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1919 · PDF PAGE 164

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

… Frater V.I.O. to the grade of Neophyte, contained the following passage, which is important, in the light of later events: “We wish our Body to be a Body of Servants of Human- ity. A time will come when you will obtain the experience of the 14th Athyr. You will become a Master of the Temple. That experience must be followed by that of the 13th Athyr, in which, the Master, wholly casting aside all ideas of per- sonal attainment, busies himself exclusively with the care of others.” The year 1913 was an important one for Frater V.I.O. in many way…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 11

The Honourable Adulterers

…t Fate. And so I violated Death, and died ; And in the other land my spirit cried For incarnation ; conquering I came Within my soulless body as a flame.

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1910 · PDF PAGE 109

The World’s Tragedy

…Thy mouth — and I am thine : Sealed, sealed at last, enthroned upon The very star thou ridest on. O wine ! o wine ! Wine of thy luminous body rushing, gushing,

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1944 · PDF PAGE 169

The Book of Thoth

…esented by the 3ist hexagram, Hsien. This has the meaning: Influence. The commentary describes the effect of moving various parts of the body, from the toes to the jaws and tongue. This is rather an amplification of what has been said above than an exact correspondence; yet there is no discordance. The general ad‐ vice is to go forward quietly without overt attack upon existing situations.

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1910 · PDF PAGE 148

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…n end?” “Is it both ending and unending?” “Is it neither the one nor the other?” And further all such questions as “Are the soul and the body the same thing?” “Is the soul distinct from the body?” ‘Does a Tathagata exist after death?” ‘Does he not exist after death?” “Does * In spite of the fact that Buddhism urges that “the whole world is under the Law of Causation,” it commands its followers to lead pure and noble lives, in place of dishonourable ones, in spite of their having no freedom of choice between good and evil. “Let us not lose ourse…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 148

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…n end?” “Is it both ending and unending?” “Is it neither the one nor the other?” And further all such questions as “Are the soul and the body the same thing?” “Is the soul distinct from the body?” ‘Does a Tathagata exist after death?” ‘Does he not exist after death?” “Does * In spite of the fact that Buddhism urges that “the whole world is under the Law of Causation,” it commands its followers to lead pure and noble lives, in place of dishonourable ones, in spite of their having no freedom of choice between good and evil. “Let us not lose ourse…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 147

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…t Fate. And so I violated Death, and died ; And in the other land my spirit cried For incarnation ; conquering I came Within my soulless body as a flame.

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1904 · PDF PAGE 58

The Argonauts

…ven up to sleepless muttering Of charms not mine—decrees Olympian— All on a sudden he felt fervent arms Flung round him, and a sweet hot body’s rush Lithe to embrace him, and a cataract Of amber-scented hair hissing about His head, and in the darkness two great eyes Flaming above him, and the whole face filled

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1904 · PDF PAGE 25

Why Jesus Wept

…or here my brain’s Numb, it is dumb, it Is torn by this passion. Down ! Eagle-fashion Drive to the level ! Teeth ! you may gnash on ! My body’s anguish Is help to my soul. Hail to the revel ! The dance of the devil, The rhythms that languish, The rhymes that roll ! Down like the swine Of the gross Gadarene In a maddening march From the snow to the rock, From the rock to the pine, From the pine to the larch, From the tree to the green ! He leaps down, then pauses. O Devil ! to mock With echo the roar Of a young boy’s spirit !

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1910 · PDF PAGE 140

The Winged Beetle

…ed and torn and trampled And utterly corrupt is she That was the queen-flower unexampled In gardens goodlier than Arcady. O Thou ! whose body was my lyre, whose soul Lay on my mouth like a live coal ! This time thou hearest not my song ; thine ears Are stopped with worse than death ; And all this wasted breath Of mine—those songs of six most memorable years Of ecstasy and agony—may not attain To charm thy being into love again. . . .

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1922 · PDF PAGE 343

Diary of a Drug Fiend

…rse.” She laughed merrily. “You see, it’s Adam and Eve all over again! You're trying to shift the blame on to me. By the way, I see your body is nervous at this moment. If you don’t want to take heroin, as you don’t, else you wouldn’t have let yourself get as shaky as you are, you'd better take a white tablet. It won’t put you to sleep, as you've had a night’s rest, and the poor little thing won't have anything to do but run around your solar plexus and stroke all your little pussy-cat nerves the right way.” ; I took the advice and felt much be…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 113

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…ent. (3) Lie fiat on the back with the feet under a heavy piece of furniture. Keeping the spine straight and the arms in a line with the body, rise slowly to a sitting posture, by means of the force residing in the Ajna (i.e. try to prevent the mind dwelling on any other exertion or sensation.) Then let the body slowly down to its original position. Repeat 4i3

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1907 · PDF PAGE 13

Rosa Coeli

…he Indies, Sicily, and Spain. . . . . Lo ! men have heard of all these ships not one, not one for ever more again. VIII EEING your naked body in the bed Against the jetty silk, I thought you lay Just as the Milky Way Lies in the unkenned hollows of the sky. One swarthy ray of red Leapt from your hither eye, And straight my dream began To map that heaven—your eye, Aldeboran ! I launched the magic boat, and early found The Pirate’s cave and the Enchaunted Ground ; The cedared Lebanon, The Wizard’s Grot, the well of spice, The Hanging Gardens of g…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 70

777

…ater. Pe! es as ee 9 |= mms) A of w | Hwan Dissipation, dispersion, turning to evil. es a en — a GO | ams om | 7 Of V | Kieb . Joints of body, regular division. es as a es 61 | as oo A of w | Kung fa. Inmost sincerity. as ee es Ge es oe 62 | ae L\ of VW | Hsiao Kwo. Non-essential, success of trifles, a wounded bird, aa Eas small] divergences. ss an a 63 | gums | 7 Ff ©) | Kitz. Help attained, complete success. as ae as es a 64 | aus © of w | Wei tzi . Incomplete success, foolish impulse, failure. es ss ae

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1910 · PDF PAGE 414

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…g of Kings adorns? A crown of gems? A crown of thorns! The Questing Beast is like a king In face, and hath a pigeon’s wing And claw; its body is one fleece Of bloody white, a lamb’s in spring. Enough. Sir Knight, I give thee peace.”

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1910 · PDF PAGE 414

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…g of Kings adorns? A crown of gems? A crown of thorns! The Questing Beast is like a king In face, and hath a pigeon’s wing And claw; its body is one fleece Of bloody white, a lamb’s in spring. Enough. Sir Knight, I give thee peace.”

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1910 · PDF PAGE 151

The Winged Beetle

…ngéd, wound and globed. Thou art the Infinite of space, Thou the blue-lidded love of air ! I burn to kiss the exultant face, To grip the body bent and bare. O music ! to my silence be ! I come to thee ! I come to thee !

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1912 · PDF PAGE 11

Book 4 (Part I)

HERE are seven keys to the great gate, Being eight in one and one in eight. First, let the body of thee be still, Bound by the cerements of will, Corpse-rigid; thus thou mayst abort The fidget-babes that tease the thought. Next, let the breath-rhythmbe low, Easy, regular, and slow; So that thy being be in tune With the great sea’s Pacific swoon. Third, let thy life be pure and calm, Swayed softly as a windless palm. Fourth, let the will-to-live be bound To the one love of the profound. Fifth, let the thought, divinely free From sense, observe its…

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1922 · PDF PAGE 5

Poetica Erotica

… draws its music from some bubbling well, Looks long, looks deadly, looks desirable, ‘The touch that fires, the next kiss, and the whole Body embracing, symbol of the soul, And all the perfect passion of an hour. Turn to me, pluck that amaranthine flower, And leave the doubtful blossoms of the sky! You dare not kiss me! dare not draw you nigh Lest I should lure you to remain! nor speak Lest you should catch the blood within your cheek Mantling. You dared enough—so long ago!— ‘When to my blossom body clean as snow You pressed your bosom till des…

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1922 · PDF PAGE 247

Diary of a Drug Fiend

… Have I forfeited my position? I am conscious of nothing but this tearing, stabbing, gnawing pain, this restless raging trembling of the body, this malignant groping of a mad surgeon in the open wound of my soul. I am so bitter, bitter cold. Yet I can’t stand the room. Peter is lying helplessly on the couch. He follows me about with his eyes. He seems to be afraid that he will be caught out in something. It’s like it was when we had dope. Though we knew we were taking it, offering it to each other openly, yet whenever we took it ourselves, we w…

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