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1912 · PDF PAGE 128

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…erstands, and lay down. Placide Gervez grunted assent, and lying down with a surly “ Bon soir" dropped instantly to sleep. How was he to know what dreams would echo his quarter of an hour with the two philosophers of Paris? About eleven o‘clock the next morning some of the well- horsed search-party from Fontainebleau reached the hut. 86

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1913 · PDF PAGE 457

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…utely radiant and excited. As soon as he caught sight of Eliphas : “Thanks, Master!” he cried. “The machine works! People whom I did not know have come to place at my disposal the funds which were necessary to carry out my enterprise; I have found again peace in sleep; and all that thanks to your power!” 159

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1913 · PDF PAGE 457

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…utely radiant and excited. As soon as he caught sight of Eliphas : “Thanks, Master!” he cried. “The machine works! People whom I did not know have come to place at my disposal the funds which were necessary to carry out my enterprise; I have found again peace in sleep; and all that thanks to your power!” 159

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1929 · PDF PAGE 138

Moonchild

…ive the original. "Utter the Word of Majesty and Terror! True without lie, and certain without error, And of the essence of The Truth. I know The things above are as the things below, The things below are as the things above, To wield the One Thing's Thaumaturgy — Love. As all from one sprang, by one contemplation, So all from one were born, by permutation. Sun sired, Moon bore, this unique Universe; Air was its chariot, and Earth its nurse. Here is the root of every talisman Of the whole world, since the whole world began. Here is the fount an…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 125

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

… streets ; there is romance in narrow streets !—I found myself in the Rue des Quatre Vents ; not a stone’s-throw from this house, as you know. “T had been thinking of my previous misadventure, and, with the folly of youth, had been indulging in a reverie of the kind that begins ‘If only.’ If only she had been a princess ravished by a wicked ogre. Ifonly... Ifonly... “On the south side of the Rue des Quatre Vents is a house standing well back from the street, with a railing in front of it—a common type, is it not? But what riveted my 115

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1909 · PDF PAGE 125

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

… streets ; there is romance in narrow streets !—I found myself in the Rue des Quatre Vents ; not a stone’s-throw from this house, as you know. “T had been thinking of my previous misadventure, and, with the folly of youth, had been indulging in a reverie of the kind that begins ‘If only.’ If only she had been a princess ravished by a wicked ogre. Ifonly... Ifonly... “On the south side of the Rue des Quatre Vents is a house standing well back from the street, with a railing in front of it—a common type, is it not? But what riveted my 115

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1912 · PDF PAGE 20

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…stitution by raising a temple to the Eternal and Supreme Ruler of the Universe. “ Swear, my son, that you will be a true and faithful M. Know, from this moment, that I centre the affection of a parent in the name of a brother and a friend May your heart be susceptible of love and esteem, and may you burn with the same zeal your father possesses. Convince the world, by your new allegiance, you are deserving our favours, xw

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1912 · PDF PAGE 110

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

… all look upon me as the undertaker—Doctor Doom'em, isn’t it ?—because you are afraid to tell the patient what nine times out of ten you know as well as I do. Doctor Doom‘em ! Dr. F. Now, old man, don't get excited. Dr. B. Excited! Why my life would be one long hell if I hadn’t chosen a very simple method. Tell the truth. I‘m not a lawyer, paid to tell lies. Tell the truth Then I’ve done my part; my conscience is clear; I eat hearty and sleep sound. Dr. F. But is it always best to tell the truth? May you not sometimes overlook a grain of hope, …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 139

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

PROFESSOR ZIRCON diamonds. Just crystallizing coal, you see; so simple when you know how to do it. Wait a minute! And he fetched a small electric machine from the laboratory and solemnly made it spark in the coal—scuttle. There] he announced triumph— antly. Now we'll see if we’ve managed to crystallize any coal 1 " So the child began to hunt in the scuttle, and in a few minutes found the ring glittering in its dusty setting, like the eyes of a snake in the jungle. “Oh, you darling I " she cried, “Oh, you old fraud 1 You said nothing about makin…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…stitution by raising a temple to the Eternal and Supreme Ruler of the Universe. “ Swear, my son, that you will be a true and faithful M. Know, from this moment, that I centre the affection of a parent in the name of a brother and a friend May your heart be susceptible of love and esteem, and may you burn with the same zeal your father possesses. Convince the world, by your new allegiance, you are deserving our favours, xw

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1912 · PDF PAGE 110

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

… all look upon me as the undertaker—Doctor Doom'em, isn’t it ?—because you are afraid to tell the patient what nine times out of ten you know as well as I do. Doctor Doom‘em ! Dr. F. Now, old man, don't get excited. Dr. B. Excited! Why my life would be one long hell if I hadn’t chosen a very simple method. Tell the truth. I‘m not a lawyer, paid to tell lies. Tell the truth Then I’ve done my part; my conscience is clear; I eat hearty and sleep sound. Dr. F. But is it always best to tell the truth? May you not sometimes overlook a grain of hope, …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 139

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

PROFESSOR ZIRCON diamonds. Just crystallizing coal, you see; so simple when you know how to do it. Wait a minute! And he fetched a small electric machine from the laboratory and solemnly made it spark in the coal—scuttle. There] he announced triumph— antly. Now we'll see if we’ve managed to crystallize any coal 1 " So the child began to hunt in the scuttle, and in a few minutes found the ring glittering in its dusty setting, like the eyes of a snake in the jungle. “Oh, you darling I " she cried, “Oh, you old fraud 1 You said nothing about makin…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 527

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…s would not so easily be the dupes of our mystifications. Like all Catholics, we believe in the existence of spirits of darkness, but we know also that the divine power has given them the darkness for an eternal prison, and that the Redeemer saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning. If the demons tempt us, it is by the voluntary complicity of our passions, and it is not permitted to them to make head against the empire of God, and by stupid and useless mani- festations to disturb the eternal order of Nature. The diabolical signatures and chara…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 588

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

… to the children of earth, one alone could say of thee: “I and my Father are one.” Glory then be his, since all his glory is thine! Thou knowest, O my Father, that he who writes these lines has struggled much and suffered much; he has endured poverty, calumny, proscription, prison, the forsaking of those whom he loved:—and yet never did he find himself un- happy, since truth and justice remained to him for consolation | Thou alone art holy, O God of true hearts and upright souls, and thou knowest if ever I thought myself pure in thy sight! Like…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 527

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…s would not so easily be the dupes of our mystifications. Like all Catholics, we believe in the existence of spirits of darkness, but we know also that the divine power has given them the darkness for an eternal prison, and that the Redeemer saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning. If the demons tempt us, it is by the voluntary complicity of our passions, and it is not permitted to them to make head against the empire of God, and by stupid and useless mani- festations to disturb the eternal order of Nature. The diabolical signatures and chara…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

… to the children of earth, one alone could say of thee: “I and my Father are one.” Glory then be his, since all his glory is thine! Thou knowest, O my Father, that he who writes these lines has struggled much and suffered much; he has endured poverty, calumny, proscription, prison, the forsaking of those whom he loved:—and yet never did he find himself un- happy, since truth and justice remained to him for consolation | Thou alone art holy, O God of true hearts and upright souls, and thou knowest if ever I thought myself pure in thy sight! Like…

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1922 · PDF PAGE 235

Diary of a Drug Fiend

… idea that I had a terrible quarrel with Peter, but I can’t remember any details. I think he does, though, but he won't tell me. I don’t know why he should act like that. The only thing I can think is that Gretel Webster may have come down to see him perhaps in her astral body, and put him against me somehow. .. . He was lying on the sofa in his pyjamas. I wanted to be kissed, and went over to him with some cocaine. But he didn’t move. He looked at me with wide open eyes. There was some dreadful fear in them, and he said,— “‘ Black, the plague …

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1922 · PDF PAGE 261

Diary of a Drug Fiend

…artly because my best friend tells me that it will strengthen it if I exercise it by putting down what has occurred in sequence. And you know, even a month ago, I couldn’t have recalled anything at all with regard to certain periods. My friend tells me that memory fails me in part because nature mercifully wishes to hide from us things which are painful. The spider-web of protective forget- fulness is woven over the mouth of the cave which conceals the raw head and bloody bones of our mis- fortunes. “ But the greatest men,” says King Lamus, “ a…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 284

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…-morrow we die!”’ is the Hebrew for it. Butif we survive or revive Myst, The problem is merely postponed. If ‘death is a sleep”: why, we know what happens after sleep. Scept. The question resolves itself, there- fore, into the other which we both of us anticipated and feared : What is this ‘‘identi- cal consciousness” which is the cause of so much confusion of thought. We have in the phenomena of mind (a) a set of simple im- pressions; (4)? a machinery for grasping and interpreting these; of sifting, grouping, organizing, co-ordinating, integra…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 10

Alexandra

…erved the thoughtful though dazzling monarch. “ I will, miss ! ” cried the youth, the flash of genius leaping to his eyes. And as we all know, he kept his word. 11. v. I. You saved . . . savedst. 12. It is said that on the occasion of an important shooting match at Hurlingham, in which the Prince of Wales was to take part, Queen Alexandra in full regalia rushed between No. 3 trap and the 24-yard mark, and, in noble imitation of the Empress Agrippina, smote herself in the region of the uterus and cried “ Strike here ! ” From that moment the doom…

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