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Page 117 of 1731913 · PDF PAGE 514
…us, if we could admit it as a scientific fact, would prove that this state may last for four days.) Let us now come to the secret of the Great Work, which we have given only in Hebrew, without vowel points, in the Rituel de la haute magie. Here is the complete text in Latin, as one finds it on page 144 of the Sepher Yetzirah, commented by the alchemist Abraham (Amsterdam, 1642): 1 It will be objected that Lazarus stank, but this is a thing which happens frequently to healthy people, as well as to sick men, who recover in spite of it. Besides, i…
1922 · PDF PAGE 227
…d—— , September 18 We found a book in the library one rainy afternoon. It told us how to make the Devil appear. Cockie’s grandfather was great on that stuff. There’s a room in the north tower where he did his stunts. We went up after dinner. Everything had been left more or less the way it was. Uncle Mortimer never troubled to alter anything. There was a legend about this room too. For one thing, grandfather was a friend of Bulwer Lytton’s. We found a first edition of A Strange Story, with an inscription. Lytton had taken him for the model of S…
1907 · PDF PAGE 255
…tria , Temurah , and Notariqon , which on the very face of the argument seem to condemn a system which aimed at supplying mankind with a great and beautiful truth . We should not like to say that Aleister Crowley's poems are entirely guiltless of the accusation of ob scurity ; but to the uninitiated more lies below the surface than is ever dreamt of ; and we do not consider that the use which he frequently makes of words , or rather names of an inward grace , should be considered as obscure . It is not difficult for the most uninstructed in the…
1910 · PDF PAGE 144
…on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts:” * is as equally true of the Vedanta as it is of Buddhism. But, in the former we get the great doctrine and practice of the Siddhis directly attributable to a mastering of the emotions and then to a use of the same, which is strictly forbidden to the Buddhist, but which eventually under the Mahayana Buddhism of China and Tibet forced itself once again into recognition, and which, even as early as the writing of ‘““The Questions of King Milinda,” unless the beautiful story of the courtesan Bindu- m…
1910 · PDF PAGE 201
…ll gains power, the sense of hearing, little by little, as it comes under control, is held back from hearing the lesser sounds, then the greater, and at length all sounds. The vibrations of the will having re- pelled the sound vibrations of the air, and brought the sense of hearing into Equilibrium. Now the upward mounting fila- ment of smoke has become the ascending columns of a great volcano, there is a titanic blast behind it,—a will to ascend. And as the smoke and flame is belched forth, so terrific is its strength, that even a hurricane ca…
1910 · PDF PAGE 144
…on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts:” * is as equally true of the Vedanta as it is of Buddhism. But, in the former we get the great doctrine and practice of the Siddhis directly attributable to a mastering of the emotions and then to a use of the same, which is strictly forbidden to the Buddhist, but which eventually under the Mahayana Buddhism of China and Tibet forced itself once again into recognition, and which, even as early as the writing of ‘““The Questions of King Milinda,” unless the beautiful story of the courtesan Bindu- m…
1910 · PDF PAGE 201
…ll gains power, the sense of hearing, little by little, as it comes under control, is held back from hearing the lesser sounds, then the greater, and at length all sounds. The vibrations of the will having re- pelled the sound vibrations of the air, and brought the sense of hearing into Equilibrium. Now the upward mounting fila- ment of smoke has become the ascending columns of a great volcano, there is a titanic blast behind it,—a will to ascend. And as the smoke and flame is belched forth, so terrific is its strength, that even a hurricane ca…
1930 · PDF PAGE 66
…e utmost heaven, into which thou radiatest thy little light. “When Thou shalt know me, O empty God, my flame shall utterly expire in thy great N.O.X.” Liber Lapidis Lazuli. i. 36- 40. o. Be seated in thine Asana, preferably the Thunderbolt. It is essential that the spine be vertical. 1. In this practice the cavity of the brain is the Yonij the spinal cord is the Lingam. 2. Concentrate thy thought of adoration in the brain. 3. Now begin to awaken the spine in this manner. Concen¬ trate thy thought of thyself in the base of the spine, and move it…
1954 · PDF PAGE 191
…ke its own links with anything handy that takes its fancy; and you can get into any sort of the most serious kind of trouble. There is a great deal of useful stuff in Magick, pp. 92-100, and pp. 179-189. I could go on all night doing nothing but indicating sources of information. Then comes the question of how to "charge" the Talisman, of how to evoke or to invoke the Beings concerned, and of-oh! of so much that you need a lifetime merely to master the theory. Remember, too, please, what I have pointed out elsewhere, that the greatest Masters h…
1909 · PDF PAGE 233
… myths of his nation, that corrupted are merely bestial, and are as rigid as the former are elastic. The savage youth passes through one great ordeal—the struggle with Nature; the civilised through another—the struggle with Reason. The one is taught the hero tales of his forefathers, the other the platitudes of the schools, which luckily are always a few decades behind the ideas current at his birth. Few of us remember anything that happened during the first two years of our existence, and very little during the next two; thus it comes about th…
1909 · PDF PAGE 347
…ere is a particularly charming one—the story of Gioga’s son: One day, as a boat’s crew were completing a successful raid on the seals, a great storm came on, and one of the party, who had become separated from the rest, was unavoidably left behind on the Skerry. The waves were dashing against the low rocks, and the unfortunate man had resigned himself to his fate, when he saw several of the surviving seals approaching. The moment they landed they threw off their skins, and appeared before him as Sea-trows or Seal-folk. And even those seals who …
1909 · PDF PAGE 233
… myths of his nation, that corrupted are merely bestial, and are as rigid as the former are elastic. The savage youth passes through one great ordeal—the struggle with Nature; the civilised through another—the struggle with Reason. The one is taught the hero tales of his forefathers, the other the platitudes of the schools, which luckily are always a few decades behind the ideas current at his birth. Few of us remember anything that happened during the first two years of our existence, and very little during the next two; thus it comes about th…
1909 · PDF PAGE 347
…ere is a particularly charming one—the story of Gioga’s son: One day, as a boat’s crew were completing a successful raid on the seals, a great storm came on, and one of the party, who had become separated from the rest, was unavoidably left behind on the Skerry. The waves were dashing against the low rocks, and the unfortunate man had resigned himself to his fate, when he saw several of the surviving seals approaching. The moment they landed they threw off their skins, and appeared before him as Sea-trows or Seal-folk. And even those seals who …
1910 · PDF PAGE 204
…racticer. Further, he had proved beyond doubt or quibble, that the terrific strain caused by the Eastern breathing exercises was no whit greater or less than that resulting from The Acts of Worship in an operation of Ceremonial Magic, that Dharana and the Mantra Yoga were in effect none other than a para- phrase of the Sacred Magic and the Acts of Invocation; and ultimately that the whole system of Eastern Yoga was but a synonym of Western Mysticism. Starting from the root, he had by now crept sufficiently far through the darkness of the black …
1910 · PDF PAGE 204
…racticer. Further, he had proved beyond doubt or quibble, that the terrific strain caused by the Eastern breathing exercises was no whit greater or less than that resulting from The Acts of Worship in an operation of Ceremonial Magic, that Dharana and the Mantra Yoga were in effect none other than a para- phrase of the Sacred Magic and the Acts of Invocation; and ultimately that the whole system of Eastern Yoga was but a synonym of Western Mysticism. Starting from the root, he had by now crept sufficiently far through the darkness of the black …
1911 · PDF PAGE 21
…d crying: Is not the son the enemy of his father? And hath not the daughter stolen the warmth of the bed of her mother? therefore is the great curse irrevocable. Therefore there is neither wisdom nor understanding nor knowledge in this house, that hangeth upon the edge of hell. Thou art not 4 but 2, O thou blasphemy spoken against 1! Therefore whoso worshippeth thee is accursed. He shall be brayed in a mortar and the powder thereof cast to the winds, that the birds of the air may eat thereof and die; and he shall be dissolved in strong acid and…
1911 · PDF PAGE 119
…of the Most High are set thereon. Now I behold more fully: Each tongue of flame, each leaf of flame, each flower of flame, is one of the great love-stories of the world, with all its retinue of mdse-en-scéne. And now there is a most marvellous rose formed from the flame, and a * These words are probably BABALON, CZAOS, TARO. 117
1919 · PDF PAGE 120
…f, and neces- sary as they to its function. To fix the mind in this apprehension of Life, two modes are preferred, as preliminary to the greater realizations to be discussed in their proper order, experiences which tran- scend even those attainments of Liberty and Love of which Ihave hitherto written, and this of Life which I now inscribe in this my little book which I am making for you so that you may come unto the Great Fulfilment. The first mode is the acquisition of the Magical Memory so-called, and the means is described with accuracy and …
1922 · PDF PAGE 324
… tale,” said Lou. “The Big Lion says that that’s the only true kind of tale,” replied Hermes, evidently prepared to argue the subject at great length if necessary. But I admitted the truth of his statement without difficulty. “ That’s the Abbey,” he went on, as we turned the corner of the hillside. And a long, low, white building came into sight. “ But that isn’t an Abbey,” I protested. ‘‘ That’s a villa.” “ That’s because you’re looking with the wrong kind of eyes,’’ objected Hermes. ‘I used to think the same myself before I was educated.” “Do…
1954 · PDF PAGE 209
…'t occur (or don't matter) in Neschamah. And if the above remarks should embolden you to exclaim: "Perhaps a little drink would do me no great harm" I shall feel that I have deserved well of my country! For-see Liber Aleph, after Rabelais-the Word of the Last Oracle is TRINe. This plaint of yours tails off-and perks up in so doing-with confession of Ambition, and considerations of what you must leave over to your next life. Very right! but all that is covered by your general programme. It is proper to assimilate these ideas with the fundamental…