The Equinox was a large bi-annual periodical published by Aleister Crowley that served as the official organ of the A∴A∴ and later the O.T.O. It was subtitled "The Review of Scientific Illuminism." It still remains one of the definitive works on occultism. Aleister Crowley Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley (12 October 1875 - 1 December 1947) was an occultist, mystic, sexual revolutionary, and drug addict (especially heroin). ... Argenteum Astrum, also known as Argentinum Astrum, Argentinium Astrum (Latin for silver star) or Astron Argyron (Greek for silver star), and often referred to as A∴A∴, was a magical order created by Aleister Crowley after leaving the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. ... Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) (Order of the Temple of the East, or the Order of Oriental Templars) is an international fraternal and religious organization. ... For other uses of this term, see occult (disambiguation). ...

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Publication History

The Equinox began in 1909 in London, and appears to have continued at least as far as Volume III, Number I, in 1919. After that, there appears to be a hiatus. Followers of Crowley have more recently published additional issues, some with longer writings of Crowley, others with new material. It appears that more than one "successor journal" to Crowley's original run has been claimed.

• Volume I, Numbers 1–3 were published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd.
• Volume I, Numbers 4–5: the publisher is unknown to me (find this out).
• Volume I, Numbers 6–10 were published by Wieland & Co.
• Volume III, Number 1 was published by Universal Publishing Company in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Contents of The Equinox

Volume I

Number 1

1. EDITORIAL
2. AN ACCOUNT OF A.'. A.'.
3. LIBER LIBRAE
4. LIBER EXERCITIORUM
5. THE WIZARD WAY. By Aleister Crowley
6. THE MAGIC GLASSES. By Frank Harris
7. THE CHYMICAL JOUSTING OF BROTHER PERARDUA
8. THE LONELY BRIDE. By Victor B. Neuburg
9. AT THE FORK OF THE ROADS
10. THE MAGICIAN
11. THE SOLDIER AND THE HUNCHBACK: ! AND ? By Aleister Crowley
12. THE HERMIT
13. THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING (Book I)
14. THE HERB DANGEROUS --- (Part I) A Pharmaceutical Study. By E. Whineray, M.P.S.
15. End pages

• JOHN ST. JOHN --- The Record of the Magical Retirement of G. H. Frater O.'. M.'.

Number 2

1. Frontpages
2. EDITORIAL
3. LIBER O
4. THE HERB DANGEROUS --- (PART II) THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HASHISH. BY OLIVER HADDO
5. REVIEWS
6. THE GARDEN OF JANUS. BY ALEISTER CROWLEY
7. THE DREAM CIRCEAN. BY MARITAL NAY
8. THE LOST SHEPHERD. BY VICTOR B. NEUBURG
9. A HANDBOOK OF GEOMANCY
10. THE ORGAN IN KING'S CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE, BY G. H. S. PINSENT
11. A NOTE ON GENESIS
12. THE FIVE ADORATIONS. BY DOST ACHIHA KHAN
13. ILLUSION D'AMOUREUX. BY FRANCIS BENDICK
14. THE OPIUM-SMOKER
15. POSTCARDS TO PROBATIONERS. BY ALEISTER CROWLEY
16. THE WILD ASS. BY ALYS CUSACK
17. THE SPHINX AT GIZEH. BY LORD DUNSANY
18. THE PRIESTESS OF PANORMITA. BY ELAINE CARR
19. THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING (BOOK II)
20. AMONGST THE MERMAIDS. BY NORMAN ROE
21. AVE ADONAI. BY ALEISTER CROWLEY
22. THE MAN-COVER. BY GEORGE RAFFALOVICH
23. STEWED PRUNES AND PRISM: THE TENNYSON CENTENARY. BY A. QUILLER, JR.
24. STOP PRESS REVIEWS

Number 3

1. Frontpages
2. EDITORIAL
3. LIBER XIII 3
4. AHA! BY ALEISTER CROWLEY
5. THE HERB DANGEROUS (PART III) THE POEM OF HASHISH. BY CHARLES BAUDELAIRE (Translated by ALEISTER CROWLEY)
6. AN ORIGIN. BY VICTOR B. NEUBURG
7. THE SOUL-HUNTER
8. MADELEINE. BY ARTHUR F. GRIMBLE
9. THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING (BOOK II "continued")
10. THE COMING OF APOLLO. BY VICTOR B. NEUBURG
11. THE BRIGHTON MYSTERY. BY GEORGE RAFFALOVICH
12. REVIEWS
13. THE SHADOWY DILL-WATERS. BY A. QUILLER, JR.
14. STOP PRESS REVIEWS and Endpages

• LIBER DCCCCLXIII. THE TREASURE-HOUSE OF IMAGES

Number 4

1. Frontpages
2. EDITORIAL
3. LIBER III
4. LIBER A
5. i.NST N.ATTURAE R.EGINA I.SIS. By OMNIA VINCAM
6. REVIEWS
7. MY LADY OF THE BREECHES. By George Raffalovich
8. REVIEWS
9. AT BORDJ-AN-NUS. By HILDA NORFOLK
10. Alpha Iota Nu Omicron Zeta Iota Zeta Iota Delta Omicron Zeta . By ALEISTER CROWLEY
11. THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING. IV
12. PAN TO ARTEMIS. By ALEISTER CROWLEY
13. THE INTERPRETER. By PERDURABO
14. THE DAUGHTER OF THE HORSELEECH. By ETHEL RAMSAY
15. THE DREAMER
16. MR. TODD. A MORALITY. By THE AUTHOR OF "ROSA MUNDI"
17. THE GNOME. By VICTOR B. NEUBURG
18. REVIEW
19. THE HERB DANGEROUS. PART IV: THE HASHEESH EATER
20. THE AGNOSTIC
21. THE MANTRA-YOGI
22. THE BUDDHIST
23. THE VIOLINIST. By FRANCIS BENDICK
24. EHE! By GEORGE RAFFALOVICH
25. HALF-HOURS WITH FAMOUS MAHATMAS. No. I. By SAM HARDY
26. THE THIEF-TAKER. By ALEISTER CROWLEY
27. REVIEW
28. THE EYES OF ST. LJUBOV. By J. F. C. FULLER AND GEORGE RAFFALOVICH
29. MIDSUMMER EVE. By ETHEL ARCHER
30. THE POETICAL MEMORY
31. ADELA
32. THE THREE WORMS. By EDWARD STORER
33. THE FELON FLOWER. By ETHEL ARCHER
34. THE BIG STICK
35. GLAZIERS' HOUSES
36. IN THE TEMPLE. By VICTOR B. NEUBURG
37. Endpages

• THE HIGH HISTORY OF SIR PALAMEDES THE SARACEN KNIGHT AND OF HIS FOLLOWING THE QUESTING BEAST

Number 5

1. Frontpages
2. EDITORIAL
3. LIBER HHH
4. THE BLIND PROPHET. BY ALEISTER CROWLEY
5. THE TRAINING OF THE MIND. BY ANANDA METTEYA
6. THE SABBATH. BY ETHEL RAMSAY
7. THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING
8. A NOCTURNE. BY VICTOR B. NEUBURG
9. THE VIXEN. BY FRANCIS BENDICK
10. THE PILGRIM. BY ALEISTER CROWLEY
11. MY CRAPULOUS CONTEMPORARIES, NO. IV.—WISDOM WHILE YOU WAITE. BY ALEISTER CROWLEY
12. X-RAYS ON EX-PROBATIONERS. BY PERDURABO
13. THE VAMPIRE. BY ETHEL ARCHER
14. THE BIG STICK
15. CORRESPONDENCE
16. STOP PRESS REVIEWS

• LIBER CCCCXVIII (XXX AERUM)

Number 6

1. Frontpages
2. EDITORIAL
3. LIBER X
4. LIBER XVI
5. LIBER XC
6. LIBER CLVI
7. LIBER CC
8. LIBER CCCLXX
9. THREE POEMS FOR JANE CHERON. BY ALEISTER CROWLEY
10. CIRCE. BY ETHEL ARCHER
11. THE ELECTRIC SILENCE
12. SONG
13. THE SCORPION. BY ALEISTER CROWLEY
14. THE EARTH. BY FRANCIS BENDICK
15. SLEEP. BY ETHEL ARCHER
16. THE ORDEAL OF IDA PENDRAGON. BY MARTIAL NAY
17. THE AUTUMN WOODS. BY VICTOR J. I. NEUBURG
18. THE DANGERS OF MYSTICISM
19. THE BIG STICK. BY JOHN YARKER, E. WHINERAY, ALEISTER CROWLEY, ETC.
20. Endpages

• THE RITES OF ELEUSIS

Number 7

1. Frontpages
2. EDITORIAL
3. LIBER I
4. LIBER XI
5. LIBER LXIV
6. LIBER LXVI
7. LIBER CLXXV
8. LIBER CCVI
9. LIBER CCXXXI
10. LIBER CD
11. LIBER CDLXXIV
12. LIBER DLV
13. LIBER DCCCXXXI
14. LIBER CMXIII
15. ADONIS. BY ALEISTER CROWLEY
16. THE GHOULS. BY ALEISTER CROWLEY
17. THE FOUR WINDS. BY ALEISTER CROWLEY
18. INDEPENDENCE. BY ALEISTER CROWLEY
19. SHOWSTORM. BY ALEISTER CROWLEY
20. A BRIEF ABSTRACT OF THE SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION OF THE UNIVERSE DERIVED BY DOCTOR JOHN DEE THROUGH THE SKRYING OF SIR EDWARD KELLY. BY ALEISTER CROWLEY
21. APOLLO BESTOWS THE VIOLIN. BY ALEISTER CROWLEY
22. DIANA OF THE INLET. BY KATHARINE SUSANNAH PRICHARD
23. SILENCE. BY ETHEL ARCHER
24. MEMORY OF LOVE. BY MEREDITH STARR
25. ACROSS THE GULF. BY ALEISTER CROWLEY
26. THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING ("Continued")
27. MY CRAPULOUS CONTEMPORARIES. No. V., THE BISMARCK OF BATTERSEA. BY A. QUILLER, JUN. (ALEISTER CROWLEY)
28. ARTHUR IN THE AREA AGAIN. BY ALEISTER CROWLEY
29. THE BIG STICK. REVIEWS BY ALEISTER CROWLEY AND JOHN YARKER
30. A BIRTHDAY. BY ALEISTER CROWLEY

Number 8

1. Frontpages
2. EDITORIAL
3. ?????? A TONE-TESTAMENT By LEILA WADDELL
4. THREE POEMS. BY VICTOR B. NEUBURG
5. THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING (continued)
6. HIS SECRET SIN
7. LONG ODDS
8. DOCTOR BOB. A SKETCH BY MARY D'ESTE AND ALEISTER CROWLEY
9. THE WOODCUTTER
10. LA FOIRE. BY BARBEY DE ROCHECHOUART
11. PROFESSOR ZIRCON
12. A BRIEF ABSTRACT OF THE SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION OF THE UNIVERSE, DERIVED BY DOCTOR JOHN DEE THROUGH THE SKRYING OF SIR EDWARD KELLY. PART II. THE FORTY-EIGHT CALLS
13. STEPNEY
14. THE TELL-TALE HEART. ADAPTED FROM THE STORY OF E. A. POE. BY ALEISTER CROWLEY
15. SORITES
16. A DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS OF THE TAROT, WITH THEIR ATTRIBUTIONS; INCLUDING A METHOD OF DIVINATION BY THEIR USE
17. ON-ON-"POET"
18. ELDER EEL
19. THE SPADGER
20. TO PERSIS
21. WAITE'S WET OR THE BACKSLIDER'S RETURN
22. MY CRAPULOUS CONTEMPORARIES. NO. VI. AN OBITUARY
23. THE NEW EVELYN HOPE
24. REVIEWS

• SEPHER SEPHIROTH

Number 9

1. Frontpages
2. EDITORIAL
3. THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING ("Continued")
4. LINES TO A YOUNG LADY VIOLINIST ON HER PLAYING IN A GREEN DRESS DESIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
5. ENERGIZED ENTHUSIASM
6. THE "TITANIC"
7. A LITERATOORALOORAL TREASURE-TROVE
8. THRENODY
9. DISCHMATAL BY NIGHT. BY ARTHUR GRIMBLE
10. A QUACK PAINTER
11. AT SEA
12. CANCER?
13. DUMB!
14. THE VITRIOL-THROWER
15. THE FAIRY FIDDLER. BY ETHEL ARCHER
16. AN EVOCATION OF BARTZABEL THE SPIRIT OF MARS
17. THE TESTAMENT OF MAGDALEN BLAIR
18. ERCILDOUNE. BY ALEISTER CROWLEY
19. ATHANASIUS CONTRA DECANUM
20. MY CRAPULOUS CONTEMPORARIES. NO. VII. A GALAHAD IN GOMORRAH
21. HOW I BECAME A FAMOUS MOUNTAINEER. BY PERCY W. NEWLANDS, P.R.A.S., P.R.B.S., P.R.C.S., P.R.Y.S., P.R.Z.S., ETC., ETC.
22. THE TANGO: A SKETCH. BY MARY D'ESTE AND ALEISTER CROWLEY
23. THE BIG STICK
24. REVIEWS

Number 10

1. Frontpages
2. EDITORIAL
3. LIBER L. VEL LEGIS
4. LIBER  ????????????????????????? SVB FIGVRA DXXXVI
5. A SYLLABUS OF THE OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS OF A.'. A.'.
6. THE SHIP
7. AS IN A GLASS, DARKLY. BY ARTHUR GRIMBLE.
8. TWO FRAGMENTS OF RITUAL
9. THE DISCIPLES
10. THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING ("Concluded)"
11. ROSA IGNOTA. BY VICTOR B. NEUBURG
12. THE GAME OF CROWLEY
13. BOO TO BUDDHA
14. CROWLEY POOL
15. HYMN TO SATAN
16. A BALLAD OF BEDLAM. BY ETHEL ARCHER.
17. DEAD WEIGHT
18. SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT—THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES
19. THE BIG STICK
20. COLOPHON—TO LAYLAH EIGHT-AND-TWENTY
21. INDEX TO VOLUME I
22. Endpages

Volume II

Nos. 1-10 are a Period of Silence—no copies.

Volume III

Number 1

References

• Free Encyclopedia of Thelema (2005). The Equinox. Retrieved March 24, 2005.
  • Crowley, Aleister. The Equinox. Weiser Books. ISBN 1578633516

External links

• The Equinox online.