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1898 · PDF PAGE 49

Jephthah

…e Upon those grisly men of war, whose life Groans from the prison that shall crush it out. CHORUS OF ELDERS. Be thou most blessed of the Lord for ever! But what shall he that hath delivered us Have for his guerdon when he comes in triumph ? A milk-white ass shall bear him through the city, And wreaths of roses be instead of dust, And dancing girls, and feet of maidens most, Shall strike a measure of delight, and boys With bright unsullied curls shall minister Before him all the days of life God grants, And all his platters shall be made of gold…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 75

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…With those enduring kisses that endow Heart, hope, and life with gladness. Comes he soon ? ELEAZAR. Maiden most perfect, daughter of our lord, And ye, most fairest branches of our tree, Maidens of Israel, we await you here That ye, no other, may go forth to meet The chief victorious. And after you Those villains that once cast him out shall forth In sackcloth to his feet, if haply so He spare their vagabond and worthless lives. . ADULAH. Not so, my father. In my father’s name I promise unto all great happiness, And vengeance clean forgotten in …

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1901 · PDF PAGE 134

The Soul of Osiris

…s 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, let us pierce the old abyss ! Rise ! Move ! Appear ! Let us go forth together, Into the solemn passionless profound, Into the darkness, and the thrilling weather, Into the silence louder than all sound, Into t…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 23

The Winged Beetle

… world a light of other gold From that men hoard, from that the suns afford In their implacable cars As they roll on impassive ; bid thy Lord (O Rose, Rose of the Stars !) And slave make known thy beauty and thy passion In his imperfect fashion, So that thy wisdom and thy strength are sold In every mart of earth ; So that thine eyes enfold The universe in one great look of love Bring this, bring this to birth ! And neither hate below, nor hate above, Nor chance, nor force, nor cunning shall deprive Man of thy gift, a love alive With more than m…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 27

777

…r (vide Prayer-book), God Jupiter , 4 Chit omice te Foage the World . Mars . J God the Son (and Maker of Fine Weather) Apollo 6 Messiah, Lord of Hosts (vide Prayer-book, | Venus 7 Goi theFils Ghost (as Comforter and Inspirer | Mercury . 8 God the Holy ero tas iene Plagues Diana (as ~7). 9 Ecclesia Xsti, The Virgin Mary . Ceres . 10 Matthew. Jupiter . . (11 Sardis Mercury . 12 Laodicea . Diana 13 Thyatira. Venus 14 FF {The Disciples are too indefinite) Mars, Minerva . 1 FE Venus 16 “\ r iz Castor and Pollux, [Janus] 17 . 3 Mercury . 18 é . Venus…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 30

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

… splendour; they shall stand upon the firm foundation ; the kingdom shall be theirs; yea, the kingdom shall be theirs. In the name of the Lord of Initiation. Amen. 22

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1911 · PDF PAGE 30

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

… splendour; they shall stand upon the firm foundation ; the kingdom shall be theirs; yea, the kingdom shall be theirs. In the name of the Lord of Initiation. Amen. 22

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1911 · PDF PAGE 164

The Vision and the Voice

…eet In the air, in the air, in the air! Who Will shall attain! Who Will shall attain By the Moon, and by Myself, and by the Angel of the Lord! Il Now Silence ceaseth And the moon waxeth sweet; (It is the hour of) Initiation, Initiation, Initiation. The kiss of Isis is honeyed; My own Will is ended, For Will hath attained. 162

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1913 · PDF PAGE 114

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…f Truth! Here let love’s lust yield youth! [She raises her hands to heaven. Joanna [Comes forward and invokes at the shrine). Now let my lord declare His power This equinoctial hour! If there be virtue in the dance, And life abide within the lance, And if the wine within the cup Be the right draught for gods to sup— Then be my sister's music dowered With answering song, and roses showered! [JuLia dances and plays around the corpse. The orchestra Joins after the first few bars, and innumerable roses fall Jrom heaven. A pause, while they watch. J…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 114

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…f Truth! Here let love’s lust yield youth! [She raises her hands to heaven. Joanna [Comes forward and invokes at the shrine). Now let my lord declare His power This equinoctial hour! If there be virtue in the dance, And life abide within the lance, And if the wine within the cup Be the right draught for gods to sup— Then be my sister's music dowered With answering song, and roses showered! [JuLia dances and plays around the corpse. The orchestra Joins after the first few bars, and innumerable roses fall Jrom heaven. A pause, while they watch. J…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 79

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…l of peace, Bidding thine anger tease, Speaking sweet words most comfortable. O lose The bitter memory of the wrong long dead ! © be the lord and prince we gladly choose And crown the mercy of thy royal head ! Be thou the chief, and rule upon thy kin, And be not wroth for sin. lor surely in the dusty days and years There is a little river flowing still That brings forgetfulness of woes and fears And drinks up all the memory of ill. Wherefore our tribute to thy feet we bring ; Conguer our foes, and reign our king! JEPHTHAH. Ye have no king but G…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 67

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…e Upon those grisly men of war, whose life Groans from the prison that shall crush it out. CHORUS OF ELDERS. Be thou most blessed of the Lord for ever! But what shall he that hath delivered us Have for his guerdon when he comes in triumph ? A milk-white ass shall bear him through the city, And wreaths of roses be instead of dust, And dancing girls, and feet of maidens most, Shall strike a measure of delight, and boys With bright unsullied curls shall minister Before him all the days of life God grants, And all his platters shall be made of gold…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 108

Konx Om Pax

…ly Shone like pale flames the sudden spheres Of dewy light, of eager tears. She touched my soul’s divinest chord: “I am so happy, dear my Lord.” And, breaking to the spirit bliss, “I go, dear. 0 so keen to kiss Our baby when I get to God ! ” Charrningl Why, damn it now! that’s odd. I’m surely in my dotage, Dick! A sniveller makes me fairly sick. —Well, here’s the Devil in Eden still; No good we do but turns to ill: Art '5 but a crust o’er Nature’s chasms. Death caught her with his comic spasms. They turned her fairly inside out, Jerking her legs…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 234

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…atory and unreliable. Netzach of( ?וJourney by land: in character untrust— worthy). Herein rule the Great Angels?לאהההand?לאכימ XLII THE LORD OF ABANDONED SUCCESS Eight of Chalice: A WHITE RadiatingAngelic Hand, holdinga group of stems of lotuses or water-lilies. There are only two flowers shown, which bend over the two central cups, pouring into them a a white water which fills them and runs over into the three lowest, which latter are not yet filled The three "uuu" uppermost are quite empty. At the top and bottom of v u u the card are symbols & …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 234

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…atory and unreliable. Netzach of( ?וJourney by land: in character untrust— worthy). Herein rule the Great Angels?לאהההand?לאכימ XLII THE LORD OF ABANDONED SUCCESS Eight of Chalice: A WHITE RadiatingAngelic Hand, holdinga group of stems of lotuses or water-lilies. There are only two flowers shown, which bend over the two central cups, pouring into them a a white water which fills them and runs over into the three lowest, which latter are not yet filled The three "uuu" uppermost are quite empty. At the top and bottom of v u u the card are symbols & …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 135

Oracles

…e ; Here, in the Law’s impassive shrine, no hope is of release. All things escape me, all repine, all alter, ruin, cease. II But thou, O Lord, O Apollo, Must thou utterly change and pass ? Thy light be lost in the hollow ? Thy face as a maid’s in a glass Go out and be lost and be broken As the face of the maid is withdrawn, And thy people with sorrow unspoken Wait, wait for the dawn ? But thou, O Diana, our Lady, Shall it be as if never had been ?

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1907 · PDF PAGE 107

Konx Om Pax

…! A strange soft wonder, long immured Within her, lit her lovely face With something of Our Lady’s grace. “ What did you kill me for, my Lord?” As if my answer must accord

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1911 · PDF PAGE 292

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

THE RITES OF ELEUSIS TAURUS. Thyself, the Warden of the Holy Graal. Myself, the Lord of the Bow. A nymph, a satyr— PAN, I. And Pan! CANCER. Brother Pan, I command thee to honour our Lady Artemis. TAURUS. Bear the Cup of Libation ! CANCER 333-333'333— [PAN reeifes [horas/rain Swi'nbnrne’s “ Atalanta.” When the hounds of spring are on winter’s traces . . . The wolf that follows, the fawn that flies. TAURUS. The goddess stirs not. CANCER. Silence is the secret of our Lady Artemis. PAN. Hath no man lifted her veil? CANCER No man hath lifted her veil…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 292

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

THE RITES OF ELEUSIS TAURUS. Thyself, the Warden of the Holy Graal. Myself, the Lord of the Bow. A nymph, a satyr— PAN, I. And Pan! CANCER. Brother Pan, I command thee to honour our Lady Artemis. TAURUS. Bear the Cup of Libation ! CANCER 333-333'333— [PAN reeifes [horas/rain Swi'nbnrne’s “ Atalanta.” When the hounds of spring are on winter’s traces . . . The wolf that follows, the fawn that flies. TAURUS. The goddess stirs not. CANCER. Silence is the secret of our Lady Artemis. PAN. Hath no man lifted her veil? CANCER No man hath lifted her veil…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 232

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…inality. According to dignity as usual. Chesed of( ?הGain of money or influence: a present). Herein do?ה`זובand?לאדבמbear rule. XXXIX THE LORD OF DEFEAT Five of Swords Two Rayed Angelic Hands each holding two swords nearly upright, but falling apart of each other, right and left of the card, A third hand holds a sword upright in the centre as though it had disunited them. The petals of the rose, which in the Four had been reinstated in the centre, are torn asunder and falling. Above and below are 9 and m for Decan. Contest finished and decided ag…

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