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1912 · PDF PAGE 76

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

Aug. ιο᾿ ,, 25᾽ . Reobligated, though ill. ,, 16. ,, Ι7᾿ 18. ΤΗΕ EQUINOX N.B.——To look expectantly always, as if He would instantly appear. In Sign of Osiris Slain; cut cross and circle as before, renewing vows. Twenty-eight mins. Got the Threshold—the awful doubt whether one shouldn’t walk away and throw up the whole thing—presented first as a temptation, then as a doubt. Wherefore the cry, " Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani.” But got no further—save from a sense of dew distilling from the Eye in the Triangle by the Ray. Am still very much below par.…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 69

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…I4. [5. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. do A Still {rightfully ill—sleep and nightmares. A again conquered by these, though I did my very utmost. . A shade better. A in Turkish hath not bad considering. A futile. A a shade better. A and a further renewal of the Vow. Went to sleep doing A Am still very ill with throat. '. better. Throat better. '. mediocre. `. I went to sleep, I fancy. '. a shade better. poor again. There seems little intention; perhaps owing to my bad health and the general uncertainty of things. A sleepy bu…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…through suffering; pleasure after pain. Sacrifice and trouble, yet strength arising therefrom, symbolized by the position of the rose, as though the pain itself had brought forth beauty. Arrangement, peace restored; truce; truth and untruth; sorrow and sympathy. Aid to the weak; arrangement; justice, unselfishness; also a tendency to repetition of affronts on being pardoned; injury when meaning well; given to petitions; also a want of tact, and asking questions of little moment; talkative. Chokmah of Vau. Quarrel made up, yet still some tension i…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…, bearing an Ankh, to comfort me. We may now transcribe the Diary. We find the great mind, the complex man, purged through and through of thought, stripped of all things human and divine, centred upon one single Aspiration, as simple as the love of achild for its father. Feb. 12. Continuing these Resolutions. ,, 13. Continuing these Resolutions. Read through Goetia, etc., etc. ,, 14. Thoughts of the Augoeides. 15. Again thoughts of Augoeides. Knowing the In— vocation (Preliminary Invocation in the Goetia) by heart, will repeat same daily. ,, 16.…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 171

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…and all its gods. We are worth the three together, if you come to talk of odds! For a day we held up London, and the cursed robber crew, Though they were fifteen hundred, and we were only two. All day we fought the cowards, that dared not break the door. They had soldiers and policemen, all the tools of modern war, With their field—gun and their Maxim and the rifle and the shell ; But they skulked with Winston Churchill, or we'd sent a few to hell! They hid themselves and volleyed, did the braves of Waterloo, They were only fifteen hundred, and Fri…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

… and bringer-forth of Material Forces: a force which develops and realizes that of the King: a force steady and unshaken, but not rapid, though enduring. It is therefore symbolized bya Figure seated upon a Throne: but also clothed in Armour. TIte Four Primes These Princes are Figures seated in Chariots, and thus borne forward. They represent the Vau Forces of the Name in each suit: the Mighty Son of the King and Queen, who realizes the influence of both scales of Force. A Prince, the son of a King and Queen, yet a Prince of Princes, and a King o…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 166

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…with us the first table hath no call, and can have no call, seeing that it is 01 the Godhead Thus, then, with us hath it the number 01 0, though with them that 01 1. (Even as the first key 01 the ROTA hath the number 0.) After this follow the calls or keys 01 the Thirty Aires or Aithyrs: which are in substance similar, though, in the name 01 the fEthyrs, diversified. i24

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1912 · PDF PAGE 133

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…a week—as violinist to the splendid tea-parties of the Hotelי1556011161? Her liking for Professor Zircon was little more than a child's, though the shaggy-headed old analyst told another story to his brother experts at the ΝΜ Office, And indeed, though her nature was incapable of great passion, what 5116 had she gave, and to the innocence of a child added a dog's fidelity and trust. Professor Zircon was a happy old man ; 116 called her his Chloride of Gold. Muriel means salt, you know, he would explain to the fellows at the Club, and salt is a co…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ess 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 his kit, left his home, and sailed for India on theי12111? His diary is henceforth barren of all interest to us. We learn only that the success of his …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 295

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…efore prepared to believe anything she might say. And accordingly we get a simple, charming, old-fashioned motherly book, full of kindly thought and real piety; that it may have no objective value for the S.P.R. is quite unimportant for the class of readers whom it is intended to reach, Mrs. Davies is a “professional medium "; of such I have said things which only my incapacity for invective prevented from being severe. But though (no doubt) the phenomena recorded in this book are ‘non-evidcntial,’ I do feel the sincerity of the writer. I am co…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 172

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…he right I And the red flag folds me closer—«I have fought the last good fight. We died, we died unconquered—‘tis the triumph of the true: Though they were fifteen hundred, and we were only two. 130

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1912 · PDF PAGE 242

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…g eight swords, as in the preceding symbol; the points falling away from each other. Two hands hold two swords crossed in the centre, as though their junction had disunited the others No rose, flower or bud, is shewn4 Above and below are 0 and Π, representing the Decanr Almost a worse symbol than the Nine of Swords Un- disciplined, warring force, complete disruption and failure. Ruin of all plans and projects Disdain, insolence and im— pertinence, yet mirth and jollity therewith. A marplot, loving to overthrow the happiness of others; a repeater…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…E EQUINOX St. James the Divine has indeed found a way to tell the truth (about most things) without frightening Respectability too much, though I think he might have spared us a thunderbolt against that feeble writer, Herbert Vivian. Sanctus Jacobus Corvus once observed in his treatise on?!”נ/עשתמ (blue- pencilled by the common sub-editor),“Crow and Crowley—what a combination ! " Not a bad one, either. Ifonly he had stolen the holy water (as I begged him to do) and baptized our mandrakes properly Never mind! I advise all our readers to read his…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS OF THE TAROT If ill dignified, cruel, sly, deceitful, unreliable, though with a good exterior. Rules from 20° W to 20° Δ, V of A Queen of the Sylphs and Sylphidesl XV THE PRINCE OF THE CHARIOT OF THE WINDS King ofSwords A WINGED King with Winged Crown, seated in a chariot drawn by Arch Fays, represented as winged youths very slightly dressed, with butterfly wings: heads encircled by a fillet with a pentagram thereon: and holding wands sur- mounted by pentagrams, the same butterfly wings on their feet and fillets. General equ…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 240

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…, and yet a loser thereby. Sometimes it denotes slight and isolated gains with no fruits resulting therefrom, and of no further account, though seeming to promise well. Netzach of( ?הUnprofitable speculations and employments ; little gain for much labour). Therein?לאחרהand?לארצמare ruling Angels. LI THE LORD OF SHORTENED FORCE Eight ofSwords FOUR White Radiant Angelic Hands issuing from clouds, each holding two swords, points upwards; all the points touch near the top of the card. Hands issue, two at each bottom angle of the card. The pose of th…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 284

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…s Malted Milk? Graver than Gladstone, decenter than Dilke, You, called to be the Peter of the State, Tried in your agony to do a bilk :— Though you could handle rod, and master bait. “ Now all is changed. Offended Crowley cries Upon your shoulderi All's red nose, wet eyes. You shall be Mary now as well as Martha! The mystic quest is yours as well as mine, Dilucid: sacramentally, in fine, Victoria loved Albert: I love Arthur.” I shall now draw the Veil of Sanctimoniosity upon this touching scene. A. QUILLER, JR. 242

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

… swords nearly upright, but falling apart of each other, right and left of the card, A third hand holds a sword upright in the centre as though it had disunited them. The petals of the rose, which in the Four had been reinstated in the centre, are torn asunder and falling. Above and below are 9 and m for Decan. Contest finished and decided against the person; failure, defeat, anxiety, trouble, poverty, avarice, grieving after gain, laborious, unresting; loss and vileness of nature; malicious, slanderous, lying, spiteful and tale-bearing. A busyb…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…oncerned rhere is in rhis volume something more [han rnere premise; rhe perlornrnnee is at times remarkable; lhere is beauty nor only of though! nnrl inventionvand the invention is of a pesirive kind—but also or expression and rhyrhm. Thule is n mt 111 .m. Neuburg's poems; he has rhe impulse lo sing, and makes his readers reel !1111 impulse.L'/1re Marni»; !₪. ** There is: certain grim power in same or the irnnginings concerning death, as ‘The Dmam’ md ?יThe Recall,’ and any reader with a liking for verse of an unconventional character will find …

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…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 course mechanical. I solemnly reaffirmed the oath of mine obligation to perform the operation, 27

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…and distorted. (Imagination had been excited by reading Ludlow’s “ Hasheesh—Eater.”) A in afternoon tired and sleepy. A . '. not so bad, though most {rightfully tired, A poor in vision. There has been no good work for a long While. Why?

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