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1909 · PDF PAGE 131

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…treet. I would not cry for help; one was more likely to rouse a bandit than a guardian of the peace. And, besides, who could say how the law stood ? “T had certainly killed a lady; I was doing my best, with the aid of her stolen cloak, to kill a servant of the house; I contemplated an abduction. Best kill him silently, and be gone. “But when and how had Jean pulled open the iron gates and retreated into the street? “It mattered little, though certainly it left an uneasy sense of bewilderment; what mattered was that here we were fighting in semi…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 131

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…treet. I would not cry for help; one was more likely to rouse a bandit than a guardian of the peace. And, besides, who could say how the law stood ? “T had certainly killed a lady; I was doing my best, with the aid of her stolen cloak, to kill a servant of the house; I contemplated an abduction. Best kill him silently, and be gone. “But when and how had Jean pulled open the iron gates and retreated into the street? “It mattered little, though certainly it left an uneasy sense of bewilderment; what mattered was that here we were fighting in semi…

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1916 · PDF PAGE 1

A Prophet In His Own Country

… but finance is entirely in the hands of experts. Its terminology has been deliberately complicated; partly, no doubt, as in the case of law, with the idea of making it easier to hoodwink the layman; but the so-called experts themselves have become totally oblivious of the fundamental principles of their own business. Even worse, they have become ensnared by the greatest of all possible delusions; not only are they ignorant of the truth, but they believe most firmly its exact

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1919 · PDF PAGE 455

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…tism. Boox 4. Tue ELements or Mysticism AND Macicx. Part I. Mysticism . Part II. Magick (Theory) Part III. Magick (Practice) PartIV. The Law. . . Cottecrep Works oF ALEISTER CrowLey (India Paper). Three Volumes Boundin Vellum, ties, with photographs Lizer VII (Japanese vellum, black and gold, bound in vellum) , Lisrr CXX, XXVII, CCCXIII. (Japanese vellum, black and ‘gold, boundin vellum) | Lrert LXI and LXV (Japanese vellum, ‘black and ‘gold, bound iinn vellum) THE STAR IN THE West, by Captain J. F. C. Fuller THE UNIVERSAL PUBLISHING CO. Retail…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 207

Liber Aleph

…Books of our own Mysteries, and in Works Magical, and so forth, so that in Mine Age I am become verily a Slave to mine own Genius and my Law is that unless I sleep or create, my Soul is sick, and fain to claim the Reward and the Recreation of my Death. But (I hear thee say it) this is not the Case of All, or even of many Men; but their Act of Will is satisfied easily at its first Guerdon. Should not hen their Wisdom be to resist themselves for a Space, as Water heaped up by a Dam gathereth Force, and Hunger feedeth upon Abstinence? Also, there …

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1944 · PDF PAGE 77

The Book of Thoth

…nsiderations, this card is the feminine complement of the Fool, for the letters Aleph Lamed constitute the secret key of the Book of the Law, and this is the basis of a complete qa‐ balistic system of greater depth and sublimity than any other. The details of this system have not yet been revealed. It has been thought right, nevertheless, to hint at its existence by equat‐ ing the designs of these two cards. Not only therefore, because Libra is a sign of Venus, but be‐ cause she is the partner of the Fool, is the Goddess represented as dancing,…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 23

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…a library. The general appearance will be uniform with that of the last volume, but the binding will be of improved quality. Love is the law, love under will. [All enquiries with regard to the publications of the A..A.. should be addressed to The Cancellarius of the A..A.., care of the publishers of THz Eguinox.] 17

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1930 · PDF PAGE 55

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

… there be harmony and beauty in your mystic loves, that in us may be health and wealth and strength and divine pleasure according to the Law of Liberty; let each pursue his Will as a strong man that rejoiceth in his way, as the course of a Star that blazeth for ever among the joyous company of Heaven. The PEOPLE. So mote it be. (BIRTH) The DEACON. Be the hour auspicious, and the gâte of life open in peace and in well being, so that she that beareth children may rejoice, and the babe catch life with both hands. The PEOPLE. So mote it be. (MARRIA…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 215

Liber Aleph

…ith hath no Limit, and there is no void that She filleth not with the Variety and Beauty of Her Stars in Her Space. Nor is there any one Law of her Nature, but in Her are all Laws, so that each Thing or each Truth that thou perceiveth is as it were one Gesture of Her Dance. Shut up the Book of thy Questions, o my Son, concerning nature, Her Way, Her Origin, or Her Purpose, except in those Matters which concern thee and thine own Orbit, o thou Star, begotten of my Loins in my Lust of Hilarion, the Golden Rose, mystic and Joyous, the Lily of a Th…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 145

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

… the palms of my hands. Whose seats I garnished with the Fire of Gathering, and beautified your garments with admiration Το whom I made a law to govern the Holy Ones, and delivered ye 2 Rod, with the Ark of Knowledge. Moreover you lifted up your voices and sware obedience and faith to Him that 111/6111 2110 triumpheth: ᾽Collation of the various MSS. of these calls has not done away with Various Readings; and there is not enough of the language extant to enable a settle- ment on general principles—En 2 Read here Vooan in invocations of the Fallen…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 145

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

… the palms of my hands. Whose seats I garnished with the Fire of Gathering, and beautified your garments with admiration Το whom I made a law to govern the Holy Ones, and delivered ye 2 Rod, with the Ark of Knowledge. Moreover you lifted up your voices and sware obedience and faith to Him that 111/6111 2110 triumpheth: ᾽Collation of the various MSS. of these calls has not done away with Various Readings; and there is not enough of the language extant to enable a settle- ment on general principles—En 2 Read here Vooan in invocations of the Fallen…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 192

Magick Without Tears

21 My Theory of Astrology Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. A few well-chosen words about Astrology? Madam, I am only too happy to oblige: our aim is to serve. The customer is usually wrong; but statistics indicate that it doesn't pay to tell him so. It seems a long while since I set up your Nativity , and read it, but it is very clear in my mind that you were astonished , as so many others have been, by the simplicity and correctness of my reading. It began, you remember, by your giving me the usual data when we drop…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 282

Magick Without Tears

WOMAN 249 ... the Law is for all. (34) I give unimaginable joys on earth: certainty, not faith, while in life, upon death; peace unutterable, rest, ecstasy, nor do I demand aught in sacrifice. My incense is of resinous woods & gums; & there is no blood therein: because of my hair the trees of Rternity. My number is 11 as all their numbers who are of us. The Five Pointed Star, with a Circle in the Middle, & the circle is Red. My color is black to the blind, but the blue & gold are seen of the seeing. Also I have a secret glory for them that love…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 427

Magick Without Tears

…rming oneself into a hawk? That being the case, let me transform myself into a butterfly, and flit on to other honeysuckles! Love is the law, love under will. Yours fraternally, 666

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1907 · PDF PAGE 284

The Star in the West

… would be a “ miracle " in the sense of a wonderful event , indeed ; but no one trained in the methods of science would imagine that any law of nature was really violated thereby . He would simply set to work to investigate the conditions under which so highly un 1 Gargoyles , vol . iii, p . 89 .

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1910 · PDF PAGE 162

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…. IV. Right Acts or Right Conduct. Having become obedient to his Holy Guardian Angel (the aspirant’s Spiritual Guru) or to the Universal Law as the Buddhist prefers to call it, man naturally enters the stage of Right Conduct, which brings with it supernormal or magical powers. Self is now put aside from action as well as from speech, and the striver only progresses by a stupendous courage and endurance. The canonical Buddhists however strenuously deny the value of these magical powers, Iddhis or Siddhis, and attribute the purification of the st…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 162

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…. IV. Right Acts or Right Conduct. Having become obedient to his Holy Guardian Angel (the aspirant’s Spiritual Guru) or to the Universal Law as the Buddhist prefers to call it, man naturally enters the stage of Right Conduct, which brings with it supernormal or magical powers. Self is now put aside from action as well as from speech, and the striver only progresses by a stupendous courage and endurance. The canonical Buddhists however strenuously deny the value of these magical powers, Iddhis or Siddhis, and attribute the purification of the st…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 109

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…ng that any should perish, but that all should repent and be saved. It is therefore the most merciful provision of our just and merciful law that none be condemned without confession. Let the urge you to make peace with God and man. LAYLAH. Peace, peace! when there is no peace, BISHOP. There spoke a lost soul. Confess, my dear daughter. Break the bonds of Satan at the last. LAYI.AH [draining a! her handmfls]. They hold fast. BISHOP. We are not moved by insult from our most merciful purpose, Summon the executioners. [A CLERK goes with the order. …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 109

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…ng that any should perish, but that all should repent and be saved. It is therefore the most merciful provision of our just and merciful law that none be condemned without confession. Let the urge you to make peace with God and man. LAYLAH. Peace, peace! when there is no peace, BISHOP. There spoke a lost soul. Confess, my dear daughter. Break the bonds of Satan at the last. LAYI.AH [draining a! her handmfls]. They hold fast. BISHOP. We are not moved by insult from our most merciful purpose, Summon the executioners. [A CLERK goes with the order. …

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1954 · PDF PAGE 195

Magick Without Tears

…fy my opinion in the light of your own experiments. This will look much better if I put it in a separate letter. 'Till then- Love is the law, love under will. Fraternally, 666

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