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1913 · PDF PAGE 371

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…her, “ Organic Charity.” Now, what are the characteristics of charity? It is St. Paul who will tell us. Charity is patient. Patient like God, because it is eternal as He is. It suffers persecutions, and never persecutes others. It is kindly and loving, calling to itself the little, and not repulsing the great. It is without jealousy. Of whom, and of what, should it be jealous? Has it not that better part which shall not be taken away from it? It is neither quarrelsome nor intriguing. It is without pride, without ambition, without selfishness, w…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 371

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…her, “ Organic Charity.” Now, what are the characteristics of charity? It is St. Paul who will tell us. Charity is patient. Patient like God, because it is eternal as He is. It suffers persecutions, and never persecutes others. It is kindly and loving, calling to itself the little, and not repulsing the great. It is without jealousy. Of whom, and of what, should it be jealous? Has it not that better part which shall not be taken away from it? It is neither quarrelsome nor intriguing. It is without pride, without ambition, without selfishness, w…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 91

The Soul of Osiris

THE GATE OF THE SANCTUARY. 79 Once more it seeks in memory for reverence, not regret, And it loves you still, my sisters ! as God shall not forget. It is ill to blaspheme the silence with a wicked whispered thought— How still they were, those nights ! when this web of things was wrought ! How still, how terrible ! O my dolorous tender brides, As I lay and dreamt in the dark by your shameful beautiful sides ! And now you are mine no more, I know ; but I cannot bear The curse—that another is drunk on the life that stirs your hair : Every hair was…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 339

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…ory of the Fire is established. Vast before me in the distance looms the Portal of the Glory. I am come before the Gates of the Glory of God: I cry against them in the Name of Elohim Tzebaoth. Lift up your Heads, O ye gates, &c. Behind me is the Portal of the Primal Fire: Behind me is the Golden Path of Sol: At my right hand is the Ruddy Light of Mars: And before me is the Gateway of the Waters of the Primal Sea. In the Vast Name of AL the All Enduring Let me pass through the gate of the Waters of the Primal Sea. Lift up your Heads, O ye Gates,…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 339

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…ory of the Fire is established. Vast before me in the distance looms the Portal of the Glory. I am come before the Gates of the Glory of God: I cry against them in the Name of Elohim Tzebaoth. Lift up your Heads, O ye gates, &c. Behind me is the Portal of the Primal Fire: Behind me is the Golden Path of Sol: At my right hand is the Ruddy Light of Mars: And before me is the Gateway of the Waters of the Primal Sea. In the Vast Name of AL the All Enduring Let me pass through the gate of the Waters of the Primal Sea. Lift up your Heads, O ye Gates,…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 139

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…and.” “ Tear it down!" “There might be Nothing behind.” “There is Nothing behind. It is through that that you must pass.” “ This veil is God. I am a holy nun in the trance called Rampurana. I am canonised. My name is on every banner. My face is worshipped by every nation. I am a pure virgin ; all the others are soiled. Thought is worse than deed. All my thoughts are holy. I think. I think. I think. By the power of my thought I created the Word; and by the Word came the Worlds. I am the creator. I will write my law upon tablets of jade and onyx.…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 139

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…and.” “ Tear it down!" “There might be Nothing behind.” “There is Nothing behind. It is through that that you must pass.” “ This veil is God. I am a holy nun in the trance called Rampurana. I am canonised. My name is on every banner. My face is worshipped by every nation. I am a pure virgin ; all the others are soiled. Thought is worse than deed. All my thoughts are holy. I think. I think. I think. By the power of my thought I created the Word; and by the Word came the Worlds. I am the creator. I will write my law upon tablets of jade and onyx.…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 346

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

SEPHER SEPHIROTH 249 L.A4 Angel of 6?לאוןךא Night Demon of?:"”יDec.:?רומג Fear, terror?רוגמ 250 The living GOD ofיהלא ?ם`זנלועה the Worlds; or, of the Ages [The South] Midday?םורד Habit, action (Ch)?רורמ 1r 2 5 r Fir, cedar?ורא The angel Uriel: "Vrihl,"?להיךן i.e. Magical Force [Vide Lytton's “ Coming Race,” andAbra—Melin—forehead Lamen] Angel or xo wt?לאייר 252 Serpent’s den?הרואמ Σ (1—22) 253 Proselytes?םירג Mati-ed,- who symbolizes the?דרטמ Elaborations on the side of Severity 254 Angel of 3"l Dec. ”::.?לאףוךג Geomantic Intelligence ofΔ?לאיר…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 346

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

SEPHER SEPHIROTH 249 L.A4 Angel of 6?לאוןךא Night Demon of?:"”יDec.:?רומג Fear, terror?רוגמ 250 The living GOD ofיהלא ?ם`זנלועה the Worlds; or, of the Ages [The South] Midday?םורד Habit, action (Ch)?רורמ 1r 2 5 r Fir, cedar?ורא The angel Uriel: "Vrihl,"?להיךן i.e. Magical Force [Vide Lytton's “ Coming Race,” andAbra—Melin—forehead Lamen] Angel or xo wt?לאייר 252 Serpent’s den?הרואמ Σ (1—22) 253 Proselytes?םירג Mati-ed,- who symbolizes the?דרטמ Elaborations on the side of Severity 254 Angel of 3"l Dec. ”::.?לאףוךג Geomantic Intelligence ofΔ?לאיר…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 359

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…l and perfect. All those features which the art of successive nations has sketched will unite themselves, and form the complete image of God. Jerusalem will rebuild the Temple of Jehovah on the model prophesied by Ezekiel; and the Christ, new and eternal Solomon, will chant, beneath roofs of cedar and of cypress, the Epithalamium of his marriage with holy liberty, the holy bride of the Song of Songs. But Jehovah will have laid aside his thunderbolts, to bless 61

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1913 · PDF PAGE 359

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…l and perfect. All those features which the art of successive nations has sketched will unite themselves, and form the complete image of God. Jerusalem will rebuild the Temple of Jehovah on the model prophesied by Ezekiel; and the Christ, new and eternal Solomon, will chant, beneath roofs of cedar and of cypress, the Epithalamium of his marriage with holy liberty, the holy bride of the Song of Songs. But Jehovah will have laid aside his thunderbolts, to bless 61

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1930 · PDF PAGE 63

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…: upon the Earth and under the Earth, on dry land and in the waterj of Whirling Air, and of rushing Fire, and every Spell and Scourge of God may be obedient unto Me. I. Il he letter F is used to represent the Hebrew Vau and the Greek Digamma; its Sound lies between those of the English long o and long 00, as in Rope and Tooth. — 267 —

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1905 · PDF PAGE 25

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…spair Waved angry wings, and, floating through the air, Came unto Aphaca, lewd citadel Of strange new lusts and devilries of hell, Where god Priapus dwelt; to him she came— She, Love !—and, hiding her fair face for shame, Nor showing aught the quivering scorn that glowed Through all her body, her desire showed In brief sharp words, and the lewd god gave ear (For he shook terribly with bastard fear Of being cast beneath the hoof of Time) And answered her: ‘‘O mightiest, O sublime White deity of heaven, a swamp is known To me, so vile, so more th…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 152

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…out the skirts of Night : These bowed and shaped themselves and said : “* Tt shall be thus !” And the intolerable luminous Death that is god bent down his head And answered : ‘‘ Thus, immutably, Above all days and deeds, shall be!” And the great Light that is above all gods Lifted his calm brow, spake, and all the seas, And all the air, and all the periods Of seasons and of stars gave ear, and these Vaults of the heaven heard The great white Light that shaped its secrecies Into one holy terrible word, Higher than all words spoken ; for He said …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 2

A Career for an Essay

…udy in case they do not aleady possess them. A List of the Works of Mrr Aleister Crowley. ACELDAMA. 215 TANNHAUSER. 706 7 ezenet. ae THE GOD-EATER 246 AN AVPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, | ALICE. 21. fs TTHE SWORD OF SONG. 10% JEEHTHAR, 7.6 | Te STAR AND THE GARTER. 1 THE MOTHERS TRAGEDY. 5x ‘THE ARGONAUTS. ‘THE SOUL OF OSIRIS. 5 GOETIA. ats CARMEN SAECULARE. 2 6 WHY JESUS WEFT, a1, (OF which many are almost exhausted. ‘Competitors should order from this list or fom the annexed form.

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1909 · PDF PAGE 191

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…tory > Of the Dawning of the Light. x Begun are the Whirling Motions; w Formulated is the Primal Fire ; ’ Proclaimed is the Reign of the Gods of Light n At the Threshold of the Infinite Worlds! Now compare this with the Particular Exordium (G.". D.. MSS. Z3): ‘At the ending of the NIGHT 3 At the Limits of the LIGHT Thoth stood before the Unborn Ones of Time. Then was formulated the Universe. 4 (Thea came forth the Gods thereof, The AZons of the Bornless Beyond. * x Then was the Voice Vibrated. tw Then was the Name declared. niAt the Threshold o…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…tory > Of the Dawning of the Light. x Begun are the Whirling Motions; w Formulated is the Primal Fire ; ’ Proclaimed is the Reign of the Gods of Light n At the Threshold of the Infinite Worlds! Now compare this with the Particular Exordium (G.". D.. MSS. Z3): ‘At the ending of the NIGHT 3 At the Limits of the LIGHT Thoth stood before the Unborn Ones of Time. Then was formulated the Universe. 4 (Thea came forth the Gods thereof, The AZons of the Bornless Beyond. * x Then was the Voice Vibrated. tw Then was the Name declared. niAt the Threshold o…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 110

The Scented Garden

102 Ecstasy stronger than work of man or wrath of God. 3. Surely Oriental exaggeration. A. L. We can- not agree. The member is the Mahalingam, whose dimensions are only to be expressed in astronomi- cal terminology. Ed. 4. Goathair — the “ pashmina ” of Kashmir ; so says Mahbub the Kashmiri ; but I suspect him of patriotism and believe the text to read ‘ pustin ’ [Persian text] a fur peliise spread out as a quilt. (Of course one may cavil at “ quilt ”, which im- plies quilting, not any rug qua rug. But a wounded buffalo is a very mild animal co…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 37

Mortadello

…few words, but friendly said, And in St. Mark’s, at Countess Magdalena’s side, You cancel your account in giving him his bride. ORLANDO. God’s wounds ! MONICA. Forgive my friend ; he is distraught. GABRIELE. I weigh His words : I comprehend more than I care to say. [To ORLANDO.] Be of good cheer, in sooth ; there’s much in what they say. Though love runs rarely smooth, yet love will find a way. [To MONICA.] And so farewell. MONICA. Farewell ! . . . One word. Would it accord

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1930 · PDF PAGE 9

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…ice Emerald Green 23 The Hanged Man — (Cups) Queens Deep blue 24 Death Green blue 25 Tempérance Blue 26 The Devil Indigo 27 The House of God Scarlet 28 The Star Violet 29 The Moon Crimson (ultra violet) 30 The Sun Orange 31 The Angel orLastJudgment—(Wands) Glowing orange scarlet Kings or Knights 32 The Universe Indigo 32 bis Empresses (Coins) Citrine, olive, russet and black d) 31 bis Ail 22 trumps White merging into grey (1) The Pure Earth known to the Ancient Egyptians, during that Equinox ot the Gods over which Isis presided (i. e. The Pagan…

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