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1911 · PDF PAGE 163

The Vision and the Voice

…ents in thy star; thou art come to sight at the end of thy will. And if thou wilt hear the voice of the Aethyr, do thou invoke it in the night, having no other light but the light of the half moon. Then mayest thou hear the voice, though it may be that thou understandeth it not. Yet shall it be a potent spell, whereby thou mayest lay bare the womb of thine understanding to the violence of CHAOS. Now, therefore, for the last time, let the veil of the Aethyr be torn. Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! A ka dua Tuf ur biu Bi a’a chefu Dudu ner af …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 191

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…Light n At the Threshold of the Infinite Worlds! Now compare this with the Particular Exordium (G.". D.. MSS. Z3): ‘At the ending of the NIGHT 3 At the Limits of the LIGHT Thoth stood before the Unborn Ones of Time. Then was formulated the Universe. 4 (Thea came forth the Gods thereof, The AZons of the Bornless Beyond. * x Then was the Voice Vibrated. tw Then was the Name declared. niAt the Threshold of Entrance, ” \Betwixt the Universe and the Infinite, In the Sign of the Enterer: Stood Thoth ‘las before Him the ons were proclaimed. The positi…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 191

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…Light n At the Threshold of the Infinite Worlds! Now compare this with the Particular Exordium (G.". D.. MSS. Z3): ‘At the ending of the NIGHT 3 At the Limits of the LIGHT Thoth stood before the Unborn Ones of Time. Then was formulated the Universe. 4 (Thea came forth the Gods thereof, The AZons of the Bornless Beyond. * x Then was the Voice Vibrated. tw Then was the Name declared. niAt the Threshold of Entrance, ” \Betwixt the Universe and the Infinite, In the Sign of the Enterer: Stood Thoth ‘las before Him the ons were proclaimed. The positi…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 46

Mortadello

…ather round the sun. GABRIELE. And see ! they break ; he shines ! An omen ! THE DOGE. Call it one ! Is there no risk of storm before the night whose fall Is certain as the death that must envelop all ? GABRIELE. My lord, be of good cheer. Though dusk devour us soon. Remember we have made alliance with the moon THE DOGE. I am satisfied. We float, a serviceable bark. For you remains reward, the Lion of St. Mark. [He throws the chain and symbols over the shoulders of GABRIELE, who kneels and kisses his hand Now, are the ten waiting ? GABRIELE. So …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 354

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…Yesterday YON Guilty, damned DUN A red cow APIS AND Expansum ; sepimentum; NDI diaphragma, The Name (Ch.) NpY 342 Coctio bya Perfume ows Night Demon of 2" Dec. 8 “NOD15 A blaze, flame nanby ta 1343 “ And GOD said.” ombs aN") [Gen. i. 3] A sweet smell mS 344 A plantation, garden. isin) (Cant. iv. 13] 345 Di Alieni pens pbs GOD Almighty sw bx “In that also”—referred to DAW Daath The NAME own Lioness. [Vide K.D. L.C.K. yy p. 501] shy fala) Moses. [See 543, numerical AW Temurah of 345] Dominator whi Shiloh my 38 He was appeased. (Esther, ADDY vii. …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 354

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…Yesterday YON Guilty, damned DUN A red cow APIS AND Expansum ; sepimentum; NDI diaphragma, The Name (Ch.) NpY 342 Coctio bya Perfume ows Night Demon of 2" Dec. 8 “NOD15 A blaze, flame nanby ta 1343 “ And GOD said.” ombs aN") [Gen. i. 3] A sweet smell mS 344 A plantation, garden. isin) (Cant. iv. 13] 345 Di Alieni pens pbs GOD Almighty sw bx “In that also”—referred to DAW Daath The NAME own Lioness. [Vide K.D. L.C.K. yy p. 501] shy fala) Moses. [See 543, numerical AW Temurah of 345] Dominator whi Shiloh my 38 He was appeased. (Esther, ADDY vii. …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 37

Collected Works (Vol. I)

… There is no John beside the cruel wood ; I am alone to kiss the silver lips ; I rend my clothing for the temple veil ; My heart’s black night must act the sun’s eclipse ; My groans must play the earthquake, till I quail At my own dark imagining ; and now The wind is bitterer ; the air breeds snow ; I put my Christ away ; I turn my brow Towards the south stedfastly ; my feet must go Some journey of despair. I dare not turn To meet the sun; I will not follow him: Better to pass where sand and sulphur burn, And days are hazed with heat, and night…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 109

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

… three, still one, to the Lethean sea, That all its waters may be sweet as those We wandered by, sweet sisters of the rose, That perfect night before we fled, we two Who were so silent down that avenue Grown golden with the moonlight, who should be No longer two, but one; nor one, but three. And now it is the spring, the ice is breaking, The waters roar, the winds their wings are shaking To sweep upon the northland ; we shall sail Under the summer perfume of the gale To some old valley where the altars steam Before the gods, and where the maide…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 41

John St. John

…e Secret Ring committed unto me by the Masters; so that all might be absolutely correct. One thing strikes me as worthy of mention. Last night when I went into the restaurant to speak to 39

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1910 · PDF PAGE 58

Ambergris

…l that flows from that supernal star, And holy fountains of the Influence. Bring peace, and strength, and quicken in my heart Mastery of night-fear and the day-flung dart.

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1911 · PDF PAGE 165

The Vision and the Voice

… attain The Sword, the Balances, the Crown! And that which thou hearest is but the dropping of the dew from my limbs, for I dance in the night, naked upon the grass, in shadowy places, by running streams. Many are they who have loved the nymphs of the woods, and of the wells, and of the fountains, and of the hills. And of these some were nympholept. For it was not a nymph, but I myself that walked upon the earth taking my pleasure. So also there were many images of Pan, and men adored them, and as a beautiful god he made their olives bear doubl…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 126

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…thly shore, but guards the coast Of that which is from that which is to be ; Wherefore it kindles no evasive fire Nor blazes through the night, but lies for- gotten Gray in the twilight ; never a star is out 1 This satirical title is from Proverbs vii. 25. A poet's nature is to refine to purest gold even the sordidest of dross. To light the broad horizon ; only here Behind us cluster lamps, and busy sounds Of men proclaim a city; but to us They are not here; for we, bccause we love, Are not of earth, but, as the immortals, stand With eyes immut…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 216

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…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 unbroken. Silence, deep silence. Not a shudder stirs The vast demesne of unforgetful space, No comet’s lunatic rush: no meteor whirs, No star dares breathe, no planet knows his place In that supreme unquiet quietude. I am the master of my own deep mood. I am the master. Yea, no doubt I rule The whole mad universe by w…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 237

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…en push their lust In vain: my song their fury scorns; They sink, they gravel in the dust. [He !₪125 to SOL, I-Iail, selficreated Lord of Night! Inscrutable and infinitel Let Orpheus journey forth to see The Disk in peace and victory! Let him adore the splendid sight, The radiance 01 the Heaven of Nu ; Soar like a bird, laved by the light, To pierce the far eternal blue! [He turns la ARIES and SCORPIO. Hail! Hermes! thou the wands 01111 Hast touched with strength, and they are shivered ! The way is open unto will! The pregnant Goddess is delivere…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 237

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…en push their lust In vain: my song their fury scorns; They sink, they gravel in the dust. [He !₪125 to SOL, I-Iail, selficreated Lord of Night! Inscrutable and infinitel Let Orpheus journey forth to see The Disk in peace and victory! Let him adore the splendid sight, The radiance 01 the Heaven of Nu ; Soar like a bird, laved by the light, To pierce the far eternal blue! [He turns la ARIES and SCORPIO. Hail! Hermes! thou the wands 01111 Hast touched with strength, and they are shivered ! The way is open unto will! The pregnant Goddess is delivere…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 142

Liber Aleph

…rt as a lamp therein, that there is no Error in the Will, but only doubt as to the Means of Success, else were we as Children afeared of Night. Thus we have Need of Naught but to consider the Matter by Wit of Reason, and of Prudence, and on Common Sense, and of Experience, and of Science, adjusting ourselves so far as we may. Here is the Key of Success, and its Name is the Skill to make right Use of Circumstance. This, then is the Virtue of the Mind, to be the Wazir of the Will, a true Counsellor, through Intelligence of the Universe. But o, my…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 288

The Star in the West

…dawn . When vital force at lowest ebbs Anæmic nerves weave frailest webs.3 And the five senses stand naked and shivering in the freezing night of doubt , the fire is dead , and on the hearth crouch the spectral ashes no longer to flame in the starlight . Foolish prostitute ! You slacked your kiss upon the sodden youth In some excess of confidence , decay Of care to hold him - can I tell you which ? Down goes the moon - one sees the howling bitch !" 4 1 The Sword of Song , Pentecost , vol . ii, p . 170 . Huxley's Hume , p . 157 . Gargoyles , vol…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 12

John St. John

…se that the Pentagrams instantly formulated themselves, visible to the material eye as it were bars of shining blackness deeper than the night. I then consecrated myself to the Operation; cutting the Tonsure upon my head, a circle, as it were to admit the light of infinity: and cutting the cross of blood upon my breast, thus symbolising the equilibration of and the slaying of the body, while loosing the blood, the first projection in matter of the universal Fluid. The whole formulating the Ankh—the Key of Life! Igave moreover the signs ofthe grad…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 25

John St. John

…ness, not feeling clean and happy, not burning with love unto my Lord Adonai, though ashamed indeed for that thrice or four times in the night I had been awakened by this loyal body, urging me to rise and meditate—and my weak will bade it be at ease and take its rest—oh, wretched man! slave of the hour and of the worm 1 Fifteen cycles of Prana Yama put me right mentally and physically: otherwise they had little apparent success. Have breakfasted—a pear and two Garibaldis. (These by the way are the small size, half the big squares) Have smoked a…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 72

Ambergris

… look beyond the End. VI, O Solitude ! how many have mistaken Thy name for Sorrow’s, or for Death’s or Fear’s ! Only thy children lie at night and waken— How shouldst thou speak and say that no man hears ? O soul of Tears ! For never hath fallen as dew thy word, Nor is thy shape showed, nor as Wisdom’s heard Thy crying about the city In the house where is no pity But in the desolate halls and lonely vales of sand : Not in the laughter loud, Nor crying of the crowd, But in the farthest sea, the yet untravelled land. Where thou has trodden, I hav…

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