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MOONCHILD

(LIBER LXXXI - THE BUTTERFLY NET)

A PROLOGUE

by ALEISTER CROWLEY

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.

PAGE.

A CHINESE GOD

II.

A PHILOSOPHICAL DISQUISITION UPON

THE NATURE OF THE SOUL

III.

TELEKINESIS: BEING THE ART OF MOVING

OBJECTS AT A DISTANCE

IV.

LUNCH, AFTER ALL; AND A LUMINOUS

ACCOUNT OF THE FOURTH DIMENSION

OF THE THING IN THE GARDEN; AND OF

THE WAY OF THE TAO

VI.

OF A DINNER, WITH THE TALK OF DIVERS

GUESTS

VII.

OF THE OATH OF LISA LA GIUFFRIA; AND

OF HER VIGIL IN THE CHAPEL OF

ABOMINATIONS

VIII.

OF THE HOMUNCULUS; CONCLUSION OF THE

FORMER ARGUMENT CONCERNING THE

NATURE OF THE SOUL

104

IX.

HOW THEY BROUGHT THE BAD NEWS FROM

ARAGO TO QUINCAMPOIX; AND WHAT

ACTION WAS TAKEN THEREUPON

117

HOW THEY GATHERED THE SILK FOR THE

WEAVING OF THE BUTTERFLY-NET

132

XI.

OF THE MOON OF HONEY, AND ITS EVENTS;

WITH SUNDRY REMARKS ON MAGICK;

THE WHOLE ADORNED WITH MORAL

REFLECTIONS USEFUL TO THE YOUNG

145

XII.

OF BROTHER ONOFRIO, HIS STOUTNESS AND

VALIANCE; AND OF THE MISADVENTURES

THAT CAME THEREBY TO THE BLACK LODGE

157

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

171

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

185

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

201

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

215

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

235

XVIII.

THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

250

XIX.

THE GRAND BEWITCHMENT

264

XX.

WALPURGIS-NIGHT

277

XXI.

OF THE RENEWAL OF THE GREAT ATTACK;

AND HOW IT FARED

292

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

307

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

322

"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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