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…aid of forgetting his words in the presence of strangers. He looked up to Cypris pleadingly, and she whispered into his ear. “What is dy will?” with a sudden burst of con- - fidence and pride. “It is my will to eat and drink,” replied Athena gravely. “To what end?” inquired Dionysus doubtfully. “That my body may be fortified thereby.” The brat looked about him uneasily, as if the answer had taken the wind out of his sails. Cypris pressed his hand, and he brightened up again. “To what end?” he repeated boldly. “ That I may accomplish the Great W…
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346 The Diary of a Drug Fiend He repeated the words :— “IT do solemnly declare that I accept the Law of Thelema, that I will devote myself to discover my True Will, and to do it.” “Yes, yes, of course,” I said hurriedly. “I’m not trying to get out of it; but really, I am at the moment most frightfully preoccupied with this idea about the helicopter.” “ Thank you, that will do,”’ said King Lamus briskly. “ The meeting will now adjourn.” I felt a little irritation at his offhand manner, but I followed him in to lunch. He stood at the end of the t…
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…99 IV. VI. Vit. Contents BOOK III—PURGATORIO KING LAMUS INTERVENES FIRST AID THE VOICE OF VIRTUE OUT OF HARM’S WAY AT TELEPYLUS THE TRUE WILL LOVE UNDER WILL PAGE 247 262 280 297 315 333 348
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… left the table. Athena explained that the theory of meals in the Abbey was that they were deplorable interruptions to work, and that ‘‘ Will ’’ was said before beginning to eat in order to emphasise the fact that the only excuse for eating was that it was necessary to keep one’s body in con- dition to assist one in the performance of the Great Work, whatever that might be in any particular case. When any one had finished he or she got up and went away without ceremony, the interruption being over. Lamus now came out of the house in a flannel s…
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…down at my feet and worship me. After all, he has a wonderful destiny himself; like St. Joseph—or else perhaps he may be the Dragon that will try to destroy me and the Messiah. , In my position the actual H. isn’t really necessary any more than food is. The spiritual idea is sufficient. That I suppose is the lesson I had to learn. I had been relying on the stuff itself. It says in the Bible ‘‘ Angels came and ministered unto him.” My angels will bring me the manna that cometh down from heaven. I am perfectly happy. It is sublime not to be de- p…
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…u. I did go to hell for you. I came out of hell for you. I stopped taking heroin only because I had to fit myself to help you to do your will. That is my will. And when we found out this morning what your will was, I came down here to get the place ready for you to do it. I’m going to keep this place in order for you and assist you as best I can in your work, just as I danced for you, and went to McCall for you, in the days when you were blind. I was blind too about your will, but I always followed my instinct to do what you needed me for, even…
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Messrs. COLLINS’ Latest Novels Messrs. COLLINS will always be glad to send their book lists regularly to readers who will send name and address. PIRACY Michael Arlen This is the story of Ivor Pelham Marlay between the ages of 18 and 32, and the period is London, 1910-1922. It is the history of England, two loves, and an ideal. Mr. Arlen deals with all the types of London Society, and he likes to bring out the queer and unexpected sides of his characters. No one who read Mr. Arlen’s first book, A London Venture, or his delightful short stories, …
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…no difference to anything; our calm continuous candescence burst through the chains of circumstance, and left us free for ever to do our wills, which were one will, the will of Him that sent us. The walk up to the Refectory was one long romp with Dionysus. Oh, wise dear Sister Athena! Was it by chance that you chose that sturdy sunlight imp to lead us up the hill that night ? Did you suspect that our hearts would see in him a symbol of our own serene and splendid hope? We looked into each other’s eyes as we held his hands on the last steep wind…
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Love Under Will 351 while we are waiting for the fatal rendezvous,’ he added, turning to me with one of his inscrutable grins, ““T must continue to keep my oath. As it happens, one of the brethren here is himself a mechanic. That little house on the headland (he pointed as he spoke) is fitted up as a fairly complete workshop. We might stroll down together and see you started. There will probably be a lot of things that you need which we haven't got and you can make a list of them, and we'll telegraph Lala to buy them in London and bring them do…
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… of railway travelling. When the war broke out I had gone straight to the engineering shops; and I became a flying man rather against my will, on account of my weight and the dearth of pilots. I broke off in my enthusiastic harangue, because King Lamus had stopped on the crest of the ridge which divided the strangers’ house at the Abbey from the main buildings. “The climb has put you out of breath,” he said. “ Take a sniff of this; it will put you all right in a second.” I pushed the man’s hand away impatiently, and the little heap of powder fe…
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…hing. However, what you should do is to replace it at night by these tablets, with a nice warm drink of whisky or rum and water, and you will find yourself asleep before you know it. Then in the morning, you awake much fresher than usual, and the heroin will have something more to catch hold of. The result of this will be that you will find quite a small quantity do you as much good as a big one did last week, and more.” - Well, all that seemed pretty sensible tome. We took his advice. We did not go to sleep at once. I felt my thoughts too vari…
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CHAPTER VI THE TRUE WILL Lov and I were both utterly exhausted by the climb; and King Lamus reminded us that this was the formula of the Abbey of Thelema at Telepylus, that every one had to reach the top, step by step, through his own exertions. There was no question of soaring into the air by alien aid; and in all probability coming to earth with a bump. We had found ourselves repeatedly out of breath during the ascent, though it had only occupied three- quarters of an hour, and we should certainly never have reached the top without recourse t…
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…t something about being grateful. “You needn’t talk that nonsense,” he retorted severely. ‘‘ It’s my business to help people to do their wills. The gratitude is on my side. I want you to understand from the beginning that you are helping me to justify my existence by allowing me to do what I can to straighten out this tangle. But my conditions are that you give me a fair chance by doing what I say.” He did not even wait for acquiescence. “You are a bit excited nervously,” he went on. ‘‘ Depression is only another form of excitement. It means a …
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At Telepylus 325 no right but to do thy will.’ That is why the old hierophants shut up the candidate in silence and darkness. He had the choice between going mad or knowing himself. And when he was brought out into light and life, restored to love and liberty, he was in very truth a Neophyte, a man new-born. Big Lion puts us through it without our knowing what he’s doing. Though I’ve been through it myself, I didn’t know in this clear way what had really happened until I tried to explain it to you.” The sense of being enchanted came over me aga…
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…ow you're more awake than they are.” We nodded encouragingly, and carried out the pro- gramme with success. “Love is the law, love under will,” answered the three people in the doorway. ‘‘ Welcome to the Abbey of Thelema! ” In a moment, as by the breaking of a spell, the seriousness broke up. We were introduced warmly to the women, and began jabbering as if we had known each other all our lives. Basil had taken the two gods on his knees, and was listening happily to Hermes’ story of how he had acquitted himself of his responsibility A table had…
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… two men rose to their feet. “T’ve arranged it with my friend here on the basis of his experience of the bold, bad, British tourist. You will come with me to the consulate under the protection of two of his men,” he smiled sarcastically, “ for fear you should get into any further trouble. You can have your things back except the guns, which are forbidden.” How little he knew what a surge of joy went through us at that last remark ! “I will send one of my clerks with you to Capri,” he said, “‘ and you will get your passports and money and whatev…
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…of evil was permitted for a purpose. We obtained the ineffable assurance of the existence of a spiritual energy that worked its wondrous will in ways too strange for the heart of man to understand until the time should be ripe. The pestilence of the past had immunised us against its poison. The devil had defeated himself. We had attained a higher stage of evolution. And this under- standing of the past filled us with absolute faith in the future. The chaos of crumbled civilisations whose monuments were on the rock before us, had left that rock …
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354 The Diary of a Drug Fiend ‘** Love is the law, love under will.” I thrilled again, this time with a combination of surprise and exultation which was curiously unintelligi- ble. Then I saw, in one corner of the room, behind the array of benches and tables crowded with neatly dis- posed apparatus, a glimmering form. The back was turned to us; it was on the floor busily occupied in cleaning up. ‘This is Sir Peter Pendragon,” said Big Lion, “‘ who is coming to take charge of the laboratory.” My eyes were still unaccustomed to the gloom, but I c…
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…kes you abnormally ‘suggestible ?’ “ As you know, I object to the methods of Coué and Baudouin. They ask us deliberately to abandon free will and clear mentality for the semi-hypnotic state of the medieval peasant; to return like ‘the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire’ from which we have been extricated by evolution. “Now, doesn’t waltzing with the Hero’s Bride or making Snow Men tend to put you into a state of mind which is too dreamy to resist the action of any strenuous idea which is presented to it strongly enough, is too dea…
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…y from the logical outcome of his tendencies. “Cowards die many times before their death.” And those who have decided whether with their will or against it, to put an end to their lives, must resent interference. As Schopenhauer says, the will to die is inherent in all of us, as much as the will to live. I remember a lot of fellows in the trenches saying that they dreaded being sent to the base; they would rather have it over than take a temporary respite. Life had ceased to be precious. They had become accustomed to face death, and had acquire…