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…cred feast, Changes by its seven powers to the misbegotten beast: Even as the powers of ill, Broken by the wanded will, shriek about the holy place, vain and vague and terrible: Even as the lords of hell, Chained in fires before the spell, Strain upon the sightless steel, break not fetters nor compel : So be distant, Ο profane! Children of the hurricane! Lest the sword of fire destroy, lest the ways of death be plain I So depart, and so be wise, Lest your perishable eyes Look upon the {armless fire, see the maiden sacrifice! So depart, and secret fl…
1911 · PDF PAGE 293
…on my desert of sorrow, That the magical eyes of me swoon With lust of rain to—morrow! Ages and ages ago I stood on the bank of a river, Holy and holy and holy, I know, For ever and ever and ever! 115
1911 · PDF PAGE 276
…f the children of Thy voice, we call on Thee to lead us out of our Ignorance! CHORUS OF THREE OTHER PROBATIONERS. We call Thee, 0 Thrice Holy! FIRST PROBATIONER. 0 Thou, Divine Worker! Master of all that is Divine! Herald of all that is coming! Builder of our House! Holy art Thou, Thou that knowest the Supreme Mysteries ! CHORUS. We call Thee, O Thrice Holy! FIRST PROBATIONER. Ο Thou, All Good, we call Thee! VIRGO. I. [Rising] Not Good alone, Brethren! But all complete in the perfect Equilibrium. FR. GEMINI. Ay, The Balance must be kept even. S…
1911 · PDF PAGE 264
… dark. VENUS. Little brother, what is the hour? PISCES. The dawn is at hand. VENUS. Little brother, what is the place? TAURUS. It is the holy mountain of our Lady Venus. VENUS. Children, awake and rejoice. LIBRA. Awake and rejoice. PISCES. How shall we rejoice? TAURUS. As our Lady hath appointed. LIBRA. AS you like it. PISCES. Wherein shall we rejoice? TAURUS. In our Lady Venus. LIBRA. In what you will. TAURUS. Thy will, our Lady, and not ours be done! PISCES. Mistress, let the adorations be performed! VENUS. Children, array yourselves before m…
1911 · PDF PAGE 195
…removes his disguise and dons his dancing robe] MAGISTER TEMPLI. Silencel [A pause. MAGISTER TEMPLI. I. AQUARIUS. I. MAGISTER TEMPLI. Ι. Holy be the Lamps οἱJoy! AQUARIUS. Holy be the Lamps of Sorrow! MAGISTER TEMPLI. Let us enter the ark οἱ Increased Knowledge! CAPRICORNUS. Hail, thou that sittest in the City of the Pyramids! AQUARIUS. Hail, thou that art encamped upon the Great Sea! MAGISTER TEMPLI. Hail, brethren! CAPRICORNUS. Master, what is Increased Knowledge? MAGISTER TEMPLI. Death. AQUARIUS. Master, what is the Ark thereof? MAGISTER TEM…
1911 · PDF PAGE 79
THE SCORPION We have left our ladies, you and I, My brothers 1 Το keep our castles, and to sigh | Oh! could some holy hermit give One short day’s dalliance fugitive! Speed hither through the enchanted air Our ladies, for our faith’s rewardl Would it not sharpen every sword And perfume every prayer? Love sharp as holly and pure as snow, And kisses Beneath the moon for mistletoe! SIR RAYMOND. Something ill sung, Jocelyn, and too sadly, forsoothl Here the hermits are foul and malicious. I would clear the land of them. SIR JAMES. Spies, every one. …
1911 · PDF PAGE 292
THE RITES OF ELEUSIS TAURUS. Thyself, the Warden of the Holy Graal. Myself, the Lord of the Bow. A nymph, a satyr— PAN, I. And Pan! CANCER. Brother Pan, I command thee to honour our Lady Artemis. TAURUS. Bear the Cup of Libation ! CANCER 333-333'333— [PAN reeifes [horas/rain Swi'nbnrne’s “ Atalanta.” When the hounds of spring are on winter’s traces . . . The wolf that follows, the fawn that flies. TAURUS. The goddess stirs not. CANCER. Silence is the secret of our Lady Artemis. PAN. Hath no man lifted her veil? CANCER No man hath lifted her veil…
1911 · PDF PAGE 139
… it down!" “There might be Nothing behind.” “There is Nothing behind. It is through that that you must pass.” “ This veil is God. I am a holy nun in the trance called Rampurana. I am canonised. My name is on every banner. My face is worshipped by every nation. I am a pure virgin ; all the others are soiled. Thought is worse than deed. All my thoughts are holy. I think. I think. I think. By the power of my thought I created the Word; and by the Word came the Worlds. I am the creator. I will write my law upon tablets of jade and onyx." Rolles bow…
1911 · PDF PAGE 108
…father of an innumer- able brood of devils, and in particular have travelled by night in the form ofan owl to assault the virtue of many holy servants of the True Faith, notably at the Convent of St Anne in this city, whereby the bodies and souls of the nuns were possessed and destroyed. PROSECUTOR. We say this is plain witchcraft. [LAYLAH lakes no notice. BISHOP. Silence under such a charge is contumacious, and equivalent to confession. On the fourth count, guilty. [JUDGES echo “Guilty.” CLERK. Fifthly, that you do take the form of a bat, and …
1911 · PDF PAGE 228
…e Ritual of the Pentagram. BRo. CAPRICORNUS. Fiat (does so). BRO. MARS. 1. Brother Aries, I command you to perform the Invocation of the Holy Fire. BRO. ARIES. Fiat (goes to Μίαν). 333. (erect). I swear by Djinn and by Shin and by the space between thatI will not stir from this place until the fire of God hath flamed upon the water that is upon the altar. (Hz'sfaæ 07/87” lamþ) Dost thou hear, Brother Ash? (Erat!) By Aub, the witchery of the secret flame; By And, the subtlety of the inmost fluid; By Aur, the effulgence of the radiant light; I call t…
1911 · PDF PAGE 45
LIBER A’ASH 19. There is no act or passion that shall not be a hymn in mine honour. 20. All holy things and all symbolic things shall be my sacraments 21. These animals are sacred unto me; the goat, and the duck, and the ass, and the gazelle, the man, the woman and the child. 22. All corpses are sacred unto me; they shall not be touched save in mine eucharist. All lonely places are sacred unto me; where one man gathereth himself together in my name, there will I leap forth in the midst of him. 23. I am the hideous god; and who mastereth me is u…
1911 · PDF PAGE 289
OFFICERS LUNA, Silver Robe (md Veil. Violin, Artemist Τhe Lady of the Mean. CANCER, Amber Robe, Cup, Warden aj the Holy Gmal. TAURUS. Orange Raéet Bow and Quiz/etc The Lordof the Bow. A .}-?אמשWhite Roéet The Headof the Dragon A SATYR. Black Rube, The Tail of the?םמשמ PAN. Black Rm, Tom-tam. In the east Luna i: thrzmed, Cancer m her ,!!/?ודצTgum: tm her left. Beyond these the Satyr and the Nymph At the apex 0/ a de::endz'ng Tn'angle, upon the earth, Pan.
1911 · PDF PAGE 119
…ll us; where, bronzed and buoyant, our children sing aloud as they drive home the spade. Glory be to the Earth and to the Sun and to the holy body and soul of Man ; and glory be to Love and to the Father 01 Love, the secret Unity of things! Glory be to the Shrine within the Temple, and to the God within the Shrine, to the Word and to the Silence that bore it unto Him that is beyond the Silence and the Speech! Also thanksgiving in the Highest for the Gift of all these things, and for the maiden in whom all these things are found, for the holy bo…
1911 · PDF PAGE 111
THE SCORPION with God and His holy church. My own chaplain shall baptize her and administer the sacrament. Glory to God in the Highest for one more soul torn from the grasp of Satan. My beloved daughter, behold you now at peace with God and with His holy church. Your sins are forgiven you. But the secular arm is not yet satisfied ; your crimes, the crimes 10 which you have confessed, must be expiated according to law, The sentence of the Court is that you be handed over to the secular arm ; and I beg of you [turning lo the Representative of the …
1911 · PDF PAGE 291
…thdmwn. 333'333'333᾿ 333-333'333- I. Brother Taurus, what is the hour? Moonrise. 1. Brother Taurus, what is the place? The Chapel of the Holy Graal. I. What is my office? Warden of the Graal. I. What is my robe? Chastity. I. What is my weapon? Vigilance. I. Whom do we serve? The Lady Artemis. !. How many are her servants? Nine. [. Who are they? Three for the dew; three for the rain; and three for the snow. CANCER. I. Who are the great Officers? 1 [3
1911 · PDF PAGE 275
…R PROBATIONERS rise from among the alher PROBATIONERS and march to the allow] FIRST PROBATIONER. 333-333-22. Brethren, let us kindle the holy perfumes in honour of the most divine God. ALL FOUR PROBATIONERS. [Whilehe does so.]. Hail unto the most divine Lord Mercury! FIRST PROBATIONER. [To FR. GEMINI] Our Brother, child 97
1911 · PDF PAGE 82
… subtly than the sea.? Only through matter? Can spirit understand itself,? Justify itself, become itself? This mystery I heard? From the holy man of Bassu.? His beard was whiter than snow? Because it had once been blacker than burnt wood.? So will I cherish my love, The love which I owe, Which I give, to my husband The noblest of the Emirs; For I and my love and my service And my duty All are his. I have no duty to God But to obey my husband. So my heart is freer Than all other hearts,
1911 · PDF PAGE 55
…With life who never came to grips, Who gave me nothing priceless. Give me the purity distilled From dervish sweat and satyr bruises. The Holy Graal with wine is filled From no unbroken cruses. Doth not the World‘s great Alchemist Corrupt His oysters to make pearls? Shall not these lips praise Him? They kissed No cold reluctant girl’s. Jaja’ hath woven the web of God From threads of lust and laughter spun. In heaven the rose is worth the rod ; And love as water, One. 47
1911 · PDF PAGE 53
… the Host Of the esoteric Eucharist] The Pagan power of the corn and wine Mystical, magical, hers and mine, The dove’plumed snake of the Holy Ghost That wings and writhes in the wounds unkissedl Lie there, love—if I love you indeed Who adore and wonder and faint for drouth Of the passion-flower fallen from the other side Of time and space the tedious tide. Lie there, lie there, and let me bleed To death in the breath of the murderous mouth I 45
1911 · PDF PAGE 218
…save. And thou, Ο Zeus, the sire Of Bromius—hunter dire !4- Didst snatch the unborn babe from that Olympian fire: In thine own thigh most holy That offspring melancholy Didst hide, didst feed, on light, ambrosia, and moly. Ay ! and with serpent hair And limbs divinely {air Didst thou, Dionysus, leap forth to the nectar air ! Ay! thus the dreams of fate We dare commemorate, Twining in lovesome curls the spoil of mate and mate Ο Dionysus, hear! Be close, be quick, be near, Whispering enchanted words in every curving ear! 0 Dionysus, start As the A…