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1912 · PDF PAGE 23

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

EDITORIAL LOVE! Dear Readers, have you ever thought what a wonderful thing love is? What would life be without love? A desertl There would be no true happiness without love. And yet we must admit that love is in some ways a great danger. We must remember that many great teachers have forbidden it. What did the great Buddha say to Ananda? “ Beware of women, Anandal " " But, Lord, they are subtle of speech I " " Don’t speak to them, Anandal” “ But, Lord, suppose they speak to us ? ” “ Keep wide awake, Anandal " Think of Paul’s contemptuous permis…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…E 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, And men whose souls no …

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

A VALLEY SONG OVER the hills the shadows creep, Like dreams across the sleep of lovers ; And through their golden, satiate sleep, Singing, the Skylark hovers His lyric gold the skylark spills As over the bare, green hills he hovers ; The space betwixt love‘s breasts he fills With songs from the hearts of lovers. The shadows move across the green, Slowly, over the grass and clover, As gentle as the kiss between Love’s breasts from the lips of her lover. The hills lie bare and green and steep, And the Skylark rises over, Like the breath of love in…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

THE WAY PALE yellow moon, and pale green grass, Oh, have ye seen Diana pass? And are ye pale for longing or love, Palest green grass, pale moon above ? Pale yellow moon, before the dawn, Palest green grass, Oh, have ye seen Diana pass Over the lawn? Soft-noted nightingales I love, With the earth below, and the moon above, And the rippling river singing slowly Under the stars serene and holy. Great staring moon before the dawn, Shining young grass, Oh, have ye heard Diana pass Over the lawn ? Oh, dimpling river, murmuring slowly Under the starli…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…with mild devotion, As the dewdrop woos the ocean. In my wanderings I came To an ancient park aflame With fairies’ feet, Still wrapped in love, I was 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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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

THE EQUINOX selfish dissipation, deception in love and friendship. Often success gained, but not followed up. Modified as usual by dignity. Netzach of?ה (Lying, promises unfulfilled; illusion, deception, error; slight success at outset, not retained). Herein the Angels?לאהלמand?היוההrule. XXXIII THE LORD OF SWIFTNESS Ezlght af Μάνα!; or T0761665 FOUR White Radiating Angelic Hands (two proceedingfrom each side) issuant from clouds; clasped in two pairs in the centre with the grip of the First Order. They hold eight wands, crossed four with four. Fl…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…k of G, who went ashore once too often, and was caught by a girl named Alphonsina Nectarine Stubbs; think of H, who had to shave off the loveliest red beard to show what a strong chin he really had; think of I—nol that isn’t grammar—think of Mel My catalogue need not stop there, but it shall. Against all this what have we to urge but the awful example of J, who wanted to store up Ojas, and went off his K—nut? No, dear readers, love is not all that it’s cracked up to be. It’s a good boy to have to answer the bell, but it’s a bad packing-house wh…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

THE EQUINOX success, good luck and fortune; love, gladness, kindness, liberality. Binah of( ?הPlenty, hospitality, eating and drinking, pleasure, dancing, new clothes, merriment). Therein the Angels?לאהארand m::- are lords. LVI THE LORD OF BLENDED PLEASURE Four of Chalice: FOUR cups: the two upper overflowing into the two lower, which do not overflow. An Angelic Hand grasps a branch of lotus, from which ascends a stem bearing one flower at the top of the card, from which the white water flows into the two upper cups. From the centre two leaves pass…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…אר Riches, power?אנד Fish?גך 2‘. The Number οἳAbraxMelin Sub—Princes, and of the Servi- tors of Oriens. ? To will, intend?הבא Desired, beloved?בהא MR Then?זא The entrance, threshold?האב To be anxious, grieve?גאד Love; beloved, breast; pleasures?־ןר of love Nqn, Zauir Anpin 478 q.“?אז [Ii 3“~??ןו <( Ventriloquus: the special‘fire’?בוא of black magic, whence Obi, Obeah. Cf. u and 207 He kindled?אזא Brother?הא A garment?ךנב Became powerful, grew high?האב Middle?ןג Splendour; cf. r 5?ךה 2(1—4). The Mystic Number of Chesed. Elementorum Sphaera. The N…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…. I hope no prostitute, however drunk, Would end the shocking sequence. Yet we find, Even in England, men of evil mind, Pornographers who love obscene details, Shameless enough to mention finger-nails.

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

… fire : the?רואThunder; w meditate; he 18-?הנה special ‘fire’ or ‘light’ of the moved Sacred Magic of Light, Life, A City of Edom 11,1 and Love ; hence “Odic Here; this?וז Force” &c. Cf. 9 and 207 A locust?בגה Where?יאHe shall come?אבי When?אובב Το 'e"! cut, mac“ Tu Rhamnus; a thorn, spine?ךמאGold (Οι)?בהרRising ground; Earth of?איג Proud, haughty?דוGeburah. (See 777) To conceal?אנחSacrifice v. & s. (Ch.). (?)?חבך A circularity of form or motion ;?גהLove, beloved; David?ךח 2‘ fem Give, give! [Videבה ?בה . "πα I7. 1`?בהHe longed for, missed?הואTo g…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ich the rude hand of Time can never erase. The obligations which influenced the first Brutus and Manlius to sacrifice their children to the love of their country are not more sacred than those which bind me to support the honour and reputation of this venerable order. ”This moment, my son, you owe to me a second birth; should your conduct in life correspond with the principles of M., my remaining years will pass away with pleasure and satisfaction. Observe the great example of our ancient masters, peruse our history and our constitutions. The best…

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…X That float on the summer air; the hot delight, Awaken no response; only the might Of the shy poesie that enchants the night He cares to love ; the eerie palaces Where the soul finds forbidden harmonies. Oh I Now his eyes dance up to meet the sun ; Curious, he peers into the hurtling air: Oh! all his spirit follows, slim and fair; The spears of light attract him : it is done; The flaw is found ; he bends again, to shun The summer—heat: see! the swift fingers run Like spiders o'er the strings : Look! it is bare, The flaw: and he has found what godhe…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…he earlier rue If we chanced to meet again? I jingle homely lore, While you rhyme is with kiss— Which of us two Will the earlier rue The love of the Haj/lake Miss ? Not I the first to go, Nor I the first to deceive—— Which of us two Shall the the earliest rue Our garden of make—believe? 0 2 21 I

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ablished Strength . Perfected Work Material Trouble . Material Success . Success unfulfilled Shortened Force . Despair and Cruelty Ruin . Love Abundance . Blended Pleasure DECAN Θ vawomþwuumommtavxmeO-JZMu-am IN maabductam:«««xxxtiïziiädäsüwää I49

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…loquent, etc, according to dignity‘ Malkuth of( ?וRuin, death, defeat, disruption) Herein the Angels?היבמדand?לאסכמreign LIV THE LORD OF LOVE Two of Chat/ices A WHITE Radiant Hand, issuant from the lower part of the card from a cloud, holds lotuses. A lotus flower rises 200

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ow are short wands with flames issuing, surmounted respectively by the symbols of LL and 8, representing the Decan. Victory after strife: Love: pleasure gained by labour: carefulness, sociability and avoiding of strife, yet victory therein: also insolence, and pride of riches and success, etc. The whole dependent on the dignity Tiphareth of ( ?יGain). Hereunto are allotted the great Angels?לאטיסand?הימלע of the Schemhamphorash. 178

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ound you. Was it by fall of chance? Then what a stake against What odds I have won | Was it determined in God’s ordinance? Then wondrous love and pity for His son ! Or was it part of an eternal law? Then how ineffably beneficent! Each thought excites an ecstasy of awe, A rapture tending the mind's firmament. 61

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…. ? l w Material Gain 9 of Pentacles. 2 "I. Illusionary Success 7 ,, Cups. 3. a. Defeat 5 ,, Swords. 4. τ Perfected Work 4 ,, Wands. 5 s Love 2 ,, Cups. Or in τ 5?".עin. : 2 Cups: I each of others. E5 I. ₪ Wealth 10 of Pentacles. 2. : Swiftness 8 ,, Wands. 3. :: Earned Success 6 ,, Swords. 4. 8 Material Trouble 5 ,, Pentaclesi 5. as Abundance 3 ,, Cups. Or in 8 π "y : & two Pentacles: [ of each of the others. )כ I. & Peace Restored 2 of Swords. 2. 1 Great Strength 9 ,, Wands. 3. m Unstable Effort 7 ,, Swords. 4. 8 Material Success 6 ,, Pentacle…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

HOMAGE PRELIMINARY The world of stranger deities and loves Than haunted Ida, or were hidden in The Cretan bowers, the Eleusinian groves, A world that trembles on thy Violin, Eager to be—and then the curtain drops Just as thy music, with my heart’s pulse, stops, Nay! To this world of ours they shall not reach. My rimes are shadows dancing in the breeze By moonlight; there is no delight in speech Such as the silence of our own heart’s ease; But even thy shadow is itself a sun Το the bleak universe of Everyone. Then open sesame! The fairy cavern O…

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