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1901 · PDF PAGE 37

The Mother’s Tragedy

…ler, cast away the infamy, Break with my hands these rotten barricades, [He picks up his mother’s Bible, tears it, and casts tt into the fire. And swear before the Spirit of the World, In sight of God, this day: I love you still With carnal love and spiritual love! And I will have you, by the living God, To be my mistress. If I fail in this, Or falter in this counsel of despair, May God’s own curses dog me into hell, And mine own life perpetuate itself Through all the ages of eternity. Amen! Amen! Come, Cora, to my heart! [He stoops to embrace …

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1901 · PDF PAGE 45

The Soul of Osiris

…se strangers go ; Turn to my lips till their cup overflow ; Hurt me with kisses, kill me with desire, Consume me and destroy me with the fire Of bleeding passion straining at the heart, Touched to the core by sweetnesses that smart Bitten by fiery snakes, whose poisonous breath Swoons in the midnight, and dissolves to death ! Ah ! let me perish so, and not endure Thy falsehood who have known thy love was sure, Built up by sighs a palace of long years— Lo ! it was faery, and the spell of tears T

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1899 · PDF PAGE 4

An Appeal to the American Republic

…g : Their challenge you hurled back across the foam : Vienna and tall Rome Trembled for their ally : you stirred our hearts at home. The fire of love no waters shall devour ; The faith of friendship stands the shocks of time ; Seal with your voice the triumph of this hour, Your glory to our glory and our power, Alliance of one tongue, one faith, one clime ! Seal and clasp hands ; and let the sea proclaim Friendship of righteous fame, And lordship of two worlds that time can never tame. Stoop not and tender not an hour’s regret For those wild wo…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 142

Orpheus

…hair About the body brave and bare Starred in the sunlight by the spray, And laughed upon me as I lay Watching the change: First dawn of fire First ghost of nightfall’s grey desire 143

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1912 · PDF PAGE 369

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

… Qliphoth of Netzachברע ?קרז Sons of Adam n'myn 580 Rich νυν Ancient p'ny "Le bouc émissaire"; shaggy,?דעש hairy. [Levin]“ ?;שו Angel of Fire?ףרש 581 The Ancient One Rp'hy Barley?הרועש 582 583 584

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1912 · PDF PAGE 369

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

… Qliphoth of Netzachברע ?קרז Sons of Adam n'myn 580 Rich νυν Ancient p'ny "Le bouc émissaire"; shaggy,?דעש hairy. [Levin]“ ?;שו Angel of Fire?ףרש 581 The Ancient One Rp'hy Barley?הרועש 582 583 584

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1937 · PDF PAGE 3

Scientific Solution of the Problem of Government

…. They shall rejoice, our chosen; who sorroweth is not of us. 20. Beauty and strength, leaping laughter and delicious languor, force and fire, are of us. 58. Yea ! deem not of change: ye shall be as ye are, and not other. Therefore the kings of the earth shall be kings for ever. The slaves shall serve.

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1944 · PDF PAGE 213

The Book of Thoth

… lost. and disordered. It is subject to change as is no other suit. It represents a general shak‐ ing‐up, resulting from the conflict of Fire and Water in their marriage; and proceeds, when Earth appears, to crystallization. But the purity and exaltation of Chokmah are such that this card manifests the very best idea possible to the suit. The energy abides above the onslaught of disruption. This comparative calm is emphasized by the celestial attribution: the Moon in Libra. The Moon is change, but Nature is peaceful; moreover, Libra represents …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 183

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…arlands of strange sorceries ; New desires and mystic passion Infinite, of starry fashion ; The mysterious desire Of the subtle formless fire. Vainly may the Tyanzean 4 Throw his misconceiving eye To bewitch our empyrean Splendours of the under sky ! If the loud infernal pcean Be our marriage-melody, We are careless, we Achzean Moulders of our destiny. Hell, it may be, for his playing, Renders Orpheus the decaying Love—in Hell, if Hell there be, I would seek Eurydice ! If she be the demon sister Of my brain's mysterious womb ; If she brand my s…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 71

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…d then consider! Dost thou dare to dare? The live sun leaps by invisible degrees ; The blessed moon grows slowly through the trees ; And fire has fire’s ingressive agonies. K

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1901 · PDF PAGE 50

The Mother’s Tragedy

36 THE FATAL FORCE Is broken, and the balance of her mind Made one with the fool’s bauble, and her wand, That was of steel and fire, like a reed, snapped! PACHAD. So lived my father. Tell me of his death. AMENHATEP. At thy first breath the gods were patient still, Till the abomination filled its cup, And hatred took her heart. She slew thy sire, And made his body the banquet of her sin In the infernal temple. “So,” she said, ‘‘T reap the incarnation of the god.” So, gloomy and hideous, she would prowl about Seeking fresh human feasts, and blood…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 38

777

…tsaeah) The Dukes and Kings of Edom. 0 Concealed Light . -orn onde an 1 Sky Blue Air 2 Yellow . Water and Earth. cee we we ww we 8 White Fire . © 329 of mya and F ANI dAN 4 Red . Height . © wo nnpwn ? by. 5 White-red . Depth © moy ain ? 1D°p. 6 Whitish-red East . © MP Wr nbn - ? Tp - 1 Reddish-white West . © mann dyww =F yon 8 White - red -whitish-red- | South. © pndys 2 Seep and] 9 reddish-white NID ‘The Light reflecting all | North © sya on ° ow 10 colours CXIX. CXVIITI. CXVII. CXVI. The Ten Fetters The Chakkras or Centres The Soul Egyptian A…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 145

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…EPHERD XII Then did I learn the lore of Earth, For mine was the light of Pan ; The barren riddle unsolved by birth Was solved as the hot fire ran. The god’s tongue flashed, and he roared with glee At each spasm he drew from the breast of me, And the mystery of Panic mirth Lay bare in the sight of a man. XIII And many a love long since I’ve known, And many a city rare ; I have sung and harped, I have fought and flown, I have wandered everywhere. But the thought of that day by the water-side, The god’s hot breath and the hidden bride, Makes me mo…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 145

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…EPHERD XII Then did I learn the lore of Earth, For mine was the light of Pan ; The barren riddle unsolved by birth Was solved as the hot fire ran. The god’s tongue flashed, and he roared with glee At each spasm he drew from the breast of me, And the mystery of Panic mirth Lay bare in the sight of a man. XIII And many a love long since I’ve known, And many a city rare ; I have sung and harped, I have fought and flown, I have wandered everywhere. But the thought of that day by the water-side, The god’s hot breath and the hidden bride, Makes me mo…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 29

Ambergris

…it is overmuch To grieve for that : life is not so divine— I count it little grief to part with such ! We are wild serpents in a ring of fire ; Our necks stretch out, our haggard eyes aspire In desperation ; from the fearful line Our coils revulse in impotence and ire. An idle song it was the poet sang, A quavering note—no brazen kettle’s clang, But gentle, drooping, tearful. Nay, achieve ! I can remember how the finish rang Clear, sharp, and loud ; the harp is glad to die And give the clarion one note silver-high. It was too sweet for music, a…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 165

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

… servant of the same your God, the true worshipper of the Highest. The Angle of A of Δ, ἰπ the tablet of Δ. The Prince of the Chariot of Fire. THE SEVENTEENTH KEY ILASA dial peretal soba vaupaahe cahisa nanuba zodixalayo dodasihe od berinutafaxisa hubaro tasataxa yolasa: soba lad z' Vonupehe o Uonupehe: aladonu dax ila od toatarel Zoda— care od Zodameranu! Odo cicale Qaal Zodoreje, lape zodiredo Noco Mada, hoathahe IAI D A. THE SEVENTEENTH KEY O THOU third Flame! whose wings are thorns to stir up vexation, and who hast 7336 living lamps going b…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 165

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

… servant of the same your God, the true worshipper of the Highest. The Angle of A of Δ, ἰπ the tablet of Δ. The Prince of the Chariot of Fire. THE SEVENTEENTH KEY ILASA dial peretal soba vaupaahe cahisa nanuba zodixalayo dodasihe od berinutafaxisa hubaro tasataxa yolasa: soba lad z' Vonupehe o Uonupehe: aladonu dax ila od toatarel Zoda— care od Zodameranu! Odo cicale Qaal Zodoreje, lape zodiredo Noco Mada, hoathahe IAI D A. THE SEVENTEENTH KEY O THOU third Flame! whose wings are thorns to stir up vexation, and who hast 7336 living lamps going b…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 209

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…Of perfect love: thence grew the Mystic Rose. Its myriad petals of divided light ; Its leaves of the most radiant emerald ; Its heart of fire like rubies. At the sight I lifted up my heart to God and called : How shall I pluck this dream of my desire? And lo! there shaped itself the Cross of Fire! HAPPINESS. Ir is the seasonable sun of spring That gilds the all-rejuvenescent air— New buds, young birds, so‘happy in the rare Fresh life of earth: myself am bound to sing, Feeling the resurrection crown me king. I am so happy as men never were. Of s…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 71

Songs of the Spirit

…th ? Is this fiend the Love that came when youth rose up Purple with its holy flame, and flower-fair cup, Gave me of his burning wine to fire my heart, Filled me with desires divine toward my art ? Is he then the Love who robs me of my aim, Doubts me if my heart still throbs with that cold flame, Calm and eager purpose yet to reach the goal That high hopes have sternly set before my soul, To know, will, dare for man’s sake if man may, Grasp the secret of the plans that rule the way Of stars and suns, that shape the tiniest blade Of Grass whose …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 223

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…, It needs no wine to be merry! I have bought for a wafer of bread A garden of poppies and clover; For a water bitter and dead A foam of fire flowing over. From the Lamb and his prison fare And the owl’s blind stupor, arise! Be ye wise, and strong, and fair, And the nectar afloat in your eyes! Arise, O ambrosial moon By the strong immemorial spell, By the subtle veridical rune That is mighty in heaven and hell! 213

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