White Stains & The Nameless Novel Quotes

“This is th' abyss. Behold wherein I lurk
The lazar-house my mind, wherein do work
The horrid charnel-priests, whose loathly song
Sickens my soul, and quells the spirit strong.”
― Aleister Crowley, White Stains & The Nameless Novel: Flowers of Eros and Evil

“Like clouds in rain, like seas
Exultant as they roll,
We mix in ecstasies,
And, as breeze melts in breeze,
Thy soul becomes my soul.”
― Aleister Crowley, White Stains & The Nameless Novel: Flowers of Eros and Evil

“Love in a night shall live and die,
Love in a day shall wing and fly;
Love in the Spring shall last an hour,
Easily fade a spring-tide flower.”
― Aleister Crowley, White Stains & The Nameless Novel: Flowers of Eros and Evil

“O Godhead of glory and anguish!
O Christ shone through Magdalen's tears!
Thy sons on the universe languish
In iron bands strong as the spheres;
With virtue Thy likeness we cover,
With priestcraft we mock at Thy power,
And the meanest on earth is a lover,
As vile as a flower.”
― Aleister Crowley, White Stains & The Nameless Novel: Flowers of Eros and Evil