to wing A fervid flight to yonder hills of night. Not that my soul is weary of the light And lordship of thy presence : but in tender dream I saw myself on the still stream Where the…

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