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1911 · PDF PAGE 91

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

PERSONS OF THE TRAGEDY ACT ΙΙ LAYLAH, wife of Sidi Omar SLIMAN, her son {ψ Sir Rinaldo de la Chute/[e OTnMAN, AKBAR,?]חלשsom by Sz'di Omar MOHAMMED, FATMA, her aged Nubian nurse LEDMIYA, a young hana'maidm, Μυῖαι}. Other waiting-wamm, Pipe-slaw: ABDUL KHAN, an amat/z. Other eunuch: ACHMET, :ther to Slz'man A?ןממס-?!?גואCHRISTIAN MAIDEN, daughter to Sir Rinaldo de la Chapel/e MESSENGERS THE POPULACE 83

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1913 · PDF PAGE 36

The Book of Lies

SKIDOO What man is at ease in his Inn? Get out. Wide is the world and cold. Get out. Thou hast become an in-itiate. Get out. But thou canst not get out by the way thou camest in. The Way out is THE WAY. Get out. For OUT is Love and Wisdom and Power. '? Get OUT. If thou hast T already, first get UT.1° Then get O. And so at last get OUT.

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1919 · PDF PAGE 174

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…UINOX Dec. 5th. More and More realization of the One Truth. THOU ART THAT. Got some idea that there was only one ‘plane’ in reality, not many. Dec. 6th, 11.22 A.M. Started Neti, Neti! again. (Very near, not quite. V.I.O.) 10.45 P.M. Oh Thou Ever-present, Eternal Silence, wherein all vanishes and emerges clothed in Bliss. I Invoke Thee. Oh Thou elusive Self of my self, Thou All, wherein all dissolves and be- comes Thy Being. I invoke Thee. Oh Thou Existence of Existences, Thou Knower of Knowledge, wherein knowledge of all else is lost. I Invoke …

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1996 · PDF PAGE 56

The Law is for All

…inent to add that the above ethical theories have stood the test of practice. Experiment shows that complete removal—in the most radical manner—of all the usual restric­ tions on conduct results, after a brief period of uneasiness of var­ ious kinds, in the subject dropping entirely into the background; the parties concerned became natural, and led what would con­ ventionally be called “strictly moral” lives without even knowing that they were doing so.) As a Postscript, let me contrast with the above theories two actual cases of Marriage as it…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 68

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…ned me, saying: What lieth above the ark? And I answered him: The house of the silver ray, that is lighted by the ray of gold. ᾽ He: How many roofs hath the ark? [ : One. He: Thou must pass through this one. Yet thou lookest eagerly upon the four walls of the ark. 1.- I seek a door. He: The door is in the roof. 1: Lead me to it, I pray thee! He: Fix thine eyes upon it. |: Sir, I will. Yet I pray thee to tell me thy name. He: Thou didst know it of old, didst thou not? I: The son of the mountain? He: The Stone of the Crossways. [: It is enough. L…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 68

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…ned me, saying: What lieth above the ark? And I answered him: The house of the silver ray, that is lighted by the ray of gold. ᾽ He: How many roofs hath the ark? [ : One. He: Thou must pass through this one. Yet thou lookest eagerly upon the four walls of the ark. 1.- I seek a door. He: The door is in the roof. 1: Lead me to it, I pray thee! He: Fix thine eyes upon it. |: Sir, I will. Yet I pray thee to tell me thy name. He: Thou didst know it of old, didst thou not? I: The son of the mountain? He: The Stone of the Crossways. [: It is enough. L…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 171

Liber Aleph

… #g De Libra, in qua Quattuor Virtutes æquipollent (Of the Balance, in which the Four Powers are of equal power) Y Gnana Yoga cometh thy Man to Knowledge; by Karma Yoga thy Bull to Will; by Raja Yoga is thy Lion brought to his Light; and to make perfect thy Dragon, thou hast Bhakta Yoga for the Eagle therein, and Hatha Yoga for the Serpent. Yet mark thou well how all these interfuse, so that thou mayst accomplish no one of the Works separately. As to make Gold thou must have Gold (it is the Word of the Alchemists), so to become the Sphinx thou …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 49

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…) | 16 Lion on black horse carrying viper. . . . .... . «les 2 and @. - 3) | 17 Bull with gryphon’s wings . 8. - AIT | 18 3 heads (bull, man, ram), snake's tail, flaming eyes. Rides bear, . ‘) . ndy3 19 Wanton eth ducal crown rides gryphon. Trumpeters . . & and d OND | 20 Leopard . 8. -. » Wi} 22 Lion with gryphon’s wings. .@. wee bi) 24 Angel with raven’s head. Rides black wolf, carries sharp sword _wW. VION | 25 Warrior on black horse. . WZ. IND'S | 26 A star in a pentacle . -3NVNIT | 28 Man holding greatserpent. . . ......2....1..9. SNDITION…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 25

John St. John

1 1.35. 6.55. 7.0- 7.16. 7.30. 7.50. 8.5. JOHN ST. JOHN And indeed, though I tried to continue the mantra with its high aspiration to know Adonai, I must have slept almost at once. The Third Day Now the day being gloriously broken, I awoke with some weariness, not feeling clean and happy, not burning with love unto my Lord Adonai, though ashamed indeed for that thrice or four times in the night I had been awakened by this loyal body, urging me to rise and meditate—and my weak will bade it be at ease and take its rest—oh, wretched man! slave of …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 103

John St. John

… 2.25. JOHN ST. JOHN White Brilliance absorbed him, overcame him; for he could not pass therethrough. This went on repeating itself, the man transformed (as it were) into a mighty Battering Ram hurling itself again and again against the Walls of the City of God to breach them.—And as yet he has failed. Failed. Failed. Physical and mental exhaustion are fairly complete. Adonai, look with favour upon Thy slave ! He has walked, reciting the Ritual, to Dr. R and H for lunch. They have forgotten the appoint- ment, so he continues and reaches Lavenue…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 72

Ambergris

AMBERGRIS 63 V. All change, all motion, and all sound, are weakness ! Man cannot bear the darkness which is death. Even that calm Christ, manifest in meekness, Cried on the cross and gave his ghostly breath, On the prick of death, Voice, for his passion could not bear nor dare The interlunar, the abundant air Darkened, and silence on the shuddering Hill, and the unbeating wing Of the legions of His Father, and so died. But I, should I be still, Poised between fear and will ? Should I be silent, I, and be unsatisfied ? For solitude shall bend Se…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 25

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

LIBER III II o. The Horse is Action. Man, rule thou thine Action. How else shalt thou master the Father, and answer the Fool at the Left Hand Gateway of the Crown? 1. Here are practices. Each may last for a week or more. a. Avoid lifting the left arm above the waist. 8. Avoid crossing the legs. Of thine own ingenium devise others. 2. On each occasion that thou art betrayed into doing that thou art sworn to avoid, cut thyself sharply upon the wrist or forearm with a razor; even as thou shouldst beat a disobedient dog. Feareth not the Horse the t…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 25

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

LIBER III II o. The Horse is Action. Man, rule thou thine Action. How else shalt thou master the Father, and answer the Fool at the Left Hand Gateway of the Crown? 1. Here are practices. Each may last for a week or more. a. Avoid lifting the left arm above the waist. 8. Avoid crossing the legs. Of thine own ingenium devise others. 2. On each occasion that thou art betrayed into doing that thou art sworn to avoid, cut thyself sharply upon the wrist or forearm with a razor; even as thou shouldst beat a disobedient dog. Feareth not the Horse the t…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 338

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…er?ףסכ Fell down. Decidit?לפנ A rock, stone?עלס A tree?ץע A Duke of Edom P'B Lay, fell. [EL iii. 8]?ךינפ Image?םלצ Cain?ןיק The heavenly man;םרא ?האלזע lit. the ‘primordial’ or ‘exalted’ man The Congregation of theלהק ?הוהי Eternal מ”ק :58 Ι59 161 22 Nine Paths of the Inferior Beard ; 14+ x5+...+22= Son of the Right Hand ; pn n. of Benjamin Day Demon of !” Dec. I 51:5Dx'7: Angel ruling "L?לוסומ 162 pm: «163 [vide ne 36:, aאוה םיהלא ?ינרא numerical Temurah of 153] Woman, wife?הנקרנ !64 VT! Ye shall cleave?םיקבדה Outer ; civil, as opposed?ןושח to…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 338

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…er?ףסכ Fell down. Decidit?לפנ A rock, stone?עלס A tree?ץע A Duke of Edom P'B Lay, fell. [EL iii. 8]?ךינפ Image?םלצ Cain?ןיק The heavenly man;םרא ?האלזע lit. the ‘primordial’ or ‘exalted’ man The Congregation of theלהק ?הוהי Eternal מ”ק :58 Ι59 161 22 Nine Paths of the Inferior Beard ; 14+ x5+...+22= Son of the Right Hand ; pn n. of Benjamin Day Demon of !” Dec. I 51:5Dx'7: Angel ruling "L?לוסומ 162 pm: «163 [vide ne 36:, aאוה םיהלא ?ינרא numerical Temurah of 153] Woman, wife?הנקרנ !64 VT! Ye shall cleave?םיקבדה Outer ; civil, as opposed?ןושח to…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 101

The World’s Tragedy

…8 THE WORLD’S TRAGEDY. IST NYMPH From what a lash ! 2ND NYMPH O the monstrous travail—gape In the belly of the sky ! IST NYMPH Shall the man beget the ape, All the wine of time run dry ? 2ND NYMPH Ah ! the grisly spoil of rape Dark with vilest ecstasy ! IST NYMPH Listen, how shall life escape From such death it breedeth by ? 2ND NYMPH Hangs there not a single grape From that nightshade galaxy ?

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1919 · PDF PAGE 172

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

… and striking out, I after a short while perceived a boat, something like a gondola, and swam towards it. It was rowed by a dark-skinned man, old and wrinkled, whom I at first thought to be an Indian. As I reached the boat and put my hand on the side, it seemed as if he would strike at me with his oar, but no, he grinned, and I drew myself into the boat and sat in the fore part, which was high and covered by a sort of hood. Presently, it struck me that the man was not living but dead. Death. We then drifted in a mist, and all be- came blank for…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 300

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…he Moon! TAURUS. Bear the Cup of Libation ! CANCER- 333'333'333- PAN. Must every star that saves the night Gleam fearfully afar, Give no man love, but only light, Or cease to be a star? Nay, there’s no man since time began Through the ages until now, But won the goal of his set soul, A star upon his brow! Oh ! though no star serene as thou Shine in my night forlorn, Come, let me set thee on my brow, And make its darkness morn! PAN. [Rises] Brother Satyr, scourge forth these that profane the sanctuary of our Lady: for they know not the secret of…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 300

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…he Moon! TAURUS. Bear the Cup of Libation ! CANCER- 333'333'333- PAN. Must every star that saves the night Gleam fearfully afar, Give no man love, but only light, Or cease to be a star? Nay, there’s no man since time began Through the ages until now, But won the goal of his set soul, A star upon his brow! Oh ! though no star serene as thou Shine in my night forlorn, Come, let me set thee on my brow, And make its darkness morn! PAN. [Rises] Brother Satyr, scourge forth these that profane the sanctuary of our Lady: for they know not the secret of…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 57

Book 4 (Part II)

45 The Teacher should then seek gently and firmly to key up the pupil, little by little, until obedience follows command without reference to what that command may be; as Loyola wrote: "perinde ac cadaver." No one has understood the Magical Will better than Loyola; in his system the individual was forgotten. The will of the General was in- stantly echoed by every member of the Order; hence the Society of Jesus became the most formidable of the religious organizations of the world. That of the Old Man of the Mountains was perhaps the next best. …

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