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88 But one hardly dare comment upon a theme which has been so fruit- fully treated by Ludovicus Carolus, that most holy illuminated man of God. His masterly treatment of the identity of the three reciprocating paths of Daleth, Teth, and Pe, is one of the most wonderful passages in all the Holy Qabalah. His resolution of what we take to be the bond of slavery into very love, the embroidered neckband of honour bestowed upon us by the King himself, is one of the most sublime passages in this class of literature. Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater, Had a …
1913 · PDF PAGE 115
…tion. "The Lord " is Adonai —which is the Hebrew for " my Lord"; and He descends from heaven, the supernal Eden, the Sahasrara Cakkra in man, with a "shout," a "voice," and a "trump," again airy symbols, for it is air that carries sound. These sounds refer to those heard by the Adept at the moment of rapture. ' Compare the first set of verses in Liber XVI. (XVI in the Taro is Pc, Mars, the Sword.)
1913 · PDF PAGE 208
… the winds— And I have set the secret wide and still In the heart of thee, my Mother; I have known The incarnate miracle of the birth of man, The twin of Time, the heir of the gods’ debauch ; The shedder of the raiment of the loom Whereon are woven birth and life and death. Yea! Is revealed the Sword, the eye of light! Hail to the fivefold star! The secret awe Of the world unborn ; and thou, that hast the key, Let the lyre sound before thee! Let thy breath 170
1913 · PDF PAGE 208
… the winds— And I have set the secret wide and still In the heart of thee, my Mother; I have known The incarnate miracle of the birth of man, The twin of Time, the heir of the gods’ debauch ; The shedder of the raiment of the loom Whereon are woven birth and life and death. Yea! Is revealed the Sword, the eye of light! Hail to the fivefold star! The secret awe Of the world unborn ; and thou, that hast the key, Let the lyre sound before thee! Let thy breath 170
1961 · PDF PAGE 109
…istemper. Watch also Idleness, for whoso presseth eagerly forward in Will heedeth little the Affairs of this Fellows. O my Son, if every Man doth his own Will, there is no more to Say! But the Busy-body nor mindeth his own Business, nor leaveth others to mind theirs. Be thou instant therefore with such an one, to cure him by enlightening his Will, and speeding him therein. Remember also that if one speak ill of another, the Fault is first of all in himself, for we know naught but that which is within us. Did not the great Witch-Finder end by co…
1961 · PDF PAGE 190
LIBER ALEPH VEL CXI 178 #u De quibusdam Mysteriis, quæ vidi (Of certain Mysteries, which I have seen) ET even as a Man may set up a Memorial or Symbol to import Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand, so may I strive to inform thine Understanding by Hieroglyph. And here shall thine own Experience serve us, because a Token of Remembrance sufficeth him that is familiar with a Matter, which to him that knoweth it not should not be made manifest, no, not in a Year of Instruc- tion. Here first then is one amid the uncounted Wonders of that Vision; upon a f…
1907 · PDF PAGE 97
…our kisses, the bewitching bud Flamed in the starlight; then our bed your bower Ifeaved like the breast of some alluring flood Whereon a man might sleep for ever, until Death should surprise him, kiss his weary will Into the last repose, profounder power Than life could compass. Now I tax my skill To find another holier name, some flower Still red, but red with the ecstasy of blood. Dear love, dear wife, dear mother of the child Whose fair faint features are a match for mine, Lurks there no secret where your body smiled, No serpent in the gener…
1905 · PDF PAGE 259
…arts Ruling her course round alway in the sky ; And as an handmaid let her serve and die! One season, let it still confound another ; No man behold his brother ; No creature in it or upon, the same! 1 See Daniel vii. 9. 2 This passage is a paraphrase of the roth ‘* call” in Dr. Dee’s book, referred to above. | Serve ye the lofty ones. Her members, let them differ ; be no soul Equal! Let thought, let reasonable things, Bow to thy wings, Thy manifest control, Vexation ! weeding out of one another. Their dwelling-places, let them lose their name !…
1909 · PDF PAGE 67
י7-35 7-55~ 10.12. 10.30. 11.50. ! 2.20. 1.00. 2.05. 2.55. י4130 5.40- JOHN ST. JOHN my credit that I woke saying my mantra with vigour. ’Tis a bitter chill and damp the mom; yet must I rise and toil at my fair Ritual. Settling down to copy. Have completed my two prescribed pages of illumina— tion. Will g0 and break my fast and do my business. After writing letters went out and had coffee and two brioches. At Louvre looking up some odd points in the lore 01 Khemi [Egypt—En] for my Ritual. I cannot understand it; but I feel faint for lack of foo…
1912 · PDF PAGE 49
33 the mantra to meditate upon its meaning. This suggests that the student might construct for himself a mantra which should represent the Universe in sound, as the pantacle 1 should do in form. Occasion- ally a mantra may be “given,” i.e., heard in some unexplained manner during a meditation. One man, for example, used the words: “And strive to see in everything the will of God; ” to another, while engaged ’ apparently referring to the action of the inhibitory centres which he was using. By in killing thoughts, came the words “and push it down…
1913 · PDF PAGE 112
…n his hand. Let him understand that the Ruach, this loose combina- tion of 6 Sephiroth, only bound together by their attachment to the human will in Tiphereth, must be rent asunder. The mind must be broken up into a form of insanity before it can be transcended. David said: " I hate thoughts." The Hindu says: "That which can be thought is not true." Paul said: "The carnal mind is enmity against God." And every one who meditates, even for an hour, will soon discover how this gusty aimless wind makes his flame flicker. "The wind bloweth where it …
1913 · PDF PAGE 542
…erty, Equality, Fraternity, ” will be nothing but a threefold lie. CHAPTER III MYSTERIOUS INFLUENCES No middle course is possible. Every man is either good or bad. The indifferent, the lukewarm are not good; they are consequently bad, and the worst of all the bad, for they are imbecile and cowardly. The battle of life is like a civil war; those who remain neutral betray both parties alike, and re- nounce the right to be numbered among the children of the fatherland. We all of us breathe in the life of others, and we breathe upon them in some so…
1913 · PDF PAGE 542
…erty, Equality, Fraternity, ” will be nothing but a threefold lie. CHAPTER III MYSTERIOUS INFLUENCES No middle course is possible. Every man is either good or bad. The indifferent, the lukewarm are not good; they are consequently bad, and the worst of all the bad, for they are imbecile and cowardly. The battle of life is like a civil war; those who remain neutral betray both parties alike, and re- nounce the right to be numbered among the children of the fatherland. We all of us breathe in the life of others, and we breathe upon them in some so…
1929 · PDF PAGE 2
…The explorer, mountaineer and big-game hunter, c. 1906 The expedition to Chogo Ri, 1902 Crowley in the Himalayas, 1905 The Buddhist, the man of sorrows Rose Kelly, Crowley´s first wife Sister Cybele (Leila Waddell) The Beast 666: Crowley aged 37 480-481 Demonstrating a yogic technique of breath-control, c. 1912 The Charter issued by John Yarker admitting Crowley to the highest grade (33°) of the Scottish Rite of Masonry, 1910 The Stele of Revealing: Exhibit 666, Boulak Museum, Cairo 512-513 Crowley wearing the head-dress of Horus, c. 1910 Bapho…
1929 · PDF PAGE 115
…nells. I Attitudes are of two Kinds: natural and artificial. Of the first kind, prostration is the obvious example. It cornes natural to man (poor créature!) to throw himself to the ground in the presence of the object of his adoration.1 Intermediate between this and the purely artificial form of gestures cornes a class which dépends on acquired habit. Thus it is natural to an European officer to offer his sword in token of surrender. A Tibetan would, however, squat, put out his tongue* and place his hand behind his right ear. Purely artificial…
1954 · PDF PAGE 288
…nothing to do with foretelling the future, though it may do so, as it may do anything, being only the ravings of a poet, drunkard, or madman. (You remember how Saul came upon a company of youths all prophesying away together to beat the band, and joined the merry throng. So people said, "Is Saul also among the Prophets?" meaning a man capable of the "divine" intoxication of love, song, eloquence, or whatever else enthusiastic might possess him. Men seized by the afflatus were found to be capable of extraordinary exploits; hence the condition wa…
1909 · PDF PAGE 81
…t content. I spent the morning posing for Michael Brenner, a sculptor who will one day be heard of. Very young yet, but I think the best man of his generation—of those whose work I have seen. By the way, I am suffering from a swollen finger, since yesterday morning or possibly earlier‘ I have given it little attention, but it is painful. I want to explain why I have so carefully recorded the somewhat banal details of all I have eaten and drunk. I. All food is a species of intoxicant; hence a fruitful source of error. Should I obtain any good res…
1912 · PDF PAGE 371
…'F\ Law on Sinai. Cf. Tarot W617 “Mighty acts.” (Plur. of YN «Strength.”) [Ps. cvi. 2] Columnae Nubis pon YAN TY et Ignis A King of Edom man 618 na Contentiones 55 7619 Dns 620 Chokmah, Binah, AY) 73°3 APIN Daath; the first descending triad Novissimum The Crown: Kether sn Angel of 3" Dec. my “yD [Vide Ps. xxxi. 20] niby The Doors psy [Temurah of bas] aww 621 Mucro gladii an nnlax By-paths. [Vide no. 1357] MINN [Vide I.R.Q. 234] 622 Blessings rn Profunda Maris. [Samael DY MOD et Uxor Eius] Latitudines ; Rechoboth nar 623 Barietha ; Doctrina ex- …
1912 · PDF PAGE 371
…'F\ Law on Sinai. Cf. Tarot W617 “Mighty acts.” (Plur. of YN «Strength.”) [Ps. cvi. 2] Columnae Nubis pon YAN TY et Ignis A King of Edom man 618 na Contentiones 55 7619 Dns 620 Chokmah, Binah, AY) 73°3 APIN Daath; the first descending triad Novissimum The Crown: Kether sn Angel of 3" Dec. my “yD [Vide Ps. xxxi. 20] niby The Doors psy [Temurah of bas] aww 621 Mucro gladii an nnlax By-paths. [Vide no. 1357] MINN [Vide I.R.Q. 234] 622 Blessings rn Profunda Maris. [Samael DY MOD et Uxor Eius] Latitudines ; Rechoboth nar 623 Barietha ; Doctrina ex- …
1913 · PDF PAGE 89
OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS OF A... A... An elementary suggestive account of the work of the Order in its relation to the average man. The preliminary paper of M ... M .*. M .*. may be classed with this. Liper XLI.—7hien Tao (in Konx Om Pax). An advanced study of Attainment by the method of equilibrium on the ethical plane. Liser LV.—The Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua. An account of the Magical and Mystic Path in the language of Alchemy. Liper LIX.—A4evoss the Gulf. A fantastic account of a previous incarnation. Its prin- cipal interest is tha…