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1912 · PDF PAGE 109

Sir Palamedes

…oxicating! Hush! the heart’s beat! Across the moor Some dreadful god rides fast, be sure ! The listening Palamede bites through His thin white lips—what hoofs are those? Are they the Quest? How still and blue The sky is! Hush—God knows—God knows ! Then on a sudden in the midst of them Is a swart god, from hoof to girdle a goat, Upon his brow the twelve-star diadem And the King’s Collar fastened on his throat. Thrill upon thrill courseth through Palamede. Life, life, pure life is bubbling in his blood. All youth comes back, all strength, all joy…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 375

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

… of the days DT ANN 725 726 7727 728 [Vide K.D. L.C.K. p. 506] mown apag=3 JY S729 [Vide K.D. L.C.K. p. 505] jow yp 73° 731 732 7733 The white head: a >) Nw title of GOD most High 734 To bring forth sbnw 735 Tiphareth, 42-fold Name AY¥72 in Yetzirah

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1912 · PDF PAGE 375

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

… of the days DT ANN 725 726 7727 728 [Vide K.D. L.C.K. p. 506] mown apag=3 JY S729 [Vide K.D. L.C.K. p. 505] jow yp 73° 731 732 7733 The white head: a >) Nw title of GOD most High 734 To bring forth sbnw 735 Tiphareth, 42-fold Name AY¥72 in Yetzirah

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1899 · PDF PAGE 21

Tale of Archais

…ht reed Shrilling dim visions of things glorious, And saw the maiden, that disported thus, And worshipped. Then in doubt he stood, grown white And wonderful, with passion’s perfect might Firing his veins and tingling in his brain, He stood and whitened, and waxed red again. His oat unheeded glanced beneath the wave, His eyes grew bright and burning, his lips clave— A sudden cry broke from him ; from the height His swift young body, like a ray of light, Divides the air, a moment, and the pool Flings up the spray like dew, divinely cool : A momen…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 25

The Winged Beetle

…l marge And drank from golden vats the wine of joy ; Hot, eager, overcoming in her breath, As she would draw him to those large And firm white breasts and mix her liquid life With his in pagan strife ? Or with a grace like God, a stealth like love, Pour on him from above Wine from the purple vats of death ? Nay ! ’tis no wonder—shall they wonder then, These bat-eyed newspaper-besotted men, If thou and I have found the Elixir rare That giveth Life to those whoso drinketh it, The Stone beyond compare, The harmony of the Circle and the Square, All…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 137

The Winged Beetle

… for lust to know, To watch these sparks of verse I throw Cold ere they flame ! For they attest The anvil’s ring, the hammer’s zest, The white-hot rage of steel, that is My soul exulting in God’s kiss The hammer, and the anvil life. . . . . . . . . . . Go, and explain it to your wife !

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1912 · PDF PAGE 228

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…t success at outset, not retained). Herein the Angels?לאהלמand?היוההrule. XXXIII THE LORD OF SWIFTNESS Ezlght af Μάνα!; or T0761665 FOUR White Radiating Angelic Hands (two proceedingfrom each side) issuant from clouds; clasped in two pairs in the centre with the grip of the First Order. They hold eight wands, crossed four with four. Flames issue from the point of junction. Surmounting the small wands with flames issuing down them, and placed in the centre at the top and bottom of the card respectively, are the symbols of & and : for the Decan. Τ…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 228

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…t success at outset, not retained). Herein the Angels?לאהלמand?היוההrule. XXXIII THE LORD OF SWIFTNESS Ezlght af Μάνα!; or T0761665 FOUR White Radiating Angelic Hands (two proceedingfrom each side) issuant from clouds; clasped in two pairs in the centre with the grip of the First Order. They hold eight wands, crossed four with four. Flames issue from the point of junction. Surmounting the small wands with flames issuing down them, and placed in the centre at the top and bottom of the card respectively, are the symbols of & and : for the Decan. Τ…

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1928 · PDF PAGE 56

Little Poems in Prose

…lied, “I will find out for you.” A minute later he reappeared, holding in his arms a fine big cat, and looking, as the saying is, in the white of its eyes, he unhesitatingly affirmed, “It is just a little before noon.” This turned out to be the case. As to me, if I bend over towards my beauti- ful Féline, so well named, who is at once the glory of her sex, the pride of my heart, and the incense of my spirit, whether it be night, or whether it be day, in broad daylight or thick darkness, in the abyss of her adorable eyes I always read the hour m…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 22

Tale of Archais

…forgive thee, thou art good and kind. ” “ O love ! O love ! O mistress of my mind, You love me ! ” “ Nay, I was a while afraid, Being so white and tender ; for a maid I lived alone with flower and brook, nor guessed Another dwelt within the quiet nest

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1902 · PDF PAGE 142

Tannhäuser

…out the individual, and weeps on For the united sorrow of all things. For if I die, it is not Tannhaiiser, Rather a spark of the supreme white light That dwelt and flickered in him in old time ; That Light, I say, that hides its flame awhile To shine more fully —to redeem the world ' I say, then, " I " ; and yet it is not " I " Distinct, but " I " incorporate in All. I am, the Resurrection and the Life ! The Work is finished, and the Night rolled back ! I am the Rising Sun of Life and Light, The Glory of the Shining of the Dawn ! I am Osiris ! …

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1907 · PDF PAGE 122

Konx Om Pax

… when his Countess coughed or sneezed, “ Obsessed! ” the poor old fellow wheezed. He sought the Mighty Powers of Good, Invoked the Great White Brotherhood. Like smart and punctual business men, They sent a man round there and then. How gladly reverent doth he greet The sage’s venerable feet! But in a while suspicion grows. “ This fellow, now, by Jove, who knows? Perhaps he too is in the Plot. 1 like Scotch \Vhisky: he does not. He prefers Job to Second Kings. We disagree on many things.” He sniffed around the Adept (who lay low). He searched hi…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 21

The Winged Beetle

…wering above the lofty ship Whose masts did menace to the skies, They are but plaisters of cool leaves that dip In pleasant water to the white-hot wise Terrible flames of hell that would devour me, Did not the raptures of thy love embower me In meads Elysian, fields of foamless fire, Nights of invincible desire,

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1910 · PDF PAGE 88

The World’s Tragedy

I THE RED STAR SCENE. — A grove of ilex in Arcadia. The terrace is of white mar- ble. In the centre an image of the god Pan in Ivory and Gold. The pedestal is of lapis-lazuli, the space around of malachite. It is strewn with red roses. Before the image of the god stands a naked man, in whose hand is a sharp sword heavy and curved. Its blade is of blue steel, its hilt encrusted with rubies. The man is come to his full strength ; he is very dark with deep-set glittering eyes of green flecked with fire. His beard is short, square, curly, and black…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 210

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…olds a sword in one hand; and the other rests upon a small silver altar with grey smoke (no fire) ascending from it, Beneath her feet are white clouds. Wisdom, strength, acuteness; subtlety in material things: grace and dexterity. If ill dignified, she is frivolous and cunning, She rules a quadrant of the heavens around Kether. v of A Princess and Empress of the Sylphs and Sylphides. Throne of the Ace of Wands. 168

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1912 · PDF PAGE 226

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

THE EQUINOX XXX THE LORD OF LOSS IN PLEASURE Five (y' ἀφ; or C/m/z'ces A WHITE RadiatingAngelic Hand, holding lotuses or water- lilies, of which the flowers are falling right and left. Leaves only, and no buds, surmount them. These lotus stems ascend between the cups in the manner of a fountain, but no water flows therefrom; neither is there water in any of the cups, which are somewhat of the shape of the magical instrument of the Zelator Adeptus Minor. Above and below are the symbols οί 6 and "L for the Decan. Death, or end of pleasure: disappoi…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 210

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…olds a sword in one hand; and the other rests upon a small silver altar with grey smoke (no fire) ascending from it, Beneath her feet are white clouds. Wisdom, strength, acuteness; subtlety in material things: grace and dexterity. If ill dignified, she is frivolous and cunning, She rules a quadrant of the heavens around Kether. v of A Princess and Empress of the Sylphs and Sylphides. Throne of the Ace of Wands. 168

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1912 · PDF PAGE 226

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

THE EQUINOX XXX THE LORD OF LOSS IN PLEASURE Five (y' ἀφ; or C/m/z'ces A WHITE RadiatingAngelic Hand, holding lotuses or water- lilies, of which the flowers are falling right and left. Leaves only, and no buds, surmount them. These lotus stems ascend between the cups in the manner of a fountain, but no water flows therefrom; neither is there water in any of the cups, which are somewhat of the shape of the magical instrument of the Zelator Adeptus Minor. Above and below are the symbols οί 6 and "L for the Decan. Death, or end of pleasure: disappoi…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 144

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…infinite starry spray Of thine own AZon. . . . Alas for me! I faint. Thy mystic majesty Absorbs this spark. OLYMPAS. All hail! all hail! White splendour through the viewless veil ! I am drawn with thee to rapture. . . . Yet no sooner is this attained than he utters the new doctrine declared in Lider Legis. marsyaS. I bear a message. Heaven hath sent The knowledge of a new, sweet way Into the Secret Element. 104

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…infinite starry spray Of thine own AZon. . . . Alas for me! I faint. Thy mystic majesty Absorbs this spark. OLYMPAS. All hail! all hail! White splendour through the viewless veil ! I am drawn with thee to rapture. . . . Yet no sooner is this attained than he utters the new doctrine declared in Lider Legis. marsyaS. I bear a message. Heaven hath sent The knowledge of a new, sweet way Into the Secret Element. 104

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