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1919 · PDF PAGE 217

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…ription is payable on taking the Third Degree; if this is taken after June 30 in any year, only half the amount is due. Subscriptions of old members are due on January 1, but the Brother is considered in good standing, and he does not lose his rights, if it is paid by March 1. Should he fail to discharge his obligation by this date, he ceases ipso facto to be a member of the Order, but may be reinstated on paying arrears and Five Dollars extra. If his lapse extend to the next year following, he can only be reinstated under special conditions, a…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 218

Moonchild

22 Chapter OF A CERTAIN DAWN UPON OUR OLD FRIEND THE BOULEVARD ARAGO; AND OF THE LOVES OF LISA LA GIUFFRIA AND ABDUL BEY, HOW THEY PROSPERED. OF THE CONCLUSION OF THE FALSE ALARM OF THE GREAT EXPERIMENT, AND OF A CONFERENCE BETWEEN DOUGLASS AND HIS SUBORDINATES. LORD ANTONY BOWLING was one of three men in the War Office who could speak French perfectly; despite this drawback, he had been selected to confer with the French headquarters in Paris. Here he met Cyril Grey, busy with his tailor. The young magician had once held a captaincy in a Hussa…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 151

The Star in the West

…, into the sound less depths of æonial infinity , she who was promised has at length been revealed ; she who will crush the head of that old serpent , who has so long bruised the heel of the children of men who were born in the knowledge of good and of evil . I Rosa Mundi , vol. iii, pp . 51-55 .

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1907 · PDF PAGE 168

The Star in the West

THE OLD BOTTLE 161 But man the father of God did , for he was naturally bloodthirsty , avaricious , and cruel , and man to -day is but a veneered representative of his forefathers , still suppliant at the feet of the phallic Jahveh : That man to -day should not be weaned Of worshipping so foul a fiend In presence of the living Sun.2 66a But so it is , and so it will be for many a generation yet to come ; cause and effect are but replicas of each other , and if the cause be ignorance , it is useless to look for the wisdom of Solomon in the effec…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 316

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…to me a rotten wooden staircase, This I mounted, and entered a room which apparently belonged to a student. “Inthe room I found a little old man, but could not see him distinctly, as the blinds were down. * See Liber O. 308

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1909 · PDF PAGE 316

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…to me a rotten wooden staircase, This I mounted, and entered a room which apparently belonged to a student. “Inthe room I found a little old man, but could not see him distinctly, as the blinds were down. * See Liber O. 308

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1910 · PDF PAGE 65

The Scented Garden

…a goat, obtain the semen while the animal is still not quite dead, and preserve by a special process. Such a decoction, even when a year old, exhibits live and active spermatozoa when warmed by an experienced mi- croscopist on the stage of a good instrument. In- jected under the skin, it produces magnificent re- sults, both as a general tonic and a cure for impo- tence. Thus the goat, deposed from his Satanic glory, and proved (like a young virgin) useless in gonorrhoea, has at last found his causa finalis in

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1910 · PDF PAGE 14

The World’s Tragedy

…r own judgment. I. We were allowed to play Cricket, but not to score runs, lest it should excite the vice of “ emulation ”. 2. Champney told me, a child of not yet twelve years old, that he had never consummated his marriage, (Only the very acute verbal memory which I possess enabled me years after to recall and interpret his meaning. He used a coarser phrase). 3. We were told that “ the Lord had a special care of the school, and brought to light that which was done in darkness ”, etc., etc., ad nauseam. “ The instrument was on this occasion so…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 103

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…ead. THE CHILD. I am sorry, if he was my brother. He was a brave boy. He picked me up and threw me to a servant just as if I had been an old tabard. LAYLAH. Your father’s trick ! THE CHILD. I do not understand. LAYLAH. Understand this. Ihave slain my son because 95

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1911 · PDF PAGE 103

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…ead. THE CHILD. I am sorry, if he was my brother. He was a brave boy. He picked me up and threw me to a servant just as if I had been an old tabard. LAYLAH. Your father’s trick ! THE CHILD. I do not understand. LAYLAH. Understand this. Ihave slain my son because 95

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1904 · PDF PAGE 28

The Sword of Song

… liberation of the soul !82 This once, the truth ! In future, best Dismissing Jesus with a jest. Ah ! Christ ascends ?83 Ascension day ? Old wonders bear the bell84 away ? Santos-Dumont, though ! Who can say ? 745 750 755 760 765 770 775 780 The reader may hope. Summary. Reader dis- missed to chapel. Future plans of poet. Jesus dismissed with a jest. The Jest.

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1910 · PDF PAGE 197

The Winged Beetle

…ere work, but all he does is to sit in a chair and smoke and stare at nothing and swear if any one comes in to ask him if my darling new old rose chiffon moiré Directoire corsets match my eau-de-Nil suede tussore appliqué garters.” See ? EUPHEMIA. But—hush ! [She flies away to the other end of the room. The door opens. Enter THOMAS.

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1912 · PDF PAGE 114

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ho are?וש L. at one/é ofstage, but addresses Dr. Fielding, who 2": at tab/e.] W. S. I say, dec., it's all up. Dr. F. Nonsense. Cheer up, old son. It's never as bad as Dr. Bob makes out. W. S. Yes; I'm finished. God! but this will break up the mother. Dr. F. Then you mustn’t tell her. W. S. I’m not going to. But she’ll guess. Mothers seem to feel things. Look here, dec., I'm on for a night with the Indians. I‘ll have forgotten about it myself by to-morrow That’s the best way. Dr. F. I’m with you. And in the meantime, remember we doctors know very…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 114

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…ho are?וש L. at one/é ofstage, but addresses Dr. Fielding, who 2": at tab/e.] W. S. I say, dec., it's all up. Dr. F. Nonsense. Cheer up, old son. It's never as bad as Dr. Bob makes out. W. S. Yes; I'm finished. God! but this will break up the mother. Dr. F. Then you mustn’t tell her. W. S. I’m not going to. But she’ll guess. Mothers seem to feel things. Look here, dec., I'm on for a night with the Indians. I‘ll have forgotten about it myself by to-morrow That’s the best way. Dr. F. I’m with you. And in the meantime, remember we doctors know very…

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1922 · PDF PAGE 249

Diary of a Drug Fiend

…trength but the strength of nature. It flowed through me like the wind blowing through a flimsy ragged curtain. The cartridges were very old, and the powder must have lost its strength; for the bullet turned on his breast bone and ran round the ribs. It was really a trifling wound; but he was so weak that he might have died from loss of blood. I got some water, and washed the wounds, and bound them up as best I could. When the waiter came, I sent him for proper things from the chemist, and some invalid food. For 235

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1909 · PDF PAGE 83

John St. John

… how on this day there is a complete absence of all one‘s magical apparatus. The mantra has slowed down to (at a guess) a quarter of its old pace. The rest in unison. This is because the feeling of great power, etc. etc., is the mere evidence of con- flict—the thunder of the guns. Now all is at peace; the power of the river, no more a torrent. The Concourse of the Forces has become the Harmony of the Forces; the word Tetragrammation is spoken and ended ; the holy letter Shin is descended into it. For the roaring God of Sinai we have the sleeping…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 126

John St. John

…ithesis of the Work. Bricks without straw, indeed] That’s nothing to it. This job is like being asked to judge a Band contest and being told that one may do anything but listen. Only worse! One could form some idea of how they were playing through other senses; in this case every faculty is the enemy of the Work. At first sight the problem seems insoluble. It may be so, for me. At least, I have not solved it. Yet I have come very near it, many a time, of old ; have solved it indeed, though in a less important sense than now I seek. I am not to b…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 404

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…e earth) I must admit that “ : . . phantom fair Was Monte Rosa, hanging there, A thousand shadowy-pencilled valleys And dewy dells in a golden air” is a very decent word-picture of the great mountain. But a Man would have felt his muscles tighten; and the lust to match his force against the stern splendour of those glittering ridges would have sent him hot-foot after rope and axe. A great artist would rarely see so tremendous a vision as that of a mountain without emotion of terror and wonder and rejoicing. Tennyson sees it as a mere sight—he t…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 404

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…e earth) I must admit that “ : . . phantom fair Was Monte Rosa, hanging there, A thousand shadowy-pencilled valleys And dewy dells in a golden air” is a very decent word-picture of the great mountain. But a Man would have felt his muscles tighten; and the lust to match his force against the stern splendour of those glittering ridges would have sent him hot-foot after rope and axe. A great artist would rarely see so tremendous a vision as that of a mountain without emotion of terror and wonder and rejoicing. Tennyson sees it as a mere sight—he t…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 180

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…Safe! safe! [Goes to door, L.] JACK, Who is it? I’ve gone to bed. A VOICE. [Of—muflted—seveml half 111141116 words ending “Meyer."] JACK. Old Meyer’s gone into the country. [With sudden alarm] Isn’t he at the Blue Cow? VOICE [Angrily and loudly] Open the door at once, or we must break it down. I don't wish to disturb you, Mr. Adams, but I think it’s only right to say—— [Confused 'z/oiees interrupt. JACK 11114065 the bolts, JACK. Certainly, certainly, neighbour, glad to see you. I was half asleep when you knocked, and woke up main cross, as the s…

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