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Page 107 of 1541909 · PDF PAGE 132
THE EQUINOX for we had come fighting to the Place St. Michel. ‘Darkness yields to light; I am your servant, sir.’ He dropped on one knee, and tendered the hilt of his sword. “But as I put out my hand to take it (guarded against attack, I boast me, but not against the extraordinary trick which followed) he suddenly snatched at the ermine, which lay loosely on my left arm, and, leaving me with sword and dagger, fled with a shriek of laughter across the Place St. Michel, and, flinging the furs over the bridge, himself plunged into the Seine and sw…
1909 · PDF PAGE 132
THE EQUINOX for we had come fighting to the Place St. Michel. ‘Darkness yields to light; I am your servant, sir.’ He dropped on one knee, and tendered the hilt of his sword. “But as I put out my hand to take it (guarded against attack, I boast me, but not against the extraordinary trick which followed) he suddenly snatched at the ermine, which lay loosely on my left arm, and, leaving me with sword and dagger, fled with a shriek of laughter across the Place St. Michel, and, flinging the furs over the bridge, himself plunged into the Seine and sw…
1909 · PDF PAGE 15
…gible. Practically, Franklin’s method of obtaining fire from heaven is better than that of Prometheus or Elijah. I am now writing by the light that Franklin’s discovery enabled men to use. Practically, “I concentrated my mind upon a white radiant triangle in whose centre was a shining eye, for 22 minutes and 10 seconds, my attention wandering 45 times” is a scientific and valuable statement. ‘I prayed fervently to the Lord for the space of many days ” means anything or nothing. Anybody who cares to do so may imitate my experiment and compare hi…
1911 · PDF PAGE 62
…st the wings of the Eagle, they are vain, except they be joined to the shoulders of the Bull. Now, therefore, I send forth a shaft of my light, even as a ladder let down from the heaven upon the earth, and by this black cross of Themis that I hold before thine eyes, do I swear unto thee that the path shall be open henceforth for evermore. There is a clash of a myriad silver cymbals, and silence. And then three times a note is struck upon a bell, which sounds like my holy Tibetan bell, that is made of electrum magicum. I am happily returned unto…
1913 · PDF PAGE 429
…, the traditional science of the magi, is the mortal enemy of enchantment; it prevents, or makes to cease, sham miracles, hostile to the light, that fascinate a small number of pre- judiced or credulous witnesses. The apparent disorder in the laws of Nature is a lie: it is not then a miracle. The true miracle, the true prodigy always flaming in the eyes of all, is the ever constant harmony of effect and cause; these are the splendours of eternal order! We could not say whether Cagliostro would have per- formed miracles in the presence of Sweden…
1913 · PDF PAGE 481
…initiation. A distinguished but little known man of learning, Mr. P. Lacour, in his book on the Elohim or Mosaic God, has thrown a great light on that question, and has rediscovered in the symbols of Egypt all the allegorical figures of Genesis. More recently, another courageous student of vast erudition, Mr. Vincent (de I’Yonne), has published a treatise upon idolatry among both the ancients and the moderns, in which he raises the veil of universal mythology. We invite conscientious students to read these various 183
1913 · PDF PAGE 429
…, the traditional science of the magi, is the mortal enemy of enchantment; it prevents, or makes to cease, sham miracles, hostile to the light, that fascinate a small number of pre- judiced or credulous witnesses. The apparent disorder in the laws of Nature is a lie: it is not then a miracle. The true miracle, the true prodigy always flaming in the eyes of all, is the ever constant harmony of effect and cause; these are the splendours of eternal order! We could not say whether Cagliostro would have per- formed miracles in the presence of Sweden…
1913 · PDF PAGE 481
…initiation. A distinguished but little known man of learning, Mr. P. Lacour, in his book on the Elohim or Mosaic God, has thrown a great light on that question, and has rediscovered in the symbols of Egypt all the allegorical figures of Genesis. More recently, another courageous student of vast erudition, Mr. Vincent (de I’Yonne), has published a treatise upon idolatry among both the ancients and the moderns, in which he raises the veil of universal mythology. We invite conscientious students to read these various 183
1906 · PDF PAGE 285
…the supernatural. So also I (maintaining that darkness only exists) meet the cavil of the people who insist on the separate existence of light by showing that light is, after all, merely a sub-section of one kind of darkness.--A: C. This note !s of course ironical, values for either, but always in terms of the other. Scept, Just so we agreed lately about subject and object. Alyst. It is another form of the same Protean problem. Scept, Haeckel even insists upon this in his arrogant way. Myst. Huxley, at once the most and the least sceptical of p…
1909 · PDF PAGE 126
…ttention upon it was that while the front of the house was otherwise entirely dark, from a window on the first floor streamed a blaze of light. The window was wide open to the street ; voices came from it. “The first an old, harsh, menacing voice, with all the sting of hate in it; nay, the sting of something devilish, worse than hate. A corrupt enjoyment of its malice informed it. And the words it spoke were too infamous for me to repeat. They are scarred upon my brain. Addressed to the vilest harridan that scours the gutter for her carrion pre…
1909 · PDF PAGE 126
…ttention upon it was that while the front of the house was otherwise entirely dark, from a window on the first floor streamed a blaze of light. The window was wide open to the street ; voices came from it. “The first an old, harsh, menacing voice, with all the sting of hate in it; nay, the sting of something devilish, worse than hate. A corrupt enjoyment of its malice informed it. And the words it spoke were too infamous for me to repeat. They are scarred upon my brain. Addressed to the vilest harridan that scours the gutter for her carrion pre…
1911 · PDF PAGE 238
…nd/"aces altar. I have risen ! I have risen ! as a mighty hawk of gold ! From the golden egg I gather, and my wings the world enfold. I alight in mighty splendour from the throned boats of light; Companies of Spirits follow me ; adore the Lords of Night. Yea, with gladness did they paean, bowing low before my car, In my ears their homage echoed from the sunrise to the star. I have risen! I am gathered as a lovely hawk of gold, I the first—born of the Mother in her ecStasy of old. Lo! I come to face the dweller in the sacred snake of Khem; Come t…
1911 · PDF PAGE 238
…nd/"aces altar. I have risen ! I have risen ! as a mighty hawk of gold ! From the golden egg I gather, and my wings the world enfold. I alight in mighty splendour from the throned boats of light; Companies of Spirits follow me ; adore the Lords of Night. Yea, with gladness did they paean, bowing low before my car, In my ears their homage echoed from the sunrise to the star. I have risen! I am gathered as a lovely hawk of gold, I the first—born of the Mother in her ecStasy of old. Lo! I come to face the dweller in the sacred snake of Khem; Come t…
1913 · PDF PAGE 66
…not, nor laughter of the folk folly, nor any other power in heaven or upon the earth or under the earth. Nu is your refuge as Hadit your light; and I am the strength, force, vigour, of your arms. 18. Mercy let be off: damn them who pity! Kill and torture; spare not; be upon them! 26
1913 · PDF PAGE 66
…not, nor laughter of the folk folly, nor any other power in heaven or upon the earth or under the earth. Nu is your refuge as Hadit your light; and I am the strength, force, vigour, of your arms. 18. Mercy let be off: damn them who pity! Kill and torture; spare not; be upon them! 26
1930 · PDF PAGE 84
… sense-hoodwinked body and reason-fettered mind, makes them aware of their Inmate, and thus to partake of its own conscious- ness of the Light. “Grâce” has here its proper sense of “Pleasant- I. That is, Yod Hé realizing Themselves, Will and Undcrstanding, m the twias Vau Hé, Mind and Body. 288 —
1906 · PDF PAGE 153
…ys: “I’m surprised at you! How coulda Person accept my law and still Use hatred, the sole means of ill, In Truth’s defence? In praise of light ?” Well! Well! I guess Brer Buddha’s right ! I am no brutal Cain * to smash an Abel ; I hear that blasphemy’s unfashionable : So in the quietest way well chat about it ; No need to show teeth, claws of cat about it ! With gentle words—fiat exordium ; Exeat dolor, intret gaudium ! * It had a design of 666 and Crowley's name in Hebrew (which, like most names, adds up to that figure) on the reverse. Necessi…
1907 · PDF PAGE 12
PREFACE 55 in one harmonious light ; thence shall we travel to the holy and humble house of the heart , wherein our God is born , whose name is ineffable, a Crown of Glory , exalted forever above the Balance of Righteousness and Truth . T.A.R.O. As author of the following essay to you my readers , I can but say with the four beasts of the Apocalypse : " Come and See . ” “ Behold the Lion ... hath prevailed to open the Book and to loose the seven seals thereof. " For until now “ No man in heaven , nor in earth , neither under the earth , was abl…
1909 · PDF PAGE 10
…t their struggle, which should have aided our efforts, seemed to them too arduous. They have been perplexed rather than illumined by the light which we flashed upon them; and even if it showed a road, gave no sufficient reason why it should be followed. Of such we humbly crave the pardon; and in answer to a seemingly widespread desire to know if we mean anything, and if so, What? we request those who would know the Truth of Scientific lluminism to look into the open mouth of its doctrine, to follow its simple teachings step by step, and not to …
1909 · PDF PAGE 10
…t their struggle, which should have aided our efforts, seemed to them too arduous. They have been perplexed rather than illumined by the light which we flashed upon them; and even if it showed a road, gave no sufficient reason why it should be followed. Of such we humbly crave the pardon; and in answer to a seemingly widespread desire to know if we mean anything, and if so, What? we request those who would know the Truth of Scientific lluminism to look into the open mouth of its doctrine, to follow its simple teachings step by step, and not to …