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1922 · PDF PAGE 261

Diary of a Drug Fiend

CHAPTER I KING LAMUS INTERVENES It is only three months ago; but it seems a lifetime. My memory is now very good, and I remember more details of the past every day. I am writing this account of the past three months, partly because my best friend tells me that it will strengthen it if I exercise it by putting down what has occurred in sequence. And you know, even a month ago, I couldn’t have recalled anything at all with regard to certain periods. My friend tells me that memory fails me in part because nature mercifully wishes to hide from us t…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 89

Why Jesus Wept

… ? SIR HERPES Z. Better and better. Old Farmer Tyson, luckily enough, as it turned out, insisted on examination; and no less than twenty-three skilled surgeons — all men of note ! — declared her to be virgo intacta. SIR GRABSON J. Eh ? What ? SIR HERPES Z. You see, Englishmen — ah ! SIR GRABSON J. Er—ah ? SIR HERPES Z. Ah !

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1944 · PDF PAGE 221

The Book of Thoth

… accidental interference. The centre of the card is occupied by two long Swords pointed downward. These are crossed by six small swords, three on each side. They remind one of weapons peculiar to their countries or their cults; we see here the Kriss, the Kukri, the Scramasax, the Dagger, the Ma‐ chete and the Yataghan.

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1912 · PDF PAGE 134

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

THE EQUINOX always ending up with kisses in the old armchair, and a dainty dinner. This had continued for nearly three years with no inter- ruption but once when the Professor’s wife, from whom he had long been separated, succeeded in getting into the house on some pretence, and creating a very considerable uproar before the Professor and his butler could master her rage. She was a big muscular woman from Australia with the body of a tiger and the temper of a snake. She would have made a winning fight of it but for Zircon’s adroit sortie to the …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 134

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

THE EQUINOX always ending up with kisses in the old armchair, and a dainty dinner. This had continued for nearly three years with no inter- ruption but once when the Professor’s wife, from whom he had long been separated, succeeded in getting into the house on some pretence, and creating a very considerable uproar before the Professor and his butler could master her rage. She was a big muscular woman from Australia with the body of a tiger and the temper of a snake. She would have made a winning fight of it but for Zircon’s adroit sortie to the …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 114

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…es) keep actively engaged in their respective work. If the mind and Prana are stopped, the state of emancipation is attained.t There are three kinds of Pranayama: Rechaka Pranayama (exhaling the breath), Puraka Pranayama (inhaling the breath) and Kumbhaka Pranaydma (restraining the breath). The first kind consists in performing Rechaka first; the second in doing Puraka first; and the third in suddenly stopping the breath without Puraka and Rechaka.t * Malay pearl divers can remain from three to five minutes under water. + “Hatha Yoga Pradipika,…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 114

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…es) keep actively engaged in their respective work. If the mind and Prana are stopped, the state of emancipation is attained.t There are three kinds of Pranayama: Rechaka Pranayama (exhaling the breath), Puraka Pranayama (inhaling the breath) and Kumbhaka Pranaydma (restraining the breath). The first kind consists in performing Rechaka first; the second in doing Puraka first; and the third in suddenly stopping the breath without Puraka and Rechaka.t * Malay pearl divers can remain from three to five minutes under water. + “Hatha Yoga Pradipika,…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 48

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

… Sword. The PRIEST, issuing jrom the Tomby holding the Tance erect with both handsy right over lejty against his breasty takes the first three regular steps. He then gives the Tance to the PRIESTESS and gives the three penal signs. He then kneels and vsorships the Tance with both hands. Penitential music. The PRIEST. I am a man among men. He takes again the Tance and lowers it. He rises. The PRIEST. How should I be worthy to administer the virtues to the Brethren? The PRIESTESS takes jrom the chïld the water and the salty and mixes them in the …

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1904 · PDF PAGE 131

Snowdrops from a Curate’s Garden

…wins is a fraud, Triplets split yer arse, Yer bet yer bloody Gawd ! One Gawd’s Deism ; Two’s Manichee ; We’re bloody Prodestunts, We run three. Some’s ’appy Cawthlics : Cuckolds an’ ’ores They like : in consikence Five they adores. All little buggers What’s gawt any sense ’Itches on a dildo, And damns the expense. [133]

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1910 · PDF PAGE 8

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…Y REVIEW THE EYES OF ST. LJUBOV. By J. F. C. Futter anp Georce RaFFAaLovicH MIDSUMMER EVE. By ETHEL ARCHER THE POETICAL MEMORY ADELA THE THREE WORMS. By Epwarp STORER THE FELON FLOWER. By ETHEL ARCHER THE BIG STICK GLAZIERS’ HOUSES IN THE TEMPLE. By Victor B. Nevsurc SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT THE HIGH HISTORY OF SIR PALAMEDES THE SARACEN KNIGHT AND OF HIS FOLLOWING OF THE QUESTING BEAST PAGE 281 284 291 292 293 gro 314 317 325 327 346 352

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1910 · PDF PAGE 8

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…Y REVIEW THE EYES OF ST. LJUBOV. By J. F. C. Futter anp Georce RaFFAaLovicH MIDSUMMER EVE. By ETHEL ARCHER THE POETICAL MEMORY ADELA THE THREE WORMS. By Epwarp STORER THE FELON FLOWER. By ETHEL ARCHER THE BIG STICK GLAZIERS’ HOUSES IN THE TEMPLE. By Victor B. Nevsurc SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT THE HIGH HISTORY OF SIR PALAMEDES THE SARACEN KNIGHT AND OF HIS FOLLOWING OF THE QUESTING BEAST PAGE 281 284 291 292 293 gro 314 317 325 327 346 352

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1909 · PDF PAGE 58

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…s imperfect) critical glyphs, as it were in small type, an annotation of approval or otherwise. Thus, a chain of thought A—B—C will have three approving pictures in a fainter key; the soul justifying the sequence. Should one continue A—B—C—E an opposing glyph will warn of the falsity, or at least cast doubt upon it. In the generally un- stable condition of the thought, such a critical glyph may be strong enough to become the dominant; and then the whole line of thought breaks down. Let me give an example: Thought, Criticisms and their glyphs. 1…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 58

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…s imperfect) critical glyphs, as it were in small type, an annotation of approval or otherwise. Thus, a chain of thought A—B—C will have three approving pictures in a fainter key; the soul justifying the sequence. Should one continue A—B—C—E an opposing glyph will warn of the falsity, or at least cast doubt upon it. In the generally un- stable condition of the thought, such a critical glyph may be strong enough to become the dominant; and then the whole line of thought breaks down. Let me give an example: Thought, Criticisms and their glyphs. 1…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 267

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

ELDER EEL AWL. Three lies in three words, Elder. Ye'll win the Bishop's Kettle this year, for sure! But what is it? Hae the Glasgie fowk got wind 0‘ your little affair wi' Bungs? What d'ye mak’ a year oot 0' that? EEL. Ye wicked deevil l AWL. I dinna care. It's your affair to take the King's siller, and the whisky man’s gowd ! But I'm wondering 1100 it gangs wi' sae muckle releegion ! EEL. Ηοο dare ye? AWL. Or have they found your ain private still o‘er the brae? An exciseman wi' a still 0’ his ainl ha! 1131 ha! κει. Ye fausse fiend ! Hae ye gi’…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 267

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

ELDER EEL AWL. Three lies in three words, Elder. Ye'll win the Bishop's Kettle this year, for sure! But what is it? Hae the Glasgie fowk got wind 0‘ your little affair wi' Bungs? What d'ye mak’ a year oot 0' that? EEL. Ye wicked deevil l AWL. I dinna care. It's your affair to take the King's siller, and the whisky man’s gowd ! But I'm wondering 1100 it gangs wi' sae muckle releegion ! EEL. Ηοο dare ye? AWL. Or have they found your ain private still o‘er the brae? An exciseman wi' a still 0’ his ainl ha! 1131 ha! κει. Ye fausse fiend ! Hae ye gi’…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 67

In Residence

…g man said, “Yet your tongue is as trusty as ever; You consistently lie in a manner that I Consider infernally clever!” “T have answered three questions, and that is enough, Come on, if you’re coming at all! Pi hold you—this Buckingham’s capital stuff— I'll hold—but I’m hanged if I’ll haul!”

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1944 · PDF PAGE 22

The Book of Thoth

…mes The Abyss. One cannot go any further into the ideal. The next step must be the Actual—at least, an approach to the Actual. There are three points, but there is no idea of where any one of them. is. A fourth point is essential, and this formulates the idea of matter. The Point, the Line, the Plane. The fourth point, unless it should happen to lie in the plane, gives The Solid. If one wants to know the position of any point, one must define it by the use of three co‐ordinate axes. It is so many feet from the North wall, and so many feet from …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 509

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…Jehovah. This finger is then a synthesis of the hand: if it is strong, the man is morally strong; if it is weak, the man is weak. It has three phalanges, of which the first is hidden in the palm of the hand, as the imaginary axis of the world traverses the thickness of the earth. This first phalanx corresponds to the physical life, the second to the intelligence, the third to the will. Greasy and thick palms denote sensual tastes and great force of physical life; a thumb which is long, especially in its last phalanx, reveals a strong will, whic…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 509

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…Jehovah. This finger is then a synthesis of the hand: if it is strong, the man is morally strong; if it is weak, the man is weak. It has three phalanges, of which the first is hidden in the palm of the hand, as the imaginary axis of the world traverses the thickness of the earth. This first phalanx corresponds to the physical life, the second to the intelligence, the third to the will. Greasy and thick palms denote sensual tastes and great force of physical life; a thumb which is long, especially in its last phalanx, reveals a strong will, whic…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 425

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…users of AhankGra (the faculty that makes the illu- sion called the Ego)—a thought as fleeting as the lightning flash will make thee thy three prizes forfeit—the prizes thou hast won. The meaning is again very much confused by the would- be poetic diction, but it is quite clear that desire of any kind must not interfere with this intensely intellectual medita- tion; and of course the whole object of it is to refrain from preferring any one thing to any other thing. When it says that “A thought as fleeting as the lightning flash will make thee t…

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