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1912 · PDF PAGE 30

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…e star in my black firmamentl Thou, night that wraps me close, thou, moon that glimmers Chaste, yet embraced, serenest element Lapping my life as the sea laps a swimmer’s; Thou, by whose strength and purity and love I leave this land, attain to the above, Come thou rose—red, break on my soul like dawn And gild my peaks, and bid their fountains flow; For in thine absence all their life withdrawn Congealed my being to a sterile snow, Snow fallen from some accursed star to ban All the high hope and heritage 01 man. Come thou, a gleaming goddess of p…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 120

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

… Aching with infinite sweetnesses within To crush the wavering insect, and to xvin From the deep crimson heart of thee a tide Of wondrous Life; as when the Crucified, Hanging in shame to expiata all sin, Found in the dying thief a soul akin Το His own soul. Is not all Truth allied? Ο miracle of miracles sublime, That all created things should sink to climb! Ο mystery incarnate of the soul, That dies but to be born anew! The whole One monstrous effigy of Life, that Time Scrawls with fantastic hands from pole to pole. ARCHER??:חתפמ

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1912 · PDF PAGE 29

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

HOMAGE PRELIMINARY LIFE that is lost in dullard Dreams of the senses, gol Life, by the soul fair-coloured, Thy valiant trumpets blowI Far from the world where love is lust, And work is pain, and wealth is dust, Rise on the wings of love, and soar Το the sun’s self, the eternal shore Where flaming streamers soar and roll, Angels to guard its secret soul, The Garden where my love and I May walk to all eternity. Who dares to force the fiery gate May win our world inviolate. Children whose hearts are passionate; Maidens whose flesh is fair and fain, A…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 193

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…OF THE BOOK 9. The Hermit. The Magus of the Voice of Power, the Prophet of the Eternal 10. The Wheel The Lord of the of Fate . Forces of Life 8. Justice. . The Daughterofthe Lords of Truth: the Ruler of the Balance 12. The Hanged The Spirit of Man . the Mighty Waters . 13. Death. . The Child of the Great Trans— formers:theLord of the Gates of Death 14. Temperance The Daughter of the Reconcilers : the Bringer- Forth of life 15. The Devil . The Lord of the Gates of Matter: the Child of the Forces of Time . LETTER ATTRI- BUTION ` "h ιι?כ .₪,`כ V?מ…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 292

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…catch from Maeterlinck, II Sixteen years old when she died 1 A Vestal, tending Minerva’s flame; It was not her time to read ; beside, Her life had hardly a hope or aim, Nor duties enough, nor little cares; She was never quiet; her mind was astir, Το Henrik Ibsen she said her prayers, And she worshipped Edward Carpenter‘ III Is it too late then, Evelyn Hope? We know that your soul was pure and true From Alan Leo’s Test Horoscope, And Cheiro’s words confirmed it too— And just because I was thrice as old, And because you thought me cynical, I'd No p…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 294

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

… cost me, I that was old. So hush ! I give you this leaf to keep— Seel I shut it inside the sweet cold hand ; 'Tis a tract on The Simple Life and Sleep ; You will wake, and remember, and understand. VICTOR B. NEUBURG‘

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1912 · PDF PAGE 288

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…l's subtlest engine, and saving himself from the expense of hiring a drudge. He applied the same fine intelligence to all the problems of life. Onanism, he argued, is demonstrably safe and eco- nomical ; further, it is secret, and can be passed off as chastity; hence credit with the pious Again, “I am out to get the money that parents give their children ; I am the Sole Inventor of the ‘ Kinchin-lay‘ ; and I am certainly not going to queer my own pitch by getting children. I might have to give them pennies now and then myself." Onanism consequen…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 299

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

… too much in this book to allow it to trouble you. Read it, and know Thyself. Ε. LE Roux. LVRA NIGERUE: A BOOK OF VERSES ΙιιυετκΑτΙνε OF LIFE IN NIGERIA, By ADAMU (E. C. AD.-ms) FISHER UNWIN. μ. 6d. net. NO sentimental drivel in this little book, but songs sung by a man whose heart beats high and feels the good red blood tingling through his veins—who loves the scorching sun he curses, and the acrid country which gives him his splendid outlook upon life. In Artim/o Marti: is a volume of philosophy in itself, and should be circulated by the Reli…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 21

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ilities in the service of your king and your country, and deem the knowledge you have this day attained the happiest acquisition of your life. " Recall to memory the ceremony of your initiation; learn to bridle your tongue and to govern your passions: and ere long you will have occasion to say: ‘In becoming a M,Y I truly became the man; and while I breathe will never disgrace a jewel that kings may prize.’ “ If I live, my son, to reap the fruits of this day‘s labour, my happiness will be complete. I will meet death without terror, close my eyes…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 252

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ber DCCLXXVII, cols. 149-1514] Fifi/z Oþemlz'm Final Result L Shuffle, etc., as before. 2. Deal into ten packs in the form of the Tree of Life. 3. Make up your mind where the Significator should be, as before; but failure does not here necessarily imply that the divination has gone astray. 4. Count and pair as before [Note that one cannot tell at what part of the divination the present time occurs. Usually Op. I seems to indicate the past history of the question ; but not always so. Experience will teach. Sometimes a new current of high help may …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 84

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…s caught up, beyond, above The tides of being, The great sight Of the intolerable light Of the whole universe that wove The labyrinth of life and love, Blazed in me. Then some giant will, Mine or another’s, thrust a thrill

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1912 · PDF PAGE 225

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…fter and through it. Peace from and after war. Relaxation of anxiety. Quietness, rest, ease and plenty, yet after struggle Goods of this life; abundance; modified by dignity as is usual. Chesed of?ו (Convalescence, recovery from sickness ; change for the better). Herein do?היראלand?לא”לבbear rule.

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1912 · PDF PAGE 273

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…forgive me if I call thee Child— The weight of my mortality in years, I reckon not, but tribulations wild, With stormy battle, stress of life and fears. I see thee once again athwart the mist Of Time, and past the wane of many moons Not changed, with still a change—the same, I wist, Yet not—as purest daylight’s change from noon. ΙΙ I then beheld thee with thy tresses rolled In darkling curls and masses long adown : A child thou wert, in maiden’s youthful mould, \Vith childhood‘s pensive magic round thee thrown. 231

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1912 · PDF PAGE 274

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…For to mine eyes thy simple act of grace Is one step onward, whither no one can see— A little further to the Great Unknown By ways where Life's Periodics plants her rood The Living Progress landmarks all alone, Soon passed :—thou reachest on to Womanhood! IV Fair—God grant that it be fair—thy world ! With influence of Goodness shed around Far from thee may the tongue of Spite uncurl With venom'd spleen, and vicious raucous sound 1 Have mercy, God! I am not proud, not proud! But all my pent—up wrath I pour on Spite It is enough! forgive these mur…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…n of Shu. [Knock] Let us adore the Lord and King of Air] Shaddai El ChaiI Almighty and ever—living One, be Thy Name ever magnified in the Life of All (Sign of Shu.) Amenl gram of Spirit Active AGLA. in these names: EXARP.] [Make the Invoking Penta— ]! IHVH. [Make the Invoking Penta— }AHII‘L gram of Air in these ShDI AL ChI] names: And Elohim said: Let us make Adam in our own image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the {owls of the air. In the Names of IHVH and of ShDI AL ChI, Spirits of Air, adore your Creatorl 105

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…an's wife, which, after having lain dormant all these years, was now become rampant and incurable. He had nothing to look forward to but life with one who was in all essential ways a maniac, with no hope of any termination but the asylum or the grave.) . Το bed with thoughts of A Persistent vision, . . But ohl the constant rapture. . . . But ohl . . . as before. Did some prayer and fasting, but not enough. . Things have really lost their value-I get what Blavatsky describes in the Voice of the Silence as “not quite disgust.” certain Samadhic ef…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 149

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ἱtime: to the intent that from the highest vessels and the corners of your governments you might work my Power, pouring down the fires of life and increase continually on the earth. Thus you are become the skirts of Justice and Truth. In the name of the same your God, lift up, Ι say, yourselvesl Behold! His mercies flourish, and (His) Name is become mighty among us. In whom we say: Movel Descend I and apply yourselves unto us as unto the partakers of His Secret Wisdom in your Creation. [67 words in this English Call [Invokesz Exarp; the whole Tab…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…solute). 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. (Compare the doctrine of the two arrow…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…cerity; not notable for result. I think I had better begin to renounce idle things, save where politeness calls, and calls loud. ΙΗ take life too easy, the Great Retirement will be harder: on the other hand an asceticism to no instant purpose may exhaust me for the struggle when it comes. One 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— t…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ounding 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 to adore, and nothing particular coming of this, he lost interest. It is what he calls “The way of the Tao” to do everything by doing nothing. Take no trouble or care about a matter; it will come to pass. It seems to us a sort of happy fatalism; to him it is the highest of ma…

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