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Page 10 of 841954 · PDF PAGE 10
…them in the collection that he planned to publish. Fortunately they have been preserved and are now included in the Introduction to this book. Their original form has been retained with the opening and closing formulas which Crowley used in all his letters. Crowley at fIrst intended to call the book "Aleister Explains Everything," and sent the following circular to his friends and disciples asking them to suggest subjects for inclusion. Aleister Explains Everything Much gratifled was the author of The Book of Thoth to have so many letters of ap…
1907 · PDF PAGE 132
…ing I make reverence and retire,” Sings his triumph—‘' O Light of Apollo.” Sings, but with misgiving—‘' Adas/ that ever the dark place.” BOOK IV Company of Mzenads—'' Evoe! Evoe Ho! Jacche! lacche/” sSong—'' Hail, O Dicenysus! Hail,” ‘' Fvoe Ho! Give me to drink,” Hymn to Dionysus—'‘' Hazl, child of Semelé.” ‘* He is here! Hes here!" Dionysus—'‘ J bring ye wine from above.” Mzenads—'‘' O sweet soul of the waters! Chase me not." Orpheus his spell—'' Unity uttermost showed." His allocution—‘‘ Worship with due rite, orderly attire,” His hymn to Pa…
1919 · PDF PAGE 304
…ive too much praise to the prose of Padraic Colum. It is simple enough for a child who has just learned to read. It is good enough for a book-worm-eaten hag like myself, sodden on Sterne and Swift. A book like this revives the drooping flower of hope; so long as there are people willing to try, there is still hope for humanity. AC How To Stnc a Sone. By Yverre Guiigert. The Macmillan Co. Price $2.00. Ir is commonplace that Yvette Guilbert is the greatest artist of her period. It is a tragedy that her art happens to be ephemeral. The poignancy o…
1919 · PDF PAGE 131
DE LEGE LIBELLVM Here the Book of the Law, by the Voice of Hadit, informeth us: “In the sphere Iam everywhere the centre.” And again: “I am Life and the giver of Life . . . ‘come unto me’ is a foolish word: for it is I that go.” “For I am perfect, being Not.” For this Life is in every place and time at once, so that in It these limitations no longer exist. And you will have seen this for yourself, that in every act of Love time and space disappear with the creation of the Life by its virtue, as also doth personality itself. For the third time, …
1919 · PDF PAGE 34
…18th Athyr. Liper LXV. Lrper Corpis Crnctit SERPENTE. An ac- count of the relations of the Aspirant with his Holy Guar- dian Angel. This book is given to Probationers, as the at- tainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel is the Crown of the Outer College. Simi- larly Liber VII. is given to Neophytes, as the grade of Mas- ter of the Temple is the next resting-place, and Liber CCXX. to Zelator, since that carries him to the highest of all pos- sible grades. Liber XXVII. is given to the Practicus, as in this book is the…
1996 · PDF PAGE 77
…, perfectly, flawlessly symmetrical.3 The fact of its so doing is a most convincing proof of the superhuman Wisdom of the author of this Book to those who have laboured for years, in vain, to elucidate the problems of the Tarot. 1 [Liber CXI vel Aleph, The Book of Wisdom or Folly, p. 142. See Works Cited.] 2 [The “Old Comment” was omitted in this abridgement. The relevant passage, from Equinox 1(7) (1912), p. 393, is “The fools (not here implying X fools, for 111:57 says ‘all fools despise’) may mistake. This love, then, should be the serpent l…
1996 · PDF PAGE 288
…f equilibrium on the intellectual plane.” In (9.a). [Liber 150, A.-.A.-..] “Liber CL, De Lege Libellum.” “A further explana tion of The Book of the Law, with special reference to the Powers and Privileges conferred by its acceptance.” In (9.k) and (9.t). [Liber 157, A.-. A.-..] Liber CLVII—The Tao Te Ching. “This is the most exalted and yet practical of the Chinese classics. Gives the initiated Chinese system of Mysticism.” As (28). [Liber 418, A.'.A.'..] “Liber XXX yErvm vel Sseculi Sub Figura CDXVIII. Being of the Angels of the Thirty /Ethyr…
1913 · PDF PAGE 253
…hat have ever lived), branded stultus, stultioy, stultissimus upon his own marmorean brow. He could not even be trusted with a text. His Book of Black Magic and of Pacts was not only a monument of misunderstanding, but of garbling and mutilation; nor did the future saint! improve matters by the dishonest trick of reissuing the volume as the Book of Ceremonial Magic, or Book of Magic, when he tried to make a market in the more benighted agricultural districts of England. His method of throwing mud at masters naturally resulted in the gate of eve…
1913 · PDF PAGE 253
…hat have ever lived), branded stultus, stultioy, stultissimus upon his own marmorean brow. He could not even be trusted with a text. His Book of Black Magic and of Pacts was not only a monument of misunderstanding, but of garbling and mutilation; nor did the future saint! improve matters by the dishonest trick of reissuing the volume as the Book of Ceremonial Magic, or Book of Magic, when he tried to make a market in the more benighted agricultural districts of England. His method of throwing mud at masters naturally resulted in the gate of eve…
1912 · PDF PAGE 110
94 Study of these books will give a thorough grounding in the intel- lectual side of Their system. After three months the Student is examined in these books, and if his knowledge of them is found satisfactory, he may become a Pro- bationer, receiving Liber LXI and the secret holy book, Liber LXV. The principal point of this grade is that the Probationer has a master appointed, whose experience can guide him in his work. He may select any practices that he prefers, but in any case must keep an exact record, so that he may discover the relation o…
1944 · PDF PAGE 143
All these correspondences of the Yî King are to be studied in that book (S.B.E. vol. XVI) and reference is here made to the text when important passages are too long to be conven‐ iently quoted.
1912 · PDF PAGE 112
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1909 · PDF PAGE 56
…passes like an invisible electric discharge. The apparently contrary fact that time seems short when we have been reading an interesting book or performing a pleasant and absorbing task is explained thus; the multitude of impressions is harmonised into one impression. Read an unharmonious and dull book, or an essay like this, and the time appears ineffably long. The other contrary fact, that a minute’s Samadhi appears as an eternity, though Samadhi is a single thought, is ex- plained by the intensity of that thought and by other con- sideration…
1909 · PDF PAGE 56
…passes like an invisible electric discharge. The apparently contrary fact that time seems short when we have been reading an interesting book or performing a pleasant and absorbing task is explained thus; the multitude of impressions is harmonised into one impression. Read an unharmonious and dull book, or an essay like this, and the time appears ineffably long. The other contrary fact, that a minute’s Samadhi appears as an eternity, though Samadhi is a single thought, is ex- plained by the intensity of that thought and by other con- sideration…
1910 · PDF PAGE 363
…RET REMEDIES. British Medical Association, 429, Strand, W.C. 1s. Every person who has the welfare of the people at heart should buy this book for free distribution among the poor. The major portion of the Press (which lives corruptly on the advertisements of the scoundrels exposed in this book, knaves who sell ginger at the price of gold) has done its best to boycott the book. The public—the’ helpless, ignorant section of it—spends nigh 2} millions sterling every year on these quack nostrums. We must safeguard them. We must register all “patent…
1910 · PDF PAGE 363
…RET REMEDIES. British Medical Association, 429, Strand, W.C. 1s. Every person who has the welfare of the people at heart should buy this book for free distribution among the poor. The major portion of the Press (which lives corruptly on the advertisements of the scoundrels exposed in this book, knaves who sell ginger at the price of gold) has done its best to boycott the book. The public—the’ helpless, ignorant section of it—spends nigh 2} millions sterling every year on these quack nostrums. We must safeguard them. We must register all “patent…
1996 · PDF PAGE 287
…Jugorum.” “An instruction for the con trol of speech, action and thought.” In (4), (9.d), (11), and (21). [Liber 4, A/.A/..] Liber ABA. Book 4. “A general account in elementary terms of magical and mystical powers.” In four parts: 1. Mysticism. In (3) and (4). 2. Magick (Elementary Theory). In (3) and (4). 3. Magick in Theory and Practice. In (4) and as (21). 4. oeahma: The Law. In (4) and as (10). [Liber 7, A.-. A.-..] “Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli, Adumbratio Kabbalse TEgyptiorum sub figura VII.” “Gives in magical language an account of t…
1911 · PDF PAGE 178
…. The title of this work justifies itself as the reader reaches the end of the second volume, To the pharmacist it is an extremely useful book, and in a great many instances furnishes information of an interesting character, which the busy man would have difficulty in finding in pharmaceutical history. To the student of the occult it ought to appeal strongly, as the author gives a long list of drugs used in religious ceremonies in difierent ages, and although the present century is so much in advance, we find that the incenses and sweet odours used …
1911 · PDF PAGE 178
…. The title of this work justifies itself as the reader reaches the end of the second volume, To the pharmacist it is an extremely useful book, and in a great many instances furnishes information of an interesting character, which the busy man would have difficulty in finding in pharmaceutical history. To the student of the occult it ought to appeal strongly, as the author gives a long list of drugs used in religious ceremonies in difierent ages, and although the present century is so much in advance, we find that the incenses and sweet odours used …
1919 · PDF PAGE 456
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