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Page 106 of 1191909 · 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…
1929 · PDF PAGE 79
advance to any of them. But an example of such an operation may be studied in Equinox I, VII, “The Temple of Solomon the King”, where an invocation of Horus on this formula is given in full. Note the réverbération of the ideas one against another. The formula of Horus has not yet been so fully worked out in details as to justify a treatise upon its exoteric theory and practice; but one may say that it is, to the formula of Osiris, what the turbine is to the reciprocating engine. III There are many other sacred words which enshrine formulæ of gr…
1930 · PDF PAGE 72
… that they hâve surren- dered is treasured in the Cup of our Lady Babalon, a mighty I. See Liber 418, and study it well, in this matter. Equinox I, V. Sup¬ plément. — 192
1929 · PDF PAGE 41
…ven an outline of the real theory of the Universe. This theory may indeed be studied iii the article already referred to in No. V of the Equinox, and, môre deeply, in the Book of the Law and the Commentaries thereon: but the true understanding dépends entirely upon the work of the Magician himself. Without magical expérience it will be meaningless. In this there is nothing peculiar. It is so with ail scientific knowledge. A blind man might cram up astronomy for the purpose of passing examinations, but his knowledge would be I. By “God” I here m…
1910 · PDF PAGE 125
THE EQUINOX mind, being so full of other things, seems to refuse to compose itself. Nearly always I was too tired to do two (let alone three) meditations; and the weari- ness of the morrow was another hostile factor. Let me hope that my return here (Mexico City) will work wonders. Three days after this entry on a certain Wednesday evening we find a very extraordinary mental experiment recorded in P.’s diary. D. A. made to P. the following suggestion for a meditation practice. 1. Imagine that I am standing before you in my climbing clothes. 2, W…
1910 · PDF PAGE 125
THE EQUINOX mind, being so full of other things, seems to refuse to compose itself. Nearly always I was too tired to do two (let alone three) meditations; and the weari- ness of the morrow was another hostile factor. Let me hope that my return here (Mexico City) will work wonders. Three days after this entry on a certain Wednesday evening we find a very extraordinary mental experiment recorded in P.’s diary. D. A. made to P. the following suggestion for a meditation practice. 1. Imagine that I am standing before you in my climbing clothes. 2, W…
1910 · PDF PAGE 116
THE EQUINOX He should perform Kumbhakas four times a day—in the early morning, midday, evening, and midnight—till he increases the number to eighty.* This will make 320 Kumbhakas a day. In the early stages the Prana should be restrained for 12 matras (seconds) in- creasing as progress is made to 24 and to 36. In the first stage, the body perspires; in the second, a tremor is felt throughout the body; and in the highest stage, the Prana goes to the Brahma- randhra.t This exercise may also be practised with an additional meditation on the Pranava…
1910 · PDF PAGE 120
THE EQUINOX When once Dharana or Concentration has progressed so far as to train the mind to remain fixed on one object then Dhyana or meditation may be practised: And when this power of Dhydna becomes so intensified as to be able to pass beyond the external perception and brood as it were upon the very centre or soul of the object held by the will, it becomes known as Samadhi or Superconsciousness. The three last stages Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi, which are so intimately associated, are classed under the one name of Samydma.* Thus meditation …
1910 · PDF PAGE 346
THE EQUINOX This is the Magic Mirror of the Soul; if you see God in everything, it is because you are God and have made the universe in your image; if you see Sex in everything, and think of Sex as something unclean, it is because you are a sexual maniac. True, it is, of course, that the soul must not unite herself to every symbol, but only to the God which every symbol veils. And Lake Harris is perfectly clear on the point. The “ counterpart ” is often impersonated, with the deadliest results. But if the Aspirant be wise and favoured, he will …
1910 · PDF PAGE 116
THE EQUINOX He should perform Kumbhakas four times a day—in the early morning, midday, evening, and midnight—till he increases the number to eighty.* This will make 320 Kumbhakas a day. In the early stages the Prana should be restrained for 12 matras (seconds) in- creasing as progress is made to 24 and to 36. In the first stage, the body perspires; in the second, a tremor is felt throughout the body; and in the highest stage, the Prana goes to the Brahma- randhra.t This exercise may also be practised with an additional meditation on the Pranava…
1910 · PDF PAGE 120
THE EQUINOX When once Dharana or Concentration has progressed so far as to train the mind to remain fixed on one object then Dhyana or meditation may be practised: And when this power of Dhydna becomes so intensified as to be able to pass beyond the external perception and brood as it were upon the very centre or soul of the object held by the will, it becomes known as Samadhi or Superconsciousness. The three last stages Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi, which are so intimately associated, are classed under the one name of Samydma.* Thus meditation …
1910 · PDF PAGE 346
THE EQUINOX This is the Magic Mirror of the Soul; if you see God in everything, it is because you are God and have made the universe in your image; if you see Sex in everything, and think of Sex as something unclean, it is because you are a sexual maniac. True, it is, of course, that the soul must not unite herself to every symbol, but only to the God which every symbol veils. And Lake Harris is perfectly clear on the point. The “ counterpart ” is often impersonated, with the deadliest results. But if the Aspirant be wise and favoured, he will …
1910 · PDF PAGE 94
THE EQUINOX comprehend the holiness of sex. Chastity forms part of that training, and I should hope to see her one day a happy wife and mother. To the prude equally I prescribe a course of training by which she shall comprehend the holiness of sex. Unchastity forms part of that training, and I should hope to see her one day a happy wife and mother. To the bigot I commend a course of Thomas Henry Huxley; to the infidel a practical study of ceremonial magic. Then, when the bigot has knowledge and the infidel faith, each may follow without prejudi…
1910 · PDF PAGE 94
THE EQUINOX comprehend the holiness of sex. Chastity forms part of that training, and I should hope to see her one day a happy wife and mother. To the prude equally I prescribe a course of training by which she shall comprehend the holiness of sex. Unchastity forms part of that training, and I should hope to see her one day a happy wife and mother. To the bigot I commend a course of Thomas Henry Huxley; to the infidel a practical study of ceremonial magic. Then, when the bigot has knowledge and the infidel faith, each may follow without prejudi…
1910 · PDF PAGE 172
THE EQUINOX them, and from the centre of this line to the top of the skull. (6) from above the bridge of my nose horizontally backwards.] The result was that I felt a throbbing in my head, principally at the spot concentrated on. August 28th. I hereby formulate unto myself a Vow of Silence for a period of at least three days, My time to be occupied by Nadi-Yama and A’sana, also by meditations of the Buddha and “Aum Mani Padme Hum.” The vow to begin from Midnight. This vow I took ceremonially. 29th. 11.40-12.7 Suddhi.* Very painful and jerky, es…
1910 · PDF PAGE 172
THE EQUINOX them, and from the centre of this line to the top of the skull. (6) from above the bridge of my nose horizontally backwards.] The result was that I felt a throbbing in my head, principally at the spot concentrated on. August 28th. I hereby formulate unto myself a Vow of Silence for a period of at least three days, My time to be occupied by Nadi-Yama and A’sana, also by meditations of the Buddha and “Aum Mani Padme Hum.” The vow to begin from Midnight. This vow I took ceremonially. 29th. 11.40-12.7 Suddhi.* Very painful and jerky, es…
1996 · PDF PAGE 43
…al Women’s Visionary Litera ture (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986).] 7 See “Liber CL, De Lege Libellum,” Cap. IV, in Equinox 111(1). [See Works Cited.] It is to be well noted that the Great Women of History have exercised unbounded freedom in Love. Sappho, Semiramis, Mes salina, Cleopatra, Ta Chi,1 2 Pasiphae, Clytaemnaestra, Helen of Troy, and in more recent times Joan of Arc (by Shakespeare’s account), Catherine II of Russia, Queen Elizabeth of England,3 George Sand,4 “George Eliot.”5 Against these we can put only Emily B…
1910 · PDF PAGE 198
July 11th, July 12th, THE EQUINOX BEGIN. END OBJECT. TIME. NO. OF BREAKS. [Difficult to set the sound Hyperaesthesia. Began to forget Mantra.]* 10.12} p.m. 1019p.m. Pranayama 6m. 30s. Very hard. [The smallest quantity of food injures one’s power immensely.] 10.21 pm. 10.44pm. Ajna 23 m, 20 breaks, [Used cotton wool in ears.] Thoughts of Ajna go obliquely up (from opening of pharynx about) and direct horizontally forward. This gives an idea to chase consciousness, ze, find by the obvious series of experiments the spot in which the thoughts dwell…
1910 · PDF PAGE 198
July 11th, July 12th, THE EQUINOX BEGIN. END OBJECT. TIME. NO. OF BREAKS. [Difficult to set the sound Hyperaesthesia. Began to forget Mantra.]* 10.12} p.m. 1019p.m. Pranayama 6m. 30s. Very hard. [The smallest quantity of food injures one’s power immensely.] 10.21 pm. 10.44pm. Ajna 23 m, 20 breaks, [Used cotton wool in ears.] Thoughts of Ajna go obliquely up (from opening of pharynx about) and direct horizontally forward. This gives an idea to chase consciousness, ze, find by the obvious series of experiments the spot in which the thoughts dwell…