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Page 123 of 2251914 · PDF PAGE 25
… never falter! never fail! forget No second of the wonders that are past, Foresee the greater wonders may be yet— ‘Nail Love, the Son of Man, to murder's mast! Let us be something unachieved before, Something intolerable, something new! Who was the fool that preened himself and swore ‘There was no further destiny to do? ‘Why, every thought is a new spasm of sun! Is there a new or old in love? What odds, Since every one of us—yea, every one !— Is beyond doubt the darling of the gods? ‘Why then, let us die young, let us die young! Come, Laylah, I…
1919 · PDF PAGE 35
…tudent may thoroughly understand his own limitations. Liper XXX. Lriser Lisre. An elementary course of morality suitable for the average man. Lizer LXI. Liper Caus#. The Preliminary Lection, including the History Lection. Explains the actual history of the origin of the present movement. Its, statements are accurate in the ordinary sense of the word. The object of the book is to discount Mythopeeia. Liper XXXIII. An account of A.. A... first written in the language of his period by the Councillor Von Eckart- hausen, and now revised and rewritte…
1924 · PDF PAGE 7
…d hardship, and completed the first draft of his autobiography in September 1923. It is Mr. Crowleys magnum opus, and one of the most human and illuminating records ever written. It is that independent statement of positive truth which Newman rightly declared to be the only possible and proper defence against a vast mass of irresponsible and anonymous defamation. It is Mr. Crowleys real vindicationhis vindi- cation for all timeagainst any serious attack on his personal honour, whether as artist, patriot or man. The iniquity of the situation…
1954 · PDF PAGE 452
…olve a complete exposition of the whole subject of Morality. Off we go! What really is it? The word comes from Mos, Latin for 'custom', 'manner'. Similarly, ethics: from Greek ethos, 'custom' . "It isn't done" may be modern slang, but it's correct . Interesting to study the usage of moeurs and manieres in French. 'Manner' from manus-hand : it is 'the way to handle things' . But the theological conception has steered a very wrong course, even for theology; brought in Divine Injunction, and Conscience, and a whole host of bogeys. (Candles in holl…
1909 · PDF PAGE 128
…houghts of Zeus and Hades and Poseidon, found that they could not find a fitting image of the All, the supreme —so they just carved a goat-man, saying: Let this represent Pan] Also in the holiest place of the most secret temple there is an empty shrine. But whoso goes there in the first instance thinks ; There is no God. He who goes there at the End, when he has adored all the other deities, knoweth that No God.
1913 · PDF PAGE 362
…and affronted every abyss! Intelligence, O Thou, whom we poor sinners have loved to madness, to scandal, to reprobation! Divine right of man, essence and soul of liberty, hail unto thee! For they have pursued thee, in trampling beneath their feet for thee the dearest dreams of their imagination, the best beloved phantoms of their heart ! For thee, they have been repulsed and proscribed, for thee they have suffered prison, nakedness, hunger, thirst, the desertion of those whom they loved, and the dark temptations of despair! Thou wast their righ…
1913 · PDF PAGE 362
…and affronted every abyss! Intelligence, O Thou, whom we poor sinners have loved to madness, to scandal, to reprobation! Divine right of man, essence and soul of liberty, hail unto thee! For they have pursued thee, in trampling beneath their feet for thee the dearest dreams of their imagination, the best beloved phantoms of their heart ! For thee, they have been repulsed and proscribed, for thee they have suffered prison, nakedness, hunger, thirst, the desertion of those whom they loved, and the dark temptations of despair! Thou wast their righ…
1961 · PDF PAGE 173
…lf. Thus is thy Silence the Way of he Tao, and all Speech a deviation thereform. This Lion and Dragon are therefore of thy Self, and the Man and the Bull the Feminine Counterparts thereof, being the Grace of Our Lady BABALON that She bestoweth upon thee in thine Adultery with Her. They are then as a Vesture of Honour, and a Reward, that are won by the Intensity of thy Light and of thy Love. So perperly we esteem Men by the Measure of their Intelligence and their Strength, since they are equal in their essential Godhead, so far as concerneth the…
1907 · PDF PAGE 166
… loosening his fang To bite more deeply—this inane distress More than despair or death’s detested pang. I live—that shames me! Iam not a man. Nothing can I to sharpen or to span My throat with iron fingers, or my sword In my heart’s acid where the blood began Long since to leap, and now dropsdeadly slow, Clotted with salt and sulphur and strong woe. I shall not die: the first sight of the sward Stained with the spectral corpse had stung me so, Not stabbed me, since I saw her and survive. I shall not die—Ah! shall I be alive? This hath no part i…
1912 · PDF PAGE 18
…ination of all systems would be an unending task; the cloud of witnesses is too great. Now each religion is equally positive; and each demands faith. This we refuse in the absence of positive proof. But we may usefully inquire whether there is not any one thing upon which all religions have agreed: for, if so, it seems possible that it may be worthy of really thorough consideration. It is certainly not to be found in dogma. Even so simple an idea as that of a supreme and eternal being is denied by a third of the human race. Legends of miracle a…
1913 · PDF PAGE 293
PREFACE On the brink of mystery, the spirit of man is seized with giddiness. Mystery is the abyss which ceaselessly attracts our unquiet curiosity by the terror of its depth. The greatest mystery of the infinite is the existence of Him for whom alone all is without mystery. Comprehending the infinite which is essentially incompre- hensible, He is Himself that infinite and eternally unfathom- able mystery; that is to say, that He is, in all seeming, that supreme absurdity in which Tertullian believed. Necessarily absurd, since reason must renoun…
1913 · PDF PAGE 293
PREFACE On the brink of mystery, the spirit of man is seized with giddiness. Mystery is the abyss which ceaselessly attracts our unquiet curiosity by the terror of its depth. The greatest mystery of the infinite is the existence of Him for whom alone all is without mystery. Comprehending the infinite which is essentially incompre- hensible, He is Himself that infinite and eternally unfathom- able mystery; that is to say, that He is, in all seeming, that supreme absurdity in which Tertullian believed. Necessarily absurd, since reason must renoun…
1922 · PDF PAGE 89
A Heroin Heroine 75 Utopians to make life a pleasant routine always arouse subconscious revolt in the spirit of man. It was the progressive prosperity of the Victorian age that caused the Great War. It was the reaction of the schoolboy against the abolition of adventure. This curious condition of mind possessed an eternal quality; the stream of thoughts flowed through my brain like a vast irresistible river. I felt that nothing could ever stop it, or even change the current in any important respect. My consciousness had something of the quality…
1929 · PDF PAGE 228
…elped us with the road squads, to a place which by now is firmly in the hands of the Crown Prince. So all you have to do is to tell your man to sit and pretend to meditate — and tap. I shall send you plenty of information from the front. You will know my agents by a nick filed in a trouser-button. Each message will have a number, so that you will know if any go astray. All clear?" "Admirable. I need not say how proud I am to find that we are on the same side. I was very frightened of that uniform!" "L'habit ne fait pas le moine," replied Dougla…
1961 · PDF PAGE 60
… become famous because they are the Fruits of ancient Trees whereof thou art directly the Heir, wherefrom (say I) they are more truly german to thine own Nature than Books of Collateral Offshoots, though such were in themselves better and wiser. Yes, o my Son, in these Writings thou mayst study to come to the true Comprehension of thine own Nature, and that of the whole Universe, in the Dimension of Time, even as the Mathematic declareth it in that of Space: That is, of Extension. Moreover, by this Study shall the Child com-prehend the Foundati…
1909 · PDF PAGE 130
…are as explicable as the formation of hoar-frost or of glacier tables. I believe “Attainment” to be a simple supreme sane state of the human brain. I do not believe in miracles ; I do not think that God could cause a monkey, clergy- man, or rationalist to attain. I am taking all this trouble of the Record principally in hope that it will show exactly what mental and physical conditions precede, accompany, and follow “ attainment " so that others may reproduce, through those conditions, that Result
1910 · PDF PAGE 31
… the adven- tures of some dirty slut of a Princess. They scent indecency in passion beyond the marriage-tie : they will not even allow a man to be in love with his own wife. Why shouldn’t he be ? He is now and then. I happen to know it. The long and short of the whole matter is this, that there is no- thing clean but ecstasy. Whether that ecstasy is the divine spirituality of Visva- rupadarshana, or the sexual splendour of Epipsychidion, or the laughter of Catullus, all is pure and perfect. It is the vision of the God that is pure ; it is the v…
1912 · PDF PAGE 25
…animal communities which are organized, such as bees, the greatest intelligence is shown by those of solitary habits. This is so true of man that psychologists have been obliged to treat of the mental state of crowds as if it were totally different in quality from any state possible to an individual. It is by freeing the mind from external influences,whether casual or emotional, that it obtains power to see somewhat of the truth of things. Let us, however, continue our practice. Let us determine to be masters of our minds. We shall then soon find…
1912 · PDF PAGE 96
…, Leap out on him and strike, one flounder to the floor, Bury my teeth in that bull-neck, and snap the spine, As a dog kills a rat. Now, manners, mouth o mine ! The door opens and MORTADELLO enters as MONICA regains her composure. But throughout the scene she throws off her reserved and modest manner, and behaves as a shame- less and alluring wanton. MORTADELLO. And so we meet at last ! MONICA. The hour I waited for ! MORTADELLO. Its omen overcast with crimson clouds of war ! MONICA. Ah ! thats for Venice folk, good sentimental fools ! We kno…
1913 · PDF PAGE 88
76 It is easy to see when water is muddy, and easy to get rid of the mud; but there are many impurities which defy everything but distillation and even some which must be fractionated unto 70 times 7. There is, however, a universal solvent and harmonizer, a certain dew which is so pure that a single drop ot it cast into the water of the Cup will for the time being bring all to perfection. This dew is called Love. Even as in the case of human love, the whole Universe appears perfect to the man who is under its control, so is it, and much more, w…