''The Blue Equinox'', officially known as ''The Equinox: Volume III, Number I'', is a book written by the English occultist
Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley (; born Edward Alexander Crowley; 12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist, and mountaineer. He founded the religion of Thelema, identifying himself as the pr ...
, the founder of
Thelema
Thelema () is a Western esoteric and occult social or spiritual philosophy and new religious movement founded in the early 1900s by Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), an English writer, mystic, occultist, and ceremonial magician. The word ' ...
. First published in 1919, it details the principles and aims of the secret society
O.T.O. and its ally the
A∴A∴
The A∴A∴ ( ) is a magical organization described in 1907 by occultist Aleister Crowley. Its members are dedicated to the advancement of humanity by perfection of the individual on every plane through a graded series of universal initiation ...
, both of which were under Crowley's control at the time. It includes such topics as ''The Law of Liberty'',
The Gnostic Mass
Aleister Crowley wrote The Gnostic Mass — technically called Liber XV or "Book 15" — in 1913 while travelling in Moscow, Russia. The structure is similar to the Mass of the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, communica ...
, and Crowley's "Hymn to Pan".
Background
In 1904, Crowley was staying in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...
,
Egypt
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with his wife Rose when he claimed to undergo a spiritual experience.
Synopsis
''The Blue Equinox'' opens with Crowley's poem "Hymn to Pan", a devotional work devoted to the ancient Greek deity
Pan. This is followed by an editorial, in which Crowley discusses Thelema, the A∴A∴ and the O.T.O., and the important role which he believed that they had to play in the Aeon of Horus.
[ Crowley 2007 929 pp. 9–10.]
#Hymn to Pan
#Editorial
#Præmonstrance of A∴A∴
#Curriculum of A∴A∴
#Liber II
he Message of the Master Therion#The Tent
#Liber DCCCXXXVII
he Law of Liberty#Liber LXI
el Causae A∴A∴#A Psalm
#Liber LXV
iber Cordis Cincti Serpente#Liber CL
e Lege Libellum#A Psalm
#Liber CLXV
Master of the Temple#Liber CCC
habs am Pekht#Stepping Out of the Old Aeon into the New
#The Seven Fold Sacrament
#Liber LII
anifesto of the O.T.O.#Liber CI
n Open Letter to Those Who May Wish to Join the Order
N, or n, is the fourteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''en'' (pronounced ), plural ''ens''.
History
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#Liber CLXI
oncerning the Law of Thelema#Liber CXCIV
n Intimation with Reference to the Constitution of the Order#Liber XV (
The Gnostic Mass
Aleister Crowley wrote The Gnostic Mass — technically called Liber XV or "Book 15" — in 1913 while travelling in Moscow, Russia. The structure is similar to the Mass of the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, communica ...
)
#Nekam Adonai!
#A La Loge
#The Tank
*Special Supplement: Liber LXXI
he Voice of the Silence: The Two Paths, The Seven Portals
References
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External links
''The Blue Equinox''full text of the book
Full text of The Law of Liberty
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1919 non-fiction books
Thelemite texts
Works by Aleister Crowley