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1909 · PDF PAGE 25

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…. 25 Putrid Corpse . . ..I. Lingam, Yoni . 26 Blood-red . ...... _K. 27 Purple Corpse . .t.. 28 Conduct . -R., Vishnu [Matsya Avatar] 29 Light . ._K. Surya (as ©) . 30 Fire .K. Agni [Tejas], Yama fas God of Last Judgment] |$1 Quiescence. . . . . .. « -R., Brahma . 32 Earth _«K. (Prithivi] . 182 bis Breathing R. [Akasa] . . (81 bis

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1909 · PDF PAGE 340

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…he gathering of the Waters. I am the Established one in Daath! In me is the Knowledge of Good and of Evil! In me is the Knowledge of the Light Supernal! And my face is turned downward unto Malkuth. 332

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1909 · PDF PAGE 340

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…he gathering of the Waters. I am the Established one in Daath! In me is the Knowledge of Good and of Evil! In me is the Knowledge of the Light Supernal! And my face is turned downward unto Malkuth. 332

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1910 · PDF PAGE 90

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…at to those who wander in the darkness of the conflicting Sects unable to obtain Raja Yoga, the most merciful Swatmar4ma Yogi offers the light of Hathavidya.” * In the practice of this mystic union which is brought about by the Hatha Yoga and the Raja Yoga exercises the conditions necessary are: 1. Yama: Non-killing (Ahinsa); truthfulness (Satya); non- stealing (Asteya); continence (Brahmacharya); and non- receiving of any gift (Aparigraha). 2. Miyama: Cleanliness (S’ancha); contentment (Santosha); mortification (Tapasaya); study and self surre…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 90

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…at to those who wander in the darkness of the conflicting Sects unable to obtain Raja Yoga, the most merciful Swatmar4ma Yogi offers the light of Hathavidya.” * In the practice of this mystic union which is brought about by the Hatha Yoga and the Raja Yoga exercises the conditions necessary are: 1. Yama: Non-killing (Ahinsa); truthfulness (Satya); non- stealing (Asteya); continence (Brahmacharya); and non- receiving of any gift (Aparigraha). 2. Miyama: Cleanliness (S’ancha); contentment (Santosha); mortification (Tapasaya); study and self surre…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 213

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

… shy glances, and the virgin unwon ! Oh! the sweet burden of the sunless hours: Love! I amconquered! Nay, love! I have won! O feeble moonlight! O sweet stars undone By the pale longing of eld! O virgin word! Under the silent moon I bear the sword ! Oh! the soft burden of the sunken sun ! I bear a chalice of lilies under the moon! I bear the red-tipped lilies under the moon! Light is no more: oh! let us swoon and die! And the secret way is star-lit, star-bestrewn, Star-guarded, star-set, under the starry moon ! Is there no way but this under the…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 213

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

… shy glances, and the virgin unwon ! Oh! the sweet burden of the sunless hours: Love! I amconquered! Nay, love! I have won! O feeble moonlight! O sweet stars undone By the pale longing of eld! O virgin word! Under the silent moon I bear the sword ! Oh! the soft burden of the sunken sun ! I bear a chalice of lilies under the moon! I bear the red-tipped lilies under the moon! Light is no more: oh! let us swoon and die! And the secret way is star-lit, star-bestrewn, Star-guarded, star-set, under the starry moon ! Is there no way but this under the…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 51

John St. John

…o do so would be to inflict some torture whose severity one could not gauge at the time: e.g., one might dip oneself in petroleum and set light to it, as the young lady mystic did—I suppose in Brittany l—the other day. It’s not the act that hurts, but the consequences; so, although one knows only roughly what will happen, one can force oneself to the act. This, then, is a possible form of self-martyrdom. Similarly, mutilations; though it is perhaps just to observe that all these people are mad when they do these things, and their standard 01 ple…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 105

John St. John

…ed to fill his Malkuth, vacated by the purified Nephesch which has gone up to live in Tiphereth. Or so O.M. read it. The other idea of the Light descending and filling each principle with its glory is, it seems to him, less fertile, and less in accord with any idea of Evolution. (What would Judas McCabbage think ?) And one can so readily understand how tremendous a task is that of the postulant, since he has to glorify and initiate all his principles and train them to their new and superior tasks. This surely explains better the terrible dangers o…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 105

Ambergris

96 AMBERGRIS Mere slave to me, not Lord—thy fieriest flight And stateliest shaft of light Thyself thyself surpassing ; all were dull, And thou, O rose, sole, sacred, wonderful, Single in love and aim, Double in form and name, Triple in energy of radiant flame, Informing all, in all most beautiful, Circle and sphere, perfect in every part High above hope of Art : Though, be it said ! thou art nowhere now, Save in the secret chamber of my heart, Behind the brass of my anonymous brow. 12. Ay ! let the coward and slave who writes write on ! He is n…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 369

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…filth, not sorrow, not laughter of the mocker is this universe; but laughter of a young god, a holy and beautiful god, a god of love and light. And thou, since thou hast the ear of the British ass at thy lips, sing to it those starry songs. It can but bray... . But why, as hitherto, shouldst thou bray also? Or if bray thou must, let us have the virile and portentous bray of the Ass of Apuleius, not (as hitherto) the plaintive bray of the proverbial ass who hesitated so long between the two thistles that he starved to death. I warn thee, ass! We…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 369

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…filth, not sorrow, not laughter of the mocker is this universe; but laughter of a young god, a holy and beautiful god, a god of love and light. And thou, since thou hast the ear of the British ass at thy lips, sing to it those starry songs. It can but bray... . But why, as hitherto, shouldst thou bray also? Or if bray thou must, let us have the virile and portentous bray of the Ass of Apuleius, not (as hitherto) the plaintive bray of the proverbial ass who hesitated so long between the two thistles that he starved to death. I warn thee, ass! We…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 228

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…her Ash? (Erat!) By Aub, the witchery of the secret flame; By And, the subtlety of the inmost fluid; By Aur, the effulgence of the radiant light; I call thee, Ash! I adore thee, Ash! (Over lamp) Ash! Ash! Ash! I caress thee ! I kiss thee! I suck thee up into my mouth and nostrils! Ohooatan ! (three times). (The wahr/Zama). Behold ! the fire of God upon the altar as I have sworn by Djinn and by Shin and by the space between Ι ₪115/?ס”שto his throw). BRO. MARS. 1. Hail, sister of the Scorpion! SOR. SCORPIO. Hail, Lord of the Eagle and the Serpent! B…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 228

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…her Ash? (Erat!) By Aub, the witchery of the secret flame; By And, the subtlety of the inmost fluid; By Aur, the effulgence of the radiant light; I call thee, Ash! I adore thee, Ash! (Over lamp) Ash! Ash! Ash! I caress thee ! I kiss thee! I suck thee up into my mouth and nostrils! Ohooatan ! (three times). (The wahr/Zama). Behold ! the fire of God upon the altar as I have sworn by Djinn and by Shin and by the space between Ι ₪115/?ס”שto his throw). BRO. MARS. 1. Hail, sister of the Scorpion! SOR. SCORPIO. Hail, Lord of the Eagle and the Serpent! B…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 89

Book 4 (Part I)

…ucination, temporary suspension of the faculties or something similar, we find ourselves unable to do so. You cannot argue with a flash of lightning that has knocked you down. Any mere theory is easy to upset. One can find flaws in the reason- ing process, one can assume that the premisses are in some way false; but in this case, if one attacks the evidence for Dhyana, the mind is staggered by the fact that all other experience, attacked on the same lines, will fall much more easily. In whatever way we examine it the result Will always be the same.…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 26

Book 4 (Part II)

…eeswax. The honey has been taken by the Magician; nothing is left of the toil of all those hosts of bees but the mere shell, the fuel of light. This beeswax is also used in the construction of the Pantacle, and this letter, so that the seven names (see "Equinox VII") are spelt out. But this is a rather different symbolism. Of course in ordinary specialised working the number of lamps depends on the nature of the work, e.g., three for works of Saturn, eight for works Mercurial, and so on. ^ Or sometimes of " birth-strangled babes," i.e., of thou…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 152

Book 4 (Part II)

…ich is below has become that which is above, and that which is above has become that which is below. If a diamond be worn, it is for the Light which is before all manifestations in form ; if an opal, it is to commemorate that sublime plan of the All, to fold and unfold in eternal rapture, to manifest as the Many that the Many may become the One Unmanifest. But this matter is too great for an elementary treatise on Magick. The Serpent which is coiled about the Crown means many things, or, rather, one thing in many ways. It is the symbol of royal…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 354

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…athes to his country the fruit of his works; the great nation which becomes extin- guished upon earth transforms itself into a star to enlighten the obscurities of History. What it has written by its actions remains graven in the eternal book; it has added a page to the Bible of the human race. Do not say that civilization is bad; for it resembles the damp heat which ripens the harvest, it rapidly develops the principles of life and the principles of death, it kills and it vivifies. It is like the angel of the judgment who separates the wicked …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 354

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…athes to his country the fruit of his works; the great nation which becomes extin- guished upon earth transforms itself into a star to enlighten the obscurities of History. What it has written by its actions remains graven in the eternal book; it has added a page to the Bible of the human race. Do not say that civilization is bad; for it resembles the damp heat which ripens the harvest, it rapidly develops the principles of life and the principles of death, it kills and it vivifies. It is like the angel of the judgment who separates the wicked …

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1961 · PDF PAGE 216

Liber Aleph

…this Part of me is in Truth thou rather than I. Yet do thou treasure this Letter, for it is mine especial Gift, and hath Radiance of the Light of my Wisdom, and flameth, being the Blood of my Love of thee and of Mankind. Also, it is the Word of my Will, the Charter of the Liberty of my Soul, and thine, and that of every Man, and every Woman; for we are Stars. O my Son, for many Days was I silent, until thou wast fearful lest thou hadst, by Ignorance or by Inadvertance, enkindled the Fire of my Wrath. But I spake not, because I knew in my Wisdom…

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