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1909 · PDF PAGE 260

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…) The Hierophant then orders the Kerux to declare the Hall of the Neophytes opened by him, which he does in the following words: “In the name of the Lord of the Universe, I declare that the Sun hath arisen, and that the Light shineth in Darkness.” After which the three chief officers repeat the mystic words : “KHABS AM PEKHT!” “ KONX OM PAX!” “LIGHT IN EXTENSION!” THE OPENING is then at an end, and the next ceremony is: THE ADMISSION.{ The Candidate is in waiting without the Portal, under the care of the sentinel, the “ Watcher Without,” that i…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 260

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…) The Hierophant then orders the Kerux to declare the Hall of the Neophytes opened by him, which he does in the following words: “In the name of the Lord of the Universe, I declare that the Sun hath arisen, and that the Light shineth in Darkness.” After which the three chief officers repeat the mystic words : “KHABS AM PEKHT!” “ KONX OM PAX!” “LIGHT IN EXTENSION!” THE OPENING is then at an end, and the next ceremony is: THE ADMISSION.{ The Candidate is in waiting without the Portal, under the care of the sentinel, the “ Watcher Without,” that i…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 40

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

… Sephiroth and the Paths (thirtv-two letters as it were) has been expanded into the four worlds corresponding to the four letters of the name nîPP > and each Sephira is supposed to contain a Tree of Life of its own. Thus we obtain four hundred Sephiroth instead of the original ten, and the Paths being capable of similar multiplications, or rather of subdivision, the number is still further extended. Of course this process might be indefinitely continued without destroying the original System. The Apologia for this System is that our purest eonc…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 86

Moonchild

…he ordered, "go up to the engine-driver, give him this, and tell him to drive carefully. Let me know what the fellow looks like; get his name, if you can; say you want to drink his health. Then come straight here in a cab." Balloch nodded. The type of magic proposed was familiar enough to him. He took the coin and made off. At the Sign of the Tranquil Father, Akbar was awaiting him with his son Abdul Bey. The latter was in charge of the Turkish Secret Service in Paris,

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1906 · PDF PAGE 67

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…es, wakes and knows How frail is shame ! Grows vast and cloudy and is The whole mouth’s sobbing kiss, And crushes me with bliss Beyond a name. Then fall I from excess Of bitter ecstasies, Pale ghosts of blood, To worlds where palaces Shine through dim memories Of flower and flood, Shine in pale opal and pearl, Void of bright boy or girl, Desolate halls that furl Their shapes subdued. And wide they sunder, wide They fall into the tide Of fallen things. Me, me, O meek-browed bride, Horrible faces hide And devilish wings.

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1905 · PDF PAGE 151

Collected Works (Vol. I)

… song of the mouth Of the notable Lord of the Dawn. Unto Ra, the desire of the East, let the clamour of singing proclaim The fire of his name ! In the ways of the East and the West Whence the night and the day are dis- crowned, We pass with the beat of his breast, And the breath of his crying is bound. Unto Toum, the low Lord of the West, let the noise of our chant be the breath Proclaiming him Death ! And the violent song of the seas. Unto Mou, the most powerful Lord of the South, let our worship declare Him Lord of the Air! In the mutable fie…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 88

Moonchild

…, with the gift of the bewitched "cart-wheel," to be sure to drive carefully. He would drink the good fellow's health, to be sure — what name? Oh! Marcel Dufour. "Of the furnace — that is appropriate!" laughed the genial passenger, apparently reassured as to his security. But he did not enter the train. He dashed out of the station, and into a motor-cab, overjoyed to return to Douglas with so clean a record of work accomplished. He never gave the Turk another thought. But Akbar Pasha had had an idea. Balloch had taken a ticket for Dijon — he wo…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 364

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

… to be ransacked, if indeed I am to be blessed with any communication from the living. But when all the instalments are published and my name is flying from lip to lip, then, and then only, you, whoever you are, noble champion of the Men-Covers, please send me thirty-one copies to be given away. “T claim no royalty—no money—no consideration! The creature who accumulates the most extremely interesting and highly noble characteristics of a cover and of a man can but shrink with horror from the very idea of a vulgar coinage. Only please send in a …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 364

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

… to be ransacked, if indeed I am to be blessed with any communication from the living. But when all the instalments are published and my name is flying from lip to lip, then, and then only, you, whoever you are, noble champion of the Men-Covers, please send me thirty-one copies to be given away. “T claim no royalty—no money—no consideration! The creature who accumulates the most extremely interesting and highly noble characteristics of a cover and of a man can but shrink with horror from the very idea of a vulgar coinage. Only please send in a …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 38

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…Deep Height,” etc., are his titles. 2 Microprosopus. ’ Malkuth, the Bride. Light may yet be found. 4 The Hebrew characters composing the name Achd, Unity, add up to 13. ® Binah, the Great Deep: Mother who shall. be daughter by Bn, the Son. 6 Bn adds to 52. In its darkness the the offended reconciled to her

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1930 · PDF PAGE 77

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 2)

…e cannot account for consistent success, even if moderate, when it extends over a long period of time. And the ability of the expert to “name his shot” manifests a knowledge of the relations of cause and effect which confirms the testimony of his empirical skill that his success is not chance and coincidence. 2. This cynical statement is an absurdity of Black Magic. ï97 —

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1905 · PDF PAGE 22

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…ast faint echoed melody With silver waving. As the messenger Of mighty Zeus descending unto her We stood before her, and called loud her name, Wrapped in a cloud of amber-scented flame Befitting his high office ; but his word, Too terrible for mortals, passed unheard Itis wings drew

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1929 · PDF PAGE 31

Moonchild

…y-seven distinct ways of calling a man, to his face, something which only the most brazen fish-wives of Billingsgate care to call by its name, without his suspecting anything beyond a well-turned compliment. Fortunately his lighter side was equally prominent. It was he who had gone into Lincoln Bennett's — Hatters to his Majesty since helmets ceased to be the wear — had asked with diffidence and embarrassment to see the proprietor on a matter of the utmost importance; and, on being deferentially

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1913 · PDF PAGE 266

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ne des Prés’ for ‘St. Germain des Prés, ‘ Dr. Popus’ for «Dr. Papus,’ ‘Rue de Madame’ for ‘Rue Madame, and so on. He puts the same place-name—first in translation, then in French, again and again; and as often as not gets both wrong! The constant chemical absurdities are perhaps Strindberg’s own and may have been made intentionally, as the book portrays the ravings of a melancholic with delusions of persecution. What sublime and septuple ass calls this Strindberg’s autobiography? Strindberg was too lazy to find his incidents in other people’s l…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 266

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ne des Prés’ for ‘St. Germain des Prés, ‘ Dr. Popus’ for «Dr. Papus,’ ‘Rue de Madame’ for ‘Rue Madame, and so on. He puts the same place-name—first in translation, then in French, again and again; and as often as not gets both wrong! The constant chemical absurdities are perhaps Strindberg’s own and may have been made intentionally, as the book portrays the ravings of a melancholic with delusions of persecution. What sublime and septuple ass calls this Strindberg’s autobiography? Strindberg was too lazy to find his incidents in other people’s l…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 61

Moonchild

…d perhaps explain my motive as 'infantile psycho- sexual pre-sexuality'; but no matter: I watched her face. "The lawyer, like what's his name pursuing [88] Priam, was close on the heels of the Poltergeist — 'jam, jam' as used by Vergil in the sense of prolonging the suspense — at last he made one grab in empty air. He overbalanced; must have touched the lamp-shade, I suppose — for a shower of prawns fell upon us like the gentle rain from heaven, blessing both him that gives and him that takes. "And oh! those spirit prawns were beautiful upon th…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 58

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…ly behold, And dazzle not, nor shun the night, The foam-born lamp of beaten gold And secret might ; Because my forehead bears the sacred Name, And my lips bear the brand Of Him! whose heaven is one flame, Whose holy hand Gathers this earth, who built the vaults of space, Moulded the stars, and fixed the iron sea, Because His? love lights through my face And all of me. ' Jehovah,

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1909 · PDF PAGE 274

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

… this the Closing takes place, and the prayer of the spirits of the Earth is rehearsed, and the licence to depart pronounced, and in the name of ADONAI HA ARETZ, the Hierophant declares the Temple closed. By the end of January 1899, P. was sufficiently advanced to be admitted to the grade of Theoricus. It was about this time also that he met Mr. D., a certain brother of the G.*.D.-*. known as Fra. I. A. This meeting, as we Shall eventually see, ranks only second in importance to his meeting with Fra. V. N. RITUAL OF THE 2° = 9° GRADE OF THEORIC…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 274

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

… this the Closing takes place, and the prayer of the spirits of the Earth is rehearsed, and the licence to depart pronounced, and in the name of ADONAI HA ARETZ, the Hierophant declares the Temple closed. By the end of January 1899, P. was sufficiently advanced to be admitted to the grade of Theoricus. It was about this time also that he met Mr. D., a certain brother of the G.*.D.-*. known as Fra. I. A. This meeting, as we Shall eventually see, ranks only second in importance to his meeting with Fra. V. N. RITUAL OF THE 2° = 9° GRADE OF THEORIC…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 354

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…in cutting these to pieces and in sticking them together in all possible combinations, and publishing each combination under a different name. For fifteen years Mr. Perrycoste has been snipping hard, and the above work consists only of Chapters III and IV of one volume of a series of volumes. We are charitable enough to hope that Mr. Perrycoste may be spared to produce the rest, so long as we are spared reviewing them. ELIAs ASHMOLE. THE ANCIENT CONSTITUTIONAL CHARGES OF THE GUILD FREE Masons. By Joun YARKER. William Tait, 2s. 6¢. net. This is …

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