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Page 135 of 1731930 · PDF PAGE 108
…warm climate, absence of wind, absence of noise, insects and ail other disturbing influences,1 a retired situation, simple food eaten in great modéra¬ tion at the conclusion of the practices of morning and afternoon, and on no account before practising. Bodily health is almost essential, and should be most carefully guarded (See Liber CLXXXV, Task of a Néophyte). A diligent and tractable disciple, or the Practicus of the Zelator, should aid him in his work. Such a disciple should be noiseless, patient, vigilant, prompt, cheerful, of gentle mann…
1954 · PDF PAGE 379
…ome new outhouses, and the builder couldn't give any credit because he was being pressed by the man who supplied his materials, a man in great trouble on account of his wife's long illness, and the necessity of an immediate and very expensive operation. So the doctor went round, very lordly, to the local estate agent, and made the first payment on the new house he had wanted for so long. "Hullo! HuBo!" laughed the agent; "here we are again. It's curious, but I paid out that note only ten days ago!" So there were seven hampered and worried men a…
1929 · PDF PAGE 558
…he most optimistic estimate of success would not have to be weighed against the cost in patience and perseverance and found wanting. The great value of such men as Maitland and Neuburg to me has been to strengthen my conviction that in the absence of will power, the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless. Combine in one man the strength of Hercules, the beauty of Apollo, the grace of Antinos, the wisdom of Athena, the intelligence of Hermes, and every other gift of every other god, unless the anatomist is careful to…
1904 · PDF PAGE 61
…pot. My spiritual superiors, however, soon put a spoke in my wheel. I should have been going on still, but they reminded me that I had a great ca- reer before me and that it was unworthy of a man how much more of a Christian ! To allow a personal grief, however severe, to blind one for ever alike to the beauty and the duty of life. In vain I replied that there was now no beauty for me [59]
1907 · PDF PAGE 54
34 KONX OM PAX perception of the Great Falsehood. Just as in chemistry the school boy blunders over the law of Combining Weights, and finds difficulty in accepting it, only to discover that the real difficulty of the chemist is that the law is not true; just as the golfer painfully corrects his pull and his slice, only to learn that the pull and the slice are the master strokes of the game; just as the brilliant and studious person arrives at the summit of his academic career, only to discover (if he have sufficient wit left over from the process) …
1909 · PDF PAGE 82
…ic papyrus. THE INITIATION This shocking sonnet awakes pity and disgust in equal proportions. If even then they had only turned to the “ Great Physician! ” But no! ‘ God hardened Pharach’s heart ”. Alas! no doubt that the reference is to our blessed Lordand Master, The barren fig-tree has been no doubt a stumbling-block to many weak souls. But the fig tree has here a Vin VI. VIL 33. IX. 9. 10, AIL. 1, AIT, deeper signification in its reference to certain loathsome forms of disease, and it is a symbol of lust, See Rosenbaum’s “ Plague of Lust ” …
1944 · PDF PAGE 105
… mind has been abolished by the venom of this Moon. This is that which is written of Abraham in the Book of the Beginning: “An horror of great darkness came upon him.” One is reminded of the mental echo of subcon‐ scious realization, of that supreme iniquity which mystics have constantly celebrated in their accounts of the Dark Night of the Soul. But the best men, the true men, do not consider the matter in such terms at all. Whatever horrors may afflict the soul, whatever abominations may excite the loathing of the heart, whatever terrors may …
1913 · PDF PAGE 130
…anity. “Mr. Crowley begins his poem, I believe, with an earnest intention to explain the beauty of the Buddhistic philosophy; he knows a great deal about it; he believes in it.... But Mr. Crowley has got something into his soul stronger even than the beautiful passion of the man who believes in Buddhism ; he has the passion of the man who does not believe in Christianity. He adds one more testimony to the endless series of testimonials to the fascination and vitality of the faith. For some mysterious reason no man can contrive to be 122
1944 · PDF PAGE 212
… sense, so that he partakes ab‐ solutely of the nature of Neschamah. From his father, Chokmah, he is informed though the Path of Hé, the Great Mother, the Star, our Lady Nuit,1 so that the creative impulse is commu‐ nicated to him by all possibilities soever. Finally, from Kether, the supreme, descends directly upon him, though the Path of Gimel, the High Priestess, the triune light of Initiation. The Three‐ in‐One, the Secret Mother in her polymorphous plenitude; these, these alone, hail him thrice blessed of the Supernals! The card represents…
1954 · PDF PAGE 327
294 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS these are the two great enemies of the Ethic of Thelema. They are the traditional obstacles to success in Yoga as well as in Magick. Now in practice, in everyday life, this unselfishness is always cropping up. Not only do you insult your brother King by your "noble self-sacrifice," but you are almost bound to interfere with his True Will. "Charity" always means that the lofty soul who bestows it is really, deep down, trying to enslave the recipient of his beastly bounty! In practice, I begin afresh, it is almost entirel…
1929 · PDF PAGE 148
… found that I was really expert in Yoga, they lost no time in making friends. One man in particular spoke English well and was himself a great authority on Yoga. He introduced me to the writings of Sabapati Swami, whose instructions are clear and excellent, and his method eminently practical. My friend introduced me to the authorities at the bid temple at Madura, and I was allowed to enter some of the secret shrines, in one of which I sacrificed a goat to Bhavani. The fact is that Buddhism had got on my nerves. I preferred the egocentric psycho…
1906 · PDF PAGE 104
…f light Shed from the splendour of our Queen Athena! mystery and might ; These worked invisibly to bring The end of triumph to our King. Great Jason, wronged by hate of man, Shall pass the portals of the deep ; Shall seek the waters wide and wan; Shall pass within the land of sleep ; And there the guardians of the soil Shall rest at last from pain and toil. O ruler of the empyréan, Behold his fervour conquering The fury of the breed Cadmean, The dragons of the Theban king; And armed men shall spring from earth In vain to ward the gloomy girth !…
1907 · PDF PAGE 70
…at we have been talking about Truth to-night. But Heaven help me if I should try to reproduce the arguments or apportion the speeches! A great deal of my verse is the mere reflec tion of my rapture—a rapture, may be, of dissimilar nature. I fall in love, and write “The God-Eater”; see Citlaltepetl, and out comes “ Night in the Valley!” “What be poured in at the mouth 0’ the mill as a 33rd Sonata (fancy now!) Comes from the hopper as bran-new Sludge, naught else, The Shakers’ Hymn in G with a natural F Or the Stars and Stripes set to consecutive …
1922 · PDF PAGE 221
…nabling me to devote myself entirely to training myself to develop my powers to the best advantage. Even things like my guardian being a great composer! He won’t admit that was an accident. ‘“‘ He claims that the coincidence of so many circum- stances affords evidence of design; and as so many of these are beyond the control of any human intelligence, it leads one to suppose that there is some individual at work somewhere beyond our limitations of sense who has made me a singer instead of a milliner.” “Oh, yes, Maisie,” I interrupted, ‘‘ but th…
1922 · PDF PAGE 354
…s. I note you say that your squad commander, who didn’t become that without some power of dealing with men, told you that you were not a great flyer. How was it exactly that you came to take up flying?” That simple question induced a very surprising reaction. There was no reason why it should produce ’ the intense irritation that it did.- _ Basil noticed it, rubbed his hands together gleefully, and began to hum “ Tipperary.”’” His meaning was evident. He had drawn a bow in a venture; and it had pierced the King of Israel between the joints of h…
1954 · PDF PAGE 384
…ve shillings if 'ou pay that for a country house with 3000 acres of hooting, and the best salmon fishing on Deeside, do you? llis is the Greater Interpretation of the Injunction, that no quation is possible: Magical Power is immeasurably more aluable than any amount of money. But the Epigram is everely practical. It may sound a little romantic, but-here :oes! A community which thinks in terms of wealth is rich; rl terms of money, poor. How so? Because the former rlcludes the imponderables. A couple of Japanese wrestlers may be worth more than I…
1910 · PDF PAGE 84
…ts happen. Such as: after eighteen lacs, the body will rise from the ground and remain suspended in the air; after an hundred lacs, “the great yogi is absorbed in the Para-Brahman{ BHAKTA YOGA. Union by love. In Bhakta Yoga the aspirant usually devotes himself to some special deity, every action of his life being done in honour and glory of this deity, and, as Vivekananda tells us, “he has not to suppress any single one of his emotions, he only strives to intensify them and direct them to God.” Thus, if he devoted himself to Shiva, he must refl…
1910 · PDF PAGE 84
…ts happen. Such as: after eighteen lacs, the body will rise from the ground and remain suspended in the air; after an hundred lacs, “the great yogi is absorbed in the Para-Brahman{ BHAKTA YOGA. Union by love. In Bhakta Yoga the aspirant usually devotes himself to some special deity, every action of his life being done in honour and glory of this deity, and, as Vivekananda tells us, “he has not to suppress any single one of his emotions, he only strives to intensify them and direct them to God.” Thus, if he devoted himself to Shiva, he must refl…
1930 · PDF PAGE 46
“Fairyland”, with a Pagan Pantheism as its keynote, sometimes concealed by Christian nomenclature: the “Alchemical” plane, where the Great Work is often presented under the form of symbolically constructed landscapes occupied by quasi-heraldic animais and human types hieroglyphically distinguished, who carry on the mysterious operations of the Hermetic Art. There are also “planes” of Parable, of Fable, and of Folk-lore; in short, every country, creed, and literature has given its character- istic mode of présentation to some “plane” or other. B…
1909 · PDF PAGE 282
…ing into Tiphereth. And the Fourth . . . is Phrath, Euphrates, which floweth down upon Malkuth.” These four rivers form the Cross of the Great Adam. In Malkuth is Eve, the completion of All, the Mother of All. The Hierophant then gives the Theo- ricus the sign of this grade, and explains the Altar symbol: “The Cross above the triangle After ‘The Altar Symbol in the 3° = 8 Ritual. and the tablet showing the meaning of the Alchemical Mercury on the Tree of Life ; also the symbols of all the planets resumed in a Mercurial Figure. The Hierophant th…