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1913 · PDF PAGE 75

The Book of Lies

KE@AAH NF TROUBLE WITH TWINS Holy, holy, holy, unto Five Hundred and Fifty Five times holy be OUR LADY of the STARS! Holy, holy, holy, unto One Hundred and Fifty Six times holy be OUR LADY that rideth upon THE BEAST! Holy, holy, holy, unto the Number of Times Necessary and Appropriate be OUR LADY Isis in Her Millions-of-Names, All-Mother, Genetrix- Meretrix ! Yet holier than all These to me is LAYLAH, yama all the way home—home? nay! but to the house of the harlot whom he loveth not. For it is LAYLAH that he loveth And yet who knoweth which is …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 72

Oracles

…tter is My Name. I am the Heart of Jesus girt about With the Swift Serpent ! I, Osirified, Stand in this Hall of Twofold Truth and say : Holy art Thou, Lord of the Universe ! Holy art Thou, whom Nature hath not formed ! Holy art Thou, O Vast and Mighty One ! O Lord of Darkness and O Lord of Light ! Holy art Thou, O Light above all Gods ! O Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy King Ineffable, O Consciousness Divine I whose white Presence, even I, a god, A god of gods, prostrate myself and say : I am the spark of Thine abundant flame. I am the flower, and Thou…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 28

Collected Works (Vol. II)

22 I am the Godhead manifest in flesh. I stand above, among the Holy Ones. I am all-purified through suffering, All-perfect in the mystic sacrifice, And in the knowledge of my Selfhood made One with the Everlasting Lords of Life. The Glorified through Trial is My Name. The Rescuer of Matter is My Name. I am the Heart of Jesus girt about With the Swift Serpent! I, Osirified, Stand in this Hall of Twofold Truth and say : Holy art Thou, Lord of the Universe! Holy art Thou, whom Nature hathnot formed! Holy art Thou, O Vast and Mighty One! O Lord of…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 34

Oracles

THE NATIVITY CHRISTMAS 1897 THE Virgin lies at Bethlehem. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) The root of David shoots a stem. (O Holy Spirit, pity her !) She lies alone amid the kine. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) The straw is fragrant as with wine. (O Holy Spirit, pity her !) Mine host protects an honest roof. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) His spouse sniffs loud and holds aloof. (O Holy Spirit, pity her !) The Angel has not come again. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) Why did God deal her out such pain ?…

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1908 · PDF PAGE 39

Amphora

…PHORA VIII HEN all the world is wrapt in cloud, The storm-fiend yells and raves aloud, Our heads in peace to Thee are bowed With Hail, O holy Mary ! When on the burnt and blazing plains The hard sun withers up our veins, We raise to Thee our subtle strains Of Hail, Thou holy Mary ! When on the sea its combers grim Circle the sky from rim to rim, We sing to thee the holy hymn Of Hail, Thou holy Mary ! When on the mountains in the ice We hang above some precipice, We offer Thee the sacrifice, And hail Thee, holy Mary ! Still, when the icy breeze …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 39

Hail Mary

…PHORA VIII HEN all the world is wrapt in cloud, The storm-fiend yells and raves aloud, Our heads in peace to Thee are bowed With Hail, O holy Mary ! When on the burnt and blazing plains The hard sun withers up our veins, We raise to Thee our subtle strains Of Hail, Thou holy Mary ! When on the sea its combers grim Circle the sky from rim to rim, We sing to thee the holy hymn Of Hail, Thou holy Mary ! When on the mountains in the ice We hang above some precipice, We offer Thee the sacrifice, And hail Thee, holy Mary ! Still, when the icy breeze …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 50

The Book of Lies

KE®AAH Az THE STAR SAPPHIRE Then let him advance to the East, and make the Holy Hexagram, saying: PATER ET MATER UNUS DEUS ARARITA. Let him go round to the South, make the Holy Hexagram, and say: MATER ET FILIUS UNUS DEUS ARARITA. Let him go round to the West, make the Holy Hexagram, and say: FILIUS ET FILIA UNUS DEUS ARARITA. Let him go round to the North, make the Holy Hexagram, and then say: FILIA ET PATER UNUS DEUS ARARITA. 46

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1901 · PDF PAGE 63

The Mother’s Tragedy

THE FATAL FORCE — 49 Even as the powers of ill, Broken by the wanded will, Shriek about the holy place, vain and vague and terrible. Even as the lords of hell, Chained in fires before the spell, Strain upon the sightless steel, break not fetters nor compel. So be distant, O profane! Children of the hurricane ! Lest the sword of fire destroy, lest the ways of death be plain! So depart, and so be wise, Lest your perishable eyes Look upon the formless fire, see the maiden sacrifice ! So depart, and secret flame Burn upon the stone of shame, That t…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 73

Oracles

… INVOCATION The clinging skirts of Time. My place is fixed In the abyss beyond all Stars and Suns. I AM, the Resurrection and the Life ! Holy art Thou, Lord of the Universe ! Holy art Thou, whom Nature hath not formed ! Holy art Thou, the Vast and Mighty One ! O Lord of Darkness and O Lord of Light !

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1905 · PDF PAGE 35

Oracles

30 THE NATIVITY Joseph drinks deep outside the inn. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) She is half hated by her kin. (O Holy Spirit, pity her !) The agony increases fast. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) Each spasm is a holocaust. (O Holy Spirit, pity her !) There are three kings upon the road. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) She hath thrice cursed the name of God. (O Holy Spirit, pity her !) There stands her star above the sky. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) She hath thrice prayed that she may die. (O Holy …

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1908 · PDF PAGE 53

Amphora

AMPHORA In every various circumstance Thou healest with Thy holy glance, If but our trembling souls advance With—Hail, O Mother Mary. Pour forth, we pray, the dewy ease Thou sheddest on Thy devotees, Who greet Thee humbly on their knees With—Hail, O holy Mary. Thy mystic mercy as a Dove Let overshadow us above ! Receive us to Thy House or Love Who hail Thee holy Mary ! Amen. 46

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1919 · PDF PAGE 211

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…om and the knowledge of the follow- ing bodies: HoHFOOMPNAKHRYYH 4 bd HoHBw The Gnostic Catholic Church. The Order of the Knights of the Holy Ghost. The Order of the Illuminati. The Order of the Temple (Knights Templar). The Order of the Knights of St. John. The Order of the Knights of Malta. The Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre. The Hidden Church of the Holy Graal. The Hermetic Brotherhood of Light. The Holy Order of Rose Croix of Heredom. The Order of the Holy Royal Arch of Enoch. . The Antient and Primitive Rite of Masonry (33 de- …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 53

Hail Mary

AMPHORA In every various circumstance Thou healest with Thy holy glance, If but our trembling souls advance With—Hail, O Mother Mary. Pour forth, we pray, the dewy ease Thou sheddest on Thy devotees, Who greet Thee humbly on their knees With—Hail, O holy Mary. Thy mystic mercy as a Dove Let overshadow us above ! Receive us to Thy House or Love Who hail Thee holy Mary ! Amen. 46

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1913 · PDF PAGE 80

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

Aleister Crowley . II. The Virgin lies at Bethlehem . (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) The root of David shoots a stem . (O Holy Spirit , shadow Her !) She lies alone amid the kine. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) The straw is fragrant as with wine . (O Holy Spirit , shadow Her !) There are three kings upon the road . (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) She hath thrice blessed the Name of God . (O Holy Spirit, shadow Her !) There stands her star above the sky, (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) She hath thrice bl…

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1908 · PDF PAGE 70

Amphora

…MPHORA I Feast of the Nativity HE Virgin lies at Bethlehem (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) The root of David shoots a stem. (O HOLY SPIRIT, shadow Her !) She lies alone amid the kine. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) The straw is fragrant as with wine. (O HOLY SPIRIT, shadow her !) There are three Kings upon the road. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) She hath thrice blest the Name of GOD. (O HOLY SPIRIT, shadow her !) There stands her star above the sky. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) She hath thrice blest…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 70

Hail Mary

…MPHORA I Feast of the Nativity HE Virgin lies at Bethlehem (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) The root of David shoots a stem. (O HOLY SPIRIT, shadow Her !) She lies alone amid the kine. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) The straw is fragrant as with wine. (O HOLY SPIRIT, shadow her !) There are three Kings upon the road. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) She hath thrice blest the Name of GOD. (O HOLY SPIRIT, shadow her !) There stands her star above the sky. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) She hath thrice blest…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 137

The Book of Thoth

… Father of All. And unto all hath she borne her. “This is the Daughter of the King. This is the Virgin of Eternity. This is she that the Holy One hath wrested from the Giant Time, and the prize of them that have overcome Space. This is she that is set upon the Throne of Understanding. Holy, Holy, Holy is her name, not to be spoken among men. For Koré they have called her, and Malkah, and Betulah, and Persephone. “And the poets have feigned songs about her, and the prophets have spoken vain things, and the young men have dreamed vain dreams: but…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 395

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…77 1746 1778 " 1747 I779 1748 1780 I749 1781 I750 I782 1783דוי1751 1752 1784 "753 1785 1754 1786 1755 ”1787 1788שחק שודק שידק הוה” תואבצ Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord GOD "1789? of Hosts! 1790? I756 ,₪? 1757 ,79, "58 1793 “759 1794 '76“ I795 1761 1796 "δ᾽ I797 ”53 !798 μ᾿ :\!-1764 ,799 ‘755 1800 1756 “sex ‘757 !802 1768 1803 1769 1804 Σ(1-59) 1770 1805 1771 1806 177: 1807 1773 1808 1774 1809 1775 1810 1811ווי1776 79

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1912 · PDF PAGE 395

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…77 1746 1778 " 1747 I779 1748 1780 I749 1781 I750 I782 1783דוי1751 1752 1784 "753 1785 1754 1786 1755 ”1787 1788שחק שודק שידק הוה” תואבצ Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord GOD "1789? of Hosts! 1790? I756 ,₪? 1757 ,79, "58 1793 “759 1794 '76“ I795 1761 1796 "δ᾽ I797 ”53 !798 μ᾿ :\!-1764 ,799 ‘755 1800 1756 “sex ‘757 !802 1768 1803 1769 1804 Σ(1-59) 1770 1805 1771 1806 177: 1807 1773 1808 1774 1809 1775 1810 1811ווי1776 79

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1913 · PDF PAGE 6

Manifesto of the M.M.M.

…re concentrated the wisdom and the knowledge of the following bodies: 1, The Gnostic Catholic Church, 2. The Order of the Knights of the Holy Ghost. 3. The Order of the Illuminati. 4. The Order of the Temple (Knights Templar). 5 6. - The Order of the Knights of St. John, . The Order of the Knights of Malta. 7. ‘The Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepul chre. 8, The Hidden Church of the Holy Graal. 9. The Rosicrucian Order. 10, The Holy Order of Rose Croix of Heredom. 11, The Order of the Holy Royal Arch of Enoch. 12, The Antient and Primitive …

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