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Page 7 of 711929 · PDF PAGE 97
…g". He suggested that I should join the Body of which he was an adept; known, to a few of the more enlightened seekers, ass the Hermetic Order of the G.·. D.·.. A short account of this Order is necessary. Most of the facts concerning it are given here and there in The Equinox; but the story is so lengthy and complex that it would require a volume to itself. Briefly, however, the facts are as follows: Some time in the 'seventies or 'eighties, a cipher manuscript was found on a bookstall by a Dr. Woodman, a colleague in magical study of Dr. W. Wy…
1912 · PDF PAGE 112
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1944 · PDF PAGE 39
The Trumps are numbered in Roman figures in order to avoid confusion with the Ara‐ bic numbers of the Sephiroth. It has puzzled the traditional writers on the Tarot that these numbers should run from 0 to XXI. They seem to have thought that it would be proper to as‐ sume that 0 was the Fool, because he was a cipher, a good‐for‐nothing. They made this as‐ sumption simply because they did not 1Some paragraphs of this section repeat, in slightly different phrases, statements already made in earlier pages. This is intended. know the secret doctrine…
1919 · PDF PAGE 251
…y setting his private car athwart the four main lines. Even intellectual eminence and executive ability are at a certain discount in the Order. Work is invariably found for persons possessing these qualifications, and they attain high status and renown for their reward; but not advancement in the Order, unless they exhibit a talent for government, and this will be exhibited far more by nobility of character, firm- ness and suavity, tact and dignity, high honour and good manners, those qualities (in short) which are, in the best minds, natural p…
1913 · PDF PAGE 405
…ad intention; for example, to know the secrets of others, or to arrive at unworthy ends. Q. What is the result of it ? A. It puts out of order the fluidic instrument of precision, both in the case of the magnetizer and of the magnetized. To this cause one must attribute the immoralities and the follies with which a great number of those who occupy themselves with magnetism are reproached. Q. What conditions are required in order to magnetize properly? A. Health of spirit and body; right intention, and discreet practice. Q. What advantageous res…
1913 · PDF PAGE 405
…ad intention; for example, to know the secrets of others, or to arrive at unworthy ends. Q. What is the result of it ? A. It puts out of order the fluidic instrument of precision, both in the case of the magnetizer and of the magnetized. To this cause one must attribute the immoralities and the follies with which a great number of those who occupy themselves with magnetism are reproached. Q. What conditions are required in order to magnetize properly? A. Health of spirit and body; right intention, and discreet practice. Q. What advantageous res…
1996 · PDF PAGE 80
…which may be twice as long as its predecessor, and so on. There is no “mystical humbug” about this. As Mr. Russell shows, truths of this order are more certain than the most universally accepted axioms; in fact, many axioms accepted by the intel lect of the average man are not true at all. But in order to appreciate these truths, it is necessary to educate the mind to thought of an order which is at first sight incompatible with rationality. I may here digress for a moment in order to demonstrate how this vision led directly to the understandi…
1913 · PDF PAGE 8
…appily complete of bringing all occult bodies again under one governance. The letters O. T. O. represent the words Ordo Templi Orientis (Order of the Temple of the Orient, or Oriental Templars), but they have also a secret meaning for initiates, 4- The Order is international, and has existing branches in every civilized country of the world. 7
1912 · PDF PAGE 15
ORDER OF ORIENTAL TEMPLARS conquering error, and aiding men and women in their efforts of attaining the power of recognizing the truth‘ This order has existed already in the most remote and prehistoric times; and it has manifested its activity secretly and openly in the world under different names and in various forms; it has caused social and political revolutions, and proved to be the rock of salvation in times of danger and misfortune. It has always upheld the banner of freedom against tyranny, in whatever shape this appeared, whether as cle…
1912 · PDF PAGE 15
ORDER OF ORIENTAL TEMPLARS conquering error, and aiding men and women in their efforts of attaining the power of recognizing the truth‘ This order has existed already in the most remote and prehistoric times; and it has manifested its activity secretly and openly in the world under different names and in various forms; it has caused social and political revolutions, and proved to be the rock of salvation in times of danger and misfortune. It has always upheld the banner of freedom against tyranny, in whatever shape this appeared, whether as cle…
1913 · PDF PAGE 9
ORDER OF ORIENTAL TEMPLARS conquering error, and aiding men and women in their efforts of attaining the power of recognizing the truth. This order has existed already in the most remote and prehistoric times; and it has manifested its activity secretly and openly in the world under different names and in various forms; it has caused social and political revolutions, and proved to be the rock of salvation in times of danger and misfortune. It has always upheld the banner of freedom against tyranny, in whatever shape this appeared, whether as cle…
1913 · PDF PAGE 9
ORDER OF ORIENTAL TEMPLARS conquering error, and aiding men and women in their efforts of attaining the power of recognizing the truth. This order has existed already in the most remote and prehistoric times; and it has manifested its activity secretly and openly in the world under different names and in various forms; it has caused social and political revolutions, and proved to be the rock of salvation in times of danger and misfortune. It has always upheld the banner of freedom against tyranny, in whatever shape this appeared, whether as cle…
1919 · PDF PAGE 188
…ar Councils at this hour. But it is possible that all this instruction refers to some later time when our Law, administered by some such Order as the O.T.O. which concerns itself with tem- poral affairs, is of weight in the councils of the world, and is challenged by the heathen, and by the followers of the fallen gods and demigods. Note, pray thee, the practical method of overcoming oppo- sition given in CCXX. III 23-26. But this is not to Our immediate purpose in this epistle. Note, pray thee, the in- struction in the 38th and 39th verses of …
1930 · PDF PAGE 12
Its 7 chapters are referred to the 7 planets in the following order: Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Sol, Mercury, Luna, Venus. Liber VIII. See CCCCXVIII. Liber IX. Liber E Vel Exercitiorum. Instructs the aspirant in the necessity of keeping a record. Suggests methods of testing physical clairvoyance. Gives instruction in Asana, Pranayama and Dharana, and advises the application of tests to the physical body, in order that the student may thoroughly understand his own limitations. Equinox 1, p. 25 & Appendix VI of this Book. Liber X. Liber Porta Lucis. …
1919 · PDF PAGE 230
THE EQUINOX 29. Any injury done by any person without the Order to any person within it may be brought before the Grand Tri- bunal, which will, if it deem right and fit, use all its power to redress or to avenge it. 30. In the case of any Brother being accused of an offence against the criminal law of the country in which he resides, so that any other Brother cognisant of the fact feels bound in self-defence to bring accusation, he shall report the mat- ter to the Grand Tribunal as well as to the Civil Authority, claiming exemption on this grou…
1909 · PDF PAGE 249
…Germany, who is known to us as S.D.A. Those who discovered the ciphers wrote to S.D.A., and in accordance with instructions received, an Order was founded which worked in a semi-secret manner. “ After some time S.D.A. died: further requests for help were met with a prompt refusal from the colleagues of S.D.A. It was written by one of them that S.D.A.’s scheme had always been regarded with disapproval. But since the absolute rule of the adepts is never to interfere with the judgment of any other person whomsoever—how much more, then, one of them…
1909 · PDF PAGE 249
…Germany, who is known to us as S.D.A. Those who discovered the ciphers wrote to S.D.A., and in accordance with instructions received, an Order was founded which worked in a semi-secret manner. “ After some time S.D.A. died: further requests for help were met with a prompt refusal from the colleagues of S.D.A. It was written by one of them that S.D.A.’s scheme had always been regarded with disapproval. But since the absolute rule of the adepts is never to interfere with the judgment of any other person whomsoever—how much more, then, one of them…
1913 · PDF PAGE 9
…is Coronership and his Adeptship? Matuuns. [believe so, Scouri0, K.C. So that he resigned active membership in the so-called Rosierucian Order? Marhks, He did resign, SconPto, K.C. Very fortunate piece of carelessness for you! Maritens. Fortune favours the brave. SconPI0, K.C, I put it to you, this was premeditated treachery ‘on your par Mains. I refuse to answer the question, Sconrio, K.C. In your letter of February 16th, 1yo0, you accuse Dr. Westcott of “ forging, oF procuring to be forged” the warrant on which the Order was founded ? Maruens…
1928 · PDF PAGE 127
XXXIII INTOXICATE YOURSELF! ONE must always be drunk. Everything lies in that; it is the only question worth consider- ing. In order not to feel the horrible burden of time which breaks your shoulders and bows you down to earth, you must intoxicate your- self without truce, but with what? With wine, poetry, or art?As you will; but intoxicate yourself. And if sometimes upon the steps of a pal- ace, or upon the green grass of a moat, or in the sad solitude of your own room, you awake, intoxication already diminished or disappeared, ask of the wi…
1910 · PDF PAGE 12
…sk. But it was not until a second perusal that I grasped what had happened. Some pedantic idiot had arranged the Ghazals in alphabetical order, according to the rhymes ! A common practice in the diwan of the common poet ! here a lamentable and fatal error. For there is a psychological order in the Odes : arrange them properly, and a com- plete story — nay ! a complete system of philoso- phy issued therefrom, as the living water from the rock at the touch of Moses’ wand. When, after long labour, I had made a provisional arrangement, and shewed m…