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1944 · PDF PAGE 133

The Book of Thoth

…nless thou slay me, thou shalt not unveil the Mystery of the Aethyr. Therefore I did as he commanded; in the quiver were two arrows, one white, one black. I cannot force myself to fit an arrow to the bow. And there came a voice: It must needs be. And I said: No man can do this thing. And the voice answered, as it were an echo: Nemo hoc facere potesi. Then came understanding to me, and I took forth the Arrows. The white arrow had no barb, but the black arrow was barbed like a forest of fish‐hooks; it was bound round with

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1912 · PDF PAGE 329

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…my pRo Throne NDI Here, hither ND 82 Angel of 9 Syms A prayer (Ch.) ‘yo Briatic Palace of Hod 713) 53 Kindly, righteous, holy son Laban; white yb The beloved thing; res grata MYND 783 Abbreviatura quatuor syste- )"N matum ‘The drops of dew. by shaw [Job xxviii. 28] Benajahu, son of Jehoiada YN) See 73 bp A flowing, wave ody Person, self; (Ch.) wing m Consecration ; dedicated mn Angel of 2 P. byasd To flee, put one’s things in yy safety, [Jerem. vi. 1] 7% 123 or (2+ 3)(2*x 3)—hence 84 esteemed by some A wing (army), squadron ; a FAN chosen troop…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 329

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…my pRo Throne NDI Here, hither ND 82 Angel of 9 Syms A prayer (Ch.) ‘yo Briatic Palace of Hod 713) 53 Kindly, righteous, holy son Laban; white yb The beloved thing; res grata MYND 783 Abbreviatura quatuor syste- )"N matum ‘The drops of dew. by shaw [Job xxviii. 28] Benajahu, son of Jehoiada YN) See 73 bp A flowing, wave ody Person, self; (Ch.) wing m Consecration ; dedicated mn Angel of 2 P. byasd To flee, put one’s things in yy safety, [Jerem. vi. 1] 7% 123 or (2+ 3)(2*x 3)—hence 84 esteemed by some A wing (army), squadron ; a FAN chosen troop…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 99

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…sceptre, in the other an orb. In front of him are two thrones, vight and left, each with column and candle. In the first sits a youth in white garments, his head bare; his left hand holds a dagger. In the second sits a grown man in black garments, his head covered with a hood, and in his right hand a coin. Steps covered with seaweed lead up to the stage from the orchestra (or auditorium), and the edge of the stage gives the appearance of a wharf. In the north are trees; in the south a heap of builder's refuse. Within the veil, one on each side …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 99

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…sceptre, in the other an orb. In front of him are two thrones, vight and left, each with column and candle. In the first sits a youth in white garments, his head bare; his left hand holds a dagger. In the second sits a grown man in black garments, his head covered with a hood, and in his right hand a coin. Steps covered with seaweed lead up to the stage from the orchestra (or auditorium), and the edge of the stage gives the appearance of a wharf. In the north are trees; in the south a heap of builder's refuse. Within the veil, one on each side …

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1906 · PDF PAGE 26

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…, Kindled from that immeasurable light The boundless, the immutable. Come forth, My God, my lover, spirit of my heart, Heart of my soul, white virgin of the Dawn, My Queen of all perfection, come thou forth From thine abode beyond the Silences To me the prisoner, me the mortal man, Shrined in this clay : come forth, I say, to me, Initiate my quickened soul; draw near, And let the glory of thy Godhead shine Through all the luminous aethers of the air Even to earth, thy footstool ; unto me Who by these sacred invocations draw The holy influence w…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 170

Oracles

…cker than all broken years—aye ! but it grew and held me in its grasp so that I felt its flesh, not clean sweet flesh of man but leprous white, and crawling with innumerable tears like worms, and pains like a sword- severed asp, twitching, and loathlier than all mesh of hates and lusts, defiling ; nor any voice it had, nor any motion, it was infinite in its own world of horror, irredeemably bad as everywhere sunlit, being this world, forget not ! being this world, this universe, the sum of all existence ; so that opposing fierce resistance to t…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 111

John St. John

…exampled splendour. The infinite abyss of space, a rayless orb of liquid and colourless brilliance fading beyond the edges into a flame of white and gold. . . . The Rosy Cross flashing with lustre ineflable. . . . and more, much more which ten scribes could hardly catalogue in a century. 109

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1910 · PDF PAGE 59

Ambergris

50 AMBERGRIS Yea ! from the limit of the fallen day, And barren ocean of ungathered Time, Bring Night, and bring Eternity, and stay With white wings pointing where tired feet may climb : Even the pathway where shed blood ran deep To build red roses in the land of Sleep. O guardian of the pallid hours of night ! O tireless watcher of the smitten noon ! O sworded with the majesty of light, O girded with the glory of the moon ! Angel of absolute splendour ! link of mine Old weary spirit with the All-Divine ! Ship that shalt carry me by many winds …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 129

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

… ever is." "Oh, they’ll hang you! They’ll certainly hang you! for that last book of yours. . . . But you shall hang here first.” Her long white fingers went to her neck, like a cuttle—fish feeling for its prey. Her eyes closed: her throat worked convulsively for a moment. Rolles too leaned back, pale with excitement. He drank the fresh air. Then, like a man shot, he lifted himself and fell forward, his head in the nest of her bosom. “ Please sit up and behave sensibly, Mr Rolles ! " was the next word that fell on his ears. “ We are crossing the Se…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 129

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

… ever is." "Oh, they’ll hang you! They’ll certainly hang you! for that last book of yours. . . . But you shall hang here first.” Her long white fingers went to her neck, like a cuttle—fish feeling for its prey. Her eyes closed: her throat worked convulsively for a moment. Rolles too leaned back, pale with excitement. He drank the fresh air. Then, like a man shot, he lifted himself and fell forward, his head in the nest of her bosom. “ Please sit up and behave sensibly, Mr Rolles ! " was the next word that fell on his ears. “ We are crossing the Se…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 79

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

… and impatience for who would attain to some goal? 25. And the swan was ever silent. Ah! but we floated in the infinite Abyss. Joy! Joy! White swan, bear thou ever me up between thy wings! 26. O silence! O rapture! O end of things visible and invisible! This is all mine, who am Not. 27. Radiant God! Let me fashion an image of gems and gold for Thee! that the people may cast it down and trample it to dust! That Thy glory may be seen of them. 28. Nor shall it be spoken in the markets that I am come who should come; but Thy coming shall be the one…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 440

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…s. Thou art now on the way that leadeth to the Dhyana haven, the sixth, the Bodhi Portal. 72. The Dhyana gate is like an alabaster vase, white and transparent; within there burns a steady golden fire, the flame of Pragnyé that radiates from Atmé. Thou art that vase. 118

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1911 · PDF PAGE 11

The Vision and the Voice

… and a voice cried: I AM ETERNITY. And a great mingled cry arose: “No! no! no! All is changed; all is confounded; naught is ordered: the white is stained with blood: the black is kissed of the Christ! Return! Return! It is a new chaos that thou findest here: chaos for thee: for us it is the skeleton of a New Truth!” I said: Tell me this truth: for I have conjured ye by the Mighty Names of God, the which ye cannot but obey. The voice said: Light is consumed as a child in the Womb of its Mother to develop itself anew. But pain and sorrow infinite…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 437

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…TALS posed to shifting breeze, the jet will flicker and the quivering flame cast shades deceptive, dark and ever-changing, on the Soul’s white shrine. This familiar phrase is usually interpreted to mean the mere keeping of the mind free from invading thoughts. It has also that secret significance at which we have several times already hinted. These unfortunate poetic images again bewilder us. Blavatsky’s constant use of the word “Soul” without defini- tion is very annoying. These verses 63 and 64 must be taken as dealing with a state preliminar…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 10

The Vision and the Voice

…h arisen above thy sight. The World is desert: but the Abodes of the House of my Father are peopled; and His Throne is crusted over with white Brilliant Stars, a lustre of bright gems. In the North is a Man upon a Great Horse, having a Scourge and Balances in his hand (or a long spear glitters at his back or in his hand). He is clothed in black velvet and his face is stern and terrible. He spake saying: I have judged! It is the end: the gate of the beginning. Look in the Beneath and thou shalt see a new world! I looked and saw a great abyss and…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 279

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…m, Knight of the Tabernacle, Knight (y' the Set/feni, Knight Sage of Truth, Knight Hermetic Philosopher, Knight of the Key, Knight ofthe White Eagle, KNIGHT KADOSCH, Knight of the Black Eagle, KNIGHT OF THE ROYAL MYSTERY, and KNIGHT GRAND INSPECTOR; Knight of Scandi— navia, Sublime Commander of the Temple, Sublime Negoti- ate, Knight οί Shota, Sublime Elect of Truth, Grand Elect of the (£0115, Sage Savaist, Knight of the Arch of Seven Columns, Prince of Light, Sublime Hermetic Sage, Prince of the Zodiac, Sublime Sage of the Mysteries, Sublime P…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…m, Knight of the Tabernacle, Knight (y' the Set/feni, Knight Sage of Truth, Knight Hermetic Philosopher, Knight of the Key, Knight ofthe White Eagle, KNIGHT KADOSCH, Knight of the Black Eagle, KNIGHT OF THE ROYAL MYSTERY, and KNIGHT GRAND INSPECTOR; Knight of Scandi— navia, Sublime Commander of the Temple, Sublime Negoti- ate, Knight οί Shota, Sublime Elect of Truth, Grand Elect of the (£0115, Sage Savaist, Knight of the Arch of Seven Columns, Prince of Light, Sublime Hermetic Sage, Prince of the Zodiac, Sublime Sage of the Mysteries, Sublime P…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 331

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…GOD ADS NIT Temporary dwelling. sor [Ex. xxxiii. rr] Image ; hid, concealed— jon pertains to Sol and the Lingam-Yoni To consume, eat bon White my 99 The pangs of childbirth an on The Vault of Heaven; an 5\N inner chamber; wedlock, nuptial Clay of Death, Infernal yn Abode of Geburah Cognition, knowledge ayy 10? {100 A day; the seas; the times. DY [Vide no. r100] Vases, vessels De) The palm; the letter Kaph LP) An effort, exertion. [I-R.Q. 995] py Mitigation of the one byw md by the other 101 Swallowed, destroyed y A storehouse DDN [Vide K.D. L.C…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…GOD ADS NIT Temporary dwelling. sor [Ex. xxxiii. rr] Image ; hid, concealed— jon pertains to Sol and the Lingam-Yoni To consume, eat bon White my 99 The pangs of childbirth an on The Vault of Heaven; an 5\N inner chamber; wedlock, nuptial Clay of Death, Infernal yn Abode of Geburah Cognition, knowledge ayy 10? {100 A day; the seas; the times. DY [Vide no. r100] Vases, vessels De) The palm; the letter Kaph LP) An effort, exertion. [I-R.Q. 995] py Mitigation of the one byw md by the other 101 Swallowed, destroyed y A storehouse DDN [Vide K.D. L.C…

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