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1911 · PDF PAGE 129

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

… closed: her throat worked convulsively for a moment. Rolles too leaned back, pale with excitement. He drank the fresh air. Then, like a man shot, he lifted himself and fell forward, his head in the nest of her bosom. “ Please sit up and behave sensibly, Mr Rolles ! " was the next word that fell on his ears. “ We are crossing the Seine. Passion may not pass the gloomy river ; here stalks Vice, and the Englishman on its heels. The very coffee sent son Anglais." " Et les femmes," muttered Edgar. She slapped his hand half fiercely. “ It's Poster Ar…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 232

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…rallies PROBATIONERS.] So, all is over. I admit Futility the lord of will. Life was an episode for me, As for the meanest monad, knit To man by mightier bonds than skill Of subtle-souled psychology May sever, Aim in chaos? None. The soul rolls senseless as the sun, [All are driven back μῤto altar. BRO. CAPRICORNUS [emis]. “ There is no God.” MARS [leaps?ושand goes ta altar with uplifted sword]. I. Silence ! [a flame]. There is no God—«but God! [ARIES and PROBATIONERS dance a war dance. [CAPRICORNUSslink:from temple. [MARS recites. This is the da…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 23

Book 4 (Part I)

…ld then avoid all rhetoric, and try to investigate with perfect freedom from bias the phenomena which occurred to these great leaders of mankind. There is no difficulty in our assuming that these men themselves did not understand clearly what happened to them. The only one who explains his system thoroughly is Buddha, and Buddha is the only one that is not dogmatic. We may also suppose that the others thought it inadvisable to explain too clearly to their followers ; St. Paul evidently took this line. Our best document will therefore be the syst…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 178

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…old coin, plays with them] MARTIN. They'll never discover old Martin Meyer’s cache, Iwarrant. Oh, the beautiful gold! When I was a young man I was fond of the kisses of beautiful women; did ever a pair of lips touch me as softly as the soft bright gold? [Laughs softly and gladly] How it trickles over my hands! Sweetest caresses ever I knew, and not a pennyweight rubbed off the beautiful minted money {or it all. Ah! [HE listens] Nothing! Nothing! But I mustn't be caught like this: old Martin Meyer must be very careful [HE replaces the sachs, and…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 178

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…old coin, plays with them] MARTIN. They'll never discover old Martin Meyer’s cache, Iwarrant. Oh, the beautiful gold! When I was a young man I was fond of the kisses of beautiful women; did ever a pair of lips touch me as softly as the soft bright gold? [Laughs softly and gladly] How it trickles over my hands! Sweetest caresses ever I knew, and not a pennyweight rubbed off the beautiful minted money {or it all. Ah! [HE listens] Nothing! Nothing! But I mustn't be caught like this: old Martin Meyer must be very careful [HE replaces the sachs, and…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 74

John St. John

…adapiel. elonusaha cælazod. 1 rule above ye, said the Lord of Lords, exalted in power. [From Dr. Dee's MSS.—ED.] Will now try the Hanged Man again. Very Vigorous and good, my willing of Adonai. . . . I should like to explain the difficulty. It would be easy enough to form a magical Image of Adonai; and He would doubtless inform it. But it would only be an Image. This. may be the meaning of the command- ment “Thou shalt not make any graven image,” etc., just as “ Thou shalt not have any other Gods but me" implies single-minded devotion (Ekagrata)…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 403

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…not find in the shoddy sentimentalism of Tennyson. Even where the vision is true and beautiful it is quite out of place. The young gentleman waits in the park for his young lady; and sees, quite clearly and nicely : “ And like a ghost she glimmers on to me.” Apart from the villainous cacophony and bad taste of the wording, the vision is true enough ; I was once young myself, in a park—and the rest of it; and that is exactly the vision. But what a point of view! The young gentleman must certainly have been a curate. At such moments the heart sho…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 403

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…not find in the shoddy sentimentalism of Tennyson. Even where the vision is true and beautiful it is quite out of place. The young gentleman waits in the park for his young lady; and sees, quite clearly and nicely : “ And like a ghost she glimmers on to me.” Apart from the villainous cacophony and bad taste of the wording, the vision is true enough ; I was once young myself, in a park—and the rest of it; and that is exactly the vision. But what a point of view! The young gentleman must certainly have been a curate. At such moments the heart sho…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 26

The Soldier and the Hunchback ! and ?

THE EQUINOX It is my misfortune and not my fault that I am bound to deliver this elementary Message. “ Man has two sides; one to face the world with, One to show a woman when he loves her.” We must pardon Browning his bawdy jest; for his truth is ower true! But it is your own fault if you are the world instead of the beloved; and only see of me what Moses saw of God! It is disgusting to have to spend one’s life jetting dirt in the face of the British publicin the hope that in washing it they may wash off the acrid grease of their commercialism,…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 51

The Scented Garden

…al Basis of Spiritual Sensation. 43 BILICO — Skeleton in front of Set Beast’s face. TROMES — An enormous black beetle with lobster- like mandibles. BALFORI — A 7-pointed white star, with one point very long. AROLEN — Enormous green locust. ICROCHI — A Cat’s head, a dachshund’s body, a long tufted tail. Browny-yellow, dead-looking. NOMINON — A large red spongy jellyfish with one greenish luminous spot. Like a nasty mess. IAMAI — A small light crested yellow bird, iridescent under the throat. AROGOR — A black vulture with human ears, a very long …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 13

The Vision and the Voice

THE VISION AND THE VOICE R, Tiphereth; Z, Netzach; N, Hod, O, Jesod. The geomantic correspondences of the Enochian alphabet form a sublime commentary. Note that the total angels of the aethyrs are 91, the numeration of Amen. Tue Cry OF THE 28TH AETHYR, WHICH IS CALLED BAG There cometh an Angel into the stone with opalescent shining garments like a wheel of fire on every side of him, and in his hand is a long flail of scarlet lightning; his face is black, and his eyes white without any pupil or iris. The face is very terrible indeed to look upon…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 351

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…SEPHIROTH The end of days, appointed }5°71 YP time. [Dan. xii. 13] A lamb mw wn 306 Father of Mercy DOAN AN Merciful Father jannn aX A woman, wife; virago Paldsy Honey van Domina. [Vide K.D. snp L.GK. p. 528] [Vide K.D. L.C.K. p. 571] PD Coldness ; pertaining to Winter wp Angel of 6 8. bay Malo-Granatum yen © 307 Night Demon of 2" Dec. m_7'8") Ribkah i) 308 Daybreak pa Sparsor xpt Investigation “pn A harsh, grating sound pn Approaching, near ap Ice mp 309 Aleper. [Vide K.D. a=)a} L.C.K. p. 495] Angel of 2" Dec. & sD Strepitus cordis, mussitatio…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 351

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…SEPHIROTH The end of days, appointed }5°71 YP time. [Dan. xii. 13] A lamb mw wn 306 Father of Mercy DOAN AN Merciful Father jannn aX A woman, wife; virago Paldsy Honey van Domina. [Vide K.D. snp L.GK. p. 528] [Vide K.D. L.C.K. p. 571] PD Coldness ; pertaining to Winter wp Angel of 6 8. bay Malo-Granatum yen © 307 Night Demon of 2" Dec. m_7'8") Ribkah i) 308 Daybreak pa Sparsor xpt Investigation “pn A harsh, grating sound pn Approaching, near ap Ice mp 309 Aleper. [Vide K.D. a=)a} L.C.K. p. 495] Angel of 2" Dec. & sD Strepitus cordis, mussitatio…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 62

Book 4 (Part II)

…; but after red has come up once the conditions are changed. It would be useless to insist on such a point were it not for the fact that many people confuse Philosophy with Magick. Philosophy is the enemy of Magick. Philosophy assures us that after all nothing matters, and that che sara sara. In practical life, and Magick is the most practical of the Arts of life, this difficulty does not occur. It is useless to argue with a man who is running to catch a train that he may be destined not to catch it; he just runs, and if he could spare breath w…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 149

Liber Aleph

… perpetually to repetition of thy Successes therein, for it hath been said by Philosophers of old that Practice maketh Perfect, and that Manners, being the constant Habit of Life, maketh Man. t

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1907 · PDF PAGE 137

The Star in the West

130 THE STAR IN THE WEST The nymphomaniac , the Lesbian , the man afflicted with pathic neurosis , satyriasis or priapism is no worse than any other maniac . True , the pornophobic Mrs. Grundy cries shame as she squints askew through the half - closed fingers of her hand , but we refuse to see why this pudibonderie of the old “ Unco gude ” should make the discussion of “ nympho maniacs ” a tabooed subject, whilst she trumpets from the top of her holy bordel (St. Paul's ) deafening blasts of chaste ( !) “ bibliomania .” Often these unfortunates …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 34

John St. John

…ainty of coming through it sooner or later, and that with flying colours. The last??םסשI wasted talking to Dr. R——, that most interesting man. I don’t mean talking; I mean listening. You are a bad, idle good-formothingfellow, 0. M.! Why not stick to that mantra? Have drunk two citrons presses and gone to my room to work a mighty spell of magick Art. Having got rid of Maryt (who, by the way, is Quite mad), and thereby (one might hope) of Apophis and Typhon, I perform the Great Ritual DCLXXI with good results magically; i.e., I formulated things v…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 136

John St. John

… I perceived I34 the true Sacraments—and I beheld in one moment all the mystic visions in one ; and the Holy Graal appeared unto me, and many other inexpressible things were known of me. Also I was given to enjoy the subtle Presence of my Lord interiorly during the whole of this twelfth day. Then Ι besought the Lord that He would take me into His presence eternally even now. But He withdrew Himself, for that I must do that which I was sent hither to do; namely, to rule the earth. Therefore with sweetness ineffable He parted from me ; yet leavin…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 37

The World’s Tragedy

…t any one who declines to grovel and cringe before their filthy fetish. It is obvious that cowardice is the cause of cruelty : the brave man strikes a strenuous blow, and all is over ; the coward brought to bay snarls and strikes in desperation, and if by chance the blow goes home, he jumps on and muti- lates and insults his victim. Of course all this insane Christianity has produced its own toxin. Our prudery goes hand in hand with the most disgusting system of prostitution in the world, and our Theatres (too pure for that corrupter Sophocles)…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 10

The Vision and the Voice

…he House of my Father are peopled; and His Throne is crusted over with white Brilliant Stars, a lustre of bright gems. In the North is a Man upon a Great Horse, having a Scourge and Balances in his hand (or a long spear glitters at his back or in his hand). He is clothed in black velvet and his face is stern and terrible. He spake saying: I have judged! It is the end: the gate of the beginning. Look in the Beneath and thou shalt see a new world! I looked and saw a great abyss and a dark funnel of whirling waters or fixed airs, wherein were citi…

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