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Page 20 of 811911 · PDF PAGE 63
…hat hath two-and- seventy paths. Now she is gone. And now there are Angels, walking up and down in the stone. They are the Angels of the Holy Sevenfold Table. It seems that they are waiting for the Angel of the Aethyr to come forth. Now at last he appears in the gloom. He is a mighty King, with crown and orb and sceptre, and his robes are of purple and gold. And he casts down the orb and sceptre to the earth, and he tears off his crown, and throws it on the ground, and tramples it. And he tears out his hair, that is of ruddy gold tinged with si…
1911 · PDF PAGE 69
…ext tier they adore him not. And now the light streameth out from the altar, splashed out by the feet of him that is above it. It is the Holy Twelve- fold Table OIT. The voice of him that is above the altar is silence, but the echo thereof cometh back from the walls of the circus, and is speech. And this is the speech: Three and four are the days of a quarter of the moon, and on the seventh day is the sabbath, but thrice four is the Sabbath of the Adepts whereof the form is revealed in the Aethyr ZID; that is the eighth of the Aires. And the my…
1904 · PDF PAGE 37
…s mad ! Say, are you glad, Glad of me, happy here, Here in my arms ? I kiss you, I kiss you ! Say, is it bliss, you Spirit of holiness ? Holy I hold you ! Swift as a rapier Stabbed me your charms, Broken with lowliness, Smitten with rapture : — All is so mixed ;
1912 · PDF PAGE 12
…ilk there streams The pennon of Sir Palamede! Aflame, a bridegroom to his spouse, He rides to meet with galliard grace Some scion of his holy house, Or germane to his royal race.
1913 · PDF PAGE 94
… thine aspiration is to death: death is the crown of all thine aspiration. Triple is the cord of silver moonlight; it shall hang thee, O Holy One, O Hanged Man, O Camel - Termination- of - the - third - person - plural for thy multiplicity, thou Ghost of a Non-Ego! Could but Thy mother behold thee, O thou UNT!*" The Infinite Snake Ananta that surroundeth the Universe is but the Coffin-Worm!
1898 · PDF PAGE 75
…ings her bright arms to meet her spouse home- ward who hasteneth ; He trims his lamp, and brings The books of many kings To spread their holy wings About his head, and sing to him the secret ways of death. His eyes are fixed, he sees Men dimly, like to trees Walking, and guesses they must be the angels of the Lord ; His hand is strong to hold The talent of fine gold, The wand so clean and cold ; His altar has a lamp divine, his girdle has a sword. 65
1901 · PDF PAGE 111
…, the curates bray Long gabbled lessons, and their noisy twang Fills the foul worshippers with hate; the fang Of boredom crushes out the holy day, Where whore and jobber sit and gloom, grown grey For hating of each other; the hours hang. But where cliffs tremble, and the wind and sea Clamour, night thunders from the roaring West; I worship in the storm, and fires flee From my gripped lightnings and my burning crest ; And when my voice rolls, master of the weather, A thousand mighty angels cry together! BRIGHTON, January 1899.
1908 · PDF PAGE 79
… That this Thy servant, through Thy maiden might, Achieve the goodly goal ! Or, if Thy pleasure be to take from earth Thy servant to Thy holy house above, That Thou mayst hold her, safe in happier birth, In Thine especial love :— Or, if Thy pleasure be to take the child To join Thy choir of innocents in Heaven, We do assure Thee, Virgin undefiled, The gift is freely given. O 72
1913 · PDF PAGE 344
…norance. His precepts, better known and mightier soon to be, Shall judge the quick and dead for all eternity. I do believe in God’s most Holy Spirit, whose fire The heart and mind of saints and prophets did inspire. He is a Breath of life and of fecundity, Proceeding both from God and from humanity. I do believe in one most holy brotherhood Ofjust men that revere heaven’s ordinance of good. I do believe one place, one pontiff, and one right, One symbol of one God, in one intent unite. I do believe that death by changing us renews, And that in m…
1913 · PDF PAGE 344
…norance. His precepts, better known and mightier soon to be, Shall judge the quick and dead for all eternity. I do believe in God’s most Holy Spirit, whose fire The heart and mind of saints and prophets did inspire. He is a Breath of life and of fecundity, Proceeding both from God and from humanity. I do believe in one most holy brotherhood Ofjust men that revere heaven’s ordinance of good. I do believe one place, one pontiff, and one right, One symbol of one God, in one intent unite. I do believe that death by changing us renews, And that in m…
1905 · PDF PAGE 47
… fight the air ; he sneers, and lies. He laughs at all this agony of mine. IIe chills my heart, and desecrates th: shrine Where Love his holy incense used to burn. He mocks those thoughts, those songs, those looks divine While his lewd visage no man may dis- cern, And baffling darkness hides his terror if I turn. Fighting and falling ever, wearicst Even of beating off the tempter’s blows, Struggling in vain to what one hopes the best, A distant river over many snows, On whose green bank the purple iris glows, And the anemone in some wild cleft,…
1919 · PDF PAGE 161
… 18th to Midnight September 30th by the Purity Section. October 1st to October 12th Proper Retirement, and on October 12th Invocation of Holy Guar- dian Angel. All this meant a great deal of work and trouble, and much new experience gained, but was on the whole a failure, though a Step on the Path. During this retirement he cut a Wand, as a Symbol not of his will but of the Will of Adonai in him. It would be hardly right to say that this Magical Retirement produced no results, though it may not have produced the One Desired Result. By the time …
1906 · PDF PAGE 80
…eds. Not by the pipings of a bird In skies of blue on fields of gold, But by a fierce and loathly word The abomination must be told. The holy work must twist its spell From hemp of madness, grown in hell. Only by energy and strife May man attain the eternal rest, Dissolve the desperate lust of life By infinite agony and zest. Thus, O my Kali, I divine The golden secret of thy shrine! 72
1908 · PDF PAGE 50
…are the glad ensanguine brand, And smote the sons of hell. Be present all the starry host Of cherubim and seraphim, While, hasted by the HOLY GHOST, We raise on Time’s eroded coast Our rare and royal hymn. Let all the ripples of our song Exulting evermore converge In one the virgin wave and strong, Combine their chorus loud and long Re-quicken and up-surge ! Hail to the Virgin ! Hail ! we cry. Hail, Mary ! Hail ! All hail ! All hail ! The utmost caverns of the sky, The abysses of eternity, Repeat the hail ! All hail ! S 43
1911 · PDF PAGE 79
… That this Thy servant, through Thy maiden might, Achieve the goodly goal ! Or, if Thy pleasure be to take from earth Thy servant to Thy holy house above, That Thou mayst hold her, safe in happier birth, In Thine especial love :— Or, if Thy pleasure be to take the child To join Thy choir of innocents in Heaven, We do assure Thee, Virgin undefiled, The gift is freely given. O 72
1902 · PDF PAGE 82
spouse of the Breath divine, Hail to Thee, shrouded shrine, Whence our Redeemer came ! Hail to Thy holy name ! Av6 Maria ! Tannhauser. Those words that saved me ! Shepherd-boy. Pray, your blessing, sirs ! I worship Mary in my simple way. And see Her name in all the starry host, And Jesus crucified on every tree For me ! God speed you to the House of God ! The Eldest Pilgrim. The Blessing of the Virgin on your head ! The Youngest Pilgrim. What make you, sir, so downcast ? Come with us Who taste all happiness in uneasiness. Hunger and thirst, in …
1911 · PDF PAGE 50
…are the glad ensanguine brand, And smote the sons of hell. Be present all the starry host Of cherubim and seraphim, While, hasted by the HOLY GHOST, We raise on Time’s eroded coast Our rare and royal hymn. Let all the ripples of our song Exulting evermore converge In one the virgin wave and strong, Combine their chorus loud and long Re-quicken and up-surge ! Hail to the Virgin ! Hail ! we cry. Hail, Mary ! Hail ! All hail ! All hail ! The utmost caverns of the sky, The abysses of eternity, Repeat the hail ! All hail ! S 43
1912 · PDF PAGE 52
… will I pile the curses on ; Him will I hang, or saw him through, Or burn with fire, who doubts upon This doctrine, hotototon spells The holy word otototon.” The poor Sir Palamedes quells His rising spleen ; he doubts his ears. “ How may I catch the Beast?” he yells. The smiling sage rebukes his fears: ‘Tis easier than all, Sir Knight! By simple faith the Beast appears.
1912 · PDF PAGE 115
XLI Sir ARTHUR sits again at feast Within the high and holy hall Of Camelot. From West to East The Table Round hath burst the thrall Of Paynimrie. The goodliest gree Sits on the gay knights, one and all ; Till Arthur: “ Of your chivalry, Knights, let us drink the happiness Of the one knight we lack ” (quoth he) ; “ For surely in some sore distress May be Sir Palamede.” Then they Rose as one man in glad liesse To honour that great health. ‘“God’s way Is not as man’s” (quoth Lancelot). “Yet, may God send him back this day, His quest achieved, to …
1912 · PDF PAGE 254
212 THE EQUINOX You were a Chinese god, I an offering fair, As we entered the Garden of Allah, Το sing our holy prayer. Entered with hearts bowed low, Yet I heard a voice that cried: For he is the god of the Sacrifice, You are the crucified. It was all make—believe, A foolish game of play, Our garden of Allah A drawing-room, Our Chinese god of clay, Strings of bruises for pearls, Tears for forget-me—nots, And a deadly pain Of the sickening shame W'atehing the fading spots, As quickly they faded, The heart of me faded as well, Until nothing is lef…