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1910 · PDF PAGE 223

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…eat Amen that is the beginning and the end of all. Behind him were the Seraphim, the fiery Serpents. On their heads the triple tongue of fire; their glory like unto the Sun, their scales like burning plates of steel ; they danced like virgins before their lord, and upon the storm and roar of the sea did they ride in their glory. “ Sir,” cried the Archangel, “ sir,” cried Kamael the mighty one, and his legions echoed the roar of his voice, “ hast Thou called us forth to perform so trivial a task? Well, let it be so!” “Your scorn,” the Great Whit…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 285

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…helion. In the midst of my delight of gazing on it, it had transferred itself mysteriously to my own heart, and there became a circle of fire, which gradually ate its way until the whole writhing organ was in a torturous blaze. That spot, seen again in an after-vision, through the memory of its former pain instantly wrought out for me the same accursed result. The number of such re- membered faggots of fuel for direful suggestion of course increased proportionally to the prolonging of the hasheesh life, until at length there was hardly a visibl…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 223

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…eat Amen that is the beginning and the end of all. Behind him were the Seraphim, the fiery Serpents. On their heads the triple tongue of fire; their glory like unto the Sun, their scales like burning plates of steel ; they danced like virgins before their lord, and upon the storm and roar of the sea did they ride in their glory. “ Sir,” cried the Archangel, “ sir,” cried Kamael the mighty one, and his legions echoed the roar of his voice, “ hast Thou called us forth to perform so trivial a task? Well, let it be so!” “Your scorn,” the Great Whit…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 285

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…helion. In the midst of my delight of gazing on it, it had transferred itself mysteriously to my own heart, and there became a circle of fire, which gradually ate its way until the whole writhing organ was in a torturous blaze. That spot, seen again in an after-vision, through the memory of its former pain instantly wrought out for me the same accursed result. The number of such re- membered faggots of fuel for direful suggestion of course increased proportionally to the prolonging of the hasheesh life, until at length there was hardly a visibl…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 122

The Vision and the Voice

… whirled round and round until the whole heaven is blackness with these flying sparks therein. Now it is all branching streams of golden fire tipped with scarlet at the edges. And now She cometh forth again, riding upon a dolphin. Now again I see those wandering souls, that have sought 120

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1922 · PDF PAGE 325

Diary of a Drug Fiend

…311 feeling grew that we had somehow strayed into an enchanted country. At the same time the country was enchanting. Dionysus was all on fire to get us up to the Abbey, and tugged at our arms. | ““ Now Di,” said Hermes, “ you know it’s wrong to pull at people like that. It’s one of the rules,” he explained to Lou, “ not to interfere with people. Big Lion says that every one would get on all right if only he were left alone.” He seemed to think the statement required explana- tion. ‘“‘ Cypris is reading Gibbon to us this week ; and she shows us …

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1904 · PDF PAGE 76

The Goetia

…he depth Abaddon pa-aotza kakoreji Hesasinu zodizoDarasa Do-mire, Do-peresi of Abaddon to remain until the day of judgment in torment in fire oD Do salaberotsa Ds lu tpamisa, kakareji tlas 3oDameranu asapeta and in sulphur without end, until thou appear before kromeselabé oD Dorebesa na-e-el. IMiisa, eca, ol€ oanio, asapeta our will and obey my power. Come, therefore, in the 24th of a moment, before komesalabe Do i-be-Da, Do-0-0-apé YAaUNesa, OD quo-O-i-ape MWBada the circle in the triangle in this name and by this name of God, Aoni, C3zabaoth,…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 101

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…city of gems,” and is so called because it is very brilliant. This Chakkra is the seat of the Agni Tatwa. Also in the abdomen burns the “fire of digestion of food” situated in the middle of the sphere of the sun, having ten Kalas (petals). . . . He who enters this Chakkra Can make gold, etc., see the adepts (clairvoyantly) discover medicines for diseases, and see hidden treasures.} 4. The Anahata Chakkva. This Chakkra is situated in the heart, it is of a deep blood red colour, and has twelve petals. It is the seat of Prana and is a very pleasan…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 101

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…city of gems,” and is so called because it is very brilliant. This Chakkra is the seat of the Agni Tatwa. Also in the abdomen burns the “fire of digestion of food” situated in the middle of the sphere of the sun, having ten Kalas (petals). . . . He who enters this Chakkra Can make gold, etc., see the adepts (clairvoyantly) discover medicines for diseases, and see hidden treasures.} 4. The Anahata Chakkva. This Chakkra is situated in the heart, it is of a deep blood red colour, and has twelve petals. It is the seat of Prana and is a very pleasan…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 49

The Vision and the Voice

…kes his head kindly, and says: It is not given to flesh and blood to unveil the mysteries of the Aethyr, for therein are the chariots of fire, and the tumult of the horsemen; whoso entereth here may never look on life again with equal eyes. I insist. 47

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1909 · PDF PAGE 188

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…ence in the Creation of the Supernal Truth. Now let us take the first and last letters of the verse and “cast into the midst thereof the Fire of the Sun "—z.e., y (6), “ the Seal of Creation ”—and we have y12,an Egg. Where we see the whole universe enclosed in the Cosmic Egg of Hindu and Egyptian Mythology : and the Formulation of the Sphere 178

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1909 · PDF PAGE 188

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…ence in the Creation of the Supernal Truth. Now let us take the first and last letters of the verse and “cast into the midst thereof the Fire of the Sun "—z.e., y (6), “ the Seal of Creation ”—and we have y12,an Egg. Where we see the whole universe enclosed in the Cosmic Egg of Hindu and Egyptian Mythology : and the Formulation of the Sphere 178

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1947 · PDF PAGE 9

The Last Ritual

…ther power in heaven or upon the earth or under the earth. But your holy place shall be untouched throughout the centuries : though with fire and sword it be burnt down and shattered, yet an invisible house there standeth, and shall stand until the fall of the Great Equinox. Now this mystery of the letters is done, and I want to go on to a holier place. Also for beauty’s sake and love’s ! Despise also all cowards ; all fools despise ! But the keen and the proud, the royal and the lofty ; ye are brothers ! As brothers fight ye ! There is no law …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 202

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

… forms, living creatures, men and women and elementals. We smite the rock, and the waters flow at our blow; we cry unto the heavens, and fire rushes down and consumes our sacrifice; we become Magicians, begetters of illusion, and then, if we allow ourselves to become obsessed by them, a time comes when these illusions will master us, when the children we have begotten will rise up and dethrone us, and we shall be drowned in the waters that now we can no longer control and be burnt up by the flames that mock obedience, and scorn our word. Direct…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 202

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

… forms, living creatures, men and women and elementals. We smite the rock, and the waters flow at our blow; we cry unto the heavens, and fire rushes down and consumes our sacrifice; we become Magicians, begetters of illusion, and then, if we allow ourselves to become obsessed by them, a time comes when these illusions will master us, when the children we have begotten will rise up and dethrone us, and we shall be drowned in the waters that now we can no longer control and be burnt up by the flames that mock obedience, and scorn our word. Direct…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 115

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…. This makes one Pranayama. At the same time think of the triangle (the Maladhara Chakkra is sym- bolically represented as a triangle of fire) and concentrate the mind on that centre. At first practice this four times in the morning and four times in the evening, and as it becomes a pleasure to you to do so slowly increase the number. 2. Assume the Padmdsana posture; draw in the Prana through the Ida (left nostril), retain it until the body begins to perspire and shake, and then exhale it through Pingala (right nostril) slowly and never fast. *…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 115

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…. This makes one Pranayama. At the same time think of the triangle (the Maladhara Chakkra is sym- bolically represented as a triangle of fire) and concentrate the mind on that centre. At first practice this four times in the morning and four times in the evening, and as it becomes a pleasure to you to do so slowly increase the number. 2. Assume the Padmdsana posture; draw in the Prana through the Ida (left nostril), retain it until the body begins to perspire and shake, and then exhale it through Pingala (right nostril) slowly and never fast. *…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 186

The Law is for All

…. 65. Through the second, gold. 66. Through the third, stones of precious water. 67. Through the fourth, ultimate sparks of the intimate fire.

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1909 · PDF PAGE 17

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…n able to “follow up the light,” she might there have seen Penry standing, his head and his feet white like wool, and his eyes a flaming fire | This, then, in one language or another, is our philosophical position. But for those who are not content with this, let it be said that there is something more behind and beyond. Among us are those who have experienced things of a nature so exalted that no words ever penned could even adumbrate them faintly. The communication of such knowledge, so far as it is at all possible, must be a personal thing ;…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 17

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…n able to “follow up the light,” she might there have seen Penry standing, his head and his feet white like wool, and his eyes a flaming fire | This, then, in one language or another, is our philosophical position. But for those who are not content with this, let it be said that there is something more behind and beyond. Among us are those who have experienced things of a nature so exalted that no words ever penned could even adumbrate them faintly. The communication of such knowledge, so far as it is at all possible, must be a personal thing ;…

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