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1930 · PDF PAGE 108

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…ice. — Let the Zelator at any time during the practices, especially during the periods of Kumbhakarn, throw his will utterly towards his Holy Guardian Angel, directing his eyes inward and upward, and turning back his tongue as if to swallow it. 1. Note that in the early stages of concentration of the mind, such annoyances become negligible. 408 —

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1904 · PDF PAGE 61

Snowdrops from a Curate’s Garden

…not think for a moment that my affection was shaken by so slight a cir- cumstance ! But I assure you — nay ! I swear it to you upon this holy Relic ! (He produced a piece of the True Touchher — home, with the Magdalene’s clap-juice sticking to it still, and reverently kissed it) — That there was not one ounce of that body of love that could reasonably be firky-toodled any more. As long as anything that could be called Viscosity was inherent in the mass, I jounced it like a man. But this soon ceased : I reluctantly withdrew. Yet such was my love…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 82

Clouds Without Water

…propor- tion of the skull and the neck. See Bever- land “ Draped Virginity ”. Poor, poor deluded victims of Satan! If they only knew the holy joy of even the least of Jesu’s lambs! Bull’s blood. — Supposed to be a poison by the ancients. Thus Themistocles is said to have died. Cypress. — Symbol of death. Acacia. — Symbol of resurrection, The poppy-fields. — They killed themselves with laudanum. Yahoos. — See Swift’s Voyage to Laputa, It is to be feared that the mad Dean intended to satirize mankind, the race for which the Lord of Giory died! Xa…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 58

The Goetia

…me and of Brimstone, unless thou comest quickly and appearest here before this Circle to do my will. Therefore, come thou! in and by the holy names ApDoNAI, ZABAOTH, ADONAI, AMIORAN. Come thou! for it is ADONAI who commandest thee. 42

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1906 · PDF PAGE 267

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…to success; every mistake is the key | Second Step is under his feet. to a new truth The rest lies with Research. Aum ! I take my refuge holy in the Light and Peace of Buddh. Aum! I take my refuge, slowly working out His Law of Good. Aum ! I take my refuge Jowly in His Pitying Brotherhood.

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1910 · PDF PAGE 345

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…iting of the Bride and the Lamb which is Heaven, the uniting of the Magus and the God which is Evocation, the uniting of the Man and his Holy Guardian Angel which is the seal upon the work of the Adeptus Minor, is symbolized by the geometrical unity of the circle and the square, the arithmetical unity of the 5 and the 6, and (for more universality of comprehension) the uniting of the Lingam and the Yoni, the Cross and the Rose, For as in earth-life the sexual ecstasy is the loss of self in the Beloved, the creation of a third consciousness tran…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 345

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…iting of the Bride and the Lamb which is Heaven, the uniting of the Magus and the God which is Evocation, the uniting of the Man and his Holy Guardian Angel which is the seal upon the work of the Adeptus Minor, is symbolized by the geometrical unity of the circle and the square, the arithmetical unity of the 5 and the 6, and (for more universality of comprehension) the uniting of the Lingam and the Yoni, the Cross and the Rose, For as in earth-life the sexual ecstasy is the loss of self in the Beloved, the creation of a third consciousness tran…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 79

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

…a may be summarized thus: Q “Babalon and The Beast conjoined” — £ unto Nuith (CCXX, 1, 51) — A The Work accomplished in Justice — y) the Holy Graal — p. The Water therein — a The Babe in the Egg (Harpocrates on the Lotus.) That of Agape is as follows: Dionysus (Capital A) — The Virgin Earth y — The Babe in the Egg (small a — the image of the Father) — The Massacre of the Innocents, tz (winepress) — The Draught of Ecstasy, y). The student will find it well worth his while to seek out these ideas in detail, and develop the technique of their appl…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 190

Magick Without Tears

… appropriate Names and Figures. Lastly, the Talisman may be surrounded with a band inscribed with a suitable "versicle" chosen from some Holy Book, or devised by the Magician to suit the case. In the British Museum (and I suppose elsewhere) you may see the medal struck to commemorate the victory over the Armada. This is a reproduction, perhaps modified, of the Talisman· used by Dee to raise the storm which scattered the enemy fleet.

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1907 · PDF PAGE 123

Collected Works (Vol. III)

… the quiet wood is lifted to the seer’s gaze; He burns athwart the murky maze beyond into beatitude. A solemn rapture holds the faun: an holy joy sucks up the secr Within its rose-revolving sphere, the orient oval of the dawn. Light’s graven old cartouche is sealed upon the forest: groves are gray With filtered glamours of the day, the steely ray flung off his shield. She kneels, yon spirit of the earth; she kneels and looks toward the east. In her gray eyes awakes the beast from slumber into druid mirth. She is amazed, she eager, she, exotic o…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 116

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…elf with a will to carry them out to their utmost, just as in the Ceremonial Exercises of Abramelin he inflamed himself to attain to the Holy Vision through Prayer. The mere act of restraining the breath, breathing it in and out in a given time, so occupies the mind that it has “no time” to think of any external object. For this reason the periods of Kumbhaka should always be increased in length, so that, by making the exercise little by little more difficult, greater concentration may be gained. Fra. P. writes: “If Kumbhaka be properly perform…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 120

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…w a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the Holy City, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.t And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, no…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 346

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

… the true. And I really fail to see much difference between this doctrine and our own of attaining the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel, or the Hindu doctrine of becoming one with God. We may easily agree that Lake Harris made the error of thinking men pure-minded, and so used language which the gross might misinterpret; but sincere study of this book will make the truth apparent to all decent men, ALEISTER CROWLEY. [We print this review without committing ourselves to any opinion as to how these doctrines may be interprete…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 116

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…elf with a will to carry them out to their utmost, just as in the Ceremonial Exercises of Abramelin he inflamed himself to attain to the Holy Vision through Prayer. The mere act of restraining the breath, breathing it in and out in a given time, so occupies the mind that it has “no time” to think of any external object. For this reason the periods of Kumbhaka should always be increased in length, so that, by making the exercise little by little more difficult, greater concentration may be gained. Fra. P. writes: “If Kumbhaka be properly perform…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 120

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…w a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the Holy City, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.t And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, no…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 346

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

… the true. And I really fail to see much difference between this doctrine and our own of attaining the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel, or the Hindu doctrine of becoming one with God. We may easily agree that Lake Harris made the error of thinking men pure-minded, and so used language which the gross might misinterpret; but sincere study of this book will make the truth apparent to all decent men, ALEISTER CROWLEY. [We print this review without committing ourselves to any opinion as to how these doctrines may be interprete…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 456

Magick Without Tears

…hance to acquire ; it is therefore of cardinal importance to watch them, guard them, keep their Purity untainted and unsoiled; shall the Holy Grail brim with poison of Asps, and the golden Paten be defiled with the Bread of Iniquity? Come Fire, come Air, cleanse ye and kindle the pure instruments, that Spirit may indwell, inform, inspire the whole, the One Continuous Sacrament of Life! We have considered this Morality from quite a number of

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1910 · PDF PAGE 94

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…ate them, for: ‘‘He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.” { Verily: ‘‘ Arise, and drink your bliss, for everything that lives is holy.”§ The six acts of purifying the body by Hatha-Yoga are Dhauti, Basti, Neti, Trataka, Nauli and Kapdlabhati,|| each of * “Konx om Pax,” by A. Crowley, pp. 62, 63. + The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. } Lbid. § Visions of the Daughters of Albion. {| “Hatha Yoga Pradipika,” p. 30. Dhauti is of four kinds: Antardhauti (internal washing); Dantdhauti (cleaning the teeth); Hriddhauti (cleaning the heart); Mulasho…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 94

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…ate them, for: ‘‘He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.” { Verily: ‘‘ Arise, and drink your bliss, for everything that lives is holy.”§ The six acts of purifying the body by Hatha-Yoga are Dhauti, Basti, Neti, Trataka, Nauli and Kapdlabhati,|| each of * “Konx om Pax,” by A. Crowley, pp. 62, 63. + The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. } Lbid. § Visions of the Daughters of Albion. {| “Hatha Yoga Pradipika,” p. 30. Dhauti is of four kinds: Antardhauti (internal washing); Dantdhauti (cleaning the teeth); Hriddhauti (cleaning the heart); Mulasho…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 79

Magick Without Tears

…ood your kicking! But it doesn't stop there. When we try to convey thought by writing, we are bound to sit down solidly, and construct a holy Qabalah out of nothing. Why would a curve open to the right, sound like the ocean, open at the top , like you? And all these arbitrary symbolic letters are combined by just as symbolic and arbitrary devices to take on conventional

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