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Page 105 of 1191910 · PDF PAGE 170
THE EQUINOX The next is as the plaint melodious of the ocean-sprite imprisoned in its shell, And this is followed by the chant of vina. The fifth like sound of bamboo-flute shrills in thine ear. It changes next into a trumpet-blast. The last vibrates like the dull rumbling of a thunder-cloud. The seventh swallows all the other sounds. They die, and then are heard no more.* The Hatha Yoga Pradipika is a great deal more exact in its description of these sounds than the famous Theosophist; concerning them Swatmaram Swami writes: In the beginning, …
1930 · PDF PAGE 11
…feeling of awe and bewilderment which is the proper forerunner of ecstasy. I11 the essay “Energized Enthusiasm” in No. IX, Vol. 1 of the Equinox 2 is given a concise account of one of the classical methods of arousing Kundalini. This essay should be studied with care and détermination. 1. There is the general metaphysical antithesis that Magick is the Art of the Will-to-Live, Mysticism of the Will-to-Die; but—“Truth cornes bubbling to my brim; Life and Death are one to Him!”. 2. The earliest and truest Christians used what is in ail essentials …
1954 · PDF PAGE 350
…id an achievement as possible. (I am by no means proud of myself. Either I fought them or failed them, at every turn .) Chapter V of The Equinox of the Gods might have been written with more emphasis ; but there are passages elsewhere in that volume which lay great stress upon the point. Yet, after all, AL, II: 10-11 should surely be enough. "0 prophet! thou hast ill will to learn this writing . I see thee hate the hand and the pen; but I am stronger." To interrupt the dictation of a supremely important document , merely to jeer at the impotent…
1996 · PDF PAGE 83
…uthern California, founded by Wilfred Talbot Smith (1885-1957) in 1935 E.v. “Liber XV” is now celebrated weekly around the world.] 2 The Equinox 1(9). [See “Liber 811,” Works Cited.] 63. Sing the rapturous love-song unto me! Burn to me perfumes! Wear to me jewels! Drink to me, for I love you! I love you! Commentary: All those acts which excite the divine in man are proper to the Rite of Invocation. Religion, as understood by the vile Puritan, is the very oppo site of all this. He—it—seems to wish to kill his—its—soul by forbidding every expres…
1919 · PDF PAGE 164
THE EQUINOX A last note: TRUTH must ever be One. Whatever I expected, I found not. But why should I grieve because of having exposed some of my illusions? I have held to the truth, and the Truth remains, for the Truth is ever One, yea, the Truth is Ever One. Amen. SEcTION V. JANUARY IST, 1913, TO DECEMBER 3IST, I913 We must now pass on to Fra V.1.0.’s diary for the year 1913 E.V. I can find no written records of the period be- tween October 13th, 1912, when he finished the Retirement, and March 2nd, 1913, when he again began to keep a regular s…
1929 · PDF PAGE 48
…summarise them here by saying that the survîval of the frttest is their upshot. 2. The ideaî method of doing this is given in Liber 913 (Equinox VII). See also Liber CXI Aleph. 12
1930 · PDF PAGE 78
…re portion of it which man calls by the name of some God, let him act thus : 4. (a) Stand with arms outstretched \ (See illustration, in Equinox No. 2, p. 13.) (b) Breathe in deeply through the nostrils, imagining the name of the God desired entering with the breath. (c) Let that name descend slowly from the lungs to the heart, the solar plexus, the navel, the generative organs, and so to the feet. (d) The moment that it appears to touch the feet, quickly advance the left foot about 12 inches, throw forward the body, and let the hands (drawn ba…
1996 · PDF PAGE 49
… as the Bread of Nourishment. “Nor is he for priest designed Who partakes only in one kind.”1 1 [Crowley, “The Sevenfold Sacrament,” The Equinox III(l) (1919), p. 193.] 2 [Phyrne was a 4th century b.c.e. Greek courtesan who was the model for several famous images of Aphrodite.] We therefore heartily cherish those forms of Love in which no question of generation arises; we use the stimulating effects of physical enthusiasm to inspire us morally and spiritually. Experi ence teaches that passions thus employed do serve to refine and to exalt the …
1910 · PDF PAGE 178
…, p.m. p.m, 25th. 6.0-6.42 a.m. a.m. 8.30-9.0 am. a.m. 10.45-11.20 am, am, 4.36-5.8 p.m. p.m, 7.45-8.5 p.m. p.m. 8.40-9.23 p.m. p.m, THE EQUINOX Two practices of Pranayama: 30. 15. 60. Concentration on Ajna Chakkra. The effect was as of light gradually glimmering forth and becoming very bright. Tried drinking through nose; * but could not accomplish it properly. Tried Dharana on Nose as Ida was stopped up. Eyes watered, and the breathing was difficult, could not concentrate, Pranayama. Twenty-two minutes: 10. 20, 30. Could have gone on. Pranaya…
1910 · PDF PAGE 178
…, p.m. p.m, 25th. 6.0-6.42 a.m. a.m. 8.30-9.0 am. a.m. 10.45-11.20 am, am, 4.36-5.8 p.m. p.m, 7.45-8.5 p.m. p.m. 8.40-9.23 p.m. p.m, THE EQUINOX Two practices of Pranayama: 30. 15. 60. Concentration on Ajna Chakkra. The effect was as of light gradually glimmering forth and becoming very bright. Tried drinking through nose; * but could not accomplish it properly. Tried Dharana on Nose as Ida was stopped up. Eyes watered, and the breathing was difficult, could not concentrate, Pranayama. Twenty-two minutes: 10. 20, 30. Could have gone on. Pranaya…
1910 · PDF PAGE 148
THE EQUINOX or Soul; and a Selecting Power, which however is strenuously denied by the rigid law of Cause and Effect. However the mental eyes of the vast majority of his followers were not so clear as to pierce far into the darkness of metaphysical philosophy, and so it happened that, where the idealism of the Vedanta had failed the realism of Buddhism succeeded.* This denial ofa Universal Atman, and a personal Atman, soon brought the ethical and philosophical arguments of Gotama up against a brick wall (Kant’s “a priori”). As we have seen he c…
1910 · PDF PAGE 148
THE EQUINOX or Soul; and a Selecting Power, which however is strenuously denied by the rigid law of Cause and Effect. However the mental eyes of the vast majority of his followers were not so clear as to pierce far into the darkness of metaphysical philosophy, and so it happened that, where the idealism of the Vedanta had failed the realism of Buddhism succeeded.* This denial ofa Universal Atman, and a personal Atman, soon brought the ethical and philosophical arguments of Gotama up against a brick wall (Kant’s “a priori”). As we have seen he c…
1929 · PDF PAGE 177
…at is the Vicegerent of the All- Father, and of His spirit hath He dowered her with a triple essence. In southern lands, even before the Equinox opens its gates before her conquering armies, one feels her imminent. Her light-armed troops swarm over the breached ramparts of the winter, and their cry is echoed in the dungeons of the soul by those whom she has come to save. Yet in her hands is nothing but a sword. It is a disturbance of the equilibrium to which the dying year has attained after its long joy and agony; and so to the soul which is a…
1954 · PDF PAGE 349
…, we may proceed. Firstly, the effort on my part was precisely nil, I resented Their interference with proud bitter angry disbelief. The Equinox of the Gods describes this in detail. But of course Their victim did not have a fair chance of escape. After all, They had 2000 years to perfect Their plans. 2. Error : It was actually in Tunis, November, 1925 .- Ed.
1996 · PDF PAGE 293
… York: Dover, c. 1990. ------------ . The Tao Te Ching, trans. Aleister Crowley, ed. Hyme- naeus Beta. York Beach, ME: Weiser, 1995. The Equinox iii(8). ------------ . [Tao Te Ching.] Michael LaFargue. The Tao of the Tao Te Ching: A Translation and Commentary. Albany, ny: suny Press, 1992. Lytton, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron. Zanoni: A Rosicrucian Tale. London, 1842; rpt. Blauvelt, NY: Spiritual Science Library, 1990. Described by Crowley as “valuable for its facts and sug gestions about Mysticism.” Malory, Thomas. Le Morte d’Arthur, ed. J…
1910 · PDF PAGE 84
THE EQUINOX It is the best support, the bow off which the soul as the arrow flies to Brahman, the arrow which is shot from the body as bow in order to pierce the darkness, the upper fuel with which the body as the lower fuel is kindled by the fire of the vision of God, the net with which the fish of Prana is drawn out, and sacrificed in the fire of the Atman, the ship on which a man voyages over the ether of the heart, the chariot which bears him to the world of Brahman.* At the end of the “Shiva Sanhita” there are some twenty verses dealing wi…
1910 · PDF PAGE 84
THE EQUINOX It is the best support, the bow off which the soul as the arrow flies to Brahman, the arrow which is shot from the body as bow in order to pierce the darkness, the upper fuel with which the body as the lower fuel is kindled by the fire of the vision of God, the net with which the fish of Prana is drawn out, and sacrificed in the fire of the Atman, the ship on which a man voyages over the ether of the heart, the chariot which bears him to the world of Brahman.* At the end of the “Shiva Sanhita” there are some twenty verses dealing wi…
1930 · PDF PAGE 113
… at the same time trying hard to believe that the breath goes to the Ajna and not to the lungs. The Pranayama exercises described in the Equinox Vol. i, No. 4, p. ioi must next be practised, always with the idea that Ajna is breathing. Try to réalisé that power, not air, is being drawn into the Ajna, is being concentrated there during Kumbhakam, and is vivifying the Ajna during expiration. Try rather to increase the force of con¬ centration in Ajna than to increase so excessively the length of Kumbhakam as this is dangerous if rashly undertaken…
1909 · PDF PAGE 270
THE EQUINOX RITUAL OF THE 1° = 10° GRADE OF ZELATOR* The opening in this ritual is very similar to that in the last; the chief exception being that this grade is more particularly attributed to the element of “ earth.” The Temple having been declared open, the Hierophant says : “ Except Adonai build the House their labour is but lost that build it. Except Adonai keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain! Frater Neophyte, oe aye by what aid do you seek admission to im) Pp the 1°= 10° Grade of Zelator of the G.:.D.+.?” The Hegemon, answering…
1909 · PDF PAGE 282
THE EQUINOX seeks entrance to the Temple. Theoricus thus : The Hierophant rises, and facing the altar, addresses the “ Before you is represented the symbolism of the Garden of Eden, at the summit is Sigs. ual eo aes Sy flife took Lamp DAIS Pintacle iv) ot vA Hieveus| [Sm \/TM Hegemon) eof Lot My, Hier QD write emt tbe Meye a BY) D1AGRAM 31. ‘The Arrangement of the Temple for the Ceremony of Practicus in the 3° = 8° Ritual, represents the power of the spirit of life rising above the triangle of waters; and reflecting the triune therein, as furth…