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1901 · PDF PAGE 109

The Soul of Osiris

THE HOLY PLACE. 97 Back flung the baffled corpse. But through the air Looms the more startling vision in the night ; The actual demon of my work is there ! Where is the glittering circle ? Where, ah, where The radiant bowls whose flame rose fiery bright ? I am alone in the absolute abyss ; No aid ; no helper ; no defence—but this ! My left hand seeks the lamen. Once again Fearless I front the awful shape before me, Fearless I speak his Name. My trembling brain Vibrates that Word of Power. I cry amain : “ Down, Dweller of the Darkness, and adore…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 203

Collected Works (Vol. I)

196 THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST And now [live in Him; my heart may trace the years In drops of virginal blood and springs of virginal tears. I love you now again with an undivided song. Because I can never love you, I cannot do you wrong. I saw in your dying embraces the birth of a new embrace ; In the tears of your pitiful faces, another Holier Face. Unknowing it, undesiring, your lips have led me higher ; You have taught me purer songs that your. souls did not desire ; You have led me through your chambers, where the secret bolt was drawn, T…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 107

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…aw. In Righteousness of heart come hither, and listen: for it is I, TO MEFA @HPION, who gave this Law unto everyone that holdeth himself holy. It is I, not another, that willeth your whole Freedom, and the arising within you of full Knowledge and Power. Behold! the Kingdom of God is within you, even as the Sun standeth eternal in the heavens, equal at midnight and at noon. He riseth not: he setteth not: it is but the shadow of the earth which concealeth him, or the clouds upon her face. Let me then declare unto you this Mystery of the Law, as i…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 26

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…seth in thy brain. Thus bind thyself, and thou shalt be for ever free. * For instance, let A be a man of strong passions, skilled in the Holy Qabalah, a vegetarian, and a keen “reactionary” politician; let B be a bloodless and ascetic thinker, occupied with business and family cares, an eater of meat, and a keen progressive politician. Let no thought proper to “A” arise when the ring is on the “B” finger; and vice versa. 14

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1910 · PDF PAGE 26

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…seth in thy brain. Thus bind thyself, and thou shalt be for ever free. * For instance, let A be a man of strong passions, skilled in the Holy Qabalah, a vegetarian, and a keen “reactionary” politician; let B be a bloodless and ascetic thinker, occupied with business and family cares, an eater of meat, and a keen progressive politician. Let no thought proper to “A” arise when the ring is on the “B” finger; and vice versa. 14

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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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1914 · PDF PAGE 8

Chicago May

…GO MAY Or are you the mere brute, speech somehow caught By monkey mimicry—to mimic thought? You gabble art and music, mouth the names Of holy poets; sure a brute it is. Naught human could so prostitute the aims Of those high souls compact of light and bliss And truth. Shall mere anatomy refute? (The great sow snores)—oh, certainly a brute! Yet, if a brute, why should I hate you so? Because you are my own race turned to dung? ‘Things nearest to us plague us most, we know. ‘Why should such “why?” come tripping to my tongue ? It is love's shrine i…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 177

Collected Works (Vol. I)

170 THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST With strange eyes kindling, as the fleet Implacable untiring feet Weave mystic figures manifold That draw down angels to behold The moving music, and the fire Of their intolerable desire. For, maddening to fiercer thought, The fiery limbs requicken, wheel In formless furies, subtly wrought Of swifter melodies than steel That flashes in the fight : the peal Of amorous laughters choking sense, And madness kissing violence, Rings like dead horsemen ; bodies reel Drunken with motion ; spirits feel The strange constr…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 56

The Mother’s Tragedy

…Assume the crown of the wide world, and lend A star of many summits to his head That rules his fate and compasses his end, And seeks the holy mountain of the dead To draw dead fire, and breathe, and give it life! But thou, be strong for strife, And, as a god, cry out, and let there be The mark of many footsteps on the sea Of angels hastening to fulfil Thy supreme, single will! Alone, intense, unmoved, not made for change, Let thy one godhead rise To move like morning, and like day to range, ~ A furnace for the skies, That all men cry: “The uncr…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 96

Konx Om Pax

…y clever one 1), Accepted all and none; became A perfect vessel of the Flame. He flapped his crooked and gloomy wing And swore by God the Holy King

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1909 · PDF PAGE 175

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

… In the year 1899 he was graciously pleased to receive me as his pupil, and, living in his house, I studied daily under his guidance the Holy Qabalah. Upon his withdrawal— whether to enjoy his Earned Reward, or to perform the Work of the Brotherhood in other lands or planets matters nothing here—he bequeathed to me a beautiful Garden, the like of which hath rarely been seen upon Earth. It has been my pious duty to collate and comment upon this arcane knowledge, long treasured in my heart, watered alike by my tears and my blood, and sunned by th…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 175

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

… In the year 1899 he was graciously pleased to receive me as his pupil, and, living in his house, I studied daily under his guidance the Holy Qabalah. Upon his withdrawal— whether to enjoy his Earned Reward, or to perform the Work of the Brotherhood in other lands or planets matters nothing here—he bequeathed to me a beautiful Garden, the like of which hath rarely been seen upon Earth. It has been my pious duty to collate and comment upon this arcane knowledge, long treasured in my heart, watered alike by my tears and my blood, and sunned by th…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 129

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…eth in thy brain. Thus bind thyself, and thou shalt be for ever free. I. For instance, let A be a man of strong passions, skilled in the Holy Qabalah, a vegetarian, and a keen “reactionary” politician. Let B be a bloodless and ascetic thinker, occupied with business and family cares, an eater of méat, and a keen progressive politician. Let no thought proper to “A” arise when the ring is on the “B” finger, and vice versa. — 429

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1909 · PDF PAGE 58

Clouds Without Water

… So presently, most solemnly and slowly, Our fingers touched and caught ; our lipsreached forth And with a conscious purpose smote their holy Lives into one, and loosed their common wrath. Unto the ends of our dead universe Their frenzy rolled; henceforth no prince or power Should lift the sterile strength of that one curse Even to bring one thought to birth one hour. For now we knew; ” it is a lonely thing To sit supreme upon the single throne; ” But being come thus far, goes glittering: " It is a lovely thing to be alone! ” Silence! Beware to…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 3

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

… 208-233 — Ritual of Initiation, with explanation of the same. Pages 269-272 — Ritual of obtaining the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel by the formula of I.A.O. Pages 272-278 — Ritual to make one’s self invisible. Number IV. — Pages 43-196 — Treatise, with model Records, of Mental Training appropriate to the Magician. 207 —

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1961 · PDF PAGE 127

Liber Aleph

…uality of Art is its Ekstacy. So, night to all Men at one Time or other, cometh Joy of Creation, with the Belief that their Utterance is holy and beautiful, glorious with Banners. This would indeed be the Case, an we could discern their Thought from their Words; but because they have no technical Skill to express hemselves, the do not enable others to reproduce or recreate he original Passion which inspired them, or even any Memory hereof. Understand then what is the Agony of the Great Soul who hath every Key of Paradise at his Girdle, when he …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 38

Mortadello

…orgive me, for the habit only stains My mind, because before my opponents had no brains. MONICA. Farewell, then, and God have you in his holy keeping. I go to tend a grave where there’s a widow weeping. GABRIELE. You have doubled my regard with prudence as with pity. The name all give you, guardian angel of the city. You have thrice earned, be sure !—a life both good and great, Protectress of the poor, and saviour of the state. [He retires amid the sbirri. ORLANDO. Madwoman ! we are lost. MONICA. Oh No ! we have gained time. Whose star was neve…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 372

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ER SEPHIROTH 628 Light. [Spelt in full, with?:רחבא ?וas m] Blessings?תוברב 62 The great trumpetרפוש ?לורב 630 Angel L4T.D. of Π?שךעם The Holy Spiritאהת ?אשףק ?שלש Angels of Geburah, and of?םיפרש Kether of Briah 1r 631 Concealed Mystery?אתועינצר 632 633 Light. [Spelt in full, when:א ?:רבו 1 = ll] [Gen v. 2]רכז הבקנו ?סארב 634 635 636 Qliphoth of ny?ןור`רפצ 637 Day Demon of 3rd Dea Π?שאברופ Day Demon of 1st Dec.: ?שולאש 638 639 The Tree of Knowledgeץע ?תעדה 640 The Cup οί Con-םיכ ?םימוחנת solations Third. [Vide κ.υ.1͵.ο.κ.?שילש P- 719] 56 Sun; Sp…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 372

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…ER SEPHIROTH 628 Light. [Spelt in full, with?:רחבא ?וas m] Blessings?תוברב 62 The great trumpetרפוש ?לורב 630 Angel L4T.D. of Π?שךעם The Holy Spiritאהת ?אשףק ?שלש Angels of Geburah, and of?םיפרש Kether of Briah 1r 631 Concealed Mystery?אתועינצר 632 633 Light. [Spelt in full, when:א ?:רבו 1 = ll] [Gen v. 2]רכז הבקנו ?סארב 634 635 636 Qliphoth of ny?ןור`רפצ 637 Day Demon of 3rd Dea Π?שאברופ Day Demon of 1st Dec.: ?שולאש 638 639 The Tree of Knowledgeץע ?תעדה 640 The Cup οί Con-םיכ ?םימוחנת solations Third. [Vide κ.υ.1͵.ο.κ.?שילש P- 719] 56 Sun; Sp…

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