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1910 · PDF PAGE 15

The Rites of Eleusis

…u are requested, if convenient, to wear black or very dark blue, for Jupiter violet, for Mars scarlet or russet brown, for Sol orange or white, for Venus green or sky-blue, for Mercury shot silk and mixed colours, for Luna white, silver, or pale blue. It is not necessary to confine yourself to the colour mentioned, but it should form the keynote of the scheme. The etiquette to be observed is that of the most solemn religious ceremonies. It should be particularly borne in mind that silence itself is used as a means of obtaining effects.

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1919 · PDF PAGE 73

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

LIBER CORDIS CINCTI SERPENTE tle, and is called white and glistening; one absorbs all and is called black. 19. Therefore, O my darling, art thou black. 20. O my beautiful, I have likened thee to a jet Nubian slave, a boy of melancholy eyes. 21. O the filthy one! the dog! they cry against thee. Because thou art my beloved. 22. Happy are they that praise thee; for they see thee with Mine eyes. 23. Not aloud shall they praise thee; but in the night watch one shall steal close, and grip thee with the secret grip; another shall privily cast a crown …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 278

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…me Choice, Prussian Knight, Knight of the Temþle, Knight of the Eagle, Knight of the Black Eagle, Knight of the Red Eagle, Knight of the White East, [{mght of the East, Commander of the East, Grand Commander of the East, Sovereign Commander of the Temple, and Prince of jerusalem .' Sovereign Prince Rose Croix of Kilwinning and of Heredem, Knight of the West, Sublime Philosopher, Discreet of Chaos, Sage of Chaos, Knight of the Sun, Supreme Cammmm’er of the Stars, Sublime Philosopher Knight Noachlte, of all four grades of the Key of Masonry, True…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 278

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…me Choice, Prussian Knight, Knight of the Temþle, Knight of the Eagle, Knight of the Black Eagle, Knight of the Red Eagle, Knight of the White East, [{mght of the East, Commander of the East, Grand Commander of the East, Sovereign Commander of the Temple, and Prince of jerusalem .' Sovereign Prince Rose Croix of Kilwinning and of Heredem, Knight of the West, Sublime Philosopher, Discreet of Chaos, Sage of Chaos, Knight of the Sun, Supreme Cammmm’er of the Stars, Sublime Philosopher Knight Noachlte, of all four grades of the Key of Masonry, True…

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1903 · PDF PAGE 27

The Star and the Garter

…is trim ; The breezes bend the sails. They chant the necromantic hymn, Arouse Arabian tales. To sea! Before us leap the waves ; The wild white combers follow. Invoke, ye melancholy slaves, The morning of Apollo! There’s phosphorescence in the wake, And starlight o’er the prow. One comet, like an angry snake, Lifts up its hooded brow. The black grows grey toward the East : A hint of silver glows. Gods gather to the mystic feast On interlunar snows. D 25

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1907 · PDF PAGE 150

The Star in the West

…x " : Single in love and aim , Double in form and name ,? that arch which rests on the two great pillars of Solomon's temple , black and white , and contrary , yet their power is one , for they are the limbs of God . “ Rosa Mundi ” stands before us crowned , naked , and wonderful . Neither Alice nor Archais , neither Ratoum nor Cora , neither Venus nor Isis , yet the woven filament of all these glowing petals into one flaming Rose of glory ; in whose sceptred - heart burns the white phallus of God , and whose jewelled crown is crimson with the …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 456

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

80 SIR PALAMEDES, THE SARACEN KNIGHT White as a corpse, the hero hails The dawn, that night of fear still shaking His body. All death’s doubt assails Him. Was it sleep or was it waking? “ By God, I care not, I!” (quod he). “Or wake or sleep, or live or dead, I will pursue this mystery. So help me Grace of Godlihead!” Ay! with thy wasted limbs pursue That subtle Beast home to his den! Who knows but thou mayst win athrough, Sir Palamede the Saracen?

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1910 · PDF PAGE 456

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

80 SIR PALAMEDES, THE SARACEN KNIGHT White as a corpse, the hero hails The dawn, that night of fear still shaking His body. All death’s doubt assails Him. Was it sleep or was it waking? “ By God, I care not, I!” (quod he). “Or wake or sleep, or live or dead, I will pursue this mystery. So help me Grace of Godlihead!” Ay! with thy wasted limbs pursue That subtle Beast home to his den! Who knows but thou mayst win athrough, Sir Palamede the Saracen?

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1935 · PDF PAGE 2

One Star in Sight

…to join pseudo- occult orders which have used the Publications of the A A as text books etc., but that have no connection with The Great White Brotherhood known as A A Address all communications to W. T. Smith, Box 6574, Station C, Los Angeles, California

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1905 · PDF PAGE 120

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…rance of a dream And all the sudden ecstasy of words Deluge my spirit with a lake of light. VOL, I. IT. The constant ripple of your long white hands, The soul-tormenting violin that speaks Truth, and enunciates all my soul seeks, That binds my love in its desirous bands, And clutches at my heart, until there stands No fibre yet unshaken, while it wreaks In one sharp song the agony of weeks, And all my soul and body understands. The music changes, and I know that here, In these new melodies, a tongue of fire Leaps at each waving of the silver sp…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 19

Songs of the Spirit

…ep height was drawn A veil across the silver dawn On holy wings that hovered. The music of three thoughts became The beauty, that is one white flame, The justice that surpasses shame, The victory, the splendour, The sacred fountain that is whirled From depths beyond that older world A new world to engender. The kingdom is extended. Night Dwells, and I contemplate the sight 9

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1899 · PDF PAGE 241

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

… path of flowers to the end. I pray thee, God, to weapon me With this keen fire, That I may set this people free As my desire ; That the white lilies of our liberty Grow on Life’s crags still higher, Till on the loftiest peaks their blossom flower, The rampart of a people and their power.

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1907 · PDF PAGE 38

The Star in the West

…a prophecy , somewhat of an anthem : I rose within the elemental ball, And lo ! the Ancient One of Days did sit ! His head and hair were white as wool . His eyes A flaming fire : and from the splendid mouth Flashed the Eternal Sword ! Lo ! Lying at his feet as dead , I saw The leaping - forth of Law : Division of the North wind and the South , The lightning of the armies of the Lord ; East rolled asunder from the rended West ; Height clove the depth ; the Voice begotten said : “ Divided be thy ways and limited ! ” Answered the reflux and the in…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 316

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

THE EQUINOX “TI grow great, and my white wand becomes a wand of living fire. Then I perceived that the angel had left me, and that once again fiery rain was falling around me. “ After this I departed, and in the air was surrounded by dark forms, whom I commanded to lead me back to the circle. Then I sank amid a flock of eagles, and, descending, prayed and rejoined my body. “ My body was intensely strengthened; I was filled with a feeling of power and glory. I gave thanks.’ No. 10. “Queen’s Hall. During the axdante of Beetho- ven’s Symphony in C…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 316

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

THE EQUINOX “TI grow great, and my white wand becomes a wand of living fire. Then I perceived that the angel had left me, and that once again fiery rain was falling around me. “ After this I departed, and in the air was surrounded by dark forms, whom I commanded to lead me back to the circle. Then I sank amid a flock of eagles, and, descending, prayed and rejoined my body. “ My body was intensely strengthened; I was filled with a feeling of power and glory. I gave thanks.’ No. 10. “Queen’s Hall. During the axdante of Beetho- ven’s Symphony in C…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 43

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…gs to tolerate. He was thinking, pondering, meditating upon the most important matter in life, the personal one. He looked at his hands, white, well shaped, well kept, 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 he…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 43

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…gs to tolerate. He was thinking, pondering, meditating upon the most important matter in life, the personal one. He looked at his hands, white, well shaped, well kept, 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 he…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 9

The Vision and the Voice

…ysteries of Creation? How much more those of the Dissolution (and the Pang of Fire)? I turned me to the West and there was a great Bull; White with horns of White and Black and Gold. His mouth was scarlet and his eyes as Sapphire stones. With a great sword he shore the skies asunder, and amid the silver flashes of the steel grew lightnings and deep clouds of Indigo. 7

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1919 · PDF PAGE 78

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…ss, that thereby she sickened, and corrupted before me. Almost I cast myself into the stream. 13. Then at the end appointed her body was whiter than the milk of the stars, and her lips red and warm as the sunset, and her life of a white heat like the heat of the midmost sun. 14. Then rose she up from the abyss of Ages of Sleep, and her body embraced me. Altogether I melted into her beauty and was glad. 15. The river also became the river of Amrit, and the little boat was the chariot of the flesh, and the sails thereof the blood of the heart tha…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 75

Oracles

…, Five rays in one unite, Light, Life, Love, Mercy, Might, Star of the Magi. VII Lift, lift the Cross of Light, Rose, golden, green, and white, Rise, rise athwart the night ! Mighty Aeshuri ! VIII Flame, flame, thou Blazoned Sun ! Seal-Star of Solomon ! Seven Mysteries in One ! Godhead and Mankind ! IX Beauty and life and love ! Let fly thy darling dove ! Bend to us from above, Lady Ahathor !

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