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Page 101 of 1191919 · PDF PAGE 330
THE EQUINOX throughout that the student is already familiar with at least the elements of Mysticism. True, you are supposed to be ignorant of the dangers of the lower Iddhi; but there are really quite a lot of people, even in Boston, who do not know that there are any Iddhi at all, low or high. However, one who has been assiduous with Book 4, by Frater Perdurabo, should have no difficulty so far as a general comprehension of the subject-matter of the Book is concerned. Too ruddy a cheerfulness on the part of the assiduous one will however be pr…
1930 · PDF PAGE 85
… existence of the Angel is the justifica¬ tion of the device of création. 1 Line 9. This line must be studied in the light of Liber LXV (Equinox XL p. 65). Section H, This récapitulation demands the going forth together of the Adept and his Angel ato do their pleasure on the Earth among the living.” Section J. The Beast 666 having devised the présent method of using this Ritual, having proved it by his own practice to be of infallible puissance when properly performed, and now having written it down for the World, it shall be an ornament for th…
1935 · PDF PAGE 6
… all comprehension of those of lower degrees. But of these last three Grades see some further account in The Temple of Solomon the King, Equinox I to X and elsewhere. It should be stated that these Grades are not necessarily attained fully, and in strict consecution, or manifested wholly on all planes. The subject is very difficult, and entirely beyond the limits of this small treatise. We append a more detailed account. 3. The Order of the S. S. is composed of those who have crossed the Abyss; the implications of this expression may be studied…
1996 · PDF PAGE 45
… none by the Book? 49. Abrogate are all rituals, all ordeals, all words and signs. Ra- Hoor-Khuit hath taken his seat in the East at the Equinox of the Gods; and let Asar be with Isa, who also are one. But
1910 · PDF PAGE 70
THE EQUINOX which is within all.” And also again in the same Upanishad (1. 4. 10.), “He who worships another divinity (than the Atman), and says ‘it is one and I am another’ is not wise, but he is like a house-dog of the gods.” And house-dogs shall we remain so long as we cling to a belief in a knowing sub- ject and a known object, or in the worship of anything, even of the Atman itself, as long as it remains apart from our- selves. Such a dilemma as this does not take long to induce one of those periods of “spiritual dryness,” one of those “da…
1910 · PDF PAGE 164
THE EQUINOX enlightened, he does everything with a wise purpose, in the full knowledge of what he is doing, and what he will accomplish. He wastes no drachm of energy, but does everything with calm directness of purpose, and with penetrating intelligence. This is the stage of Masterly Power in which effort is freed from strife and error, and perfect tranquillity of mind is maintained under all circum- stances. He who has reached it, accomplishes everything upon which he sets his mind.* VII. Right Thought. So filled with Understanding is he now …
1910 · PDF PAGE 70
THE EQUINOX which is within all.” And also again in the same Upanishad (1. 4. 10.), “He who worships another divinity (than the Atman), and says ‘it is one and I am another’ is not wise, but he is like a house-dog of the gods.” And house-dogs shall we remain so long as we cling to a belief in a knowing sub- ject and a known object, or in the worship of anything, even of the Atman itself, as long as it remains apart from our- selves. Such a dilemma as this does not take long to induce one of those periods of “spiritual dryness,” one of those “da…
1910 · PDF PAGE 164
THE EQUINOX enlightened, he does everything with a wise purpose, in the full knowledge of what he is doing, and what he will accomplish. He wastes no drachm of energy, but does everything with calm directness of purpose, and with penetrating intelligence. This is the stage of Masterly Power in which effort is freed from strife and error, and perfect tranquillity of mind is maintained under all circum- stances. He who has reached it, accomplishes everything upon which he sets his mind.* VII. Right Thought. So filled with Understanding is he now …
1911 · PDF PAGE 60
THE EQUINOX voice cometh, as it were the music of the ripples of the surface of the sphere: Truth is delight. (This means that the Truth of the universe is delight.) Another voice cometh; it is the voice of a mighty Angel, all in silver; the scales of his armour and the plumes of his wings are like mother-of-pearl in a framework of silver. And he sayeth: Justice is the equity that ye have made for yourselves between truth and falsehood. But in Truth there is nothing of this, for there is only Truth. Your falsehood is but a little falser than yo…
1911 · PDF PAGE 116
THE EQUINOX things, until thou art mightier than all the Kings of the earth, and all the Angels of the Heavens, and all the gods that are beyond the Heavens. Then shalt thou meet me in equal con- flict, and thou shalt see me as Iam. And I will overcome thee and slay thee with the red rain of my lightnings. I am lying underneath this pyramid of light. It seems as if I had the whole weight of it upon me, crushing me with bliss. And yet I know that I am like the prophet that said: I shall see Him, but not nigh. And the Angel sayeth: So shall it be…
1919 · PDF PAGE 122
THE EQUINOX est endeavours: for so flowered are the meadows of this Eden, and so sweet the fruit of its orchards, that you will love to linger among them, and to take delight in sloth and dalliance therein. Therefore I write to you with energy that you should not do thus to the hindrance of your true prog- ress, because all these enjoyments are dependent upon dual- ity, so that their true name is Sorrow of Illusion, like that of the normal life of man, which you have set out to transcend. Be it according to your Will, but learn this, that (as i…
1909 · PDF PAGE 346
THE EQUINOX swindle, I suppose, a fake—and yet, after all, this Gingerbread showman in this Gingerbread City was not the first to work the merry cantrip. For wherever seals are common, be it in our own northern islands or in further foreign lands, there will these mermaid legends be wrought around them. Only in Orkney or the Hebrides they are most easily garnered, for the language is our own language. One of the most beautiful of them, when told in full, is the tale of the Mermaid Wife. On a moonlight night, as an Orkney fisherman strolled by t…
1909 · PDF PAGE 346
THE EQUINOX swindle, I suppose, a fake—and yet, after all, this Gingerbread showman in this Gingerbread City was not the first to work the merry cantrip. For wherever seals are common, be it in our own northern islands or in further foreign lands, there will these mermaid legends be wrought around them. Only in Orkney or the Hebrides they are most easily garnered, for the language is our own language. One of the most beautiful of them, when told in full, is the tale of the Mermaid Wife. On a moonlight night, as an Orkney fisherman strolled by t…
1929 · PDF PAGE 39
…ssification of the Universe, that there is nothing which is not comprehended therein. The Article on the Qabalah in Vol. I, No. V of the Equinox is the best which has been written on the subject. It should be deeply studied, in connection with the Qabalistic Diagrams in Nos. II and III: “The Temple of Solomon the King”. Such is a crude and elementary sketch of this System. The formula of Tetragrammaton is the most important for the practical magician. Here Yod = 2, Hé = 3, Vau = 4 to 9, Hé final =10. The Number Two represents Yod, the Divine or…
1954 · PDF PAGE 538
…e original consciousness applies equally to this higher consciousness; and one gets to one higher still which !s again destroyed. In The Equinox, Vol I there is an essay called The Soldier and the Hunchback : ! and ? In Liber Aleph too there are several chapters about attainment by what is called the Method of Ladders. All these operations are equally valid and equally invalid, and the result of this is that the whole subject of Yoga leads to constantly increasing confusion. The fineness of the analytical instrument seems to defeat its own purp…
1909 · PDF PAGE 300
THE EQUINOX Neophyte, is led up to the Portal of the First Grade, the Grade of Neophyte, and is momentarily revealed a flashing vision of Adonai, as it were a tongue of blinding flame out of the depths of darkness, to show him that there is light even in this dreadful night through which he has to journey. He learns that though Adonai is in Kether, Kether also is in Malkuth; but the Rituals which follow the 0°=o°, excepting the Portal, which consist more of symbols and their explana- tions than of rites and ceremonials, are more inclined to obs…
1909 · PDF PAGE 300
THE EQUINOX Neophyte, is led up to the Portal of the First Grade, the Grade of Neophyte, and is momentarily revealed a flashing vision of Adonai, as it were a tongue of blinding flame out of the depths of darkness, to show him that there is light even in this dreadful night through which he has to journey. He learns that though Adonai is in Kether, Kether also is in Malkuth; but the Rituals which follow the 0°=o°, excepting the Portal, which consist more of symbols and their explana- tions than of rites and ceremonials, are more inclined to obs…
1913 · PDF PAGE 153
…vident upon the publication of Part IV of Book 4. We now return to the diary. On September 24 we find a new password for the forthcoming Equinox—4 dio. Its sublime meaning was not yet suspected by Frater Perdu- rabo. On November 9 we find the entry “Here endeth this diary, for I write now in a Holy Book of my Holy Pilgrimage to the Sun.” In fact, he left London for Paris on November 10, attended only by a single Chela. He arrived at Algiers on the 17th, and on the next day took the tram to Arba, from which point they started to walk to Bou- Saa…
1913 · PDF PAGE 153
…vident upon the publication of Part IV of Book 4. We now return to the diary. On September 24 we find a new password for the forthcoming Equinox—4 dio. Its sublime meaning was not yet suspected by Frater Perdu- rabo. On November 9 we find the entry “Here endeth this diary, for I write now in a Holy Book of my Holy Pilgrimage to the Sun.” In fact, he left London for Paris on November 10, attended only by a single Chela. He arrived at Algiers on the 17th, and on the next day took the tram to Arba, from which point they started to walk to Bou- Saa…
1954 · PDF PAGE 15
…en flattered by having such fulsome honors and praise heaped upon him. A lengthy reference to this episode was made years earlier in The Equinox , Vol. I, No. 10. There is a section , In Memoriam-John Yarker. which is a record of two meetings of a primitive Rite of Masonry. The first was to give homage to John Yarker, the Sovereign Grand Master General of this Rite, who had died on March 20, 1913. The second protested the attendance of an unnamed follower of