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1905 · PDF PAGE 102

Oracles

ASSUMPTA CANIDIA 97 “ I wield Thy Power.” With my magic rod Again I strode before the Throne of God. “ Forgone my Virgin Splendour ! I aspire No longer as a maiden to thy Love. We twain are set in majesty above : My cloud is mighty as thy mystic Fire.” Vanished the mist, the light, the sense, the throne ! Vanished the written horror of the curse ; Vanished the stars, the sun, the Universe. I was in Heaven, lost, alone. Alone ! A new curse gathered as a sombre breath : “ Power without Wisdom is the Name of Death ! ” And therefore from my devasta…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 22

Moonchild

…ore famous than most Prime Ministers or Imperial Chancellors. For, to the great bewilderment of many alleged men of science, she had the power of small objects to move without apparent physical contact. Her first experiments had been with a purblind old person named Oudouwitz, who was in love with her in his senile way. Few people swallowed the published results of his experiiments with her. If convinced they would have been very much startled. For she was supposed to be able to stop clocks at will, to open and close doors without approaching t…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 75

The Goetia

… s0DUMeCDI pereli oD salabarotza; niisa, eca, Dorebesa na-e-el od and ___ the seas of fire and — sulphur: come forth, therefore, obey my power and Z0Dameranu asapeta vaunesa komesalohbe. €ca, nlisa, Do-o-i-ape appear before this circle. Therefore come forth in the name pire Adoni, 4abaoth, Adonai, Amioran. Misa! lape sodiredo Adni of the Holy Ones Zabaoth, Adonai, Amioran. Come! for Iam Adonai Das latinuji elasa. who stir thee up. YE POTENT INVOCATIOUN OF HYS KYNGE. {lasa Darisapa, micaclz3o00, tabaame, Amaimon, Das bojira alonusabi O thou grea…

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1922 · PDF PAGE 173

Diary of a Drug Fiend

…mitted the Teacher with an exag- gerated sigh, “I expected to be beaten in argument. I always am. But I, too, am the master of mine. ‘If Power asks Why, then is Power weakness,’ as we readin the Book of the Law; and it’s not my destiny to give you any drugs this morning.” “ But you're interfering with my Will,” protested Cockie, almost vivaciously. “It would take too long to explain,” returned Lamus, “ why I think that remark unfair. But to quote the Book of the Law once more, ‘Enough of Because, be he damned for a dog.’ Instead, let me tell yo…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 202

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…y heavy conical head. The face is beautiful and resolute. Adaptability, steady force applied to an object, steady rule, great attractive power, power of command, yet liked notwithstanding. Kind and generous when not opposed If ill dignified, obstinate, revengeful, domineering, tyran— nical, and apt to turn against another without a cause. She rules the heavens from above the last Decan of x to above the 20a of Aries : including thus a part of Andromeda. v of Δ Queen of the Salamanders. VII THE PRINCE OF THE CHARIOT OF FIRE King of PVzmds A KINGL…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 202

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…y heavy conical head. The face is beautiful and resolute. Adaptability, steady force applied to an object, steady rule, great attractive power, power of command, yet liked notwithstanding. Kind and generous when not opposed If ill dignified, obstinate, revengeful, domineering, tyran— nical, and apt to turn against another without a cause. She rules the heavens from above the last Decan of x to above the 20a of Aries : including thus a part of Andromeda. v of Δ Queen of the Salamanders. VII THE PRINCE OF THE CHARIOT OF FIRE King of PVzmds A KINGL…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 68

The Book of Thoth

of the paternal power; hence such symbols as the Bee and the Fleur‐de‐Lys, which are shown on this card. With regard to the quality of this power, it must be noted that it represents sud‐ den, violent, but impermanent activity. If it persists too long, it burns and destroys. Distin‐ guish from the Creative Energy of Aleph and Beth: this card is below the Abyss. The Emperor bears a sceptre (surmounted by a ram’s head for the reasons given above) and an orb surmounted by a Maltese cross, which signifies that his energy has reached a successful is…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 52

Book 4 (Part I)

…n !——Refers to Buddha and Harpocrates; but also to the symbolism of the Rosy Cross. 4. Gives the cycle of creation. Peace manifesting as Power, Power dissolving in Peace. 5. God. It adds to 66, the sum of the first II numbers. 6. He is God, and there is no other God than He. 7. 0! let us strictly meditate on the adorable light of that divine Savitri (the interior Sun, etc.) May she enlighten our minds ! 8, Say: He is God alone! God the Eternal! He begets not and is not begotten! Nor is there like unto Him any one! g. Unity uttermost showed! I ad…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 77

Oracles

…ands. Six are the mighty seats of living breath, The rest sharp sickles, or the horns of death, Which are, and are not, save in mine own power. Sleep they ? They rise at mine appointed hour. I made ye stewards in the primal day, And set your thrones in my celestial way. I gave ye power above the moving time That all your vessels to my crown might climb. From all the corners of your fortress caves Ye might invoke me, and your wise conclaves Should pour the fires of increase, life and birth, Continual dewfall to the thirsty earth. Thus are ye mad…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 67

Magick Without Tears

…y man with the Universe in essence; for as soon as man makes himself one with any idea, the means of measurement cease to exist. But his power to utilize that force is limited by his mental power and capacity, and by the circumstances of his human environment. (Illustration: When a man falls in love, the whole world becomes, to him, nothing but love boundless and immanent; but his mystical state is not contagious; his fellow-men are either amused or annoyed. He can only extend to others the effect which his love has had upon himself by means of…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 58

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

… my labours in the Great Work, seeing that he, who sleepeth never, shall fall by the wayside, and also remembering the twofold sign: the Power of Horus: and the Power of Hoor-pa-Kraat.* Now, the year being yet young, One D. A. came unto me, and spake. And he spake not any more (as had been his wont) in guise ofa skeptic and indifferent man: but indeed with the very voice and power of a Great Guru, or of one definitely sent from such a Brother of the Great White Lodge. Yea! though he spake unto me words all of disapproval, did I give thanks and …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 58

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

… my labours in the Great Work, seeing that he, who sleepeth never, shall fall by the wayside, and also remembering the twofold sign: the Power of Horus: and the Power of Hoor-pa-Kraat.* Now, the year being yet young, One D. A. came unto me, and spake. And he spake not any more (as had been his wont) in guise ofa skeptic and indifferent man: but indeed with the very voice and power of a Great Guru, or of one definitely sent from such a Brother of the Great White Lodge. Yea! though he spake unto me words all of disapproval, did I give thanks and …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 149

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…; which sleep and shall rise] In the First I made ye stewards, and placed ye in twelve seats of government: giving unto every one of you power successively over the 456 true ages οἱtime: to the intent that from the highest vessels and the corners of your governments you might work my Power, pouring down the fires of life and increase continually on the earth. Thus you are become the skirts of Justice and Truth. In the name of the same your God, lift up, Ι say, yourselvesl Behold! His mercies flourish, and (His) Name is become mighty among us. In …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 149

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…; which sleep and shall rise] In the First I made ye stewards, and placed ye in twelve seats of government: giving unto every one of you power successively over the 456 true ages οἱtime: to the intent that from the highest vessels and the corners of your governments you might work my Power, pouring down the fires of life and increase continually on the earth. Thus you are become the skirts of Justice and Truth. In the name of the same your God, lift up, Ι say, yourselvesl Behold! His mercies flourish, and (His) Name is become mighty among us. In …

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1944 · PDF PAGE 186

The Book of Thoth

… will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.” AL. 1. 44. The background of this card shows the power of the planet Mars in his own sign Aries, the first of the Signs. It there represents Energy initiating a Current of Force. The pictorial representation is two Dorjes crossed. The Dorje is the Tibetan symbol of the thunderbolt, the emblem of celestial Power, but more in its destructive than its creative form. More, that is, in its earlier rather than its later form. For destruction may be regarded as the…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 63

Liber Aleph

…na Magica (Of the Mechanism of Magick) O! I put forth my Will, and my Pen moveth upon the Paper, by Cause that my will mysteriously hath Power upon the Muscle of my Arm, and these do Work at a mechanical Advantage against the Inertia of the Pen. I cannot break down the Wall opposite me by Cause that I cannot come into mechanical Relation with it; or the Wall at my Side, by Cause that I am not strong enough to overcome its Inertia. To win that Battle I must call Time and Pick-axe to mine aid. But how could I retard the Motion of the Earth in Spa…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 93

Snowdrops from a Curate’s Garden

“ I will accede. Be henceforth gifted With everlasting power to stand Without a maiden’s finger lifted Or touches from a harlot’s hand. No trusty tongue shall waste your money ; Nor sight of cunnie.” The man rejoicing, went his way Exclaiming “ Thanks beyond expression ” He sought the Strand, and, sooth to say, Began to try his new possession. So, picking up a hoary harlot Who blushed quite scarlet At such immodest words addressed to her, Yet did not blush to ask five pounds, He took her home, and there confessed to her His admiration knew no b…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 156

The Book of Thoth

…CESS OF CUPS The Princess of Cups represents the earthy part of Water; in particular, the faculty of crystallization. She represents the power of Water to give substance to idea, to support life, and to form the basis of chemical combination. She is represented as a dancing figure, robed in a flowing garment on whose edges crystals are seen to form. For her crest she wears a swan with open wings. The symbolism of this swan reminds one of the swan in oriental philosophy which is the word AUM or AUMGN, which is the symbol of the entire process of…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 23

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

… of which he is conscious to his individual Will. (Illustration: Man has used the idea of God to dictate his Personal conduct, to obtain power over his fellows, to excuse his crimes, and for innumerable other purposes, including that of realizing himself as God. He has used the irrational and unreal conceptions of mathematics to help him in the construction of mechanical devices. He has used his moral force to influence the actions even of wild animais. He has employed poetic genius for political purposes.) (15) Every force in the Universe is c…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 425

Magick Without Tears

…to Vladivostock; but unless there be some special reason, it will save time and waste of energy to make use of a fraction of the machine-power that happens to be moving in that direction . This is particularly true of moral and political reform. Hitler would have got exactly nowhere if he had been content to announce his evangel; he became master of Germany, and, for a time, of nearly all Europe, by playing upon existing instruments of human passion; th.e revenge-lust of Central Europe , the panic of the Blimps and Junkers , the discontent of t…

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