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Page 15 of 1071916 · PDF PAGE 15
All his life, until the last five years, Mr. Stuart has been a man of affairs. He went to work at fourteen years of age under his father, and was gradually compelled to do the work of both, with the result that before his twenty-first birthday he had become freight traffic manager for Central Americas most important railroad. He has also been in charge of various consular and diplomatic offices from time to time. He was land commissioner of the Panama Railroad; and has also been in the real estate and mining businesses, and factor of an import…
1919 · PDF PAGE 353
…, before serious practice is started, and this in actual life means, map out your career as well as you can. Decide to do so many hours’ work a day in such conditions as may be possible. It does not mean that you should set up neuroses and hysteria by suppressing your natural instincts, which are perfectly right on their own plane, and only wrong when they invade other planes, and set up alien tyrannies. 61. Kill thy desires, Lanoo, make thy vices impotent, ere the first step is taken on the solemn journey. By “desires” and “vices” are meant th…
1903 · PDF PAGE 74
…hath the arcanum of the wise; Love is the elixir, love the stone; The rosy tincture shall arise Out of its shadowy cadences. Love is the Work, and love alone Rewards the ingenious alchemist. Chaste fervours chastely overthrown Awake the infinite monotone. So, Lady, if thy lips I kissed ; So, lady, if in eyes of steel I read the steady secret, wist Of no gray ghosts moulded of mist; 72
1912 · PDF PAGE 8
…dost dismember, Devour the hearth, to leave no ember To warm this heart. I see her still— Adela dancing here Till dim gods did appear To work our will. "
1954 · PDF PAGE 457
… private Code of Morals, what is 'right' and what is 'wrong' for you, that will emerge only from long self-analysis such as is the chief work of the Sword in the process of your Initiation. Love is the law, love under will. Yours fraternally, 666
1935 · PDF PAGE 11
…ee the Equinox, The Temple of Solomon the King; The Vision and the Voice 8th Aethyr; also Liber Samekh, etc. etc.) This is the essential work of every man; none other ranks with it either for personal progress or for power to help one’s fel- lows. This unachieved, man is no more than the unhappiest and blindest of animals. He is conscious of his own incomprehensible calamity, and clumsily incapable of repairing it. Achieved, he is no less than the co-heir of gods, a Lord of Light. He is conscious of his own consecrated course, and confidently r…
1913 · PDF PAGE 490
…are nothing but the diverse manifestations of one same universal agent, which is light. 2°. Light is the fire which serves for the Great Work under the form of electricity. 3°. The human will directs the vital light by means of the nervous system. In our days this is called Magnetism. 4°. The secret agent of the Great Work, the Azoth of the sages, the living and life-giving gold of the philosophers, the universal metallic productive agent, is MAGNETIZED ELECTRICITY." The alliance of these two words still does not tell us much, and yet, perhaps,…
1913 · PDF PAGE 490
…are nothing but the diverse manifestations of one same universal agent, which is light. 2°. Light is the fire which serves for the Great Work under the form of electricity. 3°. The human will directs the vital light by means of the nervous system. In our days this is called Magnetism. 4°. The secret agent of the Great Work, the Azoth of the sages, the living and life-giving gold of the philosophers, the universal metallic productive agent, is MAGNETIZED ELECTRICITY." The alliance of these two words still does not tell us much, and yet, perhaps,…
1910 · PDF PAGE 76
…TAINMENT BY YOGA. AccorpinG to the Shiva Sanhita there are two doctrines found in the Vedas: the doctrines of “Karma Kanda” (sacrificial works, etc.) and of “ Jnana Kanda” (science and knowledge). “Karma Kanda” is twofold—good and evil, and according to how we live “there are many enjoyments in heaven,” and “in hell there are many sufferings.” Having once realized the truth of “Karma Kanda” the Yogi renounces the works of virtue and vice, and engages in ‘“‘ Jnana Kanda ”—knowledge. In the Shiva Sanhita we read: * In the proper season, various c…
1910 · PDF PAGE 76
…TAINMENT BY YOGA. AccorpinG to the Shiva Sanhita there are two doctrines found in the Vedas: the doctrines of “Karma Kanda” (sacrificial works, etc.) and of “ Jnana Kanda” (science and knowledge). “Karma Kanda” is twofold—good and evil, and according to how we live “there are many enjoyments in heaven,” and “in hell there are many sufferings.” Having once realized the truth of “Karma Kanda” the Yogi renounces the works of virtue and vice, and engages in ‘“‘ Jnana Kanda ”—knowledge. In the Shiva Sanhita we read: * In the proper season, various c…
1913 · PDF PAGE 481
…he base of all dogmas and of all rites. In order to convince oneself of it, it is sufficient to read again and meditate upon the learned work of Dupuis, who would be a great qabalist if he had seen a harmony of truths where his negative preoccupations only permitted him to see a concert of errors. It is not here our business to repeat his work, which everybody knows; but it is important to prove that the religious reform brought about by Moses was altogether qabalistic, that Christianity, in instituting a new dogma, has simply come nearer to th…
1913 · PDF PAGE 481
…he base of all dogmas and of all rites. In order to convince oneself of it, it is sufficient to read again and meditate upon the learned work of Dupuis, who would be a great qabalist if he had seen a harmony of truths where his negative preoccupations only permitted him to see a concert of errors. It is not here our business to repeat his work, which everybody knows; but it is important to prove that the religious reform brought about by Moses was altogether qabalistic, that Christianity, in instituting a new dogma, has simply come nearer to th…
1919 · PDF PAGE 462
…DITION DE LUXE. Printed’on fine quality Rag Paper. Bound in White Vellum, Gilt Tops. 21s._net. An English translation of this celebrated work of the well-known French Occultist is now for the first time offered to the British Public. THE BOOK OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC, Including the Rites and. Mysteries of Goétic Theurgy, Sorcery, and infernal Necromancy. "By A. "E, Ware, Crown to, gilt tops, 376 pp.» illustrated with about 180 engravings, beautifully bound in art canvas, with design in gold, price 155. net. In Two Parts. 1. Analytical and Critical A…
1913 · PDF PAGE 586
THE EQUINOX It now remains for us to complete our work by giving the great Key of William Postel. This key is that of the Tarot. There are the four suits, t malcnyT | >@ BepcRyph WsZ P25 GIVVZEM. wands, caps, swords, coins or pentacles, corresponding to the four cardinal points of Heaven, and the four living creatures or symbolic signs and numbers and letters formed in a circle; then the seven planetary signs, with the indication of their repetition signified by the three colours, to symbolize the natural world, the human world and the divine w…
1913 · PDF PAGE 586
THE EQUINOX It now remains for us to complete our work by giving the great Key of William Postel. This key is that of the Tarot. There are the four suits, t malcnyT | >@ BepcRyph WsZ P25 GIVVZEM. wands, caps, swords, coins or pentacles, corresponding to the four cardinal points of Heaven, and the four living creatures or symbolic signs and numbers and letters formed in a circle; then the seven planetary signs, with the indication of their repetition signified by the three colours, to symbolize the natural world, the human world and the divine w…
1913 · PDF PAGE 612
…ON DE LUXE. Printed on fine quality Rag Paper. Bound in White Vellum, Gilt Tops, 218. net. . eit, English translation of this celebrated work of the well-known French Occultist is now for the first time offered to the ritish Pul THE BOOK OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC. Including the Rites and Mysteries of Goétic Theurgy, Sorcery, and Infernal Necromancy. By A. E. WaiTE. Crown gto, gilt tops, 376 pp. illustrated with about x80 engravings, beautifully bound in art canvas, with design in gold, price 35s. net. In Two Parts. I. Analytical and Critical Account …
1913 · PDF PAGE 612
…ON DE LUXE. Printed on fine quality Rag Paper. Bound in White Vellum, Gilt Tops, 218. net. . eit, English translation of this celebrated work of the well-known French Occultist is now for the first time offered to the ritish Pul THE BOOK OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC. Including the Rites and Mysteries of Goétic Theurgy, Sorcery, and Infernal Necromancy. By A. E. WaiTE. Crown gto, gilt tops, 376 pp. illustrated with about x80 engravings, beautifully bound in art canvas, with design in gold, price 35s. net. In Two Parts. I. Analytical and Critical Account …
1907 · PDF PAGE 35
…y brain hath moulded and set there In thy brain's heaven ? Such a god replies As thy fears move . So men pray everywhere . God did first work in earth when womankind He chipped from Adam's rib-a thankless task I wot His wisdom has long since repined . When I am dead remember me for this That I bade workers work , and lovers kiss ; Laughed with the Stoic at the dream of pain , And preached with Jesus the evangel - bliss .' Whilst such lines as the following in the second poem also remind us of the astronomer poet : O thou , zelator of this Parad…
1919 · PDF PAGE 375
… life: it is the Man that was, that is, and will be, for whom the hour shall never strike. Compare Levi’s aphorism, “The Magician should work as though he had omnipotence at his command and eternity at his disposal.” Do not imagine that it matters whether you finish the task in this life or not. Go on quietly and steadily, unmoved by anything whatever. 36. If thou wouldst reap sweet peace and rest, Disciple, sow with the seeds of merit the fields of future harvests. Ac- cept the woes of birth. Accept the Laws of Nature and work with them. Do no…
1929 · PDF PAGE 275
…a golden hawk, in whom I later recognized one of the Secret Chiefs of the A.'. A.'.. The conversation turned on the subject of the Great Work. It was defined as the creation of a new universe. The interview left me spiritually prostrate. I had been perfectly happy with my programme, doing a little work there and a little there; Magick on Monday and teaching on Tuesday, so to speak; advising any applicant that approached me; editing and publishing any documents that fell into my hands. But the Secret Chiefs were determined not to allow me to foo…