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1919 · PDF PAGE 340

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

… learn their names, then hearken, and remember. The name of the first Hall is IGNORANCE— Avidyé. It is the Hall in which thou saw’st the light, in which thou livest and shalt die. These three Halls correspond to the Gunas: Ignorance, Tamas; Learning, Rajas; Wisdom, Sattvas. Again, Ignorance corresponds to Malkuth and Nephesh (the animal soul), Learning to Tiphareth and Ruach (the mind), and Wisdom to Binah and Neshamah (the aspira- tion or Divine Mind). 24. The name of Hall the second is the Hall of LEARN- ING. Init thy Soul will find the bloss…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 77

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

…the original price paid for magick power. And if by magick power we mean the true power, the assimilation of ail force with the Ultimate Light, the true Bridai of the Rosy Cross, then is that blood the offering of Virginity, the sole sacrifice well-pleasing to the Master, the sacrifice whose only reward is the pain of child-bearing unto him. But “to sell one’s soûl to the devil”, to renounce no matter what for an équivalent in personal gain % is hlack magic. You are no longer a noble giver of your ail, but a mean huckster. 1. There is no moral …

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1907 · PDF PAGE 281

The Star in the West

…ead , The mystery of Pain . I am the Mother ,I the silent Sea , The Earth , its travail , its fertility . Life , death , love , hatred , light , darkness , return to me To Me !? 2 1 The Fatal Force , vol . i, p . 143 . Jephthah , vol . i, p . 78 . 3 Tannhäuser , vol . i, p . 261 . 4 Mysteries : Lyrical and Dramatic , vol . i, p . 115 . 5 Tannhäuser , vol . i, p . 226 . 8 Ibid . vol .I, p . 258 . ? Ibid . vol .i, p . 262 .

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1911 · PDF PAGE 154

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…n of shopkeepers] Twiddlel Twiddlel Twiddlel Isn’t the Balance in the Babe? Teach her to understand children !" The Brother paused to re-light his pipe, thrusting the bowl into the glowing carbon of the grate. “To understand children? It is hard. But we love children, sir." “And what the devil is the difference between love and understanding? If you have one, you have the other. Oh, twiddle, twiddle l—You can send me one of those rotten paper knives from Jericho, added the adept more peaceably. With the rotten Sephardi pointing—blasphemers! And…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 154

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…n of shopkeepers] Twiddlel Twiddlel Twiddlel Isn’t the Balance in the Babe? Teach her to understand children !" The Brother paused to re-light his pipe, thrusting the bowl into the glowing carbon of the grate. “To understand children? It is hard. But we love children, sir." “And what the devil is the difference between love and understanding? If you have one, you have the other. Oh, twiddle, twiddle l—You can send me one of those rotten paper knives from Jericho, added the adept more peaceably. With the rotten Sephardi pointing—blasphemers! And…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 179

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…oor, making a startling clatter. MARTIN springs uþ in bed, trying loudly]— MARTIN. Who’s there? [A long pause; presently MARTIN gives a slight groan of abject terror. BOTH remain absolutely still. Another long þause. Then JACK again tries to open the lantern with infinite stealth; at last a single tiny dim ray shoots out and throws Martin‘s eye into startling brilliance. Another long fianse, but JACK should endeavour without the slightest movement to let the audience guess that he hears something. At length, with a wildyell, he throws open the la…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 179

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…oor, making a startling clatter. MARTIN springs uþ in bed, trying loudly]— MARTIN. Who’s there? [A long pause; presently MARTIN gives a slight groan of abject terror. BOTH remain absolutely still. Another long þause. Then JACK again tries to open the lantern with infinite stealth; at last a single tiny dim ray shoots out and throws Martin‘s eye into startling brilliance. Another long fianse, but JACK should endeavour without the slightest movement to let the audience guess that he hears something. At length, with a wildyell, he throws open the la…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 152

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

THE EQUINOX The daylight from the Golden Dawn, Bidden the Cavernous Mount unfold Its Ruby Rose, its Cross of Gold; Until I saw, flashed from afar, The Hawk’s Eye in the Silver Star! MaRsyAS. Peace to all beings. Peace to thee, Co-heir of mine eternity! Peace to the greatest and the least, To nebula and nenuphar! Light in abundance be increased On them that dream that shadows are! otympas. Blessing and worship to The Beast, The prophet of the lovely Star! It will be seen that these various methods of attainment are all harmonious. The Method of …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 488

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…rda/ or spiritual doctrine of the being itself. When the soul evokes a thought, the sign of that thought is written automatically in the light. To invoke is toadjure, that is to say, to swear by a name; it is to perform an act of faith in that name, and to communi- cate in the virtue which it represents. Words in themselves are, then, good or evil, poisonous or wholesome. The most dangerous words are vain and lightly uttered words, because they are the voluntary abortions of thought. 190

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1913 · PDF PAGE 152

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

THE EQUINOX The daylight from the Golden Dawn, Bidden the Cavernous Mount unfold Its Ruby Rose, its Cross of Gold; Until I saw, flashed from afar, The Hawk’s Eye in the Silver Star! MaRsyAS. Peace to all beings. Peace to thee, Co-heir of mine eternity! Peace to the greatest and the least, To nebula and nenuphar! Light in abundance be increased On them that dream that shadows are! otympas. Blessing and worship to The Beast, The prophet of the lovely Star! It will be seen that these various methods of attainment are all harmonious. The Method of …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 488

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…rda/ or spiritual doctrine of the being itself. When the soul evokes a thought, the sign of that thought is written automatically in the light. To invoke is toadjure, that is to say, to swear by a name; it is to perform an act of faith in that name, and to communi- cate in the virtue which it represents. Words in themselves are, then, good or evil, poisonous or wholesome. The most dangerous words are vain and lightly uttered words, because they are the voluntary abortions of thought. 190

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1922 · PDF PAGE 242

Diary of a Drug Fiend

…riol being thrownin one’s face. We have no expression of our own. We cannot ‘think. The need is filled by these words... . The impact of light itself is a bodily pain. “When the sun is a living devil Vomiting vats of evil, And the moon and the night but mock The wretch on his barren rock, And the dome of heaven high-arched Like his mouth is arid and parched, And the caves of his heart high-spanned Are choked with alkali sand!” We are living on water. It seems for the moment to quench the thirst, at least part of it. Peter’s nervous state is ver…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 65

The Sword of Song

…with a rope ? ) and the defence of Satan undertaken by a young society lady authoress —a Miss C orelli—who represents him as an Angel of Light, i.e. one who has been intro- duced to the Prince of Wales. But surely there is some one w ho is the object of universal reprobation among Christians ? Permit me to offer myself as a candidate. Sink, I beseech you, these sectarian differences, and combine to declare me at least Anathema Maranatha. 602. Pangs of Death.70—Dr. Maudsley de- mands a panegyric upon Death. It is true that evolution may bring us…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 279

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…i- ate, Knight οί Shota, Sublime Elect of Truth, Grand Elect of the (£0115, Sage Savaist, Knight of the Arch of Seven Columns, Prince of Light, Sublime Hermetic Sage, Prince of the Zodiac, Sublime Sage of the Mysteries, Sublime Pastor of the Huts, Knight 0}Με Seven Stars, Sublime Guardian 0} the 237

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1912 · PDF PAGE 279

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…i- ate, Knight οί Shota, Sublime Elect of Truth, Grand Elect of the (£0115, Sage Savaist, Knight of the Arch of Seven Columns, Prince of Light, Sublime Hermetic Sage, Prince of the Zodiac, Sublime Sage of the Mysteries, Sublime Pastor of the Huts, Knight 0}Με Seven Stars, Sublime Guardian 0} the 237

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1913 · PDF PAGE 3

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…e end they sought. All moneys received will be applied solely for the purpose of aiding those who have not yet entered the circle of the light. The Chancellor wishes to express his gratitude to those who have so generously come forward with assistance. The full amount is, however, not yet guaranteed, and he hopes that those interested will make a special effort without delay. Owing to the unnecessary strain thrown upon Neophytes by unprepared persons totally ignorant of the groundwork taking the Oath of a Probationer, the Imperator of A... A.-.…

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The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…e end they sought. All moneys received will be applied solely for the purpose of aiding those who have not yet entered the circle of the light. The Chancellor wishes to express his gratitude to those who have so generously come forward with assistance. The full amount is, however, not yet guaranteed, and he hopes that those interested will make a special effort without delay. Owing to the unnecessary strain thrown upon Neophytes by unprepared persons totally ignorant of the groundwork taking the Oath of a Probationer, the Imperator of A... A.-.…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 428

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

… is sim- ply the sum of these. 45. Allis impermanent in man except the pure bright es- sence of Alaya. Man is its crystal ray; a beam of light immaculate within, a form of clay material upon the lower surface. That beam is thy life-guide and thy true Self, the Watcher and the silent Thinker, the victim of thy lower Self. Thy Soul cannot be hurt but through thy erring body; con- trol and master both, and thou art safe when crossing to the nearing “Gate of Balance.” Here we have Alaya identified with Atma. The rest of the verse is mostly poetic n…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 218

The Star in the West

…s permitted to make a discovery of the highest importance in his illuminative philosophy of Crowleyanity , in the dazzling and flash ing light of which there is nothing concealed which shall not be discovered . It has taken 100,000,000 years to produce Aleister Crowley . The world has indeed laboured , and has at last brought forth a man . Bacon blames the ancient and scholastic philosophers for spinning webs , like spiders out of their own entrails ; the reproach is perhaps unjust , but out of the web of these spiders , Crowley has himself twi…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 106

The Vision and the Voice

… into the cup of BABALON. This is he that sitteth, a little pile of dry dust, in the city of the Pyramids. (Refrain.) (v. IV.) Until the light of the Father of all kindle that death. Until the breath touch that dry dust. Until the Ibis be revealed unto the Crab, and the sixfold Star become the radiant Triangle. (Refrain.) (v. V.) Blessed is not I, not thou, not he, Blessed without name or number who hath taken the azure of night, and 104

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