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1905 · PDF PAGE 49

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…eaded Hound. Up still and staggering to the doubtful goal, Feet dragging horribly behind, I move Deathlike for dearth and for despair of soul ; At last Idrop. From Heaven there comes a Dove Bearing the semblance of the Man I love, And fountains and fresh grass by magic spell Are suddenly around me. And above I hear the voice my visions know so well : ‘Well striven all this day against the power of Hell!” I know these mercies still diviner grow Each day I strive. But should I sit and rest One hour of dawn, and cry, ‘‘I will not go Another step w…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 20

Why Jesus Wept

…ld advisers well he groups Into a closer company ; their lore He ardently acquires — he loops no loops, But — Bacon — grapples them to’s soul, with steely hoops ! You, lass, may see here for this Boy’s companions Virtue and Peace of Mind, Prudence, Respect,

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1909 · PDF PAGE 59

Clouds Without Water

…ager violence And sexless mouthings, that repugnant roll oe Aborts the gods of cosmic permanence. Their bestial billows on the snow-pure soul. a 43 a

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1912 · PDF PAGE 87

Mortadello

… Stuff ! 2ND VOICE. It’s true ; it’s cried abroad. ALESSANDRO. So for a pedlar’s wares ! Do you believe him ? Ass ! 1ST VOICE. No, on my soul it’s true ! I swear it by the Mass. ALESSANDRO. How do you know for sure ? I’m Thomas, want to see The prints o’ the nails, the wound i’ the side ! 2ND VOICE. It’s true, trust me ! 3RD VOICE. And if it’s true, by God, there’s not a man that quails. We’ll tear the prison down with our own finger-nails. ALESSANDRO. Oh ! wait a little ! Ask the governor ; he’s my friend. VOICES. Cut ! Shame ! your friend ! T…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 93

Oracles

88 VENUS Buried my heart in thy sorrow, cast down my soul at thy knees. Thou, thou hast left me no morrow. Days and desires, what are these ? Nay, I have torn from my breast passion and love and despair : Sought in thy palaces rest, sleep that awaited me there ; Sleep that awaits me in vain : I have done with the hope of things ; Passion and pleasure and pain have stung me, and lost their stings. Only abides there a hollow, void as the heart of the earth. Echo may find it and follow, dead from the day of her birth. Life, of itself not insatiate…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 115

The Star in the West

…pon the scarlet rose That flamed upon my bosom , the keen thorns Pierced me and slew ! My spirit was withdrawn Into Her godhead , and my soul made One With the Great Sorrow of the Universe, The Love of Isis ! Then I fell away Into some old mysterious abyss Rolling between the heights of starry space ; Flaming above , beyond the Tomb of Time , Blending the darkness into the profound Chasms of matter-so I fell away Through many strange eternities of Space , Limitless fields of Time .. Such is the ecstatic rapture of Tannhäuser , in which he loses…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 243

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…es of your country ! EUPHEMIA. It is not mine! DELHOMME. I do not understand. Iam too worn a slave in the world’s market for my fettered soul to grasp your inno- cence. Ah! you are vowed to Our Lady, perhaps? Yet, believe me: EUPHEMIA. Oh, sir, you distress me—indeed you distress me! 225

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1910 · PDF PAGE 243

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…es of your country ! EUPHEMIA. It is not mine! DELHOMME. I do not understand. Iam too worn a slave in the world’s market for my fettered soul to grasp your inno- cence. Ah! you are vowed to Our Lady, perhaps? Yet, believe me: EUPHEMIA. Oh, sir, you distress me—indeed you distress me! 225

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1911 · PDF PAGE 110

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…e hath swallowed her tongue, a notorious devilry of Arabian enchanters. By your leave, my lord, the tongue should be pulled forward. Her soul would be lost (begging your Lord- ship’s pardon) should she choke now. BISHOP. Rightly said. Andonyourheadbeit! Redouble the thumbscrews. [A tartar/er jul/s her langue fai/ward with þifzærs. LAYLAH groans, TORTURER. I certainly heard somewhat. BISHOP. Articulate? TORTURER. I dare hardly say, my lord. BISHOP. The needles. TORTURER. They are white-hot. How many, my lord? BISHOP. Three behind each eyeball sh…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 110

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…e hath swallowed her tongue, a notorious devilry of Arabian enchanters. By your leave, my lord, the tongue should be pulled forward. Her soul would be lost (begging your Lord- ship’s pardon) should she choke now. BISHOP. Rightly said. Andonyourheadbeit! Redouble the thumbscrews. [A tartar/er jul/s her langue fai/ward with þifzærs. LAYLAH groans, TORTURER. I certainly heard somewhat. BISHOP. Articulate? TORTURER. I dare hardly say, my lord. BISHOP. The needles. TORTURER. They are white-hot. How many, my lord? BISHOP. Three behind each eyeball sh…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 73

Mortadello

…here ! Not worth a kiss. There’s nothing for a man to fear in this—or this. LUCREZIA. Oh they are beautiful ! MONICA. Oh no ! but yet my soul Is mighty, I will have you know, to gain its goal. Now—tell me ! is it death you invoke—Zelina’s death ? You want me to give poison, choke the assassin breath ! LUCREZIA. I ask revenge—nay, justice—when you come to power. MONICA. So be it, I swear by Christ, Amen ! Await the hour. LUCREZIA. Can you do nothing now ? I ache with impotence. MONICA. Where is she ? LUCREZIA. Know you not ? MONICA. For the sake…

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1928 · PDF PAGE 61

Little Poems in Prose

…musician has written, “Will you dance with me?”; who will compose “Will you come with me?” That one may offer it to the beloved one, the soul’s sister! Yes, it is in this atmosphere that life is good—down there, where the slower hours contain more thoughts, where the clocks strike happiness with a deeper, a more meaning so- lemnity. Upon glittering panels or upon gilded leather, darkly rich, live pictures; pictures blesséd, calm and deep as the souls of the art- ists which created them. The setting suns which so richly colour the dining-room or…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 19

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

… World. J 31 bis © Spirit, Hearing. i LXVII LXIX LXX LXXV LXXVI THE PART THE ATTRIRUTTON OF ALCHEMICAL OF THE FIVE ELEMENTS THE FIVE THE SOUL ELEMENTS PENTAGRAM (tatwas) SKANDHAS 11 rm $ Left Upper Vayu - The Blue Sankhara. Ruach Point. Circle. 23 nma 0 Riqht Upper Apas - The Silver Vedana. N eshamah Point. Crescent. 31 rrn A Right Lower Agni or Tejas - Sanna. Chiah -r Point. The Red Tri- angle. 32 bis © Left Lower Prithivi - The Rupa. Nephesh Point. Yellow Square. 31 bis rrrm Topmost Akasa — The Virmanam. lechidah Point. Black Egg. TABLE III L…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 41

Oracles

…d on the fiery lawn Where the wash of the waves of thy native bays Laps weary limbs, that of thee have drawn Laughter and fire for their souls in pawn. O thy strong sons they are dark as night, Cruel and barren and false as the sea. They have cherishèd Hell for the love of thee, Filled with thy lust and abundant might, Filled with the phantom desire to free Body and soul from the sound and sight Of a world and a God that doth not right. O thy dark daughters ! their breasts are slack, Their lips so large and as poppies red ; They lie in a furiou…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 16

Clouds Without Water

…. But in the dark and splendid dens of death Arose an echo of that jewelled song : There swept a savour of polluted breath From the lost souls, the unsubstantial throng That tasted once a shadow of our glory And turn them in the evil house to adore The godhead of our sin, the tragic story We have set ourselves to write, the sombre score Our daggers carve with poesy sublime Upon the roof tree of despair and crime! As we read Love and Death in either’s eyes, We see the cool mild splendour of the dawn Damned by some tragic throw of murderous dice …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 112

Ambergris

…in’s soft season, and sun betimes, And all the gladness of the afterglow When you come shyly out of the folded bud, Unsheath your dainty soul, bathe it in blood Of my heart ? Do you love me ? Do you know How I love you ? Do you love these twittering rimes I string you ? Is your tiny life withdrawn Into its cup for modesty when I sing So softly to you and hold you in my hands, You wild, wee wonder of wisdom ? Now I bring My lips to your body and touch you reverently, Knowing as I know what Gabriel understands When he spreads his wings above for …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 12

Rosa Decidua

…erness and pain, Broad lilied meers Lying in a lonely leafless forest Silent and motionless beneath the moon. I feel my weakness, O thou soul that soarest Into a heaven beyond imagining On the unfaltering wing. Of the magic swan ! I know this tune Should swell to a strong note, a triumph note Blared through a trumpet’s throat To tell the world I am no coward, or else Sob in sweet minor, soft as Asmodel’s Chant to the nightingale. I am so wrecked, so rent That one seems brag, the other sentiment. I cannot leave the present ; I will not pose Ther…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 199

Magick Without Tears

…eception . Within the limits of a letter I could hardly hope to go into matters much more fully or deeply than I have done ; but 'pon my soul! I think that what I have said should be enough for an intelligent and assiduous student. Let me insist that all that is worth while comes by experience . Learning one thing will give you the clue to another. Well do I know to my sorrow how hard it is, as a rule, to learn how to do a thing solely from written instruction ; so perhaps you had better arrange to see me one day about the actual setting-up of …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 219

Collected Works (Vol. I)

… a mist of blood. O Hathoor,® Lady of the West, Take thy sad lover to thy breast ! Even the perfumes of the dawn Intoxicate, deceive the soul. Let every shadow be withdrawn ! Let there be Light, supreme and whole ! O Ra,® thou golden Lord of Day, The Sun of Righteousness display ! The burden is so hard to bear. I took too adamant a cross; This sackcloth rends my soul to wear ; My self-denial is as dross ! O Shu,’ that holdest up the sky, Hold thou thy servant, lest he die ! 1 The Redeemer by His suffering. 2 Thoth, the Ibis God. Equivalent to t…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 102

Orpheus

…kes again, to mingle Its passion with my might and majesty, Till the vast floods of the man’s being tingle And glow, self-lost within my soul and sea Of love, and sun of utter light, and single Keen many-veinéd heart: our lips and kisses Marry and muse on our immortal blisses. Iam: the greatest and the least : the sole And separate life of things. The mighty stresses Of worlds are my nerves twitching. Branch and bole Of forests waving in deep wildernesses Are hairs upon my body. Rivers roll To make one tear in my superb caresses, When on myself…

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