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Page 17 of 1191910 · PDF PAGE 50
THE EQUINOX There in the lonely bordj across the dreadful lines of sleeping men, Swart sons of the Sahara, thou didst writhe slim, sinuous and swift, Warning me with a viper’s hiss—and was not death upon us then, No bastard of thy maiden kiss? God’s grace, the all-surpassing gift! E] Arabi! El Arabi! Yea, death is man’s Elixir when Life’s pale wine foams and splashes over his imagination’s rim! El] Arabi! El Arabi! El Arabi! witch-amber and obsidian Thine eyes are, to ensorcell me, and leonine thy male caress. Will not God grant us Paradise to …
1910 · PDF PAGE 50
THE EQUINOX There in the lonely bordj across the dreadful lines of sleeping men, Swart sons of the Sahara, thou didst writhe slim, sinuous and swift, Warning me with a viper’s hiss—and was not death upon us then, No bastard of thy maiden kiss? God’s grace, the all-surpassing gift! E] Arabi! El Arabi! Yea, death is man’s Elixir when Life’s pale wine foams and splashes over his imagination’s rim! El] Arabi! El Arabi! El Arabi! witch-amber and obsidian Thine eyes are, to ensorcell me, and leonine thy male caress. Will not God grant us Paradise to …
1912 · PDF PAGE 238
THE EQUINOX and labour. Rest after labour, subtlety, cleverness, beauty, mirth, success in completion. Reasoning faculty, conclusions drawn from previous knowledge. Unreadiness, unreliable and unsteady through over—anxiety and hurriedness of action, Graceful in manner, at times insincere, etc. Chesed of ( ?יSettlement, arrangement, completion). Herein are?'לאאככand?לאתיבAngelic rulers. XLVIII THE LORD OF MATERIAL TROUBLE Five of Pentaclzs A WHITE Radiant Angelic Hand issuing from clouds, and holding a branch of the white rose tree, but from whi…
1912 · PDF PAGE 238
THE EQUINOX and labour. Rest after labour, subtlety, cleverness, beauty, mirth, success in completion. Reasoning faculty, conclusions drawn from previous knowledge. Unreadiness, unreliable and unsteady through over—anxiety and hurriedness of action, Graceful in manner, at times insincere, etc. Chesed of ( ?יSettlement, arrangement, completion). Herein are?'לאאככand?לאתיבAngelic rulers. XLVIII THE LORD OF MATERIAL TROUBLE Five of Pentaclzs A WHITE Radiant Angelic Hand issuing from clouds, and holding a branch of the white rose tree, but from whi…
1929 · PDF PAGE 110
…“I hâve noticed that the effect of a Magical Work has followed 1. See, for an account of properly-conducted congregational cérémo¬ nial, Equinox I, IX. “Energized Enthusiasm”, and Equinox III. I. Liber XV. Ecclesiae Gnosticae Catholicae Canon Missae. The “Revival meetings” here in question were deliberate exploitations of religious hysteria. 2. In a later entry we read that the diarist has found a similar train of argument in “Space, Time, and Gravitation ’, page 51* He was much encouraged by the confirmation of his thesis in so independent a S…
1911 · PDF PAGE 22
I4 12. 13. 14.. 15. THE EQUINOX And this : There is a well before the Great White Throne That is choked up with rubbish from the ages; Rubble and clay and sediment and stone, Delight of lizards and despair of sages. Only the lightning from His hand that sits, And shall sit when the usurping tyrant falls, Can purge that wilderness of wills and wits, Let spring that fountain in eternal halls. And this: Sulphur, Salt, and Mercury: Which is master of the three? Salt is Lady of the Sea; Lord of Air is Mercury. Now by God’s grace here is salt Fixed b…
1911 · PDF PAGE 22
I4 12. 13. 14.. 15. THE EQUINOX And this : There is a well before the Great White Throne That is choked up with rubbish from the ages; Rubble and clay and sediment and stone, Delight of lizards and despair of sages. Only the lightning from His hand that sits, And shall sit when the usurping tyrant falls, Can purge that wilderness of wills and wits, Let spring that fountain in eternal halls. And this: Sulphur, Salt, and Mercury: Which is master of the three? Salt is Lady of the Sea; Lord of Air is Mercury. Now by God’s grace here is salt Fixed b…
1909 · PDF PAGE 30
THE EQUINOX The Greater Ritual of the Pentagram The pentagrams are traced in the air with the sword or other weapon, the name spoken aloud, and the signs used, as illustrated. Tue Pentacrams oF Spirit | A Equilibrium of Actives, Name: A H I H (Eheieh). Suysuog A _A Equilibrium of Passives, y, Bee Name: A GL A (Agla). The signs of the Portal (see Illustrations): Extend the hands in front of you, palms outwards, separate them as if in the act of rending asunder a veil or curtain (actives), and then bring them together as if closing it up again an…
1909 · PDF PAGE 30
THE EQUINOX The Greater Ritual of the Pentagram The pentagrams are traced in the air with the sword or other weapon, the name spoken aloud, and the signs used, as illustrated. Tue Pentacrams oF Spirit | A Equilibrium of Actives, Name: A H I H (Eheieh). Suysuog A _A Equilibrium of Passives, y, Bee Name: A GL A (Agla). The signs of the Portal (see Illustrations): Extend the hands in front of you, palms outwards, separate them as if in the act of rending asunder a veil or curtain (actives), and then bring them together as if closing it up again an…
1913 · PDF PAGE 536
THE EQUINOX Axiom XVII To suffer is to work. A great sorrow suffered is a pro- gress accomplished. Those who suffer much live more than those who do not suffer. Axiom XVIII Voluntary death from devotion is not suicide; it is the apotheosis of the will. Axiom XIX Fear is nothing but idleness of the will, and for that reason public opinion scourges cowards. Axiom XX Succeed in not fearing the lion, and the lion will fear you. Say to sorrow: “I will that you be a pleasure, more even than a pleasure, a happiness.” Axiom XXI A chain of iron is easie…
1913 · PDF PAGE 536
THE EQUINOX Axiom XVII To suffer is to work. A great sorrow suffered is a pro- gress accomplished. Those who suffer much live more than those who do not suffer. Axiom XVIII Voluntary death from devotion is not suicide; it is the apotheosis of the will. Axiom XIX Fear is nothing but idleness of the will, and for that reason public opinion scourges cowards. Axiom XX Succeed in not fearing the lion, and the lion will fear you. Say to sorrow: “I will that you be a pleasure, more even than a pleasure, a happiness.” Axiom XXI A chain of iron is easie…
1909 · PDF PAGE 212
202 THE EQUINOX II The secret of the House of Set. As a poor pilgrim clambering Toils on the slopes, so I to get Halidom for my lord the King. Faintly and feebly murmuring I uttered the mysterious runes, And bade my body’s sleekness sing Silky, satanic, subtle tunes. Was he not holy? Milk of moons Were not so pallid as his cheek, And roses of a million Junes His mouth left livid. So I seek In all God’s seas a tiny creek Wherein to moor my shallop. Nay! He is a mountain, chill with bleak Stark winds of innocence astray! The fearful passion sweep…
1909 · PDF PAGE 212
202 THE EQUINOX II The secret of the House of Set. As a poor pilgrim clambering Toils on the slopes, so I to get Halidom for my lord the King. Faintly and feebly murmuring I uttered the mysterious runes, And bade my body’s sleekness sing Silky, satanic, subtle tunes. Was he not holy? Milk of moons Were not so pallid as his cheek, And roses of a million Junes His mouth left livid. So I seek In all God’s seas a tiny creek Wherein to moor my shallop. Nay! He is a mountain, chill with bleak Stark winds of innocence astray! The fearful passion sweep…
1913 · PDF PAGE 96
…IV. D. DXXXVI. DLV. DLXx. DCLXXI. DCCLXXVII. DCCCVIII. DCCCKXI. DCCCXIII. DCCCXXXI. DCCCLX. DCCCLXVIII. CMXIII. CMLXIII. MMDCDXI. 56 THE EQUINOX Vide Sepher Sephiroth. Used for this book because the final revelation is the Lord of the Aon. The number of oxvSw Siloam. The number of Daath. The number of 6 dpifus the Greek word for Number. The number of mcs the sphere of the Fixed Stars. Had fully expanded; thus 7m, "ox, n>; compare 11 where Nu is fully con- tracted. From mvnn, the Gate, and the spelling in full of the name Adonai. See Sepher Seph…
1913 · PDF PAGE 96
…IV. D. DXXXVI. DLV. DLXx. DCLXXI. DCCLXXVII. DCCCVIII. DCCCKXI. DCCCXIII. DCCCXXXI. DCCCLX. DCCCLXVIII. CMXIII. CMLXIII. MMDCDXI. 56 THE EQUINOX Vide Sepher Sephiroth. Used for this book because the final revelation is the Lord of the Aon. The number of oxvSw Siloam. The number of Daath. The number of 6 dpifus the Greek word for Number. The number of mcs the sphere of the Fixed Stars. Had fully expanded; thus 7m, "ox, n>; compare 11 where Nu is fully con- tracted. From mvnn, the Gate, and the spelling in full of the name Adonai. See Sepher Seph…
1909 · PDF PAGE 108
98 THE EQUINOX Blended, in one annihilation blind Were rent into a myriad of suns. Yea! all the mighty fabric ofa Mind Stood in the abyss, Belching a Law for 7a¢ more awful than for is. XVI Vain was the toil. So then I left the wood And came unto the still black sea, That oily monster of beatitude ! (Hath Thee for Me, and Me for Thee /) There as I stood, a mask of solitude Hiding a face Wried as a satyr’s, rolled that ocean into space. XVII Then did I build an altar on the shore Of oyster-shells, and ringed it round With star-fish. Thither a gr…
1909 · PDF PAGE 112
102 THE EQUINOX And like a satyr ravishing a lamb | So either seems, or as the sea Swallows the whale that swallows it, the ram Beats its own head Upon the city walls, that fall as it falls dead. XXVIII Come, let me back unto the lilied lawn! Pile me the roses and the thorns, Upon this bed from which he hath withdrawn ! He may return. A million morns May follow that first dire demonic dawn When he did split My spirit with his lightnings and enveloped it! XXIX So I am stretched out naked to the knife, My whole soul twitching with the stress Of t…
1909 · PDF PAGE 108
98 THE EQUINOX Blended, in one annihilation blind Were rent into a myriad of suns. Yea! all the mighty fabric ofa Mind Stood in the abyss, Belching a Law for 7a¢ more awful than for is. XVI Vain was the toil. So then I left the wood And came unto the still black sea, That oily monster of beatitude ! (Hath Thee for Me, and Me for Thee /) There as I stood, a mask of solitude Hiding a face Wried as a satyr’s, rolled that ocean into space. XVII Then did I build an altar on the shore Of oyster-shells, and ringed it round With star-fish. Thither a gr…
1909 · PDF PAGE 112
102 THE EQUINOX And like a satyr ravishing a lamb | So either seems, or as the sea Swallows the whale that swallows it, the ram Beats its own head Upon the city walls, that fall as it falls dead. XXVIII Come, let me back unto the lilied lawn! Pile me the roses and the thorns, Upon this bed from which he hath withdrawn ! He may return. A million morns May follow that first dire demonic dawn When he did split My spirit with his lightnings and enveloped it! XXIX So I am stretched out naked to the knife, My whole soul twitching with the stress Of t…
1911 · PDF PAGE 203
THE RITE OF JUPITER PART I C.I.C.T. 1—333. SPHINX. 22-22. HEBE. Pisces Section from 963. [See EQUINOX, No. III., Special Supplement] 5121-11in Brother Hermanubis, summon the guests to the banquet of the Father of the Godsl HERMANUBIS. 4444. Brother Typhon, summon the guests to the banquet of the Father of the Gods ! [TYPHON draws aside weil a: GANYMEDE begins his dame. Light‘s daze/7L] HERMANUBIS. Welcome to the banquet of the Father of the Godsl Bear the bowls of Libation ! (dam). Be silent and secret I For it is by stealth that we are here as…