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(LIBER
LXXXI - THE BUTTERFLY NET)
A
PROLOGUE
by ALEISTER CROWLEY
from
Hermetic
Website
AUTHOR'S NOTE
This
book was written in 1917, during such leisure as my efforts to bring
America into the War on our side allowed me. Hence my illusions on the
subject, and the sad showing of Simon Iff at the end. Need I add that,
as the book itself demonstrates beyond all doubt, all persons and
incidents are purely the figment of a disordered imagination?
London,
1929.
A.C.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER. |
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| I. |
A
CHINESE GOD |
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| II. |
A
PHILOSOPHICAL DISQUISITION UPON
THE NATURE OF THE SOUL |
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| III. |
TELEKINESIS:
BEING THE ART OF MOVING
OBJECTS AT A DISTANCE |
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| IV. |
LUNCH,
AFTER ALL; AND A LUMINOUS
ACCOUNT OF THE FOURTH DIMENSION |
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| V. |
OF
THE THING IN THE GARDEN; AND OF
THE WAY OF THE TAO |
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| VI. |
OF
A DINNER, WITH THE TALK OF DIVERS
GUESTS |
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| VII. |
OF
THE OATH OF LISA LA GIUFFRIA;
AND
OF HER VIGIL IN THE CHAPEL OF
ABOMINATIONS |
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| VIII. |
OF
THE HOMUNCULUS; CONCLUSION OF THE
FORMER ARGUMENT CONCERNING THE
NATURE OF THE SOUL |
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| IX. |
HOW
THEY BROUGHT THE BAD NEWS FROM
ARAGO TO QUINCAMPOIX; AND WHAT
ACTION WAS TAKEN THEREUPON |
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| X. |
HOW
THEY GATHERED THE SILK FOR THE
WEAVING OF THE BUTTERFLY-NET |
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| XI. |
OF
THE MOON OF HONEY, AND ITS EVENTS;
WITH SUNDRY REMARKS ON MAGICK;
THE WHOLE ADORNED WITH MORAL
REFLECTIONS USEFUL TO THE YOUNG |
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| XII. |
OF
BROTHER ONOFRIO, HIS STOUTNESS AND
VALIANCE; AND OF THE MISADVENTURES
THAT CAME THEREBY TO THE BLACK LODGE |
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| XIII. |
OF
THE PROGRESS OF THE GREAT EXPERIMENT;
NOT FORGETTING OUR FRIENDS LAST SEEN IN
PARIS, ABOUT WHOSE WELFARE MUCH ANXIETY
MUST HAVE BEEN FELT |
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| XIV. |
AN
INFORMATIVE DISCOURSE
UPON THE
OCCULT CHARACTER OF THE MOON, HER
THREEFOLD NATURE, HER FOURFOLD
PHASES, AND HER EIGHT-AND-TWENTY
MANSIONS; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE
EVENTS THAT PRECEDED THE CLIMAX OF
THE GREAT EXPERIMENT, BUT ESPECIALLY
OF THE VISION OF ILIEL |
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| XV. |
OF
DR. VESQUIT AND HIS COMPANIONS,
HOW THEY FARED IN THEIR WORK OF
NECROMANCY; AND OF A COUNCIL OF WAR
OF CYRIL GREY AND BROTHER ONOFRIO,
WITH CERTAIN OPINIONS OF THE FORMER
UPON THE ART OF MAGICK |
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| XVI. |
OF
THE SPREADING OF THE BUTTERFLY-NET;
WITH A DELECTABLE DISCOURSE CONCERNING
DIVERS ORDERS OF BEING; AND OF THE
STATE OF THE LADY ILIEL, AND HER
DESIRES, AND OF THE SECOND VISION
THAT SHE HAD IN WAKING |
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| XVII. |
OF
THE REPORT WHICH EDWIN ARTHWAIT
MADE TO HIS CHIEF, AND OF THE DELIBERA-
TIONS OF THE BLACK LODGE THEREUPON;
AND OF THE CONSPIRACIES THEREBY CON-
CERTED; WITH A DISCOURSE UPON SORCERY |
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| XVIII. |
THE
DARK SIDE OF THE MOON |
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| XIX. |
THE
GRAND BEWITCHMENT |
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| XX. |
WALPURGIS-NIGHT |
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| XXI. |
OF
THE RENEWAL OF THE GREAT ATTACK;
AND HOW IT FARED |
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| XXII. |
OF
A CERTAIN DAWN UPON OUR OLD FRIEND
THE BOULEVARD ARAGO; AND OF THE
LOVES OF LISA LA GIUFERIA AND ABDUL
BEY, HOW THEY PROSPERED. OF THE CON-
CLUSION OF THE FALSE ALARM OF THE
GREAT EXPERIMENT, AND OF A CONFER-
ENCE BETWEEN DOUGLAS AND HIS SUB-
ORDINATE |
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| XXIII. |
OF
THE ARRIVAL OF A CHINESE GOD UPON
THE FIELD OF BATTLE; OF HIS SUCCESS
WITH HIS SUPERIORS: AND OF A SIGHT
WHICH HE SAW UPON THE ROAD TO PARIS.
ALSO OF THAT WHICH THEREBY CAME UNTO
HIM, AND OF THE END OF ALL THOSE
THINGS WHOSE EVENT BEGAT A CERTAIN
BEGINNING |
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"MOONCHILD"
(LIBER LXXXI - THE
BUTTERFLY NET)
Transcribed & 1st Proofread, 4/14/98 e.v. by Fr. Ra-Hoor-Hd III°/Camp
Master of Xanadu
O.T.O.
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