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162 whether such and such an order involves danger, whether from men, starvation, animals or other causes. 5. All members of the party pledge themselves to have nothing whatever to do with women in any way that is possibly avoidable: not to interfere in any way whatever with native prejudices and beliefs. This clause shall take effect from the accomplishment of (3). 6. Any dispute arising under this agreement shall be subjected to arbitration in the usual way and shall not be subject to appeal at law or otherwise. 7. Should a third, fourth or f…
1906 · PDF PAGE 191
… own interpreter, And I will make it plain.” NOTE TO INTRODUCTION 1 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. AN APPRECIATION. BY ALEISTER CROWLEY.* Ir isa lamentable circumstance that so many colossal brains (W. H. Mallock, &c.) have been hitherto thrown away in attacking what is after alla problem of mere academic interest, the authorship of the plays our fathers accepted as those of Shakespeare. Ta me it seems of immediate and vital importance to do for Shakespeare what Verrall has done so ably for Euripides. The third tabernacle must be filled ; Shaw and ‘‘ the…
1939 · PDF PAGE 22
… out at some time or other in what is grotesquely known as the silence of the night, and you will have become aware of infinitesimal movements of light in the darkness, of elusive sounds in the quiet. They will have soothed you and pleased you; it will never have occurred to you that these changes could each one be felt as a pang. But, even in the earliest months of Yoga, this is exactly what happens, and therefore it is best to be prepared by arranging, before you start at all, that your whole life will be permanently free from all the grosser…
1907 · PDF PAGE 242
…um, 150 copies on hand- made paper. Issued in Japanese vellum turned-in wrapper with legend ‘‘ Ahab | and other poems” en- closed in ornamental border on front of cover in gold. Price 5s. od. [ALICE: 1903] . Alice: an | Adultery | privately printed | 1903. Collation:—Fcp. 8vo, pp. xx+95, consisting of Half-title; Title as above; Introduc- tion by the Editor dated ‘‘ Yokohama, April, rg01,” pp. i-xii; Critical Essay on Alice signed ‘‘'G. K.,"! pp. xili-xx. Pre- fatory poems, pp. 3-17. Second Half- title; Text, pp. 21-95. No imprint. Edition: too…
1944 · PDF PAGE 97
… the barren no less than in the smooth and the fertile. All things equally exalt him. He represents the finding of ecstasy in every phenomenon, however natu‐ rally repugnant; he transcends all limitations; he is Pan; he is All. It is important to notice some other correspondences. The three vowel‐consonants of the Hebrew alphabet, Aleph, Yod, ‘Ayin, these three letters form the sacred name of God, I A 0. These three Atu, IX, 0, and XV, thus offer a threefold explanation of the male creative energy; but this card especially represents the mascul…
1906 · PDF PAGE 64
… a youth still blindly groping for Romance beneath the skirts of tawdry and painted Vice. Perhaps I may have hoped to save him from what men call the graver and angels the lesser consequences of his folly. This for the others. As to the character of the mansion at 1 This and the ‘‘ Critical Essay ’’ (now omit- ted) were the result of collaboration. Some omissions, &c., in the text of the First Edition were intended to aid the illusion of this in- troduction. 2 A dissipated but gifted European who be- came unified with the Indian native, and wro…
1907 · PDF PAGE 111
…else. And after they are separated they retain their several natures, as in life; the body keeps the same habit, and the results of treatment or accident are distinctly visible in it: for example, he who by nature or training or both was a tall man while he was alive, will remain as he was, after he is dead; and the fat man will remain fat; and so on; and the dead man who in life had a fancy to have flowing hair, will have flowing hair. And if he was marked with the whip and had the prints of the scourge, or of wounds in him when he was alive, …
1944 · PDF PAGE 140
III GENERAL REMARKS These cards constitute a pictorial analysis of the powers of the four letters of the Name and the four Elements. They are also referred to the Zodiac; but instead of assigning the three decans of each sign to one card, the influence begins with the last decan of one Sign and con‐ tinues to the second decan of the next. There is a further difficulty. It might well be expected that the elemental attribution would harmonize with the Zodiacal attribution; but it is not so. For instance, one might anticipate that the fiery part o…
1907 · PDF PAGE 139
… terms which do not shock us in English any more than such descriptions usually shock us in French. This is a very exceptional accomplishment, as anyone may realize who has read French novels in English. Here is one of Mr. Crowley’s typical climaxes: The host is lifted up. Behold The vintage spilt, the broken hreadl l feast upon the cruel cold Pale body that was ripe and red. Only her held, her palms, her feet, I kissed all night, and did not eat. "But had it not been for the garter, I might never have seen the star,” Mr. Crowley says. Hence we…
1906 · PDF PAGE 266
…ly perfect and can never be overcome,! in another sense associates are possible and desirable. One third of humanity are Buddhists ; add men of Science and we form an absolute majority; among Buddhists a very large proportion have deliberately gone out from social life of any kind to tread these paths of Research. Is the Way very hard? Is the brain tired? The results slow to come ? Others are work- ing, failing, struggling, crowned here and there with rare garlands of success. Success for ourselves, success for others; is it not Compassion that…
1907 · PDF PAGE 60
… time, fly off; they are subtle: there abides A secret and most maiden taste $ Salt, as of the invisible tides Of the molten sea of gold Men may at times behold In the rayless scarab of the sinking sun ; And out of that is won Hardly, with labour and pain that are as pleasure, The first flower of the garden, the stored treasure That lies at the heart's heart of eternity. This treasure is for thee. 16. O! but shall hope arise in happiness? That may not be. My love is like a golden grape, the veins Peep through the ecstasy Of the essence of ivory…
1904 · PDF PAGE 50
…y own interpreter, And I will make it plain.” NOTE TO INTRODUCTION 1 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AN APPRECIATION BY ALEISTER CROWLEY.* IT is a lamentable circumstance that so many colossal brains (W. H . Mallock, &c. ) have been hitherto thrown away in attacking what is after all a problem of mere academic interest, the authorship of the plays our fathers accepted as those of Shakespeare. To me it seems of immediate and vital importance to do for Shakespeare what Verrall has done so ably for Euripides. The third tabernacle must be filled; Shaw and “the…
1905 · PDF PAGE 27
…lilies in the spring. Again was seen As in a mirror, like the ocean green, The admirable birth of Love’s eternal Queen. So Charicles a moment was amazed. A moment; then, contemptuous, he gazed With curling lip on her, and sourly scorns Her petty miracle: ‘‘ The deed adorns Too well a queen whose promises are foam.” And she, indignant, would have hied her “home And left him to despair, but pitying His soul struck through with darts: “A bitter thing” (She cried) “thou sayest, yet perchance my power Is not as great as thine, for while I cower Tnde…
1906 · PDF PAGE 228
…herefore, will I set down the exact truth of all that happened. In the year of the Great Passing Over were signs and wonders seen of all men, O my Brethren, as it is written, and well known unto this day. And the first sign was of dancing: for every woman that was under the moon began to dance and was mad, so that headlong and hot-mouthed she flung herself down, desirous. Whence the second sign, that of musical inventions; for in that year, and of Rosewomen, came A and U and M,' the mighty musicians! And the third sign likewise, namely, of anim…
1929 · PDF PAGE 440
…In some parts of America, financial and social pressure is put upon {697} people to compel them to take the 32°! It is common to boycott men in trade or business for refusing to give unfair advantages to their fellow masons. 11. A 33° mason, of many years' standing, holding high office in the Supreme Grand Council, who had joined in order to obtain the traditional secret knowledge, told me that he had never learnt anything from any of the degrees. The only peculiarity in this case is that he should have expected anything of the sort --- or want…
1907 · PDF PAGE 163
…, the fadeless Rose of the Creation ! The whole flower-life of earth and sky and sea From me was born, and shall return to me! I am: for men and beings passionate, For mine own self calm as the river-cleaving Lotus-borne lord of Silence: I create Or discreate, both in my bosom heaving : My lightest look is mother of a Fate : My fingers sapphire-ringed with sky are weaving Ever new flowers and lawns of life, designed Nobler and newer in mine olden mind. Iam: I am not, but all-changing move The worlds evolving in a golden ladder Spiral or helical…
1906 · PDF PAGE 206
…ists. 548. The heathen.8—‘' The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” 580. Salan and Judas.°°—At the moment of passing the final proofs I am informed that the character of Judas has been rehabilitated by Mr. Stead (and rightly: is Mr. Abington* paid with a rope?) and the defence of Satan undertaken by a young society lady authoress ~——-a Miss Corelli—who represents him as an Angel of Light, z.e., one who has been intro- duced to the Prince of Wales. But surely there is some one who is the object of universal re…
1906 · PDF PAGE 282
…en no further than before. Myst. Indeed we are. Glory, real or false, is desirable. ing ‘‘real or false,” by virtue of our previous agreement that the Subjective is the Know- able, and that deeper inquiry is foredoomed futile. Scept. Unless, admitting Physiology,! such glory is phantom, poisonous, and your Dhyana a debauch. A7yst, You will at least admit, as a basis for the consideration of this and other points that Dhyana is more vivid than any of the normal dualistic states. Scept. I must. I have myself experienced, as I believe, this.or a s…
1906 · PDF PAGE 236
…s not prove the actual existence of any such oxymoron.! The truth is that you're a very spiritual sort of being and a prey to longevity. Men’s lives are so short that yours seems eternal in comparison. But —why, you’re a nice one to talk! You'll be dead in a week from now.’ ‘“*] quite appreciate the force of your remarks !’ said the seeming cowherd; ‘that about the Characteristics is very clever; and curiously enough, my perception of this has always just preceded my death for the last six goes.’ ‘¢ Well, so long, old chap,’ said Gautama, ‘I mu…
1929 · PDF PAGE 112
…police magistrate for tit to be handed over. On the hearing of the summons we were amazed to find Mr. Gill, K.C., one of the most famous men at the bar, briefed to appear in a police court to squabble over a few pounds' worth of paraphernalia! The money was furnished by Miss. Horniman, daughter of the Mazawattee tea man, and later of Manchester Theatre fame. She had been expelled by Mathers some time previously. I knew enough of campaigning to decline joining battle against such heavy artillery as Mr. Gill. Luckily, the value of the property ha…