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1911 · PDF PAGE 263

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

THE RITE OF VENUS VENUS. 7777777. SATURN. Amen. VENUS. 333-1-333. LUNA. Amen. VENUS. 1-55555-1. LIBRA anu' PISCES. Amen. VENUS. Brother Saturn, what is the hour? SATURN. Twilight. VENUS. Sister Pisces, from whose house are we come out? PISCES. From the House of Death. VENUS. Brother Taurus, what is stronger than death? TAURUS. Love. VENUS. Brother Libra, what is the place? LIBRA. The Mountain of Venus, that hangeth from the navel of the Universe over the Great Abyss. VENUS. Let us celebrate the Rite of Venus. [LUNA plays a waltz tune. The PROBA…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 261

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

THE RITE OF VENUS PRELUDE Fall lighl. VENUS, seated before altar, LIBRA aria’ TAURUS at if: sides. VENUS. 7777777 -?טעמ77777771 TAURUS- 7777777- VENUS. Brother Libra, I command thee to declare the Secret of Venus. LIBRA rentes Swinburne: " Hertha.” [A/lþresemf reelihe and sleep] VENUS. Having ears they hear not. Brothers Taurus and Libra, let the veil be drawn. [They de m PART I [Twihghl. VENUS is em‘hroaed (m high, :walhed in masses qf red hair and roses. The altar is covered with 70565 ; [here is a smallflame thereah.] TAURUS ane! LIBRA draw t…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 264

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

PART II VENUS. (Awekihg) 3334-333. [Venus is Mil/iahlly illuminated; the rest remain 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. M…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 268

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…een, Peopled by shapes too bright to see, And rest, having beheld ; somewhat like thee; Which walk upon the sea, and chant melodiously! [VENUS manifests αἰτίας:. PISCES slips away la ihe throne of LUNA] [LUNAplay: her mnquen’ng melody" VENUS. Oh! Oh I LIBRA. Holier than pleasure is pain; nobler is abstinence than indulgence ; from sloth and faith we turn to toil and science ; from the tame victories of the body to the wild triumphs of the mind. VENUS. It is the ruin of the temple. LIBRA. For from thee cometh the Utterance of the Present; but of…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 269

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

THE RITE OF VENUS VENUS. Brother Taurus, art thou faithful, thou alone? TAURUS. [Sedaelivelyyet innita/ly.] Knowest thou not me ? VENUS. Yea, my beloved, Lord of all my doves. TAURUS. Venus, our Lady! VENUS. Come unto me! [She half rises and aii/aws him ta hei/. TAURUS. Within the veil? VENUS. There is no veil before my Shrine! [She anfastens his mbe. As it falls he leafs up with Με Cadmeia, as MERCURY, and (!?₪/!15125 her beneath hisfeeL] TAURUS. In the Beginning was the Word; and the Word was with God; and the Word was God! [All eomeferwam’; …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 259

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

THE OFFICERS VENUS. Blue Robe. TAURUS. Orange Robe. LIBRA. Green Rooe. PISCES. Crimson Rm. LUNA m TAURUS. Sz'lwr Rube, SATURN IN μευ. Bloc/e Rm. No oflz‘ur ho: any weapon. Venus is ”παπαῖ, απιι' on her right are Libra and Saturn in Liba, on her left Taurus and Luna in Tnurus, while at her feet lit: Pisces. Her throne it an 11:14:-”( ?שנועz: in ψαράτα” by Boltiælli Before it a mil. Without, am altar ; and without the temple, afurther veil. 81

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1911 · PDF PAGE 265

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

THE RITE OF VENUS A devouring fire is thy soul, and the corpses of the dead are enkindled at thy breath. Salutation to Hathor, the child of Isis and of Nephthys ! Salutation to Hathor, the bride of Apis, of Apis that hath the beetle upon his tongue! A devouring fire is thy soul, and the corpses of the dead are enkindled at thy breath. Salutation to Hathor, whose necklace is of the Souls of the blessed ones of Amennti. Salutation to Hathor, whose girdle is of the Souls of the blessed ones of Seb! Salutation to Hathor, whose sandals are of the Soul…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 257

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

THE RITE OF VENUS 79

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1911 · PDF PAGE 181

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

II. III. IV. VI. VII. THE RITE OF SATURN. THE RITE OF ]UPITER. THE RITE OF MARS, THE RITE OF SOL. THE RITE OF VENUS. THE RITE OF MERCURY. THE RITE OF LUNA.

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1911 · PDF PAGE 267

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

THE RITE OF VENUS [She z': 7149164431/?}ששMe Via/in of the [ha/(mea' LUNA, who play: her 8761616/?שושmelody? PISCES manifests dz‘siress.) VENUS. Brother Libra, what is this song? LIBRA My soul is an enchanted boat, Which, like a sleeping swan, doth float Upon the silver waves of thy sweet singing ; And thine doth like an angel sit Beside a helm conducting it, Whilst all the winds with melody are ringing. It seems to float ever, for ever, Upon that many-winding river, Between mountains, woods, abysses, A paradise of wildernesses! Till, like one in…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 225

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

OFFICERS BROTHER SOL IN ARIES. W/m: Robe, Whit: amigo/d munun, ἀφίω (MARS) BROTHER MARS. (54510074/ס%)”?!? (VENUS) SISTER SCORPIO. Green Rm, Violin, Sword. (ATHENA) BROTHER ARIES. Violet Rm, Spear. (VULCAN) BROTHER CAPRICORNUS. Blade Robe, T0%!-?סטוSword. A guard of PROBATIONERS, armai. Mar: z': lhmnzti in th: South, Scorpio on his right, Arie: ₪ his {ψ. In the Eas! is also a wil, behind whit}; τ᾿: Sal in Aries. ln the North z': Capricamm, crouching kept from the 111147 by the guard. 47

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1911 · PDF PAGE 185

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

THE OFFICERS OF THE TEMPLE MAGISTER TEMPLI, the representativeafBz'nah, Saturn. MATER CCELI, Venus in Libra, the house af Saturn’s?!.זג/!ונחלוש BROTHER AQUARIUS, the house of Saturn?,יin Chesea’, becauseFirm is water.- "Hufe." BROTHER CAPRICORNUS, in the thing af Caþnlcamw, the house of Saturn; in thurah, buduse Mars is exalted therein Hz is Mars in Caþn'æmus. BROTHER CAPRICORNUS EMISSARIUS. THE LEADER OF ΤΗΕ CHORUS, 01‘ CHORAGOGE. SCENE—«1n the East is a Wei/ed shrine, containing an altar. Tσ its Cito/emuli, Bina/t, Chesea', und Gzhumh are M T…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 266

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…t, the sacrifice, the shrine, I am the love and life of the divine! Life, death, love, hatred, light, darkness are surely mink Are mine ! Venus am I, the love and light of earth, The wealth of kisses, the delight of tears, The barren pleasure never come to birth, The endless, infinite desire of years I am the shrine at which thy long desire Devoured thee with intolerable fire, I was song, music, passion, death, upon thy lyre—— Thy lyre! I am the Grail and I the Glory now: I am the flame and fuel of thy breast; I am the star of God upon thy brow; I …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 247

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

… SOL. 22-1-1—22. [ARIES and LEO return io their thrones. [SCORPIo-APOPHIS plays her þaæiamzfe melody, her Siren melody, her desþairihg “ Venus in Tahnheïiiser " melting/.* She clasþs Με feel and knees of SOL but he gives ne sign of life.] [At Με emi ARIES mm’ LEO rixe from their thrones— a þama] ARIES. (Laud/y). 333—333. LEO. (Lauder). 333-333. ARIES. The hour of sacrifice is past. SCORPIO-APOPHIS. The hour of sacrifice is to come. * Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde: Wagner. 69

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1911 · PDF PAGE 136

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…rst time that I have dared so far. The Abyssl The Razor- Edgel Frail bridge and sharp! Yet is it not a ray of the Evening Star, a ray of Venus, of the Love Supernal? . . Can I tell black from white? It seems I can—and then the certainty flickers, and I doubt. I doubt. I am always doubting. Perhaps a wise man grows angry, and declares his will. ‘It shall be what o’clock I say it is,’ or . . . seel I lay the threads on her white breast. No doubt remains.” Then clear and loud: “Ave Soror 1 " 128

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1911 · PDF PAGE 313

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…in the latter a nemyss of shot silk, should be worn. The Philosophus’ robe is fitted for all rituals involving O O, and for the rites of Venus. In the former case an Uraeus crown and azure nemmes, in the latter a green nemimes, should be worn, ‘The Dominus Liminis’ robe is fitted for the infernal rites of Sol, which must never be celebrated. The Adeptus Minor’s robe is fitted for the rituals of Sol. A golden nemmes may be worn, ‘The Adeptus’ robe is fitted for the particular workings of the Adeptus, and for the Postulant at the First Gate of th…

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