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1930 · PDF PAGE 31

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 2)

… past and présent, ail of which hâve their peculiar unity. ïi is of the utmost importance to tlie “Clairvoyant” or Hraveller in the fine body to be able to find bis way to any desired plane, and operate therein as itts rnler. The Neopliyte of A.*. A.’, is examined most strictly in tliis practice before he is passed to the degree of Zelaîor. In “Rising on the Planes” one must usuallv pass clear through the Astral to the Spiritual. Sonie will be unable to do this. The “fine body” which is good enough to subsist on lower planes, a shadow among sha…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 63

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

shalt thou feel in thy body, which shall shiver and leap with the shock, and that also must both be suffered and overcome. 4. After the lightning flash, resteth in the zénith a minute point of light. And that light shall radiate until a right cône be established upon the sea, and it is day. With this thy body shall be rigid, automatically ; and this shalt thou let endure, withdrawing thyself into thine heart in the form of an upright Egg of blacknessj and therein shalt thou abide for a space. 5. When ail this is perfectly and easily performed a…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 52

Rodin in Rime

…arless, amid gods and evil kings, She sits, poor wretch, eternal scientist, Straining mild muscles, leaving to its list The spasm-shaken body. So she flings The teeth-set fate of Fortune’s face unkissed Against the fiat: sets her clenchéd fist In his face: slides spinning with her body’s twist Into the inmost agony of things. 32

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1919 · PDF PAGE 267

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…(Genuflects.) Mother, be thou adored. She returns to the West. *K on PRIEST with open hand doth she make, over his forehead, breast, and body. Be the PRIEST pure of body and soul! The Priestess takes the censer from the child, and places it on the small altar. She puts incense therein. Let the Fire and the Air make sweet the world! (Genu- flects.) Father, be thou adored. She returns West, and makes * with the censer be- fore the PRIEST, thrice as before. Be the PRIEST fervent of body and soul! (The children resume their weapons as they are done…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 29

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 2)

…roduced, the inertia of matter draws it back to the normal; yet the power of the trained and consecrated will in a well-deveioped astral body is such that it can even produce a permanent change in the material upon whose Body of Light you are working, e.g. ; one can heal the sick bv restoring a healthy appearance to their astral forms. On the other hand, it is possible so to disintegrate the the Body of Light even of a strong man that he will fall dead. Such operations demand not only power, but judgment. Nothing can upset the sum total of dest…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 403

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…mmortal. Q. You say, “triple in substance.” Has man, then, two souls or two bodies ? A. No; there is in him a spiritual soul, a material body, and a plastic medium. What is the substance of this medium ? Light, partially volatile, and partially fixed. . What is the volatile part of this light? Magnetic fluid. And the fixed part? The fluidic or fragrant body. Is the existence of this body demonstrated ? Yes; by the most curious and the most conclusive experiences. We shall speak of them in the third part of this work. g. Are these experiences ar…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 403

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…mmortal. Q. You say, “triple in substance.” Has man, then, two souls or two bodies ? A. No; there is in him a spiritual soul, a material body, and a plastic medium. What is the substance of this medium ? Light, partially volatile, and partially fixed. . What is the volatile part of this light? Magnetic fluid. And the fixed part? The fluidic or fragrant body. Is the existence of this body demonstrated ? Yes; by the most curious and the most conclusive experiences. We shall speak of them in the third part of this work. g. Are these experiences ar…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 124

Liber Aleph

…urse of Ideas seeketh to infringe upon another, to quell the Virtue thereof. Gold is pure, but to drink molten Gold were Impurity to thy Body, and its Destruction. Law is a Code of the Customs of a People; if it intrude thereon to alter them, it is an Impurity of Oppression. So also Diet is to be in Accord with Digestion; Ethics were an Impurity therein. Love is an Expression of the Will of the Body, yea, and more also, of That which created he Body; and its Operation is commonly between One and One, so that the Interference of a Third Person i…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 53

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…she answered him, bending down, a lambent flame of blue, all-touching, all penetrant, her lovely hands upon the black earth, & her lithe body arched for love, and her soft feet not hurting the little flowers: Thou knowest! And the sign shall be my ecstasy, the consciousness of the continuity of existence, the omnipre- sence of my body. 27. Then the priest answered & said unto the Queen of Space, kissing her lovely brows, and the dew of her light bathing his whole body in a sweet-smelling perfume of sweat : O Nuit, continuous one of Heaven, let …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 53

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…she answered him, bending down, a lambent flame of blue, all-touching, all penetrant, her lovely hands upon the black earth, & her lithe body arched for love, and her soft feet not hurting the little flowers: Thou knowest! And the sign shall be my ecstasy, the consciousness of the continuity of existence, the omnipre- sence of my body. 27. Then the priest answered & said unto the Queen of Space, kissing her lovely brows, and the dew of her light bathing his whole body in a sweet-smelling perfume of sweat : O Nuit, continuous one of Heaven, let …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 80

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…hering one star after another, let his contemplation become vast as the heaven, in space and time ever aspiring to the perception of the Body of Nuit ; yea, of the Body of Nuit.

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1913 · PDF PAGE 80

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…hering one star after another, let his contemplation become vast as the heaven, in space and time ever aspiring to the perception of the Body of Nuit ; yea, of the Body of Nuit.

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1919 · PDF PAGE 154

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…d God willed to be some- thing, and the Universe appeared, The New God wills to be Nothing and be- reflection of which was caught by the body. So joyful it became that it whirled round in a mad dance, and was filled with music. It was stifled by the confines of the room; but “I” was Free, so it couldn’t matter much. (This is the second experience of rhythm filling the body, and causing it to whirl and dance in order to find expression somehow.) April 9th. Started to read about 8.30 this morning. Sometime during morning lost idea of “ego” to rea…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 294

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…une, Till the waters were redder than wine In the blush of the harlot moon. I and my brother priests Worshipped a wonderful woman With a body lithe as a beast's, Subtly, horribly human. Deep in the pit of her eyes I saw the image of death, And I drew the water of sighs From the well of her lullaby breath. She sitteth veiled for ever, Brooding over the waste‘ She hath stirred 01 spoken never. She is fiercely, manly chaste! What madness make me awake From the silence of utmost eld The grey cold slime oithe snake That her poisonous body held ? By n…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 294

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…une, Till the waters were redder than wine In the blush of the harlot moon. I and my brother priests Worshipped a wonderful woman With a body lithe as a beast's, Subtly, horribly human. Deep in the pit of her eyes I saw the image of death, And I drew the water of sighs From the well of her lullaby breath. She sitteth veiled for ever, Brooding over the waste‘ She hath stirred 01 spoken never. She is fiercely, manly chaste! What madness make me awake From the silence of utmost eld The grey cold slime oithe snake That her poisonous body held ? By n…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 108

Gargoyles

… and pain The white worms revelled in my brain. Who travelled live may travel dead; The soul’s no tenant of the head. They had hanged my body by the neck; Bang went the trap. A little speck Shot idly upon consciousness Unconscious of the head’s distress When with dropped jaw the body swung So queer and limp; the purple tongue Shooting out swollen and awry. Men cheered to see the poisoner die. Not he! He grinned one visible grin, The last; then, muffled in his sin, IIe lived and moved unseen of those Nude souls that masquerade in clothes, Confus…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 95

Liber Aleph

…F WISDOM OR FOLLY 83 Ge De Arcano, per quod Spiritus quidam in Corpore recipiatur (Of the Secret, by which a Spirit may be received in a Body) ERE now is another Formula of Power, good to invoke any Being to manifest in thyself. First, invoke him by the Power of all thy Spells and conjurations, with Mind concentrated and Will vehement, toward him, as I have written in many Books. But because thou art NEMO, thou mayst safely invoke him, no matter of what Nature, within thy Circle. Now then do thou confer on him as a Guerdon of his Obedience the …

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1930 · PDF PAGE 83

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 2)

…s just as important as that of mysti- asm, but here we hâve a very much more difficult problem, because the original unit of Magick, the Body of Light, is alreadv something unfamiliar to the ordinary person. Nevertheless, this body must be developed and trained with exactly the same rigid iscipline as the brain in the case of mysticism. The essence of the echnique of Magick is the development of the body of Light which must be extended to include ail members of the organism,’ and mdeed of the cosmos. The most important drill practices are : i. …

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1996 · PDF PAGE 74

The Law is for All

…revul­ sion of shame, as it is to him. We have an art of expression; we are trained to interpret the soul and the spirit in terms of the body. We do not deny the existence of the body, or despise it; but we refuse to regard it in any other light than this: it is the organ of the Self. It must never­ theless be ordered according to its own laws; those of the mental or moral Self do not apply to it. We love; that is, we will to unite: then the one must study the other, divine every butterfly thought as it flits, and offer the flower it most fanci…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 89

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

… what attainment the aspirant seeks to gain, or what goal he has in view, the one thing above all others which is necessary is a healthy body, and a body which is under control. It is hopeless to attempt to obtain stability of mind in one whose body is ever leaping from land to water like a frog; with such, any sudden influx of illumination may bring with it not enlightenment but mania; therefore it is that all the great masters have set the task of courage before that of endeavour.{ He who daves to will, will will to know, and knowing will kee…

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