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… what is not. Evil is the disordered appetite of good, the unfruitful attempt of an unskilful will. Every one possesses the fruit of his work, and poverty is only the spur to toil. For the flock of men, suffering is like the shepherd dog, who bites the wool of the sheep to put them back in the right way. It is because of shadow that we are able to see light; because of cold that we feel heat; because of pain that we are sensible to pleasure. Evil is then for us the occasion and the beginning of good. But, in the dreams of our imperfect intellig…
1913 · PDF PAGE 345
…hat which must be taken away from you one day is not really yours. It has only been lent to you. As to the usufruct, it is the result of work; but even work is not an assured guarantee of possession, and war may come with devastation and fire to displace property. Make then good use of those things which perish, O you who will perish before they do! Consider that egoism provokes egoism, and that the im- morality of the rich man will answer for the crimes of the poor. What does the poor man wish, if he is honest? He wishes for work. Use your rig…
1913 · PDF PAGE 491
…cal machine astonishes by the depth of its results. The Abbé Trithemius, one of our greatest masters in magic, composed a very ingenious work, which he calls Polygraphy, upon the qabalistic alphabet. It is a combined series of progressive alphabets where each letter represents a word, the words correspond to each other, and complete themselves from one alphabet to another; and there is no doubt that Trithemius was acquainted with the Tarot, and made use of it to set his learned combinations in logical order. Jerome Cardan was acquainted with th…
1913 · PDF PAGE 147
…t coiled to spring And win the world! O priest and king, Let there be feasting, foining, fighting, A revel of lusting, singing, smiting! Work; be the bed of work! Hold! Hold! The stars’ kiss is as molten gold. Harden! Hold thyself up! now die— Ah! Ah! Exceed! Exceed! OLYMPAS. And I? maRsyas. My stature shall surpass the stars : He hath said it! Men shall worship me In hidden woods, on barren scaurs, Henceforth to all eternity. oLympas. Hail! I adore thee! Let us feast. marsyas. I am the consecrated Beast. I build the Abominable House. The Scarl…
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…the year 1909 we find the drawing together of the Paths by which Frater P. had been travelling. First (March 21), the conscious personal work of his life was crystallized in the thorough establishment of his system of Scientific Illuminism or Sceptical Theurgy through the publication of Number I of the Equinox; Second (October 27), he accomplished his purely human duty without which he had no right to become Sannyasin ; Third (April), another purely human side of his life reached a proper climax ; Fourth (December), he was relieved of his last …
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OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS OF A... A... An elementary suggestive account of the work of the Order in its relation to the average man. The preliminary paper of M ... M .*. M .*. may be classed with this. Liper XLI.—7hien Tao (in Konx Om Pax). An advanced study of Attainment by the method of equilibrium on the ethical plane. Liser LV.—The Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua. An account of the Magical and Mystic Path in the language of Alchemy. Liper LIX.—A4evoss the Gulf. A fantastic account of a previous incarnation. Its prin- cipal interest is tha…
1913 · PDF PAGE 165
…Faith, in the conventional sense, is a condition of failure, not of success. The Word has been proclaimed. It is of no avail without the Work. 125
1913 · PDF PAGE 395
…w why you believe. I respect your hopes, and share your desires. But I must find by seeking; and in order to seek, I must doubt. REASON. Work, then, and seek, O Science, but respect the oracles of Faith! When your doubt leaves a gap in universal enlightenment, allow Faith to fill it! Walk distinguished the one from the other, but leaning the one upon the other, and you will never go astray.
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…he compiled “Notes on the Temple and Hospital, and the Jerusalem Encampment, Manchester ”—the Provincial Grand Conclave appreciated this work and complimented the author. Two years later saw an interesting work from his pen, Wotes on the Scientific and Religious Mysteries of Antiquity; the Gnosis and Secret Schools of the Middle Ages, Modern Rosicrucianism; and the various Rites and Degrees of Free and Accepted Masonry, a book which has been exceedingly well reviewed. A little later, but about the same date, the “Egyptian Ritual of the Book of …
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THE EQUINOX at Adyar and do the work of Assistant Correspondence Secretary of the Esoteric Section. The plaintiff had at the time very great respect and veneration for the defendant, whom he regarded as his spiritual preceptress and whom he credited with more than human attributes, and he agreed to serve her as the Assistant Correspondence Secretary with- out receiving from her any remuneration whatever. The plaintiff accordingly took up his abode at Adyar along with his second and third sons, J. Krishnamurti and J. Nityananda, who are respecti…
1913 · PDF PAGE 490
…are nothing but the diverse manifestations of one same universal agent, which is light. 2°. Light is the fire which serves for the Great Work under the form of electricity. 3°. The human will directs the vital light by means of the nervous system. In our days this is called Magnetism. 4°. The secret agent of the Great Work, the Azoth of the sages, the living and life-giving gold of the philosophers, the universal metallic productive agent, is MAGNETIZED ELECTRICITY." The alliance of these two words still does not tell us much, and yet, perhaps,…
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…he base of all dogmas and of all rites. In order to convince oneself of it, it is sufficient to read again and meditate upon the learned work of Dupuis, who would be a great qabalist if he had seen a harmony of truths where his negative preoccupations only permitted him to see a concert of errors. It is not here our business to repeat his work, which everybody knows; but it is important to prove that the religious reform brought about by Moses was altogether qabalistic, that Christianity, in instituting a new dogma, has simply come nearer to th…
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THE EQUINOX It now remains for us to complete our work by giving the great Key of William Postel. This key is that of the Tarot. There are the four suits, t malcnyT | >@ BepcRyph WsZ P25 GIVVZEM. wands, caps, swords, coins or pentacles, corresponding to the four cardinal points of Heaven, and the four living creatures or symbolic signs and numbers and letters formed in a circle; then the seven planetary signs, with the indication of their repetition signified by the three colours, to symbolize the natural world, the human world and the divine w…
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…ON DE LUXE. Printed on fine quality Rag Paper. Bound in White Vellum, Gilt Tops, 218. net. . eit, English translation of this celebrated work of the well-known French Occultist is now for the first time offered to the ritish Pul THE BOOK OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC. Including the Rites and Mysteries of Goétic Theurgy, Sorcery, and Infernal Necromancy. By A. E. WaiTE. Crown gto, gilt tops, 376 pp. illustrated with about x80 engravings, beautifully bound in art canvas, with design in gold, price 35s. net. In Two Parts. I. Analytical and Critical Account …
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THE EQUINOX Do not let us here speak of Voltaire! Voltaire was not a wonder-worker, he was the witty and eloquent interpreter of those on whom the miracle no longer acted. Everything in his work is negative; everything was affirmative, on the con- trary, in that of the “Galilean,” as an illustrious and too unfortunate Emperor called Him. And yet Julian in his time attempted more than Voltaire could accomplish; he wished to oppose miracles to miracles, the austerity of power to that of revolt, virtues to virtues, wonders to wonders; the Christia…
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…the known demonstrates and reveals the unknown. To under- stand this science, is to see God. The author of this book, as he finishes his work, will think that he has demonstrated it. Then, when you have seen God, the hierophant will say to you:—“ Turn round!” and, in the shadow which you throw in the presence of this sun of intelligences, there will appear to you the devil, that black phantom which you see when your gaze is not fixed upon God, and when you think that your shadow fills the sky,—for the vapours of the earth, the higher they go, s…
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…des; some children are born with organisms nearer to perfection. But we ought to believe that such organisms result from a more advanced work of Nature, and the children who are endowed with them have acquired them, if not by their own efforts, at least by the consolidated works of the human beings to whom their existence is bound. It is a secret of Nature, and Nature does nothing by chance; the possession of more developed intellectual faculties, like that of money and land, constitutes an indefeasible right of transmission and inheritance. Ye…
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…ere be folly, he shall comment thereupon by the wisdom of Ra-Hoor- Khu-it. 37. Also the mantras and spells; the obeah and the wanga; the work of the wand and the work of the sword; these he shall learn and teach. 38. He must teach ; but he may make severe the ordeals. 39. The word of the Law is $eAypo, 40. Who calls us Thelemites will do no wrong, if he look but close into the word. For there are therein Three Grades, the Hermit, and the Lover, and the man of Earth. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 41. The word of Sin is Restric…
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…was the Adept is but a little pile of dust. Samadhi has been attained once and for all. The process is complete and permanent. The Great Work is accomplished. The new Great Work is pro- claimed. He has finished with Solve. He must begin Coagula. In the 13th Aithyr the Initiation continues. The Initiate obtains his reward, and that reward is to understand all, yet to labour in the darkness without hope of reward. Now, however, we come to the 12th Athyr, wherein is the second mystery of the reward, of which the key is the word N O X. BABALON, the…
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…tained the majority over those that were pure. Thereupon the healthy portion of it retired from the field and continued their benevolent work in secrecy, while the remaining portion became diseased and disrupted, and sooner or later died disgraced and profaned. For the Spirit had departed from them. For this reason the external organization of which we speak has resolved not to reveal its name or place to the vulgar. Furthermore, for the same reason, the names of the teachers and members of this society shall remain unknown, except to such as a…