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…ven instruments. And this oratorio hath one dominant theme of rapture. Yet it applieth to every detail of the universe as well as to the whole. And herein is Choronzon brought utterly to ruin, that all his work is against his will, not only in the whole, but in every part thereof, even as a fly that walketh upon a beryl-stone. And the tablet blazeth ever brighter till it filleth the whole Aire. And behold! there is one God therein, and the letters of the stars in his crown, Orion, and the Pleiades, and Alde- baran, and Alpha Centauri, and Cor L…
1911 · PDF PAGE 50
THE EQUINOX The little gate is guarded by a great green dragon. And now the whole wall is suddenly fallen away; there is a blaze of the chariots and the horsemen; a furious battle is raging. One hears nothing but the clash of steel and the neighing of the chargers and the shrieks of the wounded. A thousand fall at every encounter and are trampled under foot. Yet the Aethyr is always full; there are infinite reserves. No; that is all wrong, for this is not a battle between two forces, but a mélée in which each warrior fights for himself against …
1911 · PDF PAGE 161
THE VISION AND THE VOICE Light, Life and Love are like three glow-worms at thy feet: the whole universe of stars, the dewdrops on the grass whereon thou walkest! Iam quite blind. Thou art Nuit! Strain, strain, strain my whole soul! Aka dua Tuf ur biu Bi a’a chefu Dudu ner af an nuteru. Falutli! Falutli! I cling unto the burning Aethyr like Lucifer that fell through the Abyss, and by the fury of his flight kindled the air. And I am Belial, for having seen the Rose upon thy breast, I have denied God. And I am Satan! I am Satan! I am cast out upon…
1911 · PDF PAGE 122
…urse of that spark, there was, as it were, an explosion, and his head was blasted. And the ashes thereof were dis- persed throughout the whole of the roth Aethyr. And for this, all knowledge is piecemeal, and it is of no value unless it be co-ordinated by Understanding. And now the form of the Aethyr is the form of a mighty Eagle of ruddy brass. And the plumes are set alight, and are whirled round and round until the whole heaven is blackness with these flying sparks therein. Now it is all branching streams of golden fire tipped with scarlet at…
1911 · PDF PAGE 44
THE EQUINOX scope. And there cometh a peacock into the stone, filling the whole Aire. It is like the vision called the Universal Peacock, or, rather, like a representation of that vision. And now there are countless clouds of white angels filling the Aire as the peacock dissolves. Now behind the angels are archangels with trumpets. These cause all things to appear at once, so that there is a tremendous confusion of images. And nowI perceive that all these things are but veils of the wheel, for they all gather themselves into a wheel that spins …
1911 · PDF PAGE 72
…he Pyramid for servants. Now the exceeding light that was behind the Pyramid, and the Rosy Cross that is set thereon, hath fulfilled the whole Aire. The black Pyramid is like the back of a black diamond. Also the Rosy Cross is loosened, and the petals of the Rose are the mingled hues of sunset and of dawn; and the Cross is the Golden light of noon, and in the heart of the Rose there is the secret light that men call midnight. And a voice: ‘Glory to God and thanksgiving to God, and there is no God but God. And He is exalted; He is great; and in …
1911 · PDF PAGE 84
…cent, waning. The canopy is supported by eight pillars of amber. These pillars are upright, and yet the canopy which they support is the whole vault of night. The charioteer is a man in golden armour, studded with sapphires, but over his shoulders is a white robe, and over that a red robe. Upon his golden helmet he beareth for his crest a crab. His hands are clasped upon a cup, from which radiates a ruddy glow, constantly increasing, so that every- thing is blotted out by its glory, and the whole Aire is filled with it. And there is a marvellou…
1911 · PDF PAGE 156
…QUINOX Ones may take their pleasure.) O ye heavens, arise; the lower heavens beneath you, let them serve you. (This is a command for the whole of things to join in universal rapture.) Govern those that govern; cast down such as fall; bring forth those that increase; and destroy the rotten. (This means that everything shall take its own pleasure in its own way.) No place let it remain in onenumber. (‘‘ No place” is the infinite Ain. . . . “Let remain in one number”; that is, let it be con- centrated in Kether.) Add and diminish until the stars b…
1911 · PDF PAGE 29
…nt; thou hast none other wings than mine. All this while the Rose has been shooting out blue flames, coruscating like snakes through the whole Aire. And the snakes have taken shapes of sentences. One of them is: Sud umbra alarum tuarum A donat guies etfelicitas. And another: Summum bonum, vera sapientia, magnanima vita, sub noctis nocte sunt. And another is: Vera medicina est vinum mortis. And another is: Libertas evangelit perjugum legis ob gloriam dei intactam ad vacuum nequaguam. tendit. And another is: Sub agué lex tervarum. And another is:…
1911 · PDF PAGE 35
…hing any more. Now he stops playing and moves with his finger in the air. His finger leaves a trail of fire of every colour, so that the whole Aire is become like a web of mingled lights. But through it all drops dew. (I can’t describe these things at all. Dew doesn’t represent what I mean in the least. For instance, these drops of dew are enormous globes, shining like the full moon, only perfectly transparent, as well as perfectly luminous.) And now he shows the tablet again, and he says: As there are 49 letters in the tablet, so are there 49 …
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THE VISION AND THE VOICE She is weeping, weeping. And the tears grow and fill the whole stone with moons. I can see nothing and hear nothing for the tears, though she keeps on praying. ‘Take of these pearls, treasure them in thine heart. Is not the Kingdom of the Abyss accurst?” She points downward to the cauldron; and now in it there is the head of a most cruel dragon, black and corrupted. I watch, and watch; and nothing happens. And now the dragon rises out of the cauldron, very long and slim (like Japanese Dragons, but infinitely more terrib…
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…he Angel of the East hath a book of red written in letters of Blue A.B.F.M.A. in Enochian. The Book grows before my eyes and filleth the Whole Heaven. Within: “It is Written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord Thy God.” I see above the Book a multitude of white-robed Ones from whom droppeth a great rain of Blood: but above them is a Golden Sun, having an eye, whence a great Light. I turned me to the South: and read therein: Seal up the Book! Speak not that which thou seest and 4
1911 · PDF PAGE 166
… vision smiteth into a stone, and whom I call must follow. Now I perceive myself standing in a Druid circle, in an immense open plain. A whole series of beautiful visions of deserts and sunsets and islands in the sea, green beyond imagination. ... But there is no subsistence in them. A voice goes on: this is the holiness of fruitless love and aimless toil. For in doing the thing for the thing’s sake is concentration, and this is the holiness of them that suit not 164
1911 · PDF PAGE 89
…wing his head reverently, the light of the Cup goes out entirely. And as the light of the Cup vanishes, it is like a swift sunset in the whole Aire, for it was from the light of that Cup alone that it was lighted. And now the light is all gone out of the stone, and I am very cold. Bou-SAaba. December 4-5, 1909. 11.30 p.m.-1.20 a.m. THE Cry OF THE 11TH AETHYR, WHICH IS CALLED IKH There appears in the stone immediately the Kamea of the Moon. And it is rolled up; and behind it there appeareth a great Host of Angels. Their backs are turned towards …
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THE VISION AND THE VOICE with infinite brilliance, so that the whole Aethyr flushes warm, and she says with a subtle sub-meaning, pointing downwards: By this, that. And I took her hand and kissed it, and I say to her: Am I not nearly purged of the iniquity of my forefathers? With that she bends down, and kisses me on the mouth, and says: “Yet a little, and on thy left arm shalt thou carry a man-child, and give him to drink of the milk of thy breasts. But I go dancing.” And I wave my hand, and the Aethyr is empty and dark, and I bow myself befor…
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… 24, 1909, 8-9 p.m. Tue Cry OF THE 26TH AETHYR, WHICH IS CALLED DES There is a very bright pentagram: and now the stone is gone, and the whole heaven is black, and the blackness is the blackness of a mighty angel. And though he is black (his face and his wings and his robe and his armour are all black), yet is he so bright that I cannot look upon him. And he cries: O ye spears and vials of poison and sharp swords and whirling thunderbolts that are about the corners of the earth, girded with wrath and justice, know ye that His name is Righteous-…
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…tness of the stone are three lights, brighter than all, which revolve ceaselessly. And now there isa spider's web of silver covering the whole of the stone. Behind the spider’s web is a star of twelve rays; and behind that again, a black bull, furiously pawing up the ground. The flames from his mouth increase and whirl, and he cries: Behold the mys- tery of toil, O thou who art taken in the toils of mystery. For I who trample the earth thereby make whirlpools in the air; be comforted, therefore, for though I be black, in the roof of my mouth is…
1911 · PDF PAGE 148
…e, rather small, very pretty; the nose very slightly less than straight, well-proportioned, rather large nostrils. Full of vitality, the whole thing. Not very tall, rather slim and graceful; a good dancer. There is another girl behind her, with sparkling eyes, mis- chievous, a smile showing beautiful white teeth; an ideal Spanish girl, but fair. Very vivacious. Only her head is visible, and now it is veiled by a black sun, casting forth dull rays of black and gold. Then the disk of the sun is a pair of balances, held steady; and twined about th…
1911 · PDF PAGE 49
… a black web over the face of the stone. A ray of light pierces it from behind and above. Then cometh a black cross, reaching across the whole stone; then a golden cross, not so large. And there is a writing in an arch that spans the cross, in an alphabet in which the letters are all formed of little daggers, cross-hilted, differently arranged. And the writing is: Worship in the body the things of the body; worship in the mind the things of the mind; worship in the spirit the things of the spirit. (This holy alphabet must be written by sinners,…
1911 · PDF PAGE 107
…ery deep eye-lids, and long lashes. Her eyes are closed, or nearly closed. It is impossible to say anything about her. She is naked; her whole body is covered with fine gold hairs, that are the electric flames that are the spears of mighty and terrible Angels whose breast- plates are the scales of her skin. And the hair of her head, that flows down to her feet, is the very light of God himself. Of all the glories beheld by the seer in the Aethyrs, there is 105