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1944 · PDF PAGE 170

The Book of Thoth

PRINCE OF DISKS The Prince of Disks represents the airy part of Earth, indicating the florescence and fructification of that element. He rules from the 21st degree of Aries to the 20th degree of Taurus. The figure of this Prince is meditative. He is the element of Earth become intelligible. Clothed in light armour, his helmet is crowned with the head of a bull; and his chariot is drawn by an ox, this animal being peculiarly sacred to the Element of Earth. In his left hand he holds his disk, which is an orb resembling a globe, marked with mathem…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 49

Orpheus

…loating sprayed through heaven dovewise, Dreaming, dashing; sunlight shakes Into million-coloured petals All our limpid drops, and wraps Earth with green, as water settles On the rocks and in their gaps, Mossy rainbow-tinted maidens, flowers and fernshoots in their laps. ORPHEUS Low down in the hollows And vales of the earth, What eagle-sight follows Your length and green girth? Your light is Apollo’s, Diana’s your mirth! Come forth! I invoke ye, O rivers, I have watched your mysterious birth! THE RIVERS In the lowland gently swelling, Born and…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 116

Gargoyles

…s not That this is his eternal lot. Therefore he suffers not at all. XII. Luckier is he than one, a small Wild girl, whose one desire on earth Was to—be blunt with it !—give birth To children. Here she’s fairly in it! Pumps out her fourteen babes a minute; Her (under chloroform) the voice Bids to be gleesome and rejoice: *© No sterile God balks ¢hime endeavour. This sort of thing goes on for ever.” XIII. I was a humorous youth enough On earth; I laughed when things were rough. 108

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1912 · PDF PAGE 349

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ation הפר 33 171 $289 Apertio. [Vide no. 537]?רטפ Particula-e:?טרפ 290 Thine enemy?ברע 29x Tenentes Aquarumיקיפא ?מ`מ (He) treasured?רצא Earth: in particular, the Earth?ץרא of Malkuth Qy, spotted??ארמג Adhaesio; adhaerens;?אכר'ם prlnceps L.A. Angel of a::?לאיקמכצ 292 Ayolmg bird. [Deut. nii. ὁ]?חורפא Gold?רצנ A medicine, drug?האופר "293 Day Demon of 2“ Dec t$?:ראצ 294 Purple?ןובנרא Pertaining to Autumn?ףרוח Melchizedec. [Gen?קרשכלמ xiv. 18] 295 Curtain, canopy ; νευὶτ. `?ורעיר [Ps. civ. ;[ Eyelids pp.—u?'פבכ [Vide KD. L.C.K. p. 498]?רוטפ 296 Of…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 349

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…ation הפר 33 171 $289 Apertio. [Vide no. 537]?רטפ Particula-e:?טרפ 290 Thine enemy?ברע 29x Tenentes Aquarumיקיפא ?מ`מ (He) treasured?רצא Earth: in particular, the Earth?ץרא of Malkuth Qy, spotted??ארמג Adhaesio; adhaerens;?אכר'ם prlnceps L.A. Angel of a::?לאיקמכצ 292 Ayolmg bird. [Deut. nii. ὁ]?חורפא Gold?רצנ A medicine, drug?האופר "293 Day Demon of 2“ Dec t$?:ראצ 294 Purple?ןובנרא Pertaining to Autumn?ףרוח Melchizedec. [Gen?קרשכלמ xiv. 18] 295 Curtain, canopy ; νευὶτ. `?ורעיר [Ps. civ. ;[ Eyelids pp.—u?'פבכ [Vide KD. L.C.K. p. 498]?רוטפ 296 Of…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 66

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

…hou Goddess of Beauty and Love, whom Satan, beholding, desireth!” ABRAIT uIhe Fathers, male-female, desire Thee! ” (The conception is of Earth, glowing, inhabited by a Solar-Phallic Hippopotamus * 1 of a Venereal nature.) Hear IVfe. and make ail Spints subject unto ]Me: so that every Spirit of the Firmament, and of the Ether: upon The Earth and under the Earth: on dry land and in the Water: of Whirling Air, and of rushing Fire: and every Spell and Scourge of God may be Spirit. aMale-Female Spints!” aMale-Female Sires!” aYe that are Gods, going …

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1898 · PDF PAGE 42

Songs of the Spirit

THE PRIEST SPEAKS. (Boccacio. Day IV. Tale VIII.) LAY them together for the sake of Love Within a little plot of piteous earth, When life’s last flower is faded in the sun. Lay them together in the tender ground That summer showers may shed a trembling tear. And summer breezes whisper melodies Of pity. Lay them there, and when the sky Opens a lingering eyelash of deep cloud, And the sea sparkles out from under it To kiss the earth into awakening From the dream-slumbers that its fancies weave— Fancies of starlight on the lucent sea Gleaming from…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 116

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

…od lifts to -night the moon 's pale ghost To make old blessings new . A thousand fire- flies star His way , A thousand candle - lights ; Earth lit by other every day Can light her Lord at nights . Tall palms rear stately heads to grace The coming of the King , Incense to smoke before his face A thousand flowers bring . And all the world , as Eden was , Is hushed in holy fear , Only small creatures shrill because God holds them very dear . For earth 's an altar ; Golgotha Forbids to flee the name ; And sad man wandering very far Finds still the …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 65

The Vision and the Voice

… THE VOICE foundation of the world he shall reveal unto his chosen. And they shall have power over every spirit of the Ether; and of the earth and under the earth; on dry land and in the water; of whirling air and of rushing fire. And they shall have power over all the inhabitants of the earth, and every scourge of God shall be subdued beneath their feet. The angels shall come unto them and walk with them, and the great gods of heaven shall be their guests. But I must sit apart, with dust upon my head, discrowned and desolate. I must lurk in fo…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 37

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…ight and darkness meet, There shine thy flaming feet, There is thy splendid seat ; Mighty Anubi! XI. Swift-winged Stability, Lifting the earth and sky, Hold me up utterly, Keep me, O Shuwe! XII. Virginal Queen of Earth, Late love, and last of birth, Loose, loose the golden girth, Nephthys, the crowned one! XIII. Hail, crowned Harpocrates, Show, show thy secrecies, Lotus-throned silences, Typhon’s réplacer ! MARCH IN THE TROPICS. Written near Manzanillo. WHAT ails thee, earth? Is not the breath of Spring Exultant on thy breast? What aileth thee,…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 29

Rodin in Rime

THE TOWER OF TOIL (LA TOUR DE TRAVAIL) HE old sun rolls; the old earth spins; Incessant labour bends the stars. Hath not enough of woes and sins — Passed? Who shall efface their senseless scars? One makes, one mars. The aeons foil All purpose; rise, O Tower of Toil. Rise in thy radiance to proclaim The agony of the earth alive! Stand by the sea, a marble flame, A lighthouse wedded to an hive! Still upward strive! O tower, arise An endless spiral to the skies! Stand on the weather-beaten coast A flaming angel in the noon; A silver, fascinated gh…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 112

Collected Works (Vol. III)

106 GARGOYLES He had starved himself on earth in hope In heaven to banquet with the Pope, With God and Christ on either hand And all the angels’ choral band Playing sweet music. O the fool To treat earth as a baby’s school ! In hell one lives as one is wont. Punch said to would-be Don’t ! Might I advise the same to those Shapeless and senseless embryos Who seek to live? Yes, God is wise Enough to set a snare for lies As well as truths. The soul content On earth in his own element Will be content from flesh released. But he who strives to be a b…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 236

The Book of Thoth

fallow Earth. Populus, moreover, is the Moon retiring from manifestation to her conjunction with the Sun.

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1899 · PDF PAGE 19

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

PRELUDE. xix From torturers’ cloths ; the sickly tide is poured, And all the earth is blasted ; the green sward Burns where it touches, and the barren sod Rejects the poison of the blood of God. Yet, through the foam of waters that enclose Their sweet salt bosoms, through the summer rose, Through flowers of fatal fire, through fields of air That summer squanders, ere the bright moon bare Her maiden bosom, through the kissing gold Where lovers’ lips are molten, and breasts hold Their sister bodies, and deep eyes are wed, And fire of fire enflowe…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 65

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

… of a Neptunian nature.) Hear Me: and make ail Spirits subject unto Me: so that every Spirit of the Firmament and of the Ether: upon the Earth and under the Earth: on dry Land and in the Water: of Whirling Air, and of rushing Fire: and every Spell and Scourge of God may be obedient unto Me. Section E. Earth. I invoke Thee: — MA BARRAIO IOEL KOThA “O Mother ! O Truth ! ” “Thou Mass!”1 “Hail, Thou that art!” “Thou hollow one!” I. “Mass”, in the sense of the word which is used by physicists. The impossibility of defîning it will not deter the intr…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 68

Songs of the Spirit

…se robes of white The mountain beckons Night Her tracery of azure with the cold moon-rays to knit. Armoured with secret might I stand on earth upright, Strong in the power of Him who welded earth, Barred in the sky with steel, And breathed upon the wheel Of this vast scheme of stars, and made Him mirth In the poor dreams of us Who strive mysterious To pierce the bands of sense, and break the girth Of our own minds’ desire, Till He relume the fire Lost at our fall, not kindled fresh till that diviner birth. 58

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1910 · PDF PAGE 75

Ambergris

66 AMBERGRIS Breast of the surf-bound strand, Life of the earth, God’s child, Man’s bride, the light of the sweet land ! Are emeralds ever a spark of this clear green, Or sapphires hints of this diviner blue, Or rubies shadows of this rosy hue, Or light itself elsewhere so clear and clean ? For all the sparkling dews of heaven fallen far Crystalline, fixed, forgotten (as a star Forgets its nebulous virginity) Are set in all the sky and earth and sea. Shining with solar fire, The single-eyed desire Of scent and sound and sight and sense perfuses…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 12

Tale of Archais

4 THE TALE OF ARCHAIS Conquering and to conquer earth ; Surge, a sea of fiery waves, Through the continent of graves, Bringing all the dead to birth ; Rage, a warrior-band, to bring Right and truth to everything, Burning sorrow into mirth, Cradling, like a child, delight Born from the Cimmerian darkness of the hollow womb of Night, By the father of the gods, And the seasons’ periods To Eternity, the ocean flooded with the river, Light Ouranos ! Wave wide thy pinions Azure in the azure air, Over the serene dominions That our love has made so fai…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 81

Rodin in Rime

…ght! Utmost imagination’s eagle-flight Out-soar!” But he, by his own force undone, His peacock pinions molten one by one, Falls to black earth through the impassive night. Lo! from uprushing earth arises love Ardent and secret, scented with the night, Amorous, ready. Sing the awakening bliss That catches him, from the inane above Hurled—nay, drawn down! What uttermost delight Dawns in that death! Icarus and Gaia kiss. 1 Called “ Fille d’Icare”’ by the distinguished anatomists, priceless idiots, and pragmatical precisians, who see nothing but a …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 116

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

THE EARTH THE child of miracle to the world, greeting. I reach my hands to the leaves and dabble in the dew: I sprinkle dew on you for kisses. I kneel down and hold the grass of the black earth to my bosom; I crush the earth to my lips as if it were a grape. And the wine of Demeter flushes my cheeks; they burn with joy of youth Why should I greet the world? Because my heart is bursting with love for the world. Love, say 1? Why not lust? Is not lust strength, and merriment, and the famine that only the infinite can stay? And why do I call myself t…

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