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1905 · PDF PAGE 105

Oracles

…e On some strange cross, or shed Sicillian dews Over a sadder lake than Sicily’s— Hark ! they are leaping from the valley views Into the light and laughter and deep grief Of that immortal heart that sings beyond belief.

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1912 · PDF PAGE 59

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ment of uniting himself with it, and lastly uttering that supreme song of the Initiate beginning: “I am He, the Borneless Spirit, having light in the feet; strong, and the Immortal Fire! " (Thus performed, the Invocation means about half an hour of the most intense magical work imaginable—a minute of it would represent the equivalent of about twelve hours of Asana.) April 10, A no good (rather tired, especially at night). ,, I I. A very bad indeed: worried. ,, 12. A better, but sleepy. Not by any means good, but more impersonal. ,, 13. A sleepy…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 59

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…ment of uniting himself with it, and lastly uttering that supreme song of the Initiate beginning: “I am He, the Borneless Spirit, having light in the feet; strong, and the Immortal Fire! " (Thus performed, the Invocation means about half an hour of the most intense magical work imaginable—a minute of it would represent the equivalent of about twelve hours of Asana.) April 10, A no good (rather tired, especially at night). ,, I I. A very bad indeed: worried. ,, 12. A better, but sleepy. Not by any means good, but more impersonal. ,, 13. A sleepy…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 294

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…in the passage of the 31st Path of Fire leading into the 3° = 8° of Practicus. ‘Also there is the vision of the Fire-flashing Courser of Light, or also a child borne aloft on the shoulders of the Celestial Steed, fiery and clothed with Gold, or naked, and shooting from the Bow shafts of Light, and standing on the shoulders of the horse. But if thy meditation prolongeth itself thou shalt unite all these symbols into the form of the Lion.’* For thus wilt thou cleave upwards by the Path of D, through the sixth Sephira unto the Path of 0 answering …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 294

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…in the passage of the 31st Path of Fire leading into the 3° = 8° of Practicus. ‘Also there is the vision of the Fire-flashing Courser of Light, or also a child borne aloft on the shoulders of the Celestial Steed, fiery and clothed with Gold, or naked, and shooting from the Bow shafts of Light, and standing on the shoulders of the horse. But if thy meditation prolongeth itself thou shalt unite all these symbols into the form of the Lion.’* For thus wilt thou cleave upwards by the Path of D, through the sixth Sephira unto the Path of 0 answering …

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1898 · PDF PAGE 6

Jezebel

… To prophesy the tyrant’s end. The gates are close because of night Whose heavy breath infects the air ; The dog-star gleams, a devilish light : I thought I saw behind me glare The eyes of fiends. I thought I heard An evil laugh, a mocking word. The gates swing open at the Name, Without a warder roused from sleep ; I pass, with face of burning flame, That is not quenched, although I weep. (For even my tears are tears of fire, For loathing, madness, and desire.)

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1928 · PDF PAGE 49

Little Poems in Prose

…, beautiful as fairies or princesses, leaped and skipped under the lanterns whose flame crowds their petti- coats with spangles. All was light, dust, cries, joy, tumult. One set was spending money, an- other making it; both equally happy. The chil- dren clung to their mothers’ skirts, begging for sugar-sticks, or climbing on to their fathers’ shoulders so as to get a better view of some juggler who seemed as dazzling as a god, and everywhere, dominating every other scent, was wafted an odour of frying, which was as it were the incense of this h…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 80

The Book of Thoth

…ke which surrounds it is many‐coloured to signify the iridescence of Mercury. For he is not only creative, but is the fluidic essence of Light, which is the life of the Universe.

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1944 · PDF PAGE 128

The Book of Thoth

…cannot communicate it to me, who speak to you. “If one could gaze upon the sun at noon, that might be like the substance of him. But the light is without heat. It is the vision of Ut in the Upanishads. And from this vision have come all the legends of Bacchus and Krishna and Adonis. For the impression is of a youth dancing and making music. But you must understand that he is not doing that, for he is still. Even the hand that turns the wheel is not his hand, but only a hand energized by him. “And now it is the dance of Shiva. I lie beneath his …

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1944 · PDF PAGE 21

The Book of Thoth

…ded that in order to interpret this mere absence of any means of definition, it was neces‐ sary to postulate the Ain Soph Aur—”Limitless Light”. By this they seem to have meant very much what the late Victorian men of science meant, or thought that they meant, by the Lumi‐ niferous Ether. (The Space‐Time Continuum?) All this is evidently without form and void; these are abstract conditions, not positive ideas. The next step must be the idea of Position. One must formulate this thesis: If there is anything except Nothing, it must exist within th…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 47

Jephthah

…, so it glows and rolls, Caught in the furnace of the sun, opaque To eyes that seek its depth, but penetrable By those long filaments of light beyond. See, the spot darkens, and a horseman spurs A flagging steed with bloody flanks, and waves A cloudy sword to heaven—I am sure He brings us eagle-wingéd victory, And tiding of no battle lost for Israel. Yes, he grows great before the sun, and stands Now in his stirrups, and shouts loud, and waves A blade triumphant. Now the weary horse Stumbles with thundering strides along the last

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1911 · PDF PAGE 81

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

… more with good Christian flesh and blood, that was alive and jolly. Let us be off, though! The Preceptor sheds dullness as the sun sheds light, alike on the evil and on the good. One, two, three—I’ll race you all to Sidi Khaled. [They go of R. toward their horses, JOCELYN Singing as he goes. What is the worth Of a hound or a hawk? A monkey for mirth! A parrot for talk! Rosamond’s skin Is whiter than milk, Seductive as sin And softer than silk. Would I were back From crusade for an hour, My limbs lying slack In Rosamond’s bower! [From thefiolrm C…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 81

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

… more with good Christian flesh and blood, that was alive and jolly. Let us be off, though! The Preceptor sheds dullness as the sun sheds light, alike on the evil and on the good. One, two, three—I’ll race you all to Sidi Khaled. [They go of R. toward their horses, JOCELYN Singing as he goes. What is the worth Of a hound or a hawk? A monkey for mirth! A parrot for talk! Rosamond’s skin Is whiter than milk, Seductive as sin And softer than silk. Would I were back From crusade for an hour, My limbs lying slack In Rosamond’s bower! [From thefiolrm C…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 359

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…o superna poy on A longing for man Azoth, the fluid. A+Z (Lat.) TYIN +0 (Grk.) +N (Heb.). In- itial and final in 3 tongues The Limitless Light VWs 5D ps Meditation. [Ps. xlv. 4] nun Going forth. [Videno. 770] DYOMIWE The Voice of the Chief 937 ANIIN Seer Sister Mins The Holy One; Sodomite wpa Work mwy Angel of 10 C. movy Thought, meditation awn A pledge paw Olive mt Arca, (Noah’s Ark) mAvn (Note 4+1+8=13) Boleskine powdia Peccatum. (Est femina nmson Lilith impia) Kheth, a fence mn Servans misericordiam “IDM “W¥\) “The Word of the MINYNOND Aeon.…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 359

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…o superna poy on A longing for man Azoth, the fluid. A+Z (Lat.) TYIN +0 (Grk.) +N (Heb.). In- itial and final in 3 tongues The Limitless Light VWs 5D ps Meditation. [Ps. xlv. 4] nun Going forth. [Videno. 770] DYOMIWE The Voice of the Chief 937 ANIIN Seer Sister Mins The Holy One; Sodomite wpa Work mwy Angel of 10 C. movy Thought, meditation awn A pledge paw Olive mt Arca, (Noah’s Ark) mAvn (Note 4+1+8=13) Boleskine powdia Peccatum. (Est femina nmson Lilith impia) Kheth, a fence mn Servans misericordiam “IDM “W¥\) “The Word of the MINYNOND Aeon.…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 214

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ing rain Soddens the earth, and the stones lie thick and wet Among the leaves ; and the trees wave naked arms In despair to the sky. The light is quickly dying, And there is no more day ; the dull red sun, A sore and aching eye in a face of gray, Droops down to slumber. All the world seems dead. Rose! Rose! Where art thou? Omy Rose! my Rose! My secret Rose! Art lost among the gray? There is no voice in the silence; in the woods The brownness glistens under the weeping rain,

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1913 · PDF PAGE 214

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ing rain Soddens the earth, and the stones lie thick and wet Among the leaves ; and the trees wave naked arms In despair to the sky. The light is quickly dying, And there is no more day ; the dull red sun, A sore and aching eye in a face of gray, Droops down to slumber. All the world seems dead. Rose! Rose! Where art thou? Omy Rose! my Rose! My secret Rose! Art lost among the gray? There is no voice in the silence; in the woods The brownness glistens under the weeping rain,

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1939 · PDF PAGE 52

Eight Lectures on Yoga

…of the blazing points with the stars of the firmament, with ideas, souls, etc. I perceived also that each star was connected by a ray of light with each other star. In the world of ideas, each thought possessed a necessary relation with each other thought; each such relation is of course a thought in itself; each such ray is itself a star. It is here that logical difficulty first presents itself. The seer has a direct perception of infinite series. Logically, therefore, it would appear as if the entire space must be filled up with a homogeneous…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 148

Ambergris

…m his, and I will it or no. But I will it, I will it, I will it ! His speck of a soul in its cars Shall lift up immensity ! fill it With light of his lyrical bars. His soul shall concentre All space ; he shall enter The beautiful land of the stars. He shall know me eternally wedded To the splendid and subtle of mind ; For thee pious, the arrogant-headed, He shall know they nor seek me nor find. O afloat in me curled ! Cry aloud to the world That I and my kisses are kind ! O lover ! O poet ! O maiden To me in my magical way ! Be thy songs with t…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 264

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…of the Great Order. She is clothed in white, blue, and gold. She bears the Sword from a red girdle, and the Paten and Hosts, or Cakes of Light. The Deacon. He is clothed in white and yellow. He bears the Book of the Law. Two Children. They are clothed in white and black. One bears a pitcher of water and a cellar of salt, the other a censer of fire and a casket of perfume. Til OF THE CEREMONY OF THE INTROIT The Deacon, opening the door of the Temple, admits the congregation, and takes his stand between the small altar and the font. (There should…

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