Thelema ScholarTHE ALEISTER CROWLEY COLLECTION
FOLLOW A WORD THROUGH THE COLLECTION

Search the corpus.

Phrase search ignores case and repeated whitespace. All-words search finds whole words anywhere on the same page. OCR errors can affect results.

2,228 matching pages

Page 17 of 112
1906 · PDF PAGE 88

Collected Works (Vol. II)

…h art, And cover all the fiery bloom of wrong With blossoms blacker where the blood runs strong As our lips pale, their life fled to the heart. Surely we are as dead, we loving so, So bitterly, so keenly: let no breath Persuade us we are living and must die! Better believe eternal kisses flow Under the strong rude current miscalled death, The lotus-river where our bodies lie ! THE FORTY-THIRD DAY. ‘*O theft most base That we have stolen what we do fear to keep.” Troilus and Cressida, IMPOSSIBLE that we shall ever part ! The heart shrinks back f…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1907 · PDF PAGE 85

The Star in the West

… mystic love of woman , Racing and maddening from the crown of flame , The monolithic core of mystical Red fury that is called a woman's heart .' Enter the sphere of Free Love , and sit by the side of Alice , look into the depth of her eyes , the depths of her heart . As a seeker sees the gold In the shadow of the stream ; see there her love , As a diver sees the pearl In the shadow of the sea ; and murmur not above our breath Ah ! you can love , true girl , And is your love for me ?? “ Alice , an Adultery .” As golden a book of poetry as Madem…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1907 · PDF PAGE 150

The Star in the West

… Cora , neither Venus nor Isis , yet the woven filament of all these glowing petals into one flaming Rose of glory ; in whose sceptred - heart burns the white phallus of God , and whose jewelled crown is crimson with the lips of the passionate daughters of Men . Rose of the World ! Red glory of the secret heart of Love ! Red flame , rose - red , most subtly curled Into its own infinite flower , all flowers above ! Its flower in its own perfumed passion , Its faint sweet passion , folded and furled In flower fashion ; The Rose of Dew , the Rose …

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1903 · PDF PAGE 56

Alice: An Adultery

Surely some angle shed Flowers for the maiden head, Ephemeral flowers ! I yearn, not comforted. My heart has vainly bled Through age-long hours. To thee my spirit turns ; My bright soul aches and burns, As a dry valley yearns For spring and showers. Splendid, remote, a fane Alone and unprofane, I know thy breast. These bitter tears of pain Flood me, and fall again Not into rest. Me, whose sole purpose is To gain one gainless kiss, And make a bird’s my bliss, Shrined in that nest. 36

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1954 · PDF PAGE 282

Magick Without Tears

…is better than all things: if under the night-stars in the desert thou presently burnest mine incense before me, invoking me with a pure heart, and the Serpent flame therein, thou shalt come a little to lie in my bosom . ... I love you! I yearn to you! Pale or purple, veiled or voluptuous, I who am all pleasure and purple, and drunkenness of the innermost sense, desire you . Put on the wings, and arouse the coiled splendour within you : come unto me! (58-61) B. Hadit. Nu! the hiding of Hadit. Come! all ye, and learn the secret that hath not yet…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1907 · PDF PAGE 227

The Star in the West

220 THE STAR IN THE WEST HUME Hume , at heart a thoroughgoing agnostic and man of the world , saw the practical falsity of abstruse philosophy , the conclusions of which were at once dissipated by the “ feelings of our heart,” which re duced “ the profound philosopher to a mere plebeian .' He forcibly asserts , that ideas of primary qualities are attained by abstraction— " an opinion which if we examine it accurately , we shall find to be unintelligible , and even absurd .” He further agrees with Berkeley in stating that : “ An extension that i…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1919 · PDF PAGE 95

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…rse shall be like a girdle for the midst of the ray of our love, extending beyond the permitted end of the endless One. 65. Then, O thou heart, will I the serpent eat thee wholly up; yea, I will eat thee wholly up. 89

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1905 · PDF PAGE 61

Collected Works (Vol. I)

… And by the golden path the great have trod Reach up to God!” DAZEDALUS. THE scorpion kisses and the stings of sin Cling hard within The heart whose fibres, like a slender vine, Earth’s hopes entwine, And all the furies of the air caress The sorceress Whose bosom beats in unison with shame, A flower of flame Whose root most secretly made fast in hell Is watered by the seraphim that fell. The heart wherein is lit the sacred fire Of high desire, Burnt clean from all untruth and sacrilege, Her wings may fledge, And fly a little in the broad sweet …

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1919 · PDF PAGE 365

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

… Manas. Chiah is sub-consciousness in its best sense, that subliminal which is sublime. The “Eye” doctrine then means the exoteric, the “Heart” doctrine the esoteric. Of course, in a more secret doctrine still, there is an Eye Doc- trine which transcends the Heart Doctrine as that tran- scends this lesser Eye Doctrine. 9. Yea, ignorance is like unto a closed and airless vessel; the soul a bird shut up within. It warbles not, nor can it stir a feather; but the songster mute and torpid sits, and of exhaustion dies. The Soul, Atma, despite its pos…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1929 · PDF PAGE 64

Moonchild

…led to the undertone of malice in the voice. But Cyril took her fondly in his arms, and crushed her to him. "To-morrow," he said, "brave heart, true heart! To-morrow we shall be alone together!" Trembling, la Giuffria returned to Sister Cybele, and followed her to the door of the chapel. She threw a last look over her shoulder: to her amazement Cyril was regarding her with a cynical smile of amusement. Her heart went deadly cold; she felt the pull of Sister Cybele's hand, suddenly grown iron and inexorable. The door shut behind her with a monst…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1909 · PDF PAGE 110

John St. John

…remendous tide toward the sea—the Sea of annihilation. Amen. Returning home, with his eyes fixed on the supreme glory of the Moon, in his heart and brain invoking Adonai, he hath now entered into his little chamber, and will prepare all things for the due performance of the New Ritual which he hath got by heart. Nearly ready. In a state of very intense magical strain—anything might happen. 9.48. Washed, robed, temple in order. Will wait until 10 11.5. 108 o’clock and begin upon the stroke. O.M. 7° = 4" will begin; and then solemnly renounce all …

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1919 · PDF PAGE 355

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

THE VOICE OF THE SILENCE It is by feeding vice that it expands and waxes strong, like to the worm that fattens on the blossom’s heart. This verse must not be taken in its literal sense. Hunger is not conquered by starvation. One’s attitude to all the necessities which the traditions of earthly life involve should be to rule them, neither by mortification nor by indulgence. In order to do the work you must keep in proper physical and mental condition. Be sane. Asceticism always excites the mind, and the object of the Disciple is to calm it. Howe…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1906 · PDF PAGE 54

Gargoyles

A heart of love, a crown of light, An infinite music of delight ;— This, but no more; let fancy sway But never fix the transient ray! All things are lawful, so they be At most a marshalled imagery. Dream of Earth's glories higher and higher, Mounting the minaret, desire; Never attaining to the sky, Realization—lest thou die. So dream, possessing all; so dream, Possessing nothing: I esteem These twain as one, since dreams they are. Thus mayst thou journey far and far And far! to climes unguessed, to seas Proud with seignorial argosies, 48

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1928 · PDF PAGE 141

Little Poems in Prose

… then she is so sweet and fervent; she loves as one loves in autumn; one would say that the approach of winter kindles a new fire in her heart, and the servility of her tenderness has no element that might weary one therein.

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1907 · PDF PAGE 225

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…d, when I do so, I find you at the beginning like Ladas or Pheidippides of old, running —ready to run until you achieve the goal or your heart burst; but you are among a crowd. I join you. Eight years ago this day you, Hermes, led me blindfold to awake a chosen runner of the course. ‘In all my wanderings in darkness your light shone before me though I knew it not.’ To-day (one may almost hope, turning into the straight) you and I are alone. Terrible and joyous! We shall find companions at the End, at the banquet, lissome and cool and garlanded;…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1910 · PDF PAGE 161

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…edge of that which is beyond change and sorrow, and resolves that he will, by strenuous effort,t reach to the peace beyond; to where his heart may find rest, his mind become steadfast, untroubled, and serene.t At this stage the Bodhi Satva of Work commences to revolve within the heart of the aspirant and to break up the harmony of the elements only to attune his aspirations for a time to a discord nobler than all harmony, and eventually to that Peace which passeth Understanding. Ill. Right Speech. Right Speech is a furthering of Right Aspiratio…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1910 · PDF PAGE 161

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…edge of that which is beyond change and sorrow, and resolves that he will, by strenuous effort,t reach to the peace beyond; to where his heart may find rest, his mind become steadfast, untroubled, and serene.t At this stage the Bodhi Satva of Work commences to revolve within the heart of the aspirant and to break up the harmony of the elements only to attune his aspirations for a time to a discord nobler than all harmony, and eventually to that Peace which passeth Understanding. Ill. Right Speech. Right Speech is a furthering of Right Aspiratio…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1938 · PDF PAGE 5

The Heart of the Master

The Heart of the Master By KHALED KHAN I. THE VISION. Penumbra. I am one of a concourse. All, or nigh all, seem fallen into heaviness, not from exhaustion of labour, but from lethargy. The plain is vast beyond eye to mark its bounds, even were not all dark with blight of fog and thick with marish damp. A few of us are half awake, gaze dumbly on the East. No light responds. Alas for me who am too much alive with the horrible and hopeless ache for sleep of one half-drugged! Dazed, stupefied—I know not who I am—I know not whence I came—I know not …

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1902 · PDF PAGE 33

Tannhäuser

Chosen of Me ! Thou heart of hearts, thou mine, Man ! Stamping into dust the Soul Divine By might of that mere Manhood ! Sense and thought Reel for the glory of thee kissed and caught In the eternal circle of my arms ! Woven in vain are the mysterious charms Endymion taught Diana ! For one gaze ; One word of my unutterable praise ; And I was utterly and ever lost, Lost in the whirlwind of thy love, and tossed A wreck on its irremeable sea ! Life ! Life ! This kiss ! Draw in thy breath ! To me ! To me ! \Tannhauser is lost. 31

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1902 · PDF PAGE 100

Tannhäuser

…pon Sweet thoughtful brows. Elizabeth. Your kisses move my soul. Strange thoughts and unimagined destinies Take ship, and harbour in the heart of me. Tannhauser. Words mean too much, and never mean enough. Look, only look ! Elizabeth. I am so happy—so ! 98

original embedded textRead original & transcription →