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1913 · PDF PAGE 206

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…! Red rose-leaves subtly hurled At the chariot-wheels of Time! O charioteer, Who drivest on the molten car o' the world Over desire, and love, and hope and fear, Hath not the name of the goddess on thine ear Fallen, and art thou still abashed with shame? Apollo! Apollo! Apollo! I name the Name, And the silver of the moon grows gold and clear; The sun-dawn breaks in everlasting flame, Shaming desire, and burning up the fear Of the world! O thou! I call thee by thy name Most secret! Yea! I smite the age-long year Of man’s deliverance! And thy ste…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 352

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…o also is the law. O ideal woman! O reward of the elect! Art thou more beautiful than Mary? O Mary, daughter of the East! chaste as pure love, great as the desire of motherhood, come and teach the children of Islam the mysteries of Paradise, and the secrets of beauty! Invite them to the festival of the new alliance! There, upon three thrones glittering with precious stones, three prophets will be seated. 54

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1913 · PDF PAGE 206

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…! Red rose-leaves subtly hurled At the chariot-wheels of Time! O charioteer, Who drivest on the molten car o' the world Over desire, and love, and hope and fear, Hath not the name of the goddess on thine ear Fallen, and art thou still abashed with shame? Apollo! Apollo! Apollo! I name the Name, And the silver of the moon grows gold and clear; The sun-dawn breaks in everlasting flame, Shaming desire, and burning up the fear Of the world! O thou! I call thee by thy name Most secret! Yea! I smite the age-long year Of man’s deliverance! And thy ste…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 352

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…o also is the law. O ideal woman! O reward of the elect! Art thou more beautiful than Mary? O Mary, daughter of the East! chaste as pure love, great as the desire of motherhood, come and teach the children of Islam the mysteries of Paradise, and the secrets of beauty! Invite them to the festival of the new alliance! There, upon three thrones glittering with precious stones, three prophets will be seated. 54

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1922 · PDF PAGE 115

Diary of a Drug Fiend

… get off to Italy as we said. The exchange is awfully good, and _living’s delightfully cheap. It’s silly ‘spending money when you've got Love and Cocaine.” My spirit leapt to meet hers. I scribbled a note of apology to Feccles, and left it at the hotel. We dashed round to the Italian consulate to have our passport viséd, got our sleeping cars from the hotel porter, and had the maid‘ pack our things while we had a last heavenly dinner.

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1961 · PDF PAGE 107

Liber Aleph

… which is of the Spirit, is there naught hurtful, for its Elements are not only Food, but a true Incarnation and Quint- essence of Life, Love, and Liberty, and at its Manifestation thy Lion is consecrated by pure Light of Ekstacy. Also, as this is the strongest so also it is the most sensitive of all Things soever, and both proper and ready to take Impress of Will, not as a Seal passively but with true Recreation in a Microcosm thereof. And this is a God alive and puissant to create, and He is a Word of Magick wherein thou mayst read Thyself wi…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 31

John St. John

…ised; may it be to the point of Enthusiasml People will most assuredly smile at this exalted mystic; his life seems made up of sleep and love-making. Indeed, to-day I have been shockingly under the power of Tamas, the dark sphere. But that is clearly a fatigue-effect from having worked so hard. Oh Lord, how long? The Mantra still ripples on. I am so far from the Path that I have a real good mind to get Maryt to let me perform the Black Mass on her 31 midnight. I would 29

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1911 · PDF PAGE 158

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

… thine, and thine the star that draws The world to worship thee : the days are fled Under the heavens ; there is no more sun, And no more love; the world is hushed and dead. Slim—passing dryad through the lonely woods ! I will follow thee in the paths of dank decay ; Decadent Autumn, with thy lonely broods Of active gnomes, and little red-capped Fays, Feasting in the Summer dead under the trees Dripping with Autumn rains—ah! take me too, Me too into the silence of the past, I 50

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1911 · PDF PAGE 234

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…hine eyes awakened, lightened, fallen on me? O Goddess, queen, and wife! O Lady of my life! Who set thy stature as a wood to wave? Whose love begat thy limbs ? Whose wave~washed body swims That nurtured thee, and found herselfa grave?

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1911 · PDF PAGE 158

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

… thine, and thine the star that draws The world to worship thee : the days are fled Under the heavens ; there is no more sun, And no more love; the world is hushed and dead. Slim—passing dryad through the lonely woods ! I will follow thee in the paths of dank decay ; Decadent Autumn, with thy lonely broods Of active gnomes, and little red-capped Fays, Feasting in the Summer dead under the trees Dripping with Autumn rains—ah! take me too, Me too into the silence of the past, I 50

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1911 · PDF PAGE 234

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…hine eyes awakened, lightened, fallen on me? O Goddess, queen, and wife! O Lady of my life! Who set thy stature as a wood to wave? Whose love begat thy limbs ? Whose wave~washed body swims That nurtured thee, and found herselfa grave?

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1929 · PDF PAGE 69

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

…e bleat of a ed therein. with Calvary-Cross Ki- E 1 i p h a s goat, A’a. S e x u a 11 y thairon - Thyrsus. Levi’s de- male) sign.) t ; • Love: i. e. the instinct to s a t î s f y Godhead by . . unitmg ît with the Uni verse. . i 1 » . A1' . IAF varies in significance with successive Aeons. 33 —

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1944 · PDF PAGE 65

The Book of Thoth

…symbols which comprises all the Sephiroth of the Tree of Life. The doctrine implied is that the funda‐ mental formula of the Universe is Love. [The circle touches the Sephiroth I, 2, 4, 6, 5, 3; the Cross is formed by 6, 9, 10 and 7, 8.] It is impossible to summarize the meanings of the symbol of the Woman, for this very reason, that she continually recurs in infinitely varied form. “Many‐throned, many‐minded, many‐wiled, daughter of Zeus.” In this card, she is shown in her most general manifestation. She combines the highest spiritual with the…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 205

Liber Aleph

…the Sacrament of a second Death and leaveth the Body of Light. But the Mind, cleaveth closely, by Right of its Harmony, and Might of its Love, to its Star, resisteth the Ministers of Disruption, for a Season, according to its Strength. Now, if his Star be of those that are bound by the Great Oath, incarnating without Remission because of Delight in the Cosmic Sacrament, it seeketh a new Vehicle in the appointed Way, and indwelleth the Fœtus of a Child, and quickeneth it. And if at this Time the mind of its Former Tabernacle yet cling to it, the…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 46

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…lf removes In its own cry its cause.” And thence there came Soft laughter that may hardly stir The flowers that shake not in the City of Loves. (For so men called the city’s name Because the people were more mild than doves, More beautiful than Gods of wood or river ; . And so the city should endure for ever.) But the king’s mood was otherwise this day. Along time’s river, fifty years away, There was a young man once Ruddier than autumn suns With gold hair curling like the spring sun’s gold, And blue eyes where stars lurked for happi- ness, And…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 141

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…r stricken by the fang Of the black adder whose squat head splings up, A flash of death, beneath a cactus cup. Ah turn! my bosom for thy love is cold ; My arms are empty, and my lips can hold No converse with thee far away like this. O for that communing pregnant with a kiss That is reborn when lips are set together To link our souls in one desirous tether, And weld our very bodies into one. Ah fiend Jehovah, what then have we done e like ours too like strong To dwell before thee, and do thy throne no wrong? Art thou grown jealous of the fiery …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 23

Mortadello

…! ZELINA. Wicked man ! ALESSANDRO. She earns the crown and harp ! ZELINA. I am a courtesan ; And this I tell you sir, that every fool of love In Venice looks to her as to Our Lady above. Would she were not thus vowed ; as Mortadello’s bride She would bring poor and proud to fight on Freedom’s side. ALESSANDRO. Listen ; in all good faith, I gladly grant you much. Not prone to scoff, and scathe the scutcheon with a smutch. She owes the supreme debt, a soul as pure as fair, Cobwebs no finer, jet no blacker than her hair, Gray clouds no grayer, wel…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 215

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…thine, and thine the star that draws The world to worship thee: the days are faded Under the heavens ; there is no more sun, And no more love. The world is hushed and dead. Slim-passing dryads through the lonely woods, I will follow ye in the paths of dank decay; Decadent Autumn, with thy lonely broods Of active gnomes and little red-capped fays, That feasted in the summer under the trees Now dripping with Autumn rains—ah ! take me too, Me too into the silence of the past, x M 177

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1913 · PDF PAGE 215

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…thine, and thine the star that draws The world to worship thee: the days are faded Under the heavens ; there is no more sun, And no more love. The world is hushed and dead. Slim-passing dryads through the lonely woods, I will follow ye in the paths of dank decay; Decadent Autumn, with thy lonely broods Of active gnomes and little red-capped fays, That feasted in the summer under the trees Now dripping with Autumn rains—ah ! take me too, Me too into the silence of the past, x M 177

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1910 · PDF PAGE 106

Ambergris

…e rosebud in the garden of spices blows, Some offshoot from the Rose Of the World, the Rose of all Delight, The Rose of Dew, the Rose of Love and Night. The Rose of Silence, covering as with a vesture The solemn unity of things Beheld in the mirror of truth, The Rose indifferent to God’s gesture, The Rose on moonlight wings That flies to the House of Fire, The Rose of Honey in Youth ! Ah ! No dim mystery of desire Fathoms this gulf ! No light invades The mystical musical shades Of a faith in the future, a dream of the day When athwart the dim g…

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