“I am inclined, however, to believe that ‘the Beast’ and ‘the Scarlet Woman’ do not denote persons, but are titles of office, that of Hierophant and High Priestess (ו and ג)”
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“The winged secret flame is Hadit; the stooping starlight is Nuit; these are their true natures, and their functions in the supreme ritual referred to above.”
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“Nuit is a conception immeasurably beyond all men have ever thought of the Divine. Thus she is not the mere star-goddess, but a far higher thing, dimly veiled by the unutterable glory.”
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“The rule and purpose of the Order: the promise of Nuit to her chosen.”
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“‘The word of the Law is Θελημα.’ … may be translated, ‘Let Will and Action be in harmony.’ But Θελημα also means Will in the higher sense of Magical One-pointedness”
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“Love under will—no casual pagan love; nor love under fear, as the Christians do. But love magically directed, and used as a spiritual formula. … This love, then, should be the serpent love, the awakening of the Kundalini.”
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The Atheism of God. ‘Allah’s the Atheist! He owns no Allah.’ (Bagh-i-muattar) To admit God is to look up to God, and so not to be God. The curse of duality.
The Atheism of God. “Allah’s the Atheist! He owns no Allah.” (Bagh-i-muattar) To admit God is to look up to God, and so not to be God. The curse of duality. Aleister Crowley, Old Comment to Liber Legis, The Book of the Law, II:23; quoting The Atheist from Bagh I Muattar Also: Atheists. “Allah’s the […]