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1910 · PDF PAGE 116

The World’s Tragedy

THE WHITE WIND. 63 My maiden lily-bloom. For all my cheeks are flooded with desire And shame, and black foul fire That bubbles in my soul, and shoots its terror Out of these sloe-black eyes Into the lake’s unfathomable mirror, That, laughing back upon me laughing, lies. I will creep in — afar From the frenzy of yon nameless star. But who art thou Descending in a cloud of cherubim ? A moon-white sickle crowns that flashing brow ; Thine head like the wise bird Splendidly grim That utters that unutterable word ; Thy body like the bright sun in his…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 11

Ambergris

2 AMBERGRIS Grey desires invade the white. Love and life are but a span ; Woe is me ! and woe is man !

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1954 · PDF PAGE 114

Magick Without Tears

THREE SCHOOLS OF MAGICK (2) 81 Cruciftxion, seems at first sight a fair example of the White tradition; but the idea of sin and of propitiation tainted it abominably with Blackness. There have been, however, certain Christian thinkers who have taken the bold logical step of regarding evil as a device of God for exercising the joys of combat and victory . This is, of course, a perfectly White doctrine; but it is regarded as the most dangerous of heresies. (Romans VI: I, 2, et al.) For all that, the idea is there. The Mass itself is essentially a…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 6

Book 4 (Part I)

Issued by order of the GREAT WHITE BROTHERHOOD known as the A A Witness our Seal, N .”.' Praemonstrator—General.

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1913 · PDF PAGE 4

Book 4 (Part II)

Issued by order of the GREAT WHITE BROTHERHOOD known as the A /. A .•. Witness our Seal, N .-.• Praemonstrator- General.

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1913 · PDF PAGE 10

Book 4 (Part II)

Issued by order of the GREAT WHITE BROTHERHOOD known as the A.\ A.*. Witness our Seal, N.-.- PraemonstrcUor- General.

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1904 · PDF PAGE 49

The Goetia

…working, as aforesaid, etc. Anaphaxeton is sometimes written Anepheneton. (Colours.—Triangle outlined in black; name of Michael black on white ground; the three Names without the triangle written in red; circle in centre entirely filled in in dark green.) THE HEXAGRAM OF SOLOMON. Tuis is the Form of the Hexagram of Solomon, the figure whereof is to be made on parchment of a calf’s skin, and worn at the skirt of thy white vest- ment, and covered with a cloth of fine linen white and pure, the which is to be shown unto the Spirits when they do app…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 221

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…issue of silk for his robes) flitting about, brandishing his tiny sword and spear in a thoroughly warlike manner. “Shun!” said the Great White Spirit. “ By the right, dress! “ Sappers, one pace forward, march ! “ Prepare to stop leak! “ Stop leak !” But the matter was not thus easily settled. After five hours’ strenuous work, the little spirit was exhausted, and the hole apparently no nearer being filled than before. He returned to the Great White Spirit. “ Beg pardon, sir!” he said; ‘but I can’t fill that there ‘ole nohow.” “No matter,” answer…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 221

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…issue of silk for his robes) flitting about, brandishing his tiny sword and spear in a thoroughly warlike manner. “Shun!” said the Great White Spirit. “ By the right, dress! “ Sappers, one pace forward, march ! “ Prepare to stop leak! “ Stop leak !” But the matter was not thus easily settled. After five hours’ strenuous work, the little spirit was exhausted, and the hole apparently no nearer being filled than before. He returned to the Great White Spirit. “ Beg pardon, sir!” he said; ‘but I can’t fill that there ‘ole nohow.” “No matter,” answer…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 120

Magick Without Tears

… disregard of any idea of building for the future, testifies to a condition of complete moral disorder, of abject spiritual anarchy. The White School has thus been paralysed. We are reminded of the spider described by Fabre, who injects her victims with a poison which paralyzes them without killing them, so that her own young may find fresh meat. And this is what is going to happen in Europe and America unless something is done about it, and done in very short order. The Yellow School could not remain impassive spectators of the abominations. M…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 93

The Book of Thoth

…e suited to common comprehension.) This card represents the Consummation of the Royal Marriage which took place in Atu VI. The black and white personages are now united in a single androgyne figure. Even the Bees and the Serpents on their robes have made an alliance. The Red Lion has become white, and increased in size and importance, while the White Eagle, similarly expanded, has become

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1944 · PDF PAGE 214

The Book of Thoth

the latent antagonism native to the suit. The Rose emits white rays, producing a geometrical pattern that emphasizes the equilibrium of the symbol.

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1909 · PDF PAGE 370

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

THE EQUINOX black stain polluted the immaculate white of their leaves. Only the binding bore some words. They were the titles of those unwritten books. Thus they ran: “The book “ Advice to which Mankind contains all that I know for for a better use of their faculties.” certain.” No name of author was to be seen. In the fourth compartment was a little framed picture, and though I examined it very closely I was not able at first to realise what the subject of the picture was. From a shallow little boat a gigantic snake was seen to emerge, fiercel…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 370

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

THE EQUINOX black stain polluted the immaculate white of their leaves. Only the binding bore some words. They were the titles of those unwritten books. Thus they ran: “The book “ Advice to which Mankind contains all that I know for for a better use of their faculties.” certain.” No name of author was to be seen. In the fourth compartment was a little framed picture, and though I examined it very closely I was not able at first to realise what the subject of the picture was. From a shallow little boat a gigantic snake was seen to emerge, fiercel…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 13

The Vision and the Voice

…arments like a wheel of fire on every side of him, and in his hand is a long flail of scarlet lightning; his face is black, and his eyes white without any pupil or iris. The face is very terrible indeed to look upon. Now in front of him is a wheel, with many spokes, and many tyres; it is like a fence in front of him. And he cries: O man, who art thou that wouldst penetrate the Mystery? for it is hidden unto the End of Time. And I answer him: Time is not, save in the darkness of Her womb by whom evil came. And now the wheel breaks away, and I se…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 40

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

…nd and haloed with holy light. Flame lit on their hair , And their burning eyes grew young and wise , Each as a God , or King of Kings , White robed and bright ( Still scribbling all ); And a full tumultuous murmur of wings , Grew through the hall ; And I knew the white undying Fire , And , through open portals , Gyre on gyre , Archangels and angels , adoring , bowing , And a Face unshaded . .. Till the light faded ; And they were but fools again , fools unknowing , Still scribbling , blear - eyed and stolid immortals .

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1898 · PDF PAGE 42

Jephthah

… I am free. Nay, I, This body, dead, must lie Till Thou come home again, O soaring Soul. The gates supernal roll ! Flash through them, O white-winged, white-blossom ghost ! Ah, God! for I am lost. - [Jephthah remains motionless, [Morning dawns. Enter Jared, Soldters, Prophet. SOLDIERS. . Hail, captain! We are ready now for death, Or victory, if shining wings are fain To hover over dauntless hearts. Behold Our ready bands to follow to the fray. JEPHTHAH. Welcome! hail ye this happy dawn as one

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1928 · PDF PAGE 66

Little Poems in Prose

chosen his toy from life itself, and the two chil- dren laughed together brotherly, and their teeth shone white, the one’s no whiter than the other’s.

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1899 · PDF PAGE 60

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

… I am free. Nay, I, This body, dead, must lie Till Thou come home again, O soaring Soul. The gates supernal roll ! Flash through them, O white-winged, white-blossom ghost ! Ah, God! for I am lost. - [Jephthah remains motionless, [Morning dawns. Enter Jared, Soldters, Prophet. SOLDIERS. . Hail, captain! We are ready now for death, Or victory, if shining wings are fain To hover over dauntless hearts. Behold Our ready bands to follow to the fray. JEPHTHAH. Welcome! hail ye this happy dawn as one

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1912 · PDF PAGE 20

Sir Palamedes

… soulless wilderness of stone. Nor grass, nor corn, delight the vales ; Nor beast, nor bird, span space. Immense, Black rain, grey mist, white wrath of gales, Fill the dread armoury of sense. Nor shines the sun; nor moon, nor star Their subtle light at all display ; Nor day, nor night, dispute the scaur: All’s one intolerable grey. Black Ilyns, grey rocks, white hills of snow! No flower, no colour: life is not. This is no way for men to go From Severn-mouth to Camelot. Despair, the world upon his speed, Drive (like a lion from his den Whom hung…

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