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1909 · PDF PAGE 33

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…ay: “The sign of Osiris Slain.” (See Illustra- tion.) (iv) Raise the right arm to point upwards, keeping the elbow square, and lower the left arm to point downwards, keeping the elbow square, while turning the head over the left shoulder looking down so that the eyes follow the left forearm, and say: “The sign of the Mourning of Isis.” (See Illustration.) (v) Raise the arms at an angle of sixty degrees to each other above the head, which is thrown back, and say: ‘“ The sign of Apophis and Typhon.” (See Illustration.) (vi) Cross the arms on the …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 205

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

THE OPIUM-SMOKER Subtle and sombre the eagre of sleep Rolls up the bay to envelop the steep. What then is left, what is left—but to weep? Maybe the stridency purpled of Pan Leads at the last to the light of His plan. Maybe his work is the wealth of a man! VII Bring me the tablets, the stylus of jade. Lend me thy light, O compassionate maid ! Soul of the master, O come to mine aid! Make me the man of the marvellous mission! Sharpen the sword of veridical vision | Cut me the knot of the mighty magician! Here I devote me (record me the vow) Unto t…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 32

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…e: A D N I (Adonai). Invoking Surysyuog The sign of 1°=10°: Advance the right foot, stretch out the;right hand upwards and forwards, the left hand downwards and backwards, the palms open. (The Grade of 1°=10° is particularly attributed to the element of Earth. See “777,” lines 10 and 32 bis.) The Lesser Ritual of the Hexagram This ritual is to be performed after the “ Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram.” (i) Stand upright, feet together, left arm at side, right arm across body, holding the wand or other weapon upright in the median line. Then face …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 133

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…pinched myself; I was awake. Further, the pinching demonstrated the existence of a sword and dagger in my hands. I was bleeding, too; my left arm twice grazed. I took out my watch; four o'clock. Since I left the bridge—ah! when had I left the bridge? I could not tell—yes,I could. At moon-set. The moon was nine days old. “No; everything was real. I examined the sword and 123

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1909 · PDF PAGE 325

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…upon I explained to him my trouble. Seizing his sword, he smote at us, and we were again two human beings, just as when we met, I on the left of Sappho, whose hands were stretched out. We received the influx, and then I noticed our positions, and complained that they were wrong; for I would have been divided, so that Sappho in departing took of my left side. I left my love with her, but my strength belonged to God. “This I explained to Acheirah, but he told me my idea was wrong, and that we were so divided that I might receive the influx of str…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 29

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…ii) Touching the breast, say Malkuth (The Kingdom). (iii) Touching the right shoulder, say ve-Geburah (and the Power). (iv) Touching the left shoulder, say ve-Gedulah (and the Glory). (v) Clasping the hands upon the breast, say le-Olahm, Amen (to the Ages, Amen.) (vi) Turning to the East, make a pentagram (that of Earth) with the proper weapon (usually the Wand). Say (¢.e., vibrate) IH V H. (vii) Turning to the South, the same, but say A D N I. (viii) Turning to the West, the same, but say A H I H. (ix) Turning to the North, the same, but say A…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 277

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…s, he then points out to him, form the symbol of the Serpent of Wisdom, and the Sephiroth the Flaming Sword. « The two pillars right and left of the Tree are the symbols of the active and passive, male and female—Adam and Eve. . . . The pillars further represent the two Kerubim of the Ark; the right, male—Metatron ; and the left, female—Sandalphon. Above them ever burn the lamps of their Spiritual Essence, the Higher Life, of which they are the partakers in the Eternal Uncreated One.” The Zelator is then instructed in the sign, grip, grand word…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 295

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING a cubical altar. In his left hand, which points downwards, he holds a lighted torch, and in his right hand, which is elevated, a horn of water. The cubical Altar represents the Universe. The whole figure shows the gross generating powers of nature on the material plane, and is analogous to the Pan of the Greeks and the Egyptian Goat of Mendes. As his hands bear the torch and the horn, the symbols of Fire and Water, so does his form unite the Earth in his hairy and bestial aspect, and the Air in his bat-like wings.…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 28

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

THE EQUINOX (@) The moment that it appears to touch the feet, quickly advance the left foot about twelve inches, throw forward the body, and let the hands (drawn back to the side of the eyes) shoot out, so that you are standing in the typical position of the God Horus,* and at the same time imagine the Name as rushing up and through the body, while you breathe it out through the nostrils with the air which has been till then retained in the lungs. Allthis must be done with all the force of which you are capable. (e) Then withdraw the left foot,…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 35

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…ke Ju- piter begin from the right-hand point of the lower triangle, dextro- rotary, and complete; then trace the upper triangle from its left- hand point and com- plete. Trace the astrolo- gical sigil of the planet in the centre of your hexagram. For the Zodiac use the hexagram of the planet which rules the 25

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1909 · PDF PAGE 311

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING “On turning to the left I saw that near me was a rock door, and then for the first time I became aware that I was clothed in my robes of white.* Passing through the door, I found myself on the face of a high cliff that sank away into the abysms of space below me; and my foot slipping on the slippery stone, I stumbled forward, and would of a certainty have been dashed into that endless gulf, had not the shepherd caught me and held me back. “Then wings were given me, and diving off from that great rocky cliff like a…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 212

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…ing Silky, satanic, subtle tunes. Was he not holy? Milk of moons Were not so pallid as his cheek, And roses of a million Junes His mouth left livid. So I seek In all God’s seas a tiny creek Wherein to moor my shallop. Nay! He is a mountain, chill with bleak Stark winds of innocence astray! The fearful passion sweeps me away. So with a passionate thrill of fear I creep—like shadows across Day! Like Winter on the expended year !— From those cold feet, a frozen meer, To those cold knees, a lost lagoon, To that wild woodland, strangely near To the …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 108

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

… Yea! all the mighty fabric ofa Mind Stood in the abyss, Belching a Law for 7a¢ more awful than for is. XVI Vain was the toil. So then I left the wood And came unto the still black sea, That oily monster of beatitude ! (Hath Thee for Me, and Me for Thee /) There as I stood, a mask of solitude Hiding a face Wried as a satyr’s, rolled that ocean into space. XVII Then did I build an altar on the shore Of oyster-shells, and ringed it round With star-fish. Thither a green flame I bore Of phosphor foam, and strewed the ground With dew-drops, children…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 279

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…KING Fire pouring forth its beams upon the lower world: Life-giving, Life-producing.” Then Axiokersos, the second Kabir, says: “I am the left-hand basal angle of the Triangle of Flame: I am Fire, Volcanic and Terrestrial, flashing and flaming through the deep abysses of Earth: Fire rending, fire penetrating, tearing asunder the curtains of Matter ; fire constrained ; fire tormenting ; raging and whirling in lurid storm!” And lastly, Axiokersa, the third Kabir, says: ft fri ft «I am the right-hand basal angle of the Triangle of Flame. I am Fire,…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 110

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

100 THE EQUINOX As who should sweat his soul out through the skin And find (sad fool !) he had begot All that without him that he had left in, And in himself All he had taken out thereof, a mocking elf ! XXII But now that all was gone, great Pan appeared. Him then I strove to woo, to win, Kissing his curled lips, playing with his beard, Setting his brain a-shake, a-spin, By that strong wand, and muttering of the weird That only I Knew of all souls alive or dead beneath the sky. XXIII So still I conquered, and the vision passed. Yet still was be…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 117

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…“ Lapin,” five years before ; but the kindly, gay, triumphant eyes were nowise dimmed by time. He knew Roderic at a glance, and gave his left hand carelessly, as if he had been gone but yesterday. Time ambles easily for the owner of such an eyrie, his life content with wine and song and simple happiness. 107

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1909 · PDF PAGE 273

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…ed Candlestick. 4 R aAS The Offering. ST non o 3 fein [Se TAS A sical — | —> qb Beteg Bor] DeRisht Bor ae FSHDA WSs fe) ) nome : J0Rings left The Body of theALtay| TwoRings right} Diacram 18. ita ‘The Heptagram of the Seven Days, Tanstcorerarste The Heptagram itself refers to the seven eimai days of the week, and may also be made to show how their order is derived from the planets when placed at the angles of the Heptagram. =@ @ “ .. The lamp within the centre re- presents the Astral Light of the Universe concentrated into a focus by the Planet…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 145

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…reath and the hidden bride, Makes me more shy as I wander alone, Unknowing whither I fare. XIV And in the morning Pan rose and fled, And left me alone to sleep; And long I lay in a slumber dead. Then on hands and knees did I creep Back to the shade of the sheltering trees ; And I found my sheep on the shady leas; And my body was flushed, and my cheeks were red, And my eyes too bright to weep. 135

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1909 · PDF PAGE 262

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…ar, interposing between the place of the Evil Triad and that of the Candidate. At the same time the Hiereus advanceth on the Candidate’s left, and the Hegemon standeth at his right, as formulating about him the symbol of the Triad, before he be permitted to place his right hand in the centre of the White Triangle of the Three Supernals on the Altar. And he first kneeleth in adoration of that symbol, as if the natural man abnegated his will before that of the Divine Consciousness. The Hierophant now orders the Candidate to kneel (in the midst of…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 155

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

A HANDBOOK OF GEOMANCY CHAPTER IV TABLES OF WITNESSES AND JUDGE Tue tables are classed by the Left Witness. The judgment concerning a wife (¢.g.) will hold good for ali demands of the 7th House. So of the others. Py RW. J. RW. J. (RW. J. (RW. J. RW. J. (RW. J. RW. J. RW. J ee : cae etl ate ate Poputus . Tet ete ate Life, &c. 1 | Mod. | Good | Good Mod. Mod. Evil Good Mod. Money, &c, 2| Mod. | Good | Good Bad Mod. | Evil Mod. | Good Rank, &c, 3 | Mod. | Good | Good | Mod. | Good | Mod. | Mod. | Bad Property 4| Mod. | Good | Good Bad Good Bad Mod…

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