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Page 13 of 1071913 · PDF PAGE 395
…w why you believe. I respect your hopes, and share your desires. But I must find by seeking; and in order to seek, I must doubt. REASON. Work, then, and seek, O Science, but respect the oracles of Faith! When your doubt leaves a gap in universal enlightenment, allow Faith to fill it! Walk distinguished the one from the other, but leaning the one upon the other, and you will never go astray.
1961 · PDF PAGE 165
…t. And in the Rites of Mithras the Bull is slain, and his Blood poured upon the Initiate, to endow him with that Will and that Power of Work. Also in the land of Hind is the Bull sacred to Shiva, that is God among that Folk, and is unto hem the Destroyer of all Things that be opposed to Him. And his God is also the Phallus, for this Will operateth through Love even as it is written in our Own Law. Yet again, Apis he Bull of Khem hath Kephra the Beetle upon His tongue, which signifieth that it is by this Will, and by this Work, that the Sun com…
1913 · PDF PAGE 7
…chen for two poems from “ The Golden Journey to Samarkand ” by J. Elroy Flecker . My apologies are due to all poets , specimens of whose work ought to have been included in the anthology — there must be many such ; and to any editors or publishers whose kindness I may have inadvertently omitted to acknowledge. AELFRIDA TILLYARD . Cambridge , June, 1913.
1909 · PDF PAGE 63
JOHN ST. JOHN 12.45. one’s body. So, too, I think, for the highest spiritual work ; for that Work extends from Malkuth to Kether. Here is the great value of the rationalistic Eastern systems. [P.S. Of course scientifically worked with pencil, note-book, and stop-watch. The Yogi is usually in practice just as vague a dreamer as the mystic] They keep one always balanced by common sense. One might go off on lines of pleasing illusion for years, until one was lost on the ”Astral Plane.” All this, observe, is very meaningless, very vague at the best.…
1907 · PDF PAGE 131
…R. 6:. net. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. THE NORTHERN WHIG says: “The Star in the West,” by Captain Fuller, is a critiml essay on the poetical works of Aleister Crowley, and the name will sound familiar in the ears of any who pride themselves on having more than a bowing acquaintance with modern letters. Mr. Crowley has over thirty volumes to his credit, and the sheer art of his verse should rank him high amongst modern singers. He has, however, deliberately preferred to write for the few, and the course he has mapped out for himself includes the con…
1907 · PDF PAGE 214
…e already heard him solemnly utter : Mystery ninefold closed upon itself That matter should move mind - Ay ! darker yet That mind should work on matter ? And the proof Extant , implicit in the thought thereof ! Else all our work were vain . These twain be one .? 3 In these five lines we find a clinching of the whole argument . " These twain be one .” No more than this did Berkeley ever arrive at : " But , though it were possible that solid , figured , movable substances may exist without the mind , corresponding to the ideas we have of bodies ,…
1909 · PDF PAGE 56
…d them in order and disposition, 10. He proclaimed the perfection, the bride, the delight of God in His creation. II. But though thus he worked, he tried ever his work by the Star 418. 12. And it deceived him not; for by his subtlety he expanded it all into the Twelve Rays of the Crown. 13. And these twelve rays were One.
1943 · PDF PAGE 6
TO MEGA THERION is in England, devoting great energy and time to the enormous amount of work before Him. Of outstanding importance in His schedule is the publication of the Tarot, that ancient Book of Thoth, which now requires an interpretation to fit the Aeon of Horus. This is a most meticulous and arduous work, entailing the designing and engraving of an entirely new set of Cards, as well as an accom- panying Book of Tarot which gives their history, their mystic and symbolic significance. It is essential, therefore, that we wholeheartedly con…
1996 · PDF PAGE 8
…E. M. Butler, April 1, 1946, unpublished. Crowley arranged for John W. (Jack) Parsons of the American o.T.o. to commission the editorial work on the commentaries, on behalf of the Order. This accomplished, he then introduced Wilkinson to Eliza M. Butler of Newnham College, Cambridge, an academic acquaintance.3 His letter of introduction, though half-joking, reveals his attitude to the work: Some 25 years ago I wrote a Commentary on The Book of the Law — over a quarter of a million words of the most tur gid and incomprehensible hogwash ever pen…
1901 · PDF PAGE 8
My work, my Father’s work for men, the rising sun ? Who calls me coward ? Let them wait awhile ! Shall I Bow down a loyal head to fate : despair and die ? I hear the sea roll strong and pure that bore me far From Meallfavournie’s scalp, gray moor and lonely scaur ; I hear the waves together mutter in counsel deep ; I hear the thunder the winds utter in broken sleep ; I hear the voices of four rivers crying aloud ; Four Angels trumpet, and earth shivers : the heavens shroud Their faces in blank terror for the sound of them : The mountains are di…
1909 · PDF PAGE 33
…ling the House of God. Not so easy! the damned thing runs on like a prairie fire. Important then to stop it absolutely at will : even the Work itself may become an obsession. I 1 hours with no real break—not bad. The bad part of to-day seems the Asana, and the deadness. Or, perhaps worse, I fail to apprehend the true magical purport of my work: hence all sort of aimless formulae, leading—naturallyenough—to no result. It just strikes me—it may be this Isis Apophis Osiris IAO formula that I have preached so often. Certainly the first two days were …
1910 · PDF PAGE 26
AMBERGRIS 17 Glory and love and work precipitate The end of mans desireso sayeth Fate. Man answers : Love is stronger, work more sure, Glory more fadeless than her shafts abate. Though all worlds fail, the pulse of Life be still, God fall, all darken, she hath not her will Of deeds beyond recall, that shall endure : For us, these three divinest glasses fill, Fill to the brim with lustrous dew, nor fail To leave the blossom and the nightingale, Loves earlier kiss, and manhoods glowing prime ! Let these suffice. Shall man or Fate prevail ? Low…
1929 · PDF PAGE 394
…l on entirely new principles. I retained the Cabbalistic names and formulae, but wrote most of the invocation in poetry. The idea was to work up the magical enthusiasm through the exhilaration induced by music. I obtained a great deal of valuable knowledge from the spirit, but the most interesting item is this: Marston, remembering his official duty, asked "Will nation rise up against nation?", followed by more detailed inquiries on receiving an affirmative answer. We thus learnt that within five years from that date there would be two wars; th…
1929 · PDF PAGE 99
…perceive the true operation of the law of Karma. 2 Another notable injunction of the ancient Magick was that whatever appertained to the Work should be single. The Wand was to be eut with a single stroke of the knife. There must be no 1. It is, and the fact is still more important, utterly fatal and demora- lizing to acquire the habit of reliance on others. The Magician must know every detail of his work, and be able and willing to roll up his shirt- sleeves and do it, no matter how trivial or menial it may seem. Abra- melin (it is true) forbid…
1929 · PDF PAGE 321
…ther sign: you must learn to trust your own intuition." F's intuition tells her that he is genuine. As to our relations, he wishes us to work together (A contradiction v. supra:) "I do not wish you to go too far in work with S. W. She will dazzle you and be apt to lead you astray. You must always remain as armed when you work with her, as a man in full armour. I would wish you to strengthen the link between you and F. on all planes. You are very needful to each other and can only accomplish G. W. together." (This clearly utter rubbish.) I take …
1910 · PDF PAGE 75
…t seems complicated, pigeon. We’ve the lamb begotten here. THE DOVE Yes, I know ; it seems absurd ; But in practice I am certain It will work out splendidly. THE VULTURE Well, proceed !
1910 · PDF PAGE 241
… you. If we were living together you would soon get to know me as the brute who grumbles at the cooking and wants to shut himself up and work—[mimicking her voice] “ And I wouldn’t mind so much if it were work, but all he does is to sit in a chair and smoke and stare at nothing and swear if any one comes in to ask him if my darling new old rose chiffon moiré Direc- toire corsets match my eau-de-Nil suede tussore appliqué garters.” See? EUPHEMIA. But—hush! [She flies away to the other end of the room. The door opens. Enter THOMAS. 223
1910 · PDF PAGE 241
… you. If we were living together you would soon get to know me as the brute who grumbles at the cooking and wants to shut himself up and work—[mimicking her voice] “ And I wouldn’t mind so much if it were work, but all he does is to sit in a chair and smoke and stare at nothing and swear if any one comes in to ask him if my darling new old rose chiffon moiré Direc- toire corsets match my eau-de-Nil suede tussore appliqué garters.” See? EUPHEMIA. But—hush! [She flies away to the other end of the room. The door opens. Enter THOMAS. 223
1913 · PDF PAGE 172
i6o which we wish to evoke is nothing partial, but whole, we shall have but a single symbol to combine the two. The Great Work will then form the subject of the design.^ In this Lamen the Magician must place the secret keys of his power. The Pentacle is merely the material to be worked upon, gathered to- gether and harmonized but not yet in operation, the parts of the engine arranged for use, or even put together, but not yet set in motion. In the Lamen these forces are already at work; even accomplishment is prefigured. In the system of Abrame…
1929 · PDF PAGE 347
347 And with Thy starry lamp illume The darkling corridors of death! There was besides such creative work and the editorial work which Fuller and I had undertaken on behalf of the Order, the task of reconstituting it in its original purity. Under Mathers, the Grades had become meaningless; to be an adept had meant no more than to be a peer of the realm does in modern times. It was for me to sweep away all this nonsense, to re-establish the ordeals, in spirit and in truth. I was at first ignorant enough of Magick to imagine that this could be do…