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And this was the Proclamation: TO MAN Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. My Term of Office upon the Earth being come in the year of the foundation of the Theosophical Society, I took upon myself, in my turn, the sin of the whole World, that the Prophecies might be fulfilled, so that Mankind may take the Next Step from the Magical Formula of Osiris to that of Horus. And mine Hour being now upon me, I proclaim my Law. The Word of the Law is ¸ µ»· ¼±. Given in the midst of the Mediterranean Sea An XX Sol in 3° Libra die Jovis by me ¤…
1938 · PDF PAGE 9
…he world is alight with one flash, that sundereth every spirit that liveth, branding this Sign upon them: Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Aves. Now the whole air is thrilled by the voices of birds: A Swan, a Phoenix, a Raven, a Hawk, a Pelican, a Dove, an Ibis and a Vulture: in his turn each one sang praises, even as it was given unto him to understand one part of the Spirit of the Master. The Voice of the Swan. A U M G N : through the Bornless, through the Eternal, the Thought of the Master goeth, afloat in the Aethyr. The Voi…
1938 · PDF PAGE 21
…over the planet by the expansion of the Roman Power. After these there stood almost alone the name: APOLLON. But above that extract, the whole width of the chart, the word I A O. Then came a blackness over the whole map, for at one time the Brotherhood had been nigh utterly destroyed by a Great Sorcery of the Black Lodge, and the darkening of all Counsel, and the confusion of all Truth. I saw only one glimmer bare legible: PLOTINUS. And at the end of the darkness, amid many names which I could not read, JACOBUS BURGUNDUS MOLENSIS. for his name …
1938 · PDF PAGE 24
The Mystery of Sin. The word of Sin is Restriction. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Such were the words of a certain square tablet of brass which lay upon the hexagonal table beneath the extended forefinger of mine Instructor. And because he saw that their sense was partly hidden from me, he called to my memory two other writings from a compilation of certain Jews of old: All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; and this: The thought of foolishness is sin. Now did I understand that all men live in sin, being b…
1938 · PDF PAGE 13
…t of the Universe is the Fulfilment of thine Energy. And this is blended with the echo of all former voices and their music, so that the whole Abyss is filled with their orchestration to one Symphony. 6. The Order of the Universe is the Expression of thy Rapture of Beauty. This fades away into a deep and tender tune, like nightingales beside a waterfall; and the voice comes twittering: 7. The Sensibility of the Universe is the Triumph of thine Imagination. Quick thrills inform the air, the perpetual quire of myriads of young boys and girls: 8. …
1938 · PDF PAGE 18
…ving the oppositions which are transcended by Truth. So each thing that is hath its root in Necessity; were the least of these lost, the whole Work should be marred. LIFE wells in the Heart of the Master; Death is but the Systole of that marvelous pulse. Faint are the phantoms of Illusion; these, seized on by that vivid stream, thrill and throb with the glow of his reality; he leaves no possible form inane or inert; in him do all partake the sacrament of birth to Truth. LIBERTY leaps in the Heart of the Master; for every man and every woman is …
1938 · PDF PAGE 25
…Universe as necessary. It is a blasphemy against the Self, assuming that its Will is not a necessary (and therefore a noble) part of the Whole. In a word he who accepts not the Law of Thelema is divided against himself: that is, he is insane, and the upshot shall be the ruin of the Unity of his Godhead. Yet hearken again; the opposition of two movements is not always evidence of conflict or error. For two opposite points upon the rim of a wheel move one North, the other South; yet are they harmonious parts of the same system. And the rowlock wh…