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1910 · PDF PAGE 44

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…ards her and opened his arms. She fell heavily within their embrace. She hugged herself close against his breast and nestled on him, her eyes half- closed, her tongue and teeth searching blindly and savagely for his lips. Contrary to his expectations, and more according to some of his past sensations and fears, Lionel Tabard felt more un- easiness than joy, more pain than pleasure. He congratulated himself upon the fact that the cool night had caused him to dress warmly, and that he had not trusted his body to the protection of the garment to w…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 141

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

THE DOCTRINES OF BUDDHISM Having sat for seven long years under the Bédhi tree Gotama opened his eyes and perceiving the world of Sam- sara* exclaimed: “Quod erat demonstrandum!” True, he had attained to the spotless eye of Truth and had become Buddha the Enlightened One; he had entered the Nothing- ness of Nibbdna,j and had become one with the Uncreated and the Indestructible. And now he stood once again on the shore line of existence and watched the waves of life roll landwards, curve, break and hiss up the beach only to surge back into the o…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 47

Mortadello

…e angels dumb with fear ! [To the fifth.] Why, body o’ God ! you died ten years ago, we thought. [To the sixth.] And you ? Am I odd ? Do eyes still serve me as they ought ? My sworn foe, vowed to stab me—so the fine farce ends. Aw, well I know you now ; so kiss me, best of friends ! [To the seventh.] My intimate ! Have we not played as boys together.

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1928 · PDF PAGE 119

Little Poems in Prose

…you get a chance, to do as much as I, and you will see.” The young author of this prodigious disclo- sure, as he told his story, had his eyes strained

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1907 · PDF PAGE 82

The Star in the West

…p in that boundless ocean of love - the heart of a. chaste and loving wife . And so did Ahinoam in Jephthah when he said : And my wife's eyes were welcome more desired Than chains of roses , and the song of children , And swinging palm branches , and milk - white - elders .? 2 1 Orpheus , vol . iii, p . 218 . Jephthah , vol . i, p . 82 .

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1911 · PDF PAGE 109

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…asty of quails toward to-night, and the varlet swears there are no quails on the market. Now this morning riding I saw quails with these eyes. The air was as thick with them as when the Children of Israel were miraculously fed. G. M. OF ST [. A new miracle if the knave escape. But will not your lordship sup with me to-night? BISHOP. Thanks, good Grand Master. FIRST TORTURER. My lord, I think I heard a sigh. PHYSICIAN. Only a natural motion of the body, by your 101

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1911 · PDF PAGE 109

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…asty of quails toward to-night, and the varlet swears there are no quails on the market. Now this morning riding I saw quails with these eyes. The air was as thick with them as when the Children of Israel were miraculously fed. G. M. OF ST [. A new miracle if the knave escape. But will not your lordship sup with me to-night? BISHOP. Thanks, good Grand Master. FIRST TORTURER. My lord, I think I heard a sigh. PHYSICIAN. Only a natural motion of the body, by your 101

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1912 · PDF PAGE 78

Mortadello

…who wast nailed by wicked men upon the cross, Now hear me, assailed by villains. All my gain is loss. Breath fails me, dark as hell mine eyes foresee my doom, Death, stern and stark, the glutton shark the tomb, my bloom Blasted. Thy maid, Lord Christ, kept vigil before Thee, Fasted and prayed, endured a life’s Gethsemane ; Now, scourged and spat upon, mocked before priest and king— Thou, gaze on thought, come crowned, come armed, come conquering, Come, save me, save thy maiden ! Strike each barbèd dart Home to the grave convent and cloister of …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 572

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ed vision, a real creation of intelligence and faith. Thence- forward, when he preaches, the Jesuit can say: ‘What we have seen with our eyes, what we have heard with our ears, and what our hands have handled, that do we declare unto you.” The Jesuit thus trained is in communion with a circle of wills exercised like his own ; consequently each of the fathers is as strong as the Society, and the Society is stronger than the world. CHAPTER II HOW TO PRESERVE AND RENEW YOUTH—THE SECRETS OF CAGLIOSTRO—THE POSSIBILITY OF RESURRECTION— EXAMPLE OF WIL…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 572

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ed vision, a real creation of intelligence and faith. Thence- forward, when he preaches, the Jesuit can say: ‘What we have seen with our eyes, what we have heard with our ears, and what our hands have handled, that do we declare unto you.” The Jesuit thus trained is in communion with a circle of wills exercised like his own ; consequently each of the fathers is as strong as the Society, and the Society is stronger than the world. CHAPTER II HOW TO PRESERVE AND RENEW YOUTH—THE SECRETS OF CAGLIOSTRO—THE POSSIBILITY OF RESURRECTION— EXAMPLE OF WIL…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 177

The Star in the West

…f Wisdom .? And the serpent said unto the woman , Ye shall not surely die : For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof , then your eyes shall be opened , and ye shall be as gods , knowing good and evil .- Gen . iii, 4, 5. It was only by casting off God , and breaking away from the essentially bestial quality of unreason , that man paradoxically assumed Godhood . Eliphas Lévi .חישמsame asשחנ

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1919 · PDF PAGE 422

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

THE EQUINOX “Close not thine eyes” may refer to sleep or to ecstasy, perhaps to both. Dorje is the whirling power which throws off from itself every other influence. Vairaga is a very definite stage in moral strength. The point is that it is one’s intense longing for ecstasy which makes one yield to it. If one does so, one is overwhelmed with the illusion, for even the highest ecstasy is still illusion. The result, in many cases, of obtaining Dhyana is that the workers cease to work. Vairaga is an indifference ap- proaching disgust for everythi…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 17

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…s, and the unquiet shades Of night make noises in the darkened room. Yet, did I raise my head, throughout the gloom I might behold thine eyes as red as fire A tigress maddened with supreme desire ; White arms that clasp me; fervent breast that glides An eager snake, about my breast and sides ; Teeth keen to bite, red tongue that never tires, And lips ensanguine with unfed desires, A very beast of prey; hot hands caress, And violent breath that surfeits not excess. But raise no head! I know thee, breast and thigh, Lips, hair, and eyes, and mouth…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 109

Konx Om Pax

…Our best. You want a tender gray, Prepare your palette half the day, Take brush, and find to your surprise The snout of scarlet stab your eyes. Bad art, my boy! I never cared To try the piece again. —We’ve aired Our dinner. By the way, though, here You are. That ’s it! How smooth and clear The moonlight runs from point to hilt! Steel in the end beats silver-gilt! Well, there’s an end of my cigar: The girls will wonder where we are. Strange! how this question of motive deceives historians—and others! said the scholar. Froude was hardly a fool; bu…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 102

The Star in the West

…mely , that platonic love is no love at all . An affection it may be , but love it cannot be if it dare not see its form mirrored in the eyes of a loving woman . Its failure in the end is a certainty ; certain ascetics may compel their wills to conquer their natures , but men as a whole cannot . Certain maniacs such as Origen may emasculate themselves for the Kingdom of God , but the great human masses will let the Kingdom of God go to the Devil , if a pretty pair of lips is in question . Not for long in any case can we change our natures , as …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 17

John St. John

5.10. 6.10. 10.50. JOHN ST. JOHN I should explain first that I write this record {or other eyes than mine, since I am now sufficiently sure of myself to attain something or other; but I cannot fore- tell exactly what form the attainment may take. Just so, if one goes to call upon a friend, he may be walking or riding or sleeping. Thus, then, is Adonai hidden from me. I know where He lives; I know I shall be welcome if I call; but I do not know whether He will invite me to a banquet or ask me to go out with Him for a long journey. It may be that t…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 297

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…riek above the melody. Before her, his hands upon her hips, stood a boy. Golden haired he was, and red were his young lips, and blue his eyes. But his body was ethereal like a film of dew upon a glass, or rust clinging to an airy garment; and all was stained hideously with black. “My Remenu!” she said. “After so long!” He whispered in her ear. The light behind her flickered and went out. The spirit laid her violin and bow upon the ground. The music went on—a panting, hot melody like mad eagles in death struggle with mountain goats, like serpent…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 297

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…riek above the melody. Before her, his hands upon her hips, stood a boy. Golden haired he was, and red were his young lips, and blue his eyes. But his body was ethereal like a film of dew upon a glass, or rust clinging to an airy garment; and all was stained hideously with black. “My Remenu!” she said. “After so long!” He whispered in her ear. The light behind her flickered and went out. The spirit laid her violin and bow upon the ground. The music went on—a panting, hot melody like mad eagles in death struggle with mountain goats, like serpent…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 138

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ill nearly six this morning), to make a final search for Elemental Tablets. And lo! when I had at last abandoned the search, I cast mine eyes upon a hole in the loft, where were ski, etc., and there, O Holy, Holy, Holy! were not only all that I sought, but the manuscript of Liber Legis!” It was the last straw. For the next two days he remained in meditation, as in his previous Samma Sati meditation in Burma and China, where his marvellous escape from death supplied the last factor in the equation, and brought him to the understanding of who he …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 138

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ill nearly six this morning), to make a final search for Elemental Tablets. And lo! when I had at last abandoned the search, I cast mine eyes upon a hole in the loft, where were ski, etc., and there, O Holy, Holy, Holy! were not only all that I sought, but the manuscript of Liber Legis!” It was the last straw. For the next two days he remained in meditation, as in his previous Samma Sati meditation in Burma and China, where his marvellous escape from death supplied the last factor in the equation, and brought him to the understanding of who he …

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