“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.