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1912 · PDF PAGE 273

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…ccupied the position of classical master at several public schools, Whilst in London he met Aleister Crowley, whose poetical works had a great charm for him jenkins was a prolific writer, but unfortunately, little of his work was published before his death at the early age of thirty-three, He died in March 1911, mourned by a large circle of friends, Ε. W.] ΤΟ PERSIS Ι CHILD—forgive me if I call thee Child— The weight of my mortality in years, I reckon not, but tribulations wild, With stormy battle, stress of life and fears. I see thee once again…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 47

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

…ied like babes , bydam , To hear what happened at Babraham . But Grantchester ! ah, Grantchester ! There 's peace and holy quiet there , Great clouds along pacific skies , And men and women with straight eyes , 28

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1930 · PDF PAGE 19

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

A poetic account of the Great Work and énumération of many obstacles. Equinox IV, Spécial Supplément. Liber CC. Res h vel Helios. An instruction for the adoration of the with the object of composing the mind regularising the practices. Equinox VI, p. 29. Liber CCVI. Liber RU Vel Spiritus. Full instruction in Pranayama. Equinox VII, p. 59. Liber CCV1I. Syllabus. An énumération of the Official publications of the A.*. A .'. with a brief description of the contents of each book. Equinox XI (vol. iii part 1), p. 11. This appendix is extracted there…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 226

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…troyer, ho! the Re- deemer! Thunder-stone: whirlpool : lotus-flower: ho! for the gold of the sages ! Ain Elohim. And he was silent for a great while, and so departed our Father from Him. Forth he went along the dusty desert and met an antient woman bear- ing a bright crown of gold, studded with gems, one on each knee. Dressed in rags she was, and squatted clumsily on the sand. A horn grew from her forehead ; and she spat black foam and froth. Foul was the hag and evil, yet our Father bowed down flat on his face to the earth. ‘‘ Holy Virgin of G…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 162

Moonchild

came the greatest of them all[13]. His face was abrupt and vehement; but a veil was woven over it, because of the glory of his eyes, and a thick scarf, like a cloud, held over his mouth, lest the thunder of it destroy men's hearing. This man was so enormous that his stature spanned all heaven; and his creatures, that moved about him, were all godlike — immensely greater than the human. Yet were they human; but so patriarchal, so intense, that they almost overwhelmed Iliel. On him she dared not look. He had the gift of making every thing a thous…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 57

Jephthah

…o his feet, if haply so He spare their vagabond and worthless lives. . ADULAH. Not so, my father. In my father’s name I promise unto all great happiness, And vengeance clean forgotten in the land; “ Vengeance is mine, Jehovah will repay.” My father shall not frown on any man.

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1910 · PDF PAGE 17

The Winged Beetle

…ly found The Pirate’s cave and the Enchaunted Ground ; The cedared Lebanon, The Wizard’s Grot, the well of spice, The Hanging Gardens of great Babylon :— All these then did I visit in a trice,

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1912 · PDF PAGE 202

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…g wand with a very heavy conical head. The face is beautiful and resolute. Adaptability, steady force applied to an object, steady rule, great attractive power, power of command, yet liked notwithstanding. Kind and generous when not opposed If ill dignified, obstinate, revengeful, domineering, tyran— nical, and apt to turn against another without a cause. She rules the heavens from above the last Decan of x to above the 20a of Aries : including thus a part of Andromeda. v of Δ Queen of the Salamanders. VII THE PRINCE OF THE CHARIOT OF FIRE King …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 274

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…all the force of Yet Το Be: For to mine eyes thy simple act of grace Is one step onward, whither no one can see— A little further to the Great Unknown By ways where Life's Periodics plants her rood The Living Progress landmarks all alone, Soon passed :—thou reachest on to Womanhood! IV Fair—God grant that it be fair—thy world ! With influence of Goodness shed around Far from thee may the tongue of Spite uncurl With venom'd spleen, and vicious raucous sound 1 Have mercy, God! I am not proud, not proud! But all my pent—up wrath I pour on Spite It …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 202

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…g wand with a very heavy conical head. The face is beautiful and resolute. Adaptability, steady force applied to an object, steady rule, great attractive power, power of command, yet liked notwithstanding. Kind and generous when not opposed If ill dignified, obstinate, revengeful, domineering, tyran— nical, and apt to turn against another without a cause. She rules the heavens from above the last Decan of x to above the 20a of Aries : including thus a part of Andromeda. v of Δ Queen of the Salamanders. VII THE PRINCE OF THE CHARIOT OF FIRE King …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 274

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…all the force of Yet Το Be: For to mine eyes thy simple act of grace Is one step onward, whither no one can see— A little further to the Great Unknown By ways where Life's Periodics plants her rood The Living Progress landmarks all alone, Soon passed :—thou reachest on to Womanhood! IV Fair—God grant that it be fair—thy world ! With influence of Goodness shed around Far from thee may the tongue of Spite uncurl With venom'd spleen, and vicious raucous sound 1 Have mercy, God! I am not proud, not proud! But all my pent—up wrath I pour on Spite It …

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1914 · PDF PAGE 15

Chicago May

…nose. God ! God! God! God! is there no scavenger To cart this nastiness? Or can there be No sewer fit to suck the corpse of her Into the great, all-purifying sea? Her little hand would rather, I opine, The multitudinous seas incacadine! xv If men could hear me, they would smile and say : How this young satirist exaggerates! If they could see me, they would all go gray ‘With horror, know there is no word in hate’s Roll to speak hate, just as in all love's lore There is no word for love—oh, snore, sow, snore! 1 am rigid with my hate; the brain st…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 21

Liber Aleph

…n accidental and subordinate Relation to thy true Will, whereof by Consciousness and by Reason thou mayst be ignorant, unless by Fortune great and rare thou be already harmonized in thyself, the Outer with the Inner, which Grace is not common among Men, and is the Reward of previous Attainment. Neglect not simple Introspections, therefore; but give yet greater Heed unto those Dreams and Phantasies, those Gestures and Manners unconscious, and of undiscovered Cause, which betoken thee. t

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1929 · PDF PAGE 55

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

… For the first time I heard the name Shelley. Wie gesagt, so gethan. Nothing else seemed to me worth while but a thorough reading of the great minds of the past. I bought all the classical authors. Whenever I found a reference of one to another I hastened to order his works. I spent the whole of my time in reading. It was very rare that I got to bed before daylight. But I had a horror of being thought a "smug"; and what I was doing was a secret from my nearest friends. Whenever they were about I was playing chess and cards. In the daytime I wen…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 293

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…ols, had a bullet in his neck, which explained the whole matter immediately to my satisfaction. Mr. Nichols also told me of how he was a great poet, of how he had started the war, or won it, or both. He said that his mother was called Mary, but that vulgar report erred in saying that his father was named Joseph. Chekhov cannot hope to compete with this sort of thing. I forgot all about him. But I do wish I had one of Mr. Nichols’ books to review. However, hereis the Macmillan Chekhov, and I maun e’en go to it. Mr. Edward Garnett, with the banal…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 63

The Book of Thoth

… that waste. Yet this desert is but one spot accurséd in a world of bliss. Now and again Travellers cross the desert; they come from the Great Sea, and to the Great Sea they go. And as they go they spill water; one day they will irrigate the desert, till it flower. See! Five footprints of a Camel! V.V.V.V.V. (For the classical description of the Abyss, the student should consult Liber 418, The Vision and the Voice, especially the Tenth Æthyr. The Equinox, Vol. I, No.5, Supplement.) At the bottom of the card, accordingly, are shown nascent forms…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 71

Liber Aleph

…t no longer thou) content. For in one Phase art thou also None, in another One, and in the third an organised and necessary Part of that great Structure, so that there is no more conflict at all in thy whole By-coming. But now will I make Light for thine Eyes in this Matter as thou gropest, asking: but of them that see not this, what sayst thou, o my Father? But in that Vision thou sayst not thus, my Son! Learn then of me the Secret Mystery of Illusion, and how it Worketh, and other Holy Law that is its Nature, and of thine Action therein; for …

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1944 · PDF PAGE 35

The Book of Thoth

… of years of evolution in each man by the thoughts of his ancestors. The cells of all living brains are just as much the children of the great thinkers of the past as the development of the organs and limbs. There are very few people today who have heard of Plato and Aristotle. Not one in a thousand, perhaps ten thousand, of those have ever read either of them, even in translations. But there are also very few people whose thinking, such as it is, is not conditioned by the ideas of those two men. In the Tree of Life, therefore, is found the fir…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 267

Collected Works (Vol. I)

… kill him, him unarmed, Not daring! But he reached his hand to me! ‘‘Good luck, old friend!” and, smiling, he was gone. Gone to the Pope—great soul to mounte- bank ! It was her wish, they whisper. Well-a-day ! He’s gone, and not a friend have [ again. This bank is soft with delicate white moss, No pillow better in broad Germany. Were Madeline but here! What rustle stirs These leaves? A strong man sobbing! The earth quakes Responsive. Hillo-ho! there? [TANNHAUSER enters. He appears old and worn; but from his whole body radtates a dazzling light,…

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1902 · PDF PAGE 141

Tannhäuser

… That flamed upon my bosom, the keen thorns Pierced me and slew! My spirit was withdrawn Into Her godhead, and my soul made One With the Great Sorrow of the Universe, The Love of I sis ! Then I fell away Into some old mysterious abyss Rolling between the heights of starry space ; Flaming above, beyond the Tomb of Time, Blending the darkness into the profound Chasms of matter—so I fell away Through many strange eternities of Space, Limitless fields of Time. I knew in me That I must fall into the ground and die ; Dwell in the deep a-many years, a…

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