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Page 1 of 81954 · PDF PAGE 514
…Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. You will certainly have to have an india-rubber medal for persistence ; this is the nth time that you have tried to catch me contradicting myself. Well, so I do, and must, every time I make any statement whatever , as has been shown several times in this chatty little interchange of views. But that is not what you mean. You say-permit me to condense your more than somewhat tautological , pleonastic, prolix , diffuse and incoherent elucubrations!-that the whole idea of the Great Order is based on …
1954 · PDF PAGE 82
…hanging everything that comes your way upon its proper bough. At first, of course, all this is dreadfully confusing ; but persist, and a time will come when all the odd bits fit into the jig-saw, and you behold-with what adoring wonder!-the marvellous beauty and symmetry of the Qabalistic system. And then-what a weapon you will have forged! What power to analyze, to order, to manipulate your thinking! The Book of the Law itself insists upon the fact that it contains a Qabalah which was beyond me at the time of its dictation , is beyond me now, …
1954 · PDF PAGE 302
COINCIDENCE 269 and no other person, in this room, and no other room, at this time, and no other time. How did that come about?" The answer to that question is the first entry in your Magical Diary: and, with a slightly different object in view, the first step in the practice of Liber Thisharb and the acquisition of Magical Memory. Why, hang it all; the events of the last hour, even, might have gone just an infinitesimally little bit different, and the interview would not have taken place as it did. Consider then, that factors stretching back i…
1954 · PDF PAGE 377
… situation , are attempts to proceed further on the way of the True Will. It is particularly important to understand this at the present time when the Aeon of Horus is just getting under way. For the Aeon of Isis, that of the Mother, appears to have regarded the whole of Nature as a spontaneous growth of universal scope. In the aeon of Osiris, the restriction of Family appears for the first time. The world of sentient beings is separated into clusters, each family, clan, gens, or nation, acting as a unit and standing upon armed neutrality with …
1954 · PDF PAGE 385
352 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS Lack of money is another matter altogether. Isn't it about time you sent me a cheque? Love is the law, love under will. Yours fraternally , 666
1954 · PDF PAGE 118
…iminish the mischief. It remains somewhat contemptuously aloof from the eternal conflict of the Black School with the White. At the same time, there is a certain feeling among the Yellow adepts that should either of these Schools become annihilated, the result might well be that the victor would sooner or later turn his released energy against themselves. In accordance, therefore, with their general plan of non-action, as expressed in The Tao Teh King, of dealing with mischief before it has become too strong to be dangerous, they interfere gent…
1954 · PDF PAGE 197
…ose natives have jogged along equably and died in the odour of sanctity. Find out why what worked in some cases failed in others. By the time you have studied (say) 500 nativities you will be already a fairly competent judge. Work your bloody guns! as Kipling says; get a friend-just this once I allow you human intercourse-to set up for you figures of historical importance, or with some outstanding characteristic (e.g. murderers, champions of sport, statesmen , monsters, philanthropists, heresiarchs) without telling you to whom it refers. Build …
1954 · PDF PAGE 299
… same breath, "Remind me that I have to telephone to Tom lones"-the name of a music-hall agent employed by her. Here comes another, this time completely crazy! Nothing "literary" about it; no sense anywhere; a pure freak. A friend of mine, A, rang up a friend of hers, B. at her flat in Holland Park, some 3 or 4 miles west, and a p'int to the Nor'rard, of Piccadilly Circus. After the usual series of "they don't answer," "line's engaged," "unobtainable," "line's out of order," "line's temporarily disconnected at the subscriber's request," an appe…
1954 · PDF PAGE 298
…ra Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. When I was writing that letter about prophecy, I was hot and bothered all the time by my faithful sentinel, the well-greaved Hoplite that stands at the postern of my consciousness, ready to challenge every thought-and woe to the intruder who cannot give the countersign! This time the dear old ruffian thought the matter serious enough to report Higher Up. "It is put plainly enough, emphatically enough, incontrovertibly enough" was the gist of his communication "that the first and most ir…
1954 · PDF PAGE 337
…ly as she swore him most solemnly to secrecy as to the source of his power. (Obviously, he would not wish to share it with others.) From time to time, when circumstances suggested it, she wrote to him, enclosing pertinent sections of my commentary, of which I had given her a copy at the time of the "Zeugnis."2 Had Hitler been a less abnormal character, no great "mischief," or at least a very different kind of "mischief," might have come of it. I think you have read Hitler Speaks-if not, do so-his private conversation abounds in what sound almos…
1954 · PDF PAGE 141
… when you mean "he died," and don't call a spade a bloody shovel! I shall break off this brief note at this point , so that you may have time to tell me if what I have so far said covers the whole ground of your enquiry. Love is the law, love under will. Fraternally, 666
1954 · PDF PAGE 34
…entures appeared to be singularly sane and just. As I promised I am writing this letter to cover a few practical points which we had not time to discuss and which in any case I think it better to arrange by correspondence . I. It is of the first importance that you should understand my personal position. It is not actually wrong to regard me as a teacher, but it is certainly liable to mislead; fellow-student , or, if you like, fellow-sufferer, seems a more appropriate definition. The climax of my life was what is known as the Cairo Working, des…
1954 · PDF PAGE 528
…aw. How very sensible of you, though I admit somewhat exacting! You write-Will you tell me exactly why I should devote so of my valuable time to subjects like Magick and Yoga. That is all very well. But you ask me to put it in syllogistic form. I have no doubt this can be done, though the task seems somewhat complicated. I think I will leave it to you to construct your series of syllogisms yourself from the arguments of this letter. In your main question the operative word is "valuable." Why, I ask, in my turn, should you consider your time val…
1954 · PDF PAGE 182
18 The Importance of our Conventional Greetings Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. From time to time I have exhorted you with mine accustomed matchless eloquence never to neglect the prescribed Greetings; but I think it just as well to collect the various considerations connected with their use-and in "Greetings" I include "saying Will" before set meals, the four daily adorations of the Sun (Liber CC vel Resh) and the salutation of Our Lady the Moon. I propose to deal with the general object of the combined rituals, no…
1954 · PDF PAGE 319
45 "Unserious" Conduct of a Pupil Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Here pops up Zola again-this time he says J'Accuse! To-day's Hexagram for me is No. X. Li, the Tiger: and the Duke of Chau comments on the last line as follows: "The sixth line, undivided, tells us to look at the whole course that is trodden, and examine the presage which that gives. If it be complete and without failure, there will be great good fortune." O.K.; Let's! I t is now well over a year since you came to me howling like a damned soul in torm…
1954 · PDF PAGE 129
…and. P.P.S. A visitor's story has just reminded me of the possibility that I am a Secret Chief myself without knowing it: for I have sometimes been recognized by other people as having acted as such, though I was not aware of the fact at the time.
1954 · PDF PAGE 207
…4 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS pain," for instance, may be read XVII x 22 "the expression of Star-love," and so on: all too complicated for this time and place!) V.32: Then the joys of my love (Le., the fulfilment of all possible experiences) will redeem ye from all pain. V.58: I give unimaginable joys on earth; certainty, not faith, while in life, upon death; peace) unutterable, rest ecstasy. Cap. II, v. 9: Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but there is that which remains. (The c…
1954 · PDF PAGE 316
…urope-except Russia and Turkey, which spiritually, at least, are in Asia-or America, without a passport; when we complained that closing time was twelve-thirty a.m.; when there was little or no class bitterness, the future seemed secure, and only Nonconformists failed to enjoy the fun that bubbled up on every side. Well, in those days there were Music-halls; I can't hope to explain to you what they were like, but they were jolly. (I'm afraid that there's another word beyond the scope of your universe!) At the Empire, Leicester Square, which at …
1954 · PDF PAGE 394
…ourse are complex: (a) one must have the necessary degree of initiation, magical efficiency, and natural ability; (b) one must be at the time in the appropriate magical state, or mood; (c) both parties must desire to make the contact, or else one must be lawfully the superior, a master and slave relationship, (d) the magical conditions at the time must be suitable and propitious; e.g., one would not make love to a salamandrine during a sandstorm. Of course, like all operations , any such efforts must be justified by their consonance with one's …
1954 · PDF PAGE 320
…ents to be received in audience; then you break them without warning, explanation, apology or regret. You are always going to have ample time to devote to the Great Work; but that time is always somewhere after the middle of next week. If you put half as much enthusiasm into what you quite rightly claim to be the most important factor in life as other old ladies do into Culbertson Contract, you might get somewhere. What you need, in the way of a Guru, is some fat, greasy