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1907 · PDF PAGE 223

The Star in the West

… alienation and unconscious insanity ; and this state is the Cer berus we all have to pass before we can regain the blissful arms of our long - lost Eurydice . To clearly illuminate the Orphic progress through the Plutonic regions of Philosophy , it will be necessary , first of all to satisfy the three heads of the terrible offspring of Echidna's womb , whose names are Berkeley , Hume , and Kant . BERKELEY . Berkeley , that “ God - illumined Adept ,” ) almost at the commencement of his introduction to “ The Prin ciples of Human Knowledge ,” sta…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 193

The Winged Beetle

…o EUPHEMIA, holds out his arms.] Sweetheart ! EUPHEMIA. How dare you ! How can you ! With poor Uncle Henry lying dead ! CARR. Why have a long Latin name if you mean to play

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1911 · PDF PAGE 266

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…kisses, the delight of tears, The barren pleasure never come to birth, The endless, infinite desire of years I am the shrine at which thy long desire Devoured thee with intolerable fire, I was song, music, passion, death, upon thy lyre—— Thy lyre! I am the Grail and I the Glory now: I am the flame and fuel of thy breast; I am the star of God upon thy brow; I am thy queen, enraptured and possessed. Hide thee, sweet river ; welcome to the sea, Ocean of love that shall encompass thee! Life, death, love, hatred, light, darkness, return to me— To me! […

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1911 · PDF PAGE 266

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…kisses, the delight of tears, The barren pleasure never come to birth, The endless, infinite desire of years I am the shrine at which thy long desire Devoured thee with intolerable fire, I was song, music, passion, death, upon thy lyre—— Thy lyre! I am the Grail and I the Glory now: I am the flame and fuel of thy breast; I am the star of God upon thy brow; I am thy queen, enraptured and possessed. Hide thee, sweet river ; welcome to the sea, Ocean of love that shall encompass thee! Life, death, love, hatred, light, darkness, return to me— To me! […

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1912 · PDF PAGE 123

Mortadello

…And let me say the same, good lords my countrymen, On their behalf who claim to sit among the Ten. PRINCE JULIO. The nobles are agreed : long live the fair Princess ! Her reign shall be the seed and flower of our success ! A CITIZEN. We have seen troublous times : at last good fortune smiles ! Here’s glory to the Angel of the City of the Isles ! [MONICA assumes throne ; all applaud and do homage, MONICA comes forward and kneels be- fore THE LEGATE. MONICA. Now glory be to God, and glory to His Son, And glory to His Spirit, the eternal Three in …

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1961 · PDF PAGE 156

Liber Aleph

…se also Constancy and Delight therein. For this is to state ill thy question. Herein is Truth and Wisdom concerning this Matter, that so long as Love be not wholly satisfied, and equilibrated by entire Fulfilment and Exchange, Constancy is a point of thy Concentration and Adultery a Division in thy Will. But when thou hast the Summit and Perfection of any Work, of what Worth is it to continue herein? Hast thou two Stomachs, as has a Cow, to chew the Cud of a digested Love? Yet, o my Son, this Constancy is not of Necessity a Stagnation. Nay, beh…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 32

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…e Indian generic term for any good spirit. 2 Rabbi Schimeon, who first wrote down the Zohar, the most sacred book of the Qabalah. With a long sword girt to my waist, And a strawberry mare sweet-paced, And a long night with no moon, no star! I will plunder the traveller from afar ;— Aye ! and find him an ancient sage, . Learn all his wisdom, marry his daughter, Become a king and a mage, Lord of Fire, Earth, Air, and Water ! Ho! my horse, lads! Away! To the moor | Ho! there’s a fox i’ the hole, that’s sure. [Flings swaggering out of the room. SCE…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 92

The Sword of Song

…les came unto the Vault of th at Mystic Mountain, and with the Keys they opened the Portal and cam e to him and woke him. But during his long sleep the roses had gr own over him, crimson and flaming with interior fire, so that he could not escape. Yet they withered at his glance ; withat he knew what fearful ta sk was before him. But slay ing his disciples with long Nails, he interred them there, so that they were right sorrowful in their hearts. May we all die so ! And what further befell him ye shall also know, but not at this time. Going for…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 29

The Sword of Song

…ptember’s shadow falls on June, But dull November’s darkest day Is lighted by the sun of May. Here’s now I got a better learning. It’s a long lane that has no turning ! Mad as a woman-hunted Urning, The lie-chased alethephilist :* Sorcery’s maw gulps the beginner : In Pain’s mill neophytes are grist : Disciples ache upon the rack. Five years I sought : I miss and lack ; Agony hounds lagoan twist ; I peak and struggle and grow thinner, And get to hate the sight of dinner. With sacred thirst, I, soul-hydroptic,1 Read Levi2 and the cryptic Coptic …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 134

John St. John

10.4. 12.17. 132 THE EQUINOX down a long putt or a tricky one. Whether it means more than that perception and execution have got into unison (for once) and know it, I cannot say.) It is well that thus should close this eleventh day of my Retirement, and the thirty-third year of my life. Thirty and three years was this templein building. . . . It has always been my custom on this night to look back over the year, and to ask: What have I done? The answer is invariably “ Nothing.” Yet ofwhat men count deeds I have done no small share. I have trave…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 354

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…er shoulders. She was dressed in an emerald robe, and, proceeding to the spot where the dead seals lay, she identified each as she went along soliloquising as follows : Speg Spaidrig, Spog mo chulein chaoin chaidrich, Spog Fhienngala, Speg me ghille fada fienna—gheala, ’S minig a bheis a’ greim de rudain, A Mhic Unhdainn, ’ic Amhdainn, Speg a ghille mhoir ruaidh ’S olc a rinn an fhaire ’n raeir. Translated : The paw (or hand) of Spaidrig, The paw of my tenderly cherished darling, The paw of Fingalia, The paw of my long-legged, fair-haired lad, …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 354

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…er shoulders. She was dressed in an emerald robe, and, proceeding to the spot where the dead seals lay, she identified each as she went along soliloquising as follows : Speg Spaidrig, Spog mo chulein chaoin chaidrich, Spog Fhienngala, Speg me ghille fada fienna—gheala, ’S minig a bheis a’ greim de rudain, A Mhic Unhdainn, ’ic Amhdainn, Speg a ghille mhoir ruaidh ’S olc a rinn an fhaire ’n raeir. Translated : The paw (or hand) of Spaidrig, The paw of my tenderly cherished darling, The paw of Fingalia, The paw of my long-legged, fair-haired lad, …

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1954 · PDF PAGE 200

Magick Without Tears

…m itself for the Circle, my night table for the Altar, my candle for the Lamp; and I made the Weapons compact. I had a Wand eight inches long, all precious stones and enamel, to represent the Tree of Life; within, an iron tube containing quicksilver-very correct , lordly, and damsilly. What a cub! Also, bought, a silver-gilt Cup; for Air and Earth I made one 167

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1954 · PDF PAGE 386

Magick Without Tears

…plated is shown by the use of the word "wife"-AL, I: 41. The text confirms my own thesis "There shall be no property in human flesh." So long as this is observed I see no reason why two or more people should not find it convenient to make a con tract according to the laws of customs of their community . But my above thesis is all important; note the fury of denunciation in AL, I: 41-42! As to property in general, the Book lays down no law. So far as one can see, it seems to adhere to "the good old rule, the simple plan that they should take who…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 77

The Sword of Song

70 1902 THE THREE CHARACTERISTICS “LISTEN to the Jataka!” said the Buddha. And all they gave ear. “Long ago, when King Brahmadatta reigned in Benares,1 it came to pass that there lived under his admirable government a weaver named Suraj Ju 2 and his wife Chandi. 3 And in the fulness of her time did she give birth to a man child, and they called him Perdu’ R Abu. 4 Now the child grew, and the tears of the mother fell, and the wrath of the father waxed: for by no means would the boy strive in his trade of weaving. The loom went merrily, but to th…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 196

The Winged Beetle

… to him, in a tragic whisper.] Something has happened—something is going to happen. CARR. And something has not happened—I knew it was a long time since we missed a week. By the way, have you heard the terrible news about Queen Anne ? Dead, poor soul ! Never mind, silly, you told me most dramatically, and it shall be counted unto you for righteousness. EUPHEMIA. I think you’re the greatest brute in the world—and I love you. CARR. How reciprocal of you ! EUPHEMIA. Sweet ! CARR. On my honour, I haven’t a single chocolate on me. Have a cigar ? [Bu…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 99

Book 4 (Part I)

…spontaneity: with Samadhi this is unfortunately not the case. He probably can get it at will, but could not say exactly how, or tell how long it might take him?,־and he could not be sure of getting it at all. One feels sure that one can walk a mile along a level road. One knows the conditions, and it would have to be a very extraordinary set of circumstances that would stop one. But though it would be equally fair to say: “I have climbed the Matterhorn and I know I can climb “it again,” yet there are all sorts of more or less probable circumsta…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 338

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…vices, is to him God’s hospital, and he wishes to serve in it. He does not think that he is better than any one else ; he says only, ‘So long as I am in good health, let me serve others; and whenI must fall and die, perhaps others will take my place and serve.” IX THE NUMBER NINE Tuis is the hermit of the Tarot; the number which refers to initiates and to prophets. The prophets are solitaries, for it is their fate that none should ever hear them. They see differently from others ; they forefeel misfortunes. So, people imprison them and kill the…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 338

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…vices, is to him God’s hospital, and he wishes to serve in it. He does not think that he is better than any one else ; he says only, ‘So long as I am in good health, let me serve others; and whenI must fall and die, perhaps others will take my place and serve.” IX THE NUMBER NINE Tuis is the hermit of the Tarot; the number which refers to initiates and to prophets. The prophets are solitaries, for it is their fate that none should ever hear them. They see differently from others ; they forefeel misfortunes. So, people imprison them and kill the…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 64

John St. John

…t, I can turn (in the “ astral body") as far as West-Sou’-West or thereabouts, but no further except with very great difficulty and after long practice? In making the circle, just as I got to West, I would swing right back to West—Nor’-West: turn easily enough, in short, to any point but due West, within perhaps 5", but never pass that point. I have taught myself to do it, but always with an effort. Is this a common experience ? I connect it with my faculty of knowing direction, which all mountaineers and travellers who have been with me admit t…

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