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…t not so the strength of the spell Which holds both our beings in bondage, a bondage so fell That even the angels above cannot alter its power; It lives in the memory yet of one passionate hour, When from the dark bosom of Hell sprang a fair felon flower. ETHEL ARCHER. 326
…in the rain A For the foggy hoot of the London train , Gazing at silent wall and lamp And post and rail and platform damp , What is this power that comes to my sight That I see a night without the night, That I see them clear , yet look them through The silvery things and the darkly blue, That the solid wall seems soft as death , A wavering and unanchored wraith , And rails that shine and stones that stream Unsubstantial as a dream ? What sudden door has opened so, What hand has passed , that I should know This moving vision not of trance That …
AMBERGRIS 9 FROM SONGS OF THE SPIRIT Astrology A lonely spirit seeks the midnight hour, When souls have power To cast away one moment bonds of clay, And touch the day With pallid, wistful lips beyond the earth, And bring to birth New thoughts with which life long has travailed ; As if one dead Should rise and utter secrets of the tomb, And from hells womb Or heavens breast bring all the load of fears, Toils of long years, Sorrows of life and agonies of death, Hard caught-up breath, The labouring hands of love, the cheeks of shame, The gloomy …
…creeping things sacred unto me. 26. These slay, naming your enemies; and they shall fall before you. 27. Also these shall breed lust and power of lust in you at the eating thereof. 28. Also ye shall be strong in war. 29. Moreover, be they long kept, it is better; for they swell with my force. All before me. 30. My altar is of open brass work: burn thereon in silver or gold! 27
himself; he had no conception of the price paid by the members of the Black Lodge. The truth is, that as its intimates advance, their power and knowledge becomes enormously greater; but such progress is not a mark of general growth, as it is in the case of the White Brotherhood; it is like a cancer, which indeed grows apace, but at the expense of the man on whom it feeds, and will destroy both him and itself in the long run. The process may be slow; it may extend over a series of incarnations; but it is sure enough. The analogy of the cancer is…
DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS OF THE TAROT III THE ROOT OF THE POWERS OF THE AIR Ace of Swords A WHITE Radiating Angelic Hand, issuing from clouds, and grasping the hilt of a sword, which supports a White Radiant Celestial Crown; from which depend, on the right, the olive branch of Peace; and on the left, the palm branch of suffering. Six Vaus fall from its point. It symbolizes Invoked, as contrasted with Natural Force: for it is the Invocation of the Sword. Raised upward, it invokes the Divine crown of Spiritual Brightness, but reversed it is the I…
DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS OF THE TAROT III THE ROOT OF THE POWERS OF THE AIR Ace of Swords A WHITE Radiating Angelic Hand, issuing from clouds, and grasping the hilt of a sword, which supports a White Radiant Celestial Crown; from which depend, on the right, the olive branch of Peace; and on the left, the palm branch of suffering. Six Vaus fall from its point. It symbolizes Invoked, as contrasted with Natural Force: for it is the Invocation of the Sword. Raised upward, it invokes the Divine crown of Spiritual Brightness, but reversed it is the I…
…led down its leafy mass and strewed the ground With splintered boughs . Seven feudal centuries Fell in that ruin ; and , it seemed , the power , Vanquished and driven from its ancestral bower , Took root in me , for to the other trees Strong and refreshed I turned . And now the gap Of lurid sky which I had opened there Grew cold and star - sown , and the keen night air Was sweet with leafage bruised and living sap . But when at last not light enough was left To labour by , I kindled logs of oak With crackling furze , and glare of flame and smok…
… Lucus. The Chariot. Four hundred and eighteen. Five are one, and six are diverse, five in the midst and three on each side. The Word of Power, 220 AMBROSII MAGI HORTUS ROSARUM . Ain Elohim. Abracadabra. double in the Voice of the Master. Ain Elohim. Amethsh, Four sounds of four forces. O the Snake hath a long tail! Amen Ain Elohim. Sudden death: thick darkness: ho! the ox! One, and one, and one: Creator, Preserver, Destroyer, ho! the Re- deemer! Thunder-stone: whirlpool : lotus-flower: ho! for the gold of the sages ! Ain Elohim. And he was sil…
…pillars of the world! Your time Is nigh at hand. The snake that marred Heaven with his inexhaustible slime Is slain ; I bear the Wand of Power, The Wand that waxes and that wanes; I crush the Universe this hour In my left hand ; and naught remains | Ho! for the splendour in my name Hidden and glorious, a flame Secretly shooting from the sun. Aum! Ha!—my destiny is done. The Word is spoken and concealed. Iam stunned. What wonder was revealed? The rite is secret. Profits it? Only to wisdom and to wit. The other did no less. Then prove Both by the…
…pillars of the world! Your time Is nigh at hand. The snake that marred Heaven with his inexhaustible slime Is slain ; I bear the Wand of Power, The Wand that waxes and that wanes; I crush the Universe this hour In my left hand ; and naught remains | Ho! for the splendour in my name Hidden and glorious, a flame Secretly shooting from the sun. Aum! Ha!—my destiny is done. The Word is spoken and concealed. Iam stunned. What wonder was revealed? The rite is secret. Profits it? Only to wisdom and to wit. The other did no less. Then prove Both by the…
…od’s fan Is eager on my threshing-floor ; his rod Smites no vain stroke. Oh, how I curse thee, God ! What is my aid ? But yet to Satan’s power I lend my utmost vigour for an hour, To wrest Thy damned throne from out thy hands ! My aid ? How shall I burst thy bitter bands, Strike off thy shackles, from thy fetters break, I, whom Thy name appals, whose vitals quake At the dim thought of Thee ? Have mercy, Christ ! Who suffered on the cross, who sacrificed Thy heaven for three hours. Ah ! pity me, For years, not hours, condemned to agony Thrice Th…
…ll open straight And thou must lie forgotten till his rage Have lost its first excess—then may we wage A more successful war against his power. But Charicles : Shall I for one short hour Fly from his tyranny ? Am I such man As should flee from him ? Let the pale and wan Women have fear—in strength of justice, I His vain fierce fury do this hour defy ! There shot through Heaven an awful tongue of fire, Attended by its minister, the dire Black thunder. In clear accents, cold and chill,
…rabbed thing As might have made the trees forget to grow . To church ! God is a spirit , not a creed ; He is an inner , outward - moving power : 143
…asure in an imagined After-life. Nay, also of the other Part, fear not to destroy thy Complexes, thinking dreadfully thereby to lose the Power of creating Joy by their Distinction. Yet in each Marriage be thou bold to affirm the spiritual Ardour of the Orgasm, fixing it in some Talisman, whether it be Art, or Magick, or Theurgy. g
…E MOTHER’S TRAGEDY Naked as dawn, the purpose of the hour Grows on my vision, and my cynic laughter Chills in my veins: the old avenging power Shows me the thing that is to be hereafter. I gloated on the coming of the curse— I did create a hearse, Black plumes and solemn mourners; and saw The triumph of some natural law Fit for a poet’s verse. I saw some common fate to lure, to tempt; (No mortal of the ages is exempt) Some notable disaster to the house Wherein such piety and love abide; I saw some hateful spouse Carry away the bride. That feebl…
THE FORTY—EIGHT CALLS OR KEYS Arise, saith the First: Move therefore unto his servants! Shew yourselves in power, and make me a strong Seer-of— things: for Ι am of Him that liveth for everl [Invokesz The File of Spirit in the Tablet of Spirit E—the Root of the Powers of Air. H—the Root of the Powers of Water. N—the Root of the Powers of Earth B—the Root of the Powers of Fire. The Four Aces] THE OPENING OF THE TEMPLE IN THE GRADE OFם20=9? GIVE the Sign of Shu. [Knock] Let us adore the Lord and King of Air] Shaddai El ChaiI Almighty and ever—livi…
…ses. It represents materiality in all senses, good and evil: and is, therefore, in a sense, illusionary: it shows material gain, labour, power, wealth, etc, THE SIXTEEN COURT, OR ROYAL CARDS The Four Kings THE Four Kings, or “ Figures mounted on steeds,” re— present the Yodh forces of the Name in each Suit: the Radix, Father and commencement of Material Forces, a force in which all the others are implied, and of which they form the develop— ment and completion. A force swift and violent in its action, but whose effect soon passes away, and ther…
THE FORTY—EIGHT CALLS OR KEYS Arise, saith the First: Move therefore unto his servants! Shew yourselves in power, and make me a strong Seer-of— things: for Ι am of Him that liveth for everl [Invokesz The File of Spirit in the Tablet of Spirit E—the Root of the Powers of Air. H—the Root of the Powers of Water. N—the Root of the Powers of Earth B—the Root of the Powers of Fire. The Four Aces] THE OPENING OF THE TEMPLE IN THE GRADE OFם20=9? GIVE the Sign of Shu. [Knock] Let us adore the Lord and King of Air] Shaddai El ChaiI Almighty and ever—livi…
…ses. It represents materiality in all senses, good and evil: and is, therefore, in a sense, illusionary: it shows material gain, labour, power, wealth, etc, THE SIXTEEN COURT, OR ROYAL CARDS The Four Kings THE Four Kings, or “ Figures mounted on steeds,” re— present the Yodh forces of the Name in each Suit: the Radix, Father and commencement of Material Forces, a force in which all the others are implied, and of which they form the develop— ment and completion. A force swift and violent in its action, but whose effect soon passes away, and ther…