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THE EQUINOX who have broken down dogma, and are trying always to fill the void with reasonings, like the sieve of the Danaides; these weavers of religious fantasy, all of whose innovations are negative, who have formulated for their own use an unknown calling itself better known, mysteries better explained, a more defined infinite, a more restrained immen- sity, a more doubting faith, those who have quintessentialized the absurd, divided charity, and taken acts of anarchy for the principles of an entirely impossible hierarchy; those men who wis…
1913 · PDF PAGE 548
THE EQUINOX and become almost lovable. An honest woman will experience nothing but disgust in the society of a prostitute, but she has everything to fear from the seductions of a coquette. One knows that madness is contagious, but the mad are more particularly dangerous when they are amiable and sympathetic. One enters little by little into their circle of ideas, one ends by understanding their exaggerations, while partaking their enthusiasms, one grows accustomed to their logic that has lost its way, one ends by finding that they are not as ma…
1919 · PDF PAGE 98
THE EQUINOX 15. Also he taught me the holy unutterable word Ararita, so that I melted the sixfold gold into a single invisible point, whereof naught may be spoken. 16. For the Magistry of this Opus is a secret magistry; and the sign of the master thereof is a certain ring of lapis- lazuli with the name of my master, who am I, and the Eye in the Midst thereof. 17. Also He spake and said: This is a secret sign, and thou shalt not disclose it unto the profane, nor unto the neo- phyte, nor unto the zelator, nor unto the practicus, nor unto the phil…
1919 · PDF PAGE 390
THE EQUINOX ness, out of the pure dew and on the frozen bed of snow- capped heights, heights that are trodden by no sinful foot. We find the talented Author again in difficulties, this time with Botany. By the “boundless Vision” is not meant the stupid Siddhi, but one of the forms of Samadhi, perhaps that upon the snake Ananta, the great green snake that bounds the Universe. 70. No Arhan, O Lanoo, becomes one in that birth when for the first time the Soul begins to long for final liberation. Vet, O thou anxious one, no warrior volunteering figh…
1909 · PDF PAGE 122
THE EQUINOX the adjective), “has painted many pictures of Paris. Indeed, as I think of it, I seem to remember a large picture of St. Sulpice at the Salon of eight years ago—no, seven years ago.” Roderic stared in surprise. How should any one—such a man, of all men—remember his daub, a thing himself had long forgotten? The oldster read his thought. “There was one corner of that picture which interested me deeply, deeply,” he said. “TI called to see you; you had gone—none knew where. I am indeed glad to have met you at last. Perhaps you would be …
1909 · PDF PAGE 122
THE EQUINOX the adjective), “has painted many pictures of Paris. Indeed, as I think of it, I seem to remember a large picture of St. Sulpice at the Salon of eight years ago—no, seven years ago.” Roderic stared in surprise. How should any one—such a man, of all men—remember his daub, a thing himself had long forgotten? The oldster read his thought. “There was one corner of that picture which interested me deeply, deeply,” he said. “TI called to see you; you had gone—none knew where. I am indeed glad to have met you at last. Perhaps you would be …
1910 · PDF PAGE 340
THE EQUINOX gently, even as Spring’s flying feet touch with unaccustomed primroses the wood, I say it—She was bad.” Then the third worm, which came from the woman’s heart, turned to the other two, and said: “Tam her heart . . . her beautiful, beautiful heart. “What do you know of the deeds of the Queen who were never in her council chamber? “When you were bold, I was perhaps afraid, and when you exulted, there was I know not what trouble of sadness throbbing within me. All that you were I sustained: all your pleasure stirred through me, and you…
1910 · PDF PAGE 340
THE EQUINOX gently, even as Spring’s flying feet touch with unaccustomed primroses the wood, I say it—She was bad.” Then the third worm, which came from the woman’s heart, turned to the other two, and said: “Tam her heart . . . her beautiful, beautiful heart. “What do you know of the deeds of the Queen who were never in her council chamber? “When you were bold, I was perhaps afraid, and when you exulted, there was I know not what trouble of sadness throbbing within me. All that you were I sustained: all your pleasure stirred through me, and you…
1911 · PDF PAGE 122
THE EQUINOX Creation, where Adam represents the Concealed One, for Adam is Temurah of MAD, the Enochian word for God, and Eve, whom he created for love, is tempted by the snake, Nechesh, who is Messiah her child. And the snake is the magical power, which hath destroyed the primordial equili- brium. And the garden is the supernal Eden, where is Ayin, 70, the Eye of the concealed One, and the creative Lingam; and Daleth, love; and Nun the serpent. And therefore this con- stitution was implicitly in the nature of Eden (f Liber L., L., 29, 30), so …
1913 · PDF PAGE 510
THE EQUINOX handle. The subtlest hands seize and handle best; hard and strong hands hold longer. Even the lightest wrinkles bear witness to the habitual sensations of the organ. Each finger has, besides, a special function from which it takes its name. We have already spoken of the thumb; the index is the finger which points out, it is that of the word and of prophecy; the medius dominates the whole hand, it is that of destiny; the ring-finger is that of alliances and of honours: chiromancers have consecrated it to the sun; the little finger is…
1913 · PDF PAGE 510
THE EQUINOX handle. The subtlest hands seize and handle best; hard and strong hands hold longer. Even the lightest wrinkles bear witness to the habitual sensations of the organ. Each finger has, besides, a special function from which it takes its name. We have already spoken of the thumb; the index is the finger which points out, it is that of the word and of prophecy; the medius dominates the whole hand, it is that of destiny; the ring-finger is that of alliances and of honours: chiromancers have consecrated it to the sun; the little finger is…
1919 · PDF PAGE 112
THE EQUINOX from your Will as being what they are. They will no longer appear pleasant and attractive, but as bonds, as shames. And when you have attained this point, know that you have passed the Middle Gate of this Path. For you will have uni- fied your Will. Even thus, were a man sitting in a theatre where the play wearies him, he would welcome every distraction, and find amusement in any accident: but if he were intent upon the play, every such incident would annoy him. His attitude to these is then an indication of his attitude towards the…
1919 · PDF PAGE 404
THE EQUINOX Jhana, has already disappeared, never to return, in the sec- ond. The whole question of Nibbana is hopelessly entangled with moonshine metaphysic and mis-interpretation and false tradition. It must be remembered that Nibbana is merely the Pali, the vulgar dialect, for the Sanskrit NIR- VANA, and that Nirvana is a state characterising Moksha, which is the liberation resulting from Nirvikalpa-Samadhi. But then Moksha is defined by the Hindus as unity with Parabrahman; and Parabrahman is without quantity or quality, not subject to chan…
1929 · PDF PAGE 235
…by her contumacy. Perhaps for this reason I invoked Thoth, the god of wisdom, presumably by the invocation printed in Liber Israfel (The Equinox, Vol. I, Vo. VII), which I knew by heart. I may also have been subconsciously wondering whether there was not something in her remarks, and wanted to be enlightened. The record says, "Thoth, invoked with great success, indwells us." But this strikes me as to some extent "written up" in a spirit of complacency, if not arrogance. I remember nothing of any result. March 18th. Possibly I repeated the invoc…
1909 · PDF PAGE 382
THE EQUINOX morality, which could be transmitted as a new gospel for the special use of the Men-Covers of future times, I opened the second book to put down in it some equally useful aphorisms. But as I took my pencil the white, immaculate page appeared covered with brown characters. I had scarcely time enough to read and they had vanished. But I remember what I saw. “You must leave the study of the oyster-shells in order to perceive the invisible, to refine your senses and escape the delusions caused by them.” “The duty of man is not to believ…
1909 · PDF PAGE 382
THE EQUINOX morality, which could be transmitted as a new gospel for the special use of the Men-Covers of future times, I opened the second book to put down in it some equally useful aphorisms. But as I took my pencil the white, immaculate page appeared covered with brown characters. I had scarcely time enough to read and they had vanished. But I remember what I saw. “You must leave the study of the oyster-shells in order to perceive the invisible, to refine your senses and escape the delusions caused by them.” “The duty of man is not to believ…
1909 · PDF PAGE 14
THE EQUINOX out works is dead,” so, good friends, Samadhi is all humbug unless the practitioner shows the glint of its gold in his work in the world. If your mystic becomes Dante, well; if Tennyson, a fig for his trances! But how does this tower of Samadhi stand the assault of Question-time? Is not the idea of Samadhi just as dependent on all the other ideas—man, time, being, thought, logic? If I seek to explain Samadhi by analogy, am I not often found talking as if we knew all about Evolution, and Mathematics, and His- tory? Complex and unscie…
1910 · PDF PAGE 78
THE EQUINOX 4. Hatha Yoga. Union by Courage. 5. Mantra Yoga. Union through Speech. 6. Karma Yoga. Union through Work.* The two chief of these six methods according to the Bhagavad-Gita are: Yoga by Saiikhya (Raja Yoga), and Yoga by Action (Karma Yoga). But the difference between these two is to be found in their form rather than in their substance; for, as Krishna himself says: Renunciation (Raja Yoga) and Yoga by action (Karma Yoga) both lead to the highest bliss; of the two, Yoga by action is verily better than renunciation by action . . . Ch…
1910 · PDF PAGE 78
THE EQUINOX 4. Hatha Yoga. Union by Courage. 5. Mantra Yoga. Union through Speech. 6. Karma Yoga. Union through Work.* The two chief of these six methods according to the Bhagavad-Gita are: Yoga by Saiikhya (Raja Yoga), and Yoga by Action (Karma Yoga). But the difference between these two is to be found in their form rather than in their substance; for, as Krishna himself says: Renunciation (Raja Yoga) and Yoga by action (Karma Yoga) both lead to the highest bliss; of the two, Yoga by action is verily better than renunciation by action . . . Ch…
1911 · PDF PAGE 108
THE EQUINOX not one which is worthy to be compared with her littlest finger-nail. For although he may not partake of the Aethyr, without the ceremonial preparations, even the beholding of this Aethyr from afar is like the partaking of all the former Aethyrs. The Seer is lost in wonder, which is peace. And the ring of the horizon above her is a company of glorious Archangels with joined hands, that stand and sing: This is the daughter of BABALON the Beautiful, that she hath borne unto the Father of All. And unto all hath she borne her. This is t…