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1954 · PDF PAGE 352

Magick Without Tears

…ist; he will certainly not possess any of hose bourgeois "virtues" which are just so many reactions to lue Funk. Also, ascetiCism is all right when it is the proper means of ttaining some special end. It is when it produces eructations f spiritual pride, and satisfied vanity, that it is poisonous . e Greek word means an athlete; and the training of an thlete is not mortification of the body. Nor is there any rule hich covers all circumstances. When men go "stale" a few ays before the race, they are "taken off training ," and fed ith champagne. …

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1961 · PDF PAGE 157

Liber Aleph

…make no difference between any Thing and any other Thing, therefore all Changes are equal in Respect of our Praise. For though this be a right Conclusion in the Term of thy Comprehension as a Master of the Temple, yet it is false in the Eyes of the Mind that hath not attained this Understanding. So there- fore any Change (or phenomenon) appeareth noble or base to the imperfect Mind, according to its Consonance and Harmony with the Will that governeth the Mind. Thus if it be thy Will to delight in Rythm and Œconomy of Words, the Advertise-ment o…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 344

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…p, 153]?ףיקמ Fasciata?םירוקע Angel of 2"d Dec. mg?ה\ךואך Hod, 42-fold Name in?קןפלגו Yetzirah. [Vide Liber 777, Col. xc, p. 18] Σ (ι-π). Right-handed Svastika, 231 drawn on Sq. of a Prolonged?,יgrew long?ךירא Male?ארוכר Sum of the Four Ways of spelling 232 TETRAGRAMMATON in the Four Worlds Geomantic Intelligence?לא”ציבמא of )( Ruler of Fire?לארא Equivalent to᾿ ?רואΓι’, Tm FP Fiat Lux. [Vide K.D. L. CK. pt 55] Let there be Light! The”הי ?רוא Mystic Name of Allan Bennett, a Brother of theCrossandRose,who began this Dictionary. ?וז233 Memento?רוכז…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 344

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…p, 153]?ףיקמ Fasciata?םירוקע Angel of 2"d Dec. mg?ה\ךואך Hod, 42-fold Name in?קןפלגו Yetzirah. [Vide Liber 777, Col. xc, p. 18] Σ (ι-π). Right-handed Svastika, 231 drawn on Sq. of a Prolonged?,יgrew long?ךירא Male?ארוכר Sum of the Four Ways of spelling 232 TETRAGRAMMATON in the Four Worlds Geomantic Intelligence?לא”ציבמא of )( Ruler of Fire?לארא Equivalent to᾿ ?רואΓι’, Tm FP Fiat Lux. [Vide K.D. L. CK. pt 55] Let there be Light! The”הי ?רוא Mystic Name of Allan Bennett, a Brother of theCrossandRose,who began this Dictionary. ?וז233 Memento?רוכז…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 406

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…y. A warm and prolonged insufflation upon the spinal column at the base of the cerebellum may occasion erotic phenomena. If one puts the right hand upon the head and the left hand under the feet of a person completely enveloped with wool or silk, one causes the magnetic spark to pass completely through the body, and one may thus occasion a nervous revolution in his organism with the rapidity of lightning. Magnetic passes only serve to direct the will of the mag- netizer in confirming it by acts. They are signs and nothing more. The act of the w…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 406

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…y. A warm and prolonged insufflation upon the spinal column at the base of the cerebellum may occasion erotic phenomena. If one puts the right hand upon the head and the left hand under the feet of a person completely enveloped with wool or silk, one causes the magnetic spark to pass completely through the body, and one may thus occasion a nervous revolution in his organism with the rapidity of lightning. Magnetic passes only serve to direct the will of the mag- netizer in confirming it by acts. They are signs and nothing more. The act of the w…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 168

The Book of Thoth

…fertility. Her armour is composed of small scales or coins, and her helmet is adorned with the great spiral horns of the markhor. In her right hand she bears a sceptre surmounted by a cube, within which is a three‐ dimen‐ sional Hexagram, and in her left arm is curved her proper disk, a sphere of loops and circles interlaced. She thus represents the ambition of matter to take part in the great work of Crea‐ tion. Persons signified by this card possess the finest of the quieter qualities. They are ambi‐ tious, but only in useful directions. They…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 158

Liber Aleph

…he high Attainment of universal Love. Yet in thy partial and particular Action, as thou art a Creature of Illusion, do thou maintain the right Relation of one Thing to another; fighting if thou be a Soldier, or building if thou be a Mason. For if thou hold not fast this Discipline and Proportion, which alloweth its true Will to every Part of thy Being, the Error of one shall draw all after it into Ruin and Dispersion. u

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1961 · PDF PAGE 202

Liber Aleph

…, or thinketh he loveth. But we, loving only in Light, suffer not by Fear or by Bereavement, because to us every Event is Welcome, being right, necessary and proper to our particular Path. The Knowledge of this one Matter is the End of Dread and of Regret; make it the Gov- ernor of thy Mind, to rule its Pace, lest it hasten or lag by Stress of thine Environment. Now this Attainment is possible for all Mankind, since it asketh but Resolution of Complexities that already exist; so that this true Wisdom and Happiness cometh by the Acceptance of ou…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 205

Liber Aleph

…rld so then it accomplisheth willingly the Sacrament of a second Death and leaveth the Body of Light. But the Mind, cleaveth closely, by Right of its Harmony, and Might of its Love, to its Star, resisteth the Ministers of Disruption, for a Season, according to its Strength. Now, if his Star be of those that are bound by the Great Oath, incarnating without Remission because of Delight in the Cosmic Sacrament, it seeketh a new Vehicle in the appointed Way, and indwelleth the Fœtus of a Child, and quickeneth it. And if at this Time the mind of its…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 245

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

MR. TODD Nothing right nowadays! Oh, my poor leg! Bitter, bitter cold! I mind me, more than sixty years ago now—oh dear! oh dear! run and tell Nurse I want my liniment! Oh dear! oh dear! what awretched world. Sciatics—like rats gnawing, gnawing at you, Charley. CHARLEY. You frighten me, grampa! Why doesn’t Mr. Carr come and play with me? GRANDFATHER. He has gone out with your mother. He'll come by-and-by, no doubt. Run and fetch Nurse, Charley ! [CHARLEY runs off. Oh dear! I wish I could find a good doctor. Nobody seems to do me any good. It’s …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 245

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

MR. TODD Nothing right nowadays! Oh, my poor leg! Bitter, bitter cold! I mind me, more than sixty years ago now—oh dear! oh dear! run and tell Nurse I want my liniment! Oh dear! oh dear! what awretched world. Sciatics—like rats gnawing, gnawing at you, Charley. CHARLEY. You frighten me, grampa! Why doesn’t Mr. Carr come and play with me? GRANDFATHER. He has gone out with your mother. He'll come by-and-by, no doubt. Run and fetch Nurse, Charley ! [CHARLEY runs off. Oh dear! I wish I could find a good doctor. Nobody seems to do me any good. It’s …

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1944 · PDF PAGE 150

The Book of Thoth

…ution. He rules the Heavens from the 21st degree of Aquarius to the 20th degree of Pisces. He is clothed in black armour furnished with bright wings which, together with the leaping attitude of his white charger, indicates that he represents the most active aspect of Water. In his right hand he bears a cup from which is‐ sues a crab, the cardinal sign of Water, for aggressiveness. His totem is the peacock, for one of the stigmata of water in its most active form is brilliance. There is here also some reference to the phenomena of fluorescence. …

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1954 · PDF PAGE 248

Magick Without Tears

30 Do You Believe in God? Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. You are quite right , as usual. True, we have gone over a great deal of the ground in various learned disquisitions on Gods, Angels, Elves, et hoc genus omne. But God with a capital G in the singular is a totally different pair of Bluchers-nicht wahr? Let me go back just for a moment to the meaning of belief. We agreed that the word was senseless except as it implies an opinion , instinct, conviction-what you please!-so fIrmly entrenched in our natures that w…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 95

John St. John

…ils his Face, and blasts you with its horror! Very good, John St. John, now you knowl You are plain John St. John, and you have to climb right up again through the paths to the Threshold; and remember this time to mortify that self-satisfaction! G0 at it more reverently and humbly—oh, you dog, how I loathe you for your Vileness! To have risen so high, and—now—to be thus fallen ! The question arises: how to mortify this self-satisfac- tion? Asceticism notoriously fosters egoism ; how good am I to go without dinner] How noble I What renuncia- tio…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 249

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…al venison—can’t insult him with mere baron of beef —pouding royale, glace 4 l’impératrice, canapé royale—you'll be able to feed him all right! mrs. ossory. How clever you are, Professor! Thank you so much. Now who should we ask to meet him? carr. I rather expect you'll have to meet him a/one/ mrs. ossory. 7é¢e-d-téte/ But would that be quite Aroper, Professor? carr. How very English!—all you English think that. But—royalty has its own etiquette. [Enter CHARLEY. Come along, Charley boy, and show me how the new engine works! 23k

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1910 · PDF PAGE 249

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…al venison—can’t insult him with mere baron of beef —pouding royale, glace 4 l’impératrice, canapé royale—you'll be able to feed him all right! mrs. ossory. How clever you are, Professor! Thank you so much. Now who should we ask to meet him? carr. I rather expect you'll have to meet him a/one/ mrs. ossory. 7é¢e-d-téte/ But would that be quite Aroper, Professor? carr. How very English!—all you English think that. But—royalty has its own etiquette. [Enter CHARLEY. Come along, Charley boy, and show me how the new engine works! 23k

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1907 · PDF PAGE 316

The Star in the West

…f illusion ? " And then again and again answered in the negative . He proposed time after time that Reason be its own end , founded upon Right and Duty , and in the Freedom of the “ Person ," the moral sublimity of “ Duty ”: It is not so much because it is subject to the moral law that the person has sublimity , but because it gives that law to itself , and is not subject to it on any other condi tion.2 Expressing himself with regard to the free - being , Kant says : “ In him no act would be born , and no act would perish .” In other words the …

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1919 · PDF PAGE 452

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

… as upwards. 97. Yea; on the Arya Path thou art no more Srotapatti, thou art a Bodhisattva. The stream is cross’d. ’Tis true thou hast a right to Dharmakéya vesture; but Sambhoga- kaya is greater than a Nirvéni, and greater still is a Nir- manakéya—the Buddha of Compassion. 130

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1935 · PDF PAGE 4

One Star in Sight

…down the bar ! To man I come, the number of A man my number, Lion of Light; I am The Beast whose Law is Love. Love under will, his royal right — Behold within, and not above, One star in sight ! ONE STAR IN SIGHT A glimpse of the structure and system of the Great White Brotherhood. A A 1. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 1. The Order of the Star called S. S. is, in respect of its exist- ence upon the Earth, an organized body of men and women distinguished among their fellows by the qualities here enumerated. They exist in their …

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