Friday, December 30, 2011

Austin Osman Spare... Happy Birthday!



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Stealing the Fire from Heaven 1911-12

 

The Complete Ritual and Doctrine of Magic

Ecstasy in Self-love the Obsession



My dearest, I will now explain the only safe and true formula, the destroyer of the darkness of the World, the most secret among all secrets. Let it be secret to him who would attain. Let it cover any period of time, depending on his conception. There is no qualification, nor ritual or ceremony. His very existence symbolising all that is necessary to perfection. Most emphatically, there is no need of repetition or feeble imitation. You are alive!

from my favourite AOS book The Book of Pleasure (self-love) The Psychology of Ecstasy

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