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1910 · PDF PAGE 189

The Winged Beetle

…s to him, and over his shoulder to her.] There’s our scientific friend, eh ? DELHOMME. Oh, I’m not afraid of him. A “ farceur,” no more, though sometimes a pleasant one. OSSORY. Tu t’en f——, ça, mon vieux chameau ? Quoi ? DELHOMME. [very disgusted at OSSORY’S vulgarity, which mistakes argot for chic]. Well, sir, as soon as I can find a favourable opportunity—— OSSORY. Grief is a good mood to catch them in, my boy. I know ! I know ! I’ve been a bit of a dog in my time. [Shakes hands as they go out. DELHOMME. [returning]. One word in your ear, si…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 280

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

THE RITES OF ELEUSIS as the night sky—blue! Thou whose skin is of flaming orange, as though it burned in a furnace: Thee, Thee we invoke! Behold, I am yesterday, to-day, and the brother of The Morrowl Iam born again and again. Mine is the unseen force from which the Gods are sprung; that giveth life unto the dwellers in the watch—towers of the Universe. I am the charioteer of the East, Lord 01 the Past and the Future. I see by mine own inward light; Lord of Resurrection, who cometh forth from the dusk, and whose birth is from the House of Death.…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 280

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

THE RITES OF ELEUSIS as the night sky—blue! Thou whose skin is of flaming orange, as though it burned in a furnace: Thee, Thee we invoke! Behold, I am yesterday, to-day, and the brother of The Morrowl Iam born again and again. Mine is the unseen force from which the Gods are sprung; that giveth life unto the dwellers in the watch—towers of the Universe. I am the charioteer of the East, Lord 01 the Past and the Future. I see by mine own inward light; Lord of Resurrection, who cometh forth from the dusk, and whose birth is from the House of Death.…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 206

Liber Aleph

… its Action. Thou knowest well how an Horse, or even a Machine propelled by a Man’s feet, becometh as it were as Extension of the Rider, though his Skill and Custom. Thus let thy Star have profit of thy Vehicle, assimilating it, and sustaining it, so that it be healed of its Separation, and this even in Life, but most especially in Death. Also thou oughtest to increase thy Vehicle in Mass by true Growth in Balance, that thou be a Bridegroom comely and wellfavoured, a Man of might, and a Warrior worthy of the Bed of so divine a Dissolution. n

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1909 · PDF PAGE 9

Alexandra

…goes to thee. We will give grateful mutual thanks to God if I shall . . . (I do not know what futuam can mean. (Look up your Latin Dic., though I admit it is an unusual word in this con- nection, and may seem unjustifiable to those who have not seen my cl... O.C. (MS. illegible. Printer))) . . . thee in bed. I will not be a bad Cassandra. (i.e. a prognosticatress of calamity.) Alexan- dra ! Alexandra ! 2. Cancelled passage : verse III. “ Will not some hero, loyal, leal, and true,” (Men fainting cried) “ the accursed chromo take ? ” The nation t…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 60

Ambergris

…y Fates then, think you, must control The stainless aspiration of the soul ? Not one. I tell you, destiny is sure, Yet moves no finger : though it tune my tongue, My tongue shall tune it too : my words endure As destiny decays : my hands are flung In prayer to Heaven nay, to mine own crown, To raise myself, and not to drag it down ! O holiest Lord of the divine white flame Of brilliance sworded in the temple sky ! O thou who knowest my most secret name, Who whisperest when only thou and I Make up our universe : bestow thy kiss : Arise ! Come, l…

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1903 · PDF PAGE 9

Berashith

…two terms, both unreal, both incon: ceivable, yet both representing intelligible and diverse ideas to our minds (and this is the point!) though identical in reality and convertible by a process of reason which simulates or replaces that apprehension which we can never attain to. Let us apply this idea to the Beginning of all things, about which the Christians lie frankly, the Hindus preva- ricate, and the Buddhists are discreetly silent, while not contradicting even the gross and ridiculous accounts of the more fantastic Hindu visionaries. 7 Ra…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 24

The Star in the West

…uperabundance of his genius ; and secondly , the diversity of his form . “ My womb is pregnant with mad moons and suns,” he writes , and though we could hardly agree to endow so virile a master with so feminine an organ , yet we can attribute something very like it to his brain . Pregnant it certainly is , and more , being already the mother of a large family , a family as diverse as the offspring of Uranus , father of the Gods , born to him by Earth , earthy and celestial . Sweet lyrics are crushed cheek by jowl with the most corrosive satire …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 233

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…otnts to him, and over his shoulder to her.] There's our scientific friend, eh? DELHOMME. Oh, I’m not afraid of him. A /arceur, no more, though sometimes a pleasant one. ossory. Tu fen f—, ca, mon vieux chameau? Quoi? DELHOMME [very disgusted at ossory’s vulgarity, which mistakes argot for chic]. Well, sir, as soon as I can find a favourable opportunity: ossory. Grief is a good mood to catch them in, my boy. Iknow! I know! I've been a bit of a dog in my time. [Shakes hands as they go out. DELHOMME [vefurning]. One word in your ear, sir, if I ma…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 233

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…otnts to him, and over his shoulder to her.] There's our scientific friend, eh? DELHOMME. Oh, I’m not afraid of him. A /arceur, no more, though sometimes a pleasant one. ossory. Tu fen f—, ca, mon vieux chameau? Quoi? DELHOMME [very disgusted at ossory’s vulgarity, which mistakes argot for chic]. Well, sir, as soon as I can find a favourable opportunity: ossory. Grief is a good mood to catch them in, my boy. Iknow! I know! I've been a bit of a dog in my time. [Shakes hands as they go out. DELHOMME [vefurning]. One word in your ear, sir, if I ma…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 86

Book 4 (Part I)

…ain, and caused a spasm, or possibly even the breaking of a small vessel. There seems no reason to reject this ex- planation altogether, though it would be quite absurd to suppose that to accept it would be to condemn the practice. Spasm is a normal func- tion of at least one of the organs of the body. That the brain is not damaged by the practice is proved by the fact that many people who claim to have had this experience repeatedly continue to exercise the ordinary avocations of life without diminished activity. We may dismiss, then, the phys…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 157

Liber Aleph

… since we are to make no difference between any Thing and any other Thing, therefore all Changes are equal in Respect of our Praise. For though this be a right Conclusion in the Term of thy Comprehension as a Master of the Temple, yet it is false in the Eyes of the Mind that hath not attained this Understanding. So there- fore any Change (or phenomenon) appeareth noble or base to the imperfect Mind, according to its Consonance and Harmony with the Will that governeth the Mind. Thus if it be thy Will to delight in Rythm and Œconomy of Words, the…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 272

The Star in the West

…nnot me surpass , or I beneath him lie . Self is surpassed by self - annihilation ; The nearer nothing , so much more divine . Who is as though he were not - ne'er had been That man , oh joy ! is made God absolute .

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1909 · PDF PAGE 21

John St. John

…y dark. Yet my power to create magical images is still with me. ' I 1.40— Hanged Man posture. Will invoke Adonai once more 12.0. by pure thought Got into a very curious state indeed ; part of me being quite perfectly asleep, and part quite perfectly awake. . Have slept, and that soundly, though with many dreams. Awaking with the utmost horror and loath- ing of the Path of the VVise—it seemed somehow like a vast dragon—demon with bronze green wings irides- cent that rose up startled and angry. And I saw that I9

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1909 · PDF PAGE 79

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…e points. ZOROASTER, ” Vedana.—Pertaining to Sensation we may first notice in the beginner’s concentrating mind the class of distracting thoughts which refer to the emotions. The taking of pleasure in, or the endurance of pain from, the meditation itself is in particular to be dreaded. Of mystic phenomena we may notice the immense class of devotional apparitions. Vishnu, Christ, Jehovah and other deities appear in response to long-continued and passionate love. See ‘‘ Bhagavad Gita,” chap. xi., the visions of many Catholic saints, Teresa, Gertr…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 79

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…e points. ZOROASTER, ” Vedana.—Pertaining to Sensation we may first notice in the beginner’s concentrating mind the class of distracting thoughts which refer to the emotions. The taking of pleasure in, or the endurance of pain from, the meditation itself is in particular to be dreaded. Of mystic phenomena we may notice the immense class of devotional apparitions. Vishnu, Christ, Jehovah and other deities appear in response to long-continued and passionate love. See ‘‘ Bhagavad Gita,” chap. xi., the visions of many Catholic saints, Teresa, Gertr…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 41

The World’s Tragedy

… relief from it. Lastly we see the man magically awakened to a sense of his disaster, too weak to retrieve the past or avert the future, though alive to all its horror. In the meanwhile the corruption of Roman virtue begins ; and we should end the play in despair were it not that Alexander comes for- ward and obligingly prophesies the arrival of Aleister

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1919 · PDF PAGE 233

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…r of death itself. In other papers the joy and glory of those who have accepted the Book of the Law as the sole rule of life is largely, though never fully, explained; and we will not here recapitulate the same. SECOND HOUSE 45. All Brethren who may fall into indigence have a right to the direct assistance of the Order up to the full amount of fees and subscriptions paid by them up to the time of appli- cation. This will be regarded as a loan, but no interest will be charged upon it. That this privilege may not be abused, the Grand Tribunal wil…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 116

Magick Without Tears

…l secrets have been maintained inviolate. If, during the last few years, a considerable number of documents have been published by them, though not in their name, it is on account of the impending crisis to civilisation, of which mention will later be made. 83

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1901 · PDF PAGE 48

The Soul of Osiris

…g ago !— When to my blossom body clean as snow You pressed your bosom till desire was pain, And—then—that midnight ! you did dare remain Though all my limbs were bloody with your mouth That tore their flesh to satiate its drouth, That was not thereby satisfied ! And now A pallid coward, with sly, skulking brow, You must leave Sodom for your spouse’s sake Coward and coward and coward ! who would take The best flower of my life and leave me so, Still loving you—Ah ! weak—and turn to go For fear of such a God ! O blind ! O fool ! To heed these str…

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