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1913 · PDF PAGE 136

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

… , That penetrates and interweaves Sand of the sea and earthy clod , Which fruit and flower , grass and leaves Pour forth unceasingly to God ? The hills are ordered in due ranks , The stars depart not from their course , The mighty rivers keep their banks Strength of the land and ocean - force Swing to each other equipoised , The space each yields to each restored , Hear ye not in their margins noised The rhythmic praises of the Lord ? All beasts that grow from dust at last Give back to dust the growth they got , Yet gender ere their time be pa…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 127

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…, . and u. perform the ritual appropriate. The doors are unlocked, and the assistants, led by R., enter. Let the symbol or image of {fhe god) be in the East of the Temple. . it. Let incense burn before { her. Let there be two other thrones: on her right that of Nuit, on her left that of Hadit; the child is Ra Hoor Khuit. Nuit is dressed in blue, Hadit in red; the child is . . . (ZS. torn here. The lamp shall be burning above R.H.K., who crouches in the centre, in the prescribed posture. If they be assistants, they shall all wear the robes of th…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 127

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…, . and u. perform the ritual appropriate. The doors are unlocked, and the assistants, led by R., enter. Let the symbol or image of {fhe god) be in the East of the Temple. . it. Let incense burn before { her. Let there be two other thrones: on her right that of Nuit, on her left that of Hadit; the child is Ra Hoor Khuit. Nuit is dressed in blue, Hadit in red; the child is . . . (ZS. torn here. The lamp shall be burning above R.H.K., who crouches in the centre, in the prescribed posture. If they be assistants, they shall all wear the robes of th…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 54

Ambergris

AMBERGRIS 45 I sit, as God must sit : I reign. Redemption from the threads of pain I weave, until the veil be drawn. I burn the chaff, I glean the grain ; In silence I await the dawn.

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1899 · PDF PAGE 89

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…THAH. 67 With calm impenetrable eyes The after glory that shall be ; But we, of mortal bodies born, Laugh lies consoling unto scorn. The God of Israel is strong ; His mighty arm hath wrought this day A victory and a triumph-song— And now He breathes upon His clay, And we, who were as idols crowned, Lie dust upon the empty ground. She goes, our sorrow’s sacrifice, Our lamb, our firstling, frail and white, With large sweet love-illumined eyes Into the night, into the night. The throne of night shall be withdrawn ; So moveth she toward the dawn. A…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 238

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…, and harpy answer to the call, And hasten to their ghastly festival. There in the vale below my feet I see the crew Gather, blaspheming God, and greet Their shame anew. A feast is spread of some unholy meat; Ofttimes there murmurs through Their horrid ranks a cry of pain as God Bids them keep memory of His iron rod. The vale is black with priests. They fight, Wild beasts, for food, The orphan’s gold, the widow's right, The virgin’s snood. All in their maws are crammed within the night That hides their chosen wood, Where through the blackness s…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 118

Sir Palamedes

…t was the bass To all the harps of Heaven a-playing, There came a solemn voice (not one But was upon his knees in praying And glorifying God). The Son Of God Himself—men thought—spoke then. “ Arise! brave soldier, thou hast won The quest not given to mortal men. Arise! Sir Palamede Adept, Christian, and no more Saracen ! On wake or sleeping, wise, inept, Still thou didst seek. Those foolish ways On which thy folly stumbled, leapt, All led to the one goal. Now praise Thy Lord that He hath brought thee through To win the quest!” The good knight l…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 111

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

THE SCORPION with God and His holy church. My own chaplain shall baptize her and administer the sacrament. Glory to God in the Highest for one more soul torn from the grasp of Satan. My beloved daughter, behold you now at peace with God and with His holy church. Your sins are forgiven you. But the secular arm is not yet satisfied ; your crimes, the crimes 10 which you have confessed, must be expiated according to law, The sentence of the Court is that you be handed over to the secular arm ; and I beg of you [turning lo the Representative of the …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 111

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

THE SCORPION with God and His holy church. My own chaplain shall baptize her and administer the sacrament. Glory to God in the Highest for one more soul torn from the grasp of Satan. My beloved daughter, behold you now at peace with God and with His holy church. Your sins are forgiven you. But the secular arm is not yet satisfied ; your crimes, the crimes 10 which you have confessed, must be expiated according to law, The sentence of the Court is that you be handed over to the secular arm ; and I beg of you [turning lo the Representative of the …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 289

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…egory, it is evident that a good deal of submission will be required. When he agrees with St. Augustine that a thing is not just because God wills it, but God wills it because it is just, he sees perfectly well that he is reducing God to a poetic image reflected from his own moral vii

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1913 · PDF PAGE 289

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…egory, it is evident that a good deal of submission will be required. When he agrees with St. Augustine that a thing is not just because God wills it, but God wills it because it is just, he sees perfectly well that he is reducing God to a poetic image reflected from his own moral vii

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1930 · PDF PAGE 59

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…s oozes sap; thine ivy clings to it; thY Lion-skin slips from thy sleek shoulders, slips from thy lissome ioins; drunk on delight of the godly grape, thou knowest no more the burden o£ the body and the vexation of the spirit. Corne, Bacchus, corne thou hither, corne out of the East; corne out of the East, astride the Ass of Priapus! Corne with thy revel of dancers and singers! Who followeth thee, forbearing to laugh and to leap? Corne, in thy name Dionysus, that maidens be mated to God-head! Corne, in thy name Iacchus, with thy mystical fan to …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 150

Oracles

DHAMMAPADA I45 IV FLOWERS O who shall overcome this earth, the world of God’s and Yama’s power ? Who find the well taught Path as skill of herbist finds the proper flower ? The seeker shall subdue this earth, the world of God’s and Yama’s power ; The seeker find that Path as skill of herbist finds the proper flower. Like unto foam this body whoso sees, its mirage-nature comprehends aright, Breaking dread Mara’s flower-pointed shaft he goes, Death’s monarch shall not meet his sight. Like one who strayeth gathering flowers, is he who Pleasure lus…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 120

Konx Om Pax

…-eight he found himself the One-horse Wire For the Iehannum Maiden Plate—by Satan, out of Lake 0’ Fire. So, calling Iblis of the jinn (a god among the damned Ghebersl) He offered up a final sin to play a last joke on the neighbours. The deed was signed in fire and blood; and ere the mom was dewy wet An hog for the Muezzin upstood, and chanted from the Minaret. “ There is no God! no God! (he sware) Mohammed was a charlatan! Sleep is more excellent than prayer! and pork is pleasant in the pan !” The elders knew that only one could crack such execra…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 251

The Star in the West

…all the trouble they had taken in turning him out a really nice , amiable , and respectable Deity . Having magnified their friend into a God , they then proceeded to enlarge their enemy into a Devil . This gross materialism in accordance with the universal law of polarity , set in motion by the hand of Idealism , pro duced as effect a fanciful spiritualism , which sought in the mysteries of life an answer that lay still on the cold lips of Death . These two powers , the Pantheonic materialism and the Gnostic spiritualism , bore the hybrid - Chr…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 26

Jephthah

…d Death was the piteous path ; With ashes we covered our hair; The voice of the singer was dumb, the voice of the triumph of prayer. But God had pity upon us, Our evil and fallen way; His mercy was mighty on us ; His lips are as rosy as day Broken out of the sea at the sunrise, as fragrant as flowers in May. Our sin was great in His sight: _ We chased from our gates our brother, We shamed his father’s might, We spat on the grave of his mother, We laughed in his face and mocked, looking slyly one to another. But God beheld, and His hand Was heav…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 83

Oracles

…nd. Where thou hast trodden, I have trod ; Thy folk have been my folk, and thine abode Mine, and thy life my life, and thou, who art thy God, my God. VII Draw me with cords that are not ; witch me chanted Spells never heard nor open to the ear, Woven of silence, moulded in the haunted Houses where dead men linger year by year. I have no fear To tread thy far irremeable way Beyond the paths and palaces of day, Beyond the night, beyond the skies, Beyond eternity’s Tremendous gate ; beyond the immanent miracle. O secret self of things ! I have nor…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 71

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…, and by that of one’s own Holy Guardian Angel when it has been communicated. He hails Him as BESZ, the Matter that destroys and devours Godhead, for the purpose of the Incarnation of any God. He hails Him as APOPHRASZ, the Motion that destroys and devours Godhead, for the pur¬ pose of the Incarnation of any God. The combined action of these two DEVILS is to allow the God upon whom they prey to enter into enjoyment of existence through the Sacrament of dividual “Life” (Bread — the flesh of BESZ) and “Love” (Wine — the blood or venom of APOPHRAS…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 23

Songs of the Spirit

…self in that dim sphere Whose hollow centre I am standing at With burning eyes intent to penetrate The black circumference, and find out God— And only see myself. The walls of Space Mock me with silence. What is Life ? The stars Are silent. O ye matchless ministers That daily pass in your appointed ways To reach—we know not what ! How meaningless Your bright assemblage and your steady task Of doubtful motion. And the soul of man Grapples in death-pangs with your mystery, And fails to wrestle down the hard embrace That grips the thighs of though…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 204

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…er men their many melodies, And the sun burns above, and ice and snow With ermine robes and cloudy canopies Crown the rock pyramids, and God stands fast In heaven, our love shall last. It was the shadow of some cloudy Thing, That touched my mind a moment, and is past Into the gloomy.kingdom. I may cast The sandals of the night away, and fling My body, like a meteor, far and fast Into the azure, and within the vast Lift up my voice and eloquently sing, Till God delight to hear me at the last, To wed his Love unto my love and me For a new Trinity…

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