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1911 · PDF PAGE 86

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…r. You are mad with pride and conceit of your own wisdom. SoI know you for a fool. RINALDO, The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. LAYLAH. Prate on I Even the dust mocks at you. RINALDO. There are snakes in the dust. LAYLAH. What do you mean? RINALDO. I saw it in your eyes three minutes since. I did not need to turn my head to know that on the horizon gallop your husband and his band. LAYLAI-I. You are clever. RINALDO. And you were forced despite yourself to drop a hint that might warn me to rejoin my knights. LAYLAH. Nol RINALDO. Ye…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 86

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…r. You are mad with pride and conceit of your own wisdom. SoI know you for a fool. RINALDO, The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. LAYLAH. Prate on I Even the dust mocks at you. RINALDO. There are snakes in the dust. LAYLAH. What do you mean? RINALDO. I saw it in your eyes three minutes since. I did not need to turn my head to know that on the horizon gallop your husband and his band. LAYLAI-I. You are clever. RINALDO. And you were forced despite yourself to drop a hint that might warn me to rejoin my knights. LAYLAH. Nol RINALDO. Ye…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 338

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

THE EQUINOX love: he leaves to God the secrets of justice, and understands only charity. He looks on the wicked as invalids whom one must pity and cure ; the world, with its errors and vices, is to him God’s hospital, and he wishes to serve in it. He does not think that he is better than any one else ; he says only, ‘So long as I am in good health, let me serve others; and whenI must fall and die, perhaps others will take my place and serve.” IX THE NUMBER NINE Tuis is the hermit of the Tarot; the number which refers to initiates and to prophet…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 338

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

THE EQUINOX love: he leaves to God the secrets of justice, and understands only charity. He looks on the wicked as invalids whom one must pity and cure ; the world, with its errors and vices, is to him God’s hospital, and he wishes to serve in it. He does not think that he is better than any one else ; he says only, ‘So long as I am in good health, let me serve others; and whenI must fall and die, perhaps others will take my place and serve.” IX THE NUMBER NINE Tuis is the hermit of the Tarot; the number which refers to initiates and to prophet…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 151

Collected Works (Vol. I)

144 THE FATAL FORCE SAF, In the ways of the depth and the height, Where the multitude stars are at ease, I have heard you as a god There is music and terrible light, Immutable. CHORUS. Thou art as proud and calm As statued Memnon. Thou art more than god And less than man. not. Thine eyelids tremble S’AFI. I shall avenge it asa god. The land Shall be made free. AMENHATEP. And the old gods have sway, Re-born from incorruption. S’AFI. The old gods ! I must muse deeply. Keep your ancient ways A little. I must play the part through so. CHORUS. In th…

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1903 · PDF PAGE 10

Berashith

…s the circle opening out into the line.” The Christian dogma is really identical, for both conceive of a previous and eternally existing God, though the Qabalists hedge by describing this latent Deity as “Nor”. Later commentators, notably the illustrious MacGregorMathers, have explained this Not as Snegatively-existing”. Profound as is my respect for the intellectual and spiritual attainments of him whom I am proud to have been permitted to call my master, I am bound to express my view that when the Qabalists said Not, they meant Not, and nothi…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 228

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…(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, Ash! I adore thee, Ash! (Over lamp) Ash! Ash! Ash! I caress thee ! I kiss thee! I suck thee up into my mouth and nostrils! Ohooatan ! (three times). (The wahr/Z…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 228

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…(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, Ash! I adore thee, Ash! (Over lamp) Ash! Ash! Ash! I caress thee ! I kiss thee! I suck thee up into my mouth and nostrils! Ohooatan ! (three times). (The wahr/Z…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 354

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

THE EQUINOX All is not well, but all will be well one day. God begins His work, and He will finish it. Without progress, evil would be immutable like God. Progress explains ruins, and consoles the weeping of Jeremiah. Nations succeed each other like men; and nothing is stable, because everything is marching towards perfection. The great man who dies bequeathes to his country the fruit of his works; the great nation which becomes extin- guished upon earth transforms itself into a star to enlighten the obscurities of History. What it has written …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 354

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

THE EQUINOX All is not well, but all will be well one day. God begins His work, and He will finish it. Without progress, evil would be immutable like God. Progress explains ruins, and consoles the weeping of Jeremiah. Nations succeed each other like men; and nothing is stable, because everything is marching towards perfection. The great man who dies bequeathes to his country the fruit of his works; the great nation which becomes extin- guished upon earth transforms itself into a star to enlighten the obscurities of History. What it has written …

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1907 · PDF PAGE 111

The Star in the West

…e , And , kissing , kill him ! Thus to hold him fast , Drawing his human spirit into mine For strength , for life , for poison ! Ah , my God ! These pangs , these torments ! See ! the sleeper wakes ! I am triumphant ! For he reaches out The sleepy arms , and turns the drowsy head To catch the dew dissolving of my lip . Wake , lover , wake ! Thy Venus waits for thee ! Draw back , look , hunger ! —and thy mouth is mine !" The vision of Elizabeth , the loved one of his boy hood - his pure ideal — rises before him . so delicate and frail , Far , wh…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 132

The Star in the West

… that this hysterical clinging to the Chaste often reacts , hurling its unfortunate aspirant into the arms of Lubentina . The lust after God and the lust after man are near akin . A woman crossed in love and debarred from enjoying the sweet em braces of her lover , will embrace in his stead the sour feet of her God . Similarly , Magdalene , having passionately sought love , and having lost the skein of her desires in the labyrinthine byways of lust , threw her weeping form at the feet of Him in whom she found the ideal of her affection , washin…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 107

Ambergris

…oh fool ! Is not thy back yet tender from the rod ? Is there no learning in the poet’s school ? Wilt thou achieve what were too hard for God ? I call Him to the battle ; ask of me When the hinds calve ? What of eternity When he built chaos ? Shall Leviathan Be drawn out with an hook ? Enough ; I see This I can answer—or Ernst Haeckel can ! Now, God Almighty, rede this mystery ! What of the love that is the heart of man ? Take stars and airs, and write it down ! Fill all the interstices of space With myriad verse—own Thy disgrace ! Diminish Thy …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 34

The World’s Tragedy

… in their simple worship as I am with the grander and austerer conceptions of Mohammed. But England ! The people have materialized their God into a Parish Councillor, at the best ; at the worst, he has been made the excuse for every crime. The prevalence of syphilis in the Indian army has in- creased from 8 % to 80 % lest God should be shocked by our unholy recognition of the human nature of the human soldier. It is useless to multiply examples. All I wish to do is to justify my agreement with Shelley and Nietzsche in

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1912 · PDF PAGE 182

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…e is, listens with ear to floor. With great terror, rising to his knees] JACK. It is—it is—low, slow, and solemn, but it is— again—again! God! Great God! they will hearl [Voiees louder, returning. JACK resumes hisfolly manner and shufiles about, pouring out the ale] [Re—enter OTHERS JACK. Well, did you find it all as I said? SERGEANT. Neighbour Clark, you’ll not hear the last ο’ this for many a long year. [Goes to table. Drinking bus] IST CONSTABLE. Burglars! ho! ho! ho! 2ND CONSTABLE. Murder! ha! ha! ha! SERGEANT. Here’s your health, Mr. Adams! J…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 182

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…e is, listens with ear to floor. With great terror, rising to his knees] JACK. It is—it is—low, slow, and solemn, but it is— again—again! God! Great God! they will hearl [Voiees louder, returning. JACK resumes hisfolly manner and shufiles about, pouring out the ale] [Re—enter OTHERS JACK. Well, did you find it all as I said? SERGEANT. Neighbour Clark, you’ll not hear the last ο’ this for many a long year. [Goes to table. Drinking bus] IST CONSTABLE. Burglars! ho! ho! ho! 2ND CONSTABLE. Murder! ha! ha! ha! SERGEANT. Here’s your health, Mr. Adams! J…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 36

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…i- 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; the animal will be seen no more as an animal, but as God; even the tiger will no more be seen a tiger, but as a manifestation of God”... “love knows no bargaining ... love knows no reward . .. love knows no fear . . . love knows no rival ...” for “there are no men in this world but that One Man, and that is He, the Beloved.” In this excellent series can also be obtained Raja Yoga, one rupee; Karma Yoga, t…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 36

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…i- 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; the animal will be seen no more as an animal, but as God; even the tiger will no more be seen a tiger, but as a manifestation of God”... “love knows no bargaining ... love knows no reward . .. love knows no fear . . . love knows no rival ...” for “there are no men in this world but that One Man, and that is He, the Beloved.” In this excellent series can also be obtained Raja Yoga, one rupee; Karma Yoga, t…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 162

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

… suppose, as a matter of fact, it is a state of equilibrium. I think I have it. It is the empty shrine await- ing the in-dwelling of the God. to P.M. I experienced another peculiar state just now, Having closed my eyes for a few moments (concentrating), I thought I would try and think backwards over the last few things I had been doing, but found, try as I would, I could not think of things done even a moment before. All was the “present peculiar ex- perience,” and there was no getting away from it. The concentration acted just like a magnet, a…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 148

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…you bid me purify the same, To such a process I discern noend.. . First cut the liquefaction, what comes last But Fichte’s clever cut at God himself? .. . I trust nor hand, nor eye, nor heart, nor brain To stop betimes: they all get drunk alike. The first step, I am master not to take.” This is surely the apotheosis of wilful ignorance! We may think, perhaps, that Browning is ‘‘ hedging” when, in the last paragraph, he says: ‘‘ For Blougram, he believed, say, half. he spoke,” * and hints at some deeper ground. It is useless to say, “This is Blo…

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