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1912 · PDF PAGE 239

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS OF THE TAROT XLIX THE LORD OF MATERIAL SUCCESS Six ofPentax/e5 A WHITE Radiant Angelic Hand holding a rose branch with white roses and buds, each of which touches a Pentaclei Pentacles are arranged in two columns of three each ξξ . Above and below are the symbols 8 and v of the Decan. Success and gain in material undertakings Power, in— fluence, rank, nobility, rule over the people. Fortunate successful, liberal and just. If ill dignified, may be purse-proud, insolent from excess, or prodigal. Tiphareth of( ?הSuccess in m…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 244

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…of Evil, By the body Thou hast fashioned In the likeness of a devil. By its purity impassioned I adore Thee, King of Evil! I adore Thee, Lord of Malice, By the soul that Thou hast moulded Lovely as a lily-chalice To the sombre sun unfolded. I adore Thee, Lord of Malice! By its thirst, the cruel craving For things infinite, unheard-of, Dreams devouring and depraving, Songs no God may guess a word of, Songs of crime and songs of craving— By the drear eyes of the devil Bleak and sterile as they glitter I adore Thee, King of Evil, With these lips, …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 244

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…of Evil, By the body Thou hast fashioned In the likeness of a devil. By its purity impassioned I adore Thee, King of Evil! I adore Thee, Lord of Malice, By the soul that Thou hast moulded Lovely as a lily-chalice To the sombre sun unfolded. I adore Thee, Lord of Malice! By its thirst, the cruel craving For things infinite, unheard-of, Dreams devouring and depraving, Songs no God may guess a word of, Songs of crime and songs of craving— By the drear eyes of the devil Bleak and sterile as they glitter I adore Thee, King of Evil, With these lips, …

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1899 · PDF PAGE 83

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

JEPHTHAH. 61 ADULAH. My father, if thou hast openéd thy mouth Unto the Lord, fulfil the oath to me, Because the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee Of all thine enemies, the Ammonites. Let this be done for me, that I may go Two months upon the mountains, and bewail, I and my fellows, my virginity ! JEPHTHAH. Go! CHORUS OF MAIDENS. O the time of dule and teen! O the dove the hawk has snared ! Fate the cruel and obscene, Fate that snaps us unprepared, We, who else had dared Every mountain cold and keen, Cleft and stricken in between By the joy our…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 120

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…in the kiss. * * | * * # This writing is engraved on lamina Of silver, found by me, the trusted friend And loving servant of my lady and lord, In that abandoned chapel, late destroyed By Etna’s fury. Nothing else remained (Save in the ante-room the sword we knew So often flashing at the column-head) Within. I think my lord has written this. And for the child, whose rearing is my care, And in whose life is left my single hope, This writing shall conclude the book of song His father made in worship and true love Of his fair lady, and these songs …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 256

Collected Works (Vol. I)

TANNHAUSER 249 Great lord, true knight, and honest gentle- man, So long who journeyed on the holy quest Forgotten of these younger days, and now Come back among us to receive reward For those long sufferings ; in days of peace, In fruitful love, and marriage happiness. So, to the poet’s tourney. HERALD. Sire, Lord Heinrich Craves your high pardon. LANDGRAVE. Ha! He is not here! WOLFRAM. Our sturdy lover will not be consoled For losing, as he phrases it, his friend. LANDGRAVE. Well, we forgive him the more readily Because of the occasion. One al…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 219

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…ws of my hopes devoured, The crowns of my intent cast down, The hate that shone, the love that lowered, Make up God’s universal frown. O Lord, O Hormakhou,! display The rosy earnest of the day ! The mighty pomp of desolate Dead kings, a pageant, moves along ; Dead queens unite in desperate, Unsatisfied, unholy song. O Khephra,? manifest in flesh, Arise, create the world afresh ! The silence of my heart is one With memory’s insatiate night ; I hardly dare to hope the sun. I seek the darkness, not the light. O Lord Harpocrates,? be still The move…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 22

Carmen Saeculare

…s tremble the thunder, Light-speared, with a sword that is flame, He bursts the vast spaces asunder. His angels arise and proclaim : The Lord is His Name ! O Lord ! Thou didst march out of Edom ! Thou leapedst from the Mountains of Seir ! 20

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1910 · PDF PAGE 84

The Winged Beetle

74 THE MUSE How it blinds us and burns us with wine Of the dread Dionysian Lord ! Evoe ! Evoe ! Evoe ! Iacche ! thy chrism of wine ! Evoe ! Evoe ! Evoe ! I am thine ! I am thine ! I am thine !

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1913 · PDF PAGE 20

The Rosicrucian Scandal

…n hi to perform just published Scowvio, KC. He was at this time quite Mariens. Under my thumb, Sconrio, K.C, And why did he call himself Lord Boleskine? Marien’. "Principally to aunoy the snobbish society of Inver Scownio, KC. And did it annoy then? Marius. I believe so, Sconrio, KC. But why Lord Boleskine ? Maruins, He is the Laird of Boleskine, and Laird is only Seots for Lord. SconPio, KC. And why did he call himself Count Svarelt? Matuens, "In the book of mine I referred to it says that the Aspirant to the Sucred Magie would be much annoyed…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 24

Carmen Saeculare

O Lord ! Is Thy path in the Water, The marvellous ways of the Deep ? Not there, O not there ! Wilt Thou slaughter Oblivion’s sons in their sleep ? Hath the deep disobeyed Thee or risen In wrath and revolt to Thy sky, Broken loose from the bands of her prison ? Held counsel against the Most High ? Yea, even as I ! But I, O Most Mighty, invoke Thee, Whose footsteps are in the Unknown. My cries were the cries that awoke Thee, Upstarting in arms from Thy Throne ! I call Thee, I pray Thee, I chide Thee, Whose glory my foes have abhorred. My spirit i…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 242

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

THE EQUINOX LIII THE LORD OF RUIN Ten ofSwords FOUR Hands holding eight swords, as in the preceding symbol; the points falling away from each other. Two hands hold two swords crossed in the centre, as though their junction had disunited the others No rose, flower or bud, is shewn4 Above and below are 0 and Π, representing the Decanr Almost a worse symbol than the Nine of Swords Un- disciplined, warring force, complete disruption and failure. Ruin of all plans and projects Disdain, insolence and im— pertinence, yet mirth and jollity therewith. A …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 242

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

THE EQUINOX LIII THE LORD OF RUIN Ten ofSwords FOUR Hands holding eight swords, as in the preceding symbol; the points falling away from each other. Two hands hold two swords crossed in the centre, as though their junction had disunited the others No rose, flower or bud, is shewn4 Above and below are 0 and Π, representing the Decanr Almost a worse symbol than the Nine of Swords Un- disciplined, warring force, complete disruption and failure. Ruin of all plans and projects Disdain, insolence and im— pertinence, yet mirth and jollity therewith. A …

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1947 · PDF PAGE 10

The Last Ritual

COLLECTS OF THE GNOSTIC MASS Lord visible and sensible of whom this earth is but a frozen spark turning about thee with annual and diurnal motion, source of light, source of life, let thy perpetual radiance hearten us to continual labour and enjoyment ; so that as we are constant partakers of thy bounty we may in our particular orbit give out light and life, sustenance and joy to them that revolve about us without diminution of substance or effulgence for ever. Lord secret and most holy, source of light, source of life, source of love, source o…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 138

The Soul of Osiris

126 THE SOUL OF OSIRIS. I hardly dare to hope the sun. I seek the darkness, not the light. O Lord Harpocrates, be still The moveless centre of my will ! My sorrows are more manifold Than His that bore the sins of man. My sins are like the starry fold, My hopes their desolation wan. O Nuit, the starry one arise, And set thy starlight in my skies ! In darkness, in the void abyss, I grope with vain despairing arms. The silence as a serpent is, The rustle of the world alarms. O Horus, Light in Darkness, bless My failure with thine own success ! My …

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1904 · PDF PAGE 28

Why Jesus Wept

14 WHY JESUS WEPT. His dreams are made of ! Aye ! I shall endure ! I am destined Lord of many magic wills. Another Rosencreutz another order Founds — to a better end than his, be sure ! Away ! away, my lad ! and o’er the border I shall get myself a buxom bride, And ride — ride — ride ! He rises. Ride to the blacksmith at Gretna Green, Kiss a fair lady and find her a queen ! O a Queen, for certain ! It is I that ride, Ride in my youth and pride. With a long sword girt to my waist, And a strawberry mare sweet-paced, And a long night with no moon,…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 233

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS OF THE TAROT XL THE LORD OF EARNED SUCCESS Six ofSwan]: Two hands, as before, each holding two swords which cross in the centre. Rose re—established thereon. !: and 3: above and below, supported on the points of two short daggers or swords. Success after anxiety and trouble; self—esteem, beauty, conceit, but sometimes modesty therewith; dominance, patience, labour, etc. Tiphareth of( ?וLabour, work, journey by water). Ruled by the Great Angels?לאעההand?לאו"י XLI THE LORD OF UNSTABLE EFFORT Sewn af Swords Two Angelic Rad…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 233

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS OF THE TAROT XL THE LORD OF EARNED SUCCESS Six ofSwan]: Two hands, as before, each holding two swords which cross in the centre. Rose re—established thereon. !: and 3: above and below, supported on the points of two short daggers or swords. Success after anxiety and trouble; self—esteem, beauty, conceit, but sometimes modesty therewith; dominance, patience, labour, etc. Tiphareth of( ?וLabour, work, journey by water). Ruled by the Great Angels?לאעההand?לאו"י XLI THE LORD OF UNSTABLE EFFORT Sewn af Swords Two Angelic Rad…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 103

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…E Ureeus serpent, and the poison of the fang was established in him and his seed even for ever and for ever. 57. O thou Serpent Apep, my Lord Adonai, it is a speck of minutest time, this travelling through eternity, and in Thy sight the landmarks are of fair white marble untouched by the tool of the graver. Therefore Thou art mine, even now and for ever and for everlasting. Amen. 58. Moreover, I heard the voice of Adonai: Seal up the book of the Heart and the Serpent; in the number five and sixty seal thou the holy book. As fine gold that is be…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 229

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS OF THE TAROT XXXIV THE LORD OF GREAT STRENGTH [Vim of Wmm’s or Tart/les FOUR hands, as in the previous symbol, holding eight wands crossed four and four; but a fifth hand at the foot of the card holds another wand upright, which traverses the point of junction with the others : flames leap herefrom. Above and below are the symbols?שand :. Tremendous and steady force that cannot be shaken. Herculean strength, yet sometimes scientifically applied. Great success, but with strife and energy. Victory, preceded by apprehension a…

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