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1907 · PDF PAGE 8

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…ion is of Crowley’s rooms in the Quartier Montparnasse, The temperate flower, the tropic stems. You were silent, and I too. Caressed The secret flames that curled around Our subtle intercourse. Profound, Unmoved, delighting utterly, So sat, so sit, my love and I. But not to-day. Your silence stirs No answering rapture : you are proud, And love itself checks and deters The thought to say itself aloud. Oh! heart of amber and fine-gold Silverly darting lunar rays ! Oh ! river of sweet passion rolled Adown invisible waterways ! Speak! Did I wound y…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 19

Why Jesus Wept

…ult in youth, awake At the first touch of the diviner air Of manhood, that could bane and blessing make, The Lord of Life and Death, the secret of the Snake. The snake of Egypt hath a body twin ; It hath bright wings wherewith it well can fly ; It is of virtue and of bitter sin ; It beareth strength and beauty in its eye ; Beneath its tongue are Hate and Misery ; Love in its coils is hidden, and its nature Is double everyway ; dost wonder why The poet worships every scaléd feature, And holds him lordliest yet of every kingly creature ? Sir Perc…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 231

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…ircumstances. [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 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 [veturning, throws himself into a chair near the door). Dear me! dear me! Poor, poor Henry! DEL…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 231

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…ircumstances. [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 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 [veturning, throws himself into a chair near the door). Dear me! dear me! Poor, poor Henry! DEL…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 21

Book 4 (Part I)

… Buddha goes into details too elaborate to enter upon in this place; but the gist of it is that in one way or another he got hold of the secret force of the World and mastered it. Of St. Paul’s experiences, we have nothing but a casual illusion to his having been “caught up into Heaven, and seen and heard things of which it was not lawful to speak.” Mohammed speaks crudely of his having been “visited by the Angel Gabriel,” who communicated things from “God.” Moses says that he “beheld God.” ᾽

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1913 · PDF PAGE 85

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…o 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 85

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…o 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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1961 · PDF PAGE 81

Liber Aleph

…Antiqui: Imprimis, De Lao-Tze (Of the Magi of Old Time: First, of Lao-Tze) 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 muc…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 133

Collected Works (Vol. II)

AHAB 127 I gave to her the signet’'s gold Carved in the secret charactery, Whose flowers of writing bend and fold The star of Solomon, the eye Whence four rays run—the Name! the seal Written within the burning wheel. And now I lean with fevered will Across the carven screen of palm. All nature holds its function still ; The sun is mild; the wind is calm ; But on my ear the voices fall Distant, and irk me, and appal. Two men have sworn the solemn oath : ‘‘God and the king this dog blasphemed,” Two judges, just, though little loth, Weigh, answer.…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 6

The Holy Books

…Ι am Heaven, and there is no other God than me, and my lord Hadit. 22. Now, therefore, I am known to ye by my name Nuit, and to him by a secret name which I will give him when at last he knoweth me. Since I am infinite space, and the infinite stars thereof do ye also thus. Bind nothing! Let there be no difference made among you between any one thing and any other thing; for thereby there cometh hurt. 23. But Whoso availeth in this, let him be the chief of all ! 24. I am Nuit, and my word is six and fifty. 25. Divide, add, multiply, and understand.…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 107

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…hat from the Law spring four Rays or Emanations: so that if the Law be the centre of your own being, they must needs fill you with their secret goodness. And these four are Light, Life, Love, and Liberty. Io1r

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1961 · PDF PAGE 87

Liber Aleph

…ork, as thou knowest. And I have The Book of the Law, that was given unto me by Him thou wottest of; and it is the Interpretation of the Secret Will of Man on every Plane of his By-coming; and the Word of the Law is THELEMA. “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.” Now because “Love is the law, love under will” do I write this Epistle for thee, that thou mayst fulfil this inmost Will of Mankind, making them capable of Light, Life, Love and Liberty by the Acceptance of this Law. And the Hindrance thereunto is but as the Shell of its Eg…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 216

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…entide, and wise To drag thee to the House of Wrong :— Iam armed! Iam armed! I am strong! I am strong ! I make my way: opposing horns Of secret foemen push their lust In vain: my song their fury scorns ; They sink, they grovel in the dust. Hail, self-created Lord of Night! Inscrutable and infinite ! Let Orpheus journey forth to see The Disk in peace and victory! Let him adore the splendid sight, The radiance of the Heaven of Nu; Soar like a bird, laved by the light, To pierce the far eternal blue ! Hail! Hermes! thou the wands of ill Hast touch…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 266

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…t the Candidate be conducted to the East of the Altar. Honoured Hiereus, I delegate to you the duty of entrusting the Candidate with the secret signs, grip, grand word and present pass-word of the o°=o° Grade of the Order of the Golden Dawn in the Outer, of placing him between the mystic pillars, and of superintending his fourth and final consecration.” The East of the Altar is the place of the Evil Triad, and he is brought there as though affirming that he will trample upon and cast out his evil persona, which will then become a support unto h…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 266

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…t the Candidate be conducted to the East of the Altar. Honoured Hiereus, I delegate to you the duty of entrusting the Candidate with the secret signs, grip, grand word and present pass-word of the o°=o° Grade of the Order of the Golden Dawn in the Outer, of placing him between the mystic pillars, and of superintending his fourth and final consecration.” The East of the Altar is the place of the Evil Triad, and he is brought there as though affirming that he will trample upon and cast out his evil persona, which will then become a support unto h…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 33

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

LIBER CHETH VEL VALLUM ABIEGNI SVB FIGVRA CLVI I. This is the secret of the Holy Graal, that is the sacred vessel of our Lady the Scarlet Woman, Babalon the Mother of Abominations, the bride of Chaos, that rideth upon our Lord the Beast. 2. Thou shalt drain out thy blood that is thy life into the golden cup of her fornication. 3. Thou shalt mingle thy life with the universal life. Thou shalt keep not back one drop. 4. Then shall thy brain be dumb, and thy heart beat no more, and all thy life shall go from thee; and thou shalt be cast out upon t…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 33

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

LIBER CHETH VEL VALLUM ABIEGNI SVB FIGVRA CLVI I. This is the secret of the Holy Graal, that is the sacred vessel of our Lady the Scarlet Woman, Babalon the Mother of Abominations, the bride of Chaos, that rideth upon our Lord the Beast. 2. Thou shalt drain out thy blood that is thy life into the golden cup of her fornication. 3. Thou shalt mingle thy life with the universal life. Thou shalt keep not back one drop. 4. Then shall thy brain be dumb, and thy heart beat no more, and all thy life shall go from thee; and thou shalt be cast out upon t…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 121

Mortadello

…. One flicker of my wrist, and his black soul was gone. ALESSANDRO. I have done nothing yet. MONICA. Oh, you have laughed ! The key. The secret coronet of all the comedy ! ALESSANDRO. Yes : it is only now when I am sure we win, Wreathing each beaming brow with the reward of sin, That in my heart there seems the echo of a sigh. Delight dissolves the dreams desire had set on high ! MONICA. Oh, we shall find fresh food. True wit is never stale. Trust me, my merry mood. LUCREZIA. Provided we prevail. Can Venice be deceived ? ALESSANDRO. Could all t…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 368

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…hesh” Sphere of Malkuth AyD" DOM 565 Parvitatio muapp Praetoriani pp 566 A valley; a plain me Puncta nya (SMK + VV + DLTh, SVD 3939;D =a secret, spelt in full] ‘The Shadow of Death; Hell pypby of Netzach

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1912 · PDF PAGE 368

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…hesh” Sphere of Malkuth AyD" DOM 565 Parvitatio muapp Praetoriani pp 566 A valley; a plain me Puncta nya (SMK + VV + DLTh, SVD 3939;D =a secret, spelt in full] ‘The Shadow of Death; Hell pypby of Netzach

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