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Page 140 of 2031913 · PDF PAGE 554
… reaction. The true evil, that for which there is no remedy, is inertia. The abysses of grace correspond to the abysses of per- versity. God has often made saints of scoundrels; but He has never done anything with the half-hearted and the cowardly. Under penalty of reprobation, one must work, one must act. Nature, moreover, sees to this, and if we will not march on with all our courage towards life, she flings us with all 256
1913 · PDF PAGE 554
… reaction. The true evil, that for which there is no remedy, is inertia. The abysses of grace correspond to the abysses of per- versity. God has often made saints of scoundrels; but He has never done anything with the half-hearted and the cowardly. Under penalty of reprobation, one must work, one must act. Nature, moreover, sees to this, and if we will not march on with all our courage towards life, she flings us with all 256
1929 · PDF PAGE 441
…s they ignorantly think, not knowing themselves of the stuff and substance of the Supreme Self, each for himself alike no less than Very God of Very God! But suppose that the sublimity of this conception is accepted, the identity admitted; what sudden overwhelming billow from the past blasts their beatitude? What but the words with which Freud concludes Totem and Taboo: In the beginning was the deed! For the "sacrifice of the Innocent" celebrated alike in the Lode and in cathedral is this identical murder of the Master of the Fellow- Craftsmen,…
1907 · PDF PAGE 232
…tain unknown and inexplicable something ." ? So also does Berkeley in the “ Three Dialogues " end in a similar quandary which he calls “ God." Starting out on his quest by stating : “ Can any doctrine be true that necessarily leads a man into an absurdity ? " ; he promptly proceeds to travel along that road which he has warned others not to follow , and , having com pletely lost his way , and overloaded his thoughts with the darkness of night , finding it impossible to continue his journey , knocks at the creaky door of a miserable tavern , and…
1909 · PDF PAGE 53
11.56. 12.26. 12.35. 2.18‘ JOHN ST. JOHN Got rid of her, thank God. I may say in self-defence that I would never have let her in but for the accident of my being outside the room and the door left open, so that she was inside on my return. Let me get into Asana. The Fifth Day So beginneth the Fifth Day of this great Magical Retirement. With two and twenty breath—cycles did I begin. This practice was a little easier; but not much better. It ought to become quite simple and natural before one devotes the half-minute of Kam- bhakam (breath held-in…
1910 · PDF PAGE 27
…hose nerve arms refuse To ply the chisel, but are raised to ask A visionary foreman he may choose From the distortions of a sodden mind. God did first work on earth when womankind He chipped from Adams riba thankless task I wot his wisdom has long since repined. Christ touched the leper and the widows son ; And thou wouldst serve the work the Perfect One Began, by folding arms and gazing up To heaven, as if thy work were rightly done. I tell thee, he should say, if ye were met : Thou hadst a talent ah, thou hast it yet Wrapped in a napki…
1912 · PDF PAGE 323
…ח She who ruins?הלבה Tet. in Yetzirahאה ואי ?אהἼἸ᾿ Greatly, strongly?ךאמ Yetzirah’s ‘Secret Nature ᾿?המ [Vide Ιαιρ, xxxiv.[ 45 A name of GOD?יהלא A female slave ; cubitus?המא Tin, the metal of 7.1?לחנ A dividing, sundering,?הלרגה separation Angel of 7 s.?לאההה A ruine:?לבוה Angel ruling δ?לאוש Levi, Levite?ייל Foolish, sillyi (Stultus)?ליא A weeping?ה"כב Cloud; high place ; waves;?המב fortress Angel ruling mg?,לאוי To clutch, hold 5511 Mercy?הלודג Angel of z W.?לארהו A woman [vide .<.]כ1? LCK.?ליה p. 320] ; strength; an army To grow warm ; heat…
1912 · PDF PAGE 323
…ח She who ruins?הלבה Tet. in Yetzirahאה ואי ?אהἼἸ᾿ Greatly, strongly?ךאמ Yetzirah’s ‘Secret Nature ᾿?המ [Vide Ιαιρ, xxxiv.[ 45 A name of GOD?יהלא A female slave ; cubitus?המא Tin, the metal of 7.1?לחנ A dividing, sundering,?הלרגה separation Angel of 7 s.?לאההה A ruine:?לבוה Angel ruling δ?לאוש Levi, Levite?ייל Foolish, sillyi (Stultus)?ליא A weeping?ה"כב Cloud; high place ; waves;?המב fortress Angel ruling mg?,לאוי To clutch, hold 5511 Mercy?הלודג Angel of z W.?לארהו A woman [vide .<.]כ1? LCK.?ליה p. 320] ; strength; an army To grow warm ; heat…
1913 · PDF PAGE 64
…ve form of that obligation of a Master of the Temple in which it is said: " I will interpret every phenomenon as a particular dealing of God with my soul." In Liber CLXXV many practical devices for attaining this one- pointedness are given, and though the subject of that book is devotion to a particular Deity, its instructions may be easily generalized to suit the development of any form of will. This will is then the active form of understanding. The Master of
1913 · PDF PAGE 473
…as become a bloody hand. We have heard speak of him, as he told us we should ; that pale priest, do you know what was his name?” “Oh, my God!” said Desbarolles, changing colour, “I am afraid to know it!” “Well, you know it: it was the wretch Louis Verger!” Some weeks after what we have just recorded, Eliphas Levi was talking with a bookseller whose speciality was to make a collection of old books concerning the occult sciences. They were talking of the gvimoive of Honorius. “ Now-a-days, it is impossible to find it,” said the mer- chant. “ The …
1913 · PDF PAGE 473
…as become a bloody hand. We have heard speak of him, as he told us we should ; that pale priest, do you know what was his name?” “Oh, my God!” said Desbarolles, changing colour, “I am afraid to know it!” “Well, you know it: it was the wretch Louis Verger!” Some weeks after what we have just recorded, Eliphas Levi was talking with a bookseller whose speciality was to make a collection of old books concerning the occult sciences. They were talking of the gvimoive of Honorius. “ Now-a-days, it is impossible to find it,” said the mer- chant. “ The …
1919 · PDF PAGE 408
… opened leads the Narjol toward the realm of Sat eternal and its ceaseless contemplation. 7. PRAGNYVA, the key to which makes of a man a God, creating him a Bodhisattva, son of the Dhydnis. Such to the Portals are the golden keys. (Subsection I.) Charity and love are here used in their technical sense, Agape. “Love is the law, love under will.” Both Agape and Thelema (will) add to 93, which identifies them qabalistically. This love is not a sloppy feeling of maudlin sentimental kindness. The majority of people of the Christian Science, Theosoph…
1907 · PDF PAGE 119
…aralyzed for years). The excuse was, on the soles of his feet the creases formed the word Allah, so that he always trod upon the name of God! They killed Burckhardt for that, by the way. A pure invention in both instances. I saw his feet, and they were just like anybody else’s, only dirtier. Poverty and paralysis were his crimes, I warrant ye, my masters! Anyway, it was a great joke, and I made a splendid Arabian Tale of it. Read it! was the chorus. Which he did. THE MOSQUE BEWITCHED AN aged sorcerer there dwelt within the town of Marrakesh The…
1907 · PDF PAGE 280
…o," hence the uninterrupted warfare of 3,000 years or more , in which the priest has ever been ready to lie for the greater glory of his God , as S'afi well said : Then speak the truth , if so a priest May tune his tongue to anything but lies .' And of the gods of this greater glory , Amenhatep a few lines further on informs us : 1 The Fatal Force , vol . i, p . 142 . T
1909 · PDF PAGE 25
…ther columns, you will find that the Planet corresponding is Mercury, its number eight, its lineal figures the octagon and octagram, the God who rules that planet Thoth, or in Hebrew symbolism Tetragram- maton Adonai and Elohim Tzabaoth, its Archangel Raphael, its Choir of Angels Beni Elohim, its Intelligence Tiriel, its Spirit Taphtatharath, its colours Orange (for Mercury is the sphere of the Sephira Hod, 8), Yellow, Purple, Grey, and Indigo rayed with Violet ; its Magical Weapon the Wand or Caduceus, its Perfumes Mastic and others, its sacre…
1909 · PDF PAGE 25
…ther columns, you will find that the Planet corresponding is Mercury, its number eight, its lineal figures the octagon and octagram, the God who rules that planet Thoth, or in Hebrew symbolism Tetragram- maton Adonai and Elohim Tzabaoth, its Archangel Raphael, its Choir of Angels Beni Elohim, its Intelligence Tiriel, its Spirit Taphtatharath, its colours Orange (for Mercury is the sphere of the Sephira Hod, 8), Yellow, Purple, Grey, and Indigo rayed with Violet ; its Magical Weapon the Wand or Caduceus, its Perfumes Mastic and others, its sacre…
1912 · PDF PAGE 178
…erved that brute of a Bagstock. ]Αεκ. [Of—very sleepy] Good—night. All right, Father, never fear. MARTIN, Good—night. JACK. [Of—fainter] God-nigh’l [MARTIN composes himself to sleep A pause. Then the door slowly, slowly opens. Audience can see JACK crouching behind andpushing in with infinite caution. HE carries a dark lantern. This goes on for a long while; at last he warilyputs his head in, withdraws it, and again puts it in slightly advanced, with I36
1912 · PDF PAGE 178
…erved that brute of a Bagstock. ]Αεκ. [Of—very sleepy] Good—night. All right, Father, never fear. MARTIN, Good—night. JACK. [Of—fainter] God-nigh’l [MARTIN composes himself to sleep A pause. Then the door slowly, slowly opens. Audience can see JACK crouching behind andpushing in with infinite caution. HE carries a dark lantern. This goes on for a long while; at last he warilyputs his head in, withdraws it, and again puts it in slightly advanced, with I36
1919 · PDF PAGE 79
…ever me up between thy wings! 26. O silence! O rapture! O end of things visible and invisible! This is all mine, who am Not. 27. Radiant God! Let me fashion an image of gems and gold for Thee! that the people may cast it down and trample it to dust! That Thy glory may be seen of them. 28. Nor shall it be spoken in the markets that I am come who should come; but Thy coming shall be the one word. 29. Thou shalt manifest Thyself in the unmanifest; in the secret places men shall meet with thee, and Thou shalt overcome them. 30. I saw a pale sad boy…
1961 · PDF PAGE 159
THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 147 Ep De Formula Deorum Occisorum (Of the Formula of the Dying Gods) LAS, my Son! this hath been fatal constantly to many a Man of noble Aspiration, that these Words were hidden from his Understanding. For there is a Balance in all Things and the Body hath Charter to fulfil his Nature, even as the Mind hath. So to repress one Function is to destroy that Proportion which is wholesome, and wherein indeed all Health and Sanity have Consistency. Verily, it is the Art of Life to develop each Organ of Body and Mind, or, a…