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….t SKETCH OF THE PROPHETIC THEOLOGY OF NUMBERS I UNITY Unrry is the principle and the synthesis of numbers; it is the idea of God and of man ; it is the alliance of reason and of faith. Faith cannot be opposed to reason ; it is made necessary by love, it is identical with hope. To love is to believe and hope; and this triple outburst of the soul is called virtue, because, in order to make it, courage is necessary. But would there be any courage in that, if doubt were not possible? Now, to be able to doubt, is to doubt. Doubt is the force 1 This…
1913 · PDF PAGE 312
….t SKETCH OF THE PROPHETIC THEOLOGY OF NUMBERS I UNITY Unrry is the principle and the synthesis of numbers; it is the idea of God and of man ; it is the alliance of reason and of faith. Faith cannot be opposed to reason ; it is made necessary by love, it is identical with hope. To love is to believe and hope; and this triple outburst of the soul is called virtue, because, in order to make it, courage is necessary. But would there be any courage in that, if doubt were not possible? Now, to be able to doubt, is to doubt. Doubt is the force 1 This…
1919 · PDF PAGE 21
… Liser CLXV. The account of the attainment of a Master of the Temple: given in full detail by Frater O.1.V.V.LO. This is the Record of a man who actually attained by the system taught by the A... A. Liser DXXXVI. A Complete TREATISE ON ASTROLOGY, by Frater O.M. This is the only text-book composed on scientific lines; by classifying observed facts, instead of de- ducting from 4 priori theories. 15
1928 · PDF PAGE 164
are poor people who are able to send him nothing. That gave me confidence; after all, I am a beautiful woman, though not too young. I said to him, Come and see me; come and see me often, and do not worry yourself on my ac- count, I have no need of money. But you must understand that I made clear to him in a hun- dred different ways. I did not say it to him crudely; I was so afraid of shaming him; I should like him to come and see me with his case of instruments and his apron; even with a little blood on them. She said that frankly and sensib…
1961 · PDF PAGE 55
…lius Vergilius Maro, that was the greatest of all the Magicians of his time: in medio tutissimus ibis. Which Thing has also been said by many wise Men in other Lands; and the Holy Qabalah confirmeth the same, placing Tipheret, which is the Man, and the Beauty and Harmony of Things, and Gold in the Kingdom of the Metals, and the Sun among the Planets, in the Midst of the Tree of Life. For the Centre is the Point of Balance of all Vectors. So then if thy wilt live wisely, learn that thou must establish this Relation of Balance with every Thing so…
1912 · PDF PAGE 101
…ical. The second class is ob./eois ofdooofz'ofz, such as the idea or form of the Deity, or the heart or body of your Teacher, or of some man whom you respect profoundly. This practice is not to be commended, because it implies a bias of the mind. You can also meditate on your dreams. This sounds superstitious; but the idea is that you have already a tendency, independent of your conscious will, to think of those things, which will consequently be easier to think of than others. That this is the explanation is evident from the nature of the prec…
1912 · PDF PAGE 61
…ished my sore throat and my surroundings, and went up in my Body of Light. Reached a room in which a cruciform table was spread, a naked man being nailed thereto. Many venerable men sat around, feast- ing on his living flesh and quaffing his hot blood. These (I was told) were the Adepts, whom I might one day join. This I understood to mean that I should get the power of taking only spiritual nourishment—but probably it means much more than this. Next I came into an apparently empty hall, of white ivory worked in filigree. A square slim altar was i…
1912 · PDF PAGE 61
…ished my sore throat and my surroundings, and went up in my Body of Light. Reached a room in which a cruciform table was spread, a naked man being nailed thereto. Many venerable men sat around, feast- ing on his living flesh and quaffing his hot blood. These (I was told) were the Adepts, whom I might one day join. This I understood to mean that I should get the power of taking only spiritual nourishment—but probably it means much more than this. Next I came into an apparently empty hall, of white ivory worked in filigree. A square slim altar was i…
1903 · PDF PAGE 24
…on desired. Such is the real purport of all the apparently fantastic directions of Solomon, Abramelin, and other sages of repute. When a man has evoked and mastered such forces as Taphtartarath, Belial, Amaimon, and the great powers of the elements, then he may safely be permitted to begin to try to stop thinking. For, needless to say, the universe, including the thinker, exists only by virtue of the thinker’s thought.
1912 · PDF PAGE 270
…nie. An' I‘ll be agude mon tae ye, lass. AWL. That's better. Now, meenister, the Blessing. MEEK. In the name 0‘ God, I declare ye lawful man an’ wife. [He join: their hand: mul Nesse: litem.] AWL. An’ no more private still, Elder, an’ no more bribes fra distillers l BEL. Ay! I mean it. AWL. Guid. Now, lass, run off wi‘ him, lest he ['a' into the snare o' the ’ Hoor 0’ Babylon again ; an’ this time for his soul's ill 1 [All laugh, EEL goes ofwith JEANNIE. AWL. Noo, lads an' lasses a’l Prayer i' th' morning, an' thanksgivin' in th’ afternoon. [LI…
1912 · PDF PAGE 270
…nie. An' I‘ll be agude mon tae ye, lass. AWL. That's better. Now, meenister, the Blessing. MEEK. In the name 0‘ God, I declare ye lawful man an’ wife. [He join: their hand: mul Nesse: litem.] AWL. An’ no more private still, Elder, an’ no more bribes fra distillers l BEL. Ay! I mean it. AWL. Guid. Now, lass, run off wi‘ him, lest he ['a' into the snare o' the ’ Hoor 0’ Babylon again ; an’ this time for his soul's ill 1 [All laugh, EEL goes ofwith JEANNIE. AWL. Noo, lads an' lasses a’l Prayer i' th' morning, an' thanksgivin' in th’ afternoon. [LI…
1913 · PDF PAGE 65
…hyself, o my prophet, thy stature shall surpass the stars. They shall worship thy name, foursquare, mystic, wonderful, the number of the man ; and the name of thy house 418. 79. The end of the hiding of Hadit; and blessing & worship to the prophet of the lovely Star! [VER. 68.—Harden, not Harder, as the MS. indicates. The memory of DCLXV1 says, though with diffidence, that the former ts correct.) 1. Abrahadabra; the reward of Ra Hoor Khut. 2. There is division hither homeward; there is a word not known. Spelling is defunct; all is not aught. Be…
1913 · PDF PAGE 65
…hyself, o my prophet, thy stature shall surpass the stars. They shall worship thy name, foursquare, mystic, wonderful, the number of the man ; and the name of thy house 418. 79. The end of the hiding of Hadit; and blessing & worship to the prophet of the lovely Star! [VER. 68.—Harden, not Harder, as the MS. indicates. The memory of DCLXV1 says, though with diffidence, that the former ts correct.) 1. Abrahadabra; the reward of Ra Hoor Khut. 2. There is division hither homeward; there is a word not known. Spelling is defunct; all is not aught. Be…
1914 · PDF PAGE 23
…s us! ‘May God excite each hour to holy joy ‘That breaks the bestially monotonous Madness and shame of your own boy, your boy That is no man, no beast, not even God In those pale hours that you and he apart Drain the black poison of the period, Smite all damnation into either heart— (© Jesus! is there pity, is there none? Is there no peace, no passion in the sky? Is there no fervour in the blasting sun To make a symphony of sympathy? ‘Oh, but if I were only with you—when ?— ‘Who knows if all our passion would suffice Us who were forced—we, Layl…
1905 · PDF PAGE 26
… of night, she went a-wing To that most damnéd pestilence-rid marsh, And, changing her bright shape, she donned the harsh Vile form of woman past the middle age, Who hath not virtue that may charm the sage When the desire of folly is gone by, And wrinkles yield to no false alchemy. So, lewd of countenance, dressed all in rags, She waited, fit mate ofhell's filthiest hags, Within a little hut upon the marge Extreme of that bad swamp, whereby a barge, Rotted with years and pestilence, lay moored. The rusty chain men meant to have secured Its most…
1907 · PDF PAGE 137
…their praises. The palate that cannot appreciate such a vintage to the full knows not the taste of good wine. T11: Imperialism of Lam—In many lyrics and sonnets Mr. Crowley’s dominant note is the very Imperialism, the Romanism of love; just as throughout the whole of his work there is the ringing note of mastery. But when he has seen the wisdom of not flinging splendid lines away on those subjects which wiser men remember only to themselves, when he has ceased to prefer the lurid and quickly evanescent gems of the rubbish-heap of sensations for …
1910 · PDF PAGE 234
…r? He was run over by Mr. Todd’s motor-car this afternoon in Piccadilly. GRANDFATHER. There, what did I tell you? I always disliked that man Todd from the first moment that I heard his name. Dear, dear! I always knew he would bring us trouble. ossory. Well, this doesn’t seem to have been his fault, as far as we can see at present. But I assure you that I share 216
1910 · PDF PAGE 234
…r? He was run over by Mr. Todd’s motor-car this afternoon in Piccadilly. GRANDFATHER. There, what did I tell you? I always disliked that man Todd from the first moment that I heard his name. Dear, dear! I always knew he would bring us trouble. ossory. Well, this doesn’t seem to have been his fault, as far as we can see at present. But I assure you that I share 216
1910 · PDF PAGE 53
The Innocence and Reputation of Man. 45 III THE AMBASSADORS White ships come over the sea from the Sultan of Ind ;1 it is their mission to enquire about the reputation of thy podex, O Habib ! Caravans of camels, laden with presents, come from Damascus and Samarkand, Bukhara and Baghdad ; for rich men and men of war,2 princes and amirs, wise men and even holy mullahs, hav- ing heard of the black-violet3 mole upon thy but- tocks, cannot endure the sweet pain, and lay all their homage below those twin crescents, thy curv- ing feet, like the tusks …
1910 · PDF PAGE 62
54 The Infidelity and Ingratitude of Man. VIII. The Whore Art thou one or many,1 Habib ? Surely thou hast need to be a thousand, since thou hast taken to prostituting thyself to Hindus and Afghans, Nu- bian slaves and immodest boys from Bushir.2 When they saw thee of old, with thy tunic hang- ing upon thy jutting buttocks, like the flowing dra- peries of the Caliph’s tent, men said of thee : “ The complexions of the women are well shaded from the sun.” Now it is thin and transparent, that tun- ic of thine, and people are saying : “ Please Allah…