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1909 · PDF PAGE 148

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

….A.*. Publication in Class B. Issued by Order : DDS. 7° = 4° OSV. 6° = 5° NSF. 5° = 6° “ Direct not thy mind to the vast surfaces of the earth ; for the Plant of Truth grows not upon the ground. Nor measure the motions of the Sun, collecting rules, for he is carried by the Eternal Will of the Father, and not for your sake alone. Dismiss from your mind the impetuous course of the Moon, for she moveth always by the power of Necessity. The pro- gression of the Stars was not generated for your sake. The wide aerial flight of birds gives no true kno…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 148

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

….A.*. Publication in Class B. Issued by Order : DDS. 7° = 4° OSV. 6° = 5° NSF. 5° = 6° “ Direct not thy mind to the vast surfaces of the earth ; for the Plant of Truth grows not upon the ground. Nor measure the motions of the Sun, collecting rules, for he is carried by the Eternal Will of the Father, and not for your sake alone. Dismiss from your mind the impetuous course of the Moon, for she moveth always by the power of Necessity. The pro- gression of the Stars was not generated for your sake. The wide aerial flight of birds gives no true kno…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 404

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…, Crowned with illimitable light, And there in constant war abides, Smiting the spangles of the snow ; Smiting until the vernal tides Of earth leap high ; the steady flow Of sunlight splits the icy walls : They slide, they hurl the knight below. Sir Palamede the mighty falls Into an hollow where there dwelt A bearded crew of monachals Asleep in various visions spelt By mystic symbols unto men. But when a foreigner they smelt They drive him from their holy den, And with their glittering eyeballs pelt Sir Palamede the Saracen.

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1910 · PDF PAGE 404

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…, Crowned with illimitable light, And there in constant war abides, Smiting the spangles of the snow ; Smiting until the vernal tides Of earth leap high ; the steady flow Of sunlight splits the icy walls : They slide, they hurl the knight below. Sir Palamede the mighty falls Into an hollow where there dwelt A bearded crew of monachals Asleep in various visions spelt By mystic symbols unto men. But when a foreigner they smelt They drive him from their holy den, And with their glittering eyeballs pelt Sir Palamede the Saracen.

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1899 · PDF PAGE 69

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…EAZAR. God, Who this day has sliumbered not, nor slept, He only keepeth Israel: He is God! CHORUS. When God uplifted hands to smite, And earth from chaos was unrolled, And skies and seas from blackest night Unfurled, twin sapphires set with gold, And tumult of the boisterous deep Roared from its slow ungainly sleep, And flocks of heaven were driven to fold, Then rose the walls of Israel] steep, For in His promise we behold The sworded Sons of glory leap Our tribes in peace to keep. 47

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1904 · PDF PAGE 46

The Argonauts

…e empyréan, Behold his fervour conquering The fury of the breed Cadmean, The dragons of the Theban king; And arméd men shall spring from earth In vain to ward the gloomy girth! But thou, Athena, didst devise Some end beyond our mortal ken, Thy soul impenetrably wise Shines not to us unthinking men, O guard the warrior band of Greece, And win for us the Golden Fleece!

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1905 · PDF PAGE 110

Oracles

…rous throats of majesty, Titanic, in the waking of the world ; Sprang, one vast mass of spume and molten fire, Lava, tremendous waves of earth ; sprang higher Than the sea’s crest volcano-torn, to be Written in Cyclopean charactery, Hawaii. Here she stands Queen of all laughter’s lands That dance for dawn, lie tranced in leisured noon, Dreaming through day towards night, Craving the perfumed light Of the stars lustrous, and the gem-born moon. Dewy with clustered diamond, The long land swoons to sleep ; the sea sleeps and yet wakes beyond. Here,…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 31

Gargoyles

Shouting for rapture over his prize, The maiden body of earth. Outrun The violent rays; the dawn is dashed In one swift moment into dust. Long lies the land with sunlight splashed, Brutally violate to his lust. Alone and naked I watched through The appalling hours of noon; I parched; I blistered: all the ghastly crew Of mind’s sick horror mocked me; arched Tike flaming vault of hell and pressed Its passionate murder in my breast. Seven times I strove to slay me: filled My mouth with sand to choke my breath. In vain! No loftier purpose willed Th…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 40

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…natch some scrap for a relie, that he may bow down to it and serve it. So, even to-day, a mass of maggots swarm heaving over the carrion earth, a brotherhood bound by blind greed for rottenness. Science still hésitâtes to raze the temple of Rimmon, though every year finds more of her sons impatient of Naaman’s prudence. The Privy Council of the Kingdom of Mansoul sits in permanent secret session j it dares not déclaré what must follow its deed in shattering the monarch morality into scraps of crumbling conglomerate of climatic, tribal, and pers…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 115

White Stains

…renew These bestial orgie-nights, whereby Loose woman’s love is spiced, as dew On tender spray of spring doth lie. Like the cold moon to earth and sun My mistress lingers in eclipse,

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1904 · PDF PAGE 82

The Argonauts

…sea. CHORUS. No song can lure us while he sings so well. JASON. But look! I see entrancing woman-forms That beckon—fairy-like and not of earth. So, fitter than the bed of this my queen To rest heroic limbs! MEDEA. The wretched one! Thou knowest that their kiss is death!

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1904 · PDF PAGE 109

The Argonauts

…al’s nod: A fragrant and a sunny air Smiles: a man’s kisses vanish there, Grow kisses of a god ; And in dreams’ darkness subtly grows No Earth-flowered bloom of rose. O dreams of love and peace, draw nigh ! Hover with shadowy wings! Let shining shapes of ecstasy Cover the frail blue veil of sky, And speak immortal things ! Dream, lady, dream through summer noon, Lulled by the sleepy tune! The sense is riven, and the soul Goes glimmering to the abode, Where aeons in one moment roll, And one thought shapes to its control Body’s forgotten load. Ou…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 55

Oracles

…ne Laid sufficient woes of toil. Seed of Abel, this thy shame— To the boar-spear yields the sword. Seed of Cain, to heaven flame, And to earth cast Heaven’s Lord ! THE LITANY OF SATAN O thou, of Angels fairest and most wise, God by Fate’s treachery shorn of liturgies ! O Satan, have pity of my long misery ! O Prince of Exile, Sufferer of wrong, Whose vengeance, conquered, rises triply strong ! O Satan, have pity of my long misery !

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1944 · PDF PAGE 31

The Book of Thoth

…cord‐ ing to the observed seasons. This choice may also have been influenced by the division of the Elements into Four—Fire, Air, Water, Earth. (These do not mean the objects now understood by these words, as explained above.) Perhaps because they thought it necessary to introduce so sacred a number as Three into everything heavenly, or else because the observed constellations happened to be natu‐ rally divided into twelve groups, they divided the Zodiac into twelve signs, three to each Sea‐ son. The Influence of the Sun upon the Earth was obse…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 258

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…f the Balance at the Black Pillar ” is the name of the Stolistes; and she is Auramooth, or the Light shining through the waters upon the Earth. The Dadouchos,—The station of the Dadouchos is towards the midst of the Southern part of the Hall, and to the South-West of the Diacram 10, White Pillar. He has the charge of the lights, the fire, and the incense ‘The Cup of the of the Temple. His ensign is the Svastika.§ Stolistes, “ Goddess of the Scale of the Balance at the White Pillar” is the name of the Dadouchos, and she is Thoum-aesh-neith, or P…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 258

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…f the Balance at the Black Pillar ” is the name of the Stolistes; and she is Auramooth, or the Light shining through the waters upon the Earth. The Dadouchos,—The station of the Dadouchos is towards the midst of the Southern part of the Hall, and to the South-West of the Diacram 10, White Pillar. He has the charge of the lights, the fire, and the incense ‘The Cup of the of the Temple. His ensign is the Svastika.§ Stolistes, “ Goddess of the Scale of the Balance at the White Pillar” is the name of the Dadouchos, and she is Thoum-aesh-neith, or P…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 100

The Law is for All

…(The Equinox 111(9)) (1983), p. 45.] 18. These are dead, these fellows; they feel not. We are not for the poor and sad: the lords of the earth are our kinsfolk. Commentary: This idea is confirmed. Those who sorrow are not real people at all, not “stars”—for the time being. The fact of their being “poor and sad” proves them to be “shadows,” who “pass & are done.” The “lords of the earth” are those who are doing their Will. It does not necessarily mean people with coro­ nets and automobiles; there are plenty of such people who are the most sorrow…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 8

Oracles

…ing in the summer sky Like a model of the moon :— How supreme to be so high In a treacherous balloon, Like the Kings of Destiny, All the earth for their spittoon. Toads are gnawing at my feet. Take them off me quick, I pray ! Worms my juicy liver eat. Take the awful beasts away ! Vipers make my bowels their meat. Fetch a cunning knife and slay ! Kill the tadpoles in my lung, And the woodlice in my spine, And the beast that gnaws my tongue, And the weasel at my chine, And the horde of adders young That around mine entrails twine ! Come, dissect …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 82

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

… the sand? 1.1111/].ןמ The water wells up? Purer than the rain.? So in my heart? Love springs? Chaster than the grace of heaven itself.? Earth purifies? More subtly than the sea.? Only through matter? Can spirit understand itself,? Justify itself, become itself? This mystery I heard? From the holy man of Bassu.? His beard was whiter than snow? Because it had once been blacker than burnt wood.? So will I cherish my love, The love which I owe, Which I give, to my husband The noblest of the Emirs; For I and my love and my service And my duty All ar…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 82

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

… the sand? 1.1111/].ןמ The water wells up? Purer than the rain.? So in my heart? Love springs? Chaster than the grace of heaven itself.? Earth purifies? More subtly than the sea.? Only through matter? Can spirit understand itself,? Justify itself, become itself? This mystery I heard? From the holy man of Bassu.? His beard was whiter than snow? Because it had once been blacker than burnt wood.? So will I cherish my love, The love which I owe, Which I give, to my husband The noblest of the Emirs; For I and my love and my service And my duty All ar…

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