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1910 · PDF PAGE 297

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…e whispered in her ear. In his left hand was a little ebony box, a dark paste was in it. He rubbed a little on her lips. And yet a third time he whispered in her ear. 279

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1910 · PDF PAGE 297

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…e whispered in her ear. In his left hand was a little ebony box, a dark paste was in it. He rubbed a little on her lips. And yet a third time he whispered in her ear. 279

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1922 · PDF PAGE 199

Diary of a Drug Fiend

… could only have relied on that! But our minds were shaken by panic. Those cursed medical cowards! Those pompous prophets of evil! Every time we came back to the resolution to stop, they pulled us off the rock. “It’s beyond human power.” But they know which side their breaq’s buttered. It’s their game to discourage their dupes. But they had over-played their hand. They had painted their picture in too crude colours. They revolted us. Again, the effect of Mabel’s death, and the fact that our supplies were so short, combined to drive us into the …

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1904 · PDF PAGE 121

The Sword of Song

…DDHISM 114 pendent thought, of keen ecstasy of love of knowledge, of practical training, that the Buddhasanana Samagama 1 appeals; it is time that Buddhism reformed itself from within; though its truths be held untarnished (and even this is not every where the cas e), its methods, its organisation, are sadly in need of repair; research must be done, men must be perfected, error must be fought. And if in the West a great Buddhist society is built up of m en of intellect, of the men in whose hands the future lie s, there is then an awakening, a t…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 235

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…ACTERISTICS 229 British Government, when he was a baby Nat. ‘“The Queen of Heaven and the Lord of the Gods chewed betel for quite a long time, conversed of the weather, the crops: the affaire Humbert, and the law in relation to motor-cars, with ease and affability. But far was it from Indra’s pious mind to flirt with his distinguished guest! Rather, he thought of the hollow nature of the Safe, the change of money and of position; the sorrow of the too confiding bankers, and above all the absence of an Ego in the Brothers Crawford. ‘While he was…

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1903 · PDF PAGE 15

Berashith

…y another way of expressing the same thing. And “change” is really not my meaning either; for change, to our minds, involves the idea of time. But the whole thing is incon- ceivable — to ratiocination, though not to thought. Note well too that ifI say “Absence-of-book is not on the table” I cannot convert it into “All books are on the table” but only to “some books are on the table”. The proposition is an “E” and not an “*A” proposition. It is the Advaita blunder to make it so; and many a school- boy has fed off the mantelpiece for less. There …

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1907 · PDF PAGE 114

The Star in the West

…rilliance ; 2 And verily My life was borne on the dark stream of death Down whirling aeons , linked abysses , columns Built of essential time . And lo ! the light Shed from Her shoulders whom I dimly saw ; Crowned with twelve stars and hornéd as the moon ; Clothed with a sun to which the sun of earth Were tinsel ; and the moon was at Her feet A moon whose brilliance breaks the sword of song Into a million fragments ; so transcends Music, that starlight-sandalled majesty ! Then-shall I contemplate the face of Her ? 1 Tannhäuser, vol . I, p. 260.…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 72

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

THE EQUINOX Now at last the time being come, did I take my chamber in the House. And upon the secret things that were there shown to me I ponder yet; so that in this place I shall make no mention of them. But this treasure will I give out, that everything noble in that House seemeth vile to them that are swimming in the stream; and everything vile to them appeareth noble. Thus they endure not the delicate stuffs with rough and impure handling; and the rubbish they carry away with them, and devour. Thus wisely hath the master of the House ordain…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 119

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…n the Book 01 the Law. All this have I been taught by her whose purity and strength are even as Earth’s, chosen before the foundation of Time. Lioness with lion, may we walk by night among the ruins 01 great cities, when, weary with happiness too great even 101 our immortality, we turn from the fragrance and fertility 01 Earth. And at the sunrise return where the peopled valleys call us; where, bronzed and buoyant, our children sing aloud as they drive home the spade. Glory be to the Earth and to the Sun and to the holy body and soul of Man ; a…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 72

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

THE EQUINOX Now at last the time being come, did I take my chamber in the House. And upon the secret things that were there shown to me I ponder yet; so that in this place I shall make no mention of them. But this treasure will I give out, that everything noble in that House seemeth vile to them that are swimming in the stream; and everything vile to them appeareth noble. Thus they endure not the delicate stuffs with rough and impure handling; and the rubbish they carry away with them, and devour. Thus wisely hath the master of the House ordain…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 119

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…n the Book 01 the Law. All this have I been taught by her whose purity and strength are even as Earth’s, chosen before the foundation of Time. Lioness with lion, may we walk by night among the ruins 01 great cities, when, weary with happiness too great even 101 our immortality, we turn from the fragrance and fertility 01 Earth. And at the sunrise return where the peopled valleys call us; where, bronzed and buoyant, our children sing aloud as they drive home the spade. Glory be to the Earth and to the Sun and to the holy body and soul of Man ; a…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 336

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…duce anti-Christianity. Antichrist is the shadow, the foil, the proof of Christ. Antichrist already produced itself in the Church in the time of the Apostles: St. Paul said :—‘ For the mystery of iniquity doth already work; only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked One be revealed. . . .”? The Protestants said: “Antichrist is the Pope.” The Pope replied : “‘ Every heretic is an Antichrist.” The Antichrist isno more the Pope than Luther; the Antichrist is the spirit opposed to that of Christ. …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 424

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…nion. Two friends were staying in the same inn, and sharing the same room. One of them had a habit of talking in his sleep, and, at that time, would answer the questions which his com- rade put to him. One night, he suddenly uttered stifled cries; his companion woke up and asked him what was the matter. “But, don’t you see,” said the sleeper, “don’t you see that enormous stone . . . it is becoming loose from the mountain . it is falling on me, it is going to crush me.” “Oh, well, get out of its way!” “Impossible! My feet are caught in brambles …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 336

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…duce anti-Christianity. Antichrist is the shadow, the foil, the proof of Christ. Antichrist already produced itself in the Church in the time of the Apostles: St. Paul said :—‘ For the mystery of iniquity doth already work; only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked One be revealed. . . .”? The Protestants said: “Antichrist is the Pope.” The Pope replied : “‘ Every heretic is an Antichrist.” The Antichrist isno more the Pope than Luther; the Antichrist is the spirit opposed to that of Christ. …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 424

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…nion. Two friends were staying in the same inn, and sharing the same room. One of them had a habit of talking in his sleep, and, at that time, would answer the questions which his com- rade put to him. One night, he suddenly uttered stifled cries; his companion woke up and asked him what was the matter. “But, don’t you see,” said the sleeper, “don’t you see that enormous stone . . . it is becoming loose from the mountain . it is falling on me, it is going to crush me.” “Oh, well, get out of its way!” “Impossible! My feet are caught in brambles …

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1954 · PDF PAGE 296

Magick Without Tears

…eak of the World War, which broke up the West. The second blow was struck by the re-publication of the Book in September, 1913, and this time . .. caused a catastrophe to civilisation. At this hour, the Master Therion is concealed, collecting his forces for a final blow. When The Book of the Law and its Comment is published . .. in perfect obedience to the instruction . . . the result will be incalculably effective. The event will establish the Kingdom of the Crowned and Conquering Child over the whole earth, and all men shall bow to the Law, w…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 165

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…swing fore. Is needful: that I grant again. proaches of Did they at last in glory live, bard. Satan and Judas ® might forgive The middle time of misery, Forgive the wrong creation first Or evolution’s iron key Did them—provided they are passed Beyond all change and pain at last Out of this universe accurst. But otherwise! I lift my voice, Deliberately take my choice Promethean, eager to rejoice, In the grim protest’s joy to revel Betwixt Iscariot and the Devil, Throned in their midst! No pain to feel, Tossed on some burning bed of steel, But th…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 151

The Star in the West

…ying flames of inextinguish able love . At last she has been disclosed to us , she concerning whom it was prophesied in the beginning of Time ; and as the hollow sobs of the dying years have rolled back sonorous , rumbling , and echoing , into the sound less depths of æonial infinity , she who was promised has at length been revealed ; she who will crush the head of that old serpent , who has so long bruised the heel of the children of men who were born in the knowledge of good and of evil . I Rosa Mundi , vol. iii, pp . 51-55 .

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1909 · PDF PAGE 57

John St. John

…one of the Wise, the Summum Bonum, True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness ! I hope (by the way) that I have made it quite clear that all this time even a momentary cessation of active thought has been accompanied by the rising-up of the mantra. The rhythm, in short, perpetually dominates the brain ; and becomes active on every opportunity. The liquid Moslem mantra is much easier to get on to than is the usual Hindu type with its 1% and n sounds predominating: but it does not shake the brain up so forcibly. Perhaps ’tis none the worse {or that. I thi…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 43

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

… but the left retaining a stiffer and curved appearance. Lionel felt ashamed of himself. He took his watch in his hand and looked at the time of night. * For reasons which are obvious to anyone who has mixed the Gluten of the White Eagle with the Red Powder, or accomplished the Third Projection, the order of the Tarot trumps cannot any longer be preserved. Nor will their number here exceed seven, 31

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