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1904 · PDF PAGE 82

The Sword of Song

…ings, even from thee unto this grain of sand, possess Three Characteristics. These are Mutability, Sorrow, and Unsubstantiality.’ “ ‘All right for the sand, but how about Me ? Why , the y define me as unchange- able.’ ‘You can define a quirk as being a two-sided triangle,’ retorted the Saviour, ‘but that does not prove the actual existence of any such oxy moron.1 The truth is that you’re a very spiritual sort of being and a prey to longevity . Men’s lives are so short that yours seems eternal in com parison. But —why, you’re a nice one to talk …

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1929 · PDF PAGE 233

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…, which I recall on account of a singular accident. I was in the middle of the line. A bird got up and flew between me and the man on my right; but I withheld my fire for hear of hitting him. We swung round again; another bird came in the same

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1929 · PDF PAGE 57

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…myself, from the very beginning of my university career, urged by circumstances of every sort to indulge my passion in every way but the right one. My ill-health had prevented me from taking part in the ordinary amusements of the public school boy. My skill in avoiding corporal punishment and my lack of opportunity for inflicting it had saved me from developing the sadistic or masochistic sides to my character. But at Cambridge I discovered that I was of an intensely passionate nature, physiologically speaking. My poetic instincts, further, tra…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 205

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…ow vain, indeed, are human calculations !'"’—7he Auto- biography of a Flea, p. 136. 112. /adle-thing.51—" Ere the stuff growa ring-thing right to wear.”— Zhe Ring and the Book, i. 17. ‘* This pebble-thing, o’ the boy-thing.” —CALVERLEY, The Cock and the Bull. 442. Caird.®—See his ‘‘ Hegel.” 446. Says Huxley.3—See '‘ Ethics and Evolu- tion.” 459. ledrastl.4— The Otz Chiim of the Scandinavians, 467. Ladies League.i—Mrs, J. S. Crowley says: ‘‘ The Ladies’ League Was Formed For The Promotion And Defence Of The Reformed Faith Of The Church Of Englan…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 235

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…e curled himself up, which was rather clever for a formless abstraction, and began. There was a grave difficulty in his mind—an obstacle right away from the word ‘Jump!’ Of course there was really a yood deal: he didn’t know where the four clements ceased, for example :* but his own identity was the real worry. The other questions he could have stilled; but this was too near his pet Chakra.4 ‘Here I am,’ he meditated, ‘above all change; and yet an hour ago I was Indra; and before that his flute-girl; and then a Nat; and then a parrot; and then …

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1904 · PDF PAGE 87

The Sword of Song

…with that he lops off Death’s cross-handle. Now Death was wroth indeed, for he saw that our Father had wit of his designs (and they were right foul !), but he bade him pass forthwith through his dominion. And our Father could not at that tim e stay him: though for himself had he cut off the grip, y et for others —well, let each m an take his s word! The way went through a forest. Now between two trees hung a man by one heel (Love was that tree).5 Crossed were his legs, and his arms behind his head, that hung ever downw ards, the fingers locked.…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 56

The Book of Thoth

…e length in Payne Knight, where the origin of the symbol and the meaning of the name is investigated. Von Hammer‐Purgstall was certainly right in supposing Baphomet to be a form of the Bull‐god, or rather, the Bull‐slaying god, Mithras; for Baphomet should be spelt with an “r” at the end; thus it is clearly a corruption meaning “Father Mithras”. There is also here a connection with the ass, for it was as an ass‐headed god that he became an object of veneration to the Templars. The Early Christians also were accused of worshipping an ass or ass‐…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 408

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…ven; the wind raged and the rain poured. But I stuck to it; I had felt the first contention of the south wind in a momentary lull. I was right. The descent of the pass was far from easy. The "road" crosses and recrosses the bed of the river as often as it can; sometimes even follows the course. And this stream was a furious spate, slippery and dangerous for men, impassable for members of the Alpine Club, and almost impassable for camels. It was nearly night fall before we left the gorge and a barren plain confronted us. It was useless to strugg…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 215

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…infinitesimal minority, who, like Allan, really understood the machinery of the business. Nor did I agree that the Buddha was altogether right. I thought it a great mistake to interfere with physiological processes. I was perfectly aware that greed, lust and hatred were the enemies of peace; but I was also aware that forcing oneself to abstain from food, love and society could only result in diverting the natural appetites into abnormal channels. St. Anthony attributed an exaggerated importance to sex. I was convinced that the repression of nat…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 484

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

… study, their contemptuous indifference to the attitude of the recognized sciences towards them, and their adhesion to tradition, in the right interpretation of which they seek authority, rather than in the indications of critically analysed experience, the general ignorance of the subject is as great as ever. I propose to demonstrate once for all the truth of the proposition, that the aspect of the heavens at the time of birth is connected with the observed characteristics of the native by collecting a large number of photographs, full face an…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 307

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…he Rose’s perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst preserving all that is sensual. ‘So also the old mystics were right who saw in every phenomenon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery.’ Yes, but the phenomenon shall it not be as another sacred mystery ; the force of attraction still to be interpreted in terms of God and the Psyche? We shall reward you by befoulment, by cant, by misunderstanding, and by understanding. This to you who wear the Phrygian cap, not as symbol of Liberty, O ribal…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 307

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…he Rose’s perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst preserving all that is sensual. ‘So also the old mystics were right who saw in every phenomenon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery.’ Yes, but the phenomenon shall it not be as another sacred mystery ; the force of attraction still to be interpreted in terms of God and the Psyche? We shall reward you by befoulment, by cant, by misunderstanding, and by understanding. This to you who wear the Phrygian cap, not as symbol of Liberty, O ribal…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 430

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…he Rose’s perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst preserving all that is sensual. ‘So also the old mystics were right who saw in every phenomenon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery.’ Yes, but the phenomenon shall it not be as another sacred mystery; the force of attraction still to be interpreted in terms of God and the Psyche? We shall reward you by befoulment, by cant, by misunderstanding, and by understanding. This to you who wear the Phrygian cap, not as symbol of Liberty, O ribald…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 430

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…he Rose’s perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst preserving all that is sensual. ‘So also the old mystics were right who saw in every phenomenon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery.’ Yes, but the phenomenon shall it not be as another sacred mystery; the force of attraction still to be interpreted in terms of God and the Psyche? We shall reward you by befoulment, by cant, by misunderstanding, and by understanding. This to you who wear the Phrygian cap, not as symbol of Liberty, O ribald…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 502

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…he Rose’s perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst preserving all that is sensual. ‘So also the old mystics were right who saw in every phenomenon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery.’ Yes, but the phenomenon shall it not be as another sacred mystery; the force of attraction still to be interpreted in terms of God and the Psyche? Weshall reward you by befoulment, by cant, by misunderstanding, and by understanding. This to you who wear the Phrygian cap, not as symbol of Liberty, O ribald …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 502

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…he Rose’s perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst preserving all that is sensual. ‘So also the old mystics were right who saw in every phenomenon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery.’ Yes, but the phenomenon shall it not be as another sacred mystery; the force of attraction still to be interpreted in terms of God and the Psyche? Weshall reward you by befoulment, by cant, by misunderstanding, and by understanding. This to you who wear the Phrygian cap, not as symbol of Liberty, O ribald …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 416

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…he Rose's perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst preserving all that is sensual, ‘So also the old mystics were right who saw in every pheno- menon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery.’ Yes, but the phenome: on shall it nbt.be as another sacred mystery; the force of attraction still to be inter- preted in terms of God and the Psyche? We shall reward you by befoulment, by cant, by misunderstanding, and by understanding. This to you who wear the Phrygian cap, not as symbol of Liberty, O r…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 416

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…he Rose's perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst preserving all that is sensual, ‘So also the old mystics were right who saw in every pheno- menon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery.’ Yes, but the phenome: on shall it nbt.be as another sacred mystery; the force of attraction still to be inter- preted in terms of God and the Psyche? We shall reward you by befoulment, by cant, by misunderstanding, and by understanding. This to you who wear the Phrygian cap, not as symbol of Liberty, O r…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 602

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…e Rose’s perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst. preservin, ail that is sensual, ‘So also the old mysties were right who saw in every phenomenon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery.’ Yes, but the phenomenon shall it not be as another sacred mystery5 the force of attraction still to be interpreted in terms of God and the Psyche? We shall reward you by befoulment, by cant, by misunderstanding, and by understanding. This to you who wear the Phrygian cap, not as symbol of Liberty, O ribald…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 602

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…e Rose’s perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst. preservin, ail that is sensual, ‘So also the old mysties were right who saw in every phenomenon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery.’ Yes, but the phenomenon shall it not be as another sacred mystery5 the force of attraction still to be interpreted in terms of God and the Psyche? We shall reward you by befoulment, by cant, by misunderstanding, and by understanding. This to you who wear the Phrygian cap, not as symbol of Liberty, O ribald…

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