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LIBER RESH VEL HELIOS. SVB FIGVRA CC ο. These are the adorations to be performed by all aspirants to the A A 1. Let him greet the Sun at dawn, facing East, giving the sign of his grade. And let him say in a loud voice: Hail unto Thee who art Ra in Thy rising, even unto Thee who art Ra in Thy strength, who travellest over the Heavens in Thy bark at the Uprising of the Sun. Tahuti standeth in His splendour at the prow, and Ra- Hoor abideth at the helm. Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Night l 2. Also at Noon, let him greet the Sun, facing South,…
1911 · PDF PAGE 249
…r Aries, in my heart is fidelity—fidelity— fidelity. ARIES. Brother Leo, a god has whispered in mine ear: it is folly—folly—folly. LEO. The sun will be obscured in a moment: and no pilgrims can come to.night. ARIES. Νο pilgrims can come to-night. LEO. There will be no more sacrifice. ARIES. There will be no more sacrifice. [SATAN—TYPHON, SCORPIO—APOPI-IIS, am! BESZ 6771'67' silent/y in ῤγσσεπίσπ. The [ig/zl grows maium/wil)! dimmer] ARIEs. Hail, brethren! Ye are come to adore the splen— dour οί the sun? SATAN-TYPHON. We are come to sacrifice. ARIES. …
1911 · PDF PAGE 69
… and quintessence of darkness. In this terrific silence I abode for very long; then for an instant that seemed longer than many lives the sun of heaven broke in andsmotemineeye, so that I fellbackwardnighfainting. But he bade me be 01 good cheer and return to the task. I obeyed; andbeholdl againthe sun,and behind the sun aglimpse 01 one appointed equally to be hidden and to be seen, each as may be fitting. But the brightness of the sun and its heat dazzled me and scorched me. My members refused to obey; and I slid back- ward into the great stream…
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… who art Tum in Thy setting, even unto Thee who art Tum in Thy joy, who travellest over the Heavens in Thy bark at the Down-going of the Sun. Tahuti standeth in His splendour at the prow, and Ra- Hoor abideth at the helm. Hail unto Thee from the Abodes of Day! 4. Lastly, at Midnight, let him greet the Sun, facing North, giving the sign of his grade. And let him say in a loud voice : Hail unto Thee who art Khephra in Thy hiding, even unto Thee who art Khephra in Thy silence, who travellest over the Heavens in Thy bark at the Midnight Hour of the…
1911 · PDF PAGE 282
…deed, Son of Maia, the greatest of all Gods that tread upon the Milky Way. FR. GEMINI. It is so. SOR. GEMINI. Yet, Brother, there is the Sun-God! VIRGO. Is not Mercury the Sun-God, when hidden during the Night, among the souls of the dead? Hail unto Thee, Trismegistus, Hail unto thee! SOR. GEMINI. Hail, 0 Sender of Dreams! BR. GEMINI. Hail, Ο Supporter of Bacchus Infant! MERCURY. Hail, Twins! FIRST PROBATIONER. Thou art indeed the greatest of all Gods, O Mercury! CHORUS. Hail, Mercury. MERCURY. Yet, ye will betray me! Bury me in a nameless grav…
1911 · PDF PAGE 250
…ey threaten him with their spears. BESZ crunches in terror and lunb: toward West,] SATAN-TVPHON. I would have speech with my brother the Sun. ARIES. It is well. LEO. It is not well. There is danger herein to my Lord. [He hers the way. ARIES. Speech cannot harm our Lord. LEO. Brother, if thou be indeed our brother, what wilt thou say? SATAN-TYPHON. Ο Sun, my brother, is it thy will that 1 have speech with thee? For I lay with thee nine moons in the womb of our mother; for we have loved as none have loved; for 1 am closer knit with thee than ligh…
1911 · PDF PAGE 236
58 THE RITES OF ELEUSIS Twine, and the disk of flaming light Is on thee, seated in the prow Of the Sun’s bark, enthroned above With lapis-Iazuli for love And ruby for enormous force Chosen to seat thee, thee girt round With leopard's pell, and golden sound Of planets choral in their course! [He rises. O thou self-formulated sire! Self~master of thy dam’s desire ! Thine eyes blaze forth with fiery light; Thine heart a secret sun of flame! I adore the insuperable might: I bow before the unspoken Name. [He !?₪/:, the” lum: toward altar, For I am Yest…
1911 · PDF PAGE 299
…ar and the Seal; I am Lord of the Snake and the Sword ; Reveal us the riddle, reveal! Bring us the word of the Lord ; As the flame of the sun, as the roar of the sea, as the storm of the air, As the quake of the earth—let it soar for a boon, for a bane, for a snare, For a lure, for a light, {or a kiss, for a rod, for a scourge, for a sword— Bring us thy burden of bliss—Bring us the word of the Lord! TAURUS. In vain thou askest speech from our Lady of Silence: CANCER. Bear the Cup of Libation ! PAN- 333'333—333- [Recites. Roll through the caverns…
1911 · PDF PAGE 248
…r Aries, it is indeed of evil omen. ARIES. There will be no more sacrifice to-day. LEO. There will be no more sacrifice to—day. ARIES. The sun is already setting. LEO. The night birds are already abroad. ARIES. It grows very dark. LEO. The path is too Steep and dangerous for any pilgrims to come hither. ARIES. There is no moon to—night. LEO. I think there will be rain. ARIES. Let us close the shrine. LEO. The disk of the sun is not yet quite obscured. ARIES. But no pilgrims can come now. LEO. No pilgrims can come now. But it is the rule of the te…
1911 · PDF PAGE 281
THE RITE OF MERCURY Iam the image of my Father Trnu, Lord of the City of the Sun ! The God who commands is in my mouth; The God of Wisdom is in my heart: My tongue is the sanctuary of Truth : And a God sitteth upon my lips! My word is accomplished each day, and the desire of my heart realises itself, like that of Ptah when he creates his works. I am Eternal; therefore everything acts according-to my designs, and everything obeys my words. Therefore I say unto Thee: come forth unto me from thine abode in the Silence, unutterable Wisdom, All—ligh…
1911 · PDF PAGE 296
118 THE RITES OF ELEUSIS whether a snake or a sun In his horoscope Heaven hath cast, It is nothing; every one Shall win to the moon at last, The mage has wrought by his art A billion shapes in the sun. Look through to the heart of his heart, And the many are shapes of one! An end to the art of the mage, And the cold grey blank of the prison An end to the adamant age! The ambrosial moon is arisen. I have bought a lily-white goat For the price ofa crown of thorns, A collar of gold for its throat, A scarlet bow for its horns; I have bought a, lark…
1911 · PDF PAGE 206
…l these are ended can ye come to the centre of the wheel. 26 When the chill of earth black-breasted is uplifted at the glance Of the red sun million-crested, and the forest blossoms dance With the light that stirs and lustres of the dawn, and with the bloom Of the wind’s cheek as it clusters from the hidden Valley‘s gloom ; Then I walk in woodland spaces, musing on the solemn ways Ofthe immemorial places shut behind the starry rays; 01 the East and all its splendour, of the West and all its peace; And the stubborn lights grow tender, and the ha…
1911 · PDF PAGE 159
…hee shall I bear the chalice of blood-tipped lilies, The chalice of red, sweet lilies under the moon ? But now there is no moon, nor any sun; The world's gray noon only is for thee and me; There is no sound in the nerveless silences Of the fading world; there is a quiver of light On the river of life; we are unwed, my Rose, Nor knoweth each the other ; we are undone, My Rose, my secret Rose, my unknown Rose! And still the Autumn woods are rustling dumbly With sodden leaves made brown by wind and rain ; And the satyrs are fled under the earth to …
1911 · PDF PAGE 119
…eat 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 ; and glory be to Love and to the Father 01 Love, the secret Unity of things! Glory be to the Shrine within the Temple, and to the God within the Shrine, to the Word and to the Silence that bore it unto Him …
1911 · PDF PAGE 238
THE RITES OF ELEUSIS When the sun sinks, and royal rays Of moonrise flash across the day‘s. [He rise: and/"aces altar. I have risen ! I have risen ! as a mighty hawk of gold ! From the golden egg I gather, and my wings the world enfold. I alight in mighty splendour from the throned boats of light; Companies of Spirits follow me ; adore the Lords of Night. Yea, with gladness did they paean, bowing low before my car, In my ears their homage echoed from the sunrise to the star. I have risen! I am gathered as a lovely hawk of gold, I the first—born o…
1911 · PDF PAGE 51
…lily swayed by the wind of time ! Grey eyes that crave the chrism of crime ! Blanched face like a note on a clarion I Red mouth like the sun through simoon, typhoonl Hurricanes howl, howl in her heart; Serpents sleep in her smile; I hear Horrible happenings long ago, Direful deeds, weirds of woe, 43
1911 · PDF PAGE 54
…ps of the hollows of the mountain, What dream angelic fathered you On what celestial fountain? Nayl but I lay on lower earth Stagnant in sunless meres! The prison Of monstrous spawn, detested birth— Behold me rearisen ! It was yon fierce diurnal star That licked me up with his huge kisses, And dropped me in his rain afar Upon these frore abysses! Yea! as I press to the cool moss My mouth, and drink at its delirious Delight—acclaim the Sun across The menaces of Sirius !
1911 · PDF PAGE 55
THREE POEMS FOR JANE CHERON Doth not the World's great Alchemist Rule earth's alembic with the sun ? Is not the mind a foolish mist, And is not water one? The slim white body that you gave, Wild Jaja’, with exotic nautches Wanton and wonderful, a wave Of debonair debauches, Is worth the virgin limbs and lips Of her the virtuous, the viceless, With life who never came to grips, Who gave me nothing priceless. Give me the purity distilled From dervish sweat and satyr bruises. The Holy Graal with wine is filled From no unbroken cruses. Doth not the …
1911 · PDF PAGE 278
… vision flames across the horizon The millionth of no time—and when we say: Hail !—Thou art gone! The Moon is dark beside thy crown ; the Sun Seems a pale image of thy body bare; And for thine hair Flash comets lustrous with the dewfall rare Of tears of that most memorable One, The radiant Queen, the veiléd Paphiani The wings of light divine Beneath thy body shine ; The invisible Rayed with some tangible flame, Seeking to formulate a name,
1911 · PDF PAGE 245
…ween a sleep and a sleep. [Returns A pause. ARIES. 333-333. 1350- 333'333᾿ ARIES. Brother Leo, what is the place? LEO. The Temple of the Sun upon the Mountain of Abiegnus! ARIES. Brother Leo, what is the hour? LEO. Sunsetl ARIES. It is the hour of sacrifice. LEO. Brother Aries, what is the sacrifice? ARIES. It is hidden from me. [51767168. SOL. I-22-22-1. ARIES. Hark! it is the Summons Of the King. LEO. It is the Lord of Heaven that awakens the Children of the Light. [They draw the wil—full fight—and kneel. ARIES. Let us adore the Exalted One! LEo…