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1909 · PDF PAGE 33

John St. John

…n to stop it absolutely at will : even the Work itself may become an obsession. I 1 hours with no real break—not bad. The bad part of to-day seems the Asana, and the deadness. Or, perhaps worse, I fail to apprehend the true magical purport of my work: hence all sort of aimless formulae, leading—naturallyenough—to no result. It just strikes me—it may be this Isis Apophis Osiris IAO formula that I have preached so often. Certainly the first two days were Isis—natural, pleasant, easy events. Most certainly too to-day has been Apophis! Think of the …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 331

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…n pox Angel of 2" Dec. 2 sym é oN Journey son Queen nabp Selah. [Ps. xxii. 5, 6, ete] bp A name of GOD JIN os Chaldee form of pmb pbs By day pny Praiseworthy; Angelof7 w. 5xmbb Work mondo The secret (counsel) of YF TID the Lord. [Ps. xxv. 14] Breeder, rearer; Day Demon jor of 1 Dec. 1 Changeless, constant ; the GOD pox Amon ‘The Son of Man DON fa Archangel of Netzach Seon ‘The appointed time jor To seize suddenly (rapere) Fon A hand-breadth, palm. ig) (1 Kings vii. 26—Ex. xxv. 25] A brick, tile mya 95 96 797 15 A building; an architect mp Aquae…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 331

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…n pox Angel of 2" Dec. 2 sym é oN Journey son Queen nabp Selah. [Ps. xxii. 5, 6, ete] bp A name of GOD JIN os Chaldee form of pmb pbs By day pny Praiseworthy; Angelof7 w. 5xmbb Work mondo The secret (counsel) of YF TID the Lord. [Ps. xxv. 14] Breeder, rearer; Day Demon jor of 1 Dec. 1 Changeless, constant ; the GOD pox Amon ‘The Son of Man DON fa Archangel of Netzach Seon ‘The appointed time jor To seize suddenly (rapere) Fon A hand-breadth, palm. ig) (1 Kings vii. 26—Ex. xxv. 25] A brick, tile mya 95 96 797 15 A building; an architect mp Aquae…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 359

Magick Without Tears

… told me. With this a picture came into my mind of a hillside on which were a house and garden marked by two tall Persian Nuts. The next day we went on to Rome. Owing to my own Ananias-like attempt to "keep back part of the price," my relations with Virakam had become strained. We reached Naples after two or three quarrelsome days in Rome and began house-hunting. I imagined that we should find dozens of suitable places to choose from, but we spent day after day scouring the city and suburbs in an automobile, without finding a single place to le…

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1903 · PDF PAGE 52

Alice: An Adultery

THE TENTH DAY “ O God ! I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams.” Hamlet. The mere result of all this was a dream. The day passed damned, void of my love’s dear light, And stole acursed to the endless night, Forgotten (as I trust) by God : no beam Of memory lighting it down Time’s dark stream. I dreamt : my shrine was broken and my might Defiled, and all my Gods abased, in sight Of all blind Heaven exenterate and extreme. The foulest traitor of all womankind I ever knew, beca…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 150

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…nd deceive myself. . at 7.10 P.M. to Mrs. R. (loud) . at 9.00 P.M. Office. . at 10.30 P.M. to wife. . at 11.30 P.M. to wife. 8 Total for day. This was a very bad day; and I had so much hoped to get through one clear day without a break! Never mind, better results next experiment. Saturday, Jan. 14, 6.30 P.M. Results very poor again. 1. during morning. I. at 1.45 P.M. to wife. I. at 3.00 P.M. to wife. Tora, Saturday evening, Jan. 7.. Sunday Monday . Tuesday . Wednesday ... Thursday . Friday .. Sat. till 4 P.M... Blwawvnoaanond Total for week....…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 8

Collected Works (Vol. III)

2 THE STAR AND THE GARTER THE STAR AND THE GARTER. I, WHAT sadness closes in between Your eyes and mine to-day, my Queen? In dewfall of our glance hath come A chill like sunset’s in hot lands Mid iris and chrysanthemum. Well do I know the shaken sands Within the surf, the beaten bar Of coral, the white nenuphar Of moonrise stealing o’er the bay. So here’s the darkness, and the day Sinks, and a chill clusters, and I Wrap close the cloak : then is it so To-day, you rose-gleam on the snow, My own true lover? Ardently I dare not look: I never looke…

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1903 · PDF PAGE 64

Alice: An Adultery

THE SIXTEENTH DAY “ My chastity’s the jewel of our house Bequeathed down from many ancestors, Which were the greatest obloquy i’ th’ world For me to lose.” All’s Well. There was no secret cave of the wood’s womb Where we might kiss all day without a start Of fear that meant to stay and must depart, Nor any corner where the sea’s perfume Might shelter love in some wave-carven tomb. But Maytime shone in us ; with words of art I drew her down reluctant to my heart, When night was silence and my bed the gloom. So without sin we took strange sacrame…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 85

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

… no more, I beheld Thee. 33. Come thou, O beloved One, O Lord God of the Uni- verse, O Vast One, O Minute One! I am Thy beloved. 34. All day I sing of Thy delight; all night I delight in Thy song. 35. There is no other day or night than this. 36. Thou art beyond the day and the night; I am Thyself, O my Maker, my Master, my Mate! 37. Lam like the little red dog that sitteth upon the knees of the Unknown. 38. Thou hast brought me into great delight. Thou hast given me of Thy flesh to eat and of Thy blood for an offering of intoxication. 79

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1907 · PDF PAGE 125

The Star in the West

…an power , wealth , or dominion , and that is motherhood : Fiercer desires may cast away All things most good ; A people may forget to - day Their motherhood . 1 This is the condition of the England of to - day : “ O England ! England , mighty England falls !” because she no longer knows how to bear Englishmen . Wealth cries for luxury , and luxury sniffs at the hem of lust , and lust rises o’er us a vampire kite to drink dry the blood of our veins . The two great ideals of our country , as Geoffrey Mortimer rightly says , are the commercial , …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 80

The Winged Beetle

…owever that may be, ’tis clear What duty bids endeavour : To find you out in London, dear,— A ‘ now ’ is worth a ‘ never ’ !— To make to-day a heaven of cheer, And make to-day ‘ for ever ’ ! Yea ; though we know how springs run dry, We’ll trust our future, you and I. Ah, madman ! was there ever yet A love that lived a lustre

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1913 · PDF PAGE 149

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

MARJORY MINES. CHRISTMAS . Morning . THE light was grey When shrill cocks crew , They knew that day Was peering through Her mantle dim , her mantle blue , And heard her say : “ O dear world , help me to count less This once , the feet that stray , The hands that do not bless That men forever may Feel my caress .” Afternoon . W E cannot , like the wise men three , W Journey away to seek and see , But we can keep with feast and mirth The winter blossoming of earth ; Nor shut our doors , for we may then Shut out the travelling Wise Men , Who alway…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 212

The Star in the West

…ies the greatest of riddles . This question , this gigantic “ What ?" Crowley sets forth lucidly enough in “ Pentecost ” and “ Ascension Day ." He writes : To calculate one hour's result I find surpassing difficult ; One year's effect , one moment's cause ; What mind could estimate such laws ? Who then ( much more !) may act aright Judged by and in ten centuries ' sight ?! He shows us how utterly inadequate are our powers , how utterly absurd it is of us to hanker after infinite ideals with our finite minds . As a child cries for the moon , so …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 30

John St. John

…niverse even as Man the Lion very lordly, the Sun in His strength that travelleth over the heaven of Nu in His bark in the mid-career of Day. For all these thoughts are vain; there is but One thought, though that thought be not yet born—He only is God, and there is none other God than Hel Walking home with mantra; suddenly a spasm of weeping took me as I cried through the manna—" My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?”—and I have to stop and put it down I A good thing; for it calms me. At the Dome, master of myself. The Mantra goes just 30 …

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1906 · PDF PAGE 207

Collected Works (Vol. II)

NOTES 201 Browning to be called ‘‘ Ascension Day and |: Pentecost’ was conceived (and resolved upon) on Friday, November 15, 1901. On that day I left Ceylon, where I had been for several months, practising Hindu meditations, and exposing the dishonesty of the Missionaries, in the intervals of big game shooting. The follow- ing day I wrote ‘‘ Ascension Day,” and ‘‘ Pente- cost” on the Sunday, sitting outside the dak-bangla at Madura. were small as compared to the present poems. Ascension Day consisted of :— p. 144, I flung-... p. 146, Pray do...…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 149

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…ost control a bit. (Note the time when talking to my brother is doubtful, but have included it.) I think I should here note that on Saturday evening, Sunday and Monday I was quite aware of my task practi- cally all the time; even when I made mistakes, they were in almost every case caused through trying too hard. Probably, having got over a difficult bit of con- versation successfully, I was seduced into the error. Tuesday and to-day have been rather different. I have lapsed a little in vigilance, but attained a certain sub- conscious wariness.…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 21

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…nevolence regulate your conduct. Exert your abilities in the service of your king and your country, and deem the knowledge you have this day attained the happiest acquisition of your life. " Recall to memory the ceremony of your initiation; learn to bridle your tongue and to govern your passions: and ere long you will have occasion to say: ‘In becoming a M,Y I truly became the man; and while I breathe will never disgrace a jewel that kings may prize.’ “ If I live, my son, to reap the fruits of this day‘s labour, my happiness will be complete. I…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 21

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…nevolence regulate your conduct. Exert your abilities in the service of your king and your country, and deem the knowledge you have this day attained the happiest acquisition of your life. " Recall to memory the ceremony of your initiation; learn to bridle your tongue and to govern your passions: and ere long you will have occasion to say: ‘In becoming a M,Y I truly became the man; and while I breathe will never disgrace a jewel that kings may prize.’ “ If I live, my son, to reap the fruits of this day‘s labour, my happiness will be complete. I…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 180

Oracles

…ay ! death is a portal of passing To miseries other but sure. Yet the snow on the hills amassing The wind of an hour may endure ; But as day after day grows the summer The crystals melt one after one. The hill—shall they numb her ? Their frost overcome her ? Demand of the sun ! That uttermost death of my lady Revealed in the heart of the range Is as light in the groves long shady As peace in the halls of change. The web of the world is rended ; Stayed are the causal mills ; Time is ended ; space unextended. And end of the hills !

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1901 · PDF PAGE 104

The Soul of Osiris

…ce crept of many a year, Barred gates of Paradise. Again the Voice rolled in the deep, mingled with murmuring sighs : “ I mind me of the day One came from Death to me ; His soul was weary of the day, His look was melancholy ; He bade me open in the Name that binds Eternity.

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