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1905 · PDF PAGE 38

Oracles

…ed of dogs, on each Dry separate dunghill of burnt Golgotha. But we will wrest from heaven a little star, The Star of Bethlehem, a lying light Fit for our candle, and by devils’ might Fix in the vast concave of hell for us To lume its ghastly shadows murderous, That in the mirror of the lake of fire We may behold the image of Desire Stretching broad wings upon us, and may leap Each upon other, till our bodies weep Thick sweet salt tears, till, perfected of shames, They burn to one another as the flames Of our hell fuse us into one wild soul : T…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 282

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ary Psychology—Crow/ey. Evolution from Nebula to Man—Fudller. Life of John Dee—Fudler. Little Books of Selections of the Children of the Light—Crowley. Meister Eckhart’s Sermons—Crowley. Outlines of Psychology: Introduction to Philosophy—Weuburg. 244 E.J. Wieland E. J. Wieland. Bunco. E. le Roux. Ethel Archer— Ethel Archer. John Yarker— John Yarker, 33”, 90°, 97°. E. Whineray, M.P.S.— E. Whineray, M.P.S. Herbert Close— Meredith Starr. Mary Bey— Mary dEste. Elizabeth Gwendolen Otter— E. G. O. A.C. Hobbs— A. C. Hobbs. REVIEWS R. P. A. Annual, 191…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 282

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ary Psychology—Crow/ey. Evolution from Nebula to Man—Fudller. Life of John Dee—Fudler. Little Books of Selections of the Children of the Light—Crowley. Meister Eckhart’s Sermons—Crowley. Outlines of Psychology: Introduction to Philosophy—Weuburg. 244 E.J. Wieland E. J. Wieland. Bunco. E. le Roux. Ethel Archer— Ethel Archer. John Yarker— John Yarker, 33”, 90°, 97°. E. Whineray, M.P.S.— E. Whineray, M.P.S. Herbert Close— Meredith Starr. Mary Bey— Mary dEste. Elizabeth Gwendolen Otter— E. G. O. A.C. Hobbs— A. C. Hobbs. REVIEWS R. P. A. Annual, 191…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 61

777

… fair man. His other leg forms a cross with the suspending one. His arms, clasped behind his head, form an upright ZL, and this radiates light. His mouth is resolutely closed. Line 25.—A winged and crowned goddess, with flashing golden belt, stands, and pours from her right hand the flame of a torch upon an Eagle, while from her left hand she pours water from an horn upon a Lion. Between her feet a moon- shaped cauldron of silver smokes with perfume. Cot. CLXXXI. (continued)— Line 26.—Levi’s Baphomet is sound commentary on this Mystery, but sho…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 276

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…f Mercury be celebrated. [Τhey turn ronna’,facing Με allar again. [MERCURY reads Gemini ana’ Virgo sections fram 963 at altar.) [The big lights are put aut; only a small þnnþle light remains] FIRST PROBATIONER. 0 Thou Lord of Harmony! Master of the Right Will, Thou who hast brought unto us the divine seeds of self-knowledge—we, the humble Servants of the children of Thy voice, we call on Thee to lead us out of our Ignorance! CHORUS OF THREE OTHER PROBATIONERS. We call Thee, 0 Thrice Holy! FIRST PROBATIONER. 0 Thou, Divine Worker! Master of all …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 276

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…f Mercury be celebrated. [Τhey turn ronna’,facing Με allar again. [MERCURY reads Gemini ana’ Virgo sections fram 963 at altar.) [The big lights are put aut; only a small þnnþle light remains] FIRST PROBATIONER. 0 Thou Lord of Harmony! Master of the Right Will, Thou who hast brought unto us the divine seeds of self-knowledge—we, the humble Servants of the children of Thy voice, we call on Thee to lead us out of our Ignorance! CHORUS OF THREE OTHER PROBATIONERS. We call Thee, 0 Thrice Holy! FIRST PROBATIONER. 0 Thou, Divine Worker! Master of all …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 179

Book 4 (Part II)

i67 In this smoke illusions arise. We sought the light, and behold the Temple is darkened! In the darkness this smoke seems to take strange shapes, and we may hear the crying of beasts. The thicker the smoke, the darker grows tlie Universe. Wc gasp and tremble, beholding what foul and unsubstantial things we have evoked! Yet we cannot do without the Incense! Unless our aspiration took form it could not influence form. This also is the niyster)- of in- carnation. This Incense is based upon Gum Olibanum, the sacrifice of the human will of the hea…

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1928 · PDF PAGE 106

Little Poems in Prose

…mparable flavour and aroma gave both homesickness and craving for joys yet undis- covered to the soul; and, intoxicated with all these delights, I had the audacity to cry, in an access of familiarity which did not seem to dis- please him, as I clutched a brimming cup,—”To your immortal health, old goat!” We talked also of the Universe, of its crea- tion and its future destruction; of the great idea of this century—I mean Progress and Per- fectibility—and in general of every form of hu- man infatuation. On that subject His Highness was inexhaust…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 225

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…nteen, they were but one, and that one none, as before hath been showed. And this enumera- tion isa great Mysterium of our art. Whence a light hidden ina Cross. Now therefore having brooded upon the ocean, and smitten with the Sword, and the Pyramid being builded in its just proportion, was that Light fixed even in the Vault of the Caverns. With one stroke he rent asunder the Veil; with one stroke he closed the same. And entering the Sarcophagus of that Royal Tomb he laid him down to sleep. Four guarded him, and One in the four; Seven enwalled …

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1901 · PDF PAGE 91

The Soul of Osiris

…y, so many, were ye to make one Womanhood— A thing of fire and flesh, of wine and glory and blood, In whose rose-orient texture a golden light is spun, A gossamer scheme of love, as water in the sun Flecked by wonderful bars, most delicately crossed, Worked into wedded beauties, flickering, never lost— That is the spirit of love, incarnate in your flesh ! Your bodies had wearied me, but your passion was ever fresh : You were many indeed, but your love for me was one. Then I perceived the stars to reflect a single sun— Not burning suns themselve…

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1903 · PDF PAGE 6

Berashith

4 universe be 101° light-years in diameter or half a mile makes no difference; it is infinitely small—in effect, Nothing. The unmathematical illusion that it does exist is what the Hindus call Maya. If, on the other hand, the matter-universe is infinite, Brahm and God are crowded out, and the possibility of religion is equally excluded. We may now shift our objective. The Hindus cannot account intelligibly, though they try hard, for Maya, the cause of all suffering. Their position is radically weak, but at least we may say for them that they ha…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 339

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…ur Heads, O ye gates, &c. Behind me is the Portal of the Primal Fire: Behind me is the Golden Path of Sol: At my right hand is the Ruddy Light of Mars: And before me is the Gateway of the Waters of the Primal Sea. In the Vast Name of AL the All Enduring Let me pass through the gate of the Waters of the Primal Sea. Lift up your Heads, O ye Gates, &c. 331

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1909 · PDF PAGE 339

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…ur Heads, O ye gates, &c. Behind me is the Portal of the Primal Fire: Behind me is the Golden Path of Sol: At my right hand is the Ruddy Light of Mars: And before me is the Gateway of the Waters of the Primal Sea. In the Vast Name of AL the All Enduring Let me pass through the gate of the Waters of the Primal Sea. Lift up your Heads, O ye Gates, &c. 331

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1913 · PDF PAGE 134

Book 4 (Part II)

… the Impressions." This great task of separating the self from the impressions or "vrit- ^ The Motto of the Chief of the A.-. A.'., "the Light of the World Him- self.'' - It does not occur to a newly-hatched chicken to behave in the same way as a new-born child.

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1910 · PDF PAGE 102

Ambergris

…al breeding breeze Was yet of either unstirred ; Unspoken the Great Word. 7. Then on a sudden, we knew. From deep to deep Reverberating, lightning unto lightning Across the sundering brightening Abyss of sorrow’s sleep, There shone the sword of love, and struck, and clove The intolerable veil, The woven chain of mail Prudence self-called, and folly known to who May know. Then, O sweet drop of dew, Thy limpid light rolled over and was lost In mine, and mine is thine. Peace, ye who praise ! ye but disturb the shrine ! This voice is evil over agai…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 251

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…eiving how to wait ; Or how accumulate The trifies that shall make it master yet Of the strong soul that bade itself forget. [A ciim rea’ light a'a'wns. BESZ enters, leading four PRo- BATIONERS who hear the Pastas. They ;71066 it before the attat/.] ARIES. What is this offering? BESZ. The eater of Flesh is my name. ARIES. Oh, our Lord, our Lord I Arise in thy might, and let thine enemies be scattered! [ARIES ana’ LEO draw vei/. The throne has been east down, On Με black weil i: a great Ved cross, whereon SOL has been crucified. Before him stands…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 251

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…eiving how to wait ; Or how accumulate The trifies that shall make it master yet Of the strong soul that bade itself forget. [A ciim rea’ light a'a'wns. BESZ enters, leading four PRo- BATIONERS who hear the Pastas. They ;71066 it before the attat/.] ARIES. What is this offering? BESZ. The eater of Flesh is my name. ARIES. Oh, our Lord, our Lord I Arise in thy might, and let thine enemies be scattered! [ARIES ana’ LEO draw vei/. The throne has been east down, On Με black weil i: a great Ved cross, whereon SOL has been crucified. Before him stands…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 42

John St. John

… sure sign when one sees a person take up fads that he is under the black rule of Apophis. In the Kingdom of Osiris there is freedom and light. To-day I shall eat neither with the frank gluttony of Isis nor with the severe asceticism of Apophis. I shall eat as much and as little as I fancy; these violent means are no longer necessary. Like Count Fosco, I shall “go on my way sustained by my sublime confidence, self-balanced by my impenetrable calm." I have spent half an hour wandering in the Musée du Luxembourg. I now sit down to meditate on this…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 58

Ambergris

AMBERGRIS 49 Vainly : the lotus burns above the tomb— Yea, but in thought’s unfathomable womb ! For spiritual life and love and light Climb the swayed ladder of our various fate ; The steep rude stair that mocks the hero’s might, Casts off the wise, and crumbles with the great. Yet from the highest crown no blossom fell, Save one, to bring salvation unto Hell. O angel of my spiritual desire ! O luminous master of the silver feet ! O passionate rose of infinite white fire ! O cross of sacrifice made bitter-sweet ! O wide-wing, star-brow, veritab…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 218

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…me partakers of the current of Universal Life in Liberty, Beauty, Harmony, and Love which flames within the heart of the O.T.O., and the Light of that august fraternity insensibly illuminates them ever more and more as they approach its cen- tral Sun. 3° They meet those persons most complemental to their own natures, and find unexpected help and brother- hood in the whole world wherever they may travel. 4° They obtain the right to sojourn in the secret houses 204 of the O.T.O., permanently or for a greater or lesser period of the year according…

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