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1907 · PDF PAGE 17

The Star in the West

…love , soft as the whispering wings of a butterfly . Here are the jewels of Heaven , of Havilah , and of Eden , with not a little of the fire of Hell , the flames of Gehenna , and the darkness of Dûat . If we look for pyramids and colossi disappointment will be our lot ; we cannot hold , as Hanuman of Ind , a mountain in one hand and a forest in the other , neither can we gaze on a celestial Meru or Olympus ; but as we look , and here it is only the searcher who is rewarded , we find a little jewel , then another , and still another , till , as…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 4

The Stratagem and Other Stories

…e not witness their master’s shame. I slew the gendarmes who came to take me—servile hirelings of a corrupt republic. I set my castle on fire, determined to perish in the ruins. Unfor- tunately, a piece of masonry, falling, struck me on the arm. My rifle dropped. The accident was seen, and I was rescued by the firemen. I determined to live; it was my duty to my ancestors to continue the family of which I was the sole direct scion. It is in search of a wife that I am travelling in England.” He paused, and gazed proudly on the scenery, with the a…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 201

Magick Without Tears

… served admirably for the Lamp. It did double duty when required: e.g. in partaking of the Sacrament of the Four Elements, it served for Fire. But your conditions are not so restricted as this. Let us consider what one can do with an ordinary house, such as you are happy enough to possess. First of all, it is of immense advantage to have a room specially consecrated to the Work, never used for any other purpose, and never entered by any other person than yourself, unless it were another Initiate, either for inspection or in case you were workin…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 100

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…lliantly like the autumnal moon, with the luminosity of millions of suns, and the coolness of millions of moons. O Goddess! These three (fire, sun and moon) taken together or collectively are called the vija. It is also called the great energy.* In the Mailddhara lotus there also dwells a sun between the four petals, which continuously exudes a poison. This venom (the sun-fluid of mortality) goes to the right nostril, as the moon-fluid of immortality goes to the left, by means of the Pingala which rises from the left side of the Ajna lotus. The…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 100

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…lliantly like the autumnal moon, with the luminosity of millions of suns, and the coolness of millions of moons. O Goddess! These three (fire, sun and moon) taken together or collectively are called the vija. It is also called the great energy.* In the Mailddhara lotus there also dwells a sun between the four petals, which continuously exudes a poison. This venom (the sun-fluid of mortality) goes to the right nostril, as the moon-fluid of immortality goes to the left, by means of the Pingala which rises from the left side of the Ajna lotus. The…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 35

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…volt. I was, in fact, restrained from developing my mind in any wholesome manner. I had no opportunity to think of anything but fighting fire with fire. A new parlour maid took it into her head to better herself by getting a stranglehold on the young master. I arranged to meet her on her evening out at a safe distance from Streatham and we drove in a cab over to Herne Hill, indulging in a mild flirtation on the way. On Sunday morning, however, I brought things to a point. I made an excuse for staying away from the morning meeting, got the girl …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 230

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

… from Mount Paran: 2. He had Karnaim in his hand ; and there was the Hiding of his Power. 3. Before him went the Pestilence; and Flaming Fire went forth at his feet. 4. He stood, and measured the Earth: He beheld, and drove asunder the Nations. 5. And the Everlasting Mountains were scattered; the Perpetual Hills did how! 52

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1911 · PDF PAGE 230

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

… from Mount Paran: 2. He had Karnaim in his hand ; and there was the Hiding of his Power. 3. Before him went the Pestilence; and Flaming Fire went forth at his feet. 4. He stood, and measured the Earth: He beheld, and drove asunder the Nations. 5. And the Everlasting Mountains were scattered; the Perpetual Hills did how! 52

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1929 · PDF PAGE 20

The Stratagem and Other Stories

…ell Gertrude's incipient tendency to in- dependence of thought and action. There had been a very unpleasant scene when he threw into the fire a book from Mudie’s (I thought one could have trusted Mudie’s!) called ‘The Stolen Bacillus,’ which he under- stood to be of a grossly immoral tendency. (Nasty filth about free love or something, isn't it?) Theodore Bugg was not a sensitive man; excess of intuitive sympathy had not made his life a hell; but he felt that his domestic relations were strained. Especially since “that Mrs. Grahame” had evinced…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 68

The Vision and the Voice

…rimson Rose of 49 Petals, and the Pillars are the Cross with which it is conjoined. And between the pillars shoot out rays of pure green fire; and now all the pillars are golden. She ceases to dance, and dwindles, gathering herself into the centre of the Rose. Now it is seen that the Rose is a vast amphitheatre, with seven tiers, each tier divided into seven partitions. And they that sit in the Amphitheatre are the seven grades of the Order of the Rosy Cross. This Amphitheatre is built of rose- coloured marble, and of its size I can say only th…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 207

The Law is for All

…the child of the Prophet—secret, O Prophet! 40. A feast for the Supreme Ritual, and a feast for the Equinox of the Gods. 41. A feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death! 42. A feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture! 43. A feast every night unto Nu, and the pleasure of uttermost delight! 44. Aye! feast! rejoice! there is no dread hereafter. There is the dissolution, and eternal ecstasy in the kisses of Nu. 45. There is death for the dogs. 46. Dost thou fail? Art thou sorry? Is fear in t…

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1922 · PDF PAGE 317

Diary of a Drug Fiend

…ax. “It’s a deal, then, little girl,”’ he said. Her mouth closed, and then curled itself into a smile of exquisite happiness. The sombre fire of lust died out of her eyes. They kindled with the light of under- standing.

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1954 · PDF PAGE 445

Magick Without Tears

…and the Jesus group. Here is the idea of the South, or East, both quarters referring, in ways very slightly divergent, to the element of Fire, the Sun, the Father-God in his aspect as the Holy Ghost . The ancient tradition appears in the Gospels: the Lesser Mysteries of John , beheaded with the Sword, and consumed on a Disk, and the Greater Mysteries of Jesus, pierced with a Wand, and consumed in a Cup. All same Tarot! I am not at all sure how far it is wise to take this letter. To make it complete , we should need a Book about three times the …

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1954 · PDF PAGE 529

Magick Without Tears

…ethod, and a close parallel with what we understand by the word Magick. We are bothered by some difficulty about one of the elements-say Fire-it is therefore natural to evoke a Salamander to instruct you on the difficult point. But you must remember that your Holy Guardian Angel is not only far more fully instructed than yourself on every point that you can conceive, but you may go so far as to say that it is definitely his work, or part of his work; remembering always that he inhabits a sphere or plane which is entirely different from anything…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 181

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…Vishnu. See the Eleventh Discourse in the Bhagavad- Gita. “Unnumbered arms, the sun and moon. Thine eyes. I see Thy face, as sacrificial fire blazing, its splendour burneth up the worlds.” Verse 19. § Adonai. The Vision of the Holy Guardian Angel. || Atma-Darshana, the universal vision of Pan, or the vision of the Universal Peacock. It has many forms. {1 Vision of Shiva, which destroys the Atma-Darshana. The God Shiva opens his eye, and Equilibrium is re-established. 165

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1910 · PDF PAGE 181

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…Vishnu. See the Eleventh Discourse in the Bhagavad- Gita. “Unnumbered arms, the sun and moon. Thine eyes. I see Thy face, as sacrificial fire blazing, its splendour burneth up the worlds.” Verse 19. § Adonai. The Vision of the Holy Guardian Angel. || Atma-Darshana, the universal vision of Pan, or the vision of the Universal Peacock. It has many forms. {1 Vision of Shiva, which destroys the Atma-Darshana. The God Shiva opens his eye, and Equilibrium is re-established. 165

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1961 · PDF PAGE 163

Liber Aleph

…er at any Period the Tool of the Slave-Gods, but a Witness of Horus through the dark Æon of Osiris to His Light and Truth, His Force and Fire. Thou canst by no means interpret the Sphinx in Terms of the Formula of the Slain God. This did I comprehend even when as Eliphas Levi Zahed I walked up and down the Earth, seeking a Reconciliation of these Antagonisms, which was a Task impossible, for in that Plane they have Antipathy. (Even so may no Man form a Square Magical of Four Units.) But the Light of the New Æon revealeth this Sphinx as the true…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 57

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…i and the children of the Prophet—secret, O Prophet! A feast for the Supreme Ritual and a feast for the Equinox of the Gods. A feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death! A feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture! A feast every night unto Nu, and the pleasure of uttermost delight! Aye! Feast! Rejoice! There is no dread hereafter. There is the dissolution, and eternal ecstasy in the kisses of Nu.” It all depends on your own acceptance of this new law, and you are not asked to believe anyt…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 88

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…but should any difficulty arise, practice (again) will make the imagination fertile. For example, one may create in thought a chariot of fire with white horses, and command the charioteer to drive earthwaras. It might be dangerous to go too far, or to stay too long; for fatigue must be avoided. The danger spoken of is that of fainting, or of obsession, or of loss of memory or other mental faculty. 12. Finally, let the student cause his imagined body in which he supposes himself to hâve been travelling to coincide with the physical, tightening h…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 150

Magick Without Tears

… be the dung of Choronzon; and the wine of the Sacrament should be the water of Choronzon; and the incense should be dispersion; and the fire upon the Altar should be hate. But lift up

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