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1907 · PDF PAGE 311

The Star in the West

…t implying , as I guess , This very super - consciousness . Miracles follow as a dower ; But ah ! They used the fatal power And lost the Spirit in the act .? 1 The Sword of Song , Pentecost , vol . ii, pp . 178 , 179 . I am ; and by my fancy : if my reason Will thereto be obedient , I have reason ; If not , my senses better pleased with madness Do bid it welcome .- Winter's Tale . 2 The Sword of Song , Pentecost , vol . ii, p . 182 .

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1919 · PDF PAGE 278

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…. Music. He takes the Cup. Vehicle of the joy of Man upon earth, solace of labour, inspiration of endeavour, thus be thou ecstasy of the Spirit! He touches the Cup with the Lance. By the virtue of the Rod Be this wine the Blood of God! He takes the Cup. TOUTO ECTI TO IIOTHPION TOU HAIMATOC MOU. He kneels, adores, rises, turns, shows the Cup to the PEOPLE, turns, replaces the Cup, and adores. Music. For this is the Covenant of Resurrection. He makes the five crosses on the PRIESTEsS. Accept, O LORD, this sacrifice of life and joy, true war- rant…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 108

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…owy fruit Whose bloom to-night lay sleeping on her breast, As if a touch might stir the sunny nest, Break the spell’s power, and bid the spirit fly Who had come near to dwell with us. But I Bend through long hours above the dear twin life, Look from love’s guerdon to the lover-wife, And back again to that small face so sweet, And downwards to the little rosy feet,

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1961 · PDF PAGE 146

Liber Aleph

…an. And thou canst not lure her to this Action proper to her by thy Truth; but thou shalt, as our Grammar sayeth, assume the Mask of the Spirit, that thou mayst evoke it by Sympathy. But thou shalt appear in thy Glory only when she is in thy Power, and bewildered utterly by Ecstasy. This is a Mystery, o my Son, and of old times it was declared in the fable of Scylla and Charybdis, which are the Formula of the Rock and the Whirlpool. Now then meditate thou strictly upon his most worthy and adorable Arcanum, to thy Profit and Enlightenment. t

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1909 · PDF PAGE 117

John St. John

…go to make up John St. John. For timi—as he now knows—is the Name of the great Enemy, the Dweller upon the Threshold. It was that mighty spirit whose formless horror beat him back, for it was he! So now to return to concentration and the Will toward Adonai. One thing is well; the vow of " interpreting every phenomenon as a particular dealing of God with my soul” is keeping itself. Whatever impression reaches the consciousness is turned by it into a symbol or a simile of the Work. 115

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1910 · PDF PAGE 251

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…ollow on hands and knees. The engine stops at the other end of the room. CHARLEY. Oh, my poor engine’s stopped! CARR. You must pour more spirit into it. [cHaRLEY goes to the cupboard and gets it, busying him- self until CARR’S exit. CARR sighs heavily, and sits down thoughtfully. Todd’s been too frequently to this house. Well, Charley and I must get on as best we can. Life is a hard thing, my God! “ Meantime there is our life here. Well?” It seems sometimes to me as if all the world’s wisdom were summed up in that one Epicurus phrase. For if To…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 251

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…ollow on hands and knees. The engine stops at the other end of the room. CHARLEY. Oh, my poor engine’s stopped! CARR. You must pour more spirit into it. [cHaRLEY goes to the cupboard and gets it, busying him- self until CARR’S exit. CARR sighs heavily, and sits down thoughtfully. Todd’s been too frequently to this house. Well, Charley and I must get on as best we can. Life is a hard thing, my God! “ Meantime there is our life here. Well?” It seems sometimes to me as if all the world’s wisdom were summed up in that one Epicurus phrase. For if To…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 123

Mortadello

… and do homage, MONICA comes forward and kneels be- fore THE LEGATE. MONICA. Now glory be to God, and glory to His Son, And glory to His Spirit, the eternal Three in One ! I humbly kneel and swear all truth and faith to keep, All power of all my prayer, all vigil to your sleep ! [COUNT ALESSANDRO joins MONICA, kneeling My good lord here shall guide, his wit and wisdom serve, Should Monica his bride stumble or slip or swerve. [LUCREZIA joins MONICA, kneeling. My lady here shall melt my heart, if toil and power Harden what once it felt, make snow…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 69

The Star in the West

…en beautiful verses : O lamp of love ! The hissing spray shall jet thee with desire And foaming fire , And fire from thee shall move Her spirit to devour , And fuse and mingle us in one transcendent hour . Godhead is less Than mortal love , the garland of the spheres , Than those sweet tears That yield no bitterness To the luxurious cries That love shrills out in death , that murmur when love dies .4 The hour of noon approaches , it falls , and the curse resumes its sway ; a fiery snake winds its coils round the sleeping god , and hisses in his…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 354

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…e big red-haired lad Who badly kept the watch last night. The watchman surmised that the beautiful woman who now stood before him was a “spirit from the vasty deep,” and 346

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1909 · PDF PAGE 354

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…e big red-haired lad Who badly kept the watch last night. The watchman surmised that the beautiful woman who now stood before him was a “spirit from the vasty deep,” and 346

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1913 · PDF PAGE 216

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…orn in the sunlight ; there is no more joy, For mournfulness is fallen on the world, And decadence, and decay, and the odour of Eld. The spirit sleeps; the Rose o’ the World lies buried

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1913 · PDF PAGE 340

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

… but do not separate yourselves. “ Rebuild all the altars, purify all the temples, and hold yourselves in readiness for the visit of the Spirit. “Let every one pray in his own fashion, and hold com- munion with his own ; but do not condemn others. “A religious practice is never contemptible, for it is the sign of a great and holy thought. “To pray together is to communicate in the same hope, the same faith, and the same charity. “The sign by itself is nothing; it is the faith which sanctifies it. “Religion is the most sacred and the strongest b…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 216

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…orn in the sunlight ; there is no more joy, For mournfulness is fallen on the world, And decadence, and decay, and the odour of Eld. The spirit sleeps; the Rose o’ the World lies buried

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1913 · PDF PAGE 340

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

… but do not separate yourselves. “ Rebuild all the altars, purify all the temples, and hold yourselves in readiness for the visit of the Spirit. “Let every one pray in his own fashion, and hold com- munion with his own ; but do not condemn others. “A religious practice is never contemptible, for it is the sign of a great and holy thought. “To pray together is to communicate in the same hope, the same faith, and the same charity. “The sign by itself is nothing; it is the faith which sanctifies it. “Religion is the most sacred and the strongest b…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 68

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

…arthy sign tragrammaton. (See Cap. ris throned W, or vo- r u 1 e d by III). The Pentagram & crowned, wel between Venus ; the which shows Spirit master with Wand. 0 and U» Moon exalt- & reconciler of the Four ma’ajab and ed therein* Eléments. ma’aruf. but male.) Four Wor~ Liberty, i.e. The Hexagram which unités shippers; the free will. God and Man. The cons- four ele- ciousness or Ruach. ments. Parzival as the Child in his widowed mother’s care : Horus, son of Isis and the slain Osiris. Parzival as King & Priest in Montsalvat performing the mira…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 47

The Soul of Osiris

…? Art thou grown jealous of the fiery band ? Lo ! thou hast spoken, and thy strong command Bade earth and air divide, and on the sea Thy spirit moved—and thou must envy me ! Gird all thy godhead to destroy a man Whose little moment is a single span, Whose small desire is nothing—and thy power Must root from out his bosom the fair flower Of passion ! Listen to thine own voice yet : “ A rich man many flocks and herds did get, “ And took the poor man’s lamb.” Thou art the man ! Our love must lie beneath thy bitter ban ! Thou petty, envious God ! M…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 92

The Star in the West

…oon she sailed for home , a weeping bride Widowed before the honeymoon was done . Always before the rising of the sun I swore to come in spirit to her side Alice , an Adultery , vol . ii, p . 79 . 2 Ibid . vol . ii, p . 84 .

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1913 · PDF PAGE 219

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…e, I sing Here in the wavering gloom, the sunless deep, Calling slow dreams from their immortal sleep ; Wakening the murmuring sigh, the spirit’s spring— The bitter pangs of the birth of everything, Immortal Matter and the wandering Soul. And they have sought to slay me in the night, Because I am blind, and hear not the dark wings; Because I am a prisoner in the flesh; Because I am mortal, O immortal Rose! 181

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1913 · PDF PAGE 219

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…e, I sing Here in the wavering gloom, the sunless deep, Calling slow dreams from their immortal sleep ; Wakening the murmuring sigh, the spirit’s spring— The bitter pangs of the birth of everything, Immortal Matter and the wandering Soul. And they have sought to slay me in the night, Because I am blind, and hear not the dark wings; Because I am a prisoner in the flesh; Because I am mortal, O immortal Rose! 181

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