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1919 · PDF PAGE 9

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…ne of the Teachers of The Master Therion, represents the Soul of the New Aon, whose Word is Do what thou wilt; for the satyr is the True Nature of every man and every woman; and every man and every woman is a star. ‘The Shepherd and the Nymph in the background represent the spon- taneous outburst of the music of sound and motion caused by the release of the Children of the New Zon from the curse of the dogma of Original Sin, and other priestly bogies. Love is the law, love under will.

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1961 · PDF PAGE 23

Liber Aleph

THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 11 k De Somniis b: Causa per Naturam (Of Dreams. II: caused through one’s Nature) HE deep, constitutional, or predisposing Cause of Dreams lieth within the Jurisdiction of theWill itself. For that Will, being alway present, albeit (it may be) latent, discovereth himself when no longer inhibited by that conscious Control which is determined by Environment, and therefore of times contrary to himself. This being so, the Will declareth himself, as it were in a Pageant, and showeth himself thus apparelled, unto the Sleepe…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 273

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…rinker? The balm of your illustrious words, borne like spice upon the zephyr | Scept. Shall we not rather renew our in- quiries into the nature of things, than, in unfertile compliment, waste the few hours we snatch awhile from death? Myst. Willingly. But lately you were the ‘‘sahib”’ asking questions concerning Indian Philosophy as a great prince who should con- descend to study the habits of horses or dogs —yesterday we changed all that. Patanjali. Aphorisms. Bhikkhu Ananda Metteya. Essays (prin- cipally in the quarterly ‘‘ Buddhism ”’). The …

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1944 · PDF PAGE 213

The Book of Thoth

…he onslaught of disruption. This comparative calm is emphasized by the celestial attribution: the Moon in Libra. The Moon is change, but Nature is peaceful; moreover, Libra represents balance; be‐ tween them, they regulate the energy of the Swords. In the card appear two swords crossed; they are united by a blue rose with five petals. This rose represents the influence of the Mother, whose harmonizing influence compounds

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1904 · PDF PAGE 119

Snowdrops from a Curate’s Garden

… delicate beauty. The use of a cunt is to spend in ; The aim of a cunt is to spend. Its neighbour the arsehole laments That the folly of Nature prevents It’s helping the latter, to end in Emission the gentleman’s end. The use of a cunt is to spend in ; The aim of a cunt is to spend. Some people, avoiding the coarse word, Describe it in roundabout fashion As quim, or as cat, or as spot, Or as oyster, or even as twat. But I call turd, turd (it’s a Norse word) ; So cunt figures cunt to my passion. Some people, avoiding the coarse word. Describe it…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 392

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…ay strut and scream without facing the facts. Each man must match himself, alone as at the hour of death, with each inexorable fact that nature flings in his face --- brigands, sunstroke, hunger, thirst, sickness, accident: no one of these to be evaded or explained away, and no one to be propitiated, or from which we may shelter by appealing to others. The traveller must train his senses to the finest possible point. His life may depend on his seeing a shadow flit across some far off slope of a sand dune, and thereby divining an ambush. The cir…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 95

Moonchild

…lory, hung quivering in the mist of the Mediterranean; and Lisa entered for a moment into a perfect peace of spirit. She became one with Nature, instead of a being eternally at war with it. But Cyril turned his face again to the mountain; she knew that he wanted to perform the evening adoration from the terrace of the house itself. At last they came out from their narrow gangway to the by-street behind the church. It was an old and neglected thoroughfare, far from the main automobile road that runs along the crest. It was a place that the centu…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 122

The Scented Garden

114 Ecstasy to content the mystic, without scientific, enquiry into its nature. Pantheism. 4. Taken by a parallel construction to Maker- Made. The absurdity is not so glaring in Persian, owing to the system of “ modes ” by which from each root is extracted a great number of deriva- tives, according to fixed rules. The Satire is of course against those who think that the difficulty of self-created matter is overcome by postulating a self-created God. Thus [Persian text] Jade might become [Persian text] a maker of Jade, were only Jade a verbal ro…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 407

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…e astral body, or the plastic medium. The will of intelligent beings acts directly on this light, and by means of it on all that part of Nature which is submitted to the modifications of intelligence. This light is the common mirror of all thoughts and all forms; it preserves the images of everything that has been, the reflections of past worlds, and, by analogy, the sketches of worlds to come. It is the instrument of thaumaturgy and divination, as remains for us to explain in the third and last part of this work. 109

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1913 · PDF PAGE 407

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…e astral body, or the plastic medium. The will of intelligent beings acts directly on this light, and by means of it on all that part of Nature which is submitted to the modifications of intelligence. This light is the common mirror of all thoughts and all forms; it preserves the images of everything that has been, the reflections of past worlds, and, by analogy, the sketches of worlds to come. It is the instrument of thaumaturgy and divination, as remains for us to explain in the third and last part of this work. 109

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1961 · PDF PAGE 102

Liber Aleph

…alien from all others. And it is hard, because it is a total Reversal of the Current of the Will, and a Transmutation of its Formula and Nature. Here, o my son, is the One Secret of Success in this Great Work: Invoke often. t

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1913 · PDF PAGE 138

Book 4 (Part II)

…isagree. On the other hand we are always being terribly punished for actions that are not faults at all. Even our virtues rouse insulted nature to revenge. Karma only grows by what it feeds on: and if Karma is to be properly brought up, it requires a very careful diet. With the majority of people their actions cancel each other out; no sooner is effort made than it is counterbalanced by idleness. Eros gives place to x\nteros. Not one man in a thousand makes even an apparent escape from the commonplace of animal life. Birth is sorrow ; Life is s…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 534

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…l is vowed to the absurd, it is reproved by eternal reason. Axiom IX The will of the just man is the will of God himself, and the law of Nature. 236

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1913 · PDF PAGE 534

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…l is vowed to the absurd, it is reproved by eternal reason. Axiom IX The will of the just man is the will of God himself, and the law of Nature. 236

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1916 · PDF PAGE 4

The Message of the Master Therion

…e itis writensrey for our great comfort— Love js the Law, Love under: Will This is to be taken as meaning that while Willis the Law, the nature of that Willis Love. But this Love it were a by-product of that Will ; it does not contradict or sede that Will and if apparent contradiction should criss it isthe Will that ill guide Love is easy counterfeited. Lo, while in the Book outa ire All the manly races of The Love of Liber Legis is th corgiatic. There is delicacy, angth. Mighty and terrible aad , it is but the pennon upon the a, *

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1912 · PDF PAGE 224

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

THE EQUINOX Contradictory characters in the same nature, strength through suffering; pleasure after pain. Sacrifice and trouble, yet strength arising therefrom, symbolized by the position of the rose, as though the pain itself had brought forth beauty. Arrangement, peace restored; truce; truth and untruth; sorrow and sympathy. Aid to the weak; arrangement; justice, unselfishness; also a tendency to repetition of affronts on being pardoned; injury when meaning well; given to petitions; also a want of tact, and asking questions of little moment; ta…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 224

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

THE EQUINOX Contradictory characters in the same nature, strength through suffering; pleasure after pain. Sacrifice and trouble, yet strength arising therefrom, symbolized by the position of the rose, as though the pain itself had brought forth beauty. Arrangement, peace restored; truce; truth and untruth; sorrow and sympathy. Aid to the weak; arrangement; justice, unselfishness; also a tendency to repetition of affronts on being pardoned; injury when meaning well; given to petitions; also a want of tact, and asking questions of little moment; ta…

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1902 · PDF PAGE 140

Tannhäuser

… of song Into a million fragments ; so transcends Music, that starlight-sandalled majesty ! Then—shall I contemplate the face of Her ? O Nature ! Self-begotten ! Spouse of God, 138

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1905 · PDF PAGE 23

Oracles

…N response to many suggestions from dear Brethren, I have adapted a hymn to the wants of the Church. In view of the grossly unscriptural nature of the original hymn (so-called) many changes have been rendered necessary, but I hope and trust that this has been effected without losing the grandeur of the original.* To this effort of mine certain “ false brethren unawares brought in ” have objected, saying, “ Touch not the accursed thing.” I pass over the blasphemy of their thus adapting verses of Scripture to their own vile ends. Let me, however,…

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1924 · PDF PAGE 11

An Open Letter to Lord Beaverbook

…y assumes that neither care- lessness nor malice could print a downright lie in a matter which is so vital, and which can, from its very nature, be so conclusively ascertain- ed. Every reader assumes that no editor could — 11 —

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