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Page 1 of 11910 · PDF PAGE 15
…uineas. Tickets are, however, transferable. Doors will be open at 8.30 ; they will be closed and locked at Nine o’clock pre- cisely. The ceremonies occupy from 1 ½ to 2 ½ hours. ONLY ONE HUNDRED TICKETS WILL BE ISSUED ; EARLY APPLICATION IS THEREFORE DESIRABLE. Application for seats should be made to the Manager, THE EQUINOX, 124, Victoria Street, Telephone : 3210 Victoria. London, S.W. NOTE For the Rite of Saturn you are requested, if convenient, to wear black or very dark blue, for Jupiter violet, for Mars scarlet or russet brown, for Sol ora…
1910 · PDF PAGE 7
… accomplished violin player. There will further be mystical dances by a brilliant young poet who thus draws down the holy influence. The ceremonies will commence at nine o’clock precisely, and no one will be admitted after that hour. They will occupy about two hours, and those who attend will be requested to centre their whole minds upon the idea of the evening, the object, of course, being to induce in the spectators a feeling of religious ecstasy. One hundred seats only will be available and the rent for these seats for the seven ceremonies w…
1910 · PDF PAGE 10
…ligious procession. Gradually, one by one, those of the company who were mere onlookers were beckoned into the circle. The Master of the Ceremonies then ordered a brother to “ bear the Cup of Libation.” The brother went round the room, offering each a large golden bowl full of some pleasant- smelling drink. We drank in turn. This over, a stalwart brother strode into the centre and proclaimed “ The Twelvefold Certitude of God.” Artemis was then invoked by the greater ritual of the Hexagram. More Libation. Aleister Crowley read us the Song of Orp…
1910 · PDF PAGE 11
6 earnestly seeks. Then came a prolonged and intense silence, after which the Master of the Ceremonies dismissed us in these words : By the Power in me vested, I declare the Temple closed. So ended a really beautiful ceremony—beautifully conceived and beautifully carried out. If there is any higher form of artistic expression than great verse and great music I have yet to learn it. I do not pretend to understand the ritual that runs like a thread of magic through these meetings of the A∴ A∴ I do not even know what the A∴ A∴ is. But I do know th…
1910 · PDF PAGE 12
…he figure of the bride going forth to meet the bridegroom. It is the attainment of this which makes the saint and the artist. Now in our ceremonies we endeavour to help everybody present to experience this. We put the mind of the spectator in tune with
1910 · PDF PAGE 13
…himself, but only as it were the instrument of his pleasure, a sort of houseboat that he has taken for the summer. The present series of ceremonies is designed for beginners, for those who have as yet no experience at all. Only the simplest formulas will be used, so that even those who are quite unfamiliar with the methods and aims of ritual may obtain the result, and comprehend the method. Yet they will be profound and perfect, so that even those who are already skilful may obtain further success. Let us add a short analysis of the present ser…