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1910 · PDF PAGE 455

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…, Beneath that pit of slippery stone. Yea! though he sees not anything, Nor hears, his subtle sense is ’ware That, lackeyed by the devil-king, The Beast—the Questing Beast—is there| So though his heart beats close with fear, Though horror grips his throat, he goes, Goes on to meet it, spear to spear, ; As good knight should, to face his foes. Nay! but the end is come. Black earth Belches that peerless Paladin Up from her gulphs—untimely birth! —Her horror could not hold him in! 79

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1910 · PDF PAGE 35

The Winged Beetle

…t’s blood of a suicide. He had plucked the hazel rod From the rude and goatish god, Even as the curved moon’s waning ray Stolen from the King of Day. He had learnt the elvish sign ; Given the Token of the Nine : Once to rave, and once to revel, Once to bow before the devil, Once to swing the thurible, Once to kiss the goat of hell, Once to dance the aspen spring, Once to croak, and once to sing, Once to oil the savoury thighs Of the witch with sea-green eyes With the unguents magical. Oh the honey and the gall Of that black enchanter’s lips As …

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1904 · PDF PAGE 37

The Goetia

…th at first in the Form of a Crow, but after the Command of the Exorcist he putteth on Human Shape. His office is to steal Treasures out King’s Houses, and to carry it whither he is commanded, and to destroy Cities and Dignities of Men, and to tell all things, Past, and what Is, and what Will Be; and to cause Love between Friends and Foes. He was of the Order of Thrones. He governeth 30 Legions of Spirits; and his Seal is this, which wear thou as aforesaid. (41.) Focator.—The Forty-first Spirit is Focalor, or Forcalor, or Fur- calor. He isa Mig…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 103

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

… eyes, And yet he spies So sweet a vision that his gentle breath Sighed into death: And others say that here the fairies bring The fairy king, And crown him with a flower of eglantine, And of the vine Twist him a throne made perfect with wild roses, And gathered posies From all the streams that wander through the vale, And crying, “ Hail! “ All hail, most beautiful of all our race!” Cover his face With blossoms gathered from a fairy tree Like foam from séa, So delicate that mortal eyes behold Ephemeral gold G

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1909 · PDF PAGE 23

The Holy Books

… man, unto thee. 74. The length of thy longing shall be the strength of its glory. He that lives long and desires death much is ever the King among the Kings. 75. Aye! listen to the numbers and the words: 76.4638ABK24ALGMOR3 YX24 89RP S TOVAL. What meaneth this, Ο prophet? Thou knowest not; nor shalt thou know ever. There cometh one to follow 22

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1907 · PDF PAGE 101

Konx Om Pax

…life? Ask of the drone about the drudge! Compute the mistress by the wife! Why? Because Jesus helps them to! Converted William snubs the King. No doubt the soapy godly crew Can turn their hands to anything! G

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1910 · PDF PAGE 47

The Winged Beetle

…straint Hardly one ray Pierced to the ragged earth about their roots that lay. VIII I wandered, crying on my Lord. I wandered Eagerly seeking everywhere. The stores of life that on my lips he squandered Grew into shrill cries of despair, Until the dryads frightened and dumfoundered Fled into space— Like to a demon-king’s was grown my maiden face ! IX At last I came unto the well, my soul. In that still glass, I saw no sign Of him, and yet—what visions there uproll To cloud that mirror-soul of mine ? Above my head there screams a flying scroll W…

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1926 · PDF PAGE 22

Liber Al vel Legis

… man, unto thee. 74. The length of thy longing shall be the strength of its glory. He that lives long and desires death much is ever the King among the Kings. 75. Aye! listen to the numbers and the words: 76.4638ABK24ALGMOR3 YX24 89RP S TOVAL. What meaneth this, Ο prophet? Thou knowest not; nor shalt thou know ever. There cometh one to follow 22

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1944 · PDF PAGE 145

The Book of Thoth

…She might turn and snap at her best friends without intelli‐ gible excuse. Also, when she misses her bite, she breaks her jaw! In the Yî King, the watery part of Fire is represented by the 17th hexagram, Sui. It indi‐ cates reflection upon impulse, and the consequently even flow of action. There is great capac‐ ity for lucid conception and steady prosecution of work; but this is only at the bidding, and under the guidance, of some creative mind. There is a tendency to be fickle, even disloyal; the ideas which she obeys make no deep or permanent…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 337

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING DaATH Iam insane. My reason tumbles; The tower of my being crumbles. Here all is doubt, distress, despair: There is no force in strength or prayer. If pass I may, it is by might Of the momentum of my flight. I match, &c. Grex (and the crossing of Daleth) Free from that curse, loosed from that prison ; From all that ruin am I risen! Pure still, the virgin moon beguiles My azure passage with her smiles. Now! O what love divine redeems My death, and bathes it in her beams! What sacring transubstantiates My flesh and …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 337

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING DaATH Iam insane. My reason tumbles; The tower of my being crumbles. Here all is doubt, distress, despair: There is no force in strength or prayer. If pass I may, it is by might Of the momentum of my flight. I match, &c. Grex (and the crossing of Daleth) Free from that curse, loosed from that prison ; From all that ruin am I risen! Pure still, the virgin moon beguiles My azure passage with her smiles. Now! O what love divine redeems My death, and bathes it in her beams! What sacring transubstantiates My flesh and …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 59

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING complex Tatwas; the Golden Dawn Symbol, and so on, Also I began the exercise of the pendulum and other simple regular motions. Wherefore to-day of Venus, the 22nd of February 1901, I being in the City of Guadalajara, in the Hotel Cosmopolita, I do begin to set down all that I accomplish in this work: And may the Peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep my heart and mind through Christ Jesus our Lord. Let my mind be open unto the Higher: Let my heart be the Centre of Light: Let my body be the Temple of t…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 59

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING complex Tatwas; the Golden Dawn Symbol, and so on, Also I began the exercise of the pendulum and other simple regular motions. Wherefore to-day of Venus, the 22nd of February 1901, I being in the City of Guadalajara, in the Hotel Cosmopolita, I do begin to set down all that I accomplish in this work: And may the Peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep my heart and mind through Christ Jesus our Lord. Let my mind be open unto the Higher: Let my heart be the Centre of Light: Let my body be the Temple of t…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 31

The Soul of Osiris

… sands, With fervour filled, to say God’s doom To Ahab of the bloody hands, The spoiler of his father’s tomb, The slayer of the vineyard king. God’s judgment, and his fate, I bring. The city gleams afar, I see Samarina’s white walls on high ;

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1910 · PDF PAGE 501

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

A. COLIN LUNN, Cigar Importer and Cigarette Merchant. 3, BRIDGE STREET; 19, KING’S PARADE; & 31, TRINITY ST., CAMBRIDGE. Sole Agent for Loewe & Co.'s Celebrated Straight Grain Briar Pipes. YENIDYEH CIGARETTES, No. 1 A.—\A Conn factured from the finest selected growths of 1908 crop, ai inhaled without causing any irritation of the throat. Sole Manufacturer: A. COLIN LUNN, Cambridge. MESSRS. LOWE AND CO., 8, STAFFORD STREET, BOND STREET, beg to announce that they have been entrusted for twelve years past with the preparation of the OILS, PERFUMES…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 501

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

A. COLIN LUNN, Cigar Importer and Cigarette Merchant. 3, BRIDGE STREET; 19, KING’S PARADE; & 31, TRINITY ST., CAMBRIDGE. Sole Agent for Loewe & Co.'s Celebrated Straight Grain Briar Pipes. YENIDYEH CIGARETTES, No. 1 A.—\A Conn factured from the finest selected growths of 1908 crop, ai inhaled without causing any irritation of the throat. Sole Manufacturer: A. COLIN LUNN, Cambridge. MESSRS. LOWE AND CO., 8, STAFFORD STREET, BOND STREET, beg to announce that they have been entrusted for twelve years past with the preparation of the OILS, PERFUMES…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 52

The Sword of Song

…ho prate of duty thus, see you show it to him unto whom you owe it.” That this advice is wasted is clear from Act V. Sc. iii., where the King of France takes the first trivial opportunity* to be free of the vile creature he had so foolishly married. Cordelia goes, and the sisters talk together. Theirs is the language of quiet sorrow for an old man’s failing mind ; yet a most righteous determination not to allow the happiness of the English people to depend upon his whims. Bad women would have rejoiced in the banish- ment of Kent, whom they alre…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 83

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING MARSYAS. OLYMPAS. MARSYAS. Ay, but that reasoned thesis lacks The impact of reality. This vision is a battle-axe Splitting the skull. O pardon mel But my soul faints, my stomach sinks. Let me pass on! My being drinks The nectar-poison of the Sphinx. This is a bitter medicine! Black snare that I was taken inl How one may pass I hardly know. Maybe time never blots the track. Black, black, intolerably black] Go, spectre of the ages, go 1 Suffice it that I passed beyond. I found the secret of the bond Of thought to tho…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 83

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING MARSYAS. OLYMPAS. MARSYAS. Ay, but that reasoned thesis lacks The impact of reality. This vision is a battle-axe Splitting the skull. O pardon mel But my soul faints, my stomach sinks. Let me pass on! My being drinks The nectar-poison of the Sphinx. This is a bitter medicine! Black snare that I was taken inl How one may pass I hardly know. Maybe time never blots the track. Black, black, intolerably black] Go, spectre of the ages, go 1 Suffice it that I passed beyond. I found the secret of the bond Of thought to tho…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 69

The Scented Garden

The Reproaches of God. 61 Muslim, but detested by the “ Arami ” (Persians) who ever seek to defile his tomb, often risking their lives in the attempt. Frequent is the pun between Omar and Hhumar “ ass.” They are spelt nearly alike ([Persian text] and [Persian text]) and Persian pronunciation always slurs the difference between “ ma’ajub ” and “ ma’aruf ” o and u. 4. Whose ? Presumably the Nubian’s ; but the text is ambiguous. 5. A pun [Persian text] means both “ rock ” and a jinn who offended King Solomon. The latter (as usual) imprisoned him i…

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