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1907 · PDF PAGE 145

The Star in the West

…!” She smiled - I know she smiled - she sighed , Bit my lips through , and drank , and died ! My veins poured out her marriage cup , For holy water her cruel tongue ; For blessing of white hands raised up , These perfumed infamies unsung ; For God's breath , her sharp tainted breath ; For marriage - bed , the bed of death . The host is lifted up . Behold The vintage spilt , the broken bread ! I feast upon the cruel cold Pale body that was ripe and red . Only , her head , her palms , her feet , I kissed all night , and did not eat .' 1 Jezebel ,…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 25

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…Thus bind thyself, and thou shalt be for ever free. III o. The Ox is Thought. Man, rule thou thy Thought! How else shalt thou master the Holy Spirit, and answer the High Priestess in the Middle Gateway of the Crown? 1. Here are practices. Each may last for a week or more. a Avoid thinking of a definite subject and all things connected with it, and let that subject be one which commonly occupies much of thy thought, being frequently stimulated by sense-perceptions or the conversation of others. 13

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1910 · PDF PAGE 25

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…Thus bind thyself, and thou shalt be for ever free. III o. The Ox is Thought. Man, rule thou thy Thought! How else shalt thou master the Holy Spirit, and answer the High Priestess in the Middle Gateway of the Crown? 1. Here are practices. Each may last for a week or more. a Avoid thinking of a definite subject and all things connected with it, and let that subject be one which commonly occupies much of thy thought, being frequently stimulated by sense-perceptions or the conversation of others. 13

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1914 · PDF PAGE 23

Chicago May

22 CHICAGO MAY May God damn every hour that severs us! ‘May God excite each hour to holy joy ‘That breaks the bestially monotonous Madness and shame of your own boy, your boy That is no man, no beast, not even God In those pale hours that you and he apart Drain the black poison of the period, Smite all damnation into either heart— (© Jesus! is there pity, is there none? Is there no peace, no passion in the sky? Is there no fervour in the blasting sun To make a symphony of sympathy? ‘Oh, but if I were only with you—when ?— ‘Who knows if all our …

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1919 · PDF PAGE 389

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…e as is the blossom of the Udumbara tree. Arhans are born at midnight hour, together with the sacred plant of nine and seven stalks, the holy flower that opens and blooms in dark- 67

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1910 · PDF PAGE 53

The Scented Garden

…ith presents, come from Damascus and Samarkand, Bukhara and Baghdad ; for rich men and men of war,2 princes and amirs, wise men and even holy mullahs, hav- ing heard of the black-violet3 mole upon thy but- tocks, cannot endure the sweet pain, and lay all their homage below those twin crescents, thy curv- ing feet, like the tusks of a young elephant. But no crone in Shiraz can seduce thee, O vir- tuous one ! Thou openest, it is true, thy podex, which appears like the sun through a dissolving mist upon Friday,4 but it is only to admit the dra- go…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 32

Book 4 (Part II)

…the law of inverse squares. The top of the Altar shall be covered with gold, and on this gold should be engraved some such figure as the Holy Oblation, or the New Jerusalem, or, if he have the skill, the Microcosm of Vitruvius, of which we give illustrations. On the sides of the Altar are also sometimes drawn the great tablets

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1913 · PDF PAGE 68

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…eth a rich man from the West who shall pour his gold upon thee. 32. From gold forge steel! 33. Be ready to fly or to smite! 34. But your holy place shall be untouched throughout the centuries: though with fire and sword it be burnt down & shattered, yet an invisible house there standeth, and shall stand until the fall of the Great Equinox; when Hrumachis shall arise and the double-wanded one assume my throne and place. Another prophet shall arise, and bring fresh fever from the skies; another woman shall awake the lust & worship of the Snake; a…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 68

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…eth a rich man from the West who shall pour his gold upon thee. 32. From gold forge steel! 33. Be ready to fly or to smite! 34. But your holy place shall be untouched throughout the centuries: though with fire and sword it be burnt down & shattered, yet an invisible house there standeth, and shall stand until the fall of the Great Equinox; when Hrumachis shall arise and the double-wanded one assume my throne and place. Another prophet shall arise, and bring fresh fever from the skies; another woman shall awake the lust & worship of the Snake; a…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 275

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

ECCLESIAE GNOSTICAE CATHOLICAE an holy bard; Apollonius Tyanaeus, Simon Magus, Manes, Basilides, Valentinus, Bardesanes and Hippolytus, that transmitted the Light of the Gnosis to us their successors and their heirs; with Merlin, Arthur, Kamuret, Parzival, and many another, prophet, priest and king, that bore the Lance and Cup, the Sword and Disk, against the Heathen; and these also, Carolus Magnus and his paladins, with William of Schyren, Frederick of Hohenstaufen, Roger Bacon, Jacobus Burgundus Molensis the Martyr, Christian Rosencreutz, Ulr…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 27

Why Jesus Wept

…are done, Or truck my spirit to the Evil One ; Or else, — I wot not what. I am drunk with will, Will toward some destiny most high, most holy ! Some of those glories sung with awful skill By the loud brabble of the monster Crowley, That poet of the muck-heap ! Oh, enough ! The wind is harsh and vital on the hills. Forth let me fare ! I am other than the stuff

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1907 · PDF PAGE 274

The Star in the West

…And shall not die Until they cleave at last the lampless dome , And lose their tent because they find their home .“ 21 The Temple of the Holy Ghost , vol . i, p . 189 . Why Jesus Wept , vol . iii, p . 41 . 3 Songs of the Spirit , vol . i, p . 43 . 4 Ibid . vol . I, p . 55 .

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1910 · PDF PAGE 314

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…balanced. They were like crystalline drops of dew falling on a perfect rock of Carrara marble; eyes that looked upon you and created you holy; eyes clearer than the clearest rivulet, more beautiful than the most royal amethyst; eyes that illuminated the darkest corner of Hell; eyes that set the fashion to the stars of the Celestial Vault of Heaven; eyes that were but the imperfect mirror of the soul behind. Such was the ten-years-old Ljubov of the goodly countenance. When, later on, the usual legend grew around her, it was said that wolves had …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 314

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…balanced. They were like crystalline drops of dew falling on a perfect rock of Carrara marble; eyes that looked upon you and created you holy; eyes clearer than the clearest rivulet, more beautiful than the most royal amethyst; eyes that illuminated the darkest corner of Hell; eyes that set the fashion to the stars of the Celestial Vault of Heaven; eyes that were but the imperfect mirror of the soul behind. Such was the ten-years-old Ljubov of the goodly countenance. When, later on, the usual legend grew around her, it was said that wolves had …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 152

The Scented Garden

…salla, near Shiraz ; as Richmond, near London ; or the Cafe d’Hermenonville, near Paris. 6. Azrael — the angel of death. 7. Arafat — the holy mountain near Mecca. 8. The Vindu-Siddhi, power of retaining the se- men, is one of the most interesting and important branches of Hathayoga, the Hindu “ Physical Cul- ture.” The following from the Shiva Sanhita, concern- ing the Vajroli Mudra, affords an adequate example of the method and aim. 53. Actuated by mercy for my devotees, I shall now explain the Vajroli Mudra, the destroyer of the darkness of t…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 118

The Book of Lies

…perceived this truth, or rather the first half of it, comedy, at breakfast at ‘“‘Au Chien qui Fume.” - HIMOG is a Notariqon of the words Holy Illumi- nated Man Of God. . 2.@., Food suitable for Americans, . Turbulence is here specially used to suggest ‘‘tour- billon.” . ‘The méme raths outgrabe.”—Lewis Carrol. But ‘“‘méme” is Parisian slang for a young girl, and ‘‘rathe” O. E. for early. ‘The rathe prim- rose.” —Milton. . L=30, O=70, V=6, E=5=111. . A=1, M=40, O=70=111. . The Trowel is shaped like a diamond or Yoni. L=30, A=1, P=80=111. . N=s0,…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 135

John St. John

… And there were revealed unto me certain Words of Power . . . And I invoked my Lord and recited the Book Ararita at the Altar . . . This holy inspired book (delivered unto me in the winter of last year) was now at last understanded of me; for it is, though I knew it not, a complete scheme of this Operation. For this cause I will add this book Ararita at the end of the Manuscript. [This has not been permitted. The Book Ararita will be issued by the Α.“. Α:. in due course—En] I also demanded of mine Angel the Writing upon the Lamen of Silver; 21 …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 81

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…s. We must not omit to attribute to this section the lower aspect of what Abramelin the Mage calls the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel, another (and less metaphysically pretentious) way of speaking of the ‘ Higher Self” or “Genius.” It is indeed but a low aspect, for in truth the phenomenon pertains to Vififianam. Yet in simpler souls this peculiar Grace condescends—may one say ?—to this level, just as a father may join in the games of his child, thus gaining its sympathy and confidence as a basis for a higher union. xV “T…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…s. We must not omit to attribute to this section the lower aspect of what Abramelin the Mage calls the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel, another (and less metaphysically pretentious) way of speaking of the ‘ Higher Self” or “Genius.” It is indeed but a low aspect, for in truth the phenomenon pertains to Vififianam. Yet in simpler souls this peculiar Grace condescends—may one say ?—to this level, just as a father may join in the games of his child, thus gaining its sympathy and confidence as a basis for a higher union. xV “T…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 93

The Scented Garden

…ense. The passage may mean : “ I will float heavenward on the perfume of my adoration, being insulated from the world by my love (or the Holy Spirit) under That Tree.” i.e. the Tree of Life.

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