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Page 46 of 1191912 · PDF PAGE 282
THE EQUINOX Looking-Glass; but he was in any case not there, being busy in working out by applied mathematics the problem as to which public man was worthiest of a biography in his columns next week. The words " blasphemous orgie ” altogether fail to give any idea of what occurred. “Twenty-eight naked demi-mondaines now brimmed the buckets with satyrion," hardly describes it. “These loathsome and abominable creatures next aban— doned themselves to frenzied scenes unparalleled in Degenerate Rome,” conveys an altogether false impression. Only my …
1909 · PDF PAGE 14
10.45. I 2.0. 12.5. 12.12. 12 THE EQUINOX and went out to the Cafe’ du Dome where I took coffee and a brioche, after buying an exercise book in which to write this record. This was about 8.45; and now (10.10) I have written thus far. [Including the Prologue, but not the Preface—En] I have driven over to the Hammam through the beautiful sunshine, meditating upon the discipline of the Operation. It seems only necessary to cut off definitely dispersive things, aimless chatter and such; for the Operation itself will guide one, leading to disgust for…
1909 · PDF PAGE 18
THE EQUINOX 10.50. some bread and Camembert, and a little milk. After- wards a cup of coffee, and then two hours of the Vajroli Mudra badly performed. All this I did with reluctance, as an act of self-denial or asceticisrn, lest my desire to concentrate on the mystic path should run away with me. Therefore I think it may fairly be counted unto me for righteousness. I now drink a final coffee and retire, to do I hope a more straightforward type of meditation. So mote it be. Naked, Maryt looks like Corregio’s Antiope. Her eyes are a strange grey, …
1909 · PDF PAGE 62
12.5. 12.15. 12.35. 12.45. 60 THE EQUINOX Holy Illuminated Man of God our Greatly Honoured Prater, O.M., Adeptus Exemptus 7°=4° Brother-Elect of the Most Secret and Sublime Order A A He does with great difficulty (and no interior perform— ance) just four breath-cycles. Somebody once remarked that it had taken a hundred million years to produce me ; I may add that I hope it will be another hundred million before God makes such another cur. Have performed the Equilibrating Ritual of the Scourge, the Dagger, and the Chain; with the Holy Anointing O…
1911 · PDF PAGE 166
THE EQUINOX Omir téssili marax, téssala dodi phornépax. amri radara poliax armana pilit. amri radara pilit son’; mari narya barbiton madara anaphax sarpéd6n andala hriliu. Translation. I am the harlot that shaketh Death, This shaking giveth the Peace of Satiate Lust. Immortality jetteth from my skull, And music from my vulva. Immortality jetteth from my vulva also, For my Whoredom is a sweet scent like a seven-stringed instrument, Played unto God the Invisible, the all-ruler, That goeth along giving the shrill scream of orgasm. Every man that h…
1913 · PDF PAGE 206
168 THE EQUINOX And the voice of the world swept ever over me, And I gave answer: Come thou forth, my star! Oh! be it mine to see thy chariot flee! Oh! come thou in thine own triumphal car ! And at the naming of the secret Name Thou camest unto me, Istar! Istar! Istar! thou flaming rose-bud of the world! Istar! I call thee by thy secret Name! Istar| the snake within the red Rose curled, Come in thy triumph! Come thou in thy shame All uncontaminate—a lambent flame. Lick, lick the sores upon me!* ah! thy name Hath burned me through : I scorch wit…
1913 · PDF PAGE 352
THE EQUINOX house and in your heart to your brother Joseph, whom you sold to the Gentiles. Because he has become powerful in the land of Egypt where you sought bread in the days of famine. And he has remembered his father Jacob, and Benjamin his young brother, and he pardons you your jealousy, and embraces you with tears. Children of true believers, we will sing with you: “There is no God but God, and Mohammed is His prophet!” Say with the children of Israel: “There is no God but God, and Moses is His prophet!” Say with the Christians: ‘There i…
1913 · PDF PAGE 206
168 THE EQUINOX And the voice of the world swept ever over me, And I gave answer: Come thou forth, my star! Oh! be it mine to see thy chariot flee! Oh! come thou in thine own triumphal car ! And at the naming of the secret Name Thou camest unto me, Istar! Istar! Istar! thou flaming rose-bud of the world! Istar! I call thee by thy secret Name! Istar| the snake within the red Rose curled, Come in thy triumph! Come thou in thy shame All uncontaminate—a lambent flame. Lick, lick the sores upon me!* ah! thy name Hath burned me through : I scorch wit…
1913 · PDF PAGE 352
THE EQUINOX house and in your heart to your brother Joseph, whom you sold to the Gentiles. Because he has become powerful in the land of Egypt where you sought bread in the days of famine. And he has remembered his father Jacob, and Benjamin his young brother, and he pardons you your jealousy, and embraces you with tears. Children of true believers, we will sing with you: “There is no God but God, and Mohammed is His prophet!” Say with the children of Israel: “There is no God but God, and Moses is His prophet!” Say with the Christians: ‘There i…
1919 · PDF PAGE 432
THE EQUINOX 51. The dreary task is done, thy labour well-nigh o’er. The wide abyss that gaped to swallow thee is almost spanned. It should be noticed that this verse has rows of dots both above and below it. There is a secret meaning to verse 51 which will be evident to anyone who has properly under- stood our comment on verse 49. The highest marriage, that between Neshamah and Chiah, is accomplished—again, after another manner! 52. Thou hast now crossed the moat that circles round the gate of human passions. By “human passions” must be underst…
1954 · PDF PAGE 403
…t all this is a digression. As I indicated above, what you want to know is to be found in the official instruction on the subject in The Equinox . Now far be it from me to cast any doubt on any official instruction, but I cannot help saying that in this particular instance it does not give very full details, and I think you would be well advised to investigate the whole subject afresh, basing your enquiry on the general principles of the science. All systems of divinations which have any claim to be reasonable are based upon a map of the univer…
1909 · PDF PAGE 18
THE EQUINOX L.w. J. [Rw. Je RW. J. RW. Life, &c. 1} Good | Med. | Med. | Good | Evil | Good | Med. | Med. Money, &c. 2| Good | Med. | Med. | Good | Evil Good | Med. | Med. Rank, &c, 3| Good | Med. | Med. | V.good} Evil Good | Med. | Hard Property 4| Good | Med. | Med. [V.good| Evil Good | Med. | Med. Wife, &c. 5| Good | Evil Med. |V. good} Evil Good | Good | Med, Sex ofChild 6{ Son 5 5 Dau. 5 Son Dau. Dau. Sickness 7 |Long &| Death | Death | Asc. Asc. | Health |Perilous} Hard pining Prison 8 Tong Out with} Perilous} Long | Good Come Come Long J…
1909 · PDF PAGE 252
THE EQUINOX only be drawn aside by Invitation from the Second Order for the Philosophus who has passed the five examinations symbolic of the five elements and the five Paths leading from the First Order thereto, and who has been duly approved of by the Higher Powers. “The Three grades of the Second Order are entitled: Adeptus Minor, or Lesser Adept, 5°=6° answering to Tiphereth, the Reconciler, in the midst of the Sephirotic Tree. Adeptus Major, or Greater Adept, 6°=5° answering to Geburah. And Adeptus Exemptus, or Exempt Adept, 7°=4° answering…
1909 · PDF PAGE 252
THE EQUINOX only be drawn aside by Invitation from the Second Order for the Philosophus who has passed the five examinations symbolic of the five elements and the five Paths leading from the First Order thereto, and who has been duly approved of by the Higher Powers. “The Three grades of the Second Order are entitled: Adeptus Minor, or Lesser Adept, 5°=6° answering to Tiphereth, the Reconciler, in the midst of the Sephirotic Tree. Adeptus Major, or Greater Adept, 6°=5° answering to Geburah. And Adeptus Exemptus, or Exempt Adept, 7°=4° answering…
1911 · PDF PAGE 20
THE EQUINOX If not, he should seek the position of the point where thoughts are judged. 2. Second Point. He must also develop in himself a Will of Destruction, even a Will of Annihilation. It may be that this shall be discovered at an immeasurable dis- tance from his physical body. Nevertheless, this must he reach, with this must he identify himself even to the loss of himself. 3. Third Point. Let this Will then watch vigilantly the point where thoughts arise, or the point where they are judged, and let every thought be annihilated as it is per…
1911 · PDF PAGE 158
THE EQUINOX And I am in despair of Thee and Time. Weeping the trees, and all the streams grown sullen Under the lowering skies, and the bitter winds There is no living thing in the temple of Summer, And the ashes of Spring lie cold on the hearth of day. Gray dreams again I And all my hope is fled. Gray dreams, gray dreams, and the day is tired and dead The bitter aftermath of Summer brings Time’s memory back to the world: there are no stings, In the world’s pain, but only bitterness Of the memory of Time; no sore distress, Save for the thought o…
1911 · PDF PAGE 20
THE EQUINOX If not, he should seek the position of the point where thoughts are judged. 2. Second Point. He must also develop in himself a Will of Destruction, even a Will of Annihilation. It may be that this shall be discovered at an immeasurable dis- tance from his physical body. Nevertheless, this must he reach, with this must he identify himself even to the loss of himself. 3. Third Point. Let this Will then watch vigilantly the point where thoughts arise, or the point where they are judged, and let every thought be annihilated as it is per…
1911 · PDF PAGE 158
THE EQUINOX And I am in despair of Thee and Time. Weeping the trees, and all the streams grown sullen Under the lowering skies, and the bitter winds There is no living thing in the temple of Summer, And the ashes of Spring lie cold on the hearth of day. Gray dreams again I And all my hope is fled. Gray dreams, gray dreams, and the day is tired and dead The bitter aftermath of Summer brings Time’s memory back to the world: there are no stings, In the world’s pain, but only bitterness Of the memory of Time; no sore distress, Save for the thought o…
1912 · PDF PAGE 102
…ntly unimportant. One does not want the mind to be excited in any way, even by adoration. See the three meditative methods in Liber HHH (Equinox VI).1 At the same time, one would not like to deny positively that it is very much easier to take some idea towards which the mind would naturally flow. The Hindus assert that the nature of the object determines the Samadhi; that is, the nature of those lower Samadhis which confer so— called “magic powers.” For example, there are the Yogapravritti. Meditating on the tip of the nose, one obtains what may…
1913 · PDF PAGE 406
THE EQUINOX and its fatal reactions, One may have ecstasies and stigmata like St. Francis of Assisi, and fall afterwards into abysses of debauch and impiety. Passionate natures are highly charged magnets; they attract or repel with violence. It is possible to magnetize in two ways: first, in acting by will upon the plastic medium of another person, whose will and whose acts are, in consequence, subordinated to that action. Secondly, in acting through the will of another, either by intimidation, or by persuasion, so that the influenced will modi…