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Page 16 of 1591904 · PDF PAGE 65
…Gibor). Most Almighty and eternal and ever living Lord God : Seraphim. Command Thy seraphim : Camael, Madim. To attend on us now at this time, to assist us, and to defend us from all perils and dangers. Eloha. O Almighty God! be present with us both now and for ever: Tetragrammaton. And let thine Almighty power and presence ever guard and protect us now and for ever: Raphael. Let thy holy angel Raphael wait upon us at this present and for ever: Schemes (or Shemesh). To assist us in these our undertakings. Tehovah. God Almighty, God Omnipotent, …
1904 · PDF PAGE 22
Ce) BALLADE OF WHIST It is no time for jibe or pun, But to beseech the sod To yawn for you, who did not shun To reckon on the odd. L’ENVOI At Ulm the troops of Mack Surrendered in a bod- Y, in a cul-de-sac, At Bonaparte’s attack ; Be wary lest, strong clod,! You reckon on the odd. 1 The author is indebted to Mr Francis Thompson for this felicitous and, withal, epigrammatic way of writing ‘‘ man.”
1907 · PDF PAGE 9
…t when accepted errors are assailed ; condemn this work straight away ; do not read it ; let it cease to exist for you ; but at the same time do not cry it down as dangerous ." ELIPHAS LÉVI .
1954 · PDF PAGE 129
…and. P.P.S. A visitor's story has just reminded me of the possibility that I am a Secret Chief myself without knowing it: for I have sometimes been recognized by other people as having acted as such, though I was not aware of the fact at the time.
1912 · PDF PAGE 88
…never be forgotten is the 22%/?»!?ש”מקThe first death among the people that one loves (for example) would neverbe forgotten; for the first time one would realize what one had previously merely known. Such an ex- perience sometimes drives people insane. Men of science have been known to commit suicide when their pet theory has been shattered. This problem has been discussed freely in “ Science and Buddhism,” 1 “Time,” “ he Camel,” and other papers. This much only need we 1 See Crowley, “ Collected Works.”
1954 · PDF PAGE 207
…4 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS pain," for instance, may be read XVII x 22 "the expression of Star-love," and so on: all too complicated for this time and place!) V.32: Then the joys of my love (Le., the fulfilment of all possible experiences) will redeem ye from all pain. V.58: I give unimaginable joys on earth; certainty, not faith, while in life, upon death; peace) unutterable, rest ecstasy. Cap. II, v. 9: Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but there is that which remains. (The c…
1912 · PDF PAGE 89
…r cell ! 2ND VOICE. The martyred maiden ! 3RD VOICE. Angel of Venice ! ALESSANDRO. Ding, dong, bell ! Shut up the rattle-shop, its Mass-time ! Nowyou will ? Therehes a fine old boy ! GOVERNOR. Oh, keep the people still ! Ill bring her to the window. [He goes. ALESSANDRO. Ho ! three cheers for her And three more for the good old Governor ! [The crowd cheer lustily. Now, friends, we look to see our virgin lily-bloom From its shy nook expend its infinite perfume. We are like birds that wait the whisper of the wind Whose April words are earnes…
1908 · PDF PAGE 59
AMPHORA VIII In Time of Drought HEN drought of summer parches up Earth’s beatific bowers, O pour from Thy crystalline cup Ambrosial showers ! We wander shelterless athirst Throughout the wilderness, And Thou our pilgrimage accurst Alone canst bless. The red sun scorches up our veins ; The white moon makes us mad ; Pitiless stars insult our pains With clamour glad. But Thou art shelter and defence From them that rage and spoil. Assain our lives with penitence ! Our souls assoil ! Amen. W 52
1907 · PDF PAGE 301
…ected works runs a great river of esoteric mystic ism , which in the earlier works was a glittering net work of sparkling streams . In “ Time ” we find the commandments of Yama and Niyama mentioned , though we must never forget that the conditions of success vary for every indi vidual , and that Crowley might advise one pupil to drink more , and another to abstain . He doubts That extreme virtue is a necessary condition for one who is desirous of attaining this state of bliss.3 In the beginning of “ Pentecost " descriptions of Asana and Prânâ y…
1907 · PDF PAGE 316
…ieve that Mysticism is like some vast ocean , the empire of illusion ? " And then again and again answered in the negative . He proposed time after time that Reason be its own end , founded upon Right and Duty , and in the Freedom of the “ Person ," the moral sublimity of “ Duty ”: It is not so much because it is subject to the moral law that the person has sublimity , but because it gives that law to itself , and is not subject to it on any other condi tion.2 Expressing himself with regard to the free - being , Kant says : “ In him no act woul…
1909 · PDF PAGE 16
…an in the Tarot Gards.—BD.] to formulate sacrifice and pain self—inflicted; for I feel such a worm, able only to remain a few minutes at a time in a position long since“ conquered." For this reason too I cut again the Cross of Blood ; and now a third time will I do it. And I will take out the Magical Knife and sharpen it yet more, so that this body may fear me ; for that I am Horus the terrible, the Avenger, the Lord of the Gate of the West. 4.15— Read Ritual DCLXXI. [The nature of this Ritual is 4.30. explained later.—ED.] 5.10. I have returned …
1910 · PDF PAGE 103
…my life, Answer if thou canst from the unsullied place, Unveiling for one star-wink thy bright face ! Did we leave then, once cognisant, Time for some Fear to implant His poison ? Did we hesitate ? Leave but one little chance to Fate ? For one swift second did we wait ? There is no need to answer : God is God, A jealous God and evil ; with His rod He smiteth fair and foul, and with His sword Divideth tiniest atoms of intangible time, That men may know He is the Lord. Then, with that sharp division, Did He divide our wit sublime ? Our knowledge …
1908 · PDF PAGE 86
…ask Thy potent prayer in our distress ; We nerve us for the royal task And sink supine in feebleness. The Eye of Heaven to us is blind ; Time is so sad, and earth so grey ; But by Thine influence we find One steadfast star to shew the way. Thine is the sympathetic balm That eases from Life’s bruising rod ; And Thine the meek eternal calm That brings our souls in tune with GOD Amen. O 79
1911 · PDF PAGE 59
AMPHORA VIII In Time of Drought HEN drought of summer parches up Earth’s beatific bowers, O pour from Thy crystalline cup Ambrosial showers ! We wander shelterless athirst Throughout the wilderness, And Thou our pilgrimage accurst Alone canst bless. The red sun scorches up our veins ; The white moon makes us mad ; Pitiless stars insult our pains With clamour glad. But Thou art shelter and defence From them that rage and spoil. Assain our lives with penitence ! Our souls assoil ! Amen. W 52
1912 · PDF PAGE 340
SEPHER SEPHIROTH Ancient time; eastward bapa A stone of stumbling; a AA) JAN rock to fall over. [Is. viii. 14] An increase ADYD Praefecti isi) /)-) A place ppp Back of the Head; an ape; mp the letter Qoph Angels of Chokmah, and of D°351% Chokmah of Briah Lifted up »pr [K. of S,, Fig. 52] byepyp Jaacob. [Vide K.D. L.C.K. apy’ P. 443) The Master of the Nose DYNA bys Fons obseratus. [Cant. bys by iv. rr] The Ancient among D7 NID the ancient % (1—19) Ubi perrexit Angelus YN) YD" Internal alp)>) Corona florida prominens vs The side or flank; rib yoy…
1912 · PDF PAGE 340
SEPHER SEPHIROTH Ancient time; eastward bapa A stone of stumbling; a AA) JAN rock to fall over. [Is. viii. 14] An increase ADYD Praefecti isi) /)-) A place ppp Back of the Head; an ape; mp the letter Qoph Angels of Chokmah, and of D°351% Chokmah of Briah Lifted up »pr [K. of S,, Fig. 52] byepyp Jaacob. [Vide K.D. L.C.K. apy’ P. 443) The Master of the Nose DYNA bys Fons obseratus. [Cant. bys by iv. rr] The Ancient among D7 NID the ancient % (1—19) Ubi perrexit Angelus YN) YD" Internal alp)>) Corona florida prominens vs The side or flank; rib yoy…
1929 · PDF PAGE 450
…red to create for the next six weeks. How stupid it is, by the way, that one is obliged to use words in senses inappropriate to, and sometimes incompatible with, the meaning which {712} one wishes to convey! Thus the idea of cruelty is bound up with that of the unwillingness of the patient, so that in the case of masochism the use of the word is ridiculous. We fail to see straight on such points whenever they concern emotional complexes like love. Love, that is, as the wrong- headed Anglo-Saxon defines it. We do not call it cruel to offer a man…
1944 · PDF PAGE 78
…ance, many‐coloured, many‐wiled, of Life itself. Constantly whirling, all possibilities are enjoyed, under the phantom show of Space and Time: all things are real, the soul is the surface, precisely because they are instantly com‐ pensated by this Adjustment. All things are harmony and beauty; all things are Truth: because they cancel out. She is the goddess Maat; she bears upon her nemyss the ostrich feathers of the Two‐ fold Truth. From this Crown, so delicate that the most faintest breath of thought must stir it, de‐ pend, by chains of Cause…
1904 · PDF PAGE 29
…unar week Since you, indignant, heard me speak Indignant. Then I seemed to be So far from Christianity ! Now, other celebrations fit The time, another song shall flit Responsive to another tune. September’s shadow falls on June, But dull November’s darkest day Is lighted by the sun of May. Here’s now I got a better learning. It’s a long lane that has no turning ! Mad as a woman-hunted Urning, The lie-chased alethephilist :* Sorcery’s maw gulps the beginner : In Pain’s mill neophytes are grist : Disciples ache upon the rack. Five years I sought …
1912 · PDF PAGE 84
…r, the annihilation of the Ego. Our conception of the universe must be completely overturned if we are to admit this as valid; and it is time that we considered what is really happening. It will be conceded that we have given a very rational explanation of the greatness of great men. They had an experience so overwhelming, so out of proportion to the rest of things, that they were freed from all the petty hindrances which prevent the normal man from carrying out his projects. Worrying about clothes, food, money, what people may think, how and w…