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1909 · PDF PAGE 291

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…fernal waters of Daith rushed from the mouth of the Dragon—and this is the Leviathan. Tetragrammaton Elo- him placed four letters of the Holy Name, and also the flaming sword, that the uppermost part of the Tree rar of Life might not be involved in the Fall of Adam.” ‘The Hierophant then explains the symbolism of the Temple, and says: «I now congratulate you on C) having passed through the cere- aos mony of the 4° = 7° of Philosophus Oo @) and in the recognition there- ©) of, I confer upon you. the mystic title of «PHAROS ILLUMI. NANS’ which si…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 291

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…fernal waters of Daith rushed from the mouth of the Dragon—and this is the Leviathan. Tetragrammaton Elo- him placed four letters of the Holy Name, and also the flaming sword, that the uppermost part of the Tree rar of Life might not be involved in the Fall of Adam.” ‘The Hierophant then explains the symbolism of the Temple, and says: «I now congratulate you on C) having passed through the cere- aos mony of the 4° = 7° of Philosophus Oo @) and in the recognition there- ©) of, I confer upon you. the mystic title of «PHAROS ILLUMI. NANS’ which si…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 551

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…luences. You may reply that an encounter with Cain may be fatal for Abel. Doubtless; but such a fatality is an advantage to the pure and holy victim, it is only a misfortune for the assassin. Just as among the righteous there is a great community of virtues and merits, there is among the wicked an absolute solidarity of fatal culpability and necessary chastisement. Cri meresides in the tendencies of the heart. Circumstances which are almost always independent of the will are the only causes of the gravity of the acts. If fatality had made Nero …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 551

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…luences. You may reply that an encounter with Cain may be fatal for Abel. Doubtless; but such a fatality is an advantage to the pure and holy victim, it is only a misfortune for the assassin. Just as among the righteous there is a great community of virtues and merits, there is among the wicked an absolute solidarity of fatal culpability and necessary chastisement. Cri meresides in the tendencies of the heart. Circumstances which are almost always independent of the will are the only causes of the gravity of the acts. If fatality had made Nero …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 337

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

… itself and to lie. That mouth of hers, so nervous, so intimately sensible, that it is pleasant to think of it as the fragile rim of the holy and wonderful amphora of her strange exultant being. “TI am—since I was fed on them—all that litany of kisses which passion flung like a storm of wet rose-leaves on to her mouth—am, am I not?—all those dreams and pale blue shim- mering fantasies that love drew like mists out of the hearts of all her lovers to expire in the stained fervour of an instant’s rapture. “TI am—forgive it to me!—all the lies whic…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 337

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

… itself and to lie. That mouth of hers, so nervous, so intimately sensible, that it is pleasant to think of it as the fragile rim of the holy and wonderful amphora of her strange exultant being. “TI am—since I was fed on them—all that litany of kisses which passion flung like a storm of wet rose-leaves on to her mouth—am, am I not?—all those dreams and pale blue shim- mering fantasies that love drew like mists out of the hearts of all her lovers to expire in the stained fervour of an instant’s rapture. “TI am—forgive it to me!—all the lies whic…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 16

The Vision and the Voice

…ree angels of the Aethyr, thou shalt write the names from right to left and from left to right and from right to left, and these are the holy letters: The first 1, the fifth 2, the sixth 3, the eleventh 4, the seventh 5, the twelfth 6, the seventeenth 7. Thus hast thou my name who am above these three, but the angels of the 30th Aethyr are indeed four, and they have none above them; wherefore dispersion and disorder. Now cometh from every side at once a voice, terribly great, crying: Close the veil; the great blasphemy hath been uttered; the fa…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 13

John Yarker – In Memoriam

…e in rest. What is it then that has brought me hot—foot to this illegal Convocation? What but that last infamy which has roused even the holy calm of our Most Illustrious Sovereign G.M. General in Austria to hurl the lightnings of his excommunica- tion against its perpetrators? VeryIllustrious P.P.,I am no prude. But I am a stickler for the value of words: and I deem that the French slang “ Petit Jesus ” is being taken too seriously when a senile sex-maniac like Leadbeater proclaims his catamites as Corning Christs. It is this, Very Illustrious…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 29

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…e in rest. What is it then that has brought me hot-foot to this illegal Convocation? What but that last infamy which has roused even the holy calm of our Most Illustrious Sovereign G.M. General in Austria to hurl the lightnings of his excommunica- tion against its perpetrators? Very Illustrious P.P.,I am no prude. But I amastickler for the value of words: and I deem that the French slang “ Petit Jésus” is being taken too seriously when a senile sex-maniac like Leadbeater proclaims his catamites as Coming Christs. It is this, Very Illustrious P.…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 29

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…e in rest. What is it then that has brought me hot-foot to this illegal Convocation? What but that last infamy which has roused even the holy calm of our Most Illustrious Sovereign G.M. General in Austria to hurl the lightnings of his excommunica- tion against its perpetrators? Very Illustrious P.P.,I am no prude. But I amastickler for the value of words: and I deem that the French slang “ Petit Jésus” is being taken too seriously when a senile sex-maniac like Leadbeater proclaims his catamites as Coming Christs. It is this, Very Illustrious P.…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 206

The Star in the West

…luminated mystic will discard such mean scaffolding , or at least attain such a per fection in the art of constructing his temple of the Holy Ghost as in time to be able to do without such mental timber . Such scaffold poles are those which support and buttress up the frail edifice of science on the mud of ignorance , in which it and its superstruc ture will eventually be engulfed ; for its whole founda tion reposes upon the unequilibrated illusions of the mind , which so long as their influences remain un balanced , stand as impediments in the…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 286

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

THE EQUINOX and Earth.” ‘The four Yodhs refer to the four letters of the Holy Name. The dogs are the jackals of Anubis guarding the gates of the East and the West symbolised by the two Towers. The cray-fish is the sign Cancer, the Scarabzeus or God Kephera. “The emblem of the Sun below the horizon, as he ever is when the Moon is increasing above.’ The Hierophant then leads the Practicus to the Serpent of Brass, m2) and says: “This is the Serpent Nehushtan, which Moses made. ‘And he set it upon a Pole’ —that is, he twined it about the middle pil…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 286

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

THE EQUINOX and Earth.” ‘The four Yodhs refer to the four letters of the Holy Name. The dogs are the jackals of Anubis guarding the gates of the East and the West symbolised by the two Towers. The cray-fish is the sign Cancer, the Scarabzeus or God Kephera. “The emblem of the Sun below the horizon, as he ever is when the Moon is increasing above.’ The Hierophant then leads the Practicus to the Serpent of Brass, m2) and says: “This is the Serpent Nehushtan, which Moses made. ‘And he set it upon a Pole’ —that is, he twined it about the middle pil…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 154

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…range thing happened. Impelled by some instinct or inspiration, it came to them that they must then and there build a Temple to the Most Holy Exalted One, and in this Temple invoke Him. The top of the mountain was covered with large loose stones entirely suitable for this purpose. In the course of an hour or so it was built, 114

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1913 · PDF PAGE 332

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…dren of Jacob watch, sword in hand, around the unity of the tabernacle. Hamor and Shechem wish to introduce themselves forcibly into the holy family, and perish with their people after under- going a feigned initiation. In order to dominate the vulgar, it is already necessary that the sanctuary should surround itself with sacrifices and with terror. The servitude of the children of Jacob paves the way for their deliverance: for they have an idea, and one does not enchain an idea; they have a religion, and one does not 34

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1913 · PDF PAGE 154

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…range thing happened. Impelled by some instinct or inspiration, it came to them that they must then and there build a Temple to the Most Holy Exalted One, and in this Temple invoke Him. The top of the mountain was covered with large loose stones entirely suitable for this purpose. In the course of an hour or so it was built, 114

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1913 · PDF PAGE 332

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…dren of Jacob watch, sword in hand, around the unity of the tabernacle. Hamor and Shechem wish to introduce themselves forcibly into the holy family, and perish with their people after under- going a feigned initiation. In order to dominate the vulgar, it is already necessary that the sanctuary should surround itself with sacrifices and with terror. The servitude of the children of Jacob paves the way for their deliverance: for they have an idea, and one does not enchain an idea; they have a religion, and one does not 34

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1930 · PDF PAGE 83

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

introduced by the accidents of environment, and that his Knowledge and Conversation of His Holy Guardian Angel destroys ail doubts and delusions, confers ail blessings, teaches ail truth, and containa ail delights. But it is important that the Adept should not rest in mere inexpressible realization of his rapture, but rouse himself to make the relation submit to analysis, to render it in rational terms, and thereby enlighten his mind and heart in a sense as superior to fanatical enthusiasm as Beethoven’s music is to West African war-drums. Sect…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 135

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…ned, only to find Frater I.A. still muttering: "Shiva, Shiva, Shiva, Shiva, Shiva." "Will you stop blaspheming?" cried D.D.C.F.; but the holy man only said: "Shiva, Shiva, Shiva, Shiva, Shiva, Shiva, Shiva, Shiva, Shiva." "If you don't stop I will shoot you!" said D.D.C.F., drawing a revolver from his pocket and leveling it at I.A.'s head; but I.A., being concentrated, took no notice and continued to mutter: "Shiva, Shiva, Shiva, Shiva, Shiva, Shiva." Whether overawed by the majesty of the saint or interrupted by the entry of a third person, I.…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 205

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

… that Gnana- Yoga, Raja-Yoga, Bhakta-Yoga and Hatha-Yoga* were but one class of methods leading to the same Result as attained to by The Holy Qabalah, The Sacred Magic, the Acts of Worship and The Ordeals of Western Ceremonial Magic; which again are but subsections of that One Art, the Art of uniting the mind to a Single Idea. And, that all these, The Union by Knowledge, The Union by Will, The Union by Love, The Union by Courage found their vanishing point in the Supreme Union through Silence; that Union in which understanding fails us, and bey…

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