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1961 · PDF PAGE 191

Liber Aleph

…each Step in Images complex and overpowering in Beauty, so that one hath no Time wherein to conceive, much less to utter, any Word for a Name or any of them. Also, such was the multiplicity of these Ladders, and their Equivalence, that the Memory holdeth no more any one of them, but only a certain Comprehension of the Method, wordless by Reason of its Subtilty. Now therefore must I make by my Will a Concen- tration mighty and terrible of my Thought, that I may bring forth this Mystery in Expression. For this Method is of Virtue and Profit, by i…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 87

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…ogether with, and Adhi (Heb. Adonai), the Lord, especially the Per- sonal Lord, or Holy Guardian Angel. The Hindus accordingly use it to name that state of mind in which subject and object, becoming One, have disappeared. Just as H combines with Cl, and HCI results, so the Yogi combines with the object of his meditation (perhaps his own heart) and these disappearing, Vishnu appears. It is not that the Yogi perceives Vishnu.* The Yogi is gone, just as the * The difficulty of showing this makes the author of the “ Bhagavad Gita” descend to Rupa-s…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 87

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…ogether with, and Adhi (Heb. Adonai), the Lord, especially the Per- sonal Lord, or Holy Guardian Angel. The Hindus accordingly use it to name that state of mind in which subject and object, becoming One, have disappeared. Just as H combines with Cl, and HCI results, so the Yogi combines with the object of his meditation (perhaps his own heart) and these disappearing, Vishnu appears. It is not that the Yogi perceives Vishnu.* The Yogi is gone, just as the * The difficulty of showing this makes the author of the “ Bhagavad Gita” descend to Rupa-s…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 85

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…curate/y.] We worship one God, as you do. That is the essence of agree— ment. We have one prophet, as you have; there’s little odds in a name. Let our tools go worship at the tomb of our prophets, as your fools go worship at the tomb of yours ; and let us break the heads only of those who break the peace. LAYLAH. Let me go to my house. You are breaking the peace now, and I will break your head. [She hu: uhlooseneda stonefrom the we]! and strike: him. His thee/ä bleeds] RlNALDO. [anmm/ed.] Sit there! . . . So this is my read— ing of the future. …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 85

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…curate/y.] We worship one God, as you do. That is the essence of agree— ment. We have one prophet, as you have; there’s little odds in a name. Let our tools go worship at the tomb of our prophets, as your fools go worship at the tomb of yours ; and let us break the heads only of those who break the peace. LAYLAH. Let me go to my house. You are breaking the peace now, and I will break your head. [She hu: uhlooseneda stonefrom the we]! and strike: him. His thee/ä bleeds] RlNALDO. [anmm/ed.] Sit there! . . . So this is my read— ing of the future. …

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1904 · PDF PAGE 94

The Sword of Song

…f men, and therein a lion with the voice of a dog. Then came a voice: “Thirteen1 are they, who are one. Once is a oneness : twice is the Name: thrice let us say not : by four is the S on : by five is the Sword : by six is the Holy Oil of the most Excellent B eard, and the leaves of the Book are by six : by seven is that great Amen.” Then our Father saw one hundred and four horses that drove an ivory car over a sea of pearl, and they received him therein and bade him be comforted. With that he awoke and saw that he would have all his desi re. In…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 218

The Star in the West

…leyanity or Pyrrhonic - Zoroastrianism ? and the answer is as follows : " Hosanna to the Son of David ! Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord . Hosanna in the highest ! " For this day there has been born in Albion a greater than David Hume , and a more illustrious than David Home ,' even had he been genuine . And he shall be called “ Immanuel ,” that is “ God i Vide Haeckel , “ Last words on Evolution ,” p . 120 . 2 12th October , 1875 . 3 D, D, Home , the Medium .

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1912 · PDF PAGE 331

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ters Dan Multitude, abundance; Haman {7 Zabulon pox Angel of 2" Dec. 2 sym é oN Journey son Queen nabp Selah. [Ps. xxii. 5, 6, ete] bp A name of GOD JIN os Chaldee form of pmb pbs By day pny Praiseworthy; Angelof7 w. 5xmbb Work mondo The secret (counsel) of YF TID the Lord. [Ps. xxv. 14] Breeder, rearer; Day Demon jor of 1 Dec. 1 Changeless, constant ; the GOD pox Amon ‘The Son of Man DON fa Archangel of Netzach Seon ‘The appointed time jor To seize suddenly (rapere) Fon A hand-breadth, palm. ig) (1 Kings vii. 26—Ex. xxv. 25] A brick, tile mya …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 331

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…ters Dan Multitude, abundance; Haman {7 Zabulon pox Angel of 2" Dec. 2 sym é oN Journey son Queen nabp Selah. [Ps. xxii. 5, 6, ete] bp A name of GOD JIN os Chaldee form of pmb pbs By day pny Praiseworthy; Angelof7 w. 5xmbb Work mondo The secret (counsel) of YF TID the Lord. [Ps. xxv. 14] Breeder, rearer; Day Demon jor of 1 Dec. 1 Changeless, constant ; the GOD pox Amon ‘The Son of Man DON fa Archangel of Netzach Seon ‘The appointed time jor To seize suddenly (rapere) Fon A hand-breadth, palm. ig) (1 Kings vii. 26—Ex. xxv. 25] A brick, tile mya …

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1922 · PDF PAGE 194

Diary of a Drug Fiend

…e intoxicating words :— “ Olya! the golden bait Barbed with infinite pain, Fatal, fanatical mate Of a poisoned body and brain! Olya, the name that leers Its lecherous longing and knavery, Whispers in crazing ears The secret spell of her slavery.” The room swam before my eyes. We were wreathed in spirals of dark blue smoke bursting with crimson flashes. , He gripped me with epileptic fury, and swung me round in a sort of savage dance. I had an intuition that he was seeing the same vision as I was. Our souls

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1961 · PDF PAGE 197

Liber Aleph

…heir Arcane Wisdom. But of Cecil Jones had I the Great Gift of the Holy Magick of Abramelin, and he inducted me into that Order which we name not, because of the Silliness of the Profane that pretend thereto, and he brought me to the Knowledge and conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel; also, he was the Herald of the Masters of the Temple when They bade me welcome o their Order, appointing a Siege for me in the City of the Pyramids, under the Night of Pan; but for three Years I was not willing to avail myself thereof. Now mark well this, o my …

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1929 · PDF PAGE 432

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…rt of its number. Thus, Chapter 25 gives a revised ritual of the Pentagram; 72 is a rondel with the refrain "Shemhamphorash", the Divine name of 72 letters; 77 Laylah, whose name adds to that number; and 80, the number of the letter Pé, referred to Mars, a panegyric upon war. Sometimes the text is serious and straightforward, sometimes its obscure oracles demand deep knowledge of the Cabbalah for interpretation; others contain obscure allusions, play upon words, secrets expressed in cryptogram, double to triple meanings which must be combined i…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 64

Ambergris

…aven’s archipelagoes ; Yet lighted not the glory whence it came, Nor shone upon the surface of the sea. Time, and the Great One, and the Nameless Name, Held in their grip the child, Eternity. Silence and Darkness in their womb withheld That spiritual fire, and brooded still : Nature and Time, their soleness undispelled, Ever awaiting the eternal Will. And Law was unbegotten : uttermost Night Dwelt, inaccessible to sound and sight Shielded from Voice, impervious to Light. Then grew within the barren womb of this The Breath of the Eternal and the…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 66

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…nd their companions obtained the re- ward which they had sought—they were to be admitted to the Eternal and Invisible Order that hath no name among men. 28. They therefore who had with smiling faces aban- doned their homes, their possessions, their wives, their children, in order to perform the Great Work, could with steady calm and firm correctness abandon the Great Work itself: for this is the last and greatest projection of the al- chemist. 29. Also one V.V.V.V.V. arose, an exalted adept of the rank of Master of the Temple (or this much He d…

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1903 · PDF PAGE 20

Berashith

… shown by the very proof which that most distin- guished Vedantist, the late Swami Vivekananda (no connection with the firm of a similar name across the

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1907 · PDF PAGE 127

The Star in the West

…t might drive even virtuous you, If you were poor. And in “ Orpheus " he well describes the social trinity : Nay ! virtue is the devil's name for vice , And all your righteousness is filthy rags Wherein ye strut , and hide the one base thought . To mask the truth , to worship , to forget ; These three are one .“ The moral character of a nation is its true capital , and the two great laws of existence are The 2 Ibid . 414 . 1 Beverland , 238 . 3 Oracles , vol . ii, p . 5. 4 Orpheus , vol . iii, p . 208 .

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1910 · PDF PAGE 113

The Scented Garden

… shall I say of [Persian text] and the rest — mangled though suggestive roots ? Possibly the poet knew very little about ships and their name. 5. Jolly Roger — again a coarse expression, best untranslated. The notorious debauchery of pirate ships, and the slang verb “ Roger ” (futuere]) sug- gested the present phrase. 6. The text would justify us in reading “ rounded pearls ” [Persian text] fairy (peri of Moore) and [Per- sian text] fullness. Where there was doubt, we have chosen what seemed the more poetical read- ing. 7. Some M.S. end with th…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 45

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…; they shall not be touched save in mine eucharist. All lonely places are sacred unto me; where one man gathereth himself together in my name, there will I leap forth in the midst of him. 23. I am the hideous god; and who mastereth me is uglier than I. 24. Yet I give more than Bacchus and Apollo; my gifts exceed the olive and the horse. 25. Who worshippeth me must worship me with many rites. 26. I am concealed with all concealments; when the Most Holy Ancient One is stripped and driven through the market- place I am still secret and apart. 27. …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 45

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…; they shall not be touched save in mine eucharist. All lonely places are sacred unto me; where one man gathereth himself together in my name, there will I leap forth in the midst of him. 23. I am the hideous god; and who mastereth me is uglier than I. 24. Yet I give more than Bacchus and Apollo; my gifts exceed the olive and the horse. 25. Who worshippeth me must worship me with many rites. 26. I am concealed with all concealments; when the Most Holy Ancient One is stripped and driven through the market- place I am still secret and apart. 27. …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 319

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…prophet;?הזח to gaze Jobab, an Edomite King?:בןי The hand "ΙἸ᾿ ΣζΙ-ό). The Mystic Number of Tiphareth Existence, Being, the Kerhere?היהא name of GOD But, yet, certainly?ךא Deep meditation?גינה Ah !—Alas !?יוה Purity, innocence?והז Vide Sepher Yetzirah?והי The Number of AbrarMelin Servitors of Arnon With his hand; Night Demon?ורינ of [si Dec. ;25 By Yodh?רויכ Hearer in secret; Angel?היאאה of 8 W, The state of puberty?גװז A magical vision (Ch.)?אווה «19 20 21 22

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