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THE EQUINOX BUN. Νο᾽fra’ Lunnon, Elder. It’s main impawsiblel EEL. Waurl BONES. It canna be ! It canna be I EEL. Waur, Far waur! TONGS. Hoots! but we maun ha’ fallen into terrible sin. BONES. Fra‘ whaur? In the Lord‘s name, mon, tell. We're fair distrachit. EEL. Fra’ Pairisss! GRAB. Fra’ the Hame o’ the De'il! BONES. Fra’ Hell! Fra‘ the Bottomless Pit! CHIPS. The ’Hoor 0' Babylon! The Scarlet Wumman that rideth on the Beast wi’ Seven Heads ! TONGS. Fra’ the very hairt 0' a' sculduddery an’ wicked- ness 1 BUN. O Lord! ha’ mercy upon us ! EEL. In…
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EDITORIAL NOTE HIS dictionary was begun by Allan Bennett (Fra Iehi Aour, now Bhikkhu Ananda Metteya) in the last decade of the nineteenth century since ],ס-?ןוזIt was bequeathed to the present Editor, with many other magical MSS,, on I.A.’s departure for Ceylon inי899!? Frater Perdurabo used it, and largely added to it, in the course of his Qabalistic workings. With George Cecil Jones (Fra Volo Noscere) he further added to it by making it a complete cross-correspondenceto the Book DCCLXXVII, It was further revised and checked, re-copied by a Je…
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…nd privation. After this, practically continuous ill-health, only interrupted by the most shocking domestic tragedies. Through all this, Fra. P. remains in perfect literal simplicity with his devotion to the Augoeides and his “invoking often.” He never flags, never falters, never faints, never fails. Impassive and inexorable as that Nature whom he had defied, he went steadily on with his work. Wealth and health had been torn from him; he was like Job, but even worse tor- mented; greater than Job, he resisted all without a murmur, and conquered al…
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…G A METHOD OF DIVINATION BY THEIR USE “ All divination resembles an attempt by a man born blind to obtain sighl by getting blind drunk.” FRA. P. I43
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…in. There seems little intention; perhaps owing to my bad health and the general uncertainty of things. A sleepy but a shade better. Saw Fra. D. D. S. A much better. A fair. Went to sleep trying to do A A . '.————? Still very bad—my head aches all over, and my throat. Still very bad. (There is no further entry till July 4. Fra, P. was evidently utterly broken down. Yet the A .'., though not recorded, was not interrupted.) 29 >>>>ב>כ
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THE EQUINOX THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE A.'.A.'. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC ILLUMINISM EDITED BY SOROR VIRAKAM SUB-EDITOR: FRA. LAMPADA TRADAM An VIII VOL. I. No. VIII © in a SEPTEMBER MCMXII OS. “THE METHOD OF SCIENCE—THE AIM OF RELIGION” WIELAND & CO. 3 GREAT JAMES STREET, GRAY’S INN LONDON, W.C.
1912 · PDF PAGE 47
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING THE BABE IT was about a fortnight after the writing of Liber Legis that Fra. P. left Egypt {or the grey skies of the Scottish Highlands, where, with the Seer, he began to put into practice the experiments suggested in the Book of the Law. The astounding success of these experiments would have convinced any other man of the reality of his experiences, and induced him to devote his life absolutely to the work enjoined ; but Fra. P. was not made of common clay. He issued acareless manifesto, calling upon the Universe…
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…ot bring himself to say a ridiculous thing to his God, even on the latter's mandate.” (From this it appears as if the Augoeides had told Fra. P. the real meaning of Zoroaster’s injunction: “Change not barbarous names of evocation; for they are names divine, having in the sacred rites a power ineffable.”) ”I shall go," continues Fra. P., “and recite ` From Greenland's Icy Mountains’ (the most ridiculous thing that occurred to his mind)—if with faith, Samadhil » . . "No faith, I suppose. Time after time I feel the sickening pangs of dissolution; …
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…the utmost attainmentwith the intelligence and literary ability to make it comparatively articulate. It is no wonder, then, that we hail Fra. P. as the greatest of all Teachers, This entire experience from the Passing of the Abyss to the Shivadarshana has been so wonderfully described in “Aha! " by Mr. Aleister Crowley, who was privileged to get his material first—hand from Fra, Ρ. himself, that we make no apology for quoting the passage in full. MARSYAS. Ay! Hear the Ordeal of the Veil, The Second Veil ! . . . O spare me this Magical memory! I …
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…rsing Home.) 26. Went down to stay with D. D. S. 27 . Here we have a most extraordinary entry, which needs explanation and illustration. Fra. Ρ. was cruCified by Fra. D. D. S., and on that cross made to repeat this oath: " I, P——, a member of the Body of Christ, do hereby solemnly obligate myself, etc., to lead a pure and unselfish life, and will entirely devote myself so to raise, etc., myself to the Knowledge of my higher and Divine Genius that I shall be He. “ In witness of which I invoke the great Angel Hua to give me a proof of his existence…
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…, and it seemed most desirable that he should pursue his travels, which he did. But of this week one illuminating sentence is preserved. Fra, Ρ. was driving through Calcutta with Mr. Ε Τ , and complaining to him that the analysis of impressions showed no connection between them. There was no coherence in the non-Ego, and so no sanity in the Universe. His companion pointed out that the same criticism applied with equal force to the Ego. This fell on Fra. Ρ. with the force of a thunderbolt. He had always known this in an intellectual way; now it …
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…f some forty feet in height. “ Neither hurt,” he remarks. “ Later, kicked on the thigh by a mule.” lt is of no purpose here to deal with Fra. P.‘s private affairs; but one must mention that all this time of interior insanity he was “ playing the man” very vigorously. His moral force no doubt saved the Europeans of Tengyueh from a panic which might easily have resulted in massacre. After the death, perhaps by poison, of the Consul, the admirable and undervalued Litton, he was the only person who kept his head, and knew how to assert the authorit…
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…ts chief, his occupation gone, left to the more diverting pastime of trying to dodge the Criminal Law Amendment Act. With autumn we find Fra. Ρ. still less occupied with magic; he spent the winter skating at St. Moritz, where his only occult exploit seems to have been parson-baiting, and though he returned to Scotland in the spring, it was only for a few days. For on April 27, 1905, one of the old comrades of his journeys in Central Asia sought him out, and proposed a new Expedition. Fra. P. gleefully accepted, and on May 6, having got together…
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…OPE 250 REVIEWS 253 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS meme uma THE SPHINX (PORTRAIT OF MISS WADDELL) xxxiii A VISION OF GOLGOTHA (THE CRUCIFIXION OF FRA P,) 32 THE COMPLETE SYMBOL OF THE TAROT x45 xxi
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…wanton, forward wench! A Babylonish Harlot! BONES. The Lord ha’ mercy on us! EEL. An actress body! ALL. The Lord ha’ mercy on us! CHIPS. Fra‘ Glasgie, I doot? EEL. Waur! ALL. Waur? EEL. Waur! 221
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…ear eyes of that Radiant One. My own face became luminous. June I. A good but interfered with by fatigue. Used much resolution. (And now Fra. Ρ. was to be struck down by an overwhelming blow. It seems almost as if the experiences of May 30 and 31 were to prepare him to meet it.) ,, 2. Arrived Liverpool. Heard of Baby’s death by letter from —— and v—. Arrived London, perfectly stunned. (He travelled to London with the friends he had made on the voyage, refusing to allow them to suspect that anything was wrong.) A appropriate in tone, though of c…
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…n his limitations, not to the absolute). This very simple truth, that the planes are separate, is the greatest of all the discoveries of Fra. P. It is a complete key to life. May 1. A fair. No tendency to sleep. 24 n וו n (The Ο (operation) is a great test of faith and will; not at all of wit. Just what I have always lacked Ι) Yesterday’s attribution of the hexagram given in vision clearly right. The descending triangle is the divine drawing down to man, the wedge of blue splitting matter; the upright triangle is the human flame aspiring. (Compa…
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…e of those rare cases where a “golden mean " looks well. 9. A at night good: considerable strain in ether. (It is here fitting to mention Fra, P.’s idea of performing this “ Preliminary Invocation " of the Goetia.) The preamble he makes a general concentra— tion of all his magical forces, and a declaration of his will. The Ar Thiao section. He travels to the infinite East among the hosts of angels sum— moned by the words. A sort of "Rising on the Planes," but in a horizontal direction.
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…. A rather bad, but done. Being in bed has cured the eternal headache, and the throat is much better. (The doctors were not sure whether Fra. Ρ. was suffering from cancer or tubercle—pleasing alternative! Probably the real trouble was due to the fall with his horse months before. The microscope failed to reveal its real nature; but it was evidently nothing serious.) 9. Operation performed with little pain. My display of cowardice (he asked for a drink of water during the operation, which was done with only local anaesthetics. But he had made up…
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THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING “ Humility, Purity, Confidence. “ INRI Instar Noli Revelare Ineffabile." But Fra. P. made also a sketch of the vision, which we here copy and reproduce. July 28. Twenty-fifth week of A begins. ,, 29. (A continued evidently, for P. writes.) Perfect the lightning-conductor and the flash will come. ,, 30. (The diary of Ρ. from this date is now full of hiero- glyphics, which are and must ever remain inde— cipherable. We may gather a certain amount from those passages which are intelligible. He apparently tried repeating …