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1913 · PDF PAGE 350

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…e earth still bledfrom the murder of Abel, and on that place there ran a brook of tears. Under the guidance of the centuries, myriads of men moved on, letting fall their tears into the brook. And Eternity, crouching mournful, gazed upon the tears which fell; she counted them one by one, and there were never enough of them to wash away one stain of blood. But between two multitudes and two ages came the Christ, a pale and radiant figure. And in the earth of blood and tears, He planted the vine of fraternity; and the tears and the blood, sucked u…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 378

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…s idolatrous, because Jesus Christ could not be an isolated God. The number of Protestants is of no importance to Catholic truth. If all men were blind, would that be a reason for denying the existence of the sun? Reason, in protesting against dogma, proves sufficiently that she has not invented it; but she is forced to admire the morality which results from that dogma. Now, if morality is a light, it follows that dogma must be a sun; light does not come from shadows. Between the two abysses of polytheism, and an absurd and ignorant theism, the…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 350

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…e earth still bledfrom the murder of Abel, and on that place there ran a brook of tears. Under the guidance of the centuries, myriads of men moved on, letting fall their tears into the brook. And Eternity, crouching mournful, gazed upon the tears which fell; she counted them one by one, and there were never enough of them to wash away one stain of blood. But between two multitudes and two ages came the Christ, a pale and radiant figure. And in the earth of blood and tears, He planted the vine of fraternity; and the tears and the blood, sucked u…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 378

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…s idolatrous, because Jesus Christ could not be an isolated God. The number of Protestants is of no importance to Catholic truth. If all men were blind, would that be a reason for denying the existence of the sun? Reason, in protesting against dogma, proves sufficiently that she has not invented it; but she is forced to admire the morality which results from that dogma. Now, if morality is a light, it follows that dogma must be a sun; light does not come from shadows. Between the two abysses of polytheism, and an absurd and ignorant theism, the…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 104

Ambergris

…re ? Suppose Hell’s waters wash the memory of this rose Out of my mind, what misery matters then ? Or, if they leave it, all the woes of men Are as pale shadows in the glory of That passionate splendour of Love. 10. Ay ! my own voice, my own thoughts. These, then, must be The mutiny of some worm’s misery, Some chained despair knotted into my flesh, Some chance companion, some soul damned afresh Since my redemption, that is vocal at all, For I am wrapt away from light and call In the sweet heart of the red rose. My spirit only knows This woman a…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 101

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…hanter. THE CHILD. My father burns enchanters alive when he catches them. LEDMIYA [at window]. There is a great concourse with- out. The men are returning. They ride slowly, as in peace. 93

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1911 · PDF PAGE 101

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…hanter. THE CHILD. My father burns enchanters alive when he catches them. LEDMIYA [at window]. There is a great concourse with- out. The men are returning. They ride slowly, as in peace. 93

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1912 · PDF PAGE 48

Book 4 (Part I)

…en times, then not quite so loudly and a very little faster ten times more. Continue this process until there is nothing but a rapid movement of the lips ; this movement should be continued with increased velocity and diminishing intensity until the mental muttering completelyabsorbs the physical. The student is by this time absolutely still, with the mantra racing in his brain; he should, however, continue to speed it up until he reaches his limit, at which he should continue for as long as possible, and then cease the practice by reversing th…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 262

The Star in the West

… they face the awful unity of their existence . ... their logic fails , Their jarring jargon jingles —even such An empty brazen pot-wise men deride The clouds that mimic whales. Man's darkness is a leathern sheath , Myself the sun -bright sword !' Yet Crowley puts into the mouth of Tannhäuser the following as answer to the simple Elizabeth's asser tion , “ but God is absolute Good ” ! God slips you , He is Undefinable ! Not good ! Not wise ! Not anything at all That heart can grasp , or reason frame , or soul Shadow the sense of !2 Such a defin…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 137

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

LIBER CLXV A MASTER OF THE TEMPLE Section I. Aprit 2, 1886, TO DECEMBER 24, 1909 CuHarLEs STANSFELD JONES, whom I shall usually men- tion by the motto V.I.O., which he took on becominga Pro- bationer of the A..A.., made his entry into this World by the usual and approved method, on April 2nd 1886 E.V., having only escaped becoming an April Fool by delaying a day to summon up enough courage to turn out once more into this cold and uninviting World. Having been oiled, smacked and allowed to live, we shall trouble no further about the details of h…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 23

Book 4 (Part I)

…tan country) to attack their “morals.” We should then avoid all rhetoric, and try to investigate with perfect freedom from bias the phenomena which occurred to these great leaders of mankind. There is no difficulty in our assuming that these men themselves did not understand clearly what happened to them. The only one who explains his system thoroughly is Buddha, and Buddha is the only one that is not dogmatic. We may also suppose that the others thought it inadvisable to explain too clearly to their followers ; St. Paul evidently took this line…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 79

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…I am come who should come; but Thy coming shall be the one word. 29. Thou shalt manifest Thyself in the unmanifest; in the secret places men shall meet with thee, and Thou shalt overcome them. 30. I saw a pale sad boy that lay upon the marble in the sunlight, and wept. By his side was the forgotten lute. Ah! but he wept. 31. Then came an eagle from the abyss of glory and overshadowed him. So black was the shadow that he was no more visible. 32. But I heard the lute lively discoursing through the blue still air. 33. Ah! messenger of the beloved …

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1904 · PDF PAGE 81

The Goetia

…aoregita Dorepesa oborela Das e-ola, ge-kiaisi nore-mo-lapt, thy dwelling, obey the law which I have made, without terror to the sons of men, tol-toregi, tofajilo boresa adoranu caosago. creatures, all things upon the surface of the earth. Ciaunilagi, eca, gobus, od bolape ta balozodaresi kokasa: niisa Descend therefore Isay, and be thou as stewards of Time; come forth paida ole oanio, nonuji quonu Das toatare Bianu Enapo; ole in a moment, even as servants that hearken to the voice of the Lord; in the oanio kasaremejt ol vinu tlasa od latrinuji…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 104

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…s, all compassion—all but my love that has made my hearta hell. From this hell spring forth fiery scorpions—— Eunuchs 1 Girls I let us be men 1 Take swordsl take spears! Truce or no truce, night or no night, out to the field. Let us slay the dogs as they lie. God, hear me! Make me mightier than Semiramis! Hate and revenge! Battle and death! Το armsl To arms I Out into the night! [During this speech the ennnehs,girls, and slaves, catching her madness, have all armed themselves from the trophies on the wall. They [waþ ant, running and jostling. LAY…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 104

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…s, all compassion—all but my love that has made my hearta hell. From this hell spring forth fiery scorpions—— Eunuchs 1 Girls I let us be men 1 Take swordsl take spears! Truce or no truce, night or no night, out to the field. Let us slay the dogs as they lie. God, hear me! Make me mightier than Semiramis! Hate and revenge! Battle and death! Το armsl To arms I Out into the night! [During this speech the ennnehs,girls, and slaves, catching her madness, have all armed themselves from the trophies on the wall. They [waþ ant, running and jostling. LAY…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 94

Mortadello

…n heard, been put to shame and scorn. Loaded with irons, thrust i’ the prison’s darkest den, I do forgive him freely with my heart. Good men ! I ask you to disperse, escort your Doge—— ABBESS. Not I ! I will not eat nor drink till I have seen him die ! MONICA. So said not once the Lord in His high suffering. Will you be wounded more than Heaven’s holy king ?

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1913 · PDF PAGE 259

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…g to Lady S——, and could find no flaw, though he had drawn it up himself. Mr. Battiscombe Gunn was rapidly revising the funeral arrange- ments of the dying saint, which he proposed to found on some unedited documents of the Second Dynasty, which showed conclusively that the sacred lotus was in reality a corset, and the Weapon of Men Thu a button-hook. Neuburg was improvising (for soothing of the last moments of the dying saint) a crooning lay to the tune (and the words, mutato mutando) of “Jesus, lover of my soul, Let me to thy bosom fly,” the …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 259

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…g to Lady S——, and could find no flaw, though he had drawn it up himself. Mr. Battiscombe Gunn was rapidly revising the funeral arrange- ments of the dying saint, which he proposed to found on some unedited documents of the Second Dynasty, which showed conclusively that the sacred lotus was in reality a corset, and the Weapon of Men Thu a button-hook. Neuburg was improvising (for soothing of the last moments of the dying saint) a crooning lay to the tune (and the words, mutato mutando) of “Jesus, lover of my soul, Let me to thy bosom fly,” the …

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1904 · PDF PAGE 94

The Sword of Song

…greatly, for the stability of the universe is the great enemy; the unstable being the ever- lasting, saith Adhou Bim Aram, the Arab. O Elmen Zata, our Sophic Pilaster ! Further in the dream there was let down from heaven a mighty tessaract, bounded by eight cubes, whereon sat a mighty dolphin having eight senses. Further, he beheld a cavern full of most ancient bones of men, and therein a lion with the voice of a dog. Then came a voice: “Thirteen1 are they, who are one. Once is a oneness : twice is the Name: thrice let us say not : by four is t…

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1917 · PDF PAGE 4

The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse

…one , in my misty memory, in the womb Nod smoke of mighty pillars ; yet my mind fj clouded with the horror of this same Path of the wise men : for my soul is blind Yee: and the foemen I have never feared could not see (if such should cross the way), ‘And therefore I am strange: my soul is scared With desolation of the Blinding day Tiare ome oo rom ye that fearful ihe Was not the Sun: my life has been the death, ‘This death may be the life: my spirit sight Knows that at last, at least. My doubtful breath Is breathing in a nobler air; I know, Tin…

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