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1961 · PDF PAGE 78

Liber Aleph

…pression of the true Will of his Fellows, and his Success is his Proof, as it is written in The Book of the Law. For his Work is to free Men from the Fetters of a false or a superannuated Will, revealing unto them, in Measure attuned to their Needs, their true Natures. s

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1929 · PDF PAGE 80

Moonchild

… telegraph to the automobile, were only thrust upon the unwilling people by bullies who knew that there was money in them. Who are your 'men of science' in the popular notion of to- day? Edison and Marconi, neither of whom ever invented anything, but were smart business men, with the capacity to exploit the brains of others, and turn science to commercially useful and profitable ends. Heigho!" "We're a long way from our subject," said Cyril. "I have had a delightful morning — I have felt like Plato with the Good, the True, and the Beautiful in …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 153

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…Alone, intense, unmoved, 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 uncreated God! Formless, ineffable, just, whose period Is as his name, Eternity!” So bear The sceptre of the air ! So mayest thou avenge, all-seeing, blind, The wrath of this consuming fire, that licks The rafters and the portals of the house, The gateways of the kingdom, where behind Lurk ruinous fates and consequence; where fix Their fangs the scorpions; where hide their brows The shamed prot…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 83

Tale of Archais

…t most reverend sound through all the vale Pealed in low cadences that rise and fail, And all the augurs promise happy days, And all the men for Archais have praise, And all maids’ eyes are fixed on Charicles. Then, to the tune of musical slow seas, The wind began to murmur on the mead, And he, unconscious, drew his eager reed From the loose tunic ; now they seat themselves On moss worn smooth by feet of many elves Dancing at midnight through them, and their voice Bids all the woodland echoes to rejoice Because the lovers are made one at last. …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 58

Oracles

… torch-light call thy name, In the dumb hollow of old pagan fanes, To succour feverish shriekings of fierce flame, O Bacchus, soother of men’s ancient pains. Others, whose throat is thirsty for breast-blood, To hide a whip ’neath flowing robes are fain, Mingling in lonely night and darksome wood The foam of pleasure and the tears of pain. O virgins, demons, monsters, O martyrs ! Great souls contemptuous of reality ! Seekers for the Infinite, satyrs, worshippers, Now mad with cries, now torn with agony ! You whom my soul has followed to your hel…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 133

Oracles

I28 ANIMA LUNAE In shapes not seen of men, abiding ever Above the lonely river Aloft : no more I saw than this, The shadowy bending to the first sweet kiss That surely could not end, though earth should end. Therefore my shut eyes blend With sleep’s own secret eyes and eyelashes, Long and deep ecstasies, Knowing as now I know—at last—how this Foreshadows my own bliss Of falling into death when life is tired. For all things desired Not one as death is so desirable, Seeing all sorrows pass, all joys endure, All lessons last. Not heaven and not he…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 42

Ambergris

… Fall from the Archer’s bitter kiss Fast to their mute abyss. The pale sweet blooms of lotus burn ; The scent of spring is in the soul ; Men’s spirits to the loftiest turns ; Light is extended and made whole. The waters of the whispering Nile Lisp of their loves a little while, Then break, like songsters, into sighing, Because the lazy days are dying ; And swift and tawny streams must rise World’s world to fertilise

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1910 · PDF PAGE 119

The Scented Garden

… is neglected, and then crying out again when one gets her with child. The solution of the sex-problem is given in the Arab proverb, “ Women for children, and boys for pleasure.” I strongly ad- vocate the putting of women in their proper sphere ; they should breed, nurse, educate, and perform those physical tasks for which their coars- er nervous system and lack of intelligence fit them. But no woman is a fit companion for a man ; she of necessity degrades him. Luckily, in the case of the best men, she disgusts him. How many women have left any…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 28

Mortadello

… Good-night, then, sweetheart, and God guard you. Oars there. MAGDALENA. Go, And God be with you, to strike hard ! MORTADELLO. Give way, men, row ! God pleasure you with sainted sleep, and dreams of me And the brave deed I purpose. MAGDALENA. Keep my love of thee In this, its token. [She takes a jewelled stiletto from her hair, and throws it into the gondola. MORTADELLO. Ere God’s globe from the sea upstart Its splinter shall be thrust through robe and rib to heart [His gondola glides off. MAGDALENA. enters further into the house, and the lacke…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 45

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

…. Du Lieber Gott ! Here am I, sweating , sick , and hot, And there the shadowed waters fresh Lean up to embrace the naked flesh . Temperamentvoll German Jews Drink beer around ; and there the dews Are soft beneath a morn of gold . Here tulips bloom as they are told ; Unkempt about those hedges blows An English unofficial rose ; And there the unregulated sun Slopes down to rest when day is done , And wakes a vague unpunctual star , A slippered Hesper ; and there are Meads towards Haslingfield and Coton , Where das Betreten 's not verboten ! eide…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 539

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…ion of sex. Hardly any one is willing to allow others their freedom on this point. Sometimes it is a personal matter; false vanity makes men try to enslave those whom they desire. They cannot understand "There is no bond that can unite the divided but love: ... ", and they outrage others in every way in order to obtain the outward show of affection. It is the most hideous error conceivable, yet nearly all men make it, and nine tenths of the misery caused by wrong sexual relations is due to this determination to enslave the soul of another. It s…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 15

The Holy Books

…knewest not. I 3. For why? Because thou wast the knower, and me. 14. Now let there be a veiling of this shrine: now let the light devour men and eat them up with blindness! ᾽ 15. For I am perfect, being Not; and my number is nine by the fools; but with the just I am eight, and one in eight: Which is vital, for I am none indeed. The Empress and the King are not of me; for there is a furthersecret. 16. I am the Empress and the Hierophant. Thus eleven, as my bride is eleven. 17. Hear me, ye people of sighing! The sorrows of pain and regret I4

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1911 · PDF PAGE 90

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…night. [She shudders. SAID OMAR [seeing that all is not well]. What is it? What is it? LAYLAH. Ι have had evil dreams. SAID OMAR [to his men]. On to the houses! We must feast; we must sleepi [He takes LAYLAH on his sadai/ehem] You must sleep, whisper of the west wind! LAYLAH. I shall have evil dreams. SAID OMAR. No! you shall not sleep to—night, white fairy of Paradise, black—eyed gazelle of the wilderness! LAYLAH. Be gentle with me . . . Iache . . . Ihave been stung by a scorpion. SAID OMAR. There are no scorpions in the winter. Where is the w…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 90

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…night. [She shudders. SAID OMAR [seeing that all is not well]. What is it? What is it? LAYLAH. Ι have had evil dreams. SAID OMAR [to his men]. On to the houses! We must feast; we must sleepi [He takes LAYLAH on his sadai/ehem] You must sleep, whisper of the west wind! LAYLAH. I shall have evil dreams. SAID OMAR. No! you shall not sleep to—night, white fairy of Paradise, black—eyed gazelle of the wilderness! LAYLAH. Be gentle with me . . . Iache . . . Ihave been stung by a scorpion. SAID OMAR. There are no scorpions in the winter. Where is the w…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 41

Mortadello

…nd jolly.] A proper lesson, you, you cruel courtesans ! EUPHEMIA. When was I cruel ? MATTEO. [A slim dainty debauchee.] Now, and every moment when You are abroad with girls, and not at home with men. MARGARITA. [A plump common-looking girl.] Fie ! you’re a brute ! But shall we benefit at all Now Mortadello rules ? GIUSEPPE. Why, ortolans will fall From heaven all ready cooked for dinner. FILIPPO. [A sturdy good-natured youth.] I am sure If Monica has given her seal and signature To this, it must be right. GIUSEPPE. My hero-worshipper ! But I am…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 473

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…I believe not so in practice --- and conscious of this inferiority, which makes him {747} timid. This is accentuated by a nervous temperament. He has a remarkable gift for epigrammatic phrases, a strong sense of rhythm and a great critical ability, which is masked by his opportunism. His Confessions of a Barbarian is probably the cleverest book ever written by an American about Europe. Some of his poems are so simple and direct that, if they miss sublimity, which may or may not be the case, the blame is to be laid to the disastrous Jewish trait…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 152

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

THE EQUINOX pleasant deliverers, that you may praise him among the sons of men 1 [Invokesz hcoma; the whole tablet of Water. The Angle of V of V. The Queen of the Thrones of Water] THE OPENING OF THE TEMPLE IN THE GRADE OF 10:10D GIVE the Sign of the God SET fighting. Purify with Fire and Water, and announce “The Temple is cleansed." [Knock] Let us adore the Lord and King of Earth ! Adonai ha Aretz, Adonai Melekh, unto Thee be the King4 dom, the Sceptre, and the Splendour: Malkuth, Geburah, Gedulah, The Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley,…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 152

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

THE EQUINOX pleasant deliverers, that you may praise him among the sons of men 1 [Invokesz hcoma; the whole tablet of Water. The Angle of V of V. The Queen of the Thrones of Water] THE OPENING OF THE TEMPLE IN THE GRADE OF 10:10D GIVE the Sign of the God SET fighting. Purify with Fire and Water, and announce “The Temple is cleansed." [Knock] Let us adore the Lord and King of Earth ! Adonai ha Aretz, Adonai Melekh, unto Thee be the King4 dom, the Sceptre, and the Splendour: Malkuth, Geburah, Gedulah, The Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley,…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 117

The Book of Lies

…uit, I. . The Unbroken, absorbing all, is called Darkness. 3. Fourteen letters. Quid Voles Illud Fac. Q.V.I.F. 196=14?, . They cause all men to worship it. . Masters of the Temple, whose grade has the mystic number 6 (=1+2-+ 3). . These are not eight, as apparent; for Lao-tze counts as O. . The legend of ‘* Christ” is only a corruption and perversion of other legends. Especially of Dionysus : compare the account of Christ before Herod/ Pilate in the Gospels, and of Dionysus before Pentheus in the Bacchae. . O, the last letter of Perdurabo, is N…

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1926 · PDF PAGE 14

Liber Al vel Legis

…knewest not. I 3. For why? Because thou wast the knower, and me. 14. Now let there be a veiling of this shrine: now let the light devour men and eat them up with blindness! ᾽ 15. For I am perfect, being Not; and my number is nine by the fools; but with the just I am eight, and one in eight: Which is vital, for I am none indeed. The Empress and the King are not of me; for there is a furthersecret. 16. I am the Empress and the Hierophant. Thus eleven, as my bride is eleven. 17. Hear me, ye people of sighing! The sorrows of pain and regret I4

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