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1913 · PDF PAGE 362

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ave pursued thee, in trampling beneath their feet for thee the dearest dreams of their imagination, the best beloved phantoms of their heart ! For thee, they have been repulsed and proscribed, for thee they have suffered prison, nakedness, hunger, thirst, the desertion of those whom they loved, and the dark temptations of despair! Thou wast their right, and they have conquered thee! _ Now they can weep and believe, now they can submit themselves and pray! Repentant Cain would have been greater than Abel : it is lawful pride satisfied which has …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 362

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ave pursued thee, in trampling beneath their feet for thee the dearest dreams of their imagination, the best beloved phantoms of their heart ! For thee, they have been repulsed and proscribed, for thee they have suffered prison, nakedness, hunger, thirst, the desertion of those whom they loved, and the dark temptations of despair! Thou wast their right, and they have conquered thee! _ Now they can weep and believe, now they can submit themselves and pray! Repentant Cain would have been greater than Abel : it is lawful pride satisfied which has …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 246

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…airest, for it folds thee From the sight, that liquid splendour, And all feel, yet see thee never, As I feel now, lost forever! Lamp of Earth! where'er thou movest Its dim shapes are clad with brightness, And the souls of whom thou lovest Walk upon the winds with lightness, Till they fail, as I am failing, Dizzy, lost, yet unbewailingl ARIES. Hail unto Thee, O thou that art exalted in thy Strength, that travellest over the Heaven in Thy Bark in the Splendour of noon 1 [ARIES and LEO resume thrones. 68 [A PROBATIONER recites the 12 fold Glorg'flm…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 246

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…airest, for it folds thee From the sight, that liquid splendour, And all feel, yet see thee never, As I feel now, lost forever! Lamp of Earth! where'er thou movest Its dim shapes are clad with brightness, And the souls of whom thou lovest Walk upon the winds with lightness, Till they fail, as I am failing, Dizzy, lost, yet unbewailingl ARIES. Hail unto Thee, O thou that art exalted in thy Strength, that travellest over the Heaven in Thy Bark in the Splendour of noon 1 [ARIES and LEO resume thrones. 68 [A PROBATIONER recites the 12 fold Glorg'flm…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 83

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…graven the aphorism Linea viridis gyrat universa. 3. Then the word of Adonai came unto me by the mouth of the Magister mine, saying: O heart that art girt about with the coils of the old serpent, lift up thyself unto the mountain of initiation! 4. But I remembered. Yea, Than, yea, Theli, yea, Lilith! these three were about me from of old. For they are one. 5. Beautiful wast thou, O Lilith, thou serpent-woman! 6. Thou wast lithe and delicious to the taste, and thy perfume was of musk mingled with ambergris. 7. Close didst thou cling with thy coi…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 60

Liber Aleph

… thereof is called Dementia. And these Books have lived long and become famous because they are the Fruits of ancient Trees whereof thou art directly the Heir, wherefrom (say I) they are more truly german to thine own Nature than Books of Collateral Offshoots, though such were in themselves better and wiser. Yes, o my Son, in these Writings thou mayst study to come to the true Comprehension of thine own Nature, and that of the whole Universe, in the Dimension of Time, even as the Mathematic declareth it in that of Space: That is, of Extension. …

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1899 · PDF PAGE 55

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…nd ; Possess that peaceably; but whomsoever The Lord our God shall drive before our spears, His lands we will possess. And thou, O king, Art thou now better than that bloody Balak Whose iron hand was upon Moab? He, Fought he against us, while three hundred years We dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and Aroer And her white cities, and by Ammon’s coast? D 33

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1911 · PDF PAGE 8

The Vision and the Voice

…my Depth; Look not on High! Look not Beneath! For thou wilt find a life which is as Death: or a Death which should be infinite. For Thou art submitted to the Four: Five thou shalt find, but Seven is lone and far. O Lord God, let Thy Spirit hither unto me! For I am lost in the night of infinite pain: no hope: no God: no resurrection: no end: I fall: I fear. O Saviour of the World, bruise Thou my Head with Thy foot to save the world, that once again I touch Him whom I slew, that in my death I feel the radiance and the heat of the moving of Thy Ro…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 61

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…of the Gods. 41. A feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death! 42. A feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture! 43. A feast every night unto Nu, and the pleasure of uttermost delight ! 44. Aye! feast! rejoice! there is no dread hereafter. There is the dissolution, and eternal ecstasy in the kisses of Nu. 45. There is death for the dogs, 46. Dost thou fail? Art thou sorry? Is fear in thine heart? 21

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1913 · PDF PAGE 208

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

… threefold destiny, Is not for thee, nor ever shall be thine ! The lust of joy incarnate! Incarnate youth Of the world! Alack! No longer art thou King Of the Underworld; no more thy road is peace, For not by longing nor by wonderment Shalt thou gain the drooping west, the starless place, The sun-shot centre of the folden stars, The palace of the cloudy Underworld. Oh! in the key of blue my lyre is tuned To the threefold mystery. O wandering stars! O lonely lights! The mysteries of time Fade and grow pale before the eternal cry! Light! Light! Th…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 61

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…of the Gods. 41. A feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death! 42. A feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture! 43. A feast every night unto Nu, and the pleasure of uttermost delight ! 44. Aye! feast! rejoice! there is no dread hereafter. There is the dissolution, and eternal ecstasy in the kisses of Nu. 45. There is death for the dogs, 46. Dost thou fail? Art thou sorry? Is fear in thine heart? 21

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1913 · PDF PAGE 208

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

… threefold destiny, Is not for thee, nor ever shall be thine ! The lust of joy incarnate! Incarnate youth Of the world! Alack! No longer art thou King Of the Underworld; no more thy road is peace, For not by longing nor by wonderment Shalt thou gain the drooping west, the starless place, The sun-shot centre of the folden stars, The palace of the cloudy Underworld. Oh! in the key of blue my lyre is tuned To the threefold mystery. O wandering stars! O lonely lights! The mysteries of time Fade and grow pale before the eternal cry! Light! Light! Th…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 68

Clouds Without Water

…sh corrupt is tingling with the kiss Of myriads, like the innumerable sea In waves of life that feeds its boundless bliss On the eroded earth. These are your thoughts, Your living thoughts that throng my stagnant veins! Your jackals howl among the holy courts; Your monster brood of devils in my brains T.aughs; oh! they feast on my decaying blood; They gnaw the last sweet morsel from my bones. — As on the parched-up earth there flames the flood Of the monsoon, black dust and barren stones [.eap into green, so I whose epitaph Your passion writes,…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 108

Liber Aleph

LIBER ALEPH VEL CXI 96 G% De Discipulis Regendis (Of Ruling Disciples) WILL have thee to know, moreover, my dear Son, the right Art of Conduct with them whom I shall give thee for Initiation. And the Rule thereof is one Rule; Do that thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. See thou constantly to it hat this be not broken; especially in the Section thereof (if I dare say so) which readeth Mind thine own Business. This is of Application equally to all, and the most dangerous Man (or Woman, as has occurred, or I err) is the Busy-body. Oh how asha…

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1923 · PDF PAGE 2

Songs for Italy

…portant la désignation ancien- ne, seront saisies, et les personnes employant le mot prohi- bité seront passibles des peines prévues a l'article 434 du Code pénal Italien. La Dépéche Tunisienne, 16 aot 1923 Il nome del Tirolo é stato soppresso dalla lingua Italiana in virtt d’un decreto del pretetto della parte di questa contrada annessa dall’Italia dopo la guerra. Il nome di Alto Agide é stato imposto al Tirolo meri- dionale e quello di Altesina al resto della provincia. Tutti gli stampati, avvisi, annunzi, pubblicazioni, indiriz- zi, note, fa…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 117

The Book of Thoth

…Lo, in the Sagas of Old Time, Legend of Scald, of Bard, of Druid, cometh he not in Green like Spring? O thou Great Fool, thou Water that art Air, in whom all complex is resolved! Yea, thou in ragged Raiment, with the Staff of Priapus and the Wine‐ skin! Thou standest upon the Crocodile, like Hoor‐pa‐Kraat; and the Great Cat leapeth upon Thee! Yea, and more also, I have known Thee who Thou art, Bacchus Diphues, none and two, in thy name IAO! Now at the End of all do I come to the Being of Thee, beyond By‐coming, and I cry aloud my Word, as it wa…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 108

Ambergris

…owest that not in flesh Lies the fair fresh Delight of love ; not in mere lips and eyes The secret of these bridal ecstasies, Since thou art everywhere, Rose of the World, Rose of the Uttermost Abode of Glory, Rose of the High Host Of Heaven, mystic, rapturous Rose ! The extreme passion glows Deep in this breast ; thou knowest (and love knows) How every word awakes its own reward In a thought akin to thee, a shadow of thee ; And every tune evokes its musical Lord ; And every rime tingles and shakes in me The filaments of the great web of love. …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 276

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…e Holy! FIRST PROBATIONER. 0 Thou, Divine Worker! Master of all that is Divine! Herald of all that is coming! Builder of our House! Holy art Thou, Thou that knowest the Supreme Mysteries ! CHORUS. We call Thee, O Thrice Holy! FIRST PROBATIONER. Ο Thou, All Good, we call Thee! VIRGO. I. [Rising] Not Good alone, Brethren! But all complete in the perfect Equilibrium. FR. GEMINI. Ay, The Balance must be kept even. Sister, let us invoke the Lord of Knowledge! VIRGO. He gave unto you, children of His Voice, the 98

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1911 · PDF PAGE 276

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…e Holy! FIRST PROBATIONER. 0 Thou, Divine Worker! Master of all that is Divine! Herald of all that is coming! Builder of our House! Holy art Thou, Thou that knowest the Supreme Mysteries ! CHORUS. We call Thee, O Thrice Holy! FIRST PROBATIONER. Ο Thou, All Good, we call Thee! VIRGO. I. [Rising] Not Good alone, Brethren! But all complete in the perfect Equilibrium. FR. GEMINI. Ay, The Balance must be kept even. Sister, let us invoke the Lord of Knowledge! VIRGO. He gave unto you, children of His Voice, the 98

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1913 · PDF PAGE 359

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…l those forms, which the divine thought has successively clothed, will be born again, immortal and perfect. All those features which the art of successive nations has sketched will unite themselves, and form the complete image of God. Jerusalem will rebuild the Temple of Jehovah on the model prophesied by Ezekiel; and the Christ, new and eternal Solomon, will chant, beneath roofs of cedar and of cypress, the Epithalamium of his marriage with holy liberty, the holy bride of the Song of Songs. But Jehovah will have laid aside his thunderbolts, to…

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