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1906 · PDF PAGE 17

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…l the circle to her lips again, And thence, unwavering, flies to mine, to drain All pleasure in one draught. sigh ; No change of breast; love’s posture perfectly Once gained, we change no more. The fever grows Hotter or cooler, as the night wind blows Fresh gusts of passion on the outer gate. But we, in waves of frenzy, concentrate Our thirsty mouths on that hot drinking cup, Whence we may never suck the nectar up Too often or too hard ; fresh fire invades Our furious veins, and the unquiet shades Of night make noises in the darkened room. Yet,…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 140

The Star in the West

…ym pathies of the human mind , few are so startling as the frequent attraction of contraries . Good attracts bad , and bad good , in the love - history of life over and over again shall we find this : Have they divined This simplest spirit - bond , The joy of some bad woman's deadly kiss ;? In the “ Lesbian Hell ” we see those white unsated women , and in “ The Fatal Force ” one so flushed with lust , that she has become blind to reality : Then said the goddess : “ I indeed am pure In my impurity ; immaculate In misconception ; maiden in my who…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 325

The Star in the West

…, SHE and I no more, but in One Undivided Being blended. All that is not one must ever Suffer with the Wound of Absence ; And whoever in Love's City Enters , finds but Room for one , And but in ONENESS Union . And those of Feridoddin Attar : Joy ! joy ! no mortal thought can fathom me . I am the merchant and the pearl at once . Lo , time and space lie crouching at my feet . Joy ! joy ! when I would revel in a rapture , I plunge into myself and all things know . 1 Epilogue , vol . ii, p . 283 . 2 I. N. R. I.

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1910 · PDF PAGE 297

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

… like scorpions tormented by Arab girls. And in the dark she sobbed and screamed in unison. She had not expected this: she had dreamt of love more pas- sionate, of lust more fierce-fantastic, than aught mortal. And this? This real loss of a real chastity? This degradation not of the body, but of the soul? This white-hot curling flame—ice cold about her heart? This jagged lightning that tore her? This tarantula of slime that crawled up her spine? She felt the blood running from her breasts, and its foam at her mouth. Then suddenly the lights fla…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 297

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

… like scorpions tormented by Arab girls. And in the dark she sobbed and screamed in unison. She had not expected this: she had dreamt of love more pas- sionate, of lust more fierce-fantastic, than aught mortal. And this? This real loss of a real chastity? This degradation not of the body, but of the soul? This white-hot curling flame—ice cold about her heart? This jagged lightning that tore her? This tarantula of slime that crawled up her spine? She felt the blood running from her breasts, and its foam at her mouth. Then suddenly the lights fla…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 128

The Book of Lies

…nation, the appreciation of the Brixton Chapel.”— Dazly News. Carmen Szeculare. 2:5. 6d. “*. . . The poet foresees the dawn of an era of love, justice, and peace, when the Celtic race shall be restored to their own. There are many strong, nervous lines, and some exalted thoughts.” —Dazly News. Tannhduser. 10s. A remarkable ‘‘ Pilgrim’s Progress” in dramatic form. This work may be regarded as the culmina- tion of the Author’s powers in lyrical and dramatic work : he has apparently said the last word possible on the subject of Regeneration. The C…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 114

The Star in the West

…l : Buds , roses , blossoms ! Lilies of the Light ! Bloom , bloom , the fragrance shed upon the air ! Out flames the miracle of life and love ! Out, out the lights ! Flame , flame , the rushing storm ! Darkness and death , and glory in my soul ! Swept , swept away are pope and cardinal, Palace and city ! There I lay beneath The golden roof of the eternal stars , Borne upon some irremeable sea That glowed with most internal brilliance ; 2 And verily My life was borne on the dark stream of death Down whirling aeons , linked abysses , columns Buil…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 122

The Star in the West

…ent -minded friends ! I know arc lights from candle ends . Farewell ! a poet begs your alms, Will walk awhile among the palms. An honest love, a loyal kiss , Can show him better worlds than this ; Nor will he come again to yours While he knows champak - stars from sewers . 3 1 Why Jesus Wept , vol . iii, p . 48 . 2 Twenty - three Sanhedrin judges . 3 The satire is against the belief that conversion can put the clock back , + Ibid . vol . iii , p . 50 .

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1907 · PDF PAGE 319

The Star in the West

…: unthinking Fate Shall build a brain to nestle nigher Under the ultimate Truth : I burn To live that later lives may learn . Wisdom and Love , intenser glow ! Beauty and strength , increase and burn Be brothers to the law of life ! Things as they are — their nature know !

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1909 · PDF PAGE 76

John St. John

…n answered, as he went quietly to the cemetery, “I will await him here ! " So, therefore, there is one place, O thou thief of my heart’s love, Adonai, to which Thou must come at last ; and that place is the tomb in which lie buried all my thoughts and emotions, all that which is “ I, and Me, and Mine.” There will I lay myself and await thee, even as our Father Christian Rosenkreutz that laid himself in the Pastas in the Vault of the Mountain of the Caverns, Abiegnus, on whose portal did he cause to be written the words, “ Post Lux Crucis Annos …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 194

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…eprous worm Of sticky slime ; a clamorous courtezan With itching sores, thou bidd’st me scratch thee, ease Thine ill with the touches of love. Ah! slimy one, Rose of the world polluted, thou who holdest A boy’s dreams in derision, a man’s desires

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1913 · PDF PAGE 194

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…eprous worm Of sticky slime ; a clamorous courtezan With itching sores, thou bidd’st me scratch thee, ease Thine ill with the touches of love. Ah! slimy one, Rose of the world polluted, thou who holdest A boy’s dreams in derision, a man’s desires

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1929 · PDF PAGE 218

Moonchild

22 Chapter OF A CERTAIN DAWN UPON OUR OLD FRIEND THE BOULEVARD ARAGO; AND OF THE LOVES OF LISA LA GIUFFRIA AND ABDUL BEY, HOW THEY PROSPERED. OF THE CONCLUSION OF THE FALSE ALARM OF THE GREAT EXPERIMENT, AND OF A CONFERENCE BETWEEN DOUGLASS AND HIS SUBORDINATES. LORD ANTONY BOWLING was one of three men in the War Office who could speak French perfectly; despite this drawback, he had been selected to confer with the French headquarters in Paris. Here he met Cyril Grey, busy with his tailor. The young magician had once held a captaincy in a Hussa…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 296

Magick Without Tears

…he event will establish the Kingdom of the Crowned and Conquering Child over the whole earth, and all men shall bow to the Law, which is love under will.

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1906 · PDF PAGE 165

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…vel Betwixt Iscariot and the Devil, Throned in their midst! No pain to feel, Tossed on some burning bed of steel, But theirs: My soul of love should swell And, on those piteous floors they trod, Feel, and make God feel, out of Hell, Across the gulf impassable, That He was damned and I was God! Ay! Let him rise and answer me. Ethical and That false creative Deity, eloquent de- Whence came his right to rack the Earth Christian Cos- With pangs of death,” disease, and birth : mogony. No joy unmarred by pain and grief: Insult on injury heaped high I…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 175

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…come to tell you why I shun Impermanence The sight of men, the life and fun of the soul. You know I can enjoy so well, The Nature that I love as none (I think) before me ever loved. You know I scorn the fear of Hell, By worship and all else unmoved.

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1910 · PDF PAGE 246

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…ly.| It has ever been the desire of my heart to see my Phemie happily mated beforeI lay my old bones in the grave. EUPHEMIA. But I don’t love him. He’s a quirk. ossory. Tut! Nonsense! Appetite comes with eating. EUPHEMIA. But I don’t care for hors d’euure. ossory. Euphemia, this is a very serious matter for your poor old father. EUPHEMIA. What have you got to do with it? Really, father. ossory. I have everything to do with it. The fact is, my child—here! I'll make a clean breast of it. I’ve been gam- bling, and things have gone wrong. Only temp…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 246

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…ly.| It has ever been the desire of my heart to see my Phemie happily mated beforeI lay my old bones in the grave. EUPHEMIA. But I don’t love him. He’s a quirk. ossory. Tut! Nonsense! Appetite comes with eating. EUPHEMIA. But I don’t care for hors d’euure. ossory. Euphemia, this is a very serious matter for your poor old father. EUPHEMIA. What have you got to do with it? Really, father. ossory. I have everything to do with it. The fact is, my child—here! I'll make a clean breast of it. I’ve been gam- bling, and things have gone wrong. Only temp…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 65

The Scented Garden

The Results of Sin. 57 wineskin ; in three years thou wilt be as foul as thy Nubian. Come into my garden, boy ! with true love and pure, with open air and swift riding thou mayest regain thy beauty. Then wilt thou be grateful to El Qahar, and faithful, if thou canst be faithful. The camel that hath learnt to bite furiously8 — only Allah and the muzzle9 avail. 1. [Persian text] : Hakim — doctor, not to be confused with [Persian text] Hakim — official. 2. Wolf’s Tail — the false dawn or Zodiacal Light. 3. One M.S. omits the sentence, and finishes…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 125

The Scented Garden

…on the soul ; the smoke is the per- fume of the Spirit of God ; the tube is the Influence (Heb. Mezla) from on high ; the mouthpiece the love of one’s earthly teacher ; (This sounds as though Sufi confessors shared the predilections and privileges of Jesuit confessors) the inhalation is the enlightenment of the soul ; the exhalation the holy influence shed by the Sufi upon his fellow man — and so on. Mahbub was perfectly willing to explain every phrase in the book along these lines ; reasonable people will agree that a single sample is enough. …

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