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1906 · PDF PAGE 263

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…e rea- lised those Four Truths and their sequential three Characteristics. He who has attained Sammaditthi has at least entered upon the Holy Way, and, if he but try, there will come to him the power to overcome the other fetters that restrict his progress. But first: of all he must abandon all those false hopes and beliefs; and one who has done this is called a Buddhist. And this holding of Right Views, in Pali Sammaditthi, is the first step upon the Noble Eightfold Path. The second stage is Right Aspiration— Sammasankappo. MHaving realised th…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 84

Orpheus

…had possession Of larger loves or passions more sublime. Where the night-caverns hide our solemn session The summoning word lifts up our holy rhyme. Even as a mighty river, bend to bend, We rise in turn and look toward the end. Also, the Gods arisen from the living Lights of the sky, half hidden in the night, Vast shapes beholden of men unbelieving, Staggering the sense and reason with the sight. 85

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1909 · PDF PAGE 29

The Holy Books

…meth a rich man from the- West who shall pour his gold upon thee. 32. From gold forge steel! 33. Be ready to fly or smite !, 34. But your holy place shall be untouched throughout the centuries: though with fire and sword it be burnt down and shattered, yet an invisible house there standeth, and shall stand until the fall of the Great Equinox; when Hrumachis shall arise and the double— wanded one assume my throne and place. Another prophet shall arise, and bring fresh fever from the skies; another woman shall awake the lust and worship of the Snak…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 279

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…voke, my faint fresh fire Kindling as mine intents aspire. Thee I invoke, abiding one, Thee, centre and secret of the Sun, And that most holy mystery Of which the vehicle am I. 265

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1901 · PDF PAGE 121

The Soul of Osiris

THE HOLY OF HOLIES. 109 With fairer melodies, and borne, alone, Aloft, to the immeasurable throne. O mighty palace of immortal stone ! O glamour of the fathomless gray snow ! O clouds ! O whirlwinds of my mountain throne ! I charge your souls to go Unto the souls of men, and bid them rise Toward redemption, and the unsullied eyes. I charge you go and whisper unto men The solemn glories of your secret mind, Making them pure, and wise ; return ye then Unto your proper kind, Having thus offered water, blood, and tears, For the remission of our car…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 48

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

…gotten River - smell , and hear the breeze Sobbing in the little trees . Say , do the elm - clumps greatly stand Still guardians of that holy land ? The chestnuts shade , in reverend dream , The yet unacademic stream ? Is dawn a secret shy and cold Anadyomene , silver - gold ? And sunset still a golden sea From Haslingfield to Madingley ? And after , ere the night is born , Do hares come out about the corn ? Oh , is the water sweet and cool 29

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1926 · PDF PAGE 28

Liber Al vel Legis

…meth a rich man from the- West who shall pour his gold upon thee. 32. From gold forge steel! 33. Be ready to fly or smite !, 34. But your holy place shall be untouched throughout the centuries: though with fire and sword it be burnt down and shattered, yet an invisible house there standeth, and shall stand until the fall of the Great Equinox; when Hrumachis shall arise and the double— wanded one assume my throne and place. Another prophet shall arise, and bring fresh fever from the skies; another woman shall awake the lust and worship of the Snak…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 17

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…se who are suitable for the same. Equinox VI, p. 17. Liber XCV. The Wake-World. A poetical allegory of the relations of the soûl and the Holy Guardian Angel. Konx Om Pax, p. 1. Liber XCVI. Liber Gaias. A Handbook of Geomancy. Equinox II, p. 137. Liber CVL A Treatise on the Nature of Deathy and the proper attitude to be taken towards it. Published in “The International”, New York, 1917. Liber CXI (Aleph). The B00k of Wisdom or Folly. An extended and elaborate commentary on the Book of the Law, in the form of a letter from the Master Therion to h…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 7

Rosa Mundi

…rine Of that most softly-spoken one, Mine Aphrodite ! Touch the imperfect strings, Oh thou, immortal, throned above the moon ! Inspire a holy tune Lighter and lovelier than flowers and wine Offered in gracious gardens unto Pan By any soul of man ! In vain the solemn stars pour their pale dews Upon my trembling spirit ; their caress Leaves me moon-rapt in waves of loveliness All thine, O rose, O wrought of many a muse In Music, O thou strength of ecstasy Incarnate in a woman-form, create Of her own rapture, infinite, ultimate, Not to be seen, no…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 44

Ambergris

AMBERGRIS 35 FROM THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST The May Queen (old style) It is summer and sun on the sea, The twilight is drawn to the world : We linger and laugh on the lea, The light of my spirit with me, Sharp limbs in close agony curled. The noise of the music of sleep, The breath of the wings of the night, The song of the magical deep, The sighs of the spirits that weep, Make murmur to tune our delight. Slow feet are our measures that move ; Swift songs are more soft than the breeze ; Our mouths are made mute for our love ; Our eyes are ma…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 17

The Mother’s Tragedy

…t up your heads,” I hear the angels cry ; “ Be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors. A child-heart seeks the Lover of the Child!” O meek and holy Jesus, hath Thy heart Yearned unto me, Thy maiden? For I knew A bliss so pregnant with the unforeseen As brought me to the very feet of Christ, Weeping. How clouded that mysterious Passion! JI fell a-weeping in my bed, Forgetting, or not knowing. For a fire Too perfect for my sinful soul to touch Gathered me closely in itself, to hide Its utter glory from me. Now I feel Swift troubled tremblings in myself…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 126

Ambergris

…of our race Heroic tales, half-doubted, being So far beyond a rime to trace. What shall they say ? For secret we Have held our love, and holy. Splendour Of light, and music of the sea, And eyes and heart serene and tender, With kisses mingled utterly These were our ways. And who shall know ? What warrior bard our nuptial glories Shall sing ? Historic shall we go Down through our country’s golden stories ? Shall lovers whisper “ Even so As he loved her do I love you ? ” So much they shall know, surely ; never The truth, how lofty and fresh as de…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 117

The Book of Lies

…he Devil of the Sabbath.” U=8, the Hierophant or Redeemer. T=Strength, the Lion. . T, manhood, the sign of the cross or phallus. UT, the Holy Guardian Angel; UT, the first syllable of Udgita, see the Upanishads. O, No- thing, or Nuit. IIIf

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1905 · PDF PAGE 191

Collected Works (Vol. I)

(Sa THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST It hath no shape ; aud I have no escape! It wraps around me, as a mist, despair. Fear without sense and horror without shape Most surely there ! O melancholy ! charming child of folly, Where is thy comfort told without a word ? Where are choly, Familiar bird ? thy plumes, beloved melan- I]. THE GATE OF TO LAURA. Misrress, I pray thee, when the wind Exults upon the roaring sea, Come to my bosom, kissed and kind And sleep upon the lips of me! Dream on my breast of quiet days, Kindled of slow absorbing fire ! Sleep…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 14

Jephthah

…spirit of God, most like a dove, Hovers, and lingers, and wings his flight, Spurned and rejected and lost to sight; But we desire him, a holy bird, And we turn eyes to the hollow hills ; For God is strong, and His iron word Mocks at the gods of the woods and rills. For .our God is as a fire That consumeth every one That is underneath the sun, And our uttermost desire Must abase, with rent attire, Souls and bodies to His throne, Where above the starry choir Stands the jasper, where alone Palest seraphim respire

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1901 · PDF PAGE 97

The Soul of Osiris

THE HOLY PLACE. 85 THE NEOPHYTE. O-NIGHT I tread the unsubstantial way That looms before me, as the thundering night Falls on the ocean : I must stop, and pray One little prayer, and then—what bitter fight Flames at the end beyond the darkling goal ? These are my passions that my feet must tread ; This is my sword, the fervour of my soul ; This is my Will, the crown upon my head. For see ! the darkness beckons : I have gone, Before this terrible hour, towards the gloom, Braved the wild dragon, called the tiger on With whirling cries of pride, s…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 183

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…hs whereby the Forces of the Three (see Second Symbol) were concentred into four, we find they * As above, so below; wherefore saith the Holy Qabalah that alone amongst the Shells is Nogah, the Sphere of Venus, exalted unto Holiness. (Venus is the Goddess of Love.) 173

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1909 · PDF PAGE 183

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…hs whereby the Forces of the Three (see Second Symbol) were concentred into four, we find they * As above, so below; wherefore saith the Holy Qabalah that alone amongst the Shells is Nogah, the Sphere of Venus, exalted unto Holiness. (Venus is the Goddess of Love.) 173

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1911 · PDF PAGE 214

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…lessed is her happy lot Who beholdeth God ; who moves Mighty-souled without a spot, Mingling in the godly rout Of the many mystic Ioves. Holy maidens, duly weave Dances {or the mighty mother ! Bacchanal to Bacchus cleave! Wave his narthex wand, and leave Earthly joys to earth to smother ! Io! Evae! Sisters, mingle In the choir, the dance, the revel! He divine, the Spirit single, He in every vein shall tingle. Sense and sorrow to the devil ! * Obertass : Wieniawski, 34

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1911 · PDF PAGE 214

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…lessed is her happy lot Who beholdeth God ; who moves Mighty-souled without a spot, Mingling in the godly rout Of the many mystic Ioves. Holy maidens, duly weave Dances {or the mighty mother ! Bacchanal to Bacchus cleave! Wave his narthex wand, and leave Earthly joys to earth to smother ! Io! Evae! Sisters, mingle In the choir, the dance, the revel! He divine, the Spirit single, He in every vein shall tingle. Sense and sorrow to the devil ! * Obertass : Wieniawski, 34

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