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1930 · PDF PAGE 19

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…mative rra Mah World. 23 n V Water, Taste. Briah, Creative 30 Seg World. 31 A Fire, Sight. Atziluth, Archétypal 22T Ob World. 32 bis n V Earth, Touch. Assiah, Material *1)2 Ben World. J 31 bis © Spirit, Hearing. i LXVII LXIX LXX LXXV LXXVI THE PART THE ATTRIRUTTON OF ALCHEMICAL OF THE FIVE ELEMENTS THE FIVE THE SOUL ELEMENTS PENTAGRAM (tatwas) SKANDHAS 11 rm $ Left Upper Vayu - The Blue Sankhara. Ruach Point. Circle. 23 nma 0 Riqht Upper Apas - The Silver Vedana. N eshamah Point. Crescent. 31 rrn A Right Lower Agni or Tejas - Sanna. Chiah -r Po…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 47

Collected Works (Vol. I)

… the heavens reft— Lo! ’Twas that golden bank but yester morn I left. O river where wedwelt! Yonsummersward Whereon we lay, two kings of earth and air5 Kor whom ten thousand angels had drawn sword At our light bidding. Surely, surely, there We might float ever to the sea, and spare The dainty plumage of that perfect place. O God! O Life! O Death, thou would’st not wear Such evil mask upon thy golden face— O Mary, pity me of thine abounding grace. Those days are dead, and hope no newer birth. I Jeft thy shores, blue stream, at His com- mand Who …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 263

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…ess.” The Candidate is then placed in the North, the place of the greatest symbolic Darkness, the invisible station of Taaur the Bull of Earth. But therein dwelleth Ahapshi the rescuer of Matter, Osiris in the Sign of the Spring. That as the earth emergeth from the Darkness and the Barrenness of Winter, so the Candidate may thus affirm the commence- ment of his emancipation from the darkness of ignorance. The Hierophant and Hiereus return to their thrones, therefore it is not Arouerist but Osiris himself that addresseth the Candidate in the wor…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 263

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…ess.” The Candidate is then placed in the North, the place of the greatest symbolic Darkness, the invisible station of Taaur the Bull of Earth. But therein dwelleth Ahapshi the rescuer of Matter, Osiris in the Sign of the Spring. That as the earth emergeth from the Darkness and the Barrenness of Winter, so the Candidate may thus affirm the commence- ment of his emancipation from the darkness of ignorance. The Hierophant and Hiereus return to their thrones, therefore it is not Arouerist but Osiris himself that addresseth the Candidate in the wor…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 16

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…ring of thy pigritude, Incestuous wedlock with the Pharisees That hail the Christ a son of thee! Our knees Bend not before thee, and our earth-bowed brows Shake off their worship, and reject thy spouse, The harlot of the world! For, proud and free, We stand beyond thy hatred, even we: We broken in spirit beneath bitter years, Branded with the burnt-offering of tears, Spit out upon the lie, and in thy face Cast back the slimy falsehood; to your place, Ye Gadarean swine, too foul to fling Into the waters that abound and spring ! Back, to your mot…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 33

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…ss the summer called to me: “Thou who art hidden in the green silence, Let a time of quietness come now upon thee. Lay thine head on the earth and slumber on her bosom: Time and the gods shall pass darkling before thee.” There in the silence I lay, and I heeded The slow voice that called me, the grave hand that beckoned, That beckoned me on through the hall of the silence. There in the silence there was a green goddess, Folden her wings, and her hands dumbly folden, Lying in her lap, as though asleep in the darkness. Then did I hail her: ‘‘O mo…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 33

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…ss the summer called to me: “Thou who art hidden in the green silence, Let a time of quietness come now upon thee. Lay thine head on the earth and slumber on her bosom: Time and the gods shall pass darkling before thee.” There in the silence I lay, and I heeded The slow voice that called me, the grave hand that beckoned, That beckoned me on through the hall of the silence. There in the silence there was a green goddess, Folden her wings, and her hands dumbly folden, Lying in her lap, as though asleep in the darkness. Then did I hail her: ‘‘O mo…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 71

Mortadello

…k is strange and stern. Have you seen an arrow dipped in mud, whose venom’s worth A thousand fold its bulk of blood ? MONICA. Ay, marshy earth Fed by the hydra, by the toad, where witches lurk,

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1913 · PDF PAGE 144

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

…REST OF MASSACHUSETTS BEFORE THE COMING OF THE ENGLISH . THE agelong rest of trees swept wide and far 1 Upon the breast of the unwakened earth , The silent forest spoke in changeless tongues The mystic speech of things as yet unborn , Wild roared and broke the sea upon the coast Wearing the aging patience of the rocks ; And out upon her never sail was seen To break the flowing pageant of the hours ; The rivers wound unfettered through the plains And told the listless listening forests tales Of far - off mountains , and the pathless sea Where fo…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 2

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ke a brief statement of the financial position, as the time has now arrived to make an effort to spread the knowledge to the ends of the earth. The expenses of the propaganda are roughly estimated as follows— Maintenance of Temple, and service . : £200 pa. Publications : foe 4200 pa. Advertising, electrical expenses, ete. | 4200 pa. Maintenance of an Hermitage where poor Brethren may make retirements. 4200 pa. 4800 p.a.

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1913 · PDF PAGE 2

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ke a brief statement of the financial position, as the time has now arrived to make an effort to spread the knowledge to the ends of the earth. The expenses of the propaganda are roughly estimated as follows— Maintenance of Temple, and service . : £200 pa. Publications : foe 4200 pa. Advertising, electrical expenses, ete. | 4200 pa. Maintenance of an Hermitage where poor Brethren may make retirements. 4200 pa. 4800 p.a.

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1905 · PDF PAGE 78

Orpheus

…hafts of glory pierce her one by one; His kisses darken, shivering and keen, Swift glories cold and clean Of that chaste bridal, and the earth gets gladness, Till the last winter’s traces Fall from the spring’s last cold wind—shining sadness !— And from the frail new faces Blushing through moss; and all the world is light With the unsufferably bright Full joy and guerdon of that sunny season By Love's sweet trap of treason. , So the bright girl is now a woman brighter ; And childhood sees a reason Beneath the strong stroke of the goodly smiter …

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1961 · PDF PAGE 186

Liber Aleph

…se Louis Constant. Now the Goat flieth not as doth the Eagle; but consider this also that it is the true Nature of Man to dwell upon the Earth, so that his Flights are oft but Phantasy; yea, the Eagle also is bound to his Eyrie, nor feedeth upon Air. Therefore this goat, making each leap with Fervour, yet all Times secure in his own Element, is a true Hieroglyph of the Magician. Mark also, his Path sheweth One continuous in Exaltation upon a Throne, and so is it the Formula of the Man, as the other was of the Woman. n

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1944 · PDF PAGE 37

The Book of Thoth

…es the four elements, and the formation of the “Pentagram of Salvation” connected with the Hebrew word IHShVH, Yeheshuah. With regard to Earth, it was considered adequate to make the letter Tau, belonging to Saturn, correspond also to Earth. These additions are clear evidence that the Tarot took definite and arbitrary steps to assert the new discovery in Magick some two thousand years ago; for no system is more rigid than a Hebrew system. And the system of the Sepher Yetzirah is the deepest rooted of all the ele‐ ments of the Hebrew system, the…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 55

The Mother’s Tragedy

…inst his fate; So is the desolate visage of the wan Lord of Amenti covered, and the gate Of Ra made perfect. So the waters flow Over the earth, throughout the sea, Till all its deserts glow,

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1905 · PDF PAGE 135

Collected Works (Vol. I)

… flower and breeze refuse their kisses : So my soul.is flooded with their magic; So my love completes the joy of living. . I am like the earth, to whom there gather Rays of gold to bid the gray horizon Melt, recede, and brighten into azure. Let me sing, O holy one, Apollo! Sing as Horace sang, and flood the ocean With a living ecstasy of music Till the whole creation echo, echo, Echo till the tune dissolve the heavens? Still song lingers; lamely from the lute- string Steals a breath of melody; the forest Treasures in its glades the sighs I utte…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 105

Oracles

…The still slow water slackens into sleep. The rose-glow dies, leaves cold Citlaltepetl’s steep. The chattering voices of the day depart. Earth folds her limbs and leans her loving breast Even to all her children : the great heart Beats solemnly the requiem of rest. The sea keeps tune ; the silent stars upstart Seeming to sentinel that sombre crest Where of old time burst out the vulture fire Cyclopean, that is dead, now, as a man’s desire. The drowsy cries of night birds, then the song Lovely and lovelorn in the listening vale, So wild and tend…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 124

The Star in the West

THE HARLOT 117 The following is Crowley's estimate of the greatest nation on earth : O England ! England , mighty England falls ! Her days of wealth and majesty are done : Men trample her for mire !! and for her eldest daughter , America , he also has but scant praise , Thou heart of coin beneath a brazen breast ! Rotten republic , prostitute of gain !? Wealth and luxury are her curse , as they are every where else : The politician and the millionaire Regain maternal dung.3 Nevertheless in a patriotic poem entitled “ An Appeal to the American R…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 8

The World’s Tragedy

…od family, reasoned thus : The Bible is the Word of God. If its literal interpretation is once abandoned, the whole structure crashes to earth. This it will be seen is identically the Catholic position, save that for “ literal ” Rome reads “ Ecclesiastical.” Darby, too, found himself forced into the practical admis- sion that “ literal ” meant Darbeian ; for some of the more obvious contradictions and absurdities in the Bible are too necessary to the practical side of religion to be ignored. Seeing this, they devised an elaborate system of ment…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 173

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

… shadowy pain . I am weary even of song , and the lyre is cold , And my heart is lead , and the world seems very old . Dusk falls on the earth , and Apollo no more comes winging His way to me now ; it may be I shall sing not again . Yet to the dream I was true , and I followed the light Till it vanished , and left me in darkness all cold and forlorn ; It may be that is the end ; I know not nor care . If these songs that were wrought in the days of my springtide are fair , Perchance they shall seem to you good in the heart of the night , When yo…

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