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1911 · PDF PAGE 157

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…olden doom Lies in the wrack of things. There is no sigh; Only the wind cries through the lonely woods, And the barren motherhood of the world is manifest Shamelessly ; in the dank, pale Autumn woods The fallen leaves lie squelching under the feet Οἱthe desolate gnomes ; and now the birds are silent, And the streams flow sluggishly through the veins of the world. Dark gray and cloudy, the skies no more are blue, And grayness reigning solitary makes music Drearily through the wind-harp. The dripping rain Soddens the earth, and the stones lie thic…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 160

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

THE EQUINOX The spirit sleeps; the Rose of the world is buried Under the soil of every star that glows, A hanging lamp, under the firmament. There shall be no more roses, no more roses, Until the spring of the stars shall fall on the world, Then shall be light again, Ο secret Rose, And thou shalt be born anew, with radiant star-light For dew, and all thy petals shall be dreams Crystallised of the gods who swing the chains Of the worlds in space ; and at the heart of thee Shall be the secret knowledge, the sacred word, The logos of the throbbing …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 157

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…olden doom Lies in the wrack of things. There is no sigh; Only the wind cries through the lonely woods, And the barren motherhood of the world is manifest Shamelessly ; in the dank, pale Autumn woods The fallen leaves lie squelching under the feet Οἱthe desolate gnomes ; and now the birds are silent, And the streams flow sluggishly through the veins of the world. Dark gray and cloudy, the skies no more are blue, And grayness reigning solitary makes music Drearily through the wind-harp. The dripping rain Soddens the earth, and the stones lie thic…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 160

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

THE EQUINOX The spirit sleeps; the Rose of the world is buried Under the soil of every star that glows, A hanging lamp, under the firmament. There shall be no more roses, no more roses, Until the spring of the stars shall fall on the world, Then shall be light again, Ο secret Rose, And thou shalt be born anew, with radiant star-light For dew, and all thy petals shall be dreams Crystallised of the gods who swing the chains Of the worlds in space ; and at the heart of thee Shall be the secret knowledge, the sacred word, The logos of the throbbing …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 182

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

144 THE EQUINOX Thou art too pure to love, too sweet to know, Too fair to bear unsullied through the world, Where love is blind with lust, and hate grows strong On thine immortal song; Nor do the world’s winds blow Abroad the forbidden word, in thee, in thee impearled. My Rose! my Rose! my Rose! my ensanguined Rose, Blood o’ the heart of the love transcending life, Than death more cool, more eloquent, more still : There is moonlight on the hill, But thou art gone, as goes The promised joy of thee, the world’s still-virgin wife. They spurn thee …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 182

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

144 THE EQUINOX Thou art too pure to love, too sweet to know, Too fair to bear unsullied through the world, Where love is blind with lust, and hate grows strong On thine immortal song; Nor do the world’s winds blow Abroad the forbidden word, in thee, in thee impearled. My Rose! my Rose! my Rose! my ensanguined Rose, Blood o’ the heart of the love transcending life, Than death more cool, more eloquent, more still : There is moonlight on the hill, But thou art gone, as goes The promised joy of thee, the world’s still-virgin wife. They spurn thee …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 367

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

… of Malkuth King of Tenorsךלמ תוהלב 534 A certain Name of GOD?קשרלק 535 536תילט הנבל תולטמ A white cloak Sphere of the fixed stars 51 The World of Assiah,םלוע ?הישעה the ‘material’ world 537 Emanatio ; Atzlluth, the?חילצא Archetypal World Medulla spinalis?הררשהmn Apertio uteriרטפ ?םהר 538 Daughter of the Voice—תב ?לוק Echo. [The Bath Q01 is & particular and very sacred method of divi- nation] 539 540 Lumbi; the upper part?םיכחמ ?וז54] Israel?לארשי 542 543 “Existence isה'הא רשא ?היהא Existence," the NAME of the Highest GOD 544 Apples. [Cant. ii. …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 367

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

… of Malkuth King of Tenorsךלמ תוהלב 534 A certain Name of GOD?קשרלק 535 536תילט הנבל תולטמ A white cloak Sphere of the fixed stars 51 The World of Assiah,םלוע ?הישעה the ‘material’ world 537 Emanatio ; Atzlluth, the?חילצא Archetypal World Medulla spinalis?הררשהmn Apertio uteriרטפ ?םהר 538 Daughter of the Voice—תב ?לוק Echo. [The Bath Q01 is & particular and very sacred method of divi- nation] 539 540 Lumbi; the upper part?םיכחמ ?וז54] Israel?לארשי 542 543 “Existence isה'הא רשא ?היהא Existence," the NAME of the Highest GOD 544 Apples. [Cant. ii. …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 50

The World’s Tragedy

THE WORLD’S TRAGEDY

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1910 · PDF PAGE 1

The World’s Tragedy

ae THE WORLD’S TRAGEDY

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1913 · PDF PAGE 574

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…dy is to prevent the soul from growing old by preserving preciously that original freshness of sentiments and thoughts which the corrupt world calls illusions, and which we shall call the primitive mirages of eternal truth. To believe in happiness upon earth, in friendship, in love, in a maternal Providence which counts all our steps, and will reward all our tears, is to be a perfect dupe, the corrupt world will say; it does not see that it is itself who is the dupe, believing itself strong in depriving itself of all the delights of the soul. T…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…dy is to prevent the soul from growing old by preserving preciously that original freshness of sentiments and thoughts which the corrupt world calls illusions, and which we shall call the primitive mirages of eternal truth. To believe in happiness upon earth, in friendship, in love, in a maternal Providence which counts all our steps, and will reward all our tears, is to be a perfect dupe, the corrupt world will say; it does not see that it is itself who is the dupe, believing itself strong in depriving itself of all the delights of the soul. T…

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The World’s Tragedy

THE WORLD’S TRAGEDY PRICE TWO GUINEAS

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1913 · PDF PAGE 205

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…on ; Yea; all thy petals were crimson with delight: And under the soft stars, the silent night Grew deeper, deeper, till the heart o the world Lay bare before me, with no robe to don Save the lucent veil of spirit, argent-white ; And then there came a voice: Arise! Smite! Smite! Ere the portal of the temple may be won! Crash down the walls! Lend all thy hidden might! I, in the bosom of the deep impearled, Cry from the cloud-place of the Underworld. Let the gold banner of the day be unfurled That. I may manifest the secret curled In the darkling…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…on ; Yea; all thy petals were crimson with delight: And under the soft stars, the silent night Grew deeper, deeper, till the heart o the world Lay bare before me, with no robe to don Save the lucent veil of spirit, argent-white ; And then there came a voice: Arise! Smite! Smite! Ere the portal of the temple may be won! Crash down the walls! Lend all thy hidden might! I, in the bosom of the deep impearled, Cry from the cloud-place of the Underworld. Let the gold banner of the day be unfurled That. I may manifest the secret curled In the darkling…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 228

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

… at the flames that made the ceiling gray With wavering shadows, sporting eerily, We lay all naked, talking of the things Of the old dim world, when life and art were young; Of the old bards who lightly touched their strings ; Who sang of love and life as I have sung. And then I felt you kiss me as I roved Back to the brightness of the world of old; And so the past grew dearer, as I loved And loved you more: the path grew ever gold, Merging at last into the golden light Of the Golden Age : we were re-born that night. (vir) More sombrely the sec…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 334

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ety is guilty of theft. Because selfish joy is impious. Christ is judged, condemned, and executed; and men adore Him! This happened in a world perhaps as serious as our own. Judges of the world in which we live, pay attention, and think of Him who will judge your judgments! But, before dying, the Saviour bequeathed to His children the immortal sign of salvation, Communion. Communion! Common union! the final word of the Saviour of the world! “The Bread and the Wine shared among all,” said He, “this is my flesh and my blood.” 36

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

… at the flames that made the ceiling gray With wavering shadows, sporting eerily, We lay all naked, talking of the things Of the old dim world, when life and art were young; Of the old bards who lightly touched their strings ; Who sang of love and life as I have sung. And then I felt you kiss me as I roved Back to the brightness of the world of old; And so the past grew dearer, as I loved And loved you more: the path grew ever gold, Merging at last into the golden light Of the Golden Age : we were re-born that night. (vir) More sombrely the sec…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 334

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ety is guilty of theft. Because selfish joy is impious. Christ is judged, condemned, and executed; and men adore Him! This happened in a world perhaps as serious as our own. Judges of the world in which we live, pay attention, and think of Him who will judge your judgments! But, before dying, the Saviour bequeathed to His children the immortal sign of salvation, Communion. Communion! Common union! the final word of the Saviour of the world! “The Bread and the Wine shared among all,” said He, “this is my flesh and my blood.” 36

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1909 · PDF PAGE 27

Clouds Without Water

Xx To drink one drop thereof is to be drunk. The firm feet stagger, and the world spins round; The fair speech stammers — nature's God hath sunk Into some trivial place of the profound. But he who is drunk thereon is wholly sane, Being wholly mad; he moves with space-wide wings Sees not a world — engulphed in the inane! Nor needs a voice for speech, because he sings. What then of them who are most drunk together As you and I are, mystic maiden 0’ mine, Beyond Dionysus and his tedious tether, Beyond Kithairon and his topmost pine? Why, even now …

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