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1905 · PDF PAGE 237

Collected Works (Vol. I)

230 ACT II. ‘Buta moment's thought is passion s passing bell. "—KEAtTS, Lamia. fn Venushere. VENUS, SWEET, sweet are May and June, dear, The loves of lambent spring, Our lamp the drooping moun, dear, Our roof, the stars that sing ; The bed, of moss and roses ; The night, as long as death ! Still, breath ! Life wakens and reposes, Love ever quickeneth ! Sweet, sweet, when Lion and Maiden,! The motley months of gold, Swoop down with sunlight laden, And eyes are bright and bold. Life-swelling breasts uncover Their warm involving deep— Love, sleep …

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1904 · PDF PAGE 21

The Goetia

Art. it are vulgarly esteemed Sorcerers. The Fraternity of the Rosie Crusians thought it not fit to style them- selves Magicians, but rather Philosophers. And they be not ignorant Empiricks,’ but learned and experienced Physicians, whose remedies be not only Lawful but Divine. Hence it is that Magic lieth under disgrace, and they who seek after THE BRIEF INTRODUCTORY DESCRIPTION. (N.B. This is taken from several MS. Codices, of which the four principal variations are here composed together in parallel columns as an example of the close agreemen…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 37

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

nothing until brought into relation with other things. The first step is to distinguish one thought from another; this is the condi¬ tion of recognizing it. To define it, we must perceive its orientation to ali our other ideas. The extent of our knowledge of any one thing varies therefore with the number of ideas with which we can compare it. Every new fact not only adds itself to our universe, but increases the value of what we already possess. In AL this “The” or “God” arranges for “Countenance to behold countenance”, by establishing itself a…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 15

The Law is for All

…e are too palpable and too widely recognized to need specification. Well, then, is it foolishly sanguine to anticipate that a new way of thought, a new religion and a new morality, will be rapidly succeeded by rapid growth? This growth may be as

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1907 · PDF PAGE 205

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…d heels are fiery with enormous speed, One spurning heaven ; the other tramp- ling hell; And thou—recede ! O Hermes! Messenger of inmost thought ! Descend! Abide! Swift coursing in my velns Shoot dazzling pains, The Word of Selfhood integrate of Nought, The Ineffable Amen ! the Wonder wrought. Bring death if life exceed ! Bid thy pale Hermit bleed, Yet Life exude; And Wisdom and the Word of Him

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1930 · PDF PAGE 35

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…e centre of ail, and my circumference the frame of mine own fancy. I am the Ail, for ail that exists for me is a necessary expression in thought of some tendency of my nature, and ail my thoughts are only the letters of my Name. I am the One, for ail that I am is not the absolute Ail, and ail my ail is mine and not another’s; mine, who conceive of others like myself in essence and truth, yet unlike in expression and illusion. I am the None, for ail that I am is the imperfect image of the perfect; each partial phantom must perish in the clasp of…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 107

The Law is for All

…n the Work of his Father, since he can but express one particular point of view and that by means of one type of technique, is not to be thought useless on that account, any more than an Atlas is useless because it presents by means of certain crude conventions a fraction of the facts of geography.

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1929 · PDF PAGE 55

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

…ertainly give no hmt of such a conception, or of any but the most personal and material views of the nature of things. They seem to hâve thought that there was an Archangel named Ratziel in exactly the same sense as there was a statesman named Richelieu, an individual being living in a definite place. Eté had possibly certain powers of a somewhat metaphysical order—he might be — 19 —

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1930 · PDF PAGE 21

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 2)

…that of auditor. Now, if you call in an auditor to investigate a business, and when he asks for the books you tell him that you hâve not thought it worth while to keep any, you need not be surprised if he thinks you every kind of an ass. It is at least, it was — perfectly incredible to The Master Th er ion that people who exhibit ordinary common sense in • 1 \r °ne 1S a ^tai* in t^e Body ^uith, every successive incarnation is a Veil, and the acquisition of the Magical Memory a graduai UnveilinP- of that Star, of that God. 6

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1930 · PDF PAGE 34

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…f his Creative will, in the shape of that Will, leaving his head and arms to form the Symbol of Light, as if to make oath that his every thought, Word and deed should express the Light derived from the God with which he has identified his life, his love and his liberty — symbolised by his heart, his phallus, and his legs. It 238 —

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1913 · PDF PAGE 600

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…he meaning. . . .°—English Review. By a big Pot, no doubt.” —John Bull. The ‘Triumph of Pan’ contains poems alive with music and rich in thought. Mr. Neuburg writes with distinction, and the book, from first to last,isone which lovers of poetry will appreciate.” —Standard, “ full of the throbbing fever of life which one cannot confine into measure on all occasions. «The Triumph of Pan’ is full of sonorous lines, with wonderful word pictures and poetic imagery which has seldom been excelled. . '—American Register. Many beautiful passages in the …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 600

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…he meaning. . . .°—English Review. By a big Pot, no doubt.” —John Bull. The ‘Triumph of Pan’ contains poems alive with music and rich in thought. Mr. Neuburg writes with distinction, and the book, from first to last,isone which lovers of poetry will appreciate.” —Standard, “ full of the throbbing fever of life which one cannot confine into measure on all occasions. «The Triumph of Pan’ is full of sonorous lines, with wonderful word pictures and poetic imagery which has seldom been excelled. . '—American Register. Many beautiful passages in the …

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1929 · PDF PAGE 37

Moonchild

…instantly, and told the man that his news had upset Madame; she would telephone again later. Lisa repeated what the manager had said. "I thought as much," said Cyril. "I didn't," said Iff frankly, "and it worries me. I'm not guessing, like you are — and it's no credit to guess right, my young friend, but a deceit of the devil, like winning at roulette. I'm deducing from what I know. Therefore, the fact that I'm wrong proves that there is something I don't know — and it worries me. But, clearly, we must get into a properly protected area without…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 5

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 2)

… God. Very soon he is aware that he cannot consciously contradict himself. He develops a subtle sense which warns him that two trains of thought which he had never conceived as connected are incompatible. Yet deeper drives “Do what thou wiit”$ subconscious oppositions are evoked to visible appearance. The secret sanctuaries of the soûl are cleansed. “Do What thou Wilt” purges his every part. He has become One, one only. His Will is consequently released from 125 —

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1912 · PDF PAGE 428

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…e meaning. . . .”—English Review. “By a big Pot, no doubt.”—John Bull. “<The Triumph of Pan? contains poems alive with music and rich in thought. Mr. Neuburg writes with distinction, and the book, from first to last,is one which lovers of poetry will appreciate.” —Svandard, + full of the throbbing fever of life which one cannot confine into measure on all occasions. “<The Triumph of Pan’ is full of sonorous lines, with wonderful word pictures and poetic imagery which has seldom been excelled. . '— American Register. “... Many beautiful passages…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 428

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…e meaning. . . .”—English Review. “By a big Pot, no doubt.”—John Bull. “<The Triumph of Pan? contains poems alive with music and rich in thought. Mr. Neuburg writes with distinction, and the book, from first to last,is one which lovers of poetry will appreciate.” —Svandard, + full of the throbbing fever of life which one cannot confine into measure on all occasions. “<The Triumph of Pan’ is full of sonorous lines, with wonderful word pictures and poetic imagery which has seldom been excelled. . '— American Register. “... Many beautiful passages…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 45

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 2)

…efore tracing the dashes which are to détermine the four “Mothers”, he must strictly examine himself. He must banish from his mind every thought which can possibly act as an attachment to his proposed partner. He must banish ail thoughts which concern himself, those of appré¬ hension no less than those of ardour. He must carry his introspec¬ tion as far as possible. He must observe with ail the subtletv at his command whether it pains him to abandon any of these thoughts. So long as his mind is stirred, however slightly, by one single aspect of…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 42

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 2)

…vination will be wise to consider the foregoing remarks very deeply. They will know when they are getting deep enough by the fact of the thought beginning to hurt them. It is essential to explore oneself to the utmost, to analyse — 162

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1919 · PDF PAGE 153

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…. March 28th. How can I write it, how put into words the least idea of that which is unformed? Yet I will try while yet a vestige of the thought remains. I have conceived within my womb a child. Or is it that I have for the first time realized that I have a womb? Yet it is so, that “blank” within, into which I have projected my thoughts, and from which they have come forth again ‘living’ is for a greater purpose. Can I not form therein a child that shall be MYSELF made from the highest ideals, the essence of my pains, refined and purified, free…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 198

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…ectually and philo- sophically of the truth of the teaching of Gotama; a man to whom Buddhism is the equivalent of scientific methods of Thought; an expert in dialectic, whose logical faculty is bewildered, whose critical admiration is ex- torted by the subtle vigour of Buddhist reason- ing; I am yet forced to admit that, this being so, the Five Preceptst are mere nonsense. If the Buddha spoke scientifically, not popularly, not rhetorically, then his precepts are not his. We must reject them or we must interpret them. We must inquire: Are they …

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