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Page 161 of 2031909 · PDF PAGE 257
…at the extreme West of the Temple at the lowest point of Malkuth, and in the black portion thereof, representing a terrible and avenging God at the confines of Matter at the borders of the Qliphoth. He is throned DiaGRaM 7. upon Matter and robed in Darkness ; and about his feet are the thunder and the lightning, which two forces are symbolised by the impact of the paths of W and P (Fire, Pisces), terminating respectively in the russet and olive quarters of Malkuth. There, therefore, is he placed as a mighty and avenging guardian unto the Sacred…
1909 · PDF PAGE 257
…at the extreme West of the Temple at the lowest point of Malkuth, and in the black portion thereof, representing a terrible and avenging God at the confines of Matter at the borders of the Qliphoth. He is throned DiaGRaM 7. upon Matter and robed in Darkness ; and about his feet are the thunder and the lightning, which two forces are symbolised by the impact of the paths of W and P (Fire, Pisces), terminating respectively in the russet and olive quarters of Malkuth. There, therefore, is he placed as a mighty and avenging guardian unto the Sacred…
1911 · PDF PAGE 141
THE ORDEAL OF IDA PENDRAGON ever so many more than one would think. This proves that God is good. And then, you see, there are beetles. Beetles and beetles. And scorpions. Dear little amber beasts. There! one has stung me. It is the sacrament of hate. I Will Sleep in a bed of scorpions and rose-leaves. Scorpions are better than thorns. Why do I wander about naked? And why do I thirst? And this torment of cold? It ought to be hot in the desert. And it isn’t. Now that proves—0h yes, my cat! you shall have milk. I will strike a rock for you. Milk …
1911 · PDF PAGE 141
THE ORDEAL OF IDA PENDRAGON ever so many more than one would think. This proves that God is good. And then, you see, there are beetles. Beetles and beetles. And scorpions. Dear little amber beasts. There! one has stung me. It is the sacrament of hate. I Will Sleep in a bed of scorpions and rose-leaves. Scorpions are better than thorns. Why do I wander about naked? And why do I thirst? And this torment of cold? It ought to be hot in the desert. And it isn’t. Now that proves—0h yes, my cat! you shall have milk. I will strike a rock for you. Milk …
1912 · PDF PAGE 111
…’t. You’d sit in a corner with your teeth clenched, waiting and watching and recording, killing each hope as it was born, yet wishing to God that you dared hope—even though you knew it to be vain. Dr. B. There’s where you are wrong. What’s the use of lying and cheating? I never saw any good come of it. You tell a man he may get well this year—next year—sometime— never—like a silly girl blowing a puff-ball. Pah ! Mrs. B. If you only had sympathy, Bob dear, if you only had imagination ! If you only could realize what these people really feel when…
1912 · PDF PAGE 111
…’t. You’d sit in a corner with your teeth clenched, waiting and watching and recording, killing each hope as it was born, yet wishing to God that you dared hope—even though you knew it to be vain. Dr. B. There’s where you are wrong. What’s the use of lying and cheating? I never saw any good come of it. You tell a man he may get well this year—next year—sometime— never—like a silly girl blowing a puff-ball. Pah ! Mrs. B. If you only had sympathy, Bob dear, if you only had imagination ! If you only could realize what these people really feel when…
1913 · PDF PAGE 305
…ty proves by its works that it is not a dream. It is stronger than all the passions; it triumphs over suffering and over death; it makes God understood by every heart, and seems already to fill eternity by the begun realization of its legitimate hopes. Before charity alive and in action who is the Proudhon who dares blaspheme? Who is the Voltaire who dares laugh? Pile one upon the other the sophisms of Diderot, the critical arguments of Strauss, the “ Ruins” of Volney, so well named, for this man could make nothing but “ruins,” the blasphemies …
1913 · PDF PAGE 505
… the eyes of the vulgar, and becomes what the great man wished. “This is my flesh and this is my blood,” said a Man who had made himself God by his virtues; and eighteen centuries, in the presence of a piece of bread and a little wine, have seen, touched, tasted and adored flesh and blood made divine by martyrdom! Say now, that the human will accomplishes no miracles ! 207
1913 · PDF PAGE 305
…ty proves by its works that it is not a dream. It is stronger than all the passions; it triumphs over suffering and over death; it makes God understood by every heart, and seems already to fill eternity by the begun realization of its legitimate hopes. Before charity alive and in action who is the Proudhon who dares blaspheme? Who is the Voltaire who dares laugh? Pile one upon the other the sophisms of Diderot, the critical arguments of Strauss, the “ Ruins” of Volney, so well named, for this man could make nothing but “ruins,” the blasphemies …
1913 · PDF PAGE 505
… the eyes of the vulgar, and becomes what the great man wished. “This is my flesh and this is my blood,” said a Man who had made himself God by his virtues; and eighteen centuries, in the presence of a piece of bread and a little wine, have seen, touched, tasted and adored flesh and blood made divine by martyrdom! Say now, that the human will accomplishes no miracles ! 207
1919 · PDF PAGE 188
…with tem- poral affairs, is of weight in the councils of the world, and is challenged by the heathen, and by the followers of the fallen gods and demigods. Note, pray thee, the practical method of overcoming oppo- sition given in CCXX. III 23-26. But this is not to Our immediate purpose in this epistle. Note, pray thee, the in- struction in the 38th and 39th verses of the Third Chapter of the Book of the Law. It must be quoted in full. “So that thy light is in me; and its red flame is as a sword in my hand to push thy order.” That is, the God h…
1919 · PDF PAGE 246
…ld be as catas- trophic to the conservation of matter and energy as if a mil- lion spheres were blotted into annihilation by the will of God. I am well aware that from this point you could draw me subtly over the tiger-trap of the Freewill Controversy; you would make it difficult for me even to say that it is better to fulfil one’s destiny consciously and joyously than like a stone; but lam on my guard. I will return to plain politics and common sense. Our Founder, then, when he thought over this matter from a purely practical standpoint, remem…
1929 · PDF PAGE 33
… lie, rifled his belongings, stole his private letters and dismissed him. But it was too late; my eyes were opened and I had become as a god, knowing good and evil. I was in a position to take the initiative. Till them, I could only aim at escaping from the hideous hell of home. Now I had an objective; now I could attack. I must explain something of the horror of life in my mother's house. To begin with, I was entirely debarred from the society of boys and girls of my own age, unless they were the children of Brethren. The sect was already mori…
1929 · PDF PAGE 383
…he chose, but he would either get no vision at all or {613} expose himself to deception, and that probably of the deadly dangerous kind. God is never so turned away from man, and never so much sendeth him new paths, as when he maketh ascent to divine speculations or works in a confused or disordered manner, and as it adds, with unhallowed lips, or unwashed feet. For of those who are thus negligent, the progress is imperfect, the impulses are vain, and the paths are dark. (Zoroaster) I solemnly warn the world that, while courage is the first vir…
1906 · PDF PAGE 63
…ntamable sea. But motion and action distorted Are marks of the paths He hath trod. Hated or courted, aided or thwarted :— Lo, He is your God! But mine in the silence abideth ; Her strength is the strength of rest ; Not on thunders or clouds She rideth But draweth me down to Her breast : No maker of men, but dissolving Their life from its burden of ills, Ever resolving the circle revolving To peace of the hills. And dark is Her breast and unlighted ; But a warm sweet scent is expressed, And a rose as of sunset excited In the strength of Her sunl…
1907 · PDF PAGE 11
… there joy nor laughter , sorrow nor weeping , for all is as a divine mastery of Truth and Knowledge to those who worship the new - born God , like the Magi of the East , with gold , and frankincense , and myrrh . Above whose heptagonal cradle flashes the magic star Lusanaher , that great star Cor Leonis , which heralds and directs our reverent pilgrimage . The Star has arisen ; let us like men drop the silly pretence of an ostrich - like self - delusion that the cindery asteroid still lights our way ; let us rather apply our mental spectroscop…
1907 · PDF PAGE 93
…" in cruel distress We sobbed and stretched our arms out , and despaired , And - parted . Out the brute - side of truth flared ; “ Thank God I've finished with that foolishness !"1 all my This last line is almost staggering , but such a cruel truth is soon given the lie : “ I am a fool , tossing a coin with Fate ,” says he ; and again , “ I love you , and shall love you till I die .” “ I love you , and shall love you life .” “ I love you and shall love you after death .” This is the Higher Love ; and so ends one of the greatest poems of true an…
1907 · PDF PAGE 252
…sted on the past to satisfy the credulity of the present ; a systematized thieving from the statue of Isis to adorn the idol of Mammon , god of bankers , brigands , and beggars . Astrology gave us astronomy , and Alchemy gave us chemistry , both were antagon istic to the ideas of their day ; let us hope that Psychical Research will give us a purer metaphysics. Now the question before us here , is : how does all this decaying and growing of ideals affect the poetic philosophy of Aleister Crowley ? And the answer is as follows : To the writer of …
1913 · PDF PAGE 560
…, it says: I wish to immor- talize myself with the sight of the eternal truth. Let there be light! and there is light. Light, eternal as God, begins every day for all eyes that are open to see it. Truth will be eternally the invention and the creation of genius; it cries: Let there be light! and genius itself is, because light is. Genius is immortal because it understands that light is eternal. Genius contemplates truth as its work because it is the victor of light, and immortality is the triumph of light because it will be the recompense and c…
1913 · PDF PAGE 560
…, it says: I wish to immor- talize myself with the sight of the eternal truth. Let there be light! and there is light. Light, eternal as God, begins every day for all eyes that are open to see it. Truth will be eternally the invention and the creation of genius; it cries: Let there be light! and genius itself is, because light is. Genius is immortal because it understands that light is eternal. Genius contemplates truth as its work because it is the victor of light, and immortality is the triumph of light because it will be the recompense and c…