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1910 · PDF PAGE 432

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…he Beast a-questing aye before. But praise to good Sir Palamede! *Hath gotten him a fairy steed Alike for venery and for war, So that in little drawing near The quarry, lifteth up his spear To run him of his malice through.

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1922 · PDF PAGE 323

Diary of a Drug Fiend

…arlet. He had a very serious face, and accosted us with a military salute :— “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law,” said the little fellow stoutly, and held out his hand. “I’ve come to take you up to the Abbey.” Even Lou realised that it was quite impossible to pick up such an important little person and kiss him. We entered into the solemnity of the occasion with proper dignity, and got up and shook hands. Then, running down behind him, came an even smaller boy. “‘ Love law, love will,” he said. It was obviously a point of politene…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 163

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING brain reels before such a conception. And the human brain of the Master of the Temple is but little more fitted to under- stand this in his life as a man than if he had never entered on the Path at all. For the Ego has been totally destroyed, and he has nothing wherewith to bind together these things. He is not any of these things, for there is no He. Those things are. And of the results of this, and of how it may bear upon the question of his advancement to the Grade of Magus, who can say? It is not the Master of…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 163

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING brain reels before such a conception. And the human brain of the Master of the Temple is but little more fitted to under- stand this in his life as a man than if he had never entered on the Path at all. For the Ego has been totally destroyed, and he has nothing wherewith to bind together these things. He is not any of these things, for there is no He. Those things are. And of the results of this, and of how it may bear upon the question of his advancement to the Grade of Magus, who can say? It is not the Master of…

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1922 · PDF PAGE 28

Diary of a Drug Fiend

…lived on her earnings. There were even darker whispers. Two or three pretty wise birds had told me they thought it was she, and not poor little Mati Hara, who tipped off the Tanks to the Boche. Did I mention that my sculptor’s name was Owen ? Well, it was, is, and will be while the name of Art endures. He was supporting himself unsteadily with one hand on the table, while with the other he put his guests in their seats. I thought of a child playing with dolls. : , As the first four sat down, I saw two other girls behind them. One I had met befo…

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1922 · PDF PAGE 69

Diary of a Drug Fiend

…people run him down the way they do. Don’t see why I got so leary myself. Probably a perfectly decent chap at bottom. He’s got his funny little ways—man’s no worse for that. Gad, if one started to get worried about funny little D.D.F, &

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1903 · PDF PAGE 54

The Star and the Garter

…,” you say, “a keen delight In Shelley, but as much in you.” There, you are foolish. And you know The thing I meant to say. O love! What little lightnings serve to show Glimpses of all your heart! Above All, and beneath all, lies there deep, Canopied over with young sleep, 52

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1904 · PDF PAGE 56

The Argonauts

…by yourselves, As I myself achieve this thought of mine. CHORUS. To me thou seemest to blaspheme the gods. MEDEA. Belike I seem, O ye of little wit. CHORUS. Surely thy tender years and gentle looks Belie such hatred to our king! I scorn To triumph on an enemy once fallen. MEDEA. Fools always! I am tenderer than my years, And gentler than my glances. CHORUS. Sayst thou—what? MEDEA, Ye know me a most powerful sorceress. CHORUS. So I have heard, O lotus-footed one! Nathless I see not any miracle. MEDEA, Last night the heavy-hearted audience Broke …

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1904 · PDF PAGE 67

The Argonauts

…rkness gathers up the folds Of day’s gold garment, and the valleys sink Into slow sadness, though the hills retain That brilliance for a little. CHORUS. Let us go! 17

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1906 · PDF PAGE 110

Gargoyles

I seemed to haunt the Continental. A saucy little elemental Flitted across; I heard it sneer; ** You won’t get water, though, I fear.” That ’s hell all over. Good-bye, greens, Water, cold mutton, bread, and beans! They feed us well, like gentlemen, On chilis, seasoned with cayenne. Worse, one must finish every course. ’S truth, I had rather eat boiled horse! IV. My first friend was an agéd monk, He fed on rice and water. Sunk His cheeks and cold his blood. You see The fool was a damned soul like me; He had starved himself on earth in hope In he…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 121

The Winged Beetle

…T SOUL 111 Quickened, when afterwards your help He needed, to a currish yelp. Now—so the wheel of Fortune whirls !— Your kindly love for little girls And ardour for the fine old faith Makes all that past a wisp, a wraith. You patronise our Sunday schools, Pronounce on Grammar’s darkest rules, Rebuke bad taste, irreverence, Heresy, humbug, and pretence. Your tepid verses come like boons To cheer Suburban afternoons ; While Asquith, were he only wise, Would bid a Board of Morals rise ; Sure no one like yourself can be Past-Master in Virginity. St…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 60

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

… ; and that is all . THE MOUNTAINS IN WINTER . I INUTTERABLY far , and still , and high , The mountains stand against the sunset sky , O little angry heart , against your will , You must grow quiet here , and wise , and still . 41

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1954 · PDF PAGE 236

Magick Without Tears

"GOD" AND "SELF" 203 complex," giving rise later on, in certain cases to whole legions of neuroses. Now then make it a little clearer, please, just what you mean by 'higher'. Skeat seems to connect it with hills, swellings, boils, the maternal breast; is that reason enough for us to connect it with the idea of advantage, or-'superiority' merely translates it into Latin!-worth, or-no, it's really too difficult. Of course, sometimes it has a "bad" meaning, as of temperature in fever; but nearly always it implies a condition preferable to "low. " …

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1922 · PDF PAGE 281

Diary of a Drug Fiend

…267 We drove back to London, and had tea on the way in a cottage where the people seemed to know our friends very well. It was kept by a little old man and his wife who had the air of being family retainers. The cottage stood well away from the road in grounds of its own. Two mighty yew trees stood one on either side of the gate. Lala told us that the place belonged to the Order of which King Lamus was the head, and that he occasionally sent people down here for certain parts of his training which could only be carried out in solitude and silen…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 470

Magick Without Tears

…ll my might. All my life I have been taught: governesses, private tutors, schools, private and public, the best of the Universities: how little I know! I have travelled all over the world in all conditions, from "grand seigneur," to "holy man"; how little I know! What then of the ninety-and-nine, dragged by the ears through suicide examinations, and kicked out of school into factory in their teens? They have learnt only just enough to facilitate the swallowing of the gross venal lies of the radio and the Yellow Press; or, if mother-wit has chan…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 87

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…imes a day, at sunrise, mid-day, sunset and mid-night. iv. Food. According to the ‘“ Hatha-Yoga Pradipika”: “ Moderate good men but talk little; secondly, should eat little; thirdly, should renounce the company of men, the company of women, all company. He should practise in secrecy in a retired place. “For the sake of appearances he should remain in society, but should not have his heart in it. He should not renounce the duties of his profession, caste or rank, but let him perform these merely as an instru- ment without any thought of the even…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 87

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…imes a day, at sunrise, mid-day, sunset and mid-night. iv. Food. According to the ‘“ Hatha-Yoga Pradipika”: “ Moderate good men but talk little; secondly, should eat little; thirdly, should renounce the company of men, the company of women, all company. He should practise in secrecy in a retired place. “For the sake of appearances he should remain in society, but should not have his heart in it. He should not renounce the duties of his profession, caste or rank, but let him perform these merely as an instru- ment without any thought of the even…

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1922 · PDF PAGE 203

Diary of a Drug Fiend

…pieces of the ship, they all came safe to land.” One’s familiarity with the New Testament makes a quotation somehow significant, however little one may believe in the truth of the book. I felt that his voice was the voice of a prophet. I felt myself already saved. “You take some of this,”’ he went on, bringing a white tablet from a little cedar cabinet, and a big glass of cold water. ‘“‘ Throw your head back, and get it well down, and drink all this right off. Here is another to take home to your husband, and don’t forget the water. It will cal…

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1922 · PDF PAGE 303

Diary of a Drug Fiend

… It’s this way, my dear Sir Peter. The workings of Providence are indeed strange. Just before the passing of my Act, I had invested what little fortune I possessed in the purchase of a Cocaine Factory in Switzerland, with the intention of putting an end to its nefarious activities. Now here is an instance of what I can only refer to with reverent gratitude as the Moving of the Divine Finger. On the one hand, my chemical manager informed me of the marvellous scientific discovery which I have already mentioned—I am sure you feel no ill effects fr…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 453

Magick Without Tears

…ed this pure system, and begotten a bastard code which reeks of religion. A political manoeuvre of the Brahman caste. Suppose we relax a little, come down to earth, and look at what the far-famed morality of the Holy Man was, and is, in actual practice. You will find this useful to crush Toshophist and Anthroposophagist cockroaches as well as the ordinary Christian Scolex when they assail you. In the lands of Hinduism and (to a less extent) of Islam, the Sultan, the Dewan, the Maharajah, the Emir, or whatsoever they call "the Grand Pandjandrum …

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