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1913 · PDF PAGE 56

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

THE EQUINOX 53. This shall regenerate the world, the little world my sister, my heart & my tongue, unto whom I send this kiss. Also, o scribe and prophet, though thou be of the princes, it shall not assuage thee nor absolve thee. But ecstasy be thine and joy of earth: ever To me! To me! 54. Change not as much as the style of a letter; for behold! thou, o prophet, shalt not behold all these mysteries hidden therein. 55. The child of thy bowels, Ze shall behold them. 56. Expect him not from the East, nor from the West; for from no expected house …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 97

The World’s Tragedy

44 THE WORLD’S TRAGEDY. THE CHILD Oh mamma ! mamma ! 2ND SATYR Ha ! what a man ! With a sweep he has severed the lamb-soft throat, And the crimson blood in his cheeks afloat Flames, an irradiate blaze to environ Etna with mountains of molten iron. ALEXANDER Pan ! o Pan ! dissolve in bliss ! Take these severed lips to kiss ! Thou and I are partners of This, the sacrament of love. By the violate babe’s blue eyes, By his sucked-out arteries, By the blood-bedabbled gold, By the body void and cold, Make me partner of thy power Over this obscurest ho…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 83

Hail Mary

AMPHORA X QUEEN of Wisdom, Queen of Thought, Bring us to Thine holy court ! Us, who wander in the maze Of the world’s deceitful ways, Bring to Thine assured assent By Thy mystic sacrament. Queen of Mercy, Queen of Might, Bring us to Thine ardent light ! We are weak and violent : By Thy mystic sacrament Bring us to Thy power and peace, To the passionless release ! Queen of Splendour, Queen of Love, Bring us to Thine House above, Where in love and splendour dwell All the saints that praise Thee well. Bring us to their great content By Thy mystic …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 359

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

THE BIG STICK as his own, and so appropriate to himself the pain of the whole world” (p, 184). Here the “true-self” is the Higher Self, Atman or Augoeides, unity with which is what we have called the Great Work of the A... A... When a soldier turns philosopher we always expect good work, and Major Kelly has not failed us; and to all such as would understand Kant as well as Schopenhauer’s great work, “The World as Will and Idea”—of which an excellent English translation is published by Messrs. Paul, Trench, Triibner, we heartily recommend this m…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 359

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

THE BIG STICK as his own, and so appropriate to himself the pain of the whole world” (p, 184). Here the “true-self” is the Higher Self, Atman or Augoeides, unity with which is what we have called the Great Work of the A... A... When a soldier turns philosopher we always expect good work, and Major Kelly has not failed us; and to all such as would understand Kant as well as Schopenhauer’s great work, “The World as Will and Idea”—of which an excellent English translation is published by Messrs. Paul, Trench, Triibner, we heartily recommend this m…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 241

The Star in the West

…dialectical assertions of the pure Reason . To each accordingly is opposed a contradictory assumption (p . 87 ). Thesis Antithesis I The world is infinite in time The world has a beginning ( boundary ) in time and space . and space .

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1913 · PDF PAGE 57

The Book of Lies

…is desert is the Abyss wherein is the Uni- verse. The Stars are but thistles in that waste. Yet this desert is but one spot accurséd ina world of bliss. Now and again Travellers cross the desert; they come from the Great Sea, and to the Great Sea they go. As they go they spill water; one day they will irrigate the desert, till it flower. See! five footprints of a Camel! V.V.V. V. V.

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1910 · PDF PAGE 60

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

… all things; for as the Bhaga- vad-Gita says: ‘“ Equilibrium is called Yoga.” Chemically the various groups in the organic and inorganic worlds are similar in structure and composition. One piece of limestone is very much like another, and so also are the actual bodies of any two men, but not so their minds. There- fore, should we wish to discover and understand that Power which differentiates, and yet ultimately balances all appearances, which are derived by the apparently unconscious object and received by the apparently conscious subject, we…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 60

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

… all things; for as the Bhaga- vad-Gita says: ‘“ Equilibrium is called Yoga.” Chemically the various groups in the organic and inorganic worlds are similar in structure and composition. One piece of limestone is very much like another, and so also are the actual bodies of any two men, but not so their minds. There- fore, should we wish to discover and understand that Power which differentiates, and yet ultimately balances all appearances, which are derived by the apparently unconscious object and received by the apparently conscious subject, we…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 353

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ite and push back the northern bear! Let the last war bring the triumph of intelligence and love, let commerce interlace the arms of the world, and a new civilization, sprung from the armed Gospel, unite all the flocks of the earth under the crook of the:same shepherd! Such will be the conquests of progress, such is the end to- wards which the whole movement of the world is pushing us. Progress is movement, and movement is life. To deny progress is to affirm nothingness, and to deify death. Progress is the only reply that reason can give to the…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 353

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ite and push back the northern bear! Let the last war bring the triumph of intelligence and love, let commerce interlace the arms of the world, and a new civilization, sprung from the armed Gospel, unite all the flocks of the earth under the crook of the:same shepherd! Such will be the conquests of progress, such is the end to- wards which the whole movement of the world is pushing us. Progress is movement, and movement is life. To deny progress is to affirm nothingness, and to deify death. Progress is the only reply that reason can give to the…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 187

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…eside. One hint of Amrita® to taste And all earth’s wine may run to waste ! For by this very means Christ gained * His glimpse into that world above Which he denominated ‘ Love.” Indeed I think the man attained By some such means—lI have not strained Out mind by chance of sense or sex To find a way less iron-brained Determining direction x ,;* I know not if these Hindu methods Be best (‘tis no such life and death odds, Since suffering souls to save or damn Never existed). So I fall Confessing : Well, perchance I am Myself a Christian after all …

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1907 · PDF PAGE 169

The Star in the West

…dirges of despair Man cleft the womb , and shook the icy air With bitter cries for light and life and love . But these , begotten of the world above , Withdrew their glory , and the iron world Rolled on its cruel way , and passion furled Its pure wings , and abased itself , and bore Fetters impure , and stopped , and was no more . But resurrection's ghastly power grew strong , And Lust was born , adulterous with Wrong , The Child of Lies ; so man was blinded still , Garnered the harvest of abortive ill, For wheat reaped thistles , and for worsh…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 59

The World’s Tragedy

6 THE WORLD’S TRAGEDY. LYSANDER Ah ! but Erotion beckons me yonder ! Beautiful curls on her bosom that wander Tempt me to folly. HYLAS Indeed, let us press The exquisite doubt in a certain caress ! LYSANDER Even as the feet of the maid on the grapes — Crush the wine of delight from ambiguous shapes ! OLYMPAS Shrill, shrill the never-cloying Thirst of maid’s enthusiasm ! Atthis with her Doris toying In the moonlight filled with laughter, Wrestling, kissing — follow after To the summit of the spasm ! CHIRON Ho, shall we sit idle gazing On such be…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 250

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…eath! ill, 102 O voice of sightless magic, i. 103 O what pale thoughts like gum exude, ili, 12 O who shall overcome this earth, ii. 47 O world of moonlight, i. 205 PALE vapours lie like phantoms on the sea, i, 122 Paolo ignites, Francesca is consumed, iii. 120 Perfectly sad and perfectly resolved, iii. 114 Peintre, que ton amour inspire, i. 129 Pilgrim of the sun, be this thy scrip, ii. 121 Poor child, poor child, how are you? i. 62 Pray do not ask me where I stand, ii. 146 QUITE careless whether golden gales, ii, 76 Scepticus. Well, my dear Ba…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 451

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…death. . . . Do you understand now what Lucifer is? Js 2t not the very genius of ancient Prometheus, that force which sets in motion the world, life, even movement, and which regulates the course of successive forms? This force, by its resistance, equilibrated the creative principle. It is thus that the Elohim gave birth to the earth. When, sub- sequently, men were placed upon the earth by the Lord, as intermediate spirits, in their enthusiasm, which led them to search Nature in its depths, they gave themselves over to the influence of that pro…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 451

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…death. . . . Do you understand now what Lucifer is? Js 2t not the very genius of ancient Prometheus, that force which sets in motion the world, life, even movement, and which regulates the course of successive forms? This force, by its resistance, equilibrated the creative principle. It is thus that the Elohim gave birth to the earth. When, sub- sequently, men were placed upon the earth by the Lord, as intermediate spirits, in their enthusiasm, which led them to search Nature in its depths, they gave themselves over to the influence of that pro…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 205

Moonchild

…virtuous as American women sometimes are, when denied opportunity to be otherwise; and the poor lady was far from attractive. But in the world of spirits, it appears, the same standards are not current as in Peacock Alley or Times Square; and she was soon supplied with a regular regiment of 'spirit lovers.' They told her what to do, and how to do it; eating, drinking, reading, music, whatever she did, all must be done under spirit control; and one day they told her that they had a great and wonderful work for her to do — the regeneration of hum…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 227

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…rewards of the Adept are comprised in the maxim “ Keep silence!” There should be no possible point of contact between the Church and the world: Paul began the ruin of Christianity, but Constantine completed it. The Church which begins to exteriorise is already lost. To control the ethics of the state is to adopt the ethics of the state: and the first duty of the state will be to expel the rival god Religion. In such a cycle we in Eng- land seem to be now revolving, and the new forced freedom of the Church is upon us. If only the destruction is …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 240

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

… Freedom and Revolt—his gauntlet of youth had been cast down, henceforth he would battle for his manhood, ay! and for the manhood of the World! Then the trumpet-blast resounded; the battle had indeed begun! Struggling to his feet, he tore from him the shroud of a corrupted faith as if it had been the rotten cerement of a mummy. With quivering lip, and voice choked with indig- nation at the injustice of the world, he cursed the name of Christ and strode on to seek the gate of Hell and let loose the fiends of the pit, so that mankind might yet le…

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