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1961 · PDF PAGE 166

Liber Aleph

… and the Number thereof Nine, whereof is Aub, the secret Fire of Obeah. Also Nine is of Jesod, uniting Change with Stability. But in the Book of Thoth, He is the Atu called Strength, whose Number is ELEVEN which is Aud, the Light Odic of Magick. And therein is figured the Lion, even THE BEAST, and Our Lady BABALON with Her Hands upon His Mouth, that She may master Him. Here I would have thee to mark well how these our Symbols are cognate, and flow forth the one into the other, because each Soul partaketh in proper Measure of the Mystery of Holi…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 184

Liber Aleph

… ALEPH VEL CXI 172 #o De hac re Altera Intelligenda (More things to be Understood concening this) ARK then, o my Son, how in the Ancient Books of Magick it is Man that selleth his Soul unto the Devil, but Woman that maketh Pact with him. For she hath constantly the Wit and Power to arrange Things at his Bidding, and she payeth this Price of his Alliance. But a Man hath one Jewel, and, bartering this, he becometh the Mockery of Satanas. Let then his tutor thee in thine own Art of Magick, that thou employ Women in all Practical Matters, to order …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 46

777

30 TABLE OF CORRESPONDENCES CLX. Magical Images of Col. CLIX. CLIX. Goetia Demons, &c. (Cadent). book in right hand Like Agares JY, yan | 15 Lion with ass’s head, bellowing . .@. . 3pbyy | 16 Crowned king on dromedary, accompanied by many musicians ©. PWO'NH | 17 Leopard’s head and gryphon’s wings YY - —TMMw) 18 A knight with a lance and banner, with a serpent . .@. woe | 19 A strong man with a serpent’s tail, on a pale horse .@. - PARI 20 Human-faced bull .d and % . . prn| 22 A black crane with a sore throat—he flutters an - "35 | 24 A monster…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 128

The Book of Lies

…tic monotone of the Master (Swinburne).” This rare pamphlet is almost exhausted. As most people know, Berashith is the first word of the book of Genesis, and the essay contains a complete solu- tion of the Problem of Creation, which has baffled all brains less astute and profound than our author’s. The essay has since been reprinted with added references and elucidation of some of the more abstruse propositions ; this edition is, therefore, of interest only as an Z£ditio princeps. Ahab, etc. 55. A companion to ‘‘ Jezebel.” 150 copies printed. ‘…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 205

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…t du?’ He answered slowly ‘ Bin ich?’ ” 387. The Fish.°8—Because of ix@us, which means Fish, And very aptly symbolises Christ, —Ring and Book (The Pope), ll. 89, go. 395. Dharma,®»®—Consult the Tripitaka. 409. [cannot trace the chain.’-—' How vain, indeed, are human calculations !'"’—7he Auto- biography of a Flea, p. 136. 112. /adle-thing.51—" Ere the stuff growa ring-thing right to wear.”— Zhe Ring and the Book, i. 17. ‘* This pebble-thing, o’ the boy-thing.” —CALVERLEY, The Cock and the Bull. 442. Caird.®—See his ‘‘ Hegel.” 446. Says Huxley.3…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 76

John St. John

… way, on some previous day (IV. 12.57 AM.) that Ι used the Supreme formula of Awaiting. . . . Ridiculous mouse! is it not written in the Book of the

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1911 · PDF PAGE 119

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…its root into your breast. Then shall your body be one again with the Mother, and your soul one with the Father, as it is written in the Book 01 the Law. All this have I been taught by her whose purity and strength are even as Earth’s, chosen before the foundation of Time. Lioness with lion, may we walk by night among the ruins 01 great cities, when, weary with happiness too great even 101 our immortality, we turn from the fragrance and fertility 01 Earth. And at the sunrise return where the peopled valleys call us; where, bronzed and buoyant, …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 119

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…its root into your breast. Then shall your body be one again with the Mother, and your soul one with the Father, as it is written in the Book 01 the Law. All this have I been taught by her whose purity and strength are even as Earth’s, chosen before the foundation of Time. Lioness with lion, may we walk by night among the ruins 01 great cities, when, weary with happiness too great even 101 our immortality, we turn from the fragrance and fertility 01 Earth. And at the sunrise return where the peopled valleys call us; where, bronzed and buoyant, …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 131

The Book of Lies

…no further than its pages for example of how a change of abstract belief may break a civilization to pieces. Under the influence of this book earnest modern philosophers may, I think, begin to perceive the outlines of two vast and mystical philosophies, which if they were subtly and slowly worked out in two continents through many centuries, might possibly, under special cir- cumstances, make the East and West almost as different as they really are.”—G. K. CHESTERTON, Daily News. An exposure of the vile results of the existing social system, an…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 125

The Scented Garden

…alation the holy influence shed by the Sufi upon his fellow man — and so on. Mahbub was perfectly willing to explain every phrase in the book along these lines ; reasonable people will agree that a single sample is enough. But see the note 1 on XXXVIIIth Ghazal. 4. Aristu — Aristotle. Most sensible men will heartily agree with these sentiments. El Qahar is more than mystic and sodomite ; he is a practical person. But perhaps the unusual word huqqa is a pun on hukm (command) and the phrase means, “ As long as I obey God’s law, I care nothing for…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 353

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ted) A garment; clothing wy To send forth by 339 340 Angel of 3" Dec. ¢ Sxyngy3ap* “Ferocious” lion wy Uncus focarius—fire-shovel §*5)99 Book “BD Pares; a word written onthe D "5 wall at Belshazzar’s feast. [Vide Dan. v. 28] There; The Name py

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1912 · PDF PAGE 353

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…ted) A garment; clothing wy To send forth by 339 340 Angel of 3" Dec. ¢ Sxyngy3ap* “Ferocious” lion wy Uncus focarius—fire-shovel §*5)99 Book “BD Pares; a word written onthe D "5 wall at Belshazzar’s feast. [Vide Dan. v. 28] There; The Name py

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1929 · PDF PAGE 47

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

… founds. Judaism and Islam are striking examples of this failure. To take another example, the ascetic Üfe which dévotion to 1. See the “Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage”; and Liber 418, 8th Aethyr, Liber Samekh; see Appendix 3. 2. The différence between these operations is more of theoreticaî than of practical importance.

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1954 · PDF PAGE 168

Magick Without Tears

SEX MORALITY 135 A feast for the first night of the Prophet and his Bride! A feast for the three days of the writing of the Book of the Law. A feast for Tahuti and the child of the prophet-secret. 0 Prophet! A feast for the Supreme Ritual. and a feast for the Equinox of the Gods. A feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death! A feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture! A feast every night unto Nu. and the pleasure of uttermost delight! Aye! feast! rejoice! there is no dread hereafter. Ther…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 119

Liber Aleph

THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 107 Dg De Operibus Stellæ Microcosmi, quorum sunt Quattuor Majores (Of Works of the Star of the Microcosm, of which there are Four Greater) MY Son, behold now the Virtue and Mystery of the Silver Star! For of these four Works not one leadeth to the Crown, because Tetragrammaton hath his Root only in Chokmah. So therefore the Formula of the Rosy Cross availeth no more in the Highest. Now then in the Pentagram are two Lines that invoke Spirit, though they lead not thereunto, and they are the Works of Hé with Hé, and of…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 386

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…se impulse to murder them. We talked for a long time without being able to gather much of each other’s thoughts. At last I turned to the books in the coffin, and in the book containing “ Advice to Mankind for a better use of their faculties” I saw, traced by an invisible hand, the following advice : “ Be careful of womanly traps.” “Let the roses be planted; they are meant for that purpose.” “ A cover cannot fall in love except with boards and planks. Beware of the fallacies of sense.” As any one may understand, my mind was a pandemonium, but st…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 386

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…se impulse to murder them. We talked for a long time without being able to gather much of each other’s thoughts. At last I turned to the books in the coffin, and in the book containing “ Advice to Mankind for a better use of their faculties” I saw, traced by an invisible hand, the following advice : “ Be careful of womanly traps.” “Let the roses be planted; they are meant for that purpose.” “ A cover cannot fall in love except with boards and planks. Beware of the fallacies of sense.” As any one may understand, my mind was a pandemonium, but st…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 305

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…abalistic workings. With George Cecil Jones (Fra Volo Noscere) he further added to it by making it a complete cross-correspondenceto the Book DCCLXXVII, It was further revised and checked, re-copied by a Jewish scribe, and again checked through, in the year V of the present Era. The mathematical additions were continued by Fra P, and Fra Lampada Tradam; and the MS. finally copied on a specially constructed typewriter by Gerald Rae Fraser (Fra ψ) who added yet further mathematical data. This copy has again been checked by Fra; Ρ. and Soror; N.N. …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 305

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…abalistic workings. With George Cecil Jones (Fra Volo Noscere) he further added to it by making it a complete cross-correspondenceto the Book DCCLXXVII, It was further revised and checked, re-copied by a Jewish scribe, and again checked through, in the year V of the present Era. The mathematical additions were continued by Fra P, and Fra Lampada Tradam; and the MS. finally copied on a specially constructed typewriter by Gerald Rae Fraser (Fra ψ) who added yet further mathematical data. This copy has again been checked by Fra; Ρ. and Soror; N.N. …

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1906 · PDF PAGE 156

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…, “‘ Chase me, Charlie !” But seeing in his mind that I , Would not be so converted, ‘* Shall you,” He added, “ grope in utter dark? The Book of Acts and that of Mark Are now considered genuine.” I snatch a Testament, begin Reading at random the first page ;— He stops me with a gesture sage : “You must not think, because I say St. Mark is genuine, I would lay Such stress unjust upon its text, As base thereon opinion. Next?” I gave itup. Heescaped. Ah me! But so did Christianity. As for a quiet talk on physics sane ac Lente, I hear the British D…

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