HYMN TO PAN ephrix erõti periarchés d' aneptoman iõ iõ pan pan õ pan pan aliplankte, kyllanias chionoktypoi petraias apo deirados phanéth, õ theõn choropoi anax SOPH. AJ. Thrill with lissome lust of the light, O man! My man! Come careering out of the night Of Pan! Io Pan! Io Pan! Io Pan! Come over the sea From Sicily and from Arcady! Roaming as Bacchus, with fauns and pards And nymphs and satyrs for thy guards, On a milk-white ass, come over the sea To me, to me, Come with Apollo in bridal dress (Shepherdess and pythoness) Come with Artemis, silken shod, And wash thy white thigh, beautiful God, In the moon of the woods, on the marble mount, The dimpled dawn of the amber fount! Dip the purple of passionate prayer In the crimson shrine, the scarlet snare, The soul that startles in eyes of blue To watch thy wantonness weeping through The tangled grove, the gnarled bole {5} Of the living tree that is spirit and soul And body and brain - come over the sea, (Io Pan! Io Pan!) Devil or god, to me, to me, My man! my man! Come with trumpets sounding shrill Over the hill! Come with drums low muttering From the spring! Come with flute and come with pipe! Am I not ripe? I, who wait and writhe and wrestle With air that hath no boughs to nestle My body, weary of empty clasp, Strong as a lion and sharp as an asp - Come, O come! I am numb With the lonely lust of devildom. Thrust the sword through the galling fetter, All-devourer, all-begetter; Give me the sign of the Open Eye, And the token erect of thorny thigh, And the word of madness and mystery, O Pan! Io Pan! Io Pan! Io Pan Pan! Pan Pan! Pan, I am a man: Do as thou wilt, as a great god can, O Pan! Io Pan! Io Pan! Io Pan Pan! I am awake In the grip of the snake. The eagle slashes with beak and claw; {6} The gods withdraw: The great beasts come, Io Pan! I am borne To death on the horn Of the Unicorn. I am Pan! Io Pan! Io Pan Pan! Pan! I am thy mate, I am thy man, Goat of thy flock, I am gold, I am god, Flesh to thy bone, flower to thy rod. With hoofs of steel I race on the rocks Through solstice stubborn to equinox. And I rave; and I rape and I rip and I rend Everlasting, world without end, Mannikin, maiden, Maenad, man, In the might of Pan. Io Pan! Io Pan Pan! Pan! Io Pan! {7} EDITORIAL Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. THE world needs religion. Religion must represent Truth, and celebrate it. This truth is of two orders: one, concerning Nature external to Man; two, concerning Nature internal to Man. Existing religions, especially Christianity, are based on primitive ignorance of the facts, particularly of external Nature. Celebrations must conform to the custom and nature of the people. Christianity has destroyed the joyful celebrations, characterized by music, dancing, feasting, and making love; and has kept only the melancholy. The Law of Thelema offers a religion which fulfils all necessary conditions. The philosophy and metaphysics of Thelema are sound, and offer a solution of the deepest problems of humanity. The science of Thelema is orthodox; it has no false theories of Nature, no false fables of the origin of things. The psychology and ethics of Thelema are perfect. It has destroyed the damnable delusion of Original Sin, making every one unique, independent, supreme, and sufficient. The Law of Thelema is given in the Book of the Law. [EQUINOX I, VII and X.] THE EQUINOX has been founded to promulgate and demonstrate this Law. {9} The A.'.A.'., or Great White Brotherhood, through Whom this Law was obtained, is a Body of the highest Initiates, pledged to aid mankind. It offers instruction in the Way of Spiritual Progress and Illumination to individual seekers. The work of the A.'.A.'. is called Scientific Illuminism. This may be briefly expressed by quoting Its motto: "The method of Science; the aim of Religion." Every seeker is taught how to realise Truth for himself, by means accurate and well-tested. The O.T.O. is the first of the great religious Societies to accept the Law. It trains groups by way of progressive initiation. THE EQUINOX publishes all instructions and pronouncements of the A.'.A.'. and O.T.O. It also publishes such poetry, drama, fiction, and essays, as are sympathetic to this programme, so far as space permits. THE EQUINOX is so called, firstly, because it is the Comment upon the Word of the New Æon,Θελημα, which was given at the Equinox of the Gods, when the Crowned and Conquering Child, gild, Horus, took the place of the Dying God, Osiris. (The Equinox marks a period of a fresh influx of Force from our Father the SUN.) Secondly, in accordance with this, publication takes place at the Equinoxes of Spring and Autumn of each year. The rule of the A.'.A.'. is to alternate 5 years of silence with 5 years of speech. Hence publication has been from 1909-1914, An V-IX; and now from 1919-1924, An V-IX. Love is the law, love under will. {10} A ∴ A ∴ PRÆMONSTRANCE A MANIFESTO OF THE GREAT WHITE BROTHERHOOD Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. The Praemonstrator of the A ∴ A ∴ wishes it to be known that the period of silence, which (according to the Rule of the Order) lasts during every alternate five years, will end at the Equinox of Spring in the year 1919 of the vulgar era. He wishes to call attention to the general principles of the Great White Brotherhood, which is also known as the A ∴ A ∴ Primarily, this Body exists for the purpose of conferring Initiation. Secondarily, It prepares people for Initiation by means of courses of instruction. These courses are divided into two main parts, theoretical and practical. INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO BOTH THESE COURSES The Order issues printed books of instruction. They cover the classics of all previous systems, and explain the particular system of A ∴ A ∴ These instructions are issued in an extremely comprehensive and well-ordered form. Every instruction has been edited on strictly scientific lines. Students are thoroughly drilled in this work; examinations take place regularly, and diplomas issued to those who pass {11} them. The instruction of the A ∴ A ∴ is therefore as precise and definite as a University course. During the five years of speech from the Equinox of Spring 1909 of the vulgar era, 65 different books were issued, nearly all of these being printed in the 10 numbers of Volume I of THE EQUINOX. VOLUME I of THE EQUINOX is now very rare and expensive Only a few sets remain; and these are valued at $100 per set. When these have been sold, it is proposed to republish the Official Instructions referred to above in separate form, for the benefit of those students who have been disappointed in obtaining sets of Volume I of THE EQUINOX. The A ∴ A ∴ will publish a new volume of THE EQUINOX in 10 numbers at intervals of six months, beginning with the Equinox of Spring (March 23) of the vulgar year of 1919. The principal items of the new promulgation are as follows: LIBER CCXX. THE BOOK OF THE LAW, which is the foundation of our whole work, and the commentary thereon by the Master through whom it was given to the world. LIBER LXI. A manuscript giving an account of the history of the A ∴ A ∴ in recent times. This history contains no mythology; it is a statement of facts susceptible of rational proof. LIBER CL. DE LEGE LIBELLUM. A short explanation of the Law, extolling its sublime virtue. By the Master Therion. LIBER LXV. THE BOOK OF THE HEART GIRT WITH A SERPENT. This magical treatise describes particularly the {12} relation of the Aspirant with his Higher Self. It is, alike in conception and execution, a masterpiece of exaltation of thought, carved in Pure Beauty. LIBER VII. THE BOOK OF LAPIS LAZULI. Gives in magical language an account of the Initiation of a Master of the Temple. This is the only parallel, for Beauty of Ecstasy, to Liber LXV. LIBER XXVII. VEL TRIGRAMMATON. It describes the Course of Creation under the Figure of the Interplay of Three Principles. The book corresponding to the stanzas of Dzvan. LIBER DCDXXCIII. VEL ARARITA. This book describes in magical language a very secret process of Initiation. LIBER II. THE MESSAGE OF THE MASTER THERION. It explains the essence of the New Law in a very simple manner. LIBER DCCCXXXVII. THE LAW OF LIBERTY. This is a further explanation of the Book of the Law in reference to certain ethical problems. LIBER DCXXIII. DE THAUMATURGIA. A statement of certain ethical considerations concerning Magick. LIBER LXXIII. THE URN. This is the sequel to the Temple of Solomon the King, and is the Diary of a Magus. This book containes a detailed account of all the experiences passed through by the Master Therion in his attainment of this grade o f Initiation, the highest possible to any manifested Man. LIBER LXXI. THE VOICE OF THE SILENCE, by H. P. Blavatsky, with an elaborate commentary by Frater O.M. Frater O. M , 7°=4▫, is the most learned of all the Brethren {13} of the Order; he has given eighteen years to the critical study of this in masterpiece LIBER XXI.