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1910 · PDF PAGE 124

Ambergris

… icy lakes and bleak ravines Unto these weary and untrodden regions Where man lies penned among his Might-have-beens. Keep us in safety, Lord, What time the King-Ghost is abroad ! The King-Ghost from his grey malefic slumbers Awakes the malice of his bloodless brain. He marshals the innumerable numbers Of shrieking shapes on the sepulchral plain. Keep us, for Jesu’s sake, What time the King-Ghost is awake ! The King-Ghost wears a crown of hopes forgotten ; Dead loves are woven in his ghastly robe ; Bewildered wills and faiths grown old and rott…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 250

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…d West,] SATAN-TVPHON. I would have speech with my brother the Sun. ARIES. It is well. LEO. It is not well. There is danger herein to my Lord. [He hers the way. ARIES. Speech cannot harm our Lord. LEO. Brother, if thou be indeed our brother, what wilt thou say? SATAN-TYPHON. Ο Sun, my brother, is it thy will that 1 have speech with thee? For I lay with thee nine moons in the womb of our mother; for we have loved as none have loved; for 1 am closer knit with thee than light and darkness, or than life and death! SOL, 22-1-1-22. [LEO gives way and…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 250

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…d West,] SATAN-TVPHON. I would have speech with my brother the Sun. ARIES. It is well. LEO. It is not well. There is danger herein to my Lord. [He hers the way. ARIES. Speech cannot harm our Lord. LEO. Brother, if thou be indeed our brother, what wilt thou say? SATAN-TYPHON. Ο Sun, my brother, is it thy will that 1 have speech with thee? For I lay with thee nine moons in the womb of our mother; for we have loved as none have loved; for 1 am closer knit with thee than light and darkness, or than life and death! SOL, 22-1-1-22. [LEO gives way and…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 227

Collected Works (Vol. I)

) 220 CARMEN SAECULARE In the hour of Revolt that burns nigher Each hour as it leaps to the sky, We look to Thee, Lord, for Thy Fire ; We look—shall Thy Justice deny? Well, can we not die? But Thou, Thou shalt fall from the heaven As hail on the furious host. I see them : their legions are driven ; Their cohorts are broken and lost. Thy fire hath dispersed them and shattered ! They hesitate, waver, and flee! The tyrant is shaken and scattered, And Ireland is clear to the Sea! Green Erin is free! Hail! Hail to Thee, Lord of us, Horus!! All hail …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 293

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…the shrine is well guarded. TAURUS. The shrine is perfectly guarded. SATYR. Bear the Cup of Liba’tion 1 CANCER 333-333-333 PAN. Hear me, Lord of the Stats! For thee I have worshipped ever With stains and sorrows and scars, With joyful, joyful endeavour. Hear me, O lily»white goat ! O crisp as a thicket of thorns, With a collar of gold for Thy throat, A scarlet bow for Thy horns! Here’ in the dusty air, I build Thee a shrine of yew. All green is the garland I wear, But I feed it with blood for dew ! After the orange bars That ribbed the green we…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 293

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…the shrine is well guarded. TAURUS. The shrine is perfectly guarded. SATYR. Bear the Cup of Liba’tion 1 CANCER 333-333-333 PAN. Hear me, Lord of the Stats! For thee I have worshipped ever With stains and sorrows and scars, With joyful, joyful endeavour. Hear me, O lily»white goat ! O crisp as a thicket of thorns, With a collar of gold for Thy throat, A scarlet bow for Thy horns! Here’ in the dusty air, I build Thee a shrine of yew. All green is the garland I wear, But I feed it with blood for dew ! After the orange bars That ribbed the green we…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 111

White Stains

…ce red pillar to the heft ! Suck deep the poison. Now I wis The sweet pollution of thy breath Was never so divine ! Thy Kiss ! Ah, sweet Lord Christ ! So sweet as this ! Ah, Christ ! Together ! Passion ! Death !

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1910 · PDF PAGE 23

The Scented Garden

…ted but for the fact that after all his fun- damental theory — that Christ was a Yogi — is cor- rect. And our hymn : “ For ever with the Lord ! Amen ! so let it be ! Life from the dead is in that word : ’Tis immortality.” may be rendered by paraphrase : For ever Timeless : an epithet only used of the Atman. with the Lord sam Adhi. Amen Aum. Life from the dead an expression constantly and exclusively employed to de- note the yogic attainment. that word to Aum is attributed the great power of regenera- tion. It has the sense of the Greek Logos. i…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 66

Mortadello

…TADELLO SHACKABACK. They think we Jews must crouch and cringe ; But—power’s the door itself, and money is the hinge. ISSACHAR. I see the Lord will bring his people to their own. It’s we that build the church, it’s we that gild the throne. SHACKABACK. I have a great idea ; Our bonds are good as gold. Suppose we lent and borrowed, never bought or sold ? ISRAEL. What do you mean ? SHACKABACK. Suppose we made our paper pass All through the world, what use for silver, gold, and brass ? ISSACHAR. Why, that’s a great idea ; we could do business then W…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 235

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS OF THE TAROT XLIII THE LORD OF MATERIAL HAPPINESS Nine of Chg/ices A VVHITE Radiant Angelic Hand, issuing from a cloud holding lotus or water-lilies, one flower of which over- hangs each cup; from it a white water pours. Cups are arranged in three rows of 3. !4 and (?פabove and below. Complete and perfect realization of pleasure and happiness, almost perfect; self-praise, vanity, conceit, much talking of self, yet kind and lovable, and may be self—denying therewith. High-minded, not easily satisfied with small and limited…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 235

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS OF THE TAROT XLIII THE LORD OF MATERIAL HAPPINESS Nine of Chg/ices A VVHITE Radiant Angelic Hand, issuing from a cloud holding lotus or water-lilies, one flower of which over- hangs each cup; from it a white water pours. Cups are arranged in three rows of 3. !4 and (?פabove and below. Complete and perfect realization of pleasure and happiness, almost perfect; self-praise, vanity, conceit, much talking of self, yet kind and lovable, and may be self—denying therewith. High-minded, not easily satisfied with small and limited…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 126

Oracles

…Fine wings in wanton ecstasy, and sleep Where the thin tongues of glory leap Up from the brazen hold And far majestic keep Of Djinn, the Lord of elemental light. But he beheld some sight Beyond that city’s joy : his gentle word The old king gently heard. (This king was Zôhra’s father) “ Lord and king Of love’s own city, give me leave to wing A fervid flight to yonder hills of night. Not that my soul is weary of the light And lordship of thy presence : but in tender dream I saw myself on the still stream Where the lake goes toward the mountain w…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 22

Jephthah

18 JEPHTHAH. And gathered faithful servitors, and ruled Mightiest in the desert, and was lord Of all the marches where my spear might throw Its ominous shadow between night and noon. Yet always I considered my revenge, And purposed, seeking out those kin of mine, To make them as those kings that Gideon slew Hard by the bloody waters of a brook. _ And now ye call me to your help, forsooth! CHORUS. Let no ill memory of an ancient wrong, Most mighty, edge thy sword _ Against the prayer of this repentant song. Dire sorrow of the Lord Consumes our v…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 68

Oracles

…id eyes Give me their light : for thou dost stand, as God Among the Holy Ones. Before the gods Thy music moves, coequal, coeterne, Thou, Lord of Light and Life and Love ! Come forth ! I call thee in the holiest name of Him Lord of the Universe, and by His Name, Osiris perfected through suffering, Glorious in trial : by His Holy Name, Jesus, the Godhead passing through the gates Of Hell, that even there the rescuers Might find the darkness, and proclaim the light ; For I invoke thee by the sacred rites And secret words of everlasting power : By …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 42

777

…le Suit [Diamonds]. Sword Suit [Spades]. 0 Pee . The Root ofthe Fowers of Earth . The Bo Scam. Powers of Air . ., | 1 Qk .2/ of iD 1 The Lord of Harmonious Change w in = | The Lord of Peace restored . 2 3 in Wa Material Works . h in —ASorrow . . 3 © in 83 Earthly Power .| U in Rest from Strife . 4 & in & | Material Trouble . | ? in <1 Defeat . .| 8 wy in UY Material Success . | % in <2 Bamed Success . | 6 h in & 3 Success Unfulfilled . D in %*3 Unstable Effort . a 2 ©) in MR! Prudence . Y in It Shortened Force . . | } 2 in M2 Material Gain . 3 …

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1899 · PDF PAGE 40

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

18 JEPHTHAH. And gathered faithful servitors, and ruled Mightiest in the desert, and was lord Of all the marches where my spear might throw Its ominous shadow between night and noon. Yet always I considered my revenge, And purposed, seeking out those kin of mine, To make them as those kings that Gideon slew Hard by the bloody waters of a brook. _ And now ye call me to your help, forsooth! CHORUS. Let no ill memory of an ancient wrong, Most mighty, edge thy sword _ Against the prayer of this repentant song. Dire sorrow of the Lord Consumes our v…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 126

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…stress ! Hail to black Ares! Warrior, hail ! Thou glory of the shining sword ! What proven armour may avail Against the vengeance of the Lord? Athena’s favour must withdraw Before the justice of thy law ! Hail to the Lord of glittering spears, The monarch of the mighty name, The Master of ten thousand Fears Whose sword is as a scarlet flame ! Hail to black Ares! Wild and pale The echo answers me: All Hail! EXPLICIT ACTUS QUINTUS.

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1912 · PDF PAGE 116

Mortadello

…nk. MORTADELLO. Oh ! let us drink ! ZELINA. Pass round the wine ! I have a fear, a fret. MORTADELLO. O damnably divine ! MONICA. Will my lord taste the desert drug ? One grain’s enough For all unchaste perverse fantastic dreams of love. All the black bliss that crime contains, subtly obscene, Lurks in its kiss. O bowers of bronze ! O glades of green ! O Gods and Jinn that hide within the honied bead ! All pride and prize of all life lies within one seed. Take it and wish ! I swear the word shall be fulfilled ! [She offers the hashish potion. MO…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 264

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ONES. It canna be ! It canna be I EEL. Waur, Far waur! TONGS. Hoots! but we maun ha’ fallen into terrible sin. BONES. Fra‘ whaur? In the Lord‘s name, mon, tell. We're fair distrachit. EEL. Fra’ Pairisss! GRAB. Fra’ the Hame o’ the De'il! BONES. Fra’ Hell! Fra‘ the Bottomless Pit! CHIPS. The ’Hoor 0' Babylon! The Scarlet Wumman that rideth on the Beast wi’ Seven Heads ! TONGS. Fra’ the very hairt 0' a' sculduddery an’ wicked- ness 1 BUN. O Lord! ha’ mercy upon us ! EEL. Indeed, I ha’ seen her at the window. Aboot nine ο’ th‘ clock last nicht whe…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 264

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…ONES. It canna be ! It canna be I EEL. Waur, Far waur! TONGS. Hoots! but we maun ha’ fallen into terrible sin. BONES. Fra‘ whaur? In the Lord‘s name, mon, tell. We're fair distrachit. EEL. Fra’ Pairisss! GRAB. Fra’ the Hame o’ the De'il! BONES. Fra’ Hell! Fra‘ the Bottomless Pit! CHIPS. The ’Hoor 0' Babylon! The Scarlet Wumman that rideth on the Beast wi’ Seven Heads ! TONGS. Fra’ the very hairt 0' a' sculduddery an’ wicked- ness 1 BUN. O Lord! ha’ mercy upon us ! EEL. Indeed, I ha’ seen her at the window. Aboot nine ο’ th‘ clock last nicht whe…

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