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…d a really beautiful ceremony—beautifully conceived and beautifully carried out. If there is any higher form of artistic expression than great verse and great music I have yet to learn it. I do not pretend to understand the ritual that runs like a thread of magic through these meetings of the A∴ A∴ I do not even know what the A∴ A∴ is. But I do know that the whole ceremony was impressive, artistic, and produced in those present such a feel- ing as Crowley must have had when he wrote : So shalt thou conquer Space, and lastly climb The walls of T…
1910 · PDF PAGE 5
…also shall see God face to face. Thus shall we give back its youth to the world, for like tongues of triple flame we shall look upon the Great Deep—Hail unto the Lords of the Groves of Eleusis ! ” ALEISTER CROWLEY in “ Eleusis.” ALEISTER CROWLEY is one of those men who can never remain satisfied. His ambitions are insatiable. He desires the unattain- able with the fervour of a fanatic. Whether he is climbing volcanoes in Mexico or traversing the vast snowfields of Kinchinjunga, edit- ing a paper or playing golf, he proceeds on his way with swif…
1910 · PDF PAGE 7
…for the purpose of illustrating the particular deity to which it is devoted ; each ritual will be both poetic and musical. Verses of the great poets appro- priate to the planet and all that the planet represents will be re- cited, and the ideas suggested to the spectators will be translated into inspired music by an accomplished violin player. There will further be mystical dances by a brilliant young poet who thus draws down the holy influence. The ceremonies will commence at nine o’clock precisely, and no one will be admitted after that hour.…
1910 · PDF PAGE 14
…e. She is Isis and Mary, Istar and Bhavani, Artemis and Diana. But Artemis is still barren of hope until the spirit of the Infinite All, great Pan, tears asunder the veil and displays the hope of humanity, the Crowned Child of the Future. All this is symbolized in the holy rites which we have recovered from the darkness of history, and now in the fullness of time disclose that the world may be redeemed. For the corruptible shall put on incorruptibility, the mortal shall put on immortality ; my adepts shall walk crowned in the Gardens of the Wor…
1910 · PDF PAGE 8
…nks that it helps the mind to get outside itself. He declares that if you repeat an in- vocation solemnly and aloud, “ expectant of some great and mysterious result,” you will experience a deep sense of spiritual communion. He is now holding a series of seances. I attended at the offices of THE EQUINOX. I climbed the inter- minable stairs. I was received by a gentleman robed in white and carrying a drawn sword. The room was dark ; only a dull-red light shone upon an altar.
1910 · PDF PAGE 12
…ve to have something better. But I dine at the Café Royal, instead of munching nuts and “ sirloin of carrots.” I make expeditions to the great mountains of the Himalayas, and hunt buffalo and tiger in the jungles of the Terai ; I love beauty in painting and sculpture ; I love poetry and music ; and I love flesh and blood. There is nothing that you enjoy that I do not enjoy as much as you do ; and I bear witness that nothing is worthy to be com- pared with ecstasy. What is the path to this immortal land ? To the Oriental, whose mind is, so to sa…