"He dreamed—I followed. Then the Gods Who mock at Wisdom spun the wheel, Reversed the incalculable odds, And flung out laughing—flint to steel— The one impossible event: Pure Beauty came—and Went." - The Hermetic Library Blog

He dreamed—I followed. Then the Gods Who mock at Wisdom spun the wheel, Reversed the incalculable odds, And flung out laughing—flint to steel— The one impossible event: Pure Beauty came—and Went. Aleister Crowley, “The Purple Mandarin” in Olla Consider also: “‘Went your glance back–encountering my wife?’ ‘Taunt me!’ I cried; ‘I will not be afraid!’ […]

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