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1929 · PDF PAGE 58

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

… the throne of her mother, and it is only she whose youthful embrace can reawaken the eld of the 1. mm ; Yod, Hé, Yau, Hé, the Ineffable Name (Jéhovah) of the Hebrews. The four letters refer respectively to the four “éléments”, Fire, Water, Air, Earth, in the order named. 2. There is a further mystery herein, far deeper, for initiâtes. 22

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1954 · PDF PAGE 61

Magick Without Tears

…ntentional acts so seeming are not truly so. Thus, breathing is an act of the Wtll-to-Jive. 2. In one sense Magick may be defined as the name given to Science by the vulgar.

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1929 · PDF PAGE 11

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…so the feeling that the fact of death destroys all possible interest; the disaster is {42} 1. i.e. sit at the communion table. 2. What a name! 3. With one notable exception, at which he officiated. irreparable, it should be forgotten as soon as possible. He would not even join the search party after the Kangchenjunga accident. What object was there in digging frozen corpses from under an avalanche? Dead bodies themselves do not repel him; he is as interested in dissecting rooms as in anything else. When he met the dead body of Consul Litton, he…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 302

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…d now wears the Crown. When the pilgrim realises that the four characteristics of the Sphinx, the four elements, the four letters of the Name, are only answerable in the fifth ; then may it be said that the Ritual has succeeded in its purpose and has initiated him, otherwise that it has failed. It is no good (even if you are the Hierophant himself) pretending to represent mm before you have realised what is meant by mwn. The real knowledge acquired by P. at this time, as we shall find in a subsequent chapter, was gained by his workings with Fra…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 302

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…d now wears the Crown. When the pilgrim realises that the four characteristics of the Sphinx, the four elements, the four letters of the Name, are only answerable in the fifth ; then may it be said that the Ritual has succeeded in its purpose and has initiated him, otherwise that it has failed. It is no good (even if you are the Hierophant himself) pretending to represent mm before you have realised what is meant by mwn. The real knowledge acquired by P. at this time, as we shall find in a subsequent chapter, was gained by his workings with Fra…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 55

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ods ; and let Asar be with Isa, who also are one. But they are not of me. Let Asar be the adorant, Isa, the sufferer; Hoor in his secret name and splendour is the Lord initiating. 50. There is a word to say about the Hierophantic task. Behold! there are three ordeals in one, and it may be given in three ways. The gross must pass through fire; let the fine be tried in intellect, and the lofty chosen ones in the highest; Thus ye have star & star, system & system; let not one know well the other! 51. There are four gates to one palace; the floor o…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 55

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ods ; and let Asar be with Isa, who also are one. But they are not of me. Let Asar be the adorant, Isa, the sufferer; Hoor in his secret name and splendour is the Lord initiating. 50. There is a word to say about the Hierophantic task. Behold! there are three ordeals in one, and it may be given in three ways. The gross must pass through fire; let the fine be tried in intellect, and the lofty chosen ones in the highest; Thus ye have star & star, system & system; let not one know well the other! 51. There are four gates to one palace; the floor o…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 152

Magick Without Tears

…ly fortresses shall they be eaten up by Time that hath cheated them to serve him, and by the mighty devil Choronzon, their master, whose name is the second Death, for the blood that they have sprinkled on their Pylon, that is a bar against the Angel Death, is the key by which he entereth in.2 (Ibid ., 12th Aethyr) Finally : Yet must he that understandeth go forth into the 2. (I think the trouble with these people was, that they wanted to substitute the blood of someone else for their own blood, because they wanted to keep their personalities ..…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 88

The Vision and the Voice

…ly fortresses shall they be eaten up by Time that hath cheated them to serve him, and by the mighty devil Choronzon, their master, whose name is the Second Death, for the blood that they have sprinkled on their Pylon, that is a bar against the Angel Death, is the key by which he entereth in.* The Angel sayeth: And this is the word of double power in the voice of the Master, wherein the Five interpenetrateth the Six. This is its secret interpretation that may not be understood, save only of them that understand. And for this is it the Key of the…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 304

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…knowledge contrary to what one believes without ceasing immediately to believe. To deny or even to contest the decisions of faith in the name of science is to prove that one understands neither science nor faith: in fine, the mystery of a God of three persons is not a problem of mathematics; the incarnation of the Word is not a phenomenon in obstetrics; the scheme of redemption stands apart from the criticism of the historian. Science is absolutely powerless to decide whether we are right or wrong in believing or disbelieving dogma; it can only…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 304

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…knowledge contrary to what one believes without ceasing immediately to believe. To deny or even to contest the decisions of faith in the name of science is to prove that one understands neither science nor faith: in fine, the mystery of a God of three persons is not a problem of mathematics; the incarnation of the Word is not a phenomenon in obstetrics; the scheme of redemption stands apart from the criticism of the historian. Science is absolutely powerless to decide whether we are right or wrong in believing or disbelieving dogma; it can only…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 34

The Stratagem and Other Stories

…shapes, more hideous than their mother; these were the least of the denizens of these hateful rivers. The most were things impossible to name or to describe. I was brought back from the vision by the stertorous and strangling breath of Arthur, who had been seized with a convulsion. From this he never really rallied. The dim sight grew dimmer, the speech slower and thicker, the headaches more persistent and acute. Torpor succeeded to his old splendid energy and ac- tivity; his days became continual lethargy ever deepen- ing towards coma. Convuls…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 252

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…from saintship at this time— but the ways of Providence are indeed wondrous!) knew that there was an inner order, but had no idea of its name; he only noticed that he was not invited to enter it. So, to pass the time, he wrote his Real History of the Rosicrucians, in which he proved conclusively that there were no Rosicrucians and never had been, and that if any moderns claimed to be Rosicrucians there was “that difference between their asser- tion and the facts of the case in which the essence of a lie consists.” No sooner had he published the…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 252

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…from saintship at this time— but the ways of Providence are indeed wondrous!) knew that there was an inner order, but had no idea of its name; he only noticed that he was not invited to enter it. So, to pass the time, he wrote his Real History of the Rosicrucians, in which he proved conclusively that there were no Rosicrucians and never had been, and that if any moderns claimed to be Rosicrucians there was “that difference between their asser- tion and the facts of the case in which the essence of a lie consists.” No sooner had he published the…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 19

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

…tentional actj so-seeming are not truly so. Thus, breathing is an act of the VŸ ill-to-Live. I. In one sense Magick may be dehned as the name given to Science by the vulgar. — XVII —

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1930 · PDF PAGE 73

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

Line 2 Line 3 Section B the meanings and correspondences of 9, 15, 24, 45, 300, 345-) 45 is moreover A D M, man. “Mosheh” is thus the name cf man as a God-concealing Form. But in the Ritual let the Adept replace this “Mosheh” by his own motto as Adeptus Minor. For “Ish- rael” let him prefer his own Magical Race, according to the obligations of his Oaths to Our Holy Order! (The Beast 666 Himself used “Ankh-f-n-khonsu” and aKhem” in this section.) The Adept reminds his Angel that He has created That One Substance of which Hermes hath written in t…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 50

The Goetia

… side thereof. It is to preserve thee from danger, and also to command the Spirits by. (Colours.—Circle and pentagram outlined in black. Names and Sigils within Pentagram black also. “Tetragrammaton” in red letters. Ground of centre of Pentagram, where “Soluzen” is written, green. Ex- ternal angles of Pentagram where “ Abdia,’ “ Ballaton,” “ Halliza,” etc., are written, blue.) THE MAGIC RING OR DISC OF SOLOMON. Tus is the Form of the Magic Ring, or rather Disc, of Solomon, the figure whereof is to be made in gold or silver. It is to be held bef…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 144

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…of King Milinda,” unless the beautiful story of the courtesan Bindu- mati be a latter day interpolation, was highly thought of under the name of an “ Act of Truth.” Thus, though King Sivi gave his eyes to the man who begged them of him, he received others by an Act of Truth, by the gift of Siddhi, or Iddhi as the Buddhists call it. An Act, which is explained by the fair courtesan Bindumati as follows. When King Asoka asked her by what power she had caused the waters of the Ganges to flow backwards. She answered: Whosoever, O King, gives me gold…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 144

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…of King Milinda,” unless the beautiful story of the courtesan Bindu- mati be a latter day interpolation, was highly thought of under the name of an “ Act of Truth.” Thus, though King Sivi gave his eyes to the man who begged them of him, he received others by an Act of Truth, by the gift of Siddhi, or Iddhi as the Buddhists call it. An Act, which is explained by the fair courtesan Bindumati as follows. When King Asoka asked her by what power she had caused the waters of the Ganges to flow backwards. She answered: Whosoever, O King, gives me gold…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 38

The Vision and the Voice

…r the Voice is accomplished. Begone! For that which was open is shut. And thou shalt not avail to open it, saving by virtue of him whose name is one, whose spirit is one, whose individuum is one, and whose permutation is one; whose light is one, whose life is one, whose love is one. For though thou art joined to the inmost mystery of the heaven, thou must accomplish the sevenfold task of the earth, even as thou sawest the Angels from the greatest unto the least. And of all this shalt thou take back with thee but a little part, for the sense sha…

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