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Page 158 of 1731905 · PDF PAGE 216
…limb the swayed Jadder of our various fate ; The steep rude stair that mocks the hero’s might, Casts off the wise, and crumbles with the great. Yet from the highest crown no blossom fell, Save one, to bring salvation unto Hell. O angel of my spiritual desire !? O luminous master of the silver feet ! O passionate rose of infinite white fire ! O cross of sacrifice made bitter-sweet ! O wide-wing, star-brow, veritable lord ! O mystic bearer of the flaming sword ! O brows half seen, O visionary star Seen in the fragrant breezes of the East ! O love…
1944 · PDF PAGE 42
…induce him to execute his function. There are thus seventy‐two “Angels” set over the thirty‐six small cards; these are derived from the “Great Name of God” of seventy‐two letters, called Shemhamphorasch. THE SHEMHAMPHORASCH AND THE TAROT This word means the Divided Name. The “Name” is Tetragrammaton: I.H.V.H., com‐ monly called Jehovah. He is the Supreme Lord of the Four Elements which compose funda‐ mentally the whole Universe. There are three verses in Exodus (xiv, 19, 20, 21) each containing seventy‐two letters. By writing down the first of …
1944 · PDF PAGE 92
…, has the value 358: 50 also MShICh, Messiah. He is, accordingly, in the secret doctrine, the Re‐ deemer. The thesis may be developed at great length. Later in the Legend, the doctrine reappears in slightly dif‐ ferent symbolism as the story of the Flood, elsewhere in this Essay explained. Of course, the Fish is identical in essence with the Serpent; for Fish=NVN=Scorpio=Serpent. Also, Teth, the letter of Leo, means Serpent. But Fish is also the Vesica, or Womb, and Christ—and so on. This symbol resumes the whole Secret Doctrine. beginning to t…
1939 · PDF PAGE 66
…d.' I was to say this, bowing myself to the earth after each chapter, a thousand and one times a day, as I walked behind my camel in the Great Eastern Erg of the Sahara. I do not think that anyone will dispute that this was pretty good exercise; but my point is that it was certainly very good Yoga. From what I have said in previous lectures you will all recognise that this practice fulfils all the conditions of the earlier stages of Yoga, and it is therefore not surprising that it put my mind in such a state that I was able to use the Call of t…
1905 · PDF PAGE 84
… eyes of Jehovah: they are 700,000 spirits. See Idra Rabba Qadishah, xxxi. 4 “The eves. 1 The gates of Binah—understanding, 5 Binah, the great Sea. The colour of crimson is attributed to it by certain Qabalists.
1919 · PDF PAGE 172
…8, 11.5 to 11.27 P.M. Astral Journey. Drew, with wand, in front of me, a circle (three times round) and formed astral in that. Rose to a great height. Suddenly, as it were, a rope flashed round me and fell, forming a spiral, ever widening, at the top of which I sat. Stood up on this, only to fall, down, down, down, not quite vertically into the water. Rising again, and striking out, I after a short while perceived a boat, something like a gondola, and swam towards it. It was rowed by a dark-skinned man, old and wrinkled, whom I at first thought…
1939 · PDF PAGE 22
…, that your whole life will be permanently free from all the grosser causes of trouble. The practical problem of Yama is therefore, to a great extent, 'How shall I settle down to the work?' Then, having complied with the theoretically best conditions, you have to tackle each fresh problem as it arises in the best way you can. 6. We are now in a better position to consider the meaning of Niyama, or virtue. To most men the qualities which constitute Niyama are not apprehended at all by their self-consciousness. These are positive powers, but they…
1944 · PDF PAGE 122
…the Father.) 1From The Paris Working. 2The path of Beth on the Tree of Life shows him descending from Kether, the Crown, upon Binah, the Great Sea. (See diagram). Note Christ as the Healer, and also his own expression: “The Son of Man cometh as a thief in the night.” Also this scripture (Matthew xxiv, 24‐7): “For as the lightning cometh out of the East and shineth even unto the West, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be.” Note also Christ’s relations with the money‐changers, his frequent parables, and the fact that his first disciple w…
1904 · PDF PAGE 114
…ous existence. (8) Needs no com ment. Pride, like humility, is a form of delusion. (9) Is like unto it, but on the moral plane. (10) The great enemy. Theists alone have found the infamous audacity to extol the merits of this badge of servitude. We s ee, then, that in this classification a scientist will concur. W e need not d iscuss the question whether or no he would find others to add. Buddhism may not be com- plete, but, as far as it goes, it is accurate.
1907 · PDF PAGE 111
… the dead. And in a word, whatever was the habit of the body during life would be distinguishable after death, either perfectly, or in a great measure and fora certain time. And I should imagine that this is equally true of the soul, Callicles; when a man is stripped of the body, all the natural or ac- quired affections of the soul are laid open to view.”—PLAto, Gorgias. IMMORTALITY. I. I MOVED. Remote from fear and pain | The white worms revelled in my brain. Who travelled live may travel dead ; The soul’s no tenant of the head. They had hange…
1944 · PDF PAGE 54
…e serpent of Da’ath, for herein all the symbols are interchangeable, for each one containeth in itself its own opposite. And this is the great Mystery of the Su‐ pernals that are beyond the Abyss. For below the Abyss, contradiction is divi‐ sion; but above the Abyss, contradiction is Unity. And there could be nothing true except by virtue of the contradiction that is contained in itself.” It is characteristic of all high spiritual vision that the formulation of any idea is imme‐ diately destroyed or cancelled out by the arising of the contradic…
1906 · PDF PAGE 233
THE THREE CHARACTERISTICS. 227" V. ‘“Now the great elephant strode with lordly footsteps in the forest, and Jehjaour shut himself up with his caldrons and things and felt quite happy, for he knew his danger was not near till the approaching of Perdu’ R Abu’s Arahatship. But in spite of the young gently-ambling cows which Ganesha took care to throw in his way, in spite of the tender shoots of green and the soft cocoanuts, this elephant was not as other elephants. The seasons spoke to him of change—the forest is ever full of sorrow— and nobody ne…
1905 · PDF PAGE 27
… to despair, but pitying His soul struck through with darts: “A bitter thing” (She cried) “thou sayest, yet perchance my power Is not as great as thine, for while I cower Tnder the lash of Zeus, stand thou upright, And laugh him to his beard for all his spite.” ‘©T even now beneath hisdoom?” ‘‘ Even thou! For learn this law, writ large upon the brow Of white Olympus, writ by him who made Thee, yea and Zeus, of whom is Zeus afraid, Graven by Him with an eternal pen, The first law in the destiny of men: We whom Zeus wrongfully once injures map no…
1907 · PDF PAGE 32
…ty-three ; I lie not to myself ; Else one sins lying ; thus is virtue mixed, A bubbling draught that soon lies still and flat ; While my great lust runs deep and dark, nor changes For all that time can do. What of this boy ? I knew his father ; the man feared me well For all his open laughter; would he were. x Alive! I dream one torture writhed about His heait he’ll miss in hell. I hated him. This boy of his I saw but yesterday Ride barehead by me like a madman would, Is strong and well-set—aye ! desirable. I would be better of his virgin lips …
1919 · PDF PAGE 319
…the Light, Life, Love and Liberty which come from the acceptance of the Law of Thelema. But I must still ask him for another volume. The greater part of his difficulty in explanation seems to arise from the fact that he has no conception of a technique of attainment. He says quite rightly that it is all a matter of thinking right instead of wrong, and certainly a study of his pages should do a great deal to clear up intellectual difficulties. But this is only a very small part of the Path. It is all very well to say that reason is full of falsi…
1944 · PDF PAGE 28
…fluence of the 3 upon the 6 is that of the intu‐ itional or inspirational voice. It is the illumination of the mind and the heart by the Great Mother. Consider again the card joining the number I to the number 6. This card is called “The High Priestess”, and is attributed to the Moon. The card represents the Heavenly Isis. It is a symbol of complete spiritual purity; it is initiation in its most secret and intimate form, de‐ scending upon the human consciousness from the ultimate divine consciousness. Looked at from below, it is the pure and un…
1904 · PDF PAGE 92
…nce and countenance. Yet, being seventeen, they were but one, and that one none, as before hath been showed. And this enumera- tion is a great Mysterium of our art. Whence a light hidden in a Cross. Now therefore having brooded upon the ocean, and sm itten with the Sword, and the Py ramid being builded in just proportion, was that Light fixed even in the Vault of the Caverns. With one stroke he rent asunder the Veil; with one stroke he closed the sam e. And entering the Sarcophagus of that Roy al Tomb he laid him down to sleep. Four guarded him…
1906 · PDF PAGE 228
…rm and ill-luck come to the Brethren. In this place, therefore, will I set down the exact truth of all that happened. In the year of the Great Passing Over were signs and wonders seen of all men, O my Brethren, as it is written, and well known unto this day. And the first sign was of dancing: for every woman that was under the moon began to dance and was mad, so that headlong and hot-mouthed she flung herself down, desirous. Whence the second sign, that of musical inventions; for in that year, and of Rosewomen, came A and U and M,' the mighty m…
1906 · PDF PAGE 265
…nsufficient evi- dence. With this word of warning, I leave the metaphysician to wallow in his mire, and look toward better times for the great problems of philosophy. Remember that when the solution is attained it is not the solution of one learned man for his fellows, but one realised and assimilated by every man in his own consciousness. And what the solution may be none of us can foreshadow. To hoist the problem on to the horns of a dilemma will avail nothing when A=A may be no longer true ; and this by no Hegelian word-juggle ; but by direc…
1929 · PDF PAGE 571
…ed the Secret Chiefs for years. His soul was torn by an earthquake and he broke with his past ruthlessly, devoting himself wholly to the Great Work from that hour henceforth. The work of the abbey was described by the 51st hexagram "Kan". The first month indicates anxiety mingled with cheerful intercourse with friends. Till the last week in October I was worried indeed, but meeting many pleasant people and enjoying agreeable conversation with them. Line two indicates peril which makes one abandon one's immediate business and go to an exalted pl…