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1909 · PDF PAGE 12

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

THE EQUINOX them. Let us call this supernormal consciousness, or, for want of a better name, “ Spiritual Experience.” 4. Faith has been proposed as a remedy. But we perceive many incompatible forms of Faith founded on Authority— The Vedas, The Quran, The Bible; Buddha, Christ, Joseph Smith. To choose between them we must resort to reason, already shown to be a fallacious guide. 5. There is only one Rock which Scepticism cannot shake ; the Rock of Experience. 6. We have therefore endeavoured to eliminate from the conditions of acquiring Spiritua…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 12

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

THE EQUINOX them. Let us call this supernormal consciousness, or, for want of a better name, “ Spiritual Experience.” 4. Faith has been proposed as a remedy. But we perceive many incompatible forms of Faith founded on Authority— The Vedas, The Quran, The Bible; Buddha, Christ, Joseph Smith. To choose between them we must resort to reason, already shown to be a fallacious guide. 5. There is only one Rock which Scepticism cannot shake ; the Rock of Experience. 6. We have therefore endeavoured to eliminate from the conditions of acquiring Spiritua…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 251

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…four PRo- BATIONERS who hear the Pastas. They ;71066 it before the attat/.] ARIES. What is this offering? BESZ. The eater of Flesh is my name. ARIES. Oh, our Lord, our Lord I Arise in thy might, and let thine enemies be scattered! [ARIES ana’ LEO draw vei/. The throne has been east down, On Με black weil i: a great Ved cross, whereon SOL has been crucified. Before him stands SATAN- TYPHON in the sign of Aþoþhis and TyþhonJ [ARIES and LEOfall asif stain. SCORPIo—APOPHlsþ/aysher murder me!ooly.*] [Meanwhile the PROBATIONERS advance, ana' ana’er t…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 251

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…four PRo- BATIONERS who hear the Pastas. They ;71066 it before the attat/.] ARIES. What is this offering? BESZ. The eater of Flesh is my name. ARIES. Oh, our Lord, our Lord I Arise in thy might, and let thine enemies be scattered! [ARIES ana’ LEO draw vei/. The throne has been east down, On Με black weil i: a great Ved cross, whereon SOL has been crucified. Before him stands SATAN- TYPHON in the sign of Aþoþhis and TyþhonJ [ARIES and LEOfall asif stain. SCORPIo—APOPHlsþ/aysher murder me!ooly.*] [Meanwhile the PROBATIONERS advance, ana' ana’er t…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 46

Mortadello

…themselves. THE DOGE sits. Lords, I have summoned you at this auspicious hour. Hope’s consummation, triumph of policy and power. You are nameless hitherto ; to-day I may name one, Your foremost councillor, to-morrow is my son ;— And my successor soon, when I lay down the task. Count Mortadello, I command you to unmask ! MORTADELLO. [Throwing back his hood.] Ay, it is I whose thunders break, and worlds obey.

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1913 · PDF PAGE 524

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…he rarest, the finest, and the most difficult to accomplish. CHAPTER IV FLUIDIC PHANTOMS AND THEIR MYSTERIES THE ancients gave different names to these: larvae, lemures (empuses). They loved the vapour of shed blood, and fled from the blade of the sword. Theurgy evoked them, and the Qabalah recognized them under the name of elementary spirits. They were not spirits, however, for they were mortal. They were fluidic coagulations which one could destroy by dividing them. They were a sort of animated mirages, imperfect emana- tions of human life. T…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 524

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…he rarest, the finest, and the most difficult to accomplish. CHAPTER IV FLUIDIC PHANTOMS AND THEIR MYSTERIES THE ancients gave different names to these: larvae, lemures (empuses). They loved the vapour of shed blood, and fled from the blade of the sword. Theurgy evoked them, and the Qabalah recognized them under the name of elementary spirits. They were not spirits, however, for they were mortal. They were fluidic coagulations which one could destroy by dividing them. They were a sort of animated mirages, imperfect emana- tions of human life. T…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 207

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…g! yea, my strong voice rolls, That martyr-cry of many slaughtered souls, Utterly potent both to bless and ban— I, I command thee in the name of Man! He trembled then. And far in thunder rolled Through countless ages, through the infinite gold Beyond existence, grew that master-sound Into the rent and agonized profound, Till even the Highest heard me: and Hesaid, As one who speaks alone among men dead: ‘* Behold, he rules as I the abyss of flame. Forlo! heknoweth, and hath said, My Name!” THE EVOCATION. FRoM the abyss, the horrible lone world O…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 94

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…n Star, true peace at last. (There approacheth an aged man, riding upon an ass, with a led ass, and a Nubian servant.) The Adept. In the name of God, the One, the Great, Merciful and compassionate, Acclaim the perfect period Of ordeal past! The Neophjte. There is no God! a. Kise! in the name of obscure Fate, Ruthless and uncompassionate. NV. Of endless life, of toil and woe I am the burned and branded foe. I came this torture to endure That I might make my freedom sure. ij «df. No soul is free.

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1911 · PDF PAGE 94

The Vision and the Voice

…r the scribe. First let the scribe be seated in the centre of the circle in the desert sand, and let the circle be fortified by the Holy Names of God—Tetragrammaton and Shaddai El Chai and Ararita. And let the Demon be invoked within a triangle, wherein is inscribed the name of Choronzon, and about it let him write ANAPHAXETON - ANAPHANETON - PRIMEU- MATON, and in the angles MI-CA-EL: and at each angle the Seer shall slay a pigeon, and having done this, let him retire to a secret place, where is neither sight nor hearing, and sit within his bla…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 68

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…. He: The door is in the roof. 1: Lead me to it, I pray thee! He: Fix thine eyes upon it. |: Sir, I will. Yet I pray thee to tell me thy name. He: Thou didst know it of old, didst thou not? I: The son of the mountain? He: The Stone of the Crossways. [: It is enough. Let me fix mine eye upon the door. He. It is well. Then I obeyed him, and in that obedience forgot him. For though mine eye wandered often, and although once the planks beneath me threatened to give way and plunge me once more into the stream, yet I strove as a man may. Then, mine ey…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 237

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…looked forth upon the Bier That goeth to the House of Rest! His heart is lit with melody; Peace in his house is master of fear; His holy Name is in the West e 59

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1911 · PDF PAGE 68

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…. He: The door is in the roof. 1: Lead me to it, I pray thee! He: Fix thine eyes upon it. |: Sir, I will. Yet I pray thee to tell me thy name. He: Thou didst know it of old, didst thou not? I: The son of the mountain? He: The Stone of the Crossways. [: It is enough. Let me fix mine eye upon the door. He. It is well. Then I obeyed him, and in that obedience forgot him. For though mine eye wandered often, and although once the planks beneath me threatened to give way and plunge me once more into the stream, yet I strove as a man may. Then, mine ey…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 237

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…looked forth upon the Bier That goeth to the House of Rest! His heart is lit with melody; Peace in his house is master of fear; His holy Name is in the West e 59

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1912 · PDF PAGE 317

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ystic 6 Number of Binah To gather, collect?אבג Gog, the giant whose partner is?בג Magog A bear?בר A window?אוד 9 '?י7 Lost, ruined?דבא A name of GOD attributed to?אהא Venus. Initials of Adonai ha-Aretz Desire ; either, or?וא Gad, a Tribe of Israel ; good?רנ fortune Was weary?באר Riches, power?אנד Fish?גך 2‘. The Number οἳAbraxMelin Sub—Princes, and of the Servi- tors of Oriens. ? To will, intend?הבא Desired, beloved?בהא MR Then?זא The entrance, threshold?האב To be anxious, grieve?גאד Love; beloved, breast; pleasures?־ןר of love Nqn, Zauir Anpin…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 317

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…ystic 6 Number of Binah To gather, collect?אבג Gog, the giant whose partner is?בג Magog A bear?בר A window?אוד 9 '?י7 Lost, ruined?דבא A name of GOD attributed to?אהא Venus. Initials of Adonai ha-Aretz Desire ; either, or?וא Gad, a Tribe of Israel ; good?רנ fortune Was weary?באר Riches, power?אנד Fish?גך 2‘. The Number οἳAbraxMelin Sub—Princes, and of the Servi- tors of Oriens. ? To will, intend?הבא Desired, beloved?בהא MR Then?זא The entrance, threshold?האב To be anxious, grieve?גאד Love; beloved, breast; pleasures?־ןר of love Nqn, Zauir Anpin…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 142

Liber Aleph

…dence, and on Common Sense, and of Experience, and of Science, adjusting ourselves so far as we may. Here is the Key of Success, and its Name is the Skill to make right Use of Circumstance. This, then is the Virtue of the Mind, to be the Wazir of the Will, a true Counsellor, through Intelligence of the Universe. But o, my Son, do thou lay this Word beneath thine Heart, that the Mind hath no Will, nor Right thereto, so the Usurpation bringeth forth a fatal Conflict in thyself. For the Mind is sensitive, unstable as Air, and may be led foolishly …

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1907 · PDF PAGE 13

Konx Om Pax

…nfront eth him the great angel Samael. In vain he saith that he is come from between the pillars and seeketh the hidden Knowledge in the Name of Adonai ; the angel answers him: “I am the Prince of Dark ness and of Evil. The wicked and rebellious man gazeth upon the face of Nature, and findeth therein naught but terror and obscurity; unto him it is but the darkness of the darkness, and he is but as a drunken man groping in the dark. Returnl for thou canst not pass by.” Equally, when the Neophyte enters upon the Path of Good, doth the great angel …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 64

Clouds Without Water

…from my quiver, song. Now you are over me; you hold me here; You grip my flesh till bleeding bruises start; You threaten me with — can I name the fear ? IT always knew you never had a heart. God! whoamI1? My Lola, speak tome! Tell me you love me; tell me — Lam dazed With something terrible and strange I see Even in the mouth that kissed, the lips that praised. You leer above me like a brooding fiend Waiting to leap upon a babe unweaned. — 102 — {Il Kiss me at least! We always were good friends — Kiss me for old times’ sake — Kiss me just once! …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 72

Ambergris

…selffulness, and have one friend, Self, and behold one God, and be, and look beyond the End. VI, O Solitude ! how many have mistaken Thy name for Sorrow’s, or for Death’s or Fear’s ! Only thy children lie at night and waken— How shouldst thou speak and say that no man hears ? O soul of Tears ! For never hath fallen as dew thy word, Nor is thy shape showed, nor as Wisdom’s heard Thy crying about the city In the house where is no pity But in the desolate halls and lonely vales of sand : Not in the laughter loud, Nor crying of the crowd, But in th…

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