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Page 15 of 1971910 · PDF PAGE 58
… will, thy Self is hid From me by envy of the Jinn. So, when I think, I cannot pierce The truth of things ; I cannot win Unto the real ; life’s wheel is kept From turning by its axle-pin.1 But swing thine hips and smile upon The hideous world’s malicious grin ! Then when we end, the task is light : Bid El Qahar once more begin2 ! 1. The very cause of life — desire — is that which hinders its attaining to higher planes. A
1912 · PDF PAGE 42
… it falls. Triumph! Gape wide, ye golden walls! Lift up your everlasting doors, O gates of Camelot! See, he swoops Down on the prey! The life-blood pours: The poison works : the breath implores Its livelong debt from heart and brain. Alas! poor stag, thy day is done! The gallant lungs gasp loud in vain: Thy life is spilt upon the plain. Sir Palamede is stricken numb As one who, gazing on the sun, Sees blackness gather. Blank and dumb, The good knight sees a thin breath come Out of his proper mouth, and dart Over the plain : he seeth it Sure by …
1898 · PDF PAGE 35
For in Those Hands above His head The Depth is one with That Above, And Sleep and Death and Life are dead, And Lust is One with Love. 25
1929 · PDF PAGE 78
…ver, a little different in symbolism, since it is a Woman whose Cup must be filled. It is rather the sacrifice of the Man, who transfers life to his descendants. For a woman does not carry in herself the principle of new life, except tem- porarily, when it is given her. But here the formula implies much more even than this. For it is his whole life that the Magus offers to Our Lady. The Cross is both Death and Génération, and it is on the Cross that the Rose blooms. The full significance of these symbols is so lofty that it is hardly fitted for…
1898 · PDF PAGE 28
… green And violet and the hues innumerable Lesser than these, and gave man hope at last With the invariable law of death Abundant in new life, and having filled The world with music, dost demand of us “ Is my work meaningless ? ” O thou, supreme, Thou, First and Last, most inconceivable All-radiating Unity, thou sphere All-comprehensive, all-mysterious, Spirit of Life and Death, bow down and hear ! [Bends deeper and prays silently. The flame grows duller, and finally leaves the room in absolute darkness. Curtain. 18
1898 · PDF PAGE 57
…e was, bluer than the haze Of those same hills, more violent and deep Her eyes’ clear gaze, Dreaming of hidden wonders ; and the goal Of life grew luminous o’er Time’s empurpled steep. She loved me then ; she loves me now, afar. Ah, she knew not ! and I, so steeped and stained With fierce sins, knew myself unworthy of The heart I gained, And, a lost mariner whose polar star He is ashamed to look to, cast away her love. I would not have her love a thing so vile, I would not link her life with such as mine ! O cursed sin, to leave my soul too hig…
1904 · PDF PAGE 77
…e you a prescription like this — they ask a hundred francs — oh ! it is a shame ! Buy a little syringe ; and that is Heaven for all your life. — How do you feel ? SIR PERCY. Why, I am well at once. I never felt better in my life. The devil take my trouble now ! I shall go out and conquer the whole world. I shall be the great magician, the Lord of the Stars. I have it in me to write poetry. Yes, that, first. (Goes to table and takes pen and paper.) In praise of — what is your medicine called, dear Marchioness ? LADY GLENSTRAE. Who calls me ? Wha…
1930 · PDF PAGE 119
day; a week, and so on. Difficultés vanish before him as he advancesj the extension from a day to the course of his whole life will not prove so difficult as the perfecting of the five minutes. 18. This practice should be repeated at least four times daily, and progress is shown firstly by the ever easier running of the brain, secondly by the added memories which arise. 19. It is useful to reflect during this practice, which in time becomes almost mechanical, upon the way in which effects spring from causes. This aids the mind to link its memor…
1907 · PDF PAGE 114
…journ in the Venusberg , and for telling the truth he is execrated by the Pope : So he Cried out upon me , “ Till this barren staff Take life , and bud , and blossom , and bear fruit , And shed sweet scent-so long God casteth thee Out from His Glory !”! When lo !-in the very moment of his supreme despair , his Genius mysteriously manifests , and “ darting long rugged fingers and deep eyes ” reaches to the sceptre with his word and will : Buds , roses , blossoms ! Lilies of the Light ! Bloom , bloom , the fragrance shed upon the air ! Out flames…
1909 · PDF PAGE 76
…I am as a young child bought in the slave-market . . . and night is fallen! I await Thee, Ο my Lord, with a great longing, stronger than Life; yet am I as patient as Death. There was a certain Darwesh whose turban a thief stole. But when they said to him, “ See ! he hath taken the road to Damascus !" that holy man answered, as he went quietly to the cemetery, “I will await him here ! " So, therefore, there is one place, O thou thief of my heart’s love, Adonai, to which Thou must come at last ; and that place is the tomb in which lie buried all …
1996 · PDF PAGE 6
Foreword Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. The Book of the Law was the foundation of Aleister Crowley’s life’s work, and its commentaries a problem that vexed him for most of his adult life, almost since the book’s reception in 1904 E.v. His basic difficulty with producing a commentary was a lack of objectivity. He was too close to The Book of the Law, on too many levels, to be able to easily write about it, let alone judge what other people might find helpful by way of commentary. He made numerous attempts over the years, only t…
1913 · PDF PAGE 34
…mid the waste at dawn Rested, like God upon the seventh day . Then , shouldering the shining axe , I strode Across the sunrise ; and the life-long hate Flowered into joy . Scarce heard , his iron gate Clanged - to behind me as I took the road . * FLAME . O NLY the fire of love can fuse and burn This solid world to spirit . But we two Have caught love back by the escaping wing , Therefore shall life be perfect, for our eyes Are opened and our stooping souls stand up Full - statured under the roofless heaven of love .
1902 · PDF PAGE 114
…, desperate breath Ever confronting the dark gate of Death. I passed that gate ! O pitiful ! The same Mystery holds me, and the flame Of Life stands up, unbroken citadel. Beyond my sight, vague, far, intangible. Broken are will, and witchery, and prayer. Remains the life of earth, which is but hell. Destiny's web, and my immense despair. Landgrave. Your words are terrible ! We knew them true Even while you sang. But see ! the light of day ! Beauty in all things and—for you—true love ! I 12
1905 · PDF PAGE 27
Kisses not mortal I lavished ; Out of the life of him ravished Life for the making of thee. Son, did I lose in the deed? Son, did the breasts of me bleed, Bleed for pure love? Did I see Zeus with his face through the thunder Frowning with fury and wonder? Love in Olympus is free— I have created a god, not a mortal of mortal degree. Ant. y ORPHEUS Hear me, O mother, descended To earth, from the sisterly shrine ! Hear me, a mortal unfriended, Save thou, in thy purity splendid Indwell me, invoke the divine! As sunlight enkindles the ocean, As moon…
1899 · PDF PAGE 234
…eaven! Sights of impetuous floods, Foam like the daisy at even, Folding o’er passionate gold petals that sunrise had riven! See, like my life is the stream Now its desire is grown quiet; Life was a passionate dream Once, when light fancy ran riot, Now, ere youth fades, flows in peace past woody bank and green eyot. Highest, white heather and rock, Mountain and pine, with young laughter, Breezes that murmur and mock Duller delights to come after, Wild as a swallow that dives whither the sea wind _ would waft her. Lower, an ocean of flowers, Tree…
1911 · PDF PAGE 14
…ed are called, but of these few many are chosen. 10. This is the nature of the Work. 11. First, there are many and diverse conditions of life upon this earth. In all 01 these is some seed of sorrow. Who can escape from sickness and from old age and from death ? 12᾿We are come to save our fellows from these things. For there is a life intense with knowledge and extreme bliss which is untouched by any of them. 13. To this life we attain even here and now. The adepts, the servants 01 V.V.V.V.V., have attained thereunto. 14. It is impossible to tel…
1911 · PDF PAGE 14
…ed are called, but of these few many are chosen. 10. This is the nature of the Work. 11. First, there are many and diverse conditions of life upon this earth. In all 01 these is some seed of sorrow. Who can escape from sickness and from old age and from death ? 12᾿We are come to save our fellows from these things. For there is a life intense with knowledge and extreme bliss which is untouched by any of them. 13. To this life we attain even here and now. The adepts, the servants 01 V.V.V.V.V., have attained thereunto. 14. It is impossible to tel…
1919 · PDF PAGE 373
… Circle”? Then, O Lanoo: 29. Believe thou not that sitting in dark forests, in proud seclusion and apart from men; believe thou not that life on roots and plants, that thirst assuaged with snow from the great Range—believe thou not, O Devotee, that this will lead thee to the goal of final liberation. 30. Think not that breaking bone, that rending flesh and muscle, unites thee to thy “Silent Self’ Think not that when the sins of thy gross form are conquered, O Victim of thy Shadows, thy duty is accomplished by nature and by man. Once again the a…
1919 · PDF PAGE 265
…places it upon the super-altar. He turns West. Tue Deacon. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. I proclaim the Law of Light, Life, Love, and Lib- erty in the name of IAO. Tue ConGrEGATION. Love is the law, love under will. The Deacon goes to his place between the altar of incense and the font, faces east, and gives the step and sign of aMananda Brother. All imitate him. THE DEACON AND ALL THE PEOPLE. I believe in one secret and ineffable LORD; and in one Star in the Company of Stars of whose fire we are created, and to which we shal…
1905 · PDF PAGE 113
I08 ON WAIKIKI BEACH In the Cadmean cup, As incense lifted in the thurible, We know that God is even as we, Light from the sky, and life on earth, and love beneath the sea.