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1919 · PDF PAGE 412

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…whether her command of English was per- fect; and in this treatise, in spite of certain obvious senti- mentalities and bombasticisms, we find at least the founda- tions of a fairly fine style. I think that what she says in this sub-section refers to a statement which I got from my Guru in Madura to the effect that there was a certain point in the body suitable for meditation, which, if once discovered, drew the thought naturally towards itself, the difficulty of concen- tration consequently disappearing, and that the knowledge of this particula…

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1922 · PDF PAGE 275

Diary of a Drug Fiend

King Lamus Intervenes 261 advantage of the fact to watch your discomfort as if it were somebody else. When you find that you can enjoy this instead of blindly rushing to heroin for relief, you will already have gone a long way in the direction of acquiring mental control.”’ Several times during the night Lala intervened vigorously in such a way that it was impossible for us not to give her our attention. We found out later that this was part of the plan, that we were being watched for symptoms of acute disquietude, and that whenever these appea…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 126

Orpheus

…ream: So, rising to the other bank, aglow With the bright motion and the stream’s young flow, She might discover the Elysian ground, And find me waiting, find me sad and slow Pacing the green flower-lighted turf, and leap Into my body’s kisses, into sleep :— Sweeter this latter bridal than we found The first, now lost in time’s eternal deep. 127

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1910 · PDF PAGE 36

The Scented Garden

…n one incredible spinth- ria, with the extreme orgasm (which is the Holy Ghost) abiding upon us and within us for ever and ever. Shall I find you there, my lost darling ? As I pass from the swoon of death to feel the fresh wind of Heaven blowing on my cheek, shall I find you first to meet me in those Elysian glades ? “ In what etherial dances ? By what eternal streams ? ” shall I find you, sweet acolyte of Salmacis or of Terpsichore, of Bacchus or Sabrina ? Will it be you on yonder bank of yellow moss by the sunspangled rivulet that tumbles noi…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 328

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…w insist on a continuous chain of ideas as proof of their validity, and equally so with such as we may deal with later on, we at present find, above all else, that simplicity is our most certain guide; for we are as yet solely dealing with the visions of a student, who, as such, like a school-boy, is expected to work out all his visions in full as if they were mathematical problems. The master may use algebraical and logarithmic short cuts, if he likes, in the solu- tion of his intricate problems, and we shall also find many of these masterly r…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 328

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…w insist on a continuous chain of ideas as proof of their validity, and equally so with such as we may deal with later on, we at present find, above all else, that simplicity is our most certain guide; for we are as yet solely dealing with the visions of a student, who, as such, like a school-boy, is expected to work out all his visions in full as if they were mathematical problems. The master may use algebraical and logarithmic short cuts, if he likes, in the solu- tion of his intricate problems, and we shall also find many of these masterly r…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 73

Songs of the Spirit

… come to me Rest ? By these suppressed Desires my soul must flee, By heaven’s crest, I pray that secretly Toward God’s breast I draw, to find, maybe, Rest ! 63

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1899 · PDF PAGE 184

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…and shake the bluebell tips. Each flower of the deep glade Has whispered kisses for thy listening lips, While Eos blushes in the sky, to find A fairer, queenlier maiden, and as kind To man and maid, whose eyes are lit by the same mind. Thou hast, as Pallas hath, a polished shield, Whose Gorgon-head is Hatred, and a sword Sharper than Love’s. Thy wisdom is revealed To them who love, but thou hast aye abhorred The children of revenge, to them is sealed Thy book, so clear to me. Thy book where seven sins their sceptres wield, And seven sorrows tra…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 197

Magick Without Tears

…er similar horoscopes; e.g. a dozen which have Sagittarius rising, another lot with Jupiter in the mid-heaven, and so on; see if you can find a similarity in their lives with what the books will have led you to expect . Don't be afraid to criticise; on the contrary, do some research work on your own, and find cases which seem to contradict tradition . Instance: Saturn in the M.C. is said to cause a spectacular rise in a man's career, ending in an equally notable crash. Examples : Napoleon I and III, Oscar Wilde, Woodrow Wilson, Lord Northcliffe…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 40

Jephthah

…he presence of God to the senses Is the passion of God in the mind, As the string of a harp that intenses The note that its fire may not find. For here in the tumult and labour And blindness of cowering man, _ The spirit has God for a neighbour, And the wheels unreturning that ran Return to the heart of the roses, And curl in the new blossom now, As the holiest fire that encloses Gray flame on the holiest brow. So midnight with magic reposes, And slumbers to visions bow. For the soul of man, being free, shall pass the gates of God, And the spir…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 58

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…he presence of God to the senses Is the passion of God in the mind, As the string of a harp that intenses The note that its fire may not find. For here in the tumult and labour And blindness of cowering man, _ The spirit has God for a neighbour, And the wheels unreturning that ran Return to the heart of the roses, And curl in the new blossom now, As the holiest fire that encloses Gray flame on the holiest brow. So midnight with magic reposes, And slumbers to visions bow. For the soul of man, being free, shall pass the gates of God, And the spir…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 228

Magick Without Tears

…ading as sense in the cloak of verbiage and verbosity. Analysis, and Synthesis; or, Subtraction, and Addition. 1. You can examine A, and find that it is composed of B and C. A = B + C. 2. You can find out what happens to B when you add C to it. B + C = A. As you notice, the two are identical, after all; but the process is different. Example: Raise Copper Oxide to a very high temperature; you obtain metallic copper and oxygen gas. Heat copper in a stream of oxygen; you obtain copper oxide. You can complicate such experiments indefinitely, as whe…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 342

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

THE EQUINOX October of this year we find him settled in a remote and desolate district, a tumbled chaos of lake and mountain, in an ancient manor-house, making all necessary arrangements for this great operation in Ceremonial Magic. [The continuation of Book II. will appear in Nos. III. and IV. of THE Eguinox.] 334

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1909 · PDF PAGE 342

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

THE EQUINOX October of this year we find him settled in a remote and desolate district, a tumbled chaos of lake and mountain, in an ancient manor-house, making all necessary arrangements for this great operation in Ceremonial Magic. [The continuation of Book II. will appear in Nos. III. and IV. of THE Eguinox.] 334

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1913 · PDF PAGE 260

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ot incinerate him! Let us not be anthropophagous! Let us build him a sarcophagus! Let us bury him in state Worthy of our wobled*® Waite! Find a weed whose tangled mazes May metaphorize his phrases, Find a bunch of camomile Fit to represent his style, Waxen flowers to symbolize His archaicologories, Dandelions as a chrism Of his dole of euphemism. [} Did he mean passim ?—Ed.] 2 Cf. Hamlet, “mobled queen.” Wobled is part mobled, part noble, and part wobbly. 222

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1913 · PDF PAGE 260

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ot incinerate him! Let us not be anthropophagous! Let us build him a sarcophagus! Let us bury him in state Worthy of our wobled*® Waite! Find a weed whose tangled mazes May metaphorize his phrases, Find a bunch of camomile Fit to represent his style, Waxen flowers to symbolize His archaicologories, Dandelions as a chrism Of his dole of euphemism. [} Did he mean passim ?—Ed.] 2 Cf. Hamlet, “mobled queen.” Wobled is part mobled, part noble, and part wobbly. 222

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1901 · PDF PAGE 86

The Mother’s Tragedy

72 THE BRIDEGROOM I will not look at her ; I dare not stay. I will go down and mingle with the throng, Find some debasing dulling sacrifice, Some shameless harlot with thin lips grown grey In desperate desire, and so with song And wine fling hellward. Yes, she does not rise— O if she opened once her eyes!

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1922 · PDF PAGE 305

Diary of a Drug Fiend

The Voice of Virtue 2gI could—but there is still a matter of three thousand pounds to find. And remember, after insuring against all risks, and so forth, we shall be paying at the very least four thousand per cent.” I have never been any sort of a business man; but a child of twelve could grasp the gigantic nature of the proposition. “IT have brought the papers for your inspection, my dear Sir Peter. You will see that the capital is only £20,000 in shares of {1 fully paid up—and I am offering you £3000 at par.” “It’s princely, my dear sir,” I e…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 366

Magick Without Tears

HOW TO RECOGNIZE MASTERS 333 when, year after year, the same sort of thing keeps on happening, and when, furthermore, I find myself able to predict, as experience has taught me to do in the last three years, that they will happen, and even how the pieces will fit into the puzzle, I am justified in assuming a causal connection.

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1912 · PDF PAGE 121

Mortadello

…ward of sin, That in my heart there seems the echo of a sigh. Delight dissolves the dreams desire had set on high ! MONICA. Oh, we shall find fresh food. True wit is never stale. Trust me, my merry mood. LUCREZIA. Provided we prevail. Can Venice be deceived ? ALESSANDRO. Could all the angel choirs Make any truth believed ? MONICA. Man thinks as he desires. And all men being blind and deaf—— ALESSANDRO. It follows then That women will not find much trouble from the men.

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