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1919 · PDF PAGE 426

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…hagata of perfection, “he who has followed in the footsteps of his predecessors.” “The eight dire miseries” are the five senses plus the three- fold fire of Lust, Hatred and Dullness. But the quotation is not familiar. I feel sure He did not say “sure.” 104

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1929 · PDF PAGE 218

Moonchild

…ON OF THE FALSE ALARM OF THE GREAT EXPERIMENT, AND OF A CONFERENCE BETWEEN DOUGLASS AND HIS SUBORDINATES. LORD ANTONY BOWLING was one of three men in the War Office who could speak French perfectly; despite this drawback, he had been selected to confer with the French headquarters in Paris. Here he met Cyril Grey, busy with his tailor. The young magician had once held a captaincy in a Hussar regiment, but a year of India had developed his native love of strange places and peoples. He had been tempted to resign his commission, and yielded. He ha…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 68

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…wledge of the Tree of Life whose explanation would require a volume to itself; but fortunately we have, in the Buddhist Skandhas and the Three Characteristics which deny them, a scheme easily assimilable to Western psychology. In “Science and Buddhism” I dealt in some detail with these Skandhas; but I will briefly recapitulate. In examining any phenomenon and analysing it we first notice its Name and Form (Nama and Rupa). “Here is a Rose,” we say. In such a world live the entirely vulgar. Next (with Berkeley) we perceive that this statement is …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 68

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…wledge of the Tree of Life whose explanation would require a volume to itself; but fortunately we have, in the Buddhist Skandhas and the Three Characteristics which deny them, a scheme easily assimilable to Western psychology. In “Science and Buddhism” I dealt in some detail with these Skandhas; but I will briefly recapitulate. In examining any phenomenon and analysing it we first notice its Name and Form (Nama and Rupa). “Here is a Rose,” we say. In such a world live the entirely vulgar. Next (with Berkeley) we perceive that this statement is …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 65

The Scented Garden

The Results of Sin. 57 wineskin ; in three years thou wilt be as foul as thy Nubian. Come into my garden, boy ! with true love and pure, with open air and swift riding thou mayest regain thy beauty. Then wilt thou be grateful to El Qahar, and faithful, if thou canst be faithful. The camel that hath learnt to bite furiously8 — only Allah and the muzzle9 avail. 1. [Persian text] : Hakim — doctor, not to be confused with [Persian text] Hakim — official. 2. Wolf’s Tail — the false dawn or Zodiacal Light. 3. One M.S. omits the sentence, and finishes…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 168

Magick Without Tears

SEX MORALITY 135 A feast for the first night of the Prophet and his Bride! A feast for the three days of the writing of the Book of the Law. A feast for Tahuti and the child of the prophet-secret. 0 Prophet! A feast for the Supreme Ritual. and a feast for the Equinox of the Gods. A feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death! A feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture! A feast every night unto Nu. and the pleasure of uttermost delight! Aye! feast! rejoice! there is no dread hereafter. Ther…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 314

The Star in the West

…r can catch myself at any time without a perception , and never can observe anything but the perception . 3 1 Time , vol . ii, p . 275 . Three Dialogues , p . 106 . : Cited in Huxley's Hume , p . 195 .

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1910 · PDF PAGE 197

The Winged Beetle

…l Barnes, or some name like that ! EUPHEMIA. But you will, won’t you ? CARR. No, I won’t, will I ? [Sings.] “ I have a wife and bairnies three, And I’m no sure how ye’d agree, lassie ! ” EUPHEMIA. What ? [She releases herself. CARR. Well, the wife’s dead, as a matter of fact. Her name was Hope-of-ever-doing-something-in-the-Wide- Wide. But the bairns are alive : young Chemistry, already apt at repartee—I should say retort ; little Biology, who’s rather a worm between you and me and the gate- post ; and poor puny, puling, sickly little Metaphysi…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 305

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…r (Fra ψ) who added yet further mathematical data. This copy has again been checked by Fra; Ρ. and Soror; N.N. and the proofs further by three separate scholars. The method of employing the dictionary has been fully indicated in The Temple of Solomon the King [Equinox V]. None of the editors claim to possess even the smallest degree of scholarship. The method of compilation has been to include all words given in Van Rosen- roth’s Qabalistlc Dictionary, those specially commented on in S.D., LR.Q., and LZiQi, those given in 777, and those found b…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 305

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…r (Fra ψ) who added yet further mathematical data. This copy has again been checked by Fra; Ρ. and Soror; N.N. and the proofs further by three separate scholars. The method of employing the dictionary has been fully indicated in The Temple of Solomon the King [Equinox V]. None of the editors claim to possess even the smallest degree of scholarship. The method of compilation has been to include all words given in Van Rosen- roth’s Qabalistlc Dictionary, those specially commented on in S.D., LR.Q., and LZiQi, those given in 777, and those found b…

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1922 · PDF PAGE 52

Diary of a Drug Fiend

…ght, that gleamest with a rosary of moons! I adore Thee, Evoe! I adore Thee, I A O!” We soared towards the dawn. I went straight to over three thousand. I could hear the beat of my heart. It was one with the beat of the engine. I took the pure unsullied air into my lungs. It was an octave to cocaine; the same invigorating spiritual force expressed in other terms. , The magnificently melodious words of Sieveking sprang into my mind. I repeated them rapturously. It is the beat of the British engine. : “Deep lungfuls! Deep mouthfuls! Deep, deep me…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 184

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…ssay ‘Eleusis,’ Crowley suggests that the world’s history may roughly be divided into a continuous succession of periods, each embracing three distinct 168

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1910 · PDF PAGE 225

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

THE DAUGHTER OF THE HORSELEECH and for three hundred and twenty-five myriads of myriads of myriads of kotis of crores of lakhs of asankhayas of maha- kalpas did he work with his divine power—and yet that little crack was in nowise filled, but rather widened ! The god returned. ‘‘O Great White Spirit!” he whispered —and the Universe shook with fear at the voice of him— “Thou, and Thou alone, art worthy to fill this little crack that Thou hast left.” Then the Great White Spirit arose and formulated Himself as the Pillar of Infinitude, even as the…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 184

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…ssay ‘Eleusis,’ Crowley suggests that the world’s history may roughly be divided into a continuous succession of periods, each embracing three distinct 168

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1910 · PDF PAGE 225

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

THE DAUGHTER OF THE HORSELEECH and for three hundred and twenty-five myriads of myriads of myriads of kotis of crores of lakhs of asankhayas of maha- kalpas did he work with his divine power—and yet that little crack was in nowise filled, but rather widened ! The god returned. ‘‘O Great White Spirit!” he whispered —and the Universe shook with fear at the voice of him— “Thou, and Thou alone, art worthy to fill this little crack that Thou hast left.” Then the Great White Spirit arose and formulated Himself as the Pillar of Infinitude, even as the…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 180

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ate remarks—outin Englandhe simply looks round, then]— ͵τΑοκ. Now to conceal the body; aha! I have it. [þI/ith u 0111561 HE lifts up the three planks 11114 puts the body under the floor, replacing the planks. HE smoothes 01/67 the place, looks for 0114 collects dust, ond sprinkles it evenly over; re-makes bed, etc.] Safe ! safe for ever from that vulture eye of blue. Safe! [A distant 011117111 clock strikes eleven] To bed! No more long watches to distract me. No more waiting to catch that evil, filmy eye, casting its vulture curses on me. How I s…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 180

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…ate remarks—outin Englandhe simply looks round, then]— ͵τΑοκ. Now to conceal the body; aha! I have it. [þI/ith u 0111561 HE lifts up the three planks 11114 puts the body under the floor, replacing the planks. HE smoothes 01/67 the place, looks for 0114 collects dust, ond sprinkles it evenly over; re-makes bed, etc.] Safe ! safe for ever from that vulture eye of blue. Safe! [A distant 011117111 clock strikes eleven] To bed! No more long watches to distract me. No more waiting to catch that evil, filmy eye, casting its vulture curses on me. How I s…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 234

Collected Works (Vol. II)

228 THE THREE :CHARACTERISTICS. - a family of Nats in a big-tree at. Anuradhapura had a little stranger, very:welcome to. Mamma and Papa Nat. - © Blessed.-indeed::was thé family; ‘Five- and-forty feet }away.stoed:a, wnost ancient.and-| holy dagoba :.and the children: of light would gather round it ‘in the.coal:of.the evening, or in the misty glamour: of dawn, and turn.forth in. love and pity towards all mankind—nay, to the smallest grain of dust tossed on. the utmost storms of the Sahara! ‘¢ Blessed and more blessed! For one day came a holy Bhi…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 78

The Vision and the Voice

…e water. Above his head is a rainbow, and the water foams beneath his feet. And he saith: Before his face am I come that hath the thirty-three thunders of increase in his hand. From the golden water shalt thou gather corn. 76

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1912 · PDF PAGE 268

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…', maybe. 226 [She 5665 him her frey, and 15/0375 a mad Hungarian (lance He 75 mmþel/ed to þieh πῤthe stefi, and 5/16 leads him, (taming, three 07/0117” times rannd 7/76 stage and of L. AWL 6077165 oat to centre ofstage. ,!-?טעװof changes to “The De'il’s awa‘ wi’ th' Exciseman."]

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