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1911 · PDF PAGE 194

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

PART III Darkness AQUARIUS. [Comes forward anol kneels to MAGISTER TEMPLI,] Master, we beseech thee to permit the ceremony to proceed. MAGISTER TEMPLI. There was no crackling in the dried leaves. [CAPRICORNUSjoins AQUARIUS kneeling. AQUARIUS anal CAPRICORNUS. Master, we beseech thee to permit the ceremony to proceed. MAGISTER TEMPLI. There was no heart in the black lamb. [All FROBATIONERS join AQUARIUS ana’ CAPRICORNUS kneeling] ALL. Master, we beseech thee to permit the ceremony to proceed. MAGISTER TEMPLI. The sacred python was found dead. [M…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 193

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…ts wings. MAGISTER TEMPLI. Then . . . Lights! [CAPRICORNUS switches on the blue glare. 1. Brother Aquarius, I scent danger. AQUARIUS. I. Master, there are evil things abroad. [To CAPRICORNUS] Turn out the guard! CAPRICORNUS. Brethren, stand to your arms! [All PROBATIONERS rise and follow hz'm. He prick: all assistant: with he': spear, z'hsþec/s doors, eta] Master, every man is vigilant at his post. There is no alarm. MAGISTER TEMPLI. Ι. Brother Aquarius, I scent danger. AQUARIUS. L Master, there is a traitor within the gates. [To CAPRICORNUS] I…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 105

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…ONS OF THE TRAGEDY ACT III SIR RINALDO DE LA CHAPELLE, GrandMamr afflzz Temple A BISHOP REPRESENTATIVE OF THE KING OF JERUSALEM THE GRAND MASTER OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST JOHN THE GRAND MASTER OF THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA CLERKS, USHERS, ADVOCATES,!!!. TORTURERS A PHYSICIAN THE KING OF JERUSALEM MANY DIGNITARIES AND THEIR LADIES THE CROWD ISAAC,?םקש AN URCIIIN LAVLAX—l, now Imaum 0: Primus Κauredd'z'n

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1911 · PDF PAGE 195

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…st in the City of the Pyramids! AQUARIUS. Hail, thou that art encamped upon the Great Sea! MAGISTER TEMPLI. Hail, brethren! CAPRICORNUS. Master, what is Increased Knowledge? MAGISTER TEMPLI. Death. AQUARIUS. Master, what is the Ark thereof? MAGISTER TEMPLL The grave. AQUARIUS and CAPRICORNUS. Master, how shall we enter it? MAGISTER TEMPLI. Arise and follow me! [He rises and eircninamhn/ates the 6/?!שושwiddershins. CAPRICORNUS flutes forth every third flerson and makes themfol/ow hiinY continuing this girum-s nntil one only is left. T0 this one MA…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 106

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

… later. jerusalem. The Caanez't Chamber (ζ} the Grand Trihnnal. A Bishop, as Grand Ingnisitor. On hz's right, RINALDO,‘ now become Grand Master of the Terhþle; on his left the Grand Master of the Knights of Malta. Beyond these, the Grand Master ef the Knights of St john and the reþresentatz'we ofthe K'ing of jerusalem. Clerhs, Ushers, etc. A military guard. Clericalfunctionaries ofall sorts. Underguard LAYLAH, unveiled, scarred with sword-61415,a stern savage virago. BISHOP. Let the indictment be read. THE CLERK OF THE COURT. Princess Kahar—ud—…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 229

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

… Draw, draw the Flaming Sword! Crowned child and conquering Lord! Horus, avenger! [A]! resume stations. Brother Aries, let us invoke the Master of the Battle. BRO. ARIES [advances and knee]: to MARS]. Mighty and Terrible One, we beseech thee to lead us in the Battle, Here, by thy Symbols, thy Spear, the Sword, and The Drum, we pray thee to strengthen our arms and to defend our hearts. For we are thy chosen warriors, Ο thou Master of the Battle] [Si/ewe. We now invoke thee, O Ama—Inanna, whom our Brethren worshipped in the days of ancient Babylo…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 197

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

PART IV Darkness AQUARIUS. In truth, master, the ceremony cannot proceed. There is no god in the shrine. MAGISTER TEMPLI. Brother Aquarius, let search be made. AQUARIUS. Brother Capricornus, let search be made. [Light on. [CAPRICORNUS enters veil and walks πῤand down. He returns.] [bg/tts mir. Brother Capricornus, what do you find ? CAPRICORNUS. Master, there is nothing but a little pile of dust. AQUARIUS. There is no living thing therein? CAPRICORNUS. There is no living thing therein. MAGISTER TEMPLI. [Reni/e: poem: “ Collogue sen/z'men/al."] I…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 198

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…ope was clear ! " “ Hope has gone down to Hell’s nadir.” So in the foolish alleys they conferred, And only midnight overheard. AQUARIUS. Master, it is not to be borne. MAGISTER TEMPLI. Mother of Heaven, let us lament together ! [Recita Swinburne: “ 7he Garden ofProserfz'ne." [MATER CCELI þ/ays according-b? CAPRICORNUS. Master, it is not to be borne! MAGISTER TEMPLI. Mother of Heaven, let us work to— gether I MATER C(ELI. Behold thine handmaidenl [MAGISTER TEMFLI mul MATER CCELI go together hand z'n hami, within the wil. CAPRICORNUS turus light …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 276

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

… sections fram 963 at altar.) [The big lights are put aut; only a small þnnþle light remains] FIRST PROBATIONER. 0 Thou Lord of Harmony! Master of the Right Will, Thou who hast brought unto us the divine seeds of self-knowledge—we, the humble Servants of the children of Thy voice, we call on Thee to lead us out of our Ignorance! CHORUS OF THREE OTHER PROBATIONERS. We call Thee, 0 Thrice Holy! FIRST PROBATIONER. 0 Thou, Divine Worker! Master of all that is Divine! Herald of all that is coming! Builder of our House! Holy art Thou, Thou that knowe…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 251

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

THE RITE OF SOL And the cry of millions “ Master!" Looms the shadow of disaster. Every hour a man hath said : “That at least is scotched and dead.” Some one circumstance: “ At last That, and its effects, are past." Some one terror—subtle foe! ”I have laid that spectre lawt" They know not, learn not, cannot calculate How subtly Fate Weaves its fine mesh, perceiving how to wait ; Or how accumulate The trifies that shall make it master yet Of the strong soul that bade itself forget. [A ciim rea’ light a'a'wns. BESZ enters, leading four PRo- BATIONER…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 206

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…owing to distil a doubtful tear. These are with me, these are of me, these approve me, these obey, Choose me, move me, fear me, love me, master of the night and day. These are real, these illusion: I am of them, false or frail, True or lasting, all is fusion in the spirits shadow-veil, Till the KnowledgeeLotus flowering hides the world beneath its stem ; Neither I, nor God life-showering, find a counterpart in them, As a spirit in a vision shows a countenance of fear, Laughs the looker to derision, only comes to disappear, Gods and mortals, mind …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 109

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

THE SCORPION REP. OF K. OF JERUSALEM. Enough. BISHOP [to RINALDO]. And you, Grand Master? RINALDO. More than enough. BISHOP. My beloved daughter! God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should repent and be saved. It is therefore the most merciful provision of our just and merciful law that none be condemned without confession. Let the urge you to make peace with God and man. LAYLAH. Peace, peace! when there is no peace, BISHOP. There spoke a lost soul. Confess, my dear daughter. Break the bonds of Satan at the last. LAYI.AH [dr…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 306

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…are now only excited by spiritual crises, catastrophes of the reason, triumphs of the intelli— gence. In these fields Captain Fuller is a master dramatist. VI

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1911 · PDF PAGE 67

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…e funeral chamber that was exceeding bright, and there was the table for the feast, and beneath it the coffin wherein lay the body of the master. There too I saw barren wood bear roses, and I heard the voice of the master. After that I was shewn all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and many other things of great use and beauty. Then I took my leave of the old man of the tower, and boarded the shallop that I had made, when he cried out piteously that he feared earthquake, and asked me for my aid. So with a heart both heavy and light…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 227

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…itingthe 9 Ist PsalmofDavid. BRO. ARIES; Let the Sacred perfume be kindled upon the Altar of Mars (does so). SOR. SCORPIO. Hail unto the Master of the Battle! BRO. ARIES. Hail unto the Leader of the Armies of Jupiter! BRO. CAPRICORNUS. Hail unto the Warrior of Eternity l BRO. MARS. Hail, brethren! [CAPRICORNUS returns. 1. Let the Temple be purified and consecrated. [CAPRICORNUS does so. I. Are the Brethren prepared? * March : Beethoven. 49

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1911 · PDF PAGE 73

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

THE ELECTRIC SILENCE And the end shall be as is appointed by the master of the House; but this I know, that this ship is the King’s ship. And in my bosom are the champak—blossom, and the mustard seed, and the oak-leaf, more lovely than before. And upon us watcheth ever he that is appointed to watch. And the wild swan sings ever; and my heart sings ever. Now then I had laid aside the pen, and a voice cried : Write! Fear not I Turn not asidel Is it not written that Sorrow may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning? Sleep therefore in p…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 22

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…, Can purge that wilderness of wills and wits, Let spring that fountain in eternal halls. And this: Sulphur, Salt, and Mercury: Which is master of the three? Salt is Lady of the Sea; Lord of Air is Mercury. Now by God’s grace here is salt Fixed beneath the violet vault. Now by God’s love purge it through With our right Hermetic dew. Now by God wherein we trust Be our sophic salt combust. Then at last the Eye shall see Three in One and One in Three, Sulphur, Salt, and Mercury, Crowned by Heavenly Alchemy!

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1911 · PDF PAGE 115

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

… with a 7047. RINALDO and LAYLAH are öle/ted aut. URCHIN. What has he done? ISAAC. He was tryingto save his diamonds. That was the Grand Master of the Temple. It was his crest; she must have stolen it. A diamond scorpion! Oh dear! Oh dear! URCHIN. ΓΗ be a dragon, with wings. They shan’t burn me; I'll burn them. ISAAC. Of course, you will, you little fire-aatem What‘s your great name? URCHIN. Saladin. CURTAIN. [o7

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1911 · PDF PAGE 21

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…ot hell’s heart hath so noxious a shade; Yet harmless and unharmed, and undismayed, Pines in her prison an unsullied maid. Penned by the master mage to his desire, She baffles his seductions and his ire, Praying God‘s all-annihilating fire. The Lord of Hosts gave ear unto her song: The Lord of Hosts waxed wrathful at her wrong. He loosed the hound of heaven from its thong. Violent and vivid smote the levin flash. Once the tower rocked and cracked beneath its lash, Caught inextinguishable fire; was ash. But that same fire that quelled the robber stri…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 43

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…win is hidden within him. Set is his holy covenant, that he shall display in the great day of Μ. Α. Α. T., that is being interpreted the Master of the Temple ofA c., A ,.?.־whose name is Truth. 35

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