{WEH NOTE: Two different versions of this editorial exist in separate
marketings of the 1st edition.  Both will be given.  This first one seems to
be the earlier version.}



                          EDITORIAL

HAPPY is the movement that has no history!  At the beginning of our second
year we have little to record but quiet steady growth, a gradual spreading of
our Tree of Knowledge, a gradual awakening of interest in all parts of the
earth, a gradual access of fellow-workers, some young and enthusiastic, others
already weary of the search for Truth in a world where so many offer the Stone
of dogma, so few the Bread of experience.
   There! we had nothing to say, and we have said it very nicely.
   Floreas!
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   We must apologise for the necessity of holding over our edition of Sir
Edward Kelly's account of the Forty-Eight Angelical Keys, and other important
articles.  Considerations of space were imperative.
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   Mr. H. Sheidan-Bickers will lecture on behalf of THE EQUINOX during the
year.  We shall be glad if our readers will arrange with him through us  to
speak in their towns.  Mr. Bickers makes no charge for lecturing, and THE
EQUINOX may assist if desired in meeting the necessary expenses. {1}

                      NOTES OF THE SEMESTER

MR. SHERIDAN-BICKERS held a large and very successful meeting at Cambridge in
November.

   We beg to extend our warmest sympathies to Brother Aloysius Crowley.  The
gang of soi-disant Rosicrucian swindlers whose profits have suffered through
our exposures, having failed to frighten Mr. Aleister Crowley, decided to
assassinate him.  Their hired ruffians seem to have been knaves as clumsy as
themselves, and Brother Aloysius suffered in his stead, escaping death by a
miracle.
   If we do not extend our sympathy to Mr. Aleister Crowley also, it is from a
conviction that he has probably deserved anything that he may get.

   In order to cope with the constantly increasing budget of letters of
inquiry and sympathy from every part of the world, we have moved into new
premises at 124 Victoria Street, Westminster, to which address all
communications should be directed.  Callers will always be welcome, but it is
advisable to make appointments by letter or telephone.

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{WEH NOTE: Of the two different versions of this editorial found in different
copies of the 1st edition, this seems to be the later version.  It is found
tipped in to some copies where the original pages 1-2 have been cut away.}

                          EDITORIAL

HAPPY is the movement that has no history!  At the beginning of our second
year we have little to record but quiet steady growth, a gradual spreading of
our Tree of Knowledge, a gradual awakening of interest in all parts of the
earth, a gradual access of fellow-workers, some young and enthusiastic, others
already weary of the search for Truth in a world where so many offer the Stone
of dogma, so few the Bread of experience.
   There! we had nothing to say, and we have said it very nicely.
   Floreas!
               *      *      *      *      *
   We must apologise for the necessity of holding over our edition of Sir
Edward Kelly's account of the Forty-Eight Angelical Keys, and other important
articles.  Considerations of space were imperative.
               *      *      *      *      *
   Two days after the bound advance copies of this Number were delivered by
the printer, an order was made restraining publication, continued by Mr.
JUSTICE BUCKNILL, and dissolved by the Court of Appeal. {1}


                     NOTES OF THE SEMESTER

MR. SHERIDAN-BICKERS held a large meeting at Cambridge in November, as
successful as one would expect from the intellectual preeminence of our great
university.

   We beg to extend our warmest sympathies to Brother Aloysius Crowley.  It
seems possible that some gang of swindlers, fearing exposure, and having
failed to frighten Mr. Aleister Crowley, decided to assassinate him.  Their
hired ruffians seem to have been knaves as clumsy as themselves, and Brother
Aloysius suffered in his stead, escaping death by a miracle.
   If we do not extend our sympathy to Mr. Aleister Crowley also, it is from a
conviction that he has probably deserved anything that he may get.

   In order to cope with the constantly increasing budget of letters of
inquiry and sympathy from every part of the world, we have moved into new
premises at 124 Victoria Street, Westminster, to which address all
communications should be directed.  Callers will always be welcome, but it is
advisable to make appointments by letter or telephone.


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