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1922 · PDF PAGE 272

Diary of a Drug Fiend

…in. One gets into an absolutely morbid state, in which everything that happens has some bearing on the question, ‘Shall I or shall I not take it?’; and one gets so pleased with oneself for saying ‘no’ so often that one is tempted to reward oneself by saying ‘yes’ just once. I can promise you a very interesting time watching your minds and spotting all the little dodges. The great thing I want you to remember is that you have to learn to take pleasure in what.is really the most pleasurable thing. in the world—introspection. You have got to find …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 105

Mortadello

… MONICA. See Mortadello bloom, a poppy ! ALESSANDRO. Which you nip. Its colour and perfume were stolen from your lip. MONICA. I dare not take my own. ALESSANDRO. Not I the flower I need. MONICA. My hope is overblown, yet will not scatter seed. ALESSANDRO. A prudent gardener prunes ; but shall I fix the graff ? MONICA. Write me this afternoon’s intimate epitaph ? ALESSANDRO. You know I do not dare. MONICA. Till now you have dared all. There is a God whose care lets never a sparrow fall. ALESSANDRO. If Lesbia laughs, I would. MONICA. [Folding her…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 19

Liber Aleph

…urally and without Overstress, as all true Works. Right also is that Word that the Kingdom of Heaven suffereth Violence, and the violent take it by Force. But except thou be violent by Virtue of thy true Nature, how shalt thou take it? Be not as the Ass in the Lion.s Skin; but if thou be born Ass, bear patiently thy Burdens, and enjoy thy Thistles; for an Ass also, as in the Fables of Apuleius and Matthias, may come to Glory in the Path of his own Virtue. u

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1907 · PDF PAGE 232

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…) not to have it known I am in Dublin, Speak not, therefore, one syllable of it to any mortal whatsoever. When I formerly desired you to take a place for me near the town, you gave out that you were looking for a retired lodging for a friend of yours; upon which everybody surmised me to be the person. I must beg you not to act in the like manner now—but to take for me an entire house in vour own name, and as for yourself; for, all things considered, I am de- termined upon a whole house, with no mortal in it but a maid of your own petting, who i…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 30

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…. Let it when finished be consecrated as he hath skill to perform, and kept wrapped in silk of golden yellow. The Cup. Let the Practicus take a piece of Silver, and fashion there- fromacup. The height shall be eight inches, and the diameter three inches. Let him by his understanding and ingenium devise a Number to represent the Universe. Let his Philosophus approve thereof. Let the Practicus engrave the same upon his cup with his own hand and instrument. Let it when finished be consecrated as he hath skill to perform, and kept wrapped in silk o…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 30

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…. Let it when finished be consecrated as he hath skill to perform, and kept wrapped in silk of golden yellow. The Cup. Let the Practicus take a piece of Silver, and fashion there- fromacup. The height shall be eight inches, and the diameter three inches. Let him by his understanding and ingenium devise a Number to represent the Universe. Let his Philosophus approve thereof. Let the Practicus engrave the same upon his cup with his own hand and instrument. Let it when finished be consecrated as he hath skill to perform, and kept wrapped in silk o…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 267

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…position with regard to Buddhism. Buddhism is a logical development of observed facts; whoso is with me so far is Sammadazittht, and has taken the first step on the Noble Eightfold Path. Let him aspire to knowledge, and the stone to success; every mistake is the key | Second Step is under his feet. to a new truth The rest lies with Research. Aum ! I take my refuge holy in the Light and Peace of Buddh. Aum! I take my refuge, slowly working out His Law of Good. Aum ! I take my refuge Jowly in His Pitying Brotherhood.

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1911 · PDF PAGE 113

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

… dancers, huchsters, etc., all of whom ply their trade merrily. The Oficial Procession now enters, the guard clearing away thesefolh. All take their seats, chatting. The Bishop is enthronea’, in full canonicals. He is sugfiported by three acolytes, bearing bel/, book and candle. LAYLAH brought in and [Sound to stake. The Bishop rises at a signalfrom the King, andoegins a long declamation in Latin. The general confusiongradually subsides. URCHIN. Uncle Isaac, take me on thy stout shoulders I want to see the witch burnt. ISAAC. All in good time. Th…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 113

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

… dancers, huchsters, etc., all of whom ply their trade merrily. The Oficial Procession now enters, the guard clearing away thesefolh. All take their seats, chatting. The Bishop is enthronea’, in full canonicals. He is sugfiported by three acolytes, bearing bel/, book and candle. LAYLAH brought in and [Sound to stake. The Bishop rises at a signalfrom the King, andoegins a long declamation in Latin. The general confusiongradually subsides. URCHIN. Uncle Isaac, take me on thy stout shoulders I want to see the witch burnt. ISAAC. All in good time. Th…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 96

Gargoyles

Grotesque and grim the pageant struts; We sit a-straddle on the crosses. Our soulless missiles take for butts The passers’ hats, or in their guts Disturb their dinner’s process. Thus one man’s work is one man’s play; The melancholy help the merry. All tread the ordered stupid way At Paris, upon Dead Man’s Day, In Pére Lachaise his cemetery. 88

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1912 · PDF PAGE 249

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…rd to represent the Querent, using your know— ledge or judgment of his character rather than dwelling on his physical characteristics 2. Take the cards in your left hand. In the right hand hold the wand over them, and say: I invoke thee, I A O, that thou wilt send Η R U, the great Angel that is set over the operations of this Secret Wisdom, to lay his hand invisibly upon these consecrated cards of art, that thereby we may obtain true knowledge of hidden things, to the glory of thine ineffable Name. Amen. 3. Hand the cards to Querent, and bid hi…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 249

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…rd to represent the Querent, using your know— ledge or judgment of his character rather than dwelling on his physical characteristics 2. Take the cards in your left hand. In the right hand hold the wand over them, and say: I invoke thee, I A O, that thou wilt send Η R U, the great Angel that is set over the operations of this Secret Wisdom, to lay his hand invisibly upon these consecrated cards of art, that thereby we may obtain true knowledge of hidden things, to the glory of thine ineffable Name. Amen. 3. Hand the cards to Querent, and bid hi…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 103

The Mother’s Tragedy

…nresisting and alone, Up to God’s presence. Then that calm voice rolled Flecking its whiteness with immortal gold : “ Daughter of Earth, take thou thy proper stand, Virgin of Virgins, at My own right hand!”

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1912 · PDF PAGE 31

Mortadello

… ORLANDO. A gift beyond all my dream, and all men’s orison. MONICA. Speak ; it is yours. ORLANDO. I ask a rarer prize than life. MONICA. Take off the Sphinx’s mask. ORLANDO. I want you for my wife. MONICA. My lord, ask something else. I am not worthy of love. ORLANDO. Love, if I read you, spells a word you know not of. Therefore therein for me the supreme triumph lies. [MONICA hesitates and prays silently. MONICA. My Venice, ‘tis for thee I make the sacrifice. Must it be so ? Behold, like babe-soft moons of snow. Moons barely three days old, my…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 126

The Sword of Song

…tions of s pecific heat. Even biologists have erred. But to the true scientist every failure is a stepping- stone to s uccess; every m istake is the key to a new truth. And the history of our Science is the history of all Science. If y ou choose to ape Christendom and put the pioneers of rational investigation into the nature of consciousness on the rack ( i.e. into lunatic asylums) I doubt not we shall find our Bruno. But it will add an additional pang that persecution should come from the house of our friends. Let us , however, turn away from…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 66

Book 4 (Part I)

…go on to this, however, we must consider what is meant by success in Pratyahara. This is a very extensive subject, and different authors take widely divergent views. One writer means an analysis so acute that every thought is resolved into a number of elements (see “The Psychology of Hashish,” Section V, in Equinox II). Others take the View that supcess in this practice is something like the experience which Sir Humphrey Davy had as a result of taking nitrous oxide, in which he exclaimed: “The universe is composed exclusively of ideas.” , Other…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 81

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…ume you already possess the heart—of the Lady Blanche de Malétroit. DENYS. You—what ? ALAIN, Tut! Tut! The marriage, if you please, will take place in an hour. DENYS. [ Aszde.] Oh, he is mad after all! [Aloud.] What nightmare is this? ALAIN. You are not very polite to the lady—not as polite as your letter. DENYS. My letter? [ALAIN takes up letter from table and reads, 75 ALAIN (reads). ““O white-bosomed Blanche! I am pale and wan with suffering for thy love. Pity me, moonlike queen. Leave to-night the postern door”—my postern door—‘‘ ajar that …

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1904 · PDF PAGE 124

Snowdrops from a Curate’s Garden

…than beef, or any meat ! Better than oyster, prawn, or clam ! Spread, spread the feast, disdainful sweet ! Call me to thee by telegram ! Take off thy socks and bid me eat Toe-jam. [126]

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1910 · PDF PAGE 135

The Winged Beetle

…on the cross, my body’s rigour. Chaos and Cosmos as God ebbs and flows Less than your thrust—wring out the extreme vigour ! Annihilation take us, till we rise Once more to the damnation in your eyes !

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1913 · PDF PAGE 32

The Book of Lies

…e sunlight in the glade; concealed from the leopard do thou feed at thy pleasure. Resemble all that surroundeth thee; yet be Thyself—and take thy pleasure among the living. This is that which is written—Lurk !—in The Book of The Law.

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