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1912 · PDF PAGE 331

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…earer; Day Demon jor of 1 Dec. 1 Changeless, constant ; the GOD pox Amon ‘The Son of Man DON fa Archangel of Netzach Seon ‘The appointed time jor To seize suddenly (rapere) Fon A hand-breadth, palm. ig) (1 Kings vii. 26—Ex. xxv. 25] A brick, tile mya 95 96 797 15 A building; an architect mp Aquae BL Boni. = am SN {* Quicksilver,” K.D. L.C.K. p. 442] 98 Anameof GOD ADS NIT Temporary dwelling. sor [Ex. xxxiii. rr] Image ; hid, concealed— jon pertains to Sol and the Lingam-Yoni To consume, eat bon White my 99 The pangs of childbirth an on The Vaul…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 96

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…t it into his inner pocket, and, pressing a sovereign into the man‘s hand, dashed without looking behind him from the shop, eager to put time and space between himself and his compromising position. He hurried to his hotel, not without many a suspicious glance over his shoulder, and packed his bag. He had ten minutes to spare. He locked the door carefully, sat down with his back to the light, and pulling the photograph from his pocket, indulged in a long voluptuous gloat. Then the boots knocked with the news of his cab, and Bugg, nobler than Lo…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 331

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…earer; Day Demon jor of 1 Dec. 1 Changeless, constant ; the GOD pox Amon ‘The Son of Man DON fa Archangel of Netzach Seon ‘The appointed time jor To seize suddenly (rapere) Fon A hand-breadth, palm. ig) (1 Kings vii. 26—Ex. xxv. 25] A brick, tile mya 95 96 797 15 A building; an architect mp Aquae BL Boni. = am SN {* Quicksilver,” K.D. L.C.K. p. 442] 98 Anameof GOD ADS NIT Temporary dwelling. sor [Ex. xxxiii. rr] Image ; hid, concealed— jon pertains to Sol and the Lingam-Yoni To consume, eat bon White my 99 The pangs of childbirth an on The Vaul…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 102

John St. John

…triven to obtain: yet he dared not. He had the loaded pistol to his head; he could not pull the trigger. This must have gone on for some time; his agony of failure was awful; {or he knew that he was failing; but though he cried a thousand times unto Adonai with the Voice of Death, he could not—he could not. Again and again he stood at the gate, and could not enter. And the Violet Flames of Ajna triumphed over him. Then Brenner said: “ Let us take a little rest!”—oh irony l—and he came down from his throne, staggering with fatigue. . . . If you …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 16

The World’s Tragedy

…e shoulders, for some petty theft of which he was presumably innocent. Superb was the process of trial. It began by an extra long prayer-time, and Joshua’s account of the sin of Achan,

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1913 · PDF PAGE 24

Book 4 (Part II)

… circle together make one form of the Rosy Cross, the uniting of subject and object which is the Great Work, and which is symbolized sometimes as this cross and circle, sometimes as the Lingam-Yoni, sometimes as the Ankh or Crux Ansata, sometimes by the Spire and Nave of a church or temple, and sometimes as a marriage feast, mystic marriage, spiritual marriage, "chymical nuptials," and in a hundred other ways. Whatever the form chosen, it is the symbol of the Great Work. This place of his working therefore declares the nature and object of the …

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1929 · PDF PAGE 28

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…ritual instinct of Champney as idols or instruments of witchcraft. I was punished with absolute injustice and stupidity, yet at the same time the mystical apprehension of Champney made no mistake. 1. Evangelizing was almost all plain terrorism. Besides the torments of hell, there were "judgments". For instance, the Blasphemous Butcher who, begged to get "washed in the Blood of the Lamb", replied "Right you are, I've got a lamb of my own." And that very same night his reason tottered on its throne, etc. 6 I must mention the intervention of my Un…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 75

Snowdrops from a Curate’s Garden

…nd tedious monograph of a Turkish Mullah, entitled “ Arseholes : some thoughts about sucking me.” The table of my library (I was at this time vicar of Buckingham) was absolutely littered with ap- peals from the various dignitaries of the Church, including the Pope himself, urging me to devote my energies to preparing a counter-blast to the pre- sumption of this audacious heretic. I complied. I issued a public challenge to him to compete with me on the floor of the Albert Hall, he to practice his dogma, and I mine. He refused, which was already …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 137

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…rated to—to what? Even conjecture paled. “ But magic somewhere there must be, and Eliphaz Levi was the most famous adept in Paris at the time. “T told my story, just as I have told it to you, but with strong passion. “«There is an illusion, master!’ I ended. ‘Put forth the Power, and destroy it!’ “*Were I to destroy the illusion, returned the magus, ‘thinkest thou to see a virgin with gold hair? Nay, but the Eternal Virgin, and a Gold that is not gold.’ “Ts nothing to be done ?’ “* Nothing!’ he replied, with a strange light in his eyes. ‘Yet, i…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 320

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

THE EQUINOX I at this time contemplated the performance; but all he answered was: ‘Go on!’ “«Shall I succeed?’ I asked. “No man can tell another that!’ he answered with a smile. “*Ts anything wanting in that book that is necessary to success?’ I asked. “*Nol’ he answered. “Then I took my leave of him, and after witnessing a strange fight, returned.” No. 15. This vision was undertaken to obtain rest. It took place in the actual temple built by P., and, as was generally the case, it was commenced by the “ Lesser Banishing Ritual.” “ Slowly the ac…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 137

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…rated to—to what? Even conjecture paled. “ But magic somewhere there must be, and Eliphaz Levi was the most famous adept in Paris at the time. “T told my story, just as I have told it to you, but with strong passion. “«There is an illusion, master!’ I ended. ‘Put forth the Power, and destroy it!’ “*Were I to destroy the illusion, returned the magus, ‘thinkest thou to see a virgin with gold hair? Nay, but the Eternal Virgin, and a Gold that is not gold.’ “Ts nothing to be done ?’ “* Nothing!’ he replied, with a strange light in his eyes. ‘Yet, i…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 320

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

THE EQUINOX I at this time contemplated the performance; but all he answered was: ‘Go on!’ “«Shall I succeed?’ I asked. “No man can tell another that!’ he answered with a smile. “*Ts anything wanting in that book that is necessary to success?’ I asked. “*Nol’ he answered. “Then I took my leave of him, and after witnessing a strange fight, returned.” No. 15. This vision was undertaken to obtain rest. It took place in the actual temple built by P., and, as was generally the case, it was commenced by the “ Lesser Banishing Ritual.” “ Slowly the ac…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 553

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…s XVI by assassinating him. After so many concessions, so many weaknesses, so many un- worthy abasements, that man, consecrated a second time by misfortune, was able at least to say, as he walked to the scaffold: ‘The Revolution is condemned, and I am always the King of France”! To be just is to suffer for all those who are not just, but it is life: to be wicked is to suffer for one’s self without winning life; it is to deceive one’s self, to do evil, and to win eternal death. To recapitulate: Fatal influences are those of death. Living influen…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 553

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…s XVI by assassinating him. After so many concessions, so many weaknesses, so many un- worthy abasements, that man, consecrated a second time by misfortune, was able at least to say, as he walked to the scaffold: ‘The Revolution is condemned, and I am always the King of France”! To be just is to suffer for all those who are not just, but it is life: to be wicked is to suffer for one’s self without winning life; it is to deceive one’s self, to do evil, and to win eternal death. To recapitulate: Fatal influences are those of death. Living influen…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 120

Liber Aleph

…ea, this is Life, that the Secrets of our Order are not fixed and dead, as are the Formulae of the Outer. Know that in the many thousand Times that I have performed the Ritual of the Pentagram or the Invocation of the Heart girt with a Serpent, or the Mass of he Phoenix, or of the Holy Ghost, there has not been one Time wherein I did not win new Light, or Knowledge or Power or Virtue, save through mine own Weakness or Error. t

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1929 · PDF PAGE 513

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…ry brought back the account "Nothingness and twinkles", adding subsequently "but what twinkles!" This Samadhi developed in the course of time, as I repeated it, into such importance that I feel almost justified in calling it the radix of my whole philosophical outlook. I have described it, giving historical details, in my Comment on The Book of the Law, ch. I, v. 59. It seems convenient to quote this in this place, as throwing light upon the progress of my inmost apprehension of the universe from this time forward. THE "STAR-SPONGE" VISION Ther…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 31

The Book of Thoth

…nfluence of the Sun upon the Earth was observed to change as He passed through the Signs. So did quite simple things like the measure of time between Sunrise and Sunset. When one says that the Sun enters the Sign of Aries, one means that if a straight line were drawn from the Earth to the Sun and pro‐longed to the Stars, that line would pass through the beginning of that Constellation. Suppose, for instance, that one observes the Full Moon on the first day of Spring, one will be able to see, behind her, the stars of the beginning of Libra, the …

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1929 · PDF PAGE 490

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…corresponded. They moved about limp and listless, corpse-pallid, with the eyes of dead fishes. I got out of the cesspool without wasting time, but even so I had to pay for my imprudence. San Diego possessed one most attractive feature. It is within a short motor ride of the frontier of Mexico. One comes to a town, Tia Juanta, which thrives on refugees from righteousness. It is composed exclusively of brothels, drinking saloons and gambling hells. I don't care for this sort of thing, but it was at least much better than anything north of the bor…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 50

John St. John

…in lake in Italy! Well, all this is dog-faced demon, ever seducing me from the Sacred Mysteries. I can’t go out and kill anybody at this time 0’ night! We might make a start,

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1996 · PDF PAGE 204

The Law is for All

…ywhere the centre, as she, the circum­ ference, is nowhere found. 4. Yet she shall be known & I never. 5. Behold! the rituals of the old time are black. Let the evil ones be cast away; let the good ones be purged by the prophet! Then shall this Knowledge go aright. 6. I am the flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star. I am Life, and the giver of Life, yet there­ fore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of death. 7. I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unt…

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