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1929 · PDF PAGE 95

Moonchild

…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 centuries had forgotten. Lisa realized that it was a haven of calm — and in a sense she resented the fact. Her highly-coloured nature demanded constant stimulus. She was an emotion-fiend, if one may constr…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 34

Tale of Archais

…nt’s breathing space ; Her heart’s desire welled up, and then again Whitened her cheeks with the exceeding pain Of uttermost despair. At last her strength Failed, and she flung her weary body at length Amid the bruiséd flowers ; while from her eyes Surged the salt tears ; low moans she multiplies Because her love is blasphemous ; the wind Sighs for all answer, sobs and wails behind Among the trees ; the streams grows deadly pale Hearing her weep, and like a silver sail

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1901 · PDF PAGE 114

The Mother’s Tragedy

…taken ; The gibberings modified to spit out hate. Struggle to manhood—surely God-forsaken. The bestial cause of Morals—fear and hate. At last the anguish-vomit of despair, The growth of reason—and its pangs abate No whit: the knife replaces the arm bare. Fear grows, and torment; and distracted pain Must from sheer agony some respite find; When some half-maddened miserable brain Projects a God in his detesting mind. God who made him—to the core all evil, In his own image—and a God of Terror ; A vast foul nightmare, an impending devil; Compact of…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 35

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…iffs their Song... For the mist) Now a stream to ford and a sule to clam- regathers, her} Girds them bride-like, fit for the sun to kiss Last the inn, a beok, and a quiet cor- them ; ner... Darkness falls like dewfall about the hill Fresh as Spring, there kisses me on the fore- sides 3 head Night is upon me. Sleep, like a sister. Novi.--With the exception of this epilogue, and one or two of the lyrics, Crowley wished to suppress the whele of | ‘Phe ‘Vale of Archiis.” But it was thought inadvisable to form a precedent of this kind, as the book w…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 28

The Holy Books

…thly: then the fresh blood of a child, or dropping from the host of heaven: then of enemies; then of the priest or of the worship- pers: last of some beast, no matter what. 25. This burn: of this make cakes and eat unto me. This hath also another use; let it be laid before me, and kept thick with perfumes of your orison: it shall become full of beetles as it were and creeping things sacred unto me. 26. These slay, naming your enemies; and they shall fall before you. 27. Also these shall breed lust and power of lust in you at the eating thereof.…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 24

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…ech! How else shalt thou master the Son, and answer the Magician at the Right Hand Gateway of the Crown? 1. Here are practices. Each may last for a week or more. a. Avoid using some common word, such as “and” or “the” or “but”; use a paraphrase. &. Avoid using some letter of the alphabet, such as “t” or ” or “m”; use a paraphrase. y. Avoid using the pronouns and adjectives of the first person; use a paraphrase. Of thine own ingenium devise others. 2. On each occasion that thou art betrayed into saying that thou art sworn to avoid, cut thyself s…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 24

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…ech! How else shalt thou master the Son, and answer the Magician at the Right Hand Gateway of the Crown? 1. Here are practices. Each may last for a week or more. a. Avoid using some common word, such as “and” or “the” or “but”; use a paraphrase. &. Avoid using some letter of the alphabet, such as “t” or ” or “m”; use a paraphrase. y. Avoid using the pronouns and adjectives of the first person; use a paraphrase. Of thine own ingenium devise others. 2. On each occasion that thou art betrayed into saying that thou art sworn to avoid, cut thyself s…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 71

The World’s Tragedy

…lendour to death Beyond light, beyond love, beyond thought, beyond breath. Ah ! but my master ! the death of the sun — Break, break, the last veil ! It is done — It is done, He falls, as one dead, upon the grass. HERACLEITUS I bless these happy virgins, souls unstained, Through whose delight my darling hath attained

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1912 · PDF PAGE 293

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ds I shall traverse not a few ; E'en Η͵ Ρ. Blavatsky I shall forget Ere again I read Annie Besant with you. V But the time will come, at last it will, When, Evelyn Hope, what’s meant I shall say By the novels of Evelyn Underhill, And Tchekhof's and Wedekind’s dramas gray. Why you loved Bergson I shall divine ; The Lords of Karma may then have said \Vhy you never dipped into books of mine, But read G. K. Chesterton’s works instead. VI I have read, I shall say, 50 much since then ; Have ransacked Mudie’s so many times ; Gained me the gains of var…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 293

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…ds I shall traverse not a few ; E'en Η͵ Ρ. Blavatsky I shall forget Ere again I read Annie Besant with you. V But the time will come, at last it will, When, Evelyn Hope, what’s meant I shall say By the novels of Evelyn Underhill, And Tchekhof's and Wedekind’s dramas gray. Why you loved Bergson I shall divine ; The Lords of Karma may then have said \Vhy you never dipped into books of mine, But read G. K. Chesterton’s works instead. VI I have read, I shall say, 50 much since then ; Have ransacked Mudie’s so many times ; Gained me the gains of var…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 407

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…rs which it magnetizes, it becomes astral light. In organized beings, light, or magnetic fluid. In man it forms the 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 an…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 407

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…rs which it magnetizes, it becomes astral light. In organized beings, light, or magnetic fluid. In man it forms the 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 an…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 118

Oracles

…were ! Ah me ! I curse even now that hateful parting-place. But now—he comes ! How glad I am ! Apace Fly the glad minutes—There he is at last ! I know the firm foot on the marble floor. The hour-glass turns ! What miseries to cast For ever to the limbo of the past ! He knocks—my friend ! O joy for evermore ! He calls ! “ Open the door ! Open the door ! ”

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1912 · PDF PAGE 126

Mortadello

…: Come, save me, save thy maiden ! Strike each barbèd dart Home to the grave convent and cloister of my heart, 9. After the fifth foot : Last, to the lords who by their attitude applaud This day of burial to faction, feud, and fraud.

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1926 · PDF PAGE 27

Liber Al vel Legis

…thly: then the fresh blood of a child, or dropping from the host of heaven: then of enemies; then of the priest or of the worship- pers: last of some beast, no matter what. 25. This burn: of this make cakes and eat unto me. This hath also another use; let it be laid before me, and kept thick with perfumes of your orison: it shall become full of beetles as it were and creeping things sacred unto me. 26. These slay, naming your enemies; and they shall fall before you. 27. Also these shall breed lust and power of lust in you at the eating thereof.…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 193

The Book of Thoth

…, it will be by dint of in‐ dividual valour‐a “soldiers’ battle”. The pictorial representation shows the fixed and balanced wands of the last card rele‐ gated to the background, diminished, and become commonplace. In front is a large crude uneven club, the first weapon to hand; evidently unsatisfactory in ordered combat. The flames are dispersed, and seem to attack in all directions without systematic pur‐ pose.

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1905 · PDF PAGE 119

Oracles

… ! I am asleep. What horror came and crushed My whole soul’s life out as some shadow brushed My body and passed in ? All sense allows At last the fearful truth—This is the house ! This is my old house on the marsh, and here, Here is the terror of the distant sea Moaning, and here the wind that wails, the drear Groans like a ghost’s, the desolate house of fear Whence I fled once from my great enemy— This is the house ! O speechless misery ! Here the great silver candlesticks illume The agèd book, the blackness blazoned o’er With golden character…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 33

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

… which I had opened there Grew cold and star - sown , and the keen night air Was sweet with leafage bruised and living sap . But when at last not light enough was left To labour by , I kindled logs of oak With crackling furze , and glare of flame and smoke Illumined my midnight smithy . So I cleft 14

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1898 · PDF PAGE 135

White Stains

…The sword, snapped, on the floor, with hateful red Blotches of blood, and clots of bloody hair On its infernal steel. And unaware Of thy last gift I slept. I have it now, Thy gift from Hell’s door ! Would to God somehow

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1912 · PDF PAGE 202

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

… obstinate, revengeful, domineering, tyran— nical, and apt to turn against another without a cause. She rules the heavens from above the last Decan of x to above the 20a of Aries : including thus a part of Andromeda. v of Δ Queen of the Salamanders. VII THE PRINCE OF THE CHARIOT OF FIRE King of PVzmds A KINGLY Figure with agolden, Winged crown, seated on a chariot. He has large white wings. One wheel of his chariot 160

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