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1910 · PDF PAGE 52

The World’s Tragedy

…SIPPUS, his disciple. GITON Young boys YAUGH WAUGH. A man vulture. HYLAS A lambkin. A dove. THE PERSONS OF THE TRAGEDY ALEXANDER, a wise king, ruling An ox. Macedon, Babylonia, etc. ZAKARIAH, an ass. TWO SATYRs. GOVINDA, king of the Indies. A fair man child. CHAU, SON of HEAVEN, king of Tar- TWO NYMPHS. tary and China. MIRIAM a Syrian Girl. A company of rats. A white-robed youth. A company of toads. Legions of apes, worms and monsters. A brass bottle containing a Mannikin AGRIPPA, a Roman century. In blue. PUBLIUS, his lieutenant. ISSA, the gro…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 105

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

PERSONS OF THE TRAGEDY ACT III SIR RINALDO DE LA CHAPELLE, GrandMamr afflzz Temple A BISHOP REPRESENTATIVE OF THE KING OF JERUSALEM THE GRAND MASTER OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST JOHN THE GRAND MASTER OF THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA CLERKS, USHERS, ADVOCATES,!!!. TORTURERS A PHYSICIAN THE KING OF JERUSALEM MANY DIGNITARIES AND THEIR LADIES THE CROWD ISAAC,?םקש AN URCIIIN LAVLAX—l, now Imaum 0: Primus Κauredd'z'n

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1911 · PDF PAGE 105

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

PERSONS OF THE TRAGEDY ACT III SIR RINALDO DE LA CHAPELLE, GrandMamr afflzz Temple A BISHOP REPRESENTATIVE OF THE KING OF JERUSALEM THE GRAND MASTER OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST JOHN THE GRAND MASTER OF THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA CLERKS, USHERS, ADVOCATES,!!!. TORTURERS A PHYSICIAN THE KING OF JERUSALEM MANY DIGNITARIES AND THEIR LADIES THE CROWD ISAAC,?םקש AN URCIIIN LAVLAX—l, now Imaum 0: Primus Κauredd'z'n

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1913 · PDF PAGE 244

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

206 HYMN TO SATAN I aporE Thee, King of Evil, By the body Thou hast fashioned In the likeness of a devil. By its purity impassioned I adore Thee, King of Evil! I adore Thee, Lord of Malice, By the soul that Thou hast moulded Lovely as a lily-chalice To the sombre sun unfolded. I adore Thee, Lord of Malice! By its thirst, the cruel craving For things infinite, unheard-of, Dreams devouring and depraving, Songs no God may guess a word of, Songs of crime and songs of craving— By the drear eyes of the devil Bleak and sterile as they glitter I adore …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 244

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

206 HYMN TO SATAN I aporE Thee, King of Evil, By the body Thou hast fashioned In the likeness of a devil. By its purity impassioned I adore Thee, King of Evil! I adore Thee, Lord of Malice, By the soul that Thou hast moulded Lovely as a lily-chalice To the sombre sun unfolded. I adore Thee, Lord of Malice! By its thirst, the cruel craving For things infinite, unheard-of, Dreams devouring and depraving, Songs no God may guess a word of, Songs of crime and songs of craving— By the drear eyes of the devil Bleak and sterile as they glitter I adore …

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1901 · PDF PAGE 71

The Soul of Osiris

THE GATE OF THE SANCTUARY. 59 THE NAMELESS QUEST. HE king was silent. In the blazoned hall Shadows, more mute than at a funeral True mourners, waited, waited in the gloom ; Waited to hear what child was in the womb Of his high thoughts. As dead men were we all ; As dead men wait the trumpet in the tomb. The king was silent. Tense the high-strung air Must save itself by trembling—if it dare. Then a long shudder ran across the space ; Each man ashamed to see his fellow’s face, Each troubled and confused. He did not spare Our fear—he spake not yet…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 483

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…rince of mysteries. GIMEL. Love, will, Venus, the Angel Anael, Prince of life and death. DALETH. Force, power, Jupiter, Sachiel, Melech, King of kings. KAPH. Violence, strife, work, Mars, Samael Zebaoth, Prince of Phalanges. PE. Eloquence, intelligence, Mercury, Raphael, Prince of sciences. RESH. Destruction and regeneration, Time, Saturn, Cassiel, King of tombs and of solitude. Tau. Truth, light, the Sun, Michael, King of the Elohim. 185

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1913 · PDF PAGE 483

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…rince of mysteries. GIMEL. Love, will, Venus, the Angel Anael, Prince of life and death. DALETH. Force, power, Jupiter, Sachiel, Melech, King of kings. KAPH. Violence, strife, work, Mars, Samael Zebaoth, Prince of Phalanges. PE. Eloquence, intelligence, Mercury, Raphael, Prince of sciences. RESH. Destruction and regeneration, Time, Saturn, Cassiel, King of tombs and of solitude. Tau. Truth, light, the Sun, Michael, King of the Elohim. 185

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1944 · PDF PAGE 48

The Book of Thoth

…d immediately appear in the same flash of thought to counterbalance it. This identifica‐ tion is complete in itself) philosophically speaking; it is only later that one must consider the question of the result of formulating Zero as “plus I plus minus I”. The result of so doing is to formulate the idea of Tetragrammaton. THE FORMULA OF TETRAGRAMMATON It is explained in this essay (see 16, 34, et al.) that the whole of the Tarot is based upon the Tree of Life, and that the Tree of Life is always cognate with Tetragrammaton. One may sum up the wh…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 59

The Mother’s Tragedy

THE FATAL FORCE 45 Highest among the secret ones; and we— See where our heritage is made; I, king, A leper, and thyself, the hideous fruit Of what strange poisons? But in mine own self I am the king and chief of all the priests; And thou, in thine own eyes, art a young god, Strong, beautiful, and lithe, a leaping fawn Upon the mountains. PACHAD. Yea, I am a god. I am fire against the fountain of my birth, The storm upon the earth that nurtured me! Leave me: we twain have no more words to speak. THE LEPER. Neither in heaven nor in hell. I go, Th…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 63

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ighteous still ; he that is filthy shall be filthy still. 58. Yea! deem not of change: ye shall be as ye are, & not other. Therefore the kings of the earth shall be Kings for ever: the slaves shall serve. There is none that shall be cast down or lifted up: all is ever as it was. Yet there are masked ones my servants: it may be that yonder beggar is a King. A King may choose his garment as he will: there is no certain test: but a beggar cannot hide his poverty. 59. Beware therefore! Love all, lest perchance is a King concealed! Say you so? Fool!…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 63

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ighteous still ; he that is filthy shall be filthy still. 58. Yea! deem not of change: ye shall be as ye are, & not other. Therefore the kings of the earth shall be Kings for ever: the slaves shall serve. There is none that shall be cast down or lifted up: all is ever as it was. Yet there are masked ones my servants: it may be that yonder beggar is a King. A King may choose his garment as he will: there is no certain test: but a beggar cannot hide his poverty. 59. Beware therefore! Love all, lest perchance is a King concealed! Say you so? Fool!…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 123

Oracles

II8 ANIMA LUNAE Drew back the veil of sleep ; But strange : the king turned idly, sought to press The bosom where love lately burnt supreme, And found no ivory deep. He turned and sought out life ; and nothing lived : Death, and nought died. The king’s brow fell. Sore grieved He rose, not knowing : and before his will Swan’s throat, dove’s eyes, moon’s breast, and woman’s mouth, And form desirable Of all the clustered love drew back : grew still “ O turn, my lover, turn thee to the South ! ” The girl’s warm song of the Siesta’s hour. Heedless o…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 209

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ugh with a good exterior. Rules from 20° W to 20° Δ, V of A Queen of the Sylphs and Sylphidesl XV THE PRINCE OF THE CHARIOT OF THE WINDS King ofSwords A WINGED King with Winged Crown, seated in a chariot drawn by Arch Fays, represented as winged youths very slightly dressed, with butterfly wings: heads encircled by a fillet with a pentagram thereon: and holding wands sur- mounted by pentagrams, the same butterfly wings on their feet and fillets. General equipment as the King of Wands : but he bears as a crest a winged angelic head with a penta— gra…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 209

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…ugh with a good exterior. Rules from 20° W to 20° Δ, V of A Queen of the Sylphs and Sylphidesl XV THE PRINCE OF THE CHARIOT OF THE WINDS King ofSwords A WINGED King with Winged Crown, seated in a chariot drawn by Arch Fays, represented as winged youths very slightly dressed, with butterfly wings: heads encircled by a fillet with a pentagram thereon: and holding wands sur- mounted by pentagrams, the same butterfly wings on their feet and fillets. General equipment as the King of Wands : but he bears as a crest a winged angelic head with a penta— gra…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 160

Collected Works (Vol. I)

… death. For Egypt’s honour, | then ! Give me that spear. [Aszée.] That royalty’s own hand Should send this thing to his long misery ! [Zaking a spear, he runs through the soldter. The KING OF SYRIA, attended, enters. KING OF SYRIA. Your armies beaten back before my faxe, Your weapons broken, I am come t tuke The crown from her pale brows that s:‘teth there. THE LEPER. The Queen is dead: Iam the King of Egypt. To-day I saved the house from its own shame By strange ways: I will strike one blow to save The land from its invaders. In the name Of al…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 98

The Scented Garden

…eemed. That of America is not so good, in the fatherland-dizzied eyes of the Celestial. [See note to IXth Ghazal. Ed.] 3. Suleiman — our King Solomon, as historical as King Brahmadatta, who reigned 120,000 years in Benares. 4. Isa — Jesus. Muslim hold that a phantom was crucified in the place of Jesus. See Q’uran III. 5. Gold — noon, not sunrise, or sunset, whose colours are rose and grey. A question of clinome- ter.

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1907 · PDF PAGE 97

Rodin in Rime

…traught. No jewels in the casket nobly wrought. The shrine is grand; the god is ravished thence. On clawing hands and hardened knees the King Exists, no more; is it a little thing? King Demos, hear my parable! We pass, We poets, see you grovel at our feet, Despise our love, and tender flesh, and wheat, Clamour for lust, and carrion, and grass. 61

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1906 · PDF PAGE 93

Collected Works (Vol. II)

ACTUS PRIMUS 87 JASON. Where is the son of ‘Tyro and Poseidon? MEN. Iolchus’ King has here a dwelling-place. WOMEN. See you the sword shake—and the iron hand Not shaking? The man’s mood is full of wrath. MEN. Peace, foolish! Were it so, we would not see. WOMEN. Ay me! this stranger seems most ominous. JASON, Where is the son of Tyro and Poseidon? MEN. This is the Palace-place of Pelias, Son of Poseidon, of Iolchus King. JASON. Iolchus’ King is here, in very truth. Where is the son of Tyro? MEN. Who art thou? JASON. Know me for Jason and great A…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 130

Oracles

ANIMA LUNAE I25 So mused the king. Mark you, the full moon shone ! Nay, but a little past the full, she rose An hour past sunset : as some laughter gone, After the bride’s night, lost in subtler snows Rosy with wifehood. Now the shallop glides On gloomier shadier tides, While the long hair of willows bent and kissed The stream, and drew its mist Up through their silent atmosphere. Some sorrow drawing near That slow, dark river would for sympathy Have found its home and never wandered out Into the sunlight any more. A sigh Stirred the pale water…

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