VOLUME III
ESSAY COMPETITION COPY
THE WORKS
OF
ALEISTER CROWLEY
“{variation: WITH PORTRAITS}”
VOLUME III
FOYERS
SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF RELIGIOUS TRUTH
1907
[“All rights reserved”]
Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & Co.
At the Ballantyne Press
{ILLUSTRATION ON PAGE FACING AND JUST BEFORE TITLE: in the delux edition:
This is a photo of Crowley from the waist up, seated and bent slightly toward the camera. He is young, 20s, and wears a sheep or goat skin full sleeve coat with the fleece turned inside. This coat is open in front and looks like an undecorated Afgan mountain garment. He holds a pipe to left side of mouth in left hand, signet or cabacon ring on second finger left. The pipe looks like a sharply double-curved briar. Hair tousled and eyes still working on the “Crowley stare”. Caption below in script: “Photo by Aimis Portrait, 5th Av. New York, 1906.}
CONTENTS OF VOLUME III
PAGE
ARGUMENT . . . . . . . . 1
THE STAR AND THE GARTER . . . . . 2
I. . . . . . . . . 2
II. . . . . . . . . 2
III. . . . . . . . . 2
IV. . . . . . . . . 2
V. . . . . . . . . 3
VI. . . . . . . . . 3
VII. . . . . . . . . 3
VIII. . . . . . . . . 4
IX. . . . . . . . . 4
X. . . . . . . . . 5
XI. . . . . . . . . 6
XII. . . . . . . . . 6
XIII. . . . . . . . . 6
XIV. . . . . . . . . 7
XV. . . . . . . . . 7
XVI. . . . . . . . . 8
XVII. . . . . . . . . 8
XVIII. . . . . . . . . 8
XIX. . . . . . . . . 9
XX. . . . . . . . . 9
XXI. . . . . . . . . 10
XXII. . . . . . . . . 10
XXIII. . . . . . . . . 11
XXIV. . . . . . . . . 11
XXV. . . . . . . . . 12
XXVI. . . . . . . . . 12
XXVII. . . . . . . . . 13
XXVIII. . . . . . . . . 13
XXIX. . . . . . . . . 13
XXX. . . . . . . . . 14
XXXI. . . . . . . . . 14
XXXII. . . . . . . . . 15 {vA}
THE STAR AND THE GARTER –
"Continued" PAGE XXXIII. . . . . . . . . 15 APPENDIX . . . . . . . . 17
PERSONS STUDIED . . . . . . . 20 DEDICATIO MINIMA . . . . . . . 20 DEDICATIO MINOR . . . . . . . 20 DEDICATIO MAJOR . . . . . . . 20 DEDICATIO MAXIMA . . . . . . . 21 DEDICATIO EXTRAORDINARIA . . . . . 21 WHY JESUS WEPT . . . . . . . 21 SCENE I. . . . . . . . 22 " II. . . . . . . . 24 " III. . . . . . . . 25 " IV. . . . . . . . 26 " V. . . . . . . . 27 " VI. . . . . . . . 28 " VII. . . . . . . . 36 " VIII. . . . . . . . 37 " IX. . . . . . . . 38 " X. . . . . . . . 39 " XI. . . . . . . . 41 " XII. . . . . . . . 44 " XIII. . . . . . . . 46 " XIV. . . . . . . . 47
ROSA MUNDI, AND OTHER LOVE-SONGS –
I. ROSA MUNDI . . . . . . 51
II. THE NIGHTMARE . . . . . 56
III. THE KISS . . . . . . 58
IV. ANNE . . . . . . . 58
V. BRUNNHILDE . . . . . . 58
VI. DORA . . . . . . . 59 {vB}
PAGE
ROSA MUNDI – “Continued”
VII. FATIMA . . . . . . . 59
VIII. FLAVIA . . . . . . . 60
IX. KATIE CARR . . . . . . 60
X. NORA . . . . . . . 61
XI. MARY . . . . . . . 61
XII. XANTIPPE . . . . . . 62
XIII. EILEEN . . . . . . . 62
XIV. . . . . . . . . 62
XV. . . . . . . . . 63
XVI. . . . . . . . . 63
XVII. . . . . . . . . 64
XVIII. FRENDSHIP {SIC} . . . . . 64
XIX. . . . . . . . . 64
XX. . . . . . . . . 64
XXI. . . . . . . . . 65
XXII. . . . . . . . . 65
XXIII. PROTOPLASM . . . . . . 65
XXIV. . . . . . . . . 66
XXV. . . . . . . . . 66
XXVI. . . . . . . . . 67
XXVII. . . . . . . . . 67
XXVIII. . . . . . . . . 67
THE SIRE DE MALETROIT'S DOOR –
SCENE I. . . . . . . . 68
" II. . . . . . . . 69
" III. . . . . . . . 72
TO L. BENTROVATA . . . . . . 84
IMAGES OF LIFE --
PROLOGUE -- VIA VITAE . . . . . 84
THE WHITE CAT. . . . . . . 86
ALI AND HASSAN . . . . . . 86
AL MALIK . . . . . . . 86
SONG . . . . . . . . 87
ANICCA . . . . . . . . 87
TARSHITERING . . . . . . . 87
A FRAGMENT . . . . . . . 88
THE STUMBLING-BLOCK. . . . . . 89
WOODCRAFT . . . . . . . 89
A NUGGET FROM A MINE . . . . . 90 {viA}
PAGE
GARGOYLES – “Continued”
AU CAVEAU DES INNOCENTS . . . . . 90
ROSA INFERNI . . . . . . . 91
DIOGENES . . . . . . . 93
SAID . . . . . . . . 94
EPILOGUE -- PRAYER . . . . . . 95
IMAGES OF DEATH --
PROLOGUE -- PATCHOULI . . . . . 96
KALI . . . . . . . . 97
THE JILT . . . . . . . 99
THE EYES OF PHARAOH. . . . . . 100
BANZAI! . . . . . . . 101
LE JOUR DES MORTIS . . . . . . 1O2
AVE MORS . . . . . . . 102
THE MORIBUND . . . . . . . 103
THE BEAUTY AND THE BHIKKHU . . . . 104
IMMORTALITY . . . . . . . 105
EPILOGUE -- THE KING-GHOST . . . . . 107
A STUDY IN SPITE . . . . . . 109
FRONTISPIECE -- RODIN. . . . . . 110
VARIOUS MEASURES --
THE TOWER OF TOIL . . . . . . 111
LA BELLE HEAULMIERE. . . . . . 112
FEMME ACCROUPIE . . . . . . 112
CARYATIDE . . . . . . . 112
JEUNE MERE . . . . . . . 113
L'AMOUR QUI PASSE . . . . . . 113
TETE DE FEMME (MUSEE DU LUXEMBOURG) . . . 113
LA CASQUE D'OR . . . . . . 114
LES BOURGEOIS DE CALAIS . . . . . 114
REVEIL D'ADONIS . . . . . . 114
LA MAIN DE DIEU . . . . . . 115
DESESPOIR . . . . . . . 115
EPERVIER ET COLOMBE. . . . . . 115
RESURRECTION . . . . . . . 116
L'ETERNEL PRINTEMPS. . . . . . 116
ACROBATES . . . . . . . 116
L'AGE D'AIRAIN . . . . . . 117
FAUNESSE . . . . . . . 117 {viB}
PAGE
RODIN IN RIME – “Continued”
SONNETS AND QUATORZAINS --
MADAME RODIN . . . . . . . 118
LE PENSEUR . . . . . . . 118
LA PENSEE . . . . . . . 118
LE BAISER . . . . . . . 118
BOUCHES D'ENFER . . . . . . 119
LA GUERRE . . . . . . . 119
W. E. HENLEY . . . . . . . 119
SYRINX AND PAN . . . . . . 119
ICARE . . . . . . . . 120
LA FORTUNE . . . . . . . 120
PAOLO ET FRANCESCA . . . . . . 120
LES DEUX GENIES . . . . . . 120
LA CRUCHE CASSEE . . . . . . 121
LA TENTATION DE SAINT-ANTOINE . . . . 121
EVE . . . . . . . . 121
FEMMES DAMNEES . . . . . . 121
NABUCHADNOSOR. . . . . . . 122
MORT D'ADONIS. . . . . . . 122
BALZAC . . . . . . . . 122
LE CYCLOPS SURPREND ACIS ET GALATHEE . . . 122
OCTAVE MIRBEAU . . . . . . 123 {viiA}
PAGE
RODIN IN RIME – “Continued”
SOCRATE. . . . . . . . 123
COLOPHON -- AN INCIDENT . . . . . 123
ORPHEUS –
WARNING . . . . . . . . 126 EXORDIUM . . . . . . . . 127 LIBER PRIMUS VEL CARMINUM . . . . . 129 LIBER SECUNDUS VEL AMORIS . . . . . 158 LIBER TERTIUS VEL LABORIS . . . . . 174 LIBER QUARTUS VEL MORTIS . . . . . 203
EPILOGUE AND DEDICATION OF VOLUMES I., II., III. . . . . . 219
ELEUSIS.. . . . . . . . 219
APPENDIX A –
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE . . . . . . 233
APPENDIX B –
INDEX OF FIRST LINES . . . . . . 240 {viiB}
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