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1912 · PDF PAGE 275

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

WAITE'S WET OR THE BACKSLIDER'S RETURN “ All [kings come to [uim who LVailex." ”I waitza' patiently (m lll: Lord; and He inclina/i unio me, and heard my cry.” IT was a brilliant May afternoon when the Prodigal re- turned. At the offices of the Equinox the usual constellation was assembled. Crowley lay lost in meditation upon the 15oo-guinea Persian rug, which he had received from the executors of the late John Brown; Neuburg, covered from head to foot with yellow paint and his own post-prandia! poetry, was yelling with laughter over a telegram w…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 232

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…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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1912 · PDF PAGE 275

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

WAITE'S WET OR THE BACKSLIDER'S RETURN “ All [kings come to [uim who LVailex." ”I waitza' patiently (m lll: Lord; and He inclina/i unio me, and heard my cry.” IT was a brilliant May afternoon when the Prodigal re- turned. At the offices of the Equinox the usual constellation was assembled. Crowley lay lost in meditation upon the 15oo-guinea Persian rug, which he had received from the executors of the late John Brown; Neuburg, covered from head to foot with yellow paint and his own post-prandia! poetry, was yelling with laughter over a telegram w…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 80

Mortadello

…! Princess, I arrest you in the Doge’s name. MONICA. Arrest ! GABRIELE. No less ! MONICA. [Rising with arms outstretched.] Nay, look, my lord, behold my hands, my breast, My feet ! [It is seen that she bears the bleeding stigmata of Christ. GABRIELE. What ! THE SOLDIERS. ’Tis a miracle of God. GABRIELE. You fools ! Deceit o’ the devil, rather. Will you be the tools Of a whore ? MONICA. [Raising her crystal cross and advancing upon him

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1913 · PDF PAGE 107

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ne. How should a ship grow old Whose virgin timbers hold Mine awful ark of gold? zuLu. Do I hear one speak of ships? CHINESE. Listen, my lord, to these, no lying lips. ARAB. Take us aboard; we sail where hunger grips No more three poor blind beggar men. nu [Aside]. May be These are the assassin three! [Aloud] Have ye the tokens of the true degree? [They cower. cHINESE. Ah, then, hope fails for ever ! ARAB. Let us hide Beyond the borders of this treacherous tide; Or it may steal upon us as we sleep. zuLu. Would we were dead! Yet life is worth a …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 107

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ne. How should a ship grow old Whose virgin timbers hold Mine awful ark of gold? zuLu. Do I hear one speak of ships? CHINESE. Listen, my lord, to these, no lying lips. ARAB. Take us aboard; we sail where hunger grips No more three poor blind beggar men. nu [Aside]. May be These are the assassin three! [Aloud] Have ye the tokens of the true degree? [They cower. cHINESE. Ah, then, hope fails for ever ! ARAB. Let us hide Beyond the borders of this treacherous tide; Or it may steal upon us as we sleep. zuLu. Would we were dead! Yet life is worth a …

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1924 · PDF PAGE 12

An Open Letter to Lord Beaverbook

…out hesitation, that such an allegation, deliber- ately published, by a well-known paper, as an indictment, must be true. 9. Now you, my Lord, as proprietor of the Sunday Express, can satisfy yourself, by a few minutes’ inquiry, that your editor is unable to specify the date or place of any such conviction. You can compel him to admit to you that he printed this, the most damaging libel conceivable, either without trying to verify it, or after failing to do so. You can satisfy yourself that he has not now, and never has had, one shred of eviden…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 115

The Book of Thoth

…ery of Silence may be con‐ summated. For this attitude there is sound traditional authority; Harpocrates, God of Silence, is called “The Lord of Defence and Protection”. But His nature is by no means that negative and passive silence which the word com‐ monly connotes; for He is the All‐Wandering Spirit, the Pure and Perfect Knight‐Errant, who answers all Enigmas, and opens the closed Portal of the King’s Daughter. But Silence in the

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1904 · PDF PAGE 69

Why Jesus Wept

WHY JESUS WEPT 55 Thou chaste pale goddess blooded to the human, Artemis rosy like Hippolyta ! Ay, my lord, were it true, your liar’s lore, (Oh blasphemy !) were my young love an whore, An hag of sixty ; I were greater so. He who doth know And fears and hates, Is not as he who cares not, but creates A royal crown from an old bonnet string, A maiden from a strumpet : that is to be like God, Who from all chaos, from the husks of matter, Crusts shed off putrefaction, shakes a wing And flies ; bids flowers spring from the dull black sod, Is not the…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 48

Mortadello

…. [To the ninth.] Sir, I am glad to meet you. May our friendship lime All joys it had imagines. Farewell for the time. [To THE DOGE.] My lord, you whelm the spirit. If such mystery In my realm of the Ten, what shall I deem of the Three ? THE DOGE. My son, the keys of power are in your hand this hour. The garden is yours ; the shower is God’s ; may He grant the flower ! MORTADELLO. Father, I take my leave ; to-morrow’s busi- ness presses. Venice shall wake to joy-bells. THE DOGE. Make the wildernesses To blossom like the rose, my God, in whom I …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 153

Book 4 (Part II)

… this serpent, which is normally coiled at the base of the spine, rises with her hood over the head of the Yogi, there to unite with the Lord of all. The serpent is also he who poisons. It is that force which destroys the manifested Universe. This is also the emerald snake which encircles the Universe. This matter must be studied in Liber LXV, where this is discussed incomparably. In the hood of this serpent are the six jewels, three on each side. Ruby, Emerald, and Sapphire, the three holy elements made perfect, on both sides in equilibrium.

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1944 · PDF PAGE 198

The Book of Thoth

…of the “Royal Art”. The dolphin is peculiarly sacred to Alchemy. The number Two referring to Will, this card might really be renamed the Lord of Love under Will, for that is its full and true meaning. It shows the harmony of the male and the fe‐ male: interpreted in the largest sense. It is perfect and placid harmony, radiating an intensity of joy and ecstasy.

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1899 · PDF PAGE 174

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…, half so sweet ! He passed before. me on the wheel of Time, He who knows no Time—the intense sublime Master of all philosophy and play, Lord of all love and music and sweet rhyme. Follow thou him! Work ever, if thy heart Be fervent with one hope, thy brain with art, | Thy lips with song, thine arm with strength to smite : Achieve some act; its name shall not depart. Christ laid Love’s corner-stone, and Cesar built The tower of glory; Sappho’s life was spilt _ From fervent lips the torch of song t’ ignite : Thou mayst add yet a stone—if but tho…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 19

Why Jesus Wept

…ger eye, aware Of misery occult in youth, awake At the first touch of the diviner air Of manhood, that could bane and blessing make, The Lord of Life and Death, the secret of the Snake. The snake of Egypt hath a body twin ; It hath bright wings wherewith it well can fly ; It is of virtue and of bitter sin ; It beareth strength and beauty in its eye ; Beneath its tongue are Hate and Misery ; Love in its coils is hidden, and its nature Is double everyway ; dost wonder why The poet worships every scaléd feature, And holds him lordliest yet of ever…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 127

John St. John

… ” images of a quite base gargoylish type. I suppose I shall have to pentagram them off like a damned neophyte. je m'emmerde| Praise the Lord, I wake l If that can be called waking which is a mere desperate struggle to keep the eyes open. . Pranayama all wrong—very difficult. Rose, washed, drank a few drops of water. (N.B.—To—night have drunk several times, a mouthful at a time; other nights, and days, no. All entries into body recorded duly.) Have done 10 Breath»Cycles ; am quite awake. It will therefore now be lawful again to sleep. Awoke at 7…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 7

The Vision and the Voice

THE VISION AND THE VOICE reveal it unto none: for the ear is not framed that shall hear it: nor the tongue that can speak it! O Lord God, blessed, blessed, blessed be Thou for ever! Thy Shadow is as great Light. Thy Name is as the Breath of Love across all Worlds. (A vast Svastika is shewn unto me behind the Angel with the Book.) Rend your garments, O ye clouds! Uncover yourselves! for the Love of My Son! Who are they that trouble thee? Who are they that slew thee? O Light! Come thou, who art joined with me to bruise the Dragon’s head. We, who …

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1907 · PDF PAGE 133

Konx Om Pax

…asure and mirth I lift my wand and wave on Through hill to hill of elight: M rosy rivers lave you n innermost lustral light. I lead you, lord of the maze, In the darkness free of the sun; In 5 ite of the spite that is day's, e are wed, we are wild, we are one! The palate which cannot appreciate such a vintage to the full knows not the taste of ood wine. nded and welcome on such an isle of Monte Cristo, it is impossible here to pick from this bewildering casket of precious gems the best from the perfect. But though we cannot find 5 ace here to to…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 6

The Holy Books

…the God and the Adorer I am nothing: they do not see me. They are upon the earth; Ι am Heaven, and there is no other God than me, and my lord Hadit. 22. Now, therefore, I am known to ye by my name Nuit, and to him by a secret name which I will give him when at last he knoweth me. Since I am infinite space, and the infinite stars thereof do ye also thus. Bind nothing! Let there be no difference made among you between any one thing and any other thing; for thereby there cometh hurt. 23. But Whoso availeth in this, let him be the chief of all ! 24. …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 25

Mortadello

OR, THE ANGEL OF VENICE 7 THE GONDOLIER. Ay ! Ay ! my lord. ALESSANDRO. Outrun the dolphin and the deer ! Murano ! LUCREZIA. [To ALESSANDRO.] Take my waist. ZELINA. [To ALESSANDRO.] And mine. ALESSANDRO. Oh ! not so fervent. I’m anxious to be chaste ; Lorenzo is your servant. LORENZO. I love them ; they despise so poor a thing as I. ALESSANDRO. I laugh at them ; they rise to the occasion. LORENZO. Why ? ALESSANDRO. This was the primal curse, the climax of the rancorous. That girls should be perverse, and cavaliers cantankerous. [The gondola mov…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 230

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…tedness and self-sacrifice, when well dignified. Malkuth of( ?וCruelty, malice, revenge, injustice). Therein rule?לאיירand hams. XXXVI THE LORD OF HARMONIOUS CHANGE Two of Disks or Paulae/e: Two wheels, disks or pentacles, similar to that of the Ace. They are united by a green-and-gold serpent, bound about them like a figure of 8. It holds its tail in its mouth. A White RadiantAngelic Hand holds the centre ofthe whole. No roses enter into this card. Above and below are the symbols of u and ,?שיIt is a revolving symbol. The harmony of change, alter…

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