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1910 · PDF PAGE 89

The Scented Garden

The Peace, the Jealousy, and the Ecstasy of God. 81 XVIII THE TRYST There are no degrees in Allah, O boy with ears1 like new moons ! and there is no degree in the ex- cellence of thy podex ; nor is the joy of thy lover, when he delights therein, from day to day dimi- nished or increased. This is the sigillum of perfection in any work. The perfect lover is calm and equable ; storms of thunder, quakings of the earth, losses of goods, punishment from great men, none of these things cause him to rise from his divan, or to remove the silken tube of …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 127

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…d afraid. “ I am not ready,” she said; “I am not worthy . . .” " It is to prove you worthy,” said he, “ that I was sent to you.” " Well, God aid me,” said the girl. She was serious and almost sobbing, her face drawn and white beneath its paint. Her emotion added piquancy to her voluptuousness, pathos to her brute appeal. "At this moment, of all moments? How should I find you? It was one chance in a million million.” Edgar lifted the knife that lay by his side. There was a fly on the tablecloth. Adroit and salmon-swift, he cut it fairly in half. “…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 127

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…d afraid. “ I am not ready,” she said; “I am not worthy . . .” " It is to prove you worthy,” said he, “ that I was sent to you.” " Well, God aid me,” said the girl. She was serious and almost sobbing, her face drawn and white beneath its paint. Her emotion added piquancy to her voluptuousness, pathos to her brute appeal. "At this moment, of all moments? How should I find you? It was one chance in a million million.” Edgar lifted the knife that lay by his side. There was a fly on the tablecloth. Adroit and salmon-swift, he cut it fairly in half. “…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 161

The Vision and the Voice

…rough the Abyss, and by the fury of his flight kindled the air. And I am Belial, for having seen the Rose upon thy breast, I have denied God. And I am Satan! I am Satan! I am cast out upon a burn- ing crag! And the sea boils about the desolation thereof. And already the vultures gather, and feast upon my flesh. Yea! Before thee all the most holy is profane, O thou desolator of shrines! O thou falsifier of the oracles of truth! Ever as I went, hath it been thus. The truth of the profane was the falsehood of the Neophyte, and the truth of the Neo…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 356

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…f our liberties? Say rather that we may again become children, and enter again into our mother’s womb! “Go on! Go on!” said the voice of God to the wander- ing Jew. “Advance! Advance!” the destiny of the world cries out to France. And where do we go? To the unknown, to the abyss perhaps; no matter! But to the past, to the cemeteries of oblivion, to the swaddling-clothes which our childhood itself tore in shreds, towards the imbecility and ignorance of the earliest ages . . . never! never! XV THE NUMBER FIFTEEN FIFTEEN is the number of antagonis…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 378

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…side of that communion, every affirma- tion of the divinity of Jesus Christ is idolatrous, because Jesus Christ could not be an isolated God. The number of Protestants is of no importance to Catholic truth. If all men were blind, would that be a reason for denying the existence of the sun? Reason, in protesting against dogma, proves sufficiently that she has not invented it; but she is forced to admire the morality which results from that dogma. Now, if morality is a light, it follows that dogma must be a sun; light does not come from shadows. …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 356

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…f our liberties? Say rather that we may again become children, and enter again into our mother’s womb! “Go on! Go on!” said the voice of God to the wander- ing Jew. “Advance! Advance!” the destiny of the world cries out to France. And where do we go? To the unknown, to the abyss perhaps; no matter! But to the past, to the cemeteries of oblivion, to the swaddling-clothes which our childhood itself tore in shreds, towards the imbecility and ignorance of the earliest ages . . . never! never! XV THE NUMBER FIFTEEN FIFTEEN is the number of antagonis…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 378

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…side of that communion, every affirma- tion of the divinity of Jesus Christ is idolatrous, because Jesus Christ could not be an isolated God. The number of Protestants is of no importance to Catholic truth. If all men were blind, would that be a reason for denying the existence of the sun? Reason, in protesting against dogma, proves sufficiently that she has not invented it; but she is forced to admire the morality which results from that dogma. Now, if morality is a light, it follows that dogma must be a sun; light does not come from shadows. …

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1944 · PDF PAGE 132

The Book of Thoth

…un, and the shaft is the phallus of Amoun the Concealed One. And the barb thereof is the star that thou sawest in the place where was No God. And of them that guarded the star, there was not found one worthy to wield the Arrow. And of them that worshipped there was not found one worthy to behold the Arrow. Yet the star that thou sawest was but the barb of the Arrow, and thou hadst not the wit to grasp the shaft, or the purity to divine the plumes. Now therefore is he blessed that is born under the sign of the Arrow, and blessed is he that hath …

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1919 · PDF PAGE 143

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…o have found the heart of the shining triangle, who have indeed become one with the Great White Brotherhood, who have heard the Voice of God in all Its sweetness, who have made that message a part (nay all) of my being, who have held my Beloved in my arms, who have Become my Beloved and lost myself therein, who have for ever given up my lower self, who have conquered Death, who have felt the Pain of the whole World, who have found Wisdom, Love and Power, who have given up All to become Nothing, I who have seen the need of the World, have found …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 13

John St. John

…I. that I will work in truth: IX. that Iwill rely only upon myself: X. that I will interpret every phenomenon as a particular dealing of God with my soul. And if I fail herein, may my pyramid be profaned, and the Eye be closed upon me I All this did I swear and seal with a stroke upon the Bell. Then I steadily sat down in my Asana (or sacred Posture), having my left heel beneath my body pressing into the anus, my right sole closely covering the phallus, the right leg vertical; my head, neck, and spine in one straight vertical line; my arms stre…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 23

John St. John

…hanged aspect of the world whose culmination is the keeping of the oath “ I will inter- pret every phenomenon as a particular dealing of God with my soul ” was present with me. This aspect is difficult to describe; one is indifferent to everything and yet interested in it. The meaning of things is lost, pending the inception of their Spiritual Meaning; just as, on putting one’s eye to the microscope, the drop of water on the slide is gone, and a world of life discovered, though the real import of that world is not apprehended, until one’s knowle…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 238

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

… man the whole length of his perilous journey, devoured him on the Summit of that Mystic Moun- tain; and how that Ancient DOG was indeed GOD Himself. 230

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1909 · PDF PAGE 238

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

… man the whole length of his perilous journey, devoured him on the Summit of that Mystic Moun- tain; and how that Ancient DOG was indeed GOD Himself. 230

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1910 · PDF PAGE 104

Ambergris

…t rapture. Who should pour His ravings in the air for winds to whirl, Far from the central pearl Of all the diadem of the universe ? Let God take pen, rehearse Dull nursery tales ; then, not before, O rose, Red rose ! shall the beloved of thee, Infinite rose ! pen puerile poetry That turns in writing to vile prose. 11. Were this the quintessential plume of Keats And Shelley and Swinburne and Verlaine, Could I outsoar them, all their lyric feats, Excel their utterance vain With one convincing rapture, beat them hollow As an ass’s skin ; wert tho…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 113

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

DE LEGE LIBELLVM shivers: the wise man, brave and free, drinks, and gives glory to the Most High God. This then is the Law of Liberty: you possess all Liberty in your own right, but you must buttress Right with Might: you must win Freedom for yourself in many a war. Woe unto the children who sleep in the Freedom that their fore- fathers won for them! “There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt:” but it is only the greatest of the race who have the strength and courage to obey it. O man! behold thyself! With what pains wast thou fash- ioned! What …

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1996 · PDF PAGE 211

The Law is for All

…wn. Spelling is defunct; all is not aught. Beware! Hold! Raise the spell of Ra-Hoor-Khuit! 3. Now let it be first understood that I am a god of War and of Vengeance. I shall deal hardly with them. 4. Choose ye an island! 5. Fortify it! 6. Dung it about with enginery of war! 7. I will give you a war-engine. 8. With it ye shall smite the peoples; and none shall stand before you. 9. Lurk! Withdraw! Upon them! this is the Law of the Battle of Conquest: thus shall my worship be about my secret house. 10. Get the stele of revealing itself; set it in …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 61

John St. John

… Yama, and Niyama, and all the rest of it, allI can say is that Ithink They don’t play fair. Iwill now go and get something to eat, and (God willing) on my return settle down to real work, for I need daylight to copy my Ritual. A sandwich and two coffees at the Versailles and a citron pressé at the Dome, some little chatter with M—e, Β e, H s, and others. In fact, I’m a lazy unconcentrated hound. I started Mantra again, though ; of course it goes quite easily. Undressed, and the mantra going, and the Will toward Adonai less unapparent. To—day I…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 329

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…n Knew yr Boaz (is referred to Hod) wa A flower, cup yay Put in motion, routed opm Circumcision nop The mouth; the letter 5 md A name of GOD, as- ‘JUN PUAN. serting the identity of Kether and Malkuth Elohim. [Note masc. pl of DYMON fem. sing.] mbbn Hallelu-Jah A rustling of wings nbyon Geomantic Intelligence of 15 593m [Vide LR.Q. 778] DIN AA AY Accup: hence Pudendum =D) Muliebre A blemish, spot, stain pp Angel of 10 C. by Plenitude vb [Vide K.D. L.CK. p. 1x4] pos A cup ‘TDN Angel of 1 Dec. ‘obra Blasphemed ya Standards, military ensigns p94 De…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 329

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…n Knew yr Boaz (is referred to Hod) wa A flower, cup yay Put in motion, routed opm Circumcision nop The mouth; the letter 5 md A name of GOD, as- ‘JUN PUAN. serting the identity of Kether and Malkuth Elohim. [Note masc. pl of DYMON fem. sing.] mbbn Hallelu-Jah A rustling of wings nbyon Geomantic Intelligence of 15 593m [Vide LR.Q. 778] DIN AA AY Accup: hence Pudendum =D) Muliebre A blemish, spot, stain pp Angel of 10 C. by Plenitude vb [Vide K.D. L.CK. p. 1x4] pos A cup ‘TDN Angel of 1 Dec. ‘obra Blasphemed ya Standards, military ensigns p94 De…

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