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1919 · PDF PAGE 233

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…r of other men, or of death itself. In other papers the joy and glory of those who have accepted the Book of the Law as the sole rule of life is largely, though never fully, explained; and we will not here recapitulate the same. SECOND HOUSE 45. All Brethren who may fall into indigence have a right to the direct assistance of the Order up to the full amount of fees and subscriptions paid by them up to the time of appli- cation. This will be regarded as a loan, but no interest will be charged upon it. That this privilege may not be abused, the G…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 168

The Book of Thoth

…arius to the 20th degree of Capricornus. She represents passivity, usually in its highest aspect. The Queen of Disks is throned upon the life of vegetation. She contemplates the back‐ ground, where a calm river winds through a sandy desert to bring to it fertility. Oases are be‐ ginning to shew themselves amid the wastes. Before her stands a goat upon a sphere. There is here a reference to the dogma that the Great Work is fertility. Her armour is composed of small scales or coins, and her helmet is adorned with the great spiral horns of the mar…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 207

Magick Without Tears

…lment of all possible experiences) will redeem ye from all pain. V.58: I give unimaginable joys on earth; certainty, not faith, while in life, upon death; peace) unutterable, rest ecstasy. Cap. II, v. 9: Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but there is that which remains. (The continuation is amusing! Vv. 10 and 11 read:) o prophet! thou hast ill will to learn this writing. I see thee hate the hand and the pen; but I am stronger. At that time I was a hard-shell Buddhist, sen…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 158

Liber Aleph

…ing in relation to thine own Will, preferring the Ear if thou love Musick, and the palate if thou love Wine, but the essential Organs of life above these. Have respect also to the will of thy Fellow, not hindering him in his Way save as he may overly jostle thee in thine. For by the Practice of this Tolerance thou shalt come sooner to the Understanding of this Equality of all things in our Lady Nuith, and so the high Attainment of universal Love. Yet in thy partial and particular Action, as thou art a Creature of Illusion, do thou maintain the …

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1901 · PDF PAGE 48

The Soul of Osiris

…with sly, skulking brow, You must leave Sodom for your spouse’s sake Coward and coward and coward ! who would take The best flower of my life and leave me so, Still loving you—Ah ! weak—and turn to go For fear of such a God ! O blind ! O fool ! To heed these strangers and to be the tool Of their smooth lies and monstrous miracles. O break this bondage and cast off their spells ! Five righteous ! Thou a righteous man ! A jest ! A righteous man—you always loved me best, And even when lured by lips of wanton girls Would turn away and sigh and touc…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 144

The Star in the West

… sacrament Of shame . From that day unto this My cheek desires that hideous kiss. Her hate , her scorn , her cruel blows , Fill my whole life , consume my breath ; Her red - fanged hatred in me glows , I lust for her , and hell , and death . I see that ghastly look , and yearn Toward the brands of her that burn .? Sleep shuns him , and his parched throat thirsts for the blood of her veins , “ Aching with all the pangs of night ”; his vision grows more monstrous , a horrible 1 Jezebel : and other Tragic Poems , vol . i, p . 133 . 2 lbid . vol . …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 113

John St. John

…ng Adonai. For Pranayama with its intense physical strain is a great medicine for the mind. Even as the long trail of the desert and the life with the winds and the stars, !11

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1919 · PDF PAGE 278

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…d adores. Music. For this is the Covenant of Resurrection. He makes the five crosses on the PRIESTEsS. Accept, O LORD, this sacrifice of life and joy, true war- rants of the Covenant of Resurrection. The PRIEST offers the Lance to the PriEsTEss, who kisses it; he then touches her between the breasts and upon the body. He then flings out his arms upward, as comprehending the whole shrine. Let this offering be borne upon the waves of AZthyr to our Lord and Father the Sun that travelleth over the Heavens in his name ON. He closes his hands, kisses…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 209

Liber Aleph

… Peril unless thou be wholly Master, one in thy Will; for there is Poison in these dead Snakes, to destroy thee if thou lend them of thy Life by so little as one Doubt of thyself, as a Seed of Division. s

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1899 · PDF PAGE 108

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…t, Break the spell’s power, and bid the spirit fly Who had come near to dwell with us. But I Bend through long hours above the dear twin life, Look from love’s guerdon to the lover-wife, And back again to that small face so sweet, And downwards to the little rosy feet,

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1909 · PDF PAGE 116

John St. John

… in a field of lilies, arrow-straight, sun- strong, moon-pure, a form all litheness and eagerness, dancing, dancing for her own excess of life. Adonail Adonail 9.17 Rose, dressed, etc., reflecting on the Path. Blinder 114 than ever! The brain is in revolt; it has been com- pressed too long. Yet it is impossible to rest. It is too late. The Irresistible God, whose name is Destiny, has been invoked, and He hath answered. The matter is in His hands; He must end it, either with that mighty spiritual Experience which I have sought, or else with black …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 187

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…word is nx. On either side of this is the pair of figures 35—53, balanced one against the other: as though symbolic of the great dawning life of the Mothers—n and n, vitalised by the SON (3) as the Vice-Gerent of His Father. These balanced figures together make 16, whereof the Key is 7; the total number of letters in the third Symbol. Then we have left at either end 4 and 6 = 10,* the perfection of the * Vide Sepher Yetzirah for this division of the Holy Sephiroth into a Hexad and a Tetrad. II M 177

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1909 · PDF PAGE 187

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…word is nx. On either side of this is the pair of figures 35—53, balanced one against the other: as though symbolic of the great dawning life of the Mothers—n and n, vitalised by the SON (3) as the Vice-Gerent of His Father. These balanced figures together make 16, whereof the Key is 7; the total number of letters in the third Symbol. Then we have left at either end 4 and 6 = 10,* the perfection of the * Vide Sepher Yetzirah for this division of the Holy Sephiroth into a Hexad and a Tetrad. II M 177

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1910 · PDF PAGE 67

Ambergris

…ching temple and an altar earthen, A fire of herbs, a clayen water-jar ; An olive grove to bind the sacred girth in Lone woods afar. Let life burn gently thence, as when the ember In one faint incense-puff to shrineward dies. No care, no pain, no craving to remember, One leap toward the knees and destinies, Where shine Her lips like flames, Her breasts like amber, Like moons Her eyes. For my heart turns—ah still !—in Sorrow’s traces, Where sad chill footprints pash the sodden leaves ; Where ranged around me are the cold, gray faces ; Fallon on …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 106

Ambergris

…e That lies at the heart’s heart of eternity. This treasure is for thee. 16. O ! but shall hope arise in happiness ? That may not be. My life is like a golden grape ; the veins Peep through the ecstasy Of the essence of ivory and silk,

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1910 · PDF PAGE 97

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…sary to explain the Mystical Constitution of the human organism and the six Chakkras which constitute the six stages of the Hindu Tau of Life. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE HUMAN ORGANISM Firstly, we have the Atman, the Self or Knower, whose being consists in a trinity in unity of, Sat, Absolute Existence; Chit, Wisdom; Ananda, Bliss. Secondly, the Anthakarana or the internal instrument, which has five attributes according to the five elements, thus: Spirit . Atma. Air . . Manas.* The mind or thought faculty. . Spirit. {Fire . Buddhi. The discriminat…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 97

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…sary to explain the Mystical Constitution of the human organism and the six Chakkras which constitute the six stages of the Hindu Tau of Life. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE HUMAN ORGANISM Firstly, we have the Atman, the Self or Knower, whose being consists in a trinity in unity of, Sat, Absolute Existence; Chit, Wisdom; Ananda, Bliss. Secondly, the Anthakarana or the internal instrument, which has five attributes according to the five elements, thus: Spirit . Atma. Air . . Manas.* The mind or thought faculty. . Spirit. {Fire . Buddhi. The discriminat…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 249

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…e chasteneth.” However, all that is over now. The beloved disciple, full of age and saintliness, is gone to his reward. The story of his life has already been told, though, alas! inadequately, in the Eguinox and in Who's Who, but no list of his achievements is given even in What's What, or What Swat, as we used affectionately to call our premier book of reference. The Witches’ Switch has only a passing allusion. The career of Arthur Edward Waite was largely de- termined by his father’s fine perception. “Ned, my lad,” said he when the future sai…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 249

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…e chasteneth.” However, all that is over now. The beloved disciple, full of age and saintliness, is gone to his reward. The story of his life has already been told, though, alas! inadequately, in the Eguinox and in Who's Who, but no list of his achievements is given even in What's What, or What Swat, as we used affectionately to call our premier book of reference. The Witches’ Switch has only a passing allusion. The career of Arthur Edward Waite was largely de- termined by his father’s fine perception. “Ned, my lad,” said he when the future sai…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 103

Ambergris

…nd of its own folly, thrown Into forgotten places and unknown. So I sing on ! Sister and wife, dear wife Light of my love and lady of my life, Answer if thou canst from the unsullied place, Unveiling for one star-wink thy bright face ! Did we leave then, once cognisant, Time for some Fear to implant His poison ? Did we hesitate ? Leave but one little chance to Fate ? For one swift second did we wait ? There is no need to answer : God is God, A jealous God and evil ; with His rod He smiteth fair and foul, and with His sword Divideth tiniest atom…

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