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1912 · PDF PAGE 84

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…erings I came To an ancient park aflame With fairies’ feet, Still wrapped in love, I was caught up, beyond, above The tides of being, The great sight Of the intolerable light Of the whole universe that wove The labyrinth of life and love, Blazed in me. Then some giant will, Mine or another’s, thrust a thrill

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1912 · PDF PAGE 233

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…onceit, but sometimes modesty therewith; dominance, patience, labour, etc. Tiphareth of( ?וLabour, work, journey by water). Ruled by the Great Angels?לאעההand?לאו"י XLI THE LORD OF UNSTABLE EFFORT Sewn af Swords Two Angelic Radiating Hands as before, each holding three swords. A third hand holds up a single sword in the centre. The points of all the swordsjust tom/L each other, the central sword not altogether dividing them. The Rose of the previous symbols of this suit is held up by the same hand which holds the central sword: as if the victor…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 84

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…erings I came To an ancient park aflame With fairies’ feet, Still wrapped in love, I was caught up, beyond, above The tides of being, The great sight Of the intolerable light Of the whole universe that wove The labyrinth of life and love, Blazed in me. Then some giant will, Mine or another’s, thrust a thrill

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1912 · PDF PAGE 233

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…onceit, but sometimes modesty therewith; dominance, patience, labour, etc. Tiphareth of( ?וLabour, work, journey by water). Ruled by the Great Angels?לאעההand?לאו"י XLI THE LORD OF UNSTABLE EFFORT Sewn af Swords Two Angelic Radiating Hands as before, each holding three swords. A third hand holds up a single sword in the centre. The points of all the swordsjust tom/L each other, the central sword not altogether dividing them. The Rose of the previous symbols of this suit is held up by the same hand which holds the central sword: as if the victor…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 15

The Stratagem and Other Stories

… Mudchester came round the corner. “That morrow,” glowered Duguesclin, “that morrow never came. The same sun that slew the spy broke the great brain of Dodu; that very afternoon, a gibbering maniac, they thrust him in the padded room, never again to emerge.” The train drew up at the platform of the little junc- tion. He almost hissed in Bevan’s face. “It was not Dodu at all,” he screamed, “it was a common criminal, an epileptic; he should never have been sent to Devil’s Island at all. He had been mad for months. His messages had no sense at all…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 127

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

… my nerves. Life in all its forms grew rank and gross, without a touch of subtlety. I embodied this feeling in a sonnet: . . . gross and great Her varied fruits and flowers alike create Glories most unimaginable . . . . . . yet this is sore, A stain; not one of these is delicate. For some time, I had been contemplating a lyric poem in which everything in the world should be celebrated in detail. It was a crazy notion --- one of those fantastic follies which is impossible in nature --- a species of literary "squaring the circle". I doubt whether…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 36

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…Ga. (Udvodhan Series.) By SWAMI VIVEKANANDA. 12 Gopal Chandra Neogi’s Lane, Baghbazar, Calcutta. 8 annas. If Swami Vivekananda was not a great Yogi he was at least a very great expounder of Yoga doctrines. It is impossible here to convey to the reader a just estimate of the extreme value of this book. But we can say that this is the best work on the Bhakti-Yoga yet written. Union through devotion is Bhakti- Yoga, and union with Isvara or the Higher Self is the highest form this union can take—“ man will be seen no more as man, but only as God; …

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…Ga. (Udvodhan Series.) By SWAMI VIVEKANANDA. 12 Gopal Chandra Neogi’s Lane, Baghbazar, Calcutta. 8 annas. If Swami Vivekananda was not a great Yogi he was at least a very great expounder of Yoga doctrines. It is impossible here to convey to the reader a just estimate of the extreme value of this book. But we can say that this is the best work on the Bhakti-Yoga yet written. Union through devotion is Bhakti- Yoga, and union with Isvara or the Higher Self is the highest form this union can take—“ man will be seen no more as man, but only as God; …

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1899 · PDF PAGE 104

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

82 MYSTERIES : Flash, and not see a flower, but say the moon Has shone too soon Anxious to great Endymion; and this Most dainty kiss They cover him withal, and Dian sees Through all the trees No pink pale blossom of his tender lips. The little ships Of silver leaf and briar-bloom sail here, No storm to fear — Though butterflies be all their mariners. The whitethroat stirs The beech-leaves to awake the tiny breeze That soothes the seas, And yet gives breath to shake their fairy sails; Young nightingales, a Far through the golden plumage of the n…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 242

The Book of Thoth

… Emperor and King Of all things mortal, hail Him lord of Spring! v Wisdom to each apportioned to his want By modes of Light, shed forth, great Hierophant! z To each his Understanding sooth discovers Wordless: your mode, immortal Twins and Lovers! h Behold, the Chariot! Through the water floods The Sangraal, life and rapture, Wine’s and Blood’s! e The Lion‐Serpent begets Gods! Thy throne The rampant Beast, our Lady Babalon! i Most secret seed of all Life’s serpent plan, Virgin, the Hermit goes, dumb Guardian. k Sped by its energies triune, the W…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 27

Liber Aleph

…sible, we have here a Cooperation of Alliance between the Inner and the Outer Self, and thus an Accomplishment, at least partial, of the Great Work. And therefore is Confusion or Terror in any such Practice an Error fearful indeed, bringing about Obsession, which is a temporary or even it may be a permanent Division of the Personality, or Insanity, and therefore a defeat most fatal and pernicious, a Surrender of the Soul to Choronzon. c

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1905 · PDF PAGE 233

Collected Works (Vol. I)

226 TANNHAUSER ing of Tannhauser useful, if only to brace them to a more courageous attempt to understand the ‘‘Great Arcanum,” and to attain at last, no matter at what cost, to ‘*true Wisdom and perfect Happiness.” So may all happen! KANDY, CEYLON, Sepé. 1901. PERSONS CONCERNED. THE WORLD OF GODS. IsIs. HATHOOR. THE WORLD OF MEN. TANNHAUSER,. ELIZABETH. AN UNKNOWN MINSTREL. THE LANDGRAVE., WOLFRAM, BERTRAM, HEINRICH, A SHEPHERD Boy. PILGRIMS, FORESTERS, COURTIERS, ETC. \a t the Court of the Landgrave. THE WORLD OF DEMONS. THE EVIL AND AVERSE H…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 56

Tale of Archais

… And greeted her with tears ; for now at last The fountains of her sorrow, vague and vast, Burst from the strong inexorable chain Of too great passion, and a mortal pain Beyond belief, and so in sudden waves Tears welled impatient from their crystal caves. (Men say those barren pinnacles are set Since then with jewels ; the white violet Was born of those pure tears ; the snowdrop grew Where waking hope her agony shot through, And where the Queen of Love had touched her tears, The new-born lily evermore appears.)

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1901 · PDF PAGE 15

Carmen Saeculare

…! Return, poor wounded maiden, to thy home ! Thou hast well tried a spurious liberty : Thou art made captive ; let thy fancy roam To the great Mother, deeper than the sea, And fairer than the foam. O Gateway of the admirable East ! Hold fast thy Faith ! Let no man take thy Crown ! The Birds of Evil, that were keen to feast, (Fools cried) but herald thy renewed renown. Mad Christians see in thee the Second Beast, But shall not shake thee down. Therefore reign thou, saith God, august, alone, White-winged to East and West, an albatross, “ Abdul th…

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1903 · PDF PAGE 8

Alice: An Adultery

…s From its own wreck the thing it contemplates ; Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent : This, like thy glory, Titan, is to be Good, great, and joyous, beautiful, and free : This is alone Life, Joy, Empire, and Victory.” The last phrase pealed trumpet-wise : he sank back into thought. “ Yes,” he said slowly, “ neither to change, nor falter, nor repent.” I moved forward, and he saw me. “ Who are you ?” he asked. “ I am travelling in the East,” I said. “ I love Man also ; I have come to see you. Who are you ?” He laughed pleasantly. “ I am th…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 405

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…both in the case of the magnetizer and of the magnetized. To this cause one must attribute the immoralities and the follies with which a great number of those who occupy themselves with magnetism are reproached. Q. What conditions are required in order to magnetize properly? A. Health of spirit and body; right intention, and discreet practice. Q. What advantageous results can one obtain by discreet magnetism ? A. The cure of nervous diseases, the analysis of presenti- ments, the re-establishment of fluidic harmonies, and the rediscovery of cert…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 405

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…both in the case of the magnetizer and of the magnetized. To this cause one must attribute the immoralities and the follies with which a great number of those who occupy themselves with magnetism are reproached. Q. What conditions are required in order to magnetize properly? A. Health of spirit and body; right intention, and discreet practice. Q. What advantageous results can one obtain by discreet magnetism ? A. The cure of nervous diseases, the analysis of presenti- ments, the re-establishment of fluidic harmonies, and the rediscovery of cert…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 266

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

… book is a perfect clinical picture of a typical case. Chapter I describes the irritability, the fantastic dreams. He imagines himself a great author, a great chemist. He has found carbon in sulphur; he will make gold. In Chapter II he begins to see omens in simple incidents, receives “ warnings ” from strangers, finds a plot against him at his hotel, notices remarkable resem- blances between his neighbours and some of his “ persecutors.” Chapter III develops the persecution-delusions. Roaring in the ears, electric shocks, and other physical sy…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 266

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

… book is a perfect clinical picture of a typical case. Chapter I describes the irritability, the fantastic dreams. He imagines himself a great author, a great chemist. He has found carbon in sulphur; he will make gold. In Chapter II he begins to see omens in simple incidents, receives “ warnings ” from strangers, finds a plot against him at his hotel, notices remarkable resem- blances between his neighbours and some of his “ persecutors.” Chapter III develops the persecution-delusions. Roaring in the ears, electric shocks, and other physical sy…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 13

Carmen Saeculare

The harlot that men called great Babylon, In crimson raiment and in sooth attire, The scarlet leprosy that shamed the sun, The gilded goat that plied the world for hire ;— Her days of wealth and majesty are done : Men trample her for mire ! The temple of their God is broken down ; Yea, Mammon’s shrine is cleansed ! The house of her That cowed the world with her malignant frown, And drove the Celt to exile and despair, Is battered now—God’s fire destroys the town ; London admits God’s air. They scorned the god that made them ; yea, they said : “…

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