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1929 · PDF PAGE 577

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…nglish friends had anticipated the success of the movement to follow naturally upon the forthcoming election. Mussolini would not accept power, they told me, even if it were offered. He had too much sense. I was consequently amazed to hear of the coup d'état. Rome was wild with enthusiasm. The Fascisti swarmed all over the city. I thought their behaviour admirable. They policed the towns and suppressed any attempted breach of the peace with the utmost efficiency; but for all that my first doubts disturbed my pleasure in the victory. I thought M…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 147

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…nds royal, leal, and great, vast, beautiful, and free. Our children’s children shall unsheathe the sword Against the envy of some lyrant power : The leader of your people and our lord Shall join to wrest from slavery abhorred Some other race, a fair storm-ruined flower ! O fair republic, lover and sweet friend, Your loyal hand extend, Let freedom, peace and faith grow stronger to the end! O child of freedom, thou art very fair ! Thou hast white roses on thy eager breast, The scent of all the South is in thy hair, Thy lips are fragrant with the …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 189

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…ESIS of the Universe (or Magical Mirror in Man). As it were the Egg of the Black Swan of Time, the Kala Hams, the Triune a"y, or word of Power or of Seb, the Bird of Life, whose will was heard in the Night of Time. The total numeric value of the verse is u1n3= 4459, of which the Key is 22, the number of the Paths from 8 ton; and the Key of 22 is 4, the Tetractys and the Threshold of the Universe. Now to proceed to what I have termed the Time Process, the first Word of the Law then is mwxo3a. Now in the Hebrew Scriptures the first word of a Book…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 189

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…ESIS of the Universe (or Magical Mirror in Man). As it were the Egg of the Black Swan of Time, the Kala Hams, the Triune a"y, or word of Power or of Seb, the Bird of Life, whose will was heard in the Night of Time. The total numeric value of the verse is u1n3= 4459, of which the Key is 22, the number of the Paths from 8 ton; and the Key of 22 is 4, the Tetractys and the Threshold of the Universe. Now to proceed to what I have termed the Time Process, the first Word of the Law then is mwxo3a. Now in the Hebrew Scriptures the first word of a Book…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 46

The Vision and the Voice

…phur.) Now the lamb grows small again, there is again nothing but the wheel, and the hand that whirleth it. And I said: “ By the word of power, double in the voice of the Master; by the word that is seven, and one in seven; and by the great and terrible word 210, I beseech thee, O my Lord, to grant me the vision of thy glory.” And all the rays of the wheel stream out at me, and I am blasted and blinded with the light. Iam caught up into the wheel. I am one with the wheel. Iam greater than the wheel. In the midst of a myriad lightnings I stand, …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 299

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

… clear and pre- cise, it should leave behind it so bright and dazzling a picture that the very thought of it will at once conjure up the power dressed in its simple yet luminous symbols. In the o°=o° Ritual this is much more clearly carried out than in the following four. The candidate, the would-be 291

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1909 · PDF PAGE 299

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

… clear and pre- cise, it should leave behind it so bright and dazzling a picture that the very thought of it will at once conjure up the power dressed in its simple yet luminous symbols. In the o°=o° Ritual this is much more clearly carried out than in the following four. The candidate, the would-be 291

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1909 · PDF PAGE 55

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…e. “But the primary self-perfect Fountain of the Father poured forth these primogenial Ideas.” “The Soul, being a brilliant Fire, by the power of the Father remaineth immortal, and is Mistress of Life, and filleth up the many recesses of the bosom of the World.”—ZoroasTER. The alleged annihilation of time and space, which so fre- quently reappears in articles on hashish, seems to me solved more simply by a more accurate analysis of the phenomenon. The normal explanation involves the assumption that man naturally possesses a perfect and infallib…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 55

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…e. “But the primary self-perfect Fountain of the Father poured forth these primogenial Ideas.” “The Soul, being a brilliant Fire, by the power of the Father remaineth immortal, and is Mistress of Life, and filleth up the many recesses of the bosom of the World.”—ZoroasTER. The alleged annihilation of time and space, which so fre- quently reappears in articles on hashish, seems to me solved more simply by a more accurate analysis of the phenomenon. The normal explanation involves the assumption that man naturally possesses a perfect and infallib…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 32

The Vision and the Voice

…the false sea, being whole as the rose at the crown of the cross. Come ye unto me, my children, and be glad. At the end of labour is the power of labour. And in my stability is concentrated eternal change. For the whirlings of the universe are but the course of the blood in my heart. And the unspeakable variety thereof is but my divers hairs, and plumes, and gems in my tall crown. The change which ye lament is the life of my rejoicing, and the sorrow that blackeneth your hearts is the myriad deaths by which I am renewed. And the instability whi…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 142

The Vision and the Voice

…od, ayin, resh, tau, is his name. Beneath his feet is the kingdom, and upon his head the crown. He is spirit and matter; he is peace and power; in him is Chaos and Night and Pan, and upon BABALON his concubine, that hath made him drunk upon the blood of the saints that she hath gathered in her golden cup, hath he begotten the virgin that now he doth deflower. And this is that which is written: Malkuth shall be uplifted and set upon the throne of Binah. And this is the stone of the philosophers that is set as a seal upon the tomb of Tetragrammat…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 192

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

… primum mobile of Our first aspiration to over- throw the Old Law. 6. By all manner of means shall all strive constantly to increase the power and freedom of the Headquarters of the O.T.O.; for thereby will come efficiency in the promulgation of the Law. Specific instructions for the extension of the O.T.O. are given in another epistle. Constant practice of these recommendations will develop skill in him or her that practiseth, so that new ideas and plans will be evolved continually. Furthermore, it is right that each and every one bind him- se…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 108

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…and Change Stability, that Being is Becoming, and Becoming Being, is the Key to the Golden Palace of this Law. Lastly, by Liberty is the power to direct your course ac- cording to your Will. For the extent of the Universe is with- out bounds, and ye are free to make your pleasure as ye will, seeing that the diversity of being is infinite also. For this also is the Joy of the Law, that no two stars are alike, and ye must understand also that this Multiplicity is itself Unity, and without it Unity could not be. And this is an hard say- ing agains…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 47

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…widdershins ahout altary and so to the Tomb in the westf) She draws her sword and pulls down the Veil therewith. ) The PRIESTESS. By the power of + Don, I say unto thee, — 347

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1913 · PDF PAGE 501

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

… him beneath it, into the abyss. The devil, then, exists really enough for the qabalists; but it is neither a person nor a distinguished power of even the forces of Nature. The devil is dispersion, or the slumber of the intelligence. It is madness and falsehood. Thus are explained the nightmares of the Middle Ages; thus, too, are explained the bizarre symbols of some initiates, those of the Templars, for example, who are much less to be 203,

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1913 · PDF PAGE 501

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

… him beneath it, into the abyss. The devil, then, exists really enough for the qabalists; but it is neither a person nor a distinguished power of even the forces of Nature. The devil is dispersion, or the slumber of the intelligence. It is madness and falsehood. Thus are explained the nightmares of the Middle Ages; thus, too, are explained the bizarre symbols of some initiates, those of the Templars, for example, who are much less to be 203,

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1954 · PDF PAGE 339

Magick Without Tears

…yone of us may attain to "the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel," and that of many other Beings of in telligence and power indefinitely more exalted than anything which we recognize as human-and, let us hope, capable of bestowing upon us a modicum of Wisdom adequate to get us out of the quagmire into which the crisis has temporarily plunged us all! Love is the law, love under will. Fraternally yours, 666 P.S. It has seemed better to make a postscript of the most

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1954 · PDF PAGE 466

Magick Without Tears

… opposite , leaving the Decision to the child's own Judgment and good Sense, fortified by Experience. And this Practice will develop its Power of Thought, and its Confidence in itself, and its Interest in all Knowledge. But most of all beware against any Attempt to bias its Mind on any Point that lieth without the Square of ascertained and undisputed Fact. Remember also, even when thou art most sure, that so were they sure who gave instruction to the young Copernicus. Pay Reverence also to the Unknown unto whom thou presumest to impart thy Know…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 107

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…all shame. Before the dawn was up I bound such talismans about his breast That fire and steel grow dew and flowery wreaths For all their power to hurt him. Presently I made a posset, drugged with somnolence, Sleepy with poppy and white hellebore, Fit for the dragon. This was my design. CHORUS. Beware thy father’s anger when he finds His plans thus baffled ! He will murder us. MEDEA. Heroes indeed ye are, and lion hearts. CHORUS. No woman need school me in bravery. MEDEA. Rather a hare. CHORUS. Most impudent of whores ! MEDEA. But when my husban…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 363

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…e pigeon goes, but trust the recipient will read this and send back the pigeon with a note giving news of England. Are Radicals still in power ? Shall send the letter by return of carrier. Please fill up tubes with films, Extraordinary adventures !!!” It was strange and it attracted me. I fed the bird, put a short answer of a few words—“ Courage. Send message; there areno Radicals”—and a supply of fresh films in the tubes, and, kissing its head, let it go with a sigh. Then my luck returned, and I forgot all about it until last week, when the pi…

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