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1907 · PDF PAGE 154

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…by one; His kisses darken, shivering and keen, Swift glories cold and clean Of that chaste bridal, and the earth gets gladness, Till the last winter’s traces Fall from the spring’s last cold wind—shining sadness !— And from the frail new faces Blushing through moss; and all the world is light With the unsufferably bright Full joy and guerdon of that sunny season By Love’s sweet trap of treason. So the bright girl is now a woman brighter; And childhood sees a reason Beneath the strong stroke of the goodly smiter For all the past: and love at las…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 24

The Sword of Song

ASCENSION DAY 17 Tending to final bliss—to stir Some life to better life, this pain Is needful : that I grant again. Did they at last in glory live, Satan and Judas69 might forgive The middle time of misery, Forgive the wrong creation first Or evolution’s iron key Did them—provided they are passed Beyond all change and pain at last Out of this universe accurst. But otherwise ! I lift my voice, Deliberately take my choice Promethean, eager to rejoice, In the grim protest’s joy to revel Betwixt Iscariot and the Devil, Throned in their midst ! No …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 433

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…swarms of these A-questing over all the plain. The good knight reins his charger in. “ Now, by the faith of Paladin! The subtle quest at last I ken.” Rides off to Camelot to plight The faith of many a noble knight, Sir Palamede the Saracen. 57

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1910 · PDF PAGE 433

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…swarms of these A-questing over all the plain. The good knight reins his charger in. “ Now, by the faith of Paladin! The subtle quest at last I ken.” Rides off to Camelot to plight The faith of many a noble knight, Sir Palamede the Saracen. 57

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1909 · PDF PAGE 369

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…e figureless old women of white wood made by the Russian peasants during the long evenings of their winter season. From the first to the last there were twenty-one dolls, one inside the other. The last was scarcely bigger than a poppy- seed, but presented exactly all the particularities of the largest one. In the third compartment were two books. You may judge of my surprise when I opened them and found that no 361

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1909 · PDF PAGE 369

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…e figureless old women of white wood made by the Russian peasants during the long evenings of their winter season. From the first to the last there were twenty-one dolls, one inside the other. The last was scarcely bigger than a poppy- seed, but presented exactly all the particularities of the largest one. In the third compartment were two books. You may judge of my surprise when I opened them and found that no 361

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1911 · PDF PAGE 130

The Vision and the Voice

… the earth are shown, for there are many avenues, all leading to the top of the mountain. Now I come to the top of the mountain, and the last pylon opens into a circular hall, with other pylons leading out of it, each of which is the last pylon of a great avenue; there seem 128

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1909 · PDF PAGE 4

Clouds Without Water

…d of the Lamb and freed from the chains of death — and of hell. Surely this terrible history is a true Sign of the Times. We walk in the last days, and all the

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1911 · PDF PAGE 9

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

EDITORIAL SLOWLY but surely the Equinox climbs from crest to crest of prosperity. Such has been the response to the appeal in our last number that we have been able to put in hand the task of translating the Official In— structions of Α:.A into French, and, if it continues, we shall be able to publish them in every important language of the world within the next two years. Your overworked Editor, too, has been able to take the longest and happiest holiday of his life. River and forest have given him all that nature can ; and this was the least p…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 9

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

EDITORIAL SLOWLY but surely the Equinox climbs from crest to crest of prosperity. Such has been the response to the appeal in our last number that we have been able to put in hand the task of translating the Official In— structions of Α:.A into French, and, if it continues, we shall be able to publish them in every important language of the world within the next two years. Your overworked Editor, too, has been able to take the longest and happiest holiday of his life. River and forest have given him all that nature can ; and this was the least p…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 74

Jephthah

…eity, or, as the Hebrews technically call it, an emanation or &")°)D, Sephira. Of these Sephiroth there are ten, each emanating from the last, and successively male or female toward the next below or above. These are: 1, the Kether; 2, MDIM, Chokmah, Wisdom; 3, ;33°3, Binah, Understanding, often, symbolized as the great Sea; 4, IDM, Chesed, Mercy (or mionety, Gedulah, Magnificence); 5, 7T"3)33, Geburah, Strength; 6, MTMNDNM, Tiphereth, Beauty; 7, MY3, Netzach, Victory; 8, “}}j1,,Hod, Splendour; 9, “}}D’, Jesod, the Foundation ; and 10, mp, Malk…

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1902 · PDF PAGE 87

Tannhäuser

…urgent, cousin, I were assured of your identity. Three weeks the couriers scour the land for you. Urgent demands : —how came you here at last .'' Your horse ? Your arms ? Three years since Germany Saw the brave eyes and kindly face of you ! Where have you been ? Upon the sacred quest Still riding ? Tannhauser. Ay, my lord, upon the quest. Landgrave. You travelled in far lands .-* 85

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1909 · PDF PAGE 54

Clouds Without Water

…ls of this life’s argosy are furled; The anchor drops in those abodes divine. Master of self and God, freewill and Fate. [ am alone — at last — to meditate,

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1913 · PDF PAGE 71

The Book of Lies

…NG Fourscore and eleven books wrote I; in each did I expound THE GREAT WORK fully, from The Beginning even unto The End thereof. Then at last came certain men unto me, saying: O Master! Expound thou THE GREAT WORK unto us, O Master! And I held my peace. O generation of gossipers! who shall deliver you from the Wrath that is fallen upon you? O Babblers, Prattlers, Talkers, Loquacious Ones, Tatlers, Chewers of the Red Rag that inflameth Apis the Redeemer to fury, learn firstwhat isWork! and THE GREAT WORK is not so far beyond!

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1899 · PDF PAGE 92

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…eity, or, as the Hebrews technically call it, an emanation or &")°)D, Sephira. Of these Sephiroth there are ten, each emanating from the last, and successively male or female toward the next below or above. These are: 1, the Kether; 2, MDIM, Chokmah, Wisdom; 3, ;33°3, Binah, Understanding, often, symbolized as the great Sea; 4, IDM, Chesed, Mercy (or mionety, Gedulah, Magnificence); 5, 7T"3)33, Geburah, Strength; 6, MTMNDNM, Tiphereth, Beauty; 7, MY3, Netzach, Victory; 8, “}}j1,,Hod, Splendour; 9, “}}D’, Jesod, the Foundation ; and 10, mp, Malk…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 365

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…began: “T should be very much surprised if this were not the cover I am waiting for. No fallacies will induce me to free you now that at last I have found you. I was dead; my life was nothing more than a spring without motion. Every twenty-one days, according to the calendar, I came, pacing the lonely streets of this remote spot. For two hours each time did I wait and wait, longing, eager, nervous, hopeful, hopeless, desperate, distressed, with gigantic thoughts crowding my mind. I almost despaired of seeing this moment; at last it has come. I …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 365

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…began: “T should be very much surprised if this were not the cover I am waiting for. No fallacies will induce me to free you now that at last I have found you. I was dead; my life was nothing more than a spring without motion. Every twenty-one days, according to the calendar, I came, pacing the lonely streets of this remote spot. For two hours each time did I wait and wait, longing, eager, nervous, hopeful, hopeless, desperate, distressed, with gigantic thoughts crowding my mind. I almost despaired of seeing this moment; at last it has come. I …

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1908 · PDF PAGE 54

Amphora

…s Upon thy bleak and barren plains. By many a mental martyrdom Our sterile souls to Mary come. Who passeth through the surge and fire At last shall win to his desire. Thy grace for us sufficient still To smite the arbiters of ill Shall grant the exceeding great reward To look by Thee upon the LORD. Be still, my soul, whate’er assail ! Through Mary they shall not prevail ; And thou resigned in peace await Her peace at Her appointed date. Amen. B 47

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1910 · PDF PAGE 11

The World’s Tragedy

…he fact that they were far more exclusive than any other religious body in Europe) was composed of a few of the old guard, my father the last of them all, and the meanest crew of canaille that ever wriggled. With my father’s death the small schisms which had hitherto lopped off a few members every year or two were altogether surpassed by the great Raven heresy which split the body into two equal halves, and extinguished the last sparks of its importance. I am going beyond my subject, but I cannot refrain from telling the awful story of the Meet…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 54

Hail Mary

…s Upon thy bleak and barren plains. By many a mental martyrdom Our sterile souls to Mary come. Who passeth through the surge and fire At last shall win to his desire. Thy grace for us sufficient still To smite the arbiters of ill Shall grant the exceeding great reward To look by Thee upon the LORD. Be still, my soul, whate’er assail ! Through Mary they shall not prevail ; And thou resigned in peace await Her peace at Her appointed date. Amen. B 47

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