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Page 103 of 1731910 · PDF PAGE 252
…e to the poet, his bankruptcy to the rich man? Who dost distinguish between the just and the unjust? Thou keeper of all secrets, of this great secret which I seek, and have nowise found! This secret for whose very shadowing-forth in parable I, who am young, strong, successful, beloved, most enviable of men, would throw it all away! Oh Thou who givest that which none other can give, who art Thou? How can I bargain with Thee? What shall I give that I may possess Thy secret? O question unavailing ! For I know not yet Thy name! Who art Thou? Who ar…
1910 · PDF PAGE 252
…e to the poet, his bankruptcy to the rich man? Who dost distinguish between the just and the unjust? Thou keeper of all secrets, of this great secret which I seek, and have nowise found! This secret for whose very shadowing-forth in parable I, who am young, strong, successful, beloved, most enviable of men, would throw it all away! Oh Thou who givest that which none other can give, who art Thou? How can I bargain with Thee? What shall I give that I may possess Thy secret? O question unavailing ! For I know not yet Thy name! Who art Thou? Who ar…
1911 · PDF PAGE 31
…e seem to be the blacksmiths of heaven beating the steel of the worlds upon the anvils of hell, to make a roof to the Aethyr. For if the great work were accomplished and all the Aethyrs were caught up into one, then would the vision fail; then would the voice be still. Now all is gone from the stone. AIN EL HajeEL. November 26, 1909. 2-3.25 p.m. THE CRY OF THE 23RD AETHYR, WHICH Is CALLED TOR In the brightness of the stone are three lights, brighter than all, which revolve ceaselessly. And now there isa spider's web of silver covering the whole…
1911 · PDF PAGE 147
…e power of Lilith, who have dared to look upon his face. The shew-stone is all black and corrupt. O filth! filth! filth! And this is her great blasphemy: that she hath taken the name of the First Aethyr, and bound it on her brow, and added thereunto the shameless yod and the tau for the sign of the Cross. She it is that squatteth upon the Crucifix, for the nastiness of her pleasure. So that they that worship Christ suck up her filth upon their tongues, and therefore their breaths stink. Iv Z 145
1913 · PDF PAGE 449
…m borne upon the forehead is in India the distinguishing mark of the worshippers of Shiva the destroyer; for that sign being that of the great magical arcanum, which refers to the mystery of universal generation, to bear it on the forehead is to make profession of dogmatic shamelessness. ‘“ Now,” say the Orientals, “the day when there is no longer modesty in the world, the world, given over to debauch which is sterile, will end at once for lack of mothers. Modesty is the acceptance of maternity.” The hand with the three large fingers closed exp…
1913 · PDF PAGE 500
…tself to be lighted by a miraculous day. ‘ Illuminati’ means simply, knowers and possessors of the light, either by the knowledge of the great magical agent, or by the rational and ontological notion of the absolute. The universal agent is a force tractable and subordinate to intelligence. Abandonedto itself, it, like Moloch, devours rapidly all that to which it gives birth, and changes the super- abundance of life into immense destruction. It is, then, the infernal serpent of the ancient myths, the Typhon of the Egyptians, and the Moloch of Ph…
1913 · PDF PAGE 449
…m borne upon the forehead is in India the distinguishing mark of the worshippers of Shiva the destroyer; for that sign being that of the great magical arcanum, which refers to the mystery of universal generation, to bear it on the forehead is to make profession of dogmatic shamelessness. ‘“ Now,” say the Orientals, “the day when there is no longer modesty in the world, the world, given over to debauch which is sterile, will end at once for lack of mothers. Modesty is the acceptance of maternity.” The hand with the three large fingers closed exp…
1913 · PDF PAGE 500
…tself to be lighted by a miraculous day. ‘ Illuminati’ means simply, knowers and possessors of the light, either by the knowledge of the great magical agent, or by the rational and ontological notion of the absolute. The universal agent is a force tractable and subordinate to intelligence. Abandonedto itself, it, like Moloch, devours rapidly all that to which it gives birth, and changes the super- abundance of life into immense destruction. It is, then, the infernal serpent of the ancient myths, the Typhon of the Egyptians, and the Moloch of Ph…
1919 · PDF PAGE 147
…ranscribed in this abridged record. This note is especially important, because a casual reader might be led to suppose that V.I.O. got a great deal for very little. On the contrary, he is the hardest worker of all the Brethren, and well deserved his unprecedented success. O.M. 139
1922 · PDF PAGE 360
…” They began to clap hands but checked the movement before contact and only allowed the clash to take place on the third syllable of the great cry IAO This was followed by very rapid clapping three times three, in silence. I was entirely bewildered by this demonstration, but had no opportunity to make inquiries, for Sister Cypris immediately said “ Will” with Hermes, and lunch began in the invariable silence, a silence somewhat modified by the exuberant hilarity of the entire assembly. The champagne would not account for it all. The unrestraine…
1929 · PDF PAGE 138
…] O marvel of miracle! O magic mode! All things adapted to one circling code! Since three parts of all wisdom I may claim, Hermes thrice great, and greatest, is my name. What I have written of the one sole Sun, His work, is here divined, and dared, and done."
1913 · PDF PAGE 610
…ook of Lies” will be interpreted differently by each reader andjudged accordingly.—A. d. R. . . . "he New Witness says: I have read with great care two very extraordinary books for which one Frater Perdurabo is partly or wholly responsible, “The Book of Lies,” and Book Four,” both published by Messrs, Wieland & Co,, Avenue Studios, South Kensington. ’ “Book Four” ‘is ‘sold for a shilling,’ but ‘The Book of Lies” is evidently far more precious, for though its wisdom fills only 136 small black-edged pages, it is not obtainable for less than a gui…
1913 · PDF PAGE 610
…ook of Lies” will be interpreted differently by each reader andjudged accordingly.—A. d. R. . . . "he New Witness says: I have read with great care two very extraordinary books for which one Frater Perdurabo is partly or wholly responsible, “The Book of Lies,” and Book Four,” both published by Messrs, Wieland & Co,, Avenue Studios, South Kensington. ’ “Book Four” ‘is ‘sold for a shilling,’ but ‘The Book of Lies” is evidently far more precious, for though its wisdom fills only 136 small black-edged pages, it is not obtainable for less than a gui…
1907 · PDF PAGE 205
…f all by the silken clue of one , handed us by Aleister Crowley . And as there are many by - ways , corridors , and blind alleys in this great labyrinth of Parnassus , so in this clue , which has been given us , we shall find many twisted threads , yet all of one fibre , which will lead us , the weary wanderers in the mys teries , to that certain and blissful kingdom which shall be our beginning . Kant has said , the business of all philosophy is to answer the question “ What can I know ? ” Huxley , perhaps the astutest philosopher since the da…
1910 · PDF PAGE 220
…ere have been no snakes in Ireland ; chapter iv. gives us a first-rate murder, and from that moment the authors never look back. But the Great White Spirit was destined to have his day of repose disturbed. He had just got to the real masterpiece of literature “ And Adam knew Hevah his woman,” which contains all that ever has been said or ever can be said upon the sex-problem in its 202
1910 · PDF PAGE 220
…ere have been no snakes in Ireland ; chapter iv. gives us a first-rate murder, and from that moment the authors never look back. But the Great White Spirit was destined to have his day of repose disturbed. He had just got to the real masterpiece of literature “ And Adam knew Hevah his woman,” which contains all that ever has been said or ever can be said upon the sex-problem in its 202
1911 · PDF PAGE 44
…It is weather—beaten and scarred and confident like a sea-captain. 10. Also it straineth like a hound in the leash. 11. It hath pride and great subtlety. Yea, and glee also! 12. Let the magus act thus in his conjuration. 13. Let him sit and conjure; let him draw himself together in that forcefulness; let him rise next swollen and straining; let him dash back the hood from his head and fix his basilisk eye upon the sigil of the demon. Then let him sway the force of him to and fro like a satyr in silence, until the Word burst from his throat. 14. T…
1911 · PDF PAGE 44
…It is weather—beaten and scarred and confident like a sea-captain. 10. Also it straineth like a hound in the leash. 11. It hath pride and great subtlety. Yea, and glee also! 12. Let the magus act thus in his conjuration. 13. Let him sit and conjure; let him draw himself together in that forcefulness; let him rise next swollen and straining; let him dash back the hood from his head and fix his basilisk eye upon the sigil of the demon. Then let him sway the force of him to and fro like a satyr in silence, until the Word burst from his throat. 14. T…
1912 · PDF PAGE 20
…your conduct in life correspond with the principles of M., my remaining years will pass away with pleasure and satisfaction. Observe the great example of our ancient masters, peruse our history and our constitutions. The best, the most humane, the bravest, and most civilized of men have been our patrons. Though the vulgar are strangers to our works, the greatest geniuses have sprung from our order. The most illustrious characters on earth have laid the foundation of their most amiable qualities in M. The wisest of princes, SOLOMON, planned our …
1912 · PDF PAGE 108
…s just that I want to talk to you about. Dr. F. You don't mean to say you mind ? Mrs. B. Mind ! It's driving me mad. Dr. F. But he’s the greatest consultant we have ; nobody ever comes to him while there's a chance anywhere else. Mrs. Β. Yes; but whatever other drugr he gives them, he never gives them hope. Dr. F. But they come for his opinion. Mrs. B. And don’t want to know it. Dr. F. Perhaps it would be better if they didn't. Mrs. B. That's it; that's what's driving me mad. I see them come here one after another, some cheerful, others despera…