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A PSALM Tue Lord hath filled my mouth with thanksgiving; the Righteousness of the Lord hatli made my throat his habitation. The pavilion of the Lord is the roof of my mouth; the gate- way of the Lord is of ivory. My tongue is the handmaiden of the Lord; the Lord hath delighted in the palace of porphyry. My lips shall rejoice in the righteousness of the Lord; my belly shall give thank, for the Lord filleth it with bene- diction. Iam the vessel of the Lord; the Lord delighteth in me; the Lord hath brought me to fulfilment. Give praise unto the Lo…
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THE EQUINOX A PSALM The Lord hath brought me into the House of Darkness; by stealth hath the Lord drawn me into Night. I beheld blackness that encompassed me; mine eyes were darkened in the house of darkness. There came into my nostrils the scent of a great river; even _ of a river that boileth secretly under the palm-trees. I lifted mine head, and behold, the Lord stood forth in the blackness. Asa pillar of fire shone the Lord; as a devil that whirleth in the wilderness of sand. The Lord hath veiled Himself in purple; the Lord hath ex- alted h…
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…ion when standing, un- less other direction is given. Vv OF THE OFFICE OF THE COLLECTS, WHICH ARE ELEVEN IN NUMBER (THE SUN) Tue Deacon. Lord visible and sensible of whom this earth is but a frozen spark turning about thee with annual and diurnal motion, source of light, source of life, let thy perpetual radiance hearten us to continual labour and en- joyment; so that as we are constant partakers of thy bounty we may in our particular orbit give out light and life, sus- tenance and joy to them that revolve about us without diminution of substan…
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THE EQUINOX 63. But the chosen ones drank thereof, and became even as my Lord, my beautiful, my desirable one. There is no wine like unto this wine. 64. They are gathered together into a glowing heart, as Ra that gathereth his clouds about Him at eventide into a molten sea of Joy; and the snake that is the crown of Ra bindeth them about with the golden girdle of the death- kisses. 65. So also is the end of the book, and the Lord Adonai is about it on all sides like a Thunderbolt, and a Pylon, and a Snake, and a Phallus, and in the midst thereof…
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… the sick in their homes.) The PRIEST closes all within the veil. With the Lance he makes ¥ on the people thrice, thus. THE PRIEST.F The LORD bless you. The LORD enlighten your minds and comfort your hearts and sustain your bodies. The LORD bring you to the accomplishment of your true Wills, the Great Work, the Summum Bonum, True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness. 269
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…a that the attainment of Samadhi, though it depended to some extent upon the attainment of the Yogi, depended also upon the grace of the Lord Shiva, and that Yoga did us all no good unless the Lord Shiva happened to be in a good temper. Then the Bhikkhu replied in a dramatic whisper, “There is no difference, except that it is not Buddhism.” From this example the Student will understand that he had better not worry about Nibbana and its nature, but confine himself to controlling his thoughts. 7. Look on. What seest thou before thine eye, O aspir…
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…E Ureeus serpent, and the poison of the fang was established in him and his seed even for ever and for ever. 57. O thou Serpent Apep, my Lord Adonai, it is a speck of minutest time, this travelling through eternity, and in Thy sight the landmarks are of fair white marble untouched by the tool of the graver. Therefore Thou art mine, even now and for ever and for everlasting. Amen. 58. Moreover, I heard the voice of Adonai: Seal up the book of the Heart and the Serpent; in the number five and sixty seal thou the holy book. As fine gold that is be…
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…. O Beetle! the drone of Thy dolorous note Be ever the trance of this tremulous throat! Tawait the awaking! The summons on high From the Lord Adonai, from the Lord Adonai! 2. Adonai spake unto V.V.V.V.V., saying: There must ever be division in the word. 3. For the colours are many, but the light is one. 65
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…the cap of maintenance must match the scarlet of the Robe. Its texture should be velvet.) Be the Serpent thy crown, O thou PRIEST of the LORD! Kneeling, she takes the Lance, between her open hands, and runs them up and down upon the shaft eleven times, very gently. Be the LORD present among us! All give the Hailing Sign. THE Peopte. So mote it be. IV OF THE CEREMONY OF THE OPENING OF THE VEIL Tue PRIEST. Thee therefore whom we adore we also in- voke. By the power of the lifted Lance! He raises the Lance. All repeat Hailing Sign. A phrase of tri…
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…nd the people said unto me: Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so? Then I answered them. The word of the Lord came unto me saying: Speak unto the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God . . . Ezekiel is unto you a sign: ac- cording to all that he hath done, shall ye do; and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord. Also, son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereon they set their minds . . . In that day s…
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…feast every night unto Nu, and the pleasure of utter- most delight. The PRIEST mounts the third step. Tue Priest. Thou that art One, our Lord in the Universe the Sun, our Lord in ourselves whose name is Mystery of Mystery, uttermost being whose radiance enlightening the worlds is also the breath that maketh every God even and Death to tremble before Thee—By the Sign of Light * appear Thou glorious upon the throne of the Sun. Make open the path of creation and of intelligence be- tween us and our minds. Enlighten our understanding. Encourage our…
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…he draws her Sword, and pulls down the Veil, therewith. Tue Priestess. By the power of * Iron, I say unto thee, Arise. Inthe name of our Lord the Sun, and of our Lord ... that thou mayst administer the virtues to the Brethren. She sheathes the Sword. The PRIEST, issuing from the Tomb, holding the Lance erect with both hands, right over left, against his breast, takes the first three regular steps. 252
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…ns, replaces the Cup, and adores. Music. For this is the Covenant of Resurrection. He makes the five crosses on the PRIESTEsS. Accept, O LORD, this sacrifice of life and joy, true war- rants of the Covenant of Resurrection. The PRIEST offers the Lance to the PriEsTEss, who kisses it; he then touches her between the breasts and upon the body. He then flings out his arms upward, as comprehending the whole shrine. Let this offering be borne upon the waves of AZthyr to our Lord and Father the Sun that travelleth over the Heavens in his name ON. He …
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Vv 1. Ah! my Lord Adonai, that dalliest with the Magister in the Treasure-House of Pearls, let me listen to the echo of your kisses. 2. Is not the starry heaven shaken as a leaf at the tremu- lous rapture of your love? Am not I the flying spark of light whirled away by the great wind of your perfection? 3. Yea, cried the Holy One, and from Thy spark will I the Lord kindle a great light; I will burn through the great city in the old and desolate land; I will cleanse it from its great impurity. 4. And thou, O prophet, shalt see these things, and …
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… CORDIS CINCTI SERPENTE 47. They cried. He is drunk or He is mad or He is in pain or He is about to die; and he heard them not. 48. O my Lord, my beloved! How shall I indite songs, when even the memory of the shadow of thy glory is a thing beyond all music of speech or of silence? 49. Behold! Iamaman. Even a little child might not endure Thee. And lo! 50. I was alone in a great park, and by a certain hillock was a ring of deep enamelled grass wherein green-clad ones, most beautiful, played. 51. In their play I came even unto the land of Fairy S…
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…en set up in Thy shrine; for the priests despised equally the shrine and the god. 29. Yet all the while Thou wast hidden therein, as the Lord of Silence is hidden in the buds of the lotus. 30. Thou art Sebek the crocodile against Asar; thou art Mati, the Slayer in the Deep. Thou art Typhon, the Wrath of the Elements, O Thou who transcendest the Forces in their Concourse and Cohesion, in their Death and their Dis- ruption. Thou art Python, the terrible serpent about the end of all things! 31. I turned me about thrice in every way; and always I c…
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THE EQUINOX 12. But in the very hour I beheld corruption. 13. Then I said: O my beloved, O Lord Adonai, I pray thee to loosen the coils of the serpent! 14. But she was closed fast upon me, so that my Force was stayed in its inception. 15. Also I prayed unto the Elephant God, the Lord of Be- ginnings, who breaketh down obstruction. 16. These gods came right quickly to mine aid. I beheld them; I joined myself unto them; I was lost in their vastness. 17. Then I beheld myself compassed about with the In- finite Circle of Emerald that encloseth the …
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…irt about with the serpent that devoureth his own coils. 55. When shall there be an end, O my darling, O when shall the Universe and the Lord thereof be utterly swal- lowed up? 56. Nay! who shall devour the Infinite? who shall undo the Wrong of the Beginning? 57. Thou criest like a white cat upon the roof of the Uni- verse; there is none to answer Thee. . 58. Thou art like a lonely pillar in the midst of the sea; there is none to behold Thee, O Thou who beholdest all! 59. Thou dost faint, thou dost fail, thou scribe; cried the desolate Voice; b…
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…as smitten through by Thy marvellous spear. 40. I was stricken as a bird by the bolt of the thunderer; I was pierced as the thief by the Lord of the Garden. 41. O my Lord, let us sail upon the sea of blood! 42. There is a deep taint beneath the ineffable bliss; it is the taint of generation. 43. Yea, though the flower wave bright in the sunshine, the root is deep in the darkness of earth. 44. Praise to thee, O beautiful dark earth, thou art the mother of a million myriads of myriads of flowers. 45. Also I beheld my God, and the countenance of H…
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…e stars be drunk up by Sebek the dweller of Nile! 24. Arise, O serpent Apep, Thou art Adonai the beloved one! Thou art my darling and my lord, and Thy poison is sweeter than the kisses of Isis the mother of the Gods! 25. For Thou art He! Yea, Thou shalt swallow up Asi and Asar, and the children of Ptah. Thou shalt pour forth a flood of poison to destroy the works of the Magician. Only the Destroyer shall devour Thee; Thou shalt blacken his throat, wherein his spirit abideth. Ah, serpent Apep, but I love Thee! 26. My God! Let Thy secret fang pie…