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1913 · PDF PAGE 449

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…enclosing positive ideas, the other black and obscure, containing negative ideas, and which has given to the synthesis of the first, the name of God, and to that of the other, the name of the devil or of Satan. The sign of the lingam borne upon the forehead is in India the distinguishing mark of the worshippers of Shiva the destroyer; for that sign being that of the great magical arcanum, which refers to the mystery of universal generation, to bear it on the forehead is to make profession of dogmatic shamelessness. ‘“ Now,” say the Orientals, “…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 103

The Vision and the Voice

… and prevail not. (Then the demon tried to make the Scribe laugh at Magick, and to think that it was all rubbish, that he might deny the names of God that he had invoked to protect him; which, if he had doubted but for an instant, he had leapt upon him, and gnawed through his spine at the neck. Choronzon succeeded not in his design.) In this Aethyr is neither beginning nor end, for it is all hotch-potch, because it is of the wicked on earth and the damned in hell. And so long as it be hotch-potch, it mattereth little what may be written by the …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 102

The World’s Tragedy

THE RED STAR. 49 IST NYMPH Name the sharp accursed shape, Stigma of its prodigy ! 2ND NYMPH Is it but a whirling storm ? ALEXANDER Nay ! the star is cruciform. IST NYMPH Thus the holy cross is cloven From Pan’s purpose purple-woven. Even for centuries nine and ten, Life of women — death of men ! In that sinister sad star Men shall bear the upright bar, Hanged for honesty and truth, Wisdom, courage, love, or youth. Women bear the cross-bar, living In the filth beyond believing. Svelte or buxom, fair or dark, Go to the maw of the greedy shark

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1907 · PDF PAGE 89

Collected Works (Vol. III)

THE SIRE DE MALETROIT’S DOOR 83 dew falling on my heart? You have seen whether I fear death. No love worth Love’s name ever yet needed to be asked. And yet—in words! If you care for me at all, do not let me lose my life in a misappre- hension! Tho’ I would die for you blithely, faith, I had rather live on—in your service. Can you love me a little? Fool! Fool! Ay, there’s a pair of us—why do we wait here and let our happiness stand in the cold and knock at our door all night? BLANCHE. Don’t! Don’t make me more miserable and hopeless than I am. […

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1904 · PDF PAGE 121

The Argonauts

…f the Lord? Athena’s favour must withdraw Before the justice of thy law! Hail to the Lord of glittering spears The monarch of the mighty name, The Master of ten thousand Fears Whose sword is as a scarlet flame! Hail to black Ares! Wild and pale The echo answers me: All Hail! EXPLICIT ACTUS QUINTUS. CHISWICK PRESS: PRINTED BY CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND Co. TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANK, LONUON.

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1910 · PDF PAGE 322

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…k to behold. She stood, to the end of his days, for a divine apparition. Had he known of OUR LADY HECATE, (blessed be he who murmurs her name with awe! may she gleefully look upon us!) he would have considered his vision to be a visit of the great Goddess (her name be rapidly uttered in the Vault of our beloved Brethren the Ka D Sh Knights of v P.A... P.P. v). To cut our tale short, for the time is approaching for our libations, the peasant heard the voice of the Lady. She thanked him, him, a poor peasant, her slave, and left him to his work. H…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 322

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…k to behold. She stood, to the end of his days, for a divine apparition. Had he known of OUR LADY HECATE, (blessed be he who murmurs her name with awe! may she gleefully look upon us!) he would have considered his vision to be a visit of the great Goddess (her name be rapidly uttered in the Vault of our beloved Brethren the Ka D Sh Knights of v P.A... P.P. v). To cut our tale short, for the time is approaching for our libations, the peasant heard the voice of the Lady. She thanked him, him, a poor peasant, her slave, and left him to his work. H…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 89

Why Jesus Wept

WHY JESUS WEPT 75 SIR HERPES Z. What ? And he a Highlander ? SIR GRABSON J. It seems that was a mere disguise ; his true name was Johann Schmidt. SIR HERPES Z. So ? Why the deception ? SIR GRABSON J. A Jesuit, no doubt ! But about Lady Percivale now ? SIR HERPES Z. Better and better. Old Farmer Tyson, luckily enough, as it turned out, insisted on examination; and no less than twenty-three skilled surgeons — all men of note ! — declared her to be virgo intacta. SIR GRABSON J. Eh ? What ? SIR HERPES Z. You see, Englishmen — ah ! SIR GRABSON J. Er…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 31

Household Gods

…through the Apennines. Bacchus has horns beneath the crown of vines. If you fear horns, make some polite excuse Net to invoke him by the name Zagreust A Faun (Passing among the trees). ‘Ye thought me a lamb With a crown of thorns: Lam royal, a ram With death in my horns. So mild and soft And feminine, H#

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1913 · PDF PAGE 199

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

F . W . Stokoe . My longing has no shape or name, My joy is fleeting as the dew : Who heard a footstep as it came ? Or, when it vanished , knew Which way he might pursue ? At ebbing noon -tide on the hill You come- ah, surely you are there : So near you are , so near - and still I seek you everywhere, Nor find you anywhere. III. Pipe me a silver song, A fleeting strain , Like shining wind along A leafy plain Swift sunlight caught among Shadows and rain. Calling loud and calling still, Over mossy bank and rill , Piping soft and piping shrill . 1…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 76

The Goetia

…ked spirit N. that obeyeth not, because I made a law and invoked omaosa busada oD adapebabeta Aada CGooanu go-a-al tofijilo, od ilas the names of the glorious and ineffable God of Truth, the creator of all, and thou ge-Dorebesa sapabe Das gobas: eca ol amema ilasa pi-adapabe obeyest not the mighty sounds that I make: therefore I curse thee in the depth Abaddon pa-aotza kakoreji Hesasinu zodizoDarasa Do-mire, Do-peresi of Abaddon to remain until the day of judgment in torment in fire oD Do salaberotsa Ds lu tpamisa, kakareji tlas 3oDameranu asap…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 180

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…avani, O Isis my Sister, my Bride, my Mother! Blessed be Thou, O Shiva, O Amoun, Concealed of the Concealed. By Thy most secret and Holy Name of Apophis be Thou blessed, Lucifer, Star of the Dawn, Satan- Jeheshua, Light of the World! Blessed be Thou, Buddha, Osiris, by whatever Name I call Thee Thou art nameless to Eternity. Blessed be Thou, O Day, that Thou hast risen in the Night of Time; First Dawn in the Chaos of poor P.’s poor mind! Accursed be Thou, Jehovah, Brahma, unto the Aeons of Aeons: thou who didst create Darkness and not Light! Ma…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 180

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…avani, O Isis my Sister, my Bride, my Mother! Blessed be Thou, O Shiva, O Amoun, Concealed of the Concealed. By Thy most secret and Holy Name of Apophis be Thou blessed, Lucifer, Star of the Dawn, Satan- Jeheshua, Light of the World! Blessed be Thou, Buddha, Osiris, by whatever Name I call Thee Thou art nameless to Eternity. Blessed be Thou, O Day, that Thou hast risen in the Night of Time; First Dawn in the Chaos of poor P.’s poor mind! Accursed be Thou, Jehovah, Brahma, unto the Aeons of Aeons: thou who didst create Darkness and not Light! Ma…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 80

The Goetia

…, enapo De genetaabe, soba and stirreth thee up unto visible appearance: he, thelord of thy governments whose Dooain Joaumeda Dctinomos. Name is called Octinomos. Dorehesa, eca, na-e-el, ta korevazodiz0D, Do-0-a-ipe enapo: Obey, therefore, my power as a reasoning creature in the name of the Lord. BWathat vel Catbat super Abrac Buens! Aheor veniens super Aberer! YE WELLCOME UNTO YE SPIRIT DYGNYTIE. M{ Z0diredo totza Das i Dorepebala pujo ilagsa, ilasa gabe... 12. turebesa I am he that is looking with gladness upon thee, O thou spirit... N.’ beau…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 5

The Rosicrucian Scandal

…ier of the Order of St. Germain, ec, etc, by Mr. Q. Scorpio, one of His Majesty's ‘Counsel learned in the Law, Sconrio, KC. What is your name? Marans. The whole lo ScowP1o, KC. The name on your birth certificate Maviens, Mathers Scorpio, K.C. You wereeducated at Bedord Grammar School? Marueus. Yes. ScoxPt0, K.C. And became a lieutenant in a Hampshire volunteer regiment? Mateus, Yes. ‘conPlo, K.C, Yet in Paris you were engaged in Jacobite ‘conspiracies to overthrow the throne of England? Maruuns. I pretended to be Sconrio, K.C, Were you actually…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 259

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

… is properly guarded. The Fratres and Sorores of the Order then give the sign of the Neophyte, after which the Hiereus explains that the names of the three chief officers commence with “the letter of breath” H. But that in the name Osiris, the H is silent, and concealed, as it were shrouded in O. In the name Horus it is manifested and violently aspirated ; while in the name Themis it is partly one and partly the other. The Hiereus having explained the meaning of the letter H, then recapitulates the stations and duties of the officers, thus occu…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 259

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

… is properly guarded. The Fratres and Sorores of the Order then give the sign of the Neophyte, after which the Hiereus explains that the names of the three chief officers commence with “the letter of breath” H. But that in the name Osiris, the H is silent, and concealed, as it were shrouded in O. In the name Horus it is manifested and violently aspirated ; while in the name Themis it is partly one and partly the other. The Hiereus having explained the meaning of the letter H, then recapitulates the stations and duties of the officers, thus occu…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 93

The Vision and the Voice

…t, and with delight and with wit hath He made it merry at the heart, and the core thereof is the Secret of His being, and therein is His name Generation. And this His stability hath the number 80, for that the price thereof is War.+ Beware, therefore, O thou who art appointed to understand the secret of the Outermost Abyss, for in every Abyss thou must assume the mask and form of the Angel thereof. Hadst thou a name, thou wert irrevocably lost. Search, therefore, if there be yet one drop of blood that is not gathered into the cup of Babylon the…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 135

The Vision and the Voice

…rment. And he sayeth: Is not life a long initiation unto sorrow? And is not Isis the Lady of Sorrow? And she is my mother. Nature is her name, and she hath a twin sister Nephthys, whose name is Perfection. And Isis must be known of all, but of how few is Nephthys known! Because she is dark, therefore is she feared. But thou who hast adored her without fear, who hast made thy life an initiation into her Mystery, thou that hast neither mother nor father, nor sister nor brother, nor wife nor child, who hast made thyself lonely as the hermit crab t…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 21

Aceldama

XIX. These little common sins may lead my lust To more deceitful vices, to the deeds At whose sweet name the side of Jesus bleeds In sympathy new-nurtured by the trust Of man’s forgiveness that his passion breeds— These petty crimes ! God grant they grow intense in newer, worthier times ! XX. Yet—shall I make me subject to a pang So horrible ? O God, abase me still ! Break with Thy rod my unrepentant will, Lest Hell entrap me with an iron fang ! Grind me, most high Jehovah, in the mill That grinds so small ! Grind down to dust and powder Pride …

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