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1944 · PDF PAGE 91

The Book of Thoth

… lowest is symbolized by the Scorpion, which was supposed by early observers of Nature to commit suicide when finding itself ringed with fire, or otherwise in a desperate situation. This represents putrefaction in its lowest form. The strain of environment has become intolerable, and the attacked element willingly subjects itself to change; thus, potassium thrown upon water becomes ignited, and accepts the embrace of the hydroxyl radicle. The middle interpretation of this sign is given by the serpent, who is, moreover, the main theme of the sig…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 164

The Law is for All

…From gold 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 Sc worship of the Snake; another soul of God and beast shall mingle in the globed priest; ano…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 25

777

…gam, Yoni . 26 Blood-red . ...... _K. 27 Purple Corpse . .t.. 28 Conduct . -R., Vishnu [Matsya Avatar] 29 Light . ._K. Surya (as ©) . 30 Fire .K. Agni [Tejas], Yama fas God of Last Judgment] |$1 Quiescence. . . . . .. « -R., Brahma . 32 Earth _«K. (Prithivi] . 182 bis Breathing R. [Akasa] . . (81 bis

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1909 · PDF PAGE 340

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

… My path is in the Deep Waters, And my footsteps are in the Unknown. Vast before me is the Portal of Geburah : Behind it is gleaming the Fire of the Wrath of God: I cry against Thee in the name of Elohim Gibor: Open unto me, Gateway of God the Mighty! Lift up your heads, O ye Gates, &c. Iam come forth from the Path of the Waters: I stand in the World of the Power of God: I turn my face to the Right, and the Gate of the Lion is before me— Gate of the Path of the Lion, in the Sign of the Lion do thou open before my face. Lift up your Heads, O ye …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 340

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

… My path is in the Deep Waters, And my footsteps are in the Unknown. Vast before me is the Portal of Geburah : Behind it is gleaming the Fire of the Wrath of God: I cry against Thee in the name of Elohim Gibor: Open unto me, Gateway of God the Mighty! Lift up your heads, O ye Gates, &c. Iam come forth from the Path of the Waters: I stand in the World of the Power of God: I turn my face to the Right, and the Gate of the Lion is before me— Gate of the Path of the Lion, in the Sign of the Lion do thou open before my face. Lift up your Heads, O ye …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 137

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…om. Not good. Symbol. [My thought seems terribly wandering nowadays.] Isis. 19m. Not so bad. Winged-Globe. 12m. Bad, sleepy. Triangle of Fire 15m. Very wandering. with Cross in centre, Abrahadabra 17m. Pretty good,though perhaps the whole pantacle. was hardly ever absolutely clear. Tried Physical Astral Projection twice. In the first one the person employed to watch—my beloved Soror F.— saw physical arm bent whilst my own was straight. I did the H.P.K. ritual at night to enter into the silence. I think the result was rather good. Nirvana.* 38m.…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 137

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…om. Not good. Symbol. [My thought seems terribly wandering nowadays.] Isis. 19m. Not so bad. Winged-Globe. 12m. Bad, sleepy. Triangle of Fire 15m. Very wandering. with Cross in centre, Abrahadabra 17m. Pretty good,though perhaps the whole pantacle. was hardly ever absolutely clear. Tried Physical Astral Projection twice. In the first one the person employed to watch—my beloved Soror F.— saw physical arm bent whilst my own was straight. I did the H.P.K. ritual at night to enter into the silence. I think the result was rather good. Nirvana.* 38m.…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 274

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

THE EQUINOX mighty within us, force of energy, fire of motion; with dili- gence let us ever labour with thee, that we may remain in thine abundant joy. THE PEopLe. So mote it be. (THE MOON) Tue Deacon. Lady of night, that turning ever about us art now visible and now invisible in thy season, be thou favourable to hunters, and lovers, and to all men that toil upon the earth, and to all mariners upon the sea. THE PEopte. So mote it be. (THE LADY) Tue Deacon. Giver and receiver of joy, gate of life and love, be thou ever ready, thou and thine hand…

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1903 · PDF PAGE 7

Berashith

…inuous acts of life? Why should an. infinite Ego fill a non-existent body with imaginary food cooked in thought only over an illusionary fire by a cook who is not there? Why should infinite power use such finite means, and very often fail even then?” * Encyclopedia Britannica. Art. Metaphysics. + The Principles of Mevaphysics, Macmillan.

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1909 · PDF PAGE 47

777

…-Pwen | 22 Man with 3 heads—a serpent’s, a man’s (having two stars on his . ? . .- ON!) 24 brow), and a calf’s. Rides on viper and bears firebrand Dragon with 3 heads—a dog’s, man’s, and gryphon’s . . ? . - D'S | 25 A ey infernal dragon, like Berot, with a viper . ? . - AYMNWR! 26 3 heads (bull, man, ram), snake's tail, goose’s feet. Rides,with|. . ©. STIDDN | 28 wou.with a gryphon’s wings and serpent’s tail. Breathes -w. PIR WwW ! 29 CLAY. CLXI. As Col. CLVI. by Night. As Col. CLV. by Night. Child-voiced phoenix ~wW. wee YINB 15 Crow . . 6. DI…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 228

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…ual of the Pentagram. BRo. CAPRICORNUS. Fiat (does so). BRO. MARS. 1. Brother Aries, I command you to perform the Invocation of the Holy Fire. BRO. ARIES. Fiat (goes to Μίαν). 333. (erect). I swear by Djinn and by Shin and by the space between thatI will not stir from this place until the fire of God hath flamed upon the water that is upon the altar. (Hz'sfaæ 07/87” lamþ) Dost thou hear, Brother Ash? (Erat!) By Aub, the witchery of the secret flame; By And, the subtlety of the inmost fluid; By Aur, the effulgence of the radiant light; I call thee, …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 228

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…ual of the Pentagram. BRo. CAPRICORNUS. Fiat (does so). BRO. MARS. 1. Brother Aries, I command you to perform the Invocation of the Holy Fire. BRO. ARIES. Fiat (goes to Μίαν). 333. (erect). I swear by Djinn and by Shin and by the space between thatI will not stir from this place until the fire of God hath flamed upon the water that is upon the altar. (Hz'sfaæ 07/87” lamþ) Dost thou hear, Brother Ash? (Erat!) By Aub, the witchery of the secret flame; By And, the subtlety of the inmost fluid; By Aur, the effulgence of the radiant light; I call thee, …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 212

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…moon. And so thou camest to me, O my darling! My little rose-lipped darling! Fountain-cool Thy hands, and thine eyes warm with celestial fire Drawn from the world’s heart! Oh! my little one, 174

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1913 · PDF PAGE 212

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…moon. And so thou camest to me, O my darling! My little rose-lipped darling! Fountain-cool Thy hands, and thine eyes warm with celestial fire Drawn from the world’s heart! Oh! my little one, 174

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1944 · PDF PAGE 110

The Book of Thoth

… sacred planets; because of these dull, heavy qualities, the element of earth was thrust upon the sym‐ bol. The original three elements, Fire, Air, Water, sufficed for primitive thought; Earth and

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1961 · PDF PAGE 216

Liber Aleph

…are Stars. O my Son, for many Days was I silent, until thou wast fearful lest thou hadst, by Ignorance or by Inadvertance, enkindled the Fire of my Wrath. But I spake not, because I knew in my Wisdom that thou must pass a certain Ordeal of thine Initiation by thine own Virtue. For this Cause I held aloof; but in my Love I made a Beginning of this Letter, beholding thy triumph beforehand; and with Prescience, divining thy next Need, that is to say, this Book of the Words of my Wisdom. b

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1907 · PDF PAGE 109

The Star in the West

102 THE STAR IN THE WEST Of mingling fire , and stars and roses swart In the long flame of hair that leaps athwart , Live in each tingling gossamer ! Dread eyes ! Each flings its arrow of sharp sacrifice , Eating me up with poison ! I am hurled Far through the vaporous confines of the world With agony of sundering sense , beholding Thy mighty flower , blood - coloured death , unfolding ! Lithe limbs and supple shoulders and lips curled , Curled out to draw me to their monstrous world ! Tannhäuser now enters the palace of the great queen Venus ,…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 111

The Star in the West

…ouse consumes me with her breath ? What passionate hatred , what infernal pains , Mixed with thy being in the womb of Death ? Blistering fire runs , Scorching , terrific suns , Through body and soul in this abominable Marriage of demon power Subtle and strong and sour , 2 Ibid . vol .I, p . 236 . 1 Tannhäuser , vol . i, p . 234 . 3 Ibid . vol . I, p . 237 .

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1996 · PDF PAGE 211

The Law is for All

…nvey it with worship, o prophet, though thou likest it not. Thou shalt have danger 8c trouble. Ra-Hoor-Khu is with thee. Worship me with fire 8c blood; worship me with swords 8c with spears. Let the woman be girt with a sword

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1907 · PDF PAGE 86

The Star in the West

… To swoop for cruelty or love ; I feel the swollen veins below The knotted throat , the ebb and flow Of blood , not milk , in breasts of fire ; Of deaths , not fluctuants , of desire ; Of molten lava that abides Deep in the vast volcanic sides ; Deep scars where kisses once bit in Below young mountains that be twin , Stigmata cruciform of sin , The diary of Messaline .' A little further on - before the sonnets commence another poem greets our gaze and charms our senses , it is called “ Margaret ": The moon spans Heaven's architrave ; Stars in t…

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