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1912 · PDF PAGE 48

Sir Palamedes

42 As suddenly Hell’s own disgust Eats up the joy he had of lust. The brutal glee his folly took For holy joy breaks down his brain. Off bolts the Beast: the earth is shook As out a questing roars again, As if a thirty couple hounds Are in its belly as it bounds ! The peasants gather to deride The knight: creation joins in mirth. Ashamed and scorned on every side, There gallops, hateful to the earth, The laughing-stock of beasts and men, Sir Palamede the Saracen.

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1961 · PDF PAGE 120

Liber Aleph

…ghest; but the Hexagram is for the most Part a Detail of the Formula of the Rose and Cross. Already have I shewed unto thee how the Most Holy Trinity is the Yang; but the Spirit, and the Water (or Fluid) and the Blood, that bear Witness in the Inferior, are of the Yin. Thus the Operation of the Hexagram lieth wholly within the Order of our Plane, uniting indeed any soul with its Image, but not transcendentally, for its Effect is Cosmos, the Vau hat springeth from the Union of the Yod and the Hé. Thus is it but a Glyph of that first Formula, not…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 45

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

LIBER A’ASH 19. There is no act or passion that shall not be a hymn in mine honour. 20. All holy things and all symbolic things shall be my sacraments 21. These animals are sacred unto me; the goat, and the duck, and the ass, and the gazelle, the man, the woman and the child. 22. All corpses are sacred unto me; they shall not be touched save in mine eucharist. All lonely places are sacred unto me; where one man gathereth himself together in my name, there will I leap forth in the midst of him. 23. I am the hideous god; and who mastereth me is u…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 45

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

LIBER A’ASH 19. There is no act or passion that shall not be a hymn in mine honour. 20. All holy things and all symbolic things shall be my sacraments 21. These animals are sacred unto me; the goat, and the duck, and the ass, and the gazelle, the man, the woman and the child. 22. All corpses are sacred unto me; they shall not be touched save in mine eucharist. All lonely places are sacred unto me; where one man gathereth himself together in my name, there will I leap forth in the midst of him. 23. I am the hideous god; and who mastereth me is u…

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1908 · PDF PAGE 33

Amphora

…ce softly sighed The SAVIOUR’S grace Who came And for our sins was crucified Upon the cross of shame ! O chant in cadence whispering The HOLY GHOST that poured On Mary’s bosom soft as spring The unction of the LORD ! In silence let our hearts adore The Mother-maid Divine, And all our vows like swallows soar To Her celestial shrine ! Amen. O 26

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1910 · PDF PAGE 167

The World’s Tragedy

…Rabbi Pip is gone, It’s Back to Bed ! Issa wearily rises. ISSA Then — Back to Bed with John ! JOHN What, wilt Thou go ? ISSA Yea, by the holy hem Of Aaron’s robe — off to Jerusalem ! He goes out, followed by the protesting pair.

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1910 · PDF PAGE 162

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…ndous magical exercise to enter that Silence which is beyond all thought. IV. Right Acts or Right Conduct. Having become obedient to his Holy Guardian Angel (the aspirant’s Spiritual Guru) or to the Universal Law as the Buddhist prefers to call it, man naturally enters the stage of Right Conduct, which brings with it supernormal or magical powers. Self is now put aside from action as well as from speech, and the striver only progresses by a stupendous courage and endurance. The canonical Buddhists however strenuously deny the value of these mag…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 162

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…ndous magical exercise to enter that Silence which is beyond all thought. IV. Right Acts or Right Conduct. Having become obedient to his Holy Guardian Angel (the aspirant’s Spiritual Guru) or to the Universal Law as the Buddhist prefers to call it, man naturally enters the stage of Right Conduct, which brings with it supernormal or magical powers. Self is now put aside from action as well as from speech, and the striver only progresses by a stupendous courage and endurance. The canonical Buddhists however strenuously deny the value of these mag…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 356

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…n,” and also, “Ye must be born again.” It also refers to the overcoming of shame and of the sense of sin. If you think the Temple of the Holy Ghost to be a pig-stye, it is cer- tainly improper to perform therein the Mass of the Graal. Therefore purify and consecrate yourselves; and then, Kings and Priests unto God, perform ye the Miracle of the One Substance. Here is written also the Mystery of Harpocrates. One must become the ‘Unconscious’ (of Jung), the Phallic or Divine Child or Dwarf-Self. 71. The light from the ONE MASTER, the one unfading…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 19

Songs of the Spirit

…een, Became. Like dew a triple queen Shone as the void uncovered : The silence of deep 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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1910 · PDF PAGE 6

Ambergris

…......................................... 30 Chorus........................................................... 33 FROM THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST The May Queen .............................................. 35 The Reaper..................................................... 38 The Palace of the World.................................. 40 The Rosicrucian ............................................. 43 The Athanor................................................... 46 FROM TANNHÄUSER Shepherd’s Boy Song...................................... 53 Ta…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 33

Hail Mary

…ce softly sighed The SAVIOUR’S grace Who came And for our sins was crucified Upon the cross of shame ! O chant in cadence whispering The HOLY GHOST that poured On Mary’s bosom soft as spring The unction of the LORD ! In silence let our hearts adore The Mother-maid Divine, And all our vows like swallows soar To Her celestial shrine ! Amen. O 26

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1911 · PDF PAGE 289

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

OFFICERS LUNA, Silver Robe (md Veil. Violin, Artemist Τhe Lady of the Mean. CANCER, Amber Robe, Cup, Warden aj the Holy Gmal. TAURUS. Orange Raéet Bow and Quiz/etc The Lordof the Bow. A .}-?אמשWhite Roéet The Headof the Dragon A SATYR. Black Rube, The Tail of the?םמשמ PAN. Black Rm, Tom-tam. In the east Luna i: thrzmed, Cancer m her ,!!/?ודצTgum: tm her left. Beyond these the Satyr and the Nymph At the apex 0/ a de::endz'ng Tn'angle, upon the earth, Pan.

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1911 · PDF PAGE 289

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

OFFICERS LUNA, Silver Robe (md Veil. Violin, Artemist Τhe Lady of the Mean. CANCER, Amber Robe, Cup, Warden aj the Holy Gmal. TAURUS. Orange Raéet Bow and Quiz/etc The Lordof the Bow. A .}-?אמשWhite Roéet The Headof the Dragon A SATYR. Black Rube, The Tail of the?םמשמ PAN. Black Rm, Tom-tam. In the east Luna i: thrzmed, Cancer m her ,!!/?ודצTgum: tm her left. Beyond these the Satyr and the Nymph At the apex 0/ a de::endz'ng Tn'angle, upon the earth, Pan.

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1930 · PDF PAGE 61

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…SSUS CUM DAEMONE) sub figura DCCC being the Ritual employed by the Beast 666 for the Attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of his Holy Guardian Angel during the Semester of His performance of the Operation of the Sacred Magick of ABRAMELIN THE MAGE. (Prepared An XVII © in np at the Abbey of Thelema in Cephalædium by the Beast 666 in service to FRATER PROGRA- DIOR.) OFFICIAL PUBLICATION of A.-. A.-. Class D for the Grade of Adeptus Minor. — 265 —

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1907 · PDF PAGE 113

Konx Om Pax

…high the cup; the swarthy priest insanely poured That utmost unction of the Lord, that only Gods might drink it up. Wherefore indeed the holy Jinn that have embraced “ addin Islam ” Arose from their colossal calm, and smote the paramours of sin. Shrieking they fled, and all was still; the perfume of the place was spilt Even on the domes of ivory gilt that soar on Allah’s holy hill. I saw the threescore iron kings smite thrice upon the Burning Throne Till Mecca’s black enchaunted stone resolved the rapture of their wings. The proud Emirs bowed l…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 31

The Scented Garden

…aster : therefore whoso looketh for my name, let him find it darkling in these lines of power ! R. is the Father, W. the Son, And E. the Holy Spirit, three and one : But if they esoterically are read My equal name shall glitter out instead. Yes ! we must not sing hymns to Pan to- day : we must pretend to be German professors, with a keen scientific interest in these very re- markable phenomena which look so much like madness, and which our own perfect sanity and the effulgence (possibly a shade alto) of our dis- creet and legal passion for our …

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1907 · PDF PAGE 191

The Star in the West

… ” A deep and tearless sadness , a growing wonder of how such luxury , such wealth , such satiety can exist cheek by 1 The Temple of the Holy Ghost , vol . i, p 198 . ? Mysteries : Lyrical and Dramatic , vol . i, p . 97 . 3 The Temple of the Holy Ghost , vol . i, p . 178 . 4 The Sword of Song , vol . ii, p . 155 . Songs of the Spirit , vol . p . 52 . 5

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1919 · PDF PAGE 100

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…k athirst might be at ease. 41. And again I was caught up into the presence of my Lord Adonai, and the knowledge and Conversation of the Holy One, the Angel that Guardeth me. 42. O Holy Exalted One, O Self beyond self, O Self- Luminous Image of the Unimaginable Naught, O my dar- ling, my beautiful, come Thou forth and follow me. 43. Adonai, divine Adonai, let Adonai initiate refulgent dalliance! Thus I concealed the name of Her name that inspireth my rapture, the scent of whose body bewildereth the soul, the light of whose soul abaseth this bod…

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1908 · PDF PAGE 71

Amphora

…Thou supremely pure, Cleanse Thou this feeble clay ! Thy grace endure that we endure To that mirific day ! Our virgin brows and pale The holy Crown shall gird. Who took Thy veil shall lift Thy veil And hear the final Word. T 64

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