ESSAY COMPETITION COPY
THE WORKS
OF
ALEISTER CROWLEY
"{variation: WITH PORTRAITS}"
VOLUME II
FOYERS
SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF RELIGIOUS TRUTH
1906
["All rights reserved"]
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At the Ballantyne Press
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.
ORACLES --
PAGE
THE DEATH OF THE DRUNKARD . . . . . 1
A PEEP BEHIND THE SCENES . . . . . 1
LINES ON BEING INVITED TO MEET THE PREMIER IN
WALES, SEPTEMBER 1892 . . . . . 1
THE BALLOON . . . . . . . 2
SPOLIA OPIMA . . . . . . . 2
A WELCOME TO JABEZ . . . . . . 3
ELVINA . . . . . . . . 3
ADAPTATION OF "ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS" TO
THE NEEDS OF BRETHREN . . . . . 3
TO MRS. O. ......N C...T . . . . . 5
THE LITTLE HALF-SOVEREIGN . . . . . 5
ODE TO SAPPHO . . . . . . . 6
IN A LESBIAN MEADOW . . . . . . 7
"'TIS PITTY --" . . . . . . . 7
EPILOGUE TO "GREEN ALPS" . . . . . 8
TWO SONNETS IN PRAISE OF A PUBLISHER . . . 8
MY WIFE DIES . . . . . . . 9
ODE TO VENUS CALLIPYGE. . . . . . 9
THE CANNIBALS . . . . . . . 10
THE BLOOD-LOTUS . . . . . . . 12
THE NATIVITY . . . . . . . 14
TRANSLATIONS FROM BAUDELAIRE. . . . . 15
CHALDEAN FOOLS . . . . . . . 19
CALL OF THE SYLPHS . . . . . . 19
INVOCATION. . . . . . . . 20
HYMN TO APOLLO . . . . . . . 22
THE HERMIT'S HYMN TO SOLITUDE . . . . 23 {vA}
ORACLES -- "Continued"
PAGE
THE STORM . . . . . . . . 25
ASSUMPTA CANIDIA. . . . . . . 26
VENUS . . . . . . . . 29
A LITANY . . . . . . . . 30
MARCH IN THE TROPICS . . . . . . 31
NIGHT IN THE VALLEY . . . . . . 32
METEMPSYCHOSIS . . . . . . . 33
ADVICE OF A LETTER . . . . . . 33
ON WAIKIKI BEACH. . . . . . . 33
THE TRIADS OF DESPAIR . . . . . . 34
THE DANCE OF SHIVA . . . . . . 36
SONNET FOR A PICTURE . . . . . . 36
THE HOUSE . . . . . . . . 37
ANIMA LUNAE . . . . . . . 38
"SABBE PI DUKKHAM" . . . . . . 43
DHAMMAPADA. . . . . . . . 44
ST. PATRICK'S DAY, 1902 . . . . . 48
THE EARL'S QUEST. . . . . . . 49
EVE . . . . . . . . . 52
THE SIBYL . . . . . . . . 52
LA COUREUSE . . . . . . . 52
SONNET FOR A PICTURE . . . . . . 52
TO "ELIZABETH" . . . . . . . 53
RONDELS (AT MONTE CARLO) . . . . . 53
IN THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GHIZEH . . . . 53
THE HILLS . . . . . . . . 55
ALICE: AN ADULTERY --
INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR . . . . . 58
WHAT LAY BEFORE --
WHITE POPPY . . . . . . . 61
MESALINE. . . . . . . . 62 {vB}
PAGE
ALICE: AN ADULTERY -- "Continued"
CALIFORNIA . . . . . . . 63
MARGARET. . . . . . . . 63
ALICE: AN ADULTERY . . . . . . 64
THE FIRST DAY . . . . . . . 64
THE SECOND DAY. . . . . . . 65
THE THIRD DAY . . . . . . . 65
THE FOURTH DAY. . . . . . . 65
REINCARNATION . . . . . . . 65
THE FIFTH DAY . . . . . . . 66
THE SIXTH DAY . . . . . . . 66
THE SEVENTH DAY . . . . . . 66
THE EIGHTH DAY. . . . . . . 67
THE NINTH DAY . . . . . . . 67
THE TENTH DAY . . . . . . . 67
THE ELEVENTH DAY . . . . . . 68
THE TWELFTH DAY . . . . . . 68
RED POPPY . . . . . . . 68
THE THIRTEENTH DAY . . . . . . 69
THE FOURTEENTH DAY . . . . . . 70
THE FIFTEENTH DAY . . . . . . 70
THE SIXTEENTH DAY . . . . . . 70
ALICE . . . . . . . . 71
THE SEVENTEENTH DAY . . . . . . 71
LOVE AND FEAR . . . . . . . 72
THE EIGHTEENTH DAY . . . . . . 73
THE NINETEENTH DAY . . . . . . 73
THE TWENTIETH DAY . . . . . . 73
THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY. . . . . . 73
THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY . . . . . 74
THE TWENTY-THIRD DAY. . . . . . 74
THE TWENTY-FOURTH DAY . . . . . 74
THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY. . . . . . 75
THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY. . . . . . 75
UNDER THE PALMS . . . . . . 75
THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY . . . . . 76
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY . . . . . 77
THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY. . . . . . 77
THE THIRTIETH DAY . . . . . . 77
A DAY WITHOUT A NUMBER . . . . . 78
THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY. . . . . . 78
THE THIRTY-SECOND DAY . . . . . 78
THE THIRTY-THIRD DAY. . . . . . 78 {viA}
PAGE
ALICE: AN ADULTERY -- "Continued"
THE THIRTY-FOURTH DAY . . . . . 79
THE THIRTY-FIFTH DAY. . . . . . 79
THE THIRTY-SIXTH DAY. . . . . . 79
LETHE . . . . . . . . 80
THE THIRTY-SEVENTH DAY . . . . . 80
THE THIRTY-EIGHTH DAY . . . . . 80
THE THIRTY-NINTH DAY. . . . . . 81
THE FORTIETH DAY . . . . . . 81
THE FORTY-FIRST DAY . . . . . . 81
THE FORTY-SECOND DAY. . . . . . 82
AT LAST . . . . . . . . 82
THE FORTY-THIRD DAY . . . . . . 82
THE FORTH-FOURTH DAY. . . . . . 82
THE FORTY-FIFTH DAY . . . . . . 83
THE FORTY-SIXTH DAY . . . . . . 83
THE FORTY-SEVENTH DAY . . . . . 83
THE FORTY-EIGHTH DAY. . . . . . 84
THE FORTY-NINTH DAY . . . . . . 84
THE FIFTIETH DAY --
I. . . . . . . . . 84
II. . . . . . . . . 85
III. . . . . . . . . 85
AFTER . . . . . . . . 85
THE ARGONAUTS --
ACTUS PRIMUS -- JASON . . . . . 86
ACTUS SECUNDUS -- ARGO . . . . . 92
ACTUS TERTIUS -- MEDEA . . . . . 98
ACTUS QUARTUS -- SIRENAE . . . . . 104
ACTUS QUINTUS -- ARIES . . . . . 112
AHAB AND OTHER POEMS --
DIDICACE. . . . . . . . 121
RONDEL . . . . . . . . 121
AHAB --
PART I. . . . . . . . 121
" II. . . . . . . . 124
NEW YEAR, 1903. . . . . . . 127
MELUSINE. . . . . . . . 127
THE DREAM . . . . . . . 128
THE GOD-EATER --
ACT I. . . . . . . . . 130
" II. . . . . . . . . 136 {viB}
PAGE
THE SWORD OF SONG . . . . . . . 140
PRELIMINARY INVOCATION -- NOTHUNG . . . . 141
INTRODUCTION TO "ASCENSION DAY AND PENTECOST" . 141
ASCENSION DAY . . . . . . . 144
PENTECOST . . . . . . . 164
NOTES TO ASCENSION DAY AND PENTECOST --
NOTE TO INTRODUCTION . . . . . 185
NOTES TO ASCENSION DAY . . . . . 190
NOTES TO PENTECOST. . . . . . 203
AMBROSII MAGI HORTUS ROSARUM . . . . . 212
THE THREE CHARACTERISTICS --
I. . . . . . . . . 225
II. . . . . . . . . 226
III. . . . . . . . . 226
IV. . . . . . . . . 226
V. . . . . . . . . 227
VI. . . . . . . . . 227
VII. . . . . . . . . 227
VIII. . . . . . . . . 228
IX. . . . . . . . . 228
X. . . . . . . . . 229
XI. . . . . . . . . 230
XII. . . . . . . . . 231
XIII. . . . . . . . . 231 {viiA}
PAGE
בראשית --
AN ESSAY ON ONTOLOGY. . . . . . 223
SCIENCE AND BUDDHISM --
I. . . . . . . . . 244
II. . . . . . . . . 244
III. THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS . . . . . 245
IV. THE THREE CHARACTERISTICS . . . . 246
V. KARMA. . . . . . . . 249
VI. THE TEN FETTERS OR SANYO"G"ANAS . . . 249
VII. THE RELATIVE REALITY OF CERTAIN STATES OF
CONSCIOUSNESS. . . . . . 250
VIII. MAHASATIPA"TTH"ANA . . . . . 252
IX. AGNOSTICISM. . . . . . . 254
X. THE NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH . . . . 256
XI. THE TWILIGHT OF THE GERMANS . . . . 258
XII. THE THREE REFUGES. . . . . . 259
XIII. CONCLUSION . . . . . . . 260
THE EXCLUDED MIDDLE; OR THE SCEPTIC REFUTED . . . 262
TIME . . . . . . . . . 267
EPILOGUE. . . . . . . . . 283 {viiB}
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WE beg to express regret for the delay in issuing Vol. II. As originally made up, it was too big, and had to be recast completely. Mr. Crowley's Works to date will thus be complete in three volumes of this edition.
Advance copies or sets of proofs of Vol. III. will be sent to "bona-fide" competitors on their written application. The volume should be issued in December.
Owing to the severe and continuous illness of the artist to whom the Table of Correspondences was entrusted, we are compelled to delay its issue.
The Essay Competition will definitely close three months from date.
"Oct." 15, 1906.
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