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1909 · PDF PAGE 53

John St. John

…my sleep be toward Him, or annihilation; let my waking be to the music of His name; let the day be full to the uttermost of Him only. My good friend the body woke me at this hour by means of disturbed dreams about a quite imaginary 51

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1909 · PDF PAGE 94

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

… in a few words to explain thoroughly this eclectic system; for each act and thought of the ritual demands an expert teacher, and even a good pupil might study for years before mastering the method. By which time he might not impossibly have discovered one of his own. Howbeit, I must do my best; and if by that best I can help “‘ the least of these little ones,” so much the better. XIx “The Intelligible subsisteth beyond Mind.”—ZOROASTER. Nevodha-samapatti—It must be very satisfactory, you will probably be thinking, to wear that Eye as a badge, …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 94

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

… in a few words to explain thoroughly this eclectic system; for each act and thought of the ritual demands an expert teacher, and even a good pupil might study for years before mastering the method. By which time he might not impossibly have discovered one of his own. Howbeit, I must do my best; and if by that best I can help “‘ the least of these little ones,” so much the better. XIx “The Intelligible subsisteth beyond Mind.”—ZOROASTER. Nevodha-samapatti—It must be very satisfactory, you will probably be thinking, to wear that Eye as a badge, …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 27

Ambergris

…rgotten zest In all the pleasures of o’erflowing life, Wine tasteless, tired the brain, and cold the breast ! Ah ! but if with it is one good deed wrought, One kind word spoken, one immortal thought Born in thee, all is paid : the weary strife Grows victory. “ Love is all and Death is nought ! ” Such an one wrote that work as I would meet, Lay my life’s burden at his silver feet, Have him give ear if I say Master. Yea ! I know no heaven, no honour, half so sweet ! He passed before me on the wheel of Time, He who knows no Time—the intense sublim…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 501

Magick Without Tears

…nguage, and you suppose (underlined three times with two question marks) that one could, with a great effort, deduce therefrom perfectly good reasons for an unswerving contemplation of one's umbilicus, or the performance of strange dances and the vibration of mysterious names. But what are you to say (you enquire) to the ordinary Bloke-on-the-Boulevard, to the man of the world who has acquired a shrewd knowledge of Nature, but finds no rational guide to the conduct of life. He observes many unsatisfactory elements in the way things go, and for …

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1907 · PDF PAGE 119

Konx Om Pax

…n Bower Grows balanced perfectly from root to flower.” -—This may be why the Reverend Mrs. Grundy Called him a sodomite the other Sunday. Good! chuckled Basil, when they had done laughing. If he'd worked that out as a boy, his alleged character might have forced him to its own path. When I was in Marrakesh, they lynched a poor old man because their mosque had been defiled in some real or imaginary way (with which he had in any case nothing to do, having been paralyzed for years). The excuse was, on the soles of his feet the creases formed the wor…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 131

Konx Om Pax

…cism and scientific Buddhism end. It will not please all tastes, nor is it suitable for all, but verses like this—and there are scores as good in the book—are too rare to be the property of a few: The spears of the night at her onset ThAre lordslof the da l!lor a while, {hméfii'ifohfiiiiil Afloat are the gales In our slumberous i On the beautiful breast o the Nile. Tm: Ens'r ANGLIAN DAILY Tmas says: “The Star in the West," by Captain J. F. C. Fuller (the Walter Scott Publishing Company, Limited), consists of a critical essay upon the works of Aleis…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 281

The Star in the West

…x as the Protoplast : He is the First ( not “ was "), and is the Last . ( Not “ will be ") ... 6 God slips you , He is Undefinable . Not good ! Not wise ! Not anything at all .6 Isis am I, and from my life are fed All stars and suns , all moons that wax and wane , Create and uncreate , living and dead , The mystery of Pain . I am the Mother ,I the silent Sea , The Earth , its travail , its fertility . Life , death , love , hatred , light , darkness , return to me To Me !? 2 1 The Fatal Force , vol . i, p . 143 . Jephthah , vol . i, p . 78 . 3 T…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 48

John St. John

…tion. When the Yogi, by turning his tongue back for one half— minute, has conquered old age, disease and death; then instead of having a good time he patiently (and rather pathetically, I think !) devotes his youthful

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1909 · PDF PAGE 74

John St. John

… rule above ye, said the Lord of Lords, exalted in power. [From Dr. Dee's MSS.—ED.] Will now try the Hanged Man again. Very Vigorous and good, my willing of Adonai. . . . I should like to explain the difficulty. It would be easy enough to form a magical Image of Adonai; and He would doubtless inform it. But it would only be an Image. This. may be the meaning of the command- ment “Thou shalt not make any graven image,” etc., just as “ Thou shalt not have any other Gods but me" implies single-minded devotion (Ekagrata) to Adonai. So any mental or …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 25

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

… no more than a whiff of patchouli and a glimpse of an open—work silk stocking—well, you’re not the sort that was ever likely to do much good for the next few billion incarnations! Icould write on love for hours; but will conclude with only one other bit of advice~—Don’t marry a nigger 1 By inadvertence two of the Official A A .` publications in Νο. VII were called Liber Tau. The Book DCCCXXXI, formerly called Vesta, will therefore be called 112187 lod instead of Tam. The lady who stole Mr. Crowley's Aldine Catullus is hereby warned that she is …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 25

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

… no more than a whiff of patchouli and a glimpse of an open—work silk stocking—well, you’re not the sort that was ever likely to do much good for the next few billion incarnations! Icould write on love for hours; but will conclude with only one other bit of advice~—Don’t marry a nigger 1 By inadvertence two of the Official A A .` publications in Νο. VII were called Liber Tau. The Book DCCCXXXI, formerly called Vesta, will therefore be called 112187 lod instead of Tam. The lady who stole Mr. Crowley's Aldine Catullus is hereby warned that she is …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 488

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…e; it is to perform an act of faith in that name, and to communi- cate in the virtue which it represents. Words in themselves are, then, good or evil, poisonous or wholesome. The most dangerous words are vain and lightly uttered words, because they are the voluntary abortions of thought. 190

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1913 · PDF PAGE 488

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…e; it is to perform an act of faith in that name, and to communi- cate in the virtue which it represents. Words in themselves are, then, good or evil, poisonous or wholesome. The most dangerous words are vain and lightly uttered words, because they are the voluntary abortions of thought. 190

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1954 · PDF PAGE 72

Magick Without Tears

…glad am I to hear that you have been so thoroughly satisfied with my explanation of what Magick is, and on what its theories rest. It is good, too, hearing how much you were interested in the glimpse that you have had of some of its work in the world; more, that you grasped the fact that this apparently recondite and irrelevant information has an immediate bearing on your personal life of to-day. Still, I was not surprised that you should add: "But why should I make a special study of, and devote my time and energy to acquiring proficiency in, …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 37

The World’s Tragedy

…st poor-laws in civilization ; our democracy has perfected a snobbery which would make Thackeray stare with surprise. Queen Victoria the Good

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1919 · PDF PAGE 349

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…d. This is a counsel never to forget the original stimulus which has driven you to the Path, the ‘first noble truth.’ Everything is now “good.” This is why verse 53 says that these tears are the streams that irrigate the fields of charity immortal. (Tears, by the way. Think!) 53. These tears, O thou of heart most merciful, these are the streams that irrigate the fields of charity immortal. ’Tis on such soil that grows the midnight blossom of Buddha, more difficult to find, more rare to view, than is the flower of 27

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1919 · PDF PAGE 428

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…“control and master both” we must sup- pose that the Soul here spoken of is some intermediate prin- ciple, presumably Nephesh. 46. Be of good cheer, O daring pilgrim “to the other shore.” Heed not the whisperings of Méra’s hosts; wave off the tempters, those ill-natured Sprites, the jealous Llamayin in endless space. This verse may be again dismissed as too easily indulgent in poetic diction. A properly controlled mind should not 106

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1922 · PDF PAGE 362

Diary of a Drug Fiend

…ngs like that.” “That fact,” he retorted, “was quite enough to assure me that you had discovered it.” ‘“‘ Look here,” I said, “ you’re a good sort and all that, but you are really a bit queer, and half the time I don’t know what you are driving at. Can’t you put it in plain English?” — “With all the pleasure in life,” he returned. ‘‘ Just look at the facts for a moment. Fact one: Your 348

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1930 · PDF PAGE 70

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 2)

…nnels of Initiation to the Sea of Attainment, into ditches of irrigation for the fields of material advantage. It is bad business to pay good coin for perishable products; like marrying for money, or prostituting poetic genius to political purposes. The converse course, though equally — 190

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