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Page 112 of 1231944 · PDF PAGE 107
…ete freedom is alike the cause and the result of the new access of solar energy upon the earth. The restriction of such ideas as sin and death in their old sense has been abolished, At their feet are the most sacred signs of the old Aeon, the combination of the Rose and Cross from which they are arisen, yet which still forms their support. The card itself symbolizes this broadening of the idea of the Rose and Cross. The Cross is now expanded into the Sun, from which, of course, it is originally derived. Its rays are twelve‐not only the number o…
1954 · PDF PAGE 511
…rrors?" H painted to a big woolly dog lying asleep on a grave with his head between his paws, and continued impressively. "Faithful unto death and beyond. I have often heard of a dog refusing to be comforted when his master died, lying desolate on his grave, but I never thought to see such a thing myself" That was too much for Freddy Lyon. "Yes," he said cruelly, "but look at the dog's paws and muzzle "-they were stiff with clotted blood- "he's not mourning his master, he's sleeping off a meal." At which point, (Lyon concluded his story with gu…
1906 · PDF PAGE 10
…d all ~ lars” (Rev. xxi. 8), and that they ‘shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death” (Rev. xxi. 8), ‘‘where their worm dieth not, and the fire is net quenched” (Mark. ix. 44). Let me only add that they are ‘‘a herd of many swine feeding ” (Matt. vill. 30). ‘* Ve serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell ?’”’ (Matt. XXlli, 33). And now, belovéd brethren, with every prayer that this adaptation may prove of lasting blessing to You all, bringing forth ‘‘the …
1944 · PDF PAGE 100
…s not the only card in the Pack, nor are the “will to live” and the “will to die” incom‐ patible. This becomes clear as soon as life and death are understood (See Atu XIII) as phases of a single manifestation of energy.
1905 · PDF PAGE 129
…deeds, is Lying, from whose tongue Drops Envy, wed with Hatred, to sow Strife. These twain are bitter; but the last is Love. THE RAPE OF DEATH. ARGUMENT.—Sir Godfrey, a knight of Nor- mandy, leapeth into a light vessel of Jarl Hungard, while they sit at feast, and, slay- ing the crew, seeketh the high seas with the Lady Thurla. He slayeth the swiftest pur- suers, and escapeth in a great tempest ; which on the second day abating, he maketh the inside of a bar, and must await the breeze. Jarl Hungard coming with his men and two dragons, is wrecke…
1906 · PDF PAGE 78
…nermost fire ! O tune of my soul that encloses All life, the tempestuous lyre ! O dawn of my dawn that reposes and darts in desire ! And death and its portals are rifted, Life listens our kisses that weep ; Love hears, and his measure is shifted, Grows solemn and deadly and deep ; Love’s ship droops its sails and is drifted in silence to sleep. And soft as a seal on our slumber Dreams drift of Aurorean dew 3 Dreams shapen of flames that encumber The shrine of the morn in the blue; Flames shapen of lips that outnumber our kisses anew.
1913 · PDF PAGE 267
…o justify the ways of Maude Annesley to the British public. Her story, moreover, is exceedingly well told, up to the point of the hero’s death. The sequel appears to me somewhat an anticlimax, strained, artificial, and boring. (At least I would rather she had carried out the vendetta by killing the son, as her lover had killed the father.) I suppose it is the publisher again. “Yes, what a nice story! Now if you'll add 40,000 words of dialogue about love and make the story end happily perhaps we might do something.” A publisher offered to take m…
1913 · PDF PAGE 267
…o justify the ways of Maude Annesley to the British public. Her story, moreover, is exceedingly well told, up to the point of the hero’s death. The sequel appears to me somewhat an anticlimax, strained, artificial, and boring. (At least I would rather she had carried out the vendetta by killing the son, as her lover had killed the father.) I suppose it is the publisher again. “Yes, what a nice story! Now if you'll add 40,000 words of dialogue about love and make the story end happily perhaps we might do something.” A publisher offered to take m…
1929 · PDF PAGE 210
…e her was repentance or brain fever; and she had chosen the latter. Her disbelief in magick had left her with its correlate, a belief in death. It was the one thing she feared, besides magick itself. But she did not make the mistake of being in a hurry, on that account. The strength of her character was very great, in its own way; and she possessed infinite reserves of patience. She played the game with no thought of the victory; and this is half the secret of playing most games of importance. To do right for its own sake is Righteousness, thou…
1905 · PDF PAGE 79
… the Lord and of Jephthah shall build our dead women a pyre. The peuple were sad for his wrath ; The elders were bowed with despair, And death was the piteous path ; With ashes we covered our hair; The voice of the singer was dumh, the voice of the triumph of prayer.
1907 · PDF PAGE 219
… mountains and the pines, The inmost song with secret fibre of light, And in the boiling pools and quorns and chasms Chases the stryges, Death’s devote phantasms, Into a brilliant air wherein they are lost. Deep in the river moans the choral roar, Till the deep murmur of the Lesbian shore Washed of the luminous sea gives answer, while The angry wail of Nature doth beguile The hours, the wrath of Nature reft of one, The sole strong spirit that was Nature’s sun, The orb she circled round, the one thing clean From al] her gross machinery, obscene …
1906 · PDF PAGE 9
…and devils! nay ! And a devil in a vision Hisses as I slumber, ‘‘ Yea! ‘¢ Ffeaven of your accurst creation Shall become a hell of fire ; Death for kisses, and damnation For your love shall God require.” ADAPTATION OF “ONWARD, CHRIS- TIAN SOLDIERS” TO THE NEEDS OF BRETHREN. PREFACE, IN response to many suggestions from dear Brethren, I have adapted a hymn to the wants of the Church. In view of the grossly unscriptural nature of the original hymn (so- called) many changes have been rendered necessary, but I hope and trust that this has been effec…
1907 · PDF PAGE 119
…er weird of womanhood, her noble station Among the stars and ages; and her stature Soars o’er the system; so the scarred mis- feature Of death avails her for the isolation Of high things ever holy ; this the throe Of swiftly-comprehended motherhood Once taught her. Now the whisper of the child Bids her be great, who was supremely good. For, mark you! babes are ware of wiser things, And hold more arcane matters in their mild Cabochon eyes than men are ware of yet. VOL. IIT. Therefore have poets, lest they should forget, Likened the little sages …
1905 · PDF PAGE 40
…, and who wove The myriad atoms of Infinitude Into the solid tapestry of night, And gave the sun his heat, and bade him kiss The lips of Death upon the moon’s. dark face, So that her silver lustre might rejoice The fiery lover, the sharp nightingale, And these pale mortals whom the day be- holds Asleep, because the many bid them slave C the lame But hear me,
1907 · PDF PAGE 83
…. Nay, mistress, I will save my brother's memory from shame. BLANCHE, O sir, pity me. There is not a woman in the world but would prefer death to such an union. Is it possible [fa/ters] that you still think this [fozzts to Dinys, who stands embarrassed and ashamed] to be the man ? ALAIN. Frankly, I do. But let me explain to you once for all, Blanche de Malétroit, my way of thinking about this affair. [Sversly.] When you took it upon yourself to dishonour my family [BLANCHE sizdes to floor and sobs] and the name I have borne stainless in peace a…
1905 · PDF PAGE 149
…od ! For I am pregnant with my own son’s child, The fruit of my desire’s desire. Most pure, The single spirit of my godhead yearned From death to reap dominion, and from birth To pluck the blossom of its fruitful love, And be the sun to ripen and the rain To water it. My soul became the bride To its own body, and my body leapt With passion from mine own imperial loins Begotten, and made strong from my own soul To answer it. I hail thee, son of mine, Thou royal offspring of a kingly sire, Less kingly for the single flower of love! I hail thee, s…
1905 · PDF PAGE 201
… this our ‘‘ Christian” parents marred our youth; ‘One thing is certain of our origin. We are born Adam’s bastards into sin, Servants to Death and Time’s devouring tooth. God, damning most, had this one thought of ruth To save some dozens—-Us : and by the skin Of teeth to save us from the devil’s gin— Repentance! Blood! Prayer! Sackcloth! This is truth.” Our parents answer jesting Pilate so.! I am the meanest servant of the Christ : But, were I heathen, cannibal, profane, My cruel spirit had not sacrificed My children to this Moloch. Iam plain?…
1919 · PDF PAGE 158
…onclusion that it should be held in the zenith. The radiating cone, I have not experienced. II. A.A.A. The idea of considering one’s own death is men- tioned. This occurred to me and was carried out before by first Illumination; this serves as a confirmation that I was on the right track. I should have no doubt mentioned these meditations more fully at the time.! I have often won- dered how I got into the state I then experienced, and this copy of Taz Equinox has revived the memory and gives instruction for obtaining, no doubt, a very much full…
1905 · PDF PAGE 196
…y a moonward tread. ‘ Follow the moon !” said. My thought had thanked him for the generous breath Wherewith he warned us: for delay were death. And now, too late! no moon is overhead— Some other meaning in the words he saith? Even so the king had Or, am I tricked in such a little snare? I lifted up my eyes. What soul stood there, Fronting my path? Tall, stately, delicate, A woman fairer than a pomegranate. A silver spear her hands of lotus hear, One shaft of moonlight quivering and straight. She pointed to the East with flashing eyes : “Thou ca…
1907 · PDF PAGE 11
…e Seine ran easily underneath ; The air was chill: he knew the Seine By pain would put an end to pain, And jumped,—and struggled against death, I doubt not. Ye courageous men That scorn to flee the world, ye slaves Of commerce, ye that ply the pen, That dig, and fill, and loathe your graves ! Ye counter-jumpers, clergy, Jews, All Paris, smug and good, that use To point the index scorn, deride The courage of that suicide— I ask you not to quit us quite, But—will you take a bath to-night? Money might make you. Well: but he, What was his wage, wha…