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1919 · PDF PAGE 368

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…ld, I know”; the last, they who in humbleness have garnered, low confess: “Thus have I heard.” Continues the subject, but adds a further Word to dis- criminate from Daath (knowledge) in favour of Binah (un- derstanding). 17. “Great Sifter’ is the name of the “Heart Doctrine,” O Disciple. This explains the “Heart Doctrine” as a process of con- tinual elimination which refers both to the aspirants and to the thoughts. 18. The wheel of the Good Law moves swiftly on. It grinds by night and day. The worthless husks it drives from out the golden grai…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 65

Mortadello

… RUFFIAN. Over the bridge with him ! 2ND RUFFIAN. Over ! [They seize ALONZO. SHACKABACK. Stay friends ! 3RD RUFFIAN. Dog Jew ! You say a word, we’ll duck your lousy carcass too ! [They throw ALONZO over the parapet. 2ND RUFFIAN. Come On ! we’ll serve the rest of them the same. 1ST RUFFIAN. Come on ! We’ll find our angel or avenge her. [They rush on, shouting. ISRAEL. Lord ! He’s gone. No there’s a gondolier to fish him dripping out Just like a porpoise, all his fine clothes spoilt, no doubt I’ll tell Ezekiel. SHACKABACK. Here, I say, there’s ma…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 68

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…forge steel! 33. Be ready to fly or to smite! 34. But your holy place shall be untouched throughout the centuries: though with fire and sword it be burnt down & shattered, yet an invisible house there standeth, and shall stand until the fall of the Great Equinox; when Hrumachis shall arise and the double-wanded one assume my throne and place. Another prophet shall arise, and bring fresh fever from the skies; another woman shall awake the lust & worship of the Snake; another soul of God and beast shall mingle in the globéd priest; another sacrif…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 68

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…forge steel! 33. Be ready to fly or to smite! 34. But your holy place shall be untouched throughout the centuries: though with fire and sword it be burnt down & shattered, yet an invisible house there standeth, and shall stand until the fall of the Great Equinox; when Hrumachis shall arise and the double-wanded one assume my throne and place. Another prophet shall arise, and bring fresh fever from the skies; another woman shall awake the lust & worship of the Snake; another soul of God and beast shall mingle in the globéd priest; another sacrif…

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1928 · PDF PAGE 53

Little Poems in Prose

…e whose hollow, fierce, and as it were sup- plicating eyes, devoured the piece of bread, and I heard him sigh in a low, hoarse voice the word “Cake.” I could not prevent myself laugh- ing at the big name by which he dignified my plain bread, and I cut off a large slice for him and offered it to him. Slowly he came near, never letting his eyes leave the object which he coveted; then, snatching the piece with his

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1907 · PDF PAGE 47

The Star in the West

…oly lotus -flower , Even mine ! Further on in the same series of poems a sudden whirring sense of madness is produced by introducing the word “ lunatic ” into an otherwise regular line : Silence , deep silence . Not a shudder stirs The vast demesne of unforgetful space , No comet's lunatic rush : no meteor whirs , No star dares breathe . Again , in such lines as : Secure the sacred fastness of the soul , Uniting self to the absolute , the whole ,3 our ears tell us at once that the extra half- step is in tentionally introduced . Whilst in such a…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 14

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…possibly have known that the action would be dropped, as it has been. And Mathers has run away too—without paying our costs. * * * * * A word as to the sanctity of obligations seems necessary here. Some of my brother Masons (for example) have heard imperfectly and judged hastily. But if we apply our tools to our morals with patience and skill, we shall cure any defects in the building. Let me explain the situation carefully and clearly. (1) Mathers and Dr. Wynn Westcott were the apparent heads of the Order calling itself Rosicrucian. (2) This O…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 14

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…possibly have known that the action would be dropped, as it has been. And Mathers has run away too—without paying our costs. * * * * * A word as to the sanctity of obligations seems necessary here. Some of my brother Masons (for example) have heard imperfectly and judged hastily. But if we apply our tools to our morals with patience and skill, we shall cure any defects in the building. Let me explain the situation carefully and clearly. (1) Mathers and Dr. Wynn Westcott were the apparent heads of the Order calling itself Rosicrucian. (2) This O…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 53

Book 4 (Part II)

…rpent, and swallowed the serpents of the other Magicians; it is now necessary to turn it once more into a rod.^ ' As everyone knows, the word used in Exodus for a Rod of Almond is iprn n!:n.

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1919 · PDF PAGE 348

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…roying or slaying is not meant a permanent destruction. If you can slay a thing at will it means that you can revive it at will, for the word “faculty” implies repeated action. 47. The Self of Matter and the SELF of Spirit can never meet. One of the twain must disappear; there is no place for both. This is a very difficult verse, because it appears so easy. It is not merely a question of Advaitism, it refers to the spiritual marriage. [Advaitism is a spiritual Monism.— Ep.] 48. Ere thy Soul’s mind can understand, the bud of per- sonality must b…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 18

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

…ntify it with my own career; and to compel mankind to respect, love, and trust that which they scorned, hated and feared. I hâve kept my Word. But the time is now corne for me to carry my banner into the thick of the press of human life. I must make MAGICK the essential factor in the life of ALL. In presenting this book to the world, I must then explain and justify my position by formulating a définition of MAGICK and setting forth its main principles in such a way that ALL may understand instantly that their soûls, their lives, in every relati…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 89

The Book of Thoth

…n: “Pity not the fallen! I never knew them. I am not for them. I console not: I hate the consoled and the consoler.” Redemption is a bad word; it implies a debt. For every star possesses boundless wealth; the only proper way to deal with the ignorant is to bring them to the knowledge of their starry heritage. To do this, it is necessary to behave as must be done in order to get on good terms with animals and children: to treat them with absolute respect; even; in a certain sense, with worship. * * * Note on the Precession of the Aeons. “The Han…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 71

Ambergris

…ide, Till all the air took fire from that melodious roar ; All the mute mountains heard, Bowed, laughed aloud, concurred, And passed the word along, the signal of wide war. All earth took up the sound, And, being in one tune securely bound, Even as a star became the soul of silence most profound. IV. Thus there, the centre of that death that darkened, I sat and listened, if God’s voice should break And pierce the hollow of my ear that hearkened, Lest God should speak and find me not awake— For his own sake. No voice, no song might pierce or pen…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 189

The Winged Beetle

…o catch them in, my boy. I know ! I know ! I’ve been a bit of a dog in my time. [Shakes hands as they go out. DELHOMME. [returning]. One word in your ear, sir, if I may. It’s purely instinctive—but—but—well, sir, I mis- trust that man Todd ! OSSORY. Thanks : I believe you may be right. DELHOMME. Good-bye, sir ! OSSORY. Good-bye. MRS. OSSORY [rising]. Alfred, that man is a devil ! OSSORY. What, little Delhomme ? MRS. OSSORY. Of course not, Alfred. How can you be so silly ? Todd !

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1911 · PDF PAGE 280

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

… daily glorified Ra, giving my life to the dwellers of Earth. If I say “come up upon the mountains,” The Celestial waters shall flow at my word ; For I am Ra incarnate, Khephra created in the fleshl 102

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1911 · PDF PAGE 280

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

… daily glorified Ra, giving my life to the dwellers of Earth. If I say “come up upon the mountains,” The Celestial waters shall flow at my word ; For I am Ra incarnate, Khephra created in the fleshl 102

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1912 · PDF PAGE 69

Mortadello

…the Virgin, luxurious and decorative, a startling contrast to the simplicity of the rest. MONICA. [Alone at the prie-Dieu.] No news ! No word of Mortadello’s fate ! No hope. To bruise the head of the old snake, the State. No scope To loose on him the white fangs of my hate. I grope A night so dark, so trembling, so obscure, so fierce No light comes filtered from the dawn, so pure to pierce This web of woe. Ah ! God, I ache for turn of tide At ebb. Then let the moonrise kindle and burn beside The sunset. God ! if I have loved thee in truth, ador…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 178

Book 4 (Part II)

… bodies known; and oxygen, the food of fire. This fire is blown upon by the Magician ; this blaze of destruction has been kindled by his word and by his will. Into this Fire he casts the Incense, symbolical of prayer, the gross vehicle or image of his aspiration. Owing to the imperfection of this image, we obtain mere smoke instead of perfect combustion. But we cannot use explosives instead of incense, because it would not be true. Our prayer is the expression of the lower aspiring to the higher; it is without the clear vision of the higher, it…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 72

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…royal and the lofty; ye are brothers! 59. As brothers fight ye! 60. There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt. 61. There is an end of the word of the God enthroned in Ra’s seat, lightening the girders of the soul. 62. To Me do ye reverence! to me come ye through tribulation of ordeal, which is bliss. 63. The fool readeth this Book of the Law, and its com- ment; & he understandeth it not. 64. Let him come through the first ordeal, & it will be to him as silver. 65. Through the second, gold. 66. Through the third, stones of precious water. 67. Thr…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 72

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…royal and the lofty; ye are brothers! 59. As brothers fight ye! 60. There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt. 61. There is an end of the word of the God enthroned in Ra’s seat, lightening the girders of the soul. 62. To Me do ye reverence! to me come ye through tribulation of ordeal, which is bliss. 63. The fool readeth this Book of the Law, and its com- ment; & he understandeth it not. 64. Let him come through the first ordeal, & it will be to him as silver. 65. Through the second, gold. 66. Through the third, stones of precious water. 67. Thr…

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