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1912 · PDF PAGE 19

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…respectable, society in the universe. Το you the mysteries of M. are about to be revealed, and so bright a sun never shed lustre on your eyes. In this awful moment, when prostrate at this holy altar, do you not shudder at every crime, and have you not confidence in every virtue? May this reflection inspire you with noble sentimEnts; may you be penetrated witha religious abhorrence of every vice that degrades human nature; and may you feel the elevation of soul which scorns a dishonour— able action, and ever invites to the practice of piety and vi…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 439

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…r—After Judgment—The Five Adorations —Telepathy—The Swimmeerhe Muse—The God and the Girl—Rosemary—Au Bal; Disappointment—The Octopus—The Eyes of Dorothy—Bathyllus— The Mantra-Yogi—~The Poet and his Muse—Lilith~—Sport and Marriage—~The Twins—The Convert—The Sorceress—The Child— Clytie—A Slim Gilt Soulw—The Silence of Columbine—The Archaeo— logist -—-The Ladder— Belladonna—The Poet at Bay— Ut—Rosa Decidua—The Circle and the Point—In Memoriam—Ad Fidelem Infidelem—The Sphinx—The Jew of Fez—The Pentagram—Song— An Hymn-Prologue to Rodin in Rime——The C…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 19

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…respectable, society in the universe. Το you the mysteries of M. are about to be revealed, and so bright a sun never shed lustre on your eyes. In this awful moment, when prostrate at this holy altar, do you not shudder at every crime, and have you not confidence in every virtue? May this reflection inspire you with noble sentimEnts; may you be penetrated witha religious abhorrence of every vice that degrades human nature; and may you feel the elevation of soul which scorns a dishonour— able action, and ever invites to the practice of piety and vi…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 439

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…r—After Judgment—The Five Adorations —Telepathy—The Swimmeerhe Muse—The God and the Girl—Rosemary—Au Bal; Disappointment—The Octopus—The Eyes of Dorothy—Bathyllus— The Mantra-Yogi—~The Poet and his Muse—Lilith~—Sport and Marriage—~The Twins—The Convert—The Sorceress—The Child— Clytie—A Slim Gilt Soulw—The Silence of Columbine—The Archaeo— logist -—-The Ladder— Belladonna—The Poet at Bay— Ut—Rosa Decidua—The Circle and the Point—In Memoriam—Ad Fidelem Infidelem—The Sphinx—The Jew of Fez—The Pentagram—Song— An Hymn-Prologue to Rodin in Rime——The C…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 208

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

THE EQUINOX With slow anticipation of delight. Ah! mouth half-opened to the warm spring air! Ah! eyes that smouldering never burst in flame! Ah! thou unsatisfied, immutable one In the key of blue . . . the threefold destiny, Is not for thee, nor ever shall be thine ! The lust of joy incarnate! Incarnate youth Of the world! Alack! No longer art thou King Of the Underworld; no more thy road is peace, For not by longing nor by wonderment Shalt thou gain the drooping west, the starless place, The sun-shot centre of the folden stars, The palace of t…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 613

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…After Judgment—The Five Adorations —Telepathy —The Swimmer—The Muse—The God and the Girl—Rosemary—Au Bal— Disappointment—The Octopus—The Eyes of Dorothy—Bathyllus— The Mantra-Yogi— The Poet and his Muse — Lilith — Sport and Marriage—The Twins—The Convert—The Sorceress—The Child— Clytie—A Slim Gilt Soul—The Silence of Columbine—The Archzo- logis: —The Ladder — Belladonna — The Poet at Bay— Ut— Rosa Decidua—The Circle and the Point—In Memoriam—Ad Fidelem Infidelem—The Sphinx—The Jew of Fez—The Pentagram—Song— An Hymn—Prologue to Rodin in Rime--Th…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 208

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

THE EQUINOX With slow anticipation of delight. Ah! mouth half-opened to the warm spring air! Ah! eyes that smouldering never burst in flame! Ah! thou unsatisfied, immutable one In the key of blue . . . the threefold destiny, Is not for thee, nor ever shall be thine ! The lust of joy incarnate! Incarnate youth Of the world! Alack! No longer art thou King Of the Underworld; no more thy road is peace, For not by longing nor by wonderment Shalt thou gain the drooping west, the starless place, The sun-shot centre of the folden stars, The palace of t…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 613

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…After Judgment—The Five Adorations —Telepathy —The Swimmer—The Muse—The God and the Girl—Rosemary—Au Bal— Disappointment—The Octopus—The Eyes of Dorothy—Bathyllus— The Mantra-Yogi— The Poet and his Muse — Lilith — Sport and Marriage—The Twins—The Convert—The Sorceress—The Child— Clytie—A Slim Gilt Soul—The Silence of Columbine—The Archzo- logis: —The Ladder — Belladonna — The Poet at Bay— Ut— Rosa Decidua—The Circle and the Point—In Memoriam—Ad Fidelem Infidelem—The Sphinx—The Jew of Fez—The Pentagram—Song— An Hymn—Prologue to Rodin in Rime--Th…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 171

Magick Without Tears

…salutations, "Saying Will," periodical adorations, even saying apo pantos kakodaimonos with a downward and outward sweep of the arm, the eyes averted, when one sees a person dressed in a religious (Christian) uniform: all these come under "Don't stroke the cat the wrong way!" or, in the modem pseudo-scientific journalese jargon "streamlining life." What you really need is the official Instruction in The Equinox, and the very fullest and deepest understanding of Eight Lectures on Yoga; but these lectures are so infernally interesting that when I…

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1928 · PDF PAGE 118

Little Poems in Prose

…Him any more.” And the child remained for long turned in the same direction, fixing upon the line which cuts earth from heaven a pair of eyes which shone with an inexpressive expression of ecstasy and of regret. “Silly baby, with His God that nobody but he can see,” then said the third, all of whose little personality was marked by a strange vivacity

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1907 · PDF PAGE 46

The Star in the West

…re borne down their unfathomable depths . Similarly in the following : Aching with all the pangs of night My shuddering body swoons ; my eyes Absorb her eyelids ' lazy light , And read her bosom 2 The extra half - step in “ shuddering ” in place of dis cordantly jarring on the metre produces a keener sense of agony in the reader's mind than a word which scanned correctly would do . In the next passage , taken from “ Tannhäuser , ” we find the introduction of a spondee carrying with it a curious sensation of slowness : Chaos , a speck ; and spac…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 100

John St. John

…very sleepy. He will try and concentrate on Adonai without doing Pranayama——— much harder of course. It is a supreme effort to keep both eyes open together.

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1901 · PDF PAGE 101

The Soul of Osiris

…mantine blades from the armoury Of the amazing forges of the sea : The folk that follow with undaunted mein The utmost beauty that their eyes have seen— O patient sufferers ! yet your storm-scarred brows Burn with the star of majesty : your vows Have given you the wisdom and the power To weld eternities within one hour, To bind and braid the North wind’s serpent hair, And track the East wind to his mighty lair Even in the caverns of the womb of dawn ; To take the South wind and his fire withdrawn And clothe him with your kiss ; to seize the Wes…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 136

The Star in the West

… draw my breath ; my face Loses its lustre in the grace of her quick bosom ; sinister The raving spectres reel ; I see beyond my Circe's eyes no shape Save vague cloud - measures that escape the dance's whirling witchery . Clothed with my flower - bride I sit , a harlot in a harlot's dress , And laugh with careless wickedness . And with our laughter's nails refix his torn flesh faster to the wood , And with more cruel zest make good the shackles of the Crucifix .3 | The Argonauts , vol . ii, p . 100 . 2 Mysteries : Lyrical and Dramatic , vol . …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 56

Ambergris

…ere it drink The soul’s own life-blood on the desperate brink ! So, from the languid fingers in my curls And dreamy worship of a woman’s eyes, I look beyond the miserable whirls Of foolish measures woven in the skies ; Beyond the thoughtless stars : beyond God’s sleep : Beyond the deep : beneath the deadly deep ! Infinite rings of luminous ether move At first amid the blackness that I seek : Infinite motion and amazing love Deaden the lustre of the night. I speak The cry of silence, that is heard unspoken ; That, being heard, rings evermore unb…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 34

Jephthah

…breasts, And little veins of purple in the arms, Or cheeks that are already flushed with it, To crimson them with the intense delight Of eyes that meet and know the spirit dwells Beyond their profound depth in sympathy. Nay, my delight must find some dearest foe, And cleave his body with a lusty stroke That sets the blood sharp tingling in my arm. Yet tell me if perchance I lay aside One day the harness of cold iron, bind on The lighter reins of roses deftly twined

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1901 · PDF PAGE 92

The Soul of Osiris

…hus I beheld the truth : ye are stars that give me light ; But I read you aright and learn I am walking in the night. Then I turned mine eyes away to the Light that is above you : The answering splendid Dawn arose, and I did not love you. I saw the breaking light, and the clouds fled far away : It was the resurrection of the Golden Star of Day. And now I live in Him ; my heart may trace the years In drops of virginal blood and springs of virginal tears. I love you now again with an undivided song. Because I can never love you, I cannot do you w…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 65

Clouds Without Water

…o not wait then! kill me now; have done! Why do you watch me mute and immobile, Sitting like death between me and the sun, A sphinx with eyes of jade and jaws of steel? Let me rise up to kneel to you and pray! I hate this hell of agony supine. You killed her yesterday ; kill me to-day; Let me not hang like Christ ! Now snap my spine: Surely you know the trick — when from your lips I see a thin chill stream of stark black blood Trickling, the stream ofhate that glows and grips My lesser life within its sickening flood. Be pitiful, and end your c…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 108

Ambergris

…fection underlying ever The perfect happiness. Thou knowest that not in flesh Lies the fair fresh Delight of love ; not in mere lips and eyes The secret of these bridal ecstasies, Since thou art everywhere, Rose of the World, Rose of the Uttermost Abode of Glory, Rose of the High Host Of Heaven, mystic, rapturous Rose ! The extreme passion glows Deep in this breast ; thou knowest (and love knows) How every word awakes its own reward In a thought akin to thee, a shadow of thee ; And every tune evokes its musical Lord ; And every rime tingles and…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 296

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…vert From the Lamb and his prison {are And the Owl’s blind stupor, arise! Be ye wise, and strong, and fair, And the nectar afloat in your eyes! Arise, Ο ambrosial moon, By the strong immemorial spell, By the subtle veridica! rune That is mighty in heaven and hell ! Drip thy mystical dews On the tongues of the tender fauns, In the shade of initiate yews, Remote from the desert dawns!

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