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Page 38 of 821911 · PDF PAGE 108
…n years ago, in the valley of Hinnom, on the stone called Succoth, bind yourself in a diabolical pact with Satan, whereby he granted the power to change your sex at will, since which time you have become the father of an innumer- able brood of devils, and in particular have travelled by night in the form ofan owl to assault the virtue of many holy servants of the True Faith, notably at the Convent of St Anne in this city, whereby the bodies and souls of the nuns were possessed and destroyed. PROSECUTOR. We say this is plain witchcraft. [LAYLAH …
1911 · PDF PAGE 108
…n years ago, in the valley of Hinnom, on the stone called Succoth, bind yourself in a diabolical pact with Satan, whereby he granted the power to change your sex at will, since which time you have become the father of an innumer- able brood of devils, and in particular have travelled by night in the form ofan owl to assault the virtue of many holy servants of the True Faith, notably at the Convent of St Anne in this city, whereby the bodies and souls of the nuns were possessed and destroyed. PROSECUTOR. We say this is plain witchcraft. [LAYLAH …
1912 · PDF PAGE 20
…ion. St. Paul had much original talent; but he is the least of the five. Nor do they seem to have possessed any of the usual materials of power, such as rank, fortune, or influence. Moses was rather a big man in Egypt when he left; he came back as a mere stranger.
1913 · PDF PAGE 478
…ses to operate except before a small number of persons chosen by him- self. The rest of these phenomena should be attributed to magnetic power. To see anything at Mr. Home's séawces is not a reassuring index of the health of him who sees. And even if his health should be in other ways excellent, 180
1913 · PDF PAGE 533
… he makes himself happy and immortal; he thus becomes the representative of divinity upon earth, and (relatively) exercises its almighty power. Axiom I Nothing resists the will of man, when he knows the truth, and wills the good. 235
1913 · PDF PAGE 478
…ses to operate except before a small number of persons chosen by him- self. The rest of these phenomena should be attributed to magnetic power. To see anything at Mr. Home's séawces is not a reassuring index of the health of him who sees. And even if his health should be in other ways excellent, 180
1913 · PDF PAGE 533
… he makes himself happy and immortal; he thus becomes the representative of divinity upon earth, and (relatively) exercises its almighty power. Axiom I Nothing resists the will of man, when he knows the truth, and wills the good. 235
1912 · PDF PAGE 56
38 MORTADELLO THE DOGE. [To MORTADELLO.] Hush ! you dont know his power. MORTADELLO. I ? who can beard me thus ? The bridal procession enters. The corpse of MAGDALENA in bride-clothes, veiled in a great chair under a canopy borne by four negroes, MONICA, the LADY ABBESS, nuns and attendants. GABRIELE. Look ! where she bursts, a flower, veiled and voluptuous. Not Venus in her car by doves and sparrows drawn, Not the ethereal star that floats above the dawn, Not the seraphic swan that tempted Leda glowed So white a wonder on the lake. THE USHERS…
1944 · PDF PAGE 158
KNIGHT OF SWORDS The Knight of Swords represents the fiery part of Air; he is the wind, the storm. He represents the violent power of motion applied to an apparently manageable element. He rules from the 21st degree of Taurus to the 20th degree of Gemini. He is a warrior helmed, and for his crest he bears a revolving wing. Mounted upon a maddened steed, he drives down the Heavens, the Spirit of the Tempest. In one hand is a sword, in the other a poniard. He represents the idea of attack. The moral qualities of a person thus indicated are activi…
1996 · PDF PAGE 302
…47 doctrine of “having no soul” 27 economic independence of 43 freedom of 174-177 oppression of, by men 42,53,172- 178,180-181 political power of 128 souls of 172.180 wonder, vision of 79 work, value of 162 World War I 188 yoga 46,116 yoni 29 Zeus 30 Zeus Arrhenothelus 30 zodiac 93 double loop in the 78
1907 · PDF PAGE 32
… ' azure cup ! Hush , my love , and sleep shall sigh This is immortality !? Other lines again hold us enthralled with the extra ordinary power they contain , expressed in a single word . Thus in the poem " The Lesbian Hell ,” we find ourselves in the unutterable void of Orcus , where kisses are flung in vain , and where around us pale women fleet : Whose empty fruitlessness assails the night With hollow repercussion , like dim tombs Wherein some vampire glooms .3 This last line is one of the most expressive ever written by Crowley , and in the …
1907 · PDF PAGE 34
…e -mentioned poems , and the first is of similar metre , its quatrains containing , as those of the poet of Khorassán , flights of great power of thought ; the following five quatrains are well worth quoting : We weep them as they slip away ; we gaze Back on the likeness of the former days , The hair we fondle and the lips we kiss Roses grow yellow and no purple stays . . Why not with time ? To - morrow we may see The circle ended - if to - morrow be 1 Oracles , vol . ii, p . 13 . ? The Temple of the Holy Ghost , vol . i, p . 191 .
1954 · PDF PAGE 347
… unwavering from that number, as you will see when next you go there, aware of the fact. Also, 4 means, on the political plane, Temporal Power. (The Qabalistic Architect of St. Peter's knew that, and designed his talisman ad hoc.) This book was then, according to Ab-ul-Diz, 1 to achieve worldly success. It is my fault if it did not; still, these are early days to judge of that. Soror Virakam insisted that I should write this in such language that the charwoman and the chimney-sweeper could understand it easily. She pulled me up at the first hin…
1909 · PDF PAGE 21
…he Elixir would operate as a “ detonator.” I seem to be perfectly ready for illumination, if only because I am so perfectly dark. Yet my power to create magical images is still with me. ' I 1.40— Hanged Man posture. Will invoke Adonai once more 12.0. by pure thought Got into a very curious state indeed ; part of me being quite perfectly asleep, and part quite perfectly awake. . Have slept, and that soundly, though with many dreams. Awaking with the utmost horror and loath- ing of the Path of the VVise—it seemed somehow like a vast dragon—demon …
1909 · PDF PAGE 31
…assuredly smile at this exalted mystic; his life seems made up of sleep and love-making. Indeed, to-day I have been shockingly under the power of Tamas, the dark sphere. But that is clearly a fatigue-effect from having worked so hard. Oh Lord, how long? The Mantra still ripples on. I am so far from the Path that I have a real good mind to get Maryt to let me perform the Black Mass on her 31 midnight. I would 29
1961 · PDF PAGE 158
LIBER ALEPH VEL CXI 146 Eo De Virtute Tolerantiæ (Of the Power of Tolerance) NDERSTAND then heartily, o my Son, that in the Light of this my Wisdom all Things are one, being of the Body or our Lady Nuith, proper, necessary and perfect. There is then none superfluous or harmful, and there is none honourable or dishonourable more than another. Lo! In thine own Body, the vile Intestine is of more worth to thee than the noble Hand or the Proud eye, for thou canst lose these and live, but not that. Esteem therefore a Thing in relation to thine own W…
1907 · PDF PAGE 144
THE MOTHER 137 power of love caught in the arms of restraint slowly smoulder into a burning desire : Passion to feed upon your shoulders bare , And pass the dewy twilight of our sin In the intolerable flames of hair . Give thee my body as a fire to hold O love, no words , no songs—your breast my bower ! In “ Jezebel ” we find the same desire , but unfanned by restraint , in whose place stands a woman's disdain . He , the prophet , goes to curse her—but loves her instead : For lo ! she saw me , and beheld My trembling lips curled back to curse, …
1907 · PDF PAGE 311
…ush away . I think I hear the Word you say !! Others attain to a certain degree of illumination , and then stumble , seeking such occult powers as clairvoyance and clairaudience : Received the gift -- the Holy Ghost ; Such gift implying , as I guess , This very super - consciousness . Miracles follow as a dower ; But ah ! They used the fatal power And lost the Spirit in the act .? 1 The Sword of Song , Pentecost , vol . ii, pp . 178 , 179 . I am ; and by my fancy : if my reason Will thereto be obedient , I have reason ; If not , my senses bette…
1909 · PDF PAGE 26
… one practises detaching it from the Vrittis (impressions). One looks at everything with- out seeing it. Ο coffeel By the mighty Name of Power do I invoke thee, consecrating thee to the Service of the Magic of Light. Let the pulsations of my heart be strong and regular and slow! Let my brain be wakeful and active in its supreme task of self-control! That my desired end may be effected through Thy strength, Adonai, unto Whom be the Glory for ever! Amen without lie, and Amen, and Amen of Amen. I now proceed to the Hammam.? ,.ס11 24
1944 · PDF PAGE 131
… moon. And they bind themselves together with an oath, and with a great curse. And of their malice they conspire together, and they have power, and mastery, and in their cauldrons do they brew the harsh wine of delusion, mingled with the poison of their selfishness. “Thus they make war upon the Holy One, sending forth their delusion upon men, and upon everything that liveth. So that their false compassion is called compassion, and their false understanding is called understanding, for this is their most potent spell. “Yet of their own poison do…