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1912 · PDF PAGE 354

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…m own 7 349 35° Day Demon of 3" Dec. 2 WIN A sapphire (Ex. xxviii. 18). ED [Vide K.D. L.C.K. p. 19] Ophir; a young mule; dust “BY of the Earth The Horn; head mp Vacuum op Intellectus bow & (1—26) 351 Man wIoN Angels of Malkuth; burnt or DYN incense offering; “The flames” Hiram-Abif, a cunning spas on artificer at the Temple of Solomon; the hero

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1912 · PDF PAGE 354

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…m own 7 349 35° Day Demon of 3" Dec. 2 WIN A sapphire (Ex. xxviii. 18). ED [Vide K.D. L.C.K. p. 19] Ophir; a young mule; dust “BY of the Earth The Horn; head mp Vacuum op Intellectus bow & (1—26) 351 Man wIoN Angels of Malkuth; burnt or DYN incense offering; “The flames” Hiram-Abif, a cunning spas on artificer at the Temple of Solomon; the hero

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1930 · PDF PAGE 9

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…e Universe Indigo 32 bis Empresses (Coins) Citrine, olive, russet and black d) 31 bis Ail 22 trumps White merging into grey (1) The Pure Earth known to the Ancient Egyptians, during that Equinox ot the Gods over which Isis presided (i. e. The Pagan Era) was taken as Green. 309

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1910 · PDF PAGE 47

Ambergris

…nake of some convulsive love ! The leopard changed his spots ; for in me leapt The mate, the tiger. Murderous I sprang Across the mellow earth : my senses swept, One torrent flame, one soul-dissolving pang. How queenly bent her body to the grip ! How lithe it slips, her bosom to my own ! The throat leans back, to tantalise the lip :— The sudden shame of her is over thrown ! O maiden of the spirit of the wheat, One ripening sunbeam thrills thee to the soul, Electric from red mane to amber feet ! The blue skies focus, as a burning bowl, The restl…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 165

The Vision and the Voice

…ls, and of the fountains, and of the hills. And of these some were nympholept. For it was not a nymph, but I myself that walked upon the earth taking my pleasure. So also there were many images of Pan, and men adored them, and as a beautiful god he made their olives bear double and their vines increase; but some were slain by the god, for it was I that had woven the garlands about him. Now cometh a song. So sweet is this song that no one could resist it. For in it is all the passionate ache of the moonlight, and the great hunger of the sea, and…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 126

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…the battlements of the salt sea, Black billows tipped with phosphorescent light, Towering from where we stand to yonder shore That is no earthly shore, but guards the coast Of that which is from that which is to be ; Wherefore it kindles no evasive fire Nor blazes through the night, but lies for- gotten Gray in the twilight ; never a star is out 1 This satirical title is from Proverbs vii. 25. A poet's nature is to refine to purest gold even the sordidest of dross. To light the broad horizon ; only here Behind us cluster lamps, and busy sounds …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 62

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…shining (my idea after all I), came forth and put his hands over mine, saying: “I receive thee into the Order of the ——." I sank back to earth in a cradle of flame. April 25. Yesterday’s vision a real illumination, since it 22 26. showed me an obvious mistake which I had utterly failed to see. The word in my Kamma- work (in Burma) was Augoeides, and the method Invoking Often. Therefore a self—glittering One, whether my conscience approves or not, whether my desires fit or not, is to be my guide. I am to invoke often, not to criticize. Am I to los…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 62

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…shining (my idea after all I), came forth and put his hands over mine, saying: “I receive thee into the Order of the ——." I sank back to earth in a cradle of flame. April 25. Yesterday’s vision a real illumination, since it 22 26. showed me an obvious mistake which I had utterly failed to see. The word in my Kamma- work (in Burma) was Augoeides, and the method Invoking Often. Therefore a self—glittering One, whether my conscience approves or not, whether my desires fit or not, is to be my guide. I am to invoke often, not to criticize. Am I to los…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 222

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…d-tipped lilies under the moon. And the blue light is merged into the flame Unquenchable of matter. We are sunk to sleep In the clods of earth, . . . and now we have forgotten, And the moods break upon us as they list From all the quarters of the lower worlds, Calling us hither and thither; where, we know not, We know not, O my silent one, but still The sorrowfulness of Eld, the romance of sorrow, Are ours; we are parted, but the searchis still Though all the worlds wherethrough we have ever ranged : Through all the planes where we have ever so…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 222

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…d-tipped lilies under the moon. And the blue light is merged into the flame Unquenchable of matter. We are sunk to sleep In the clods of earth, . . . and now we have forgotten, And the moods break upon us as they list From all the quarters of the lower worlds, Calling us hither and thither; where, we know not, We know not, O my silent one, but still The sorrowfulness of Eld, the romance of sorrow, Are ours; we are parted, but the searchis still Though all the worlds wherethrough we have ever ranged : Through all the planes where we have ever so…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 275

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…ry mass it is only necessary to commemorate those whose names are italicized, with wording as is shown.) THE Propte. So mote it be. (THE EARTH) Tue Deacon. Mother of fertility on whose breast lieth water, whose cheek is caressed by air, and in whose heart 261

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1941 · PDF PAGE 13

Thumbs Up! A Pentagram – A Pantacle to Win the War

…ity, and will break up civilization. To repeat: “the event will establish the kingdom of the Crowned and Conquering Child over the whole earth, and all men shall bow to the Law, which is love under will.” Magick, pp. 112-113, written in 1922, published 1929. THE DEAD RELIGION OF THE OLD AEON OF OSIRIS “Days of National Prayer.” No. 1 There followed: the “colossal military disaster” to the B.E.F. No. 2 There followed: the collapse of the French Armies and the treachery of the French Government. No. 3 There followed: the Huns drove us and our all…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 204

Liber Aleph

…wer to decompose it wholly, but a decaying Shell of the dead Man, his Mind holding together for a little his Body of Light, haunteth the Earth, seeking a new Tabernacle (in its Error that feareth Change) in some other Body. These Shells are broken away utterly from the Star that did enlighten them, and they are Vampires, obsessing them that adventure themselves into the Astral World without Magical Protection, or invoke them, as do the Spiritists. For by Death is Man released only from the Gross Body, at the first, and is complete otherwise upo…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 90

Book 4 (Part I)

…milarly comes the reflection of the man who has had experience of Dhyana: “ I am not that wretched insect, that imperceptible parasite of earth ; it was only a bad dream.” And as you could not convince the normal man that his nightmare was more real than his awakening, so you cannot convince the other that his Dhyana was hallucination, even though he is only too well aware that he has fallen from that state into “normal” life. It is probably rare for a single experience to upset thus radically the whole conception of the Universe, just as someti…

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1903 · PDF PAGE 18

The God-Eater

…hour If I recoil the chain whose last smooth link Slides o’er Time’s cogwheel. In the beginning then The vastness of the heavens and the earth Created the idea of God. So Levi once Sarcastic in apostasy ; @ rebourse. So Miller, mythopoeic in his mood Of the unmasking mythopoeia. Now Profounder science, Spencer’s amplitude, Allen’s too shallow erudition, Frazer’s Research, find men have made—since men made aught— Their Gods, and slain, and eaten. Surface ! I, Criosda of the Mist, see truth in all Rather than truth in none. Below the rite The sig…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 8

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ake a brief statement of the financial position, as the time has now arrived to make an effort to spread the knowledge to the ends of the earth. The expenses of the propaganda are roughly estimated as follows— Maintenance of Temple, and service . 4 £200 pa, Publications 4 . . 4 . 4 £200 pa Advertising, electrical expenses, etc. . . £200 pa Maintenance of an Hermitage where poor Brethren may make retirements . . £200 pa. £800 p.a. As in the past, the persons responsible for the movement will give the whole of their time and energy, as well as the…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 8

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…ake a brief statement of the financial position, as the time has now arrived to make an effort to spread the knowledge to the ends of the earth. The expenses of the propaganda are roughly estimated as follows— Maintenance of Temple, and service . 4 £200 pa, Publications 4 . . 4 . 4 £200 pa Advertising, electrical expenses, etc. . . £200 pa Maintenance of an Hermitage where poor Brethren may make retirements . . £200 pa. £800 p.a. As in the past, the persons responsible for the movement will give the whole of their time and energy, as well as the…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 317

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…lves into sweet visions to calm weeping eyes; we shall gather radiant lilies in unknown meadows, and we shall scatter their dew upon the earth. We shall touch the eyelid of the sleeping child, and rejoice the heart of its mother with the spectacle of the beauty of her well-belovéd son! Il THE BINARY TuE binary is more particularly the number of woman, mate of man and mother of society. Man is love in intelligence; woman is intelligence in love. Woman is the smile of the Creator content with Himself, and it is after making her that He rested, sa…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 317

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…lves into sweet visions to calm weeping eyes; we shall gather radiant lilies in unknown meadows, and we shall scatter their dew upon the earth. We shall touch the eyelid of the sleeping child, and rejoice the heart of its mother with the spectacle of the beauty of her well-belovéd son! Il THE BINARY TuE binary is more particularly the number of woman, mate of man and mother of society. Man is love in intelligence; woman is intelligence in love. Woman is the smile of the Creator content with Himself, and it is after making her that He rested, sa…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 138

Snowdrops from a Curate’s Garden

… : and this moral appear did : “ This elegant girl in an hour from her twat Poured more than the Nile in a year did. Through the ages of earth her faultless fame Will never alter nor vary : Stranger, hats off to the honoured name Of Micturating Mary ! ” [140]

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