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1904 · PDF PAGE 19

The Argonauts

…is blood, he shall nor slay nor ’scape. My heart hath never pastured on regret Or pang for thee. My justice covers all. PELIAS. That one word “ justice” covers all indeed To thine own self. But think’st thou for a word To ruin many years of commonweal, And poison in an hour the politics Of states and thrones for—justice? Thou art just; But wisdom, but the life of innocents, The happiness of all, are better served By solemn thought and weighty counsel held. JASON. This is more simple. I abolish thee— One sword-sweep—and assume thy “ politics.” P…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 334

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…come, let our Venus lash Our bodies with the whips of Her desire. Your bed’s the world, your body the world-ash, Adela! Shall I give the word to the man of the gondola? ALEISTER CROWLEY.

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1910 · PDF PAGE 334

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…come, let our Venus lash Our bodies with the whips of Her desire. Your bed’s the world, your body the world-ash, Adela! Shall I give the word to the man of the gondola? ALEISTER CROWLEY.

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1929 · PDF PAGE 508

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…ived another very striking proof of the genuineness of the discovery. Every six months, at the equinoxes, it becomes my duty to obtain a word from the gods, whose symbolic meaning indicates the events of importance to the Order which will occur in the course of the ensuing equinox. (For instance, in the autumn of 1918, the word was "Eleven". Apart from its special technical meanings, there was this: that the Armistice was signed at 11 o'clock on the 11th day of the 11th month of the year.) Now, the word of the equinox in which this Key was disc…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 69

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…e, and every Spell and Scourge of God, may be obedient unto me! Section J. The Proclamation of the Beast 666. IAF : SABAF 4 Such are the Words! 1. A thorough compréhension of Psycho-analysis will contribute notably to the proper appréciation of this Ritual. 2. It is said among men that the word Hell deriveth from the word ‘helan’, to hele or conceal, in the tongue of the Anglo-Saxons. That is, it is the concealed place, which since ail things are in thine own self, is the unconscious. Liber CXI (Aleph) cap A ç 3. But compare the use of the sain…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 37

Book 4 (Part I)

…scratch, sneeze. This nuisance is so persistent that the Hindus (in their scientific way) devised a special practice for quieting it. The word Asana means [505126763 but, as with all words which have caused debate, its exact meaning has altered, and it is used in several distinct senses by various authors. The greatest authority on “ Yoga ” ᾽“ is Patanjali. He says, “Asana is that which is firm and pleasant.” This may be taken as meaning the result of success in the practice. 1 Yoga is the general name for that form of meditation which aims at th…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 388

Magick Without Tears

…Practically all those parts of the Book which deal with social matters may be considered as political in the old and proper sense of the word; of modern politics it disdains to speak. Love is the law, love under will. Fraternally yours, 666

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1911 · PDF PAGE 156

The Vision and the Voice

…th he created the whole illusion of sorrow.) Open the mysteries of your creation, and make us partakers of the undefiled knowledge. (The word here “IADNAMAD_” is not the ordinary word for knowledge. It is a word of eight letters, which is the secret name of God, summarized in the letter cheth; for which see the Aethyr which correspondeth to that letter, the twelfth Aethyr.) Now from time to time I have looked into the Stone, but 154

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1947 · PDF PAGE 7

The Last Ritual

…l pain. This is so : I swear by the vault of my body : by my sacred tongue and heart ; by all I can give, by all I desire of ye all. The word of the Law is Thelema. Who calls us Thelemites will do no wrong, if he look but close into the word. For there are therein Three Grades, the Hermit and the Lover, and the man of Earth. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. The word of Sin is restriction. Thou hast no right but do thy will. Do that and no other shall say nay. For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of resul…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 74

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…ghly as the dynamic aspect of his Creative Self, in an appearance symbolically apt, I say not in the form of a Ray of Light, of a Fiery Sword, or of aught save that bodily Vehicle of the Holy Ghost which is sacred to BAPHOMET, by its virtue that con- cealeth the Lion and the Serpent that His Image may appear adorably upon the Earth for ever. Let then the Adept extend his Will beyond the Circle in this imagined Shape and let it radiate with the Light proper to the Elément invoked, and let each Word issue along the Shaft with passionate impulse, …

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1929 · PDF PAGE 212

Moonchild

…s so many weak creatures through their temptations. I foresaw from the first that soon or late she would throw up the Experiment." "Your words touch me the more deeply because I also foresaw it from the first." "Yet you went on with it." [297] "Oh no!" Cyril's eyes were half closed. "What do you mean — Oh, no!" cried the other sharply. He knew his Cyril like a book. "I never even began," murmured the boy, dreamily. "You will be polite to explain yourself." Simon's lips took a certain grimness of grip upon themselves. "This telegram has consoled…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 147

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…! Let us feast. marsyas. I am the consecrated Beast. I build the Abominable House. The Scarlet Woman is my Spouse— oLympas. What is this word? MARSYAS. Thou canst not know Till thou hast passed the Fourth Ordeal. otympas. I worship thee. The moon-rays flow Masterfully rich and real From thy red mouth, and burst, young suns Chanting before the Holy Ones Thine Eight Mysterious Orisons| marsyas. The last spell! The availing word ! The two completed by the third! The Lord of War, of Vengeance 107

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1913 · PDF PAGE 147

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…! Let us feast. marsyas. I am the consecrated Beast. I build the Abominable House. The Scarlet Woman is my Spouse— oLympas. What is this word? MARSYAS. Thou canst not know Till thou hast passed the Fourth Ordeal. otympas. I worship thee. The moon-rays flow Masterfully rich and real From thy red mouth, and burst, young suns Chanting before the Holy Ones Thine Eight Mysterious Orisons| marsyas. The last spell! The availing word ! The two completed by the third! The Lord of War, of Vengeance 107

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1901 · PDF PAGE 29

The Mother’s Tragedy

…uld not give that sunny fruit of yours For twenty such frail flowers as Madeline. I am a man—you mate me with a girl ? CORA. Stop! not a word! My blasphemy to hear, Yours to speak out—when you are told the truth! ULRIC. What truth? This word hath first an ugly sound. The truth! God curse it to His blackest hell If but it stand between us and our love! CORA. O Ulric, Ulric! bear with me awhile! Speak no more words—each syllable strikes here, [Hand to heart. A cloud of wingéd scorpions, that rage In mine own deepest self; for there I know Tame ha…

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1916 · PDF PAGE 1

The Message of the Master Therion

…gn ittarius did NEMO that had, sat nameless in the 12 Pyramids beneath the=Night of Pan for Five Score and Six seasons, according to the word of the pro- - pphecy in Liber CDXVIII, having taken the Hand of the Prelate, the Scarlet Woman, Hilarion, and having been led by her through the appointed Pylons, become OHPION ‘a Magus 9” = 2° of the A:.A:, the Great White Brotherhood of Light. ace [Now therefore must he of necessity take up the Curse of his Grade, and preach his Law to men. Here then is ‘Law as it is written in the Book of the Law. Do w…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 104

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…was spoken of the earth, And as the ocean witnesseth, That which the winter brought to birth Finds in the spring its death. Now that the word is come to pass That bone is dust and flesh is grass, Let us mix our acclamations Ofjubilance and lamentations! Are not good and evil one Before the challenge of the sun? Shall necessity relax The brazen fury of her features, And her steel scimitar turn to wax For the complaining of her creatures? The Lord is slain; let us lament The Word made void, the Work in vain. Fulfilling their obscure event, Let us…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 104

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…was spoken of the earth, And as the ocean witnesseth, That which the winter brought to birth Finds in the spring its death. Now that the word is come to pass That bone is dust and flesh is grass, Let us mix our acclamations Ofjubilance and lamentations! Are not good and evil one Before the challenge of the sun? Shall necessity relax The brazen fury of her features, And her steel scimitar turn to wax For the complaining of her creatures? The Lord is slain; let us lament The Word made void, the Work in vain. Fulfilling their obscure event, Let us…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 507

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…l --- which they dare not face) even though I knew it not to exist and was broken-hearted by the continual mockery of the deception. The word of a Magus is always a falsehood. For it is a creative word; there would be no object in uttering it if it merely stated an existing fact in nature. The task of a Magus is to make his word, the expression of his will; come true. It is the most formidable labour that the mind can conceive. Having made this decision, my next task was to cause my word to become flesh. The morning of the fifth Chokmah day was…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 220

Liber Aleph

…cchus Diphues, none and two, in thy Name IAO! Now at the End of all do I come to the Being of Thee, beyond By-coming, and I cry aloud my Word, as it was given unto Man by thine Uncle Alcofribas Nasier, the Oracle of the Bottle of BACBUC, and this Word is TRINC. But in the antient right Spelling this is TRINU whereof the Number is the Number of the Name of Me thy Father! to wit, Six Hundred and Three Score and Six. Love is the law, love under will. 666. An. XIV ! in a = in a a

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1910 · PDF PAGE 24

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…the Magician at the Right Hand Gateway of the Crown? 1. Here are practices. Each may last for a week or more. a. Avoid using some common word, such as “and” or “the” or “but”; use a paraphrase. &. Avoid using some letter of the alphabet, such as “t” or ” or “m”; use a paraphrase. y. Avoid using the pronouns and adjectives of the first person; use a paraphrase. Of thine own ingenium devise others. 2. On each occasion that thou art betrayed into saying that thou art sworn to avoid, cut thyself sharply upon the wrist or forearm with a razor; even …

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