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Page 17 of 711910 · PDF PAGE 388
… they sail In dancing dragons to the fight With man and sea, with ghoul and gale. Whom God shall spare, ride, ride! (so springs The iron order). Let him fly On honour’s steed with honour’s wings To warn the king, lest honour die! Then to the fury of the blast Their fury adds a dreadful sting : The fatal die is surely cast. To save the king—to save the king ! Hail! horror of the midnight surge ! The storms of death, the lashing gust, The doubtful gleam of swords that urge Hot laughter with high-leaping lust!
1910 · PDF PAGE 388
… they sail In dancing dragons to the fight With man and sea, with ghoul and gale. Whom God shall spare, ride, ride! (so springs The iron order). Let him fly On honour’s steed with honour’s wings To warn the king, lest honour die! Then to the fury of the blast Their fury adds a dreadful sting : The fatal die is surely cast. To save the king—to save the king ! Hail! horror of the midnight surge ! The storms of death, the lashing gust, The doubtful gleam of swords that urge Hot laughter with high-leaping lust!
1954 · PDF PAGE 299
… quarter past. FRA TER PERDURABO had an appointment at 11 0 'clock with a music-hall star, the place being the entrance to a theatre. In order to remind himself, he made a mental note that, as soon as he saw the lady, he would raise his hand and say, before greeting her: "Remind me that I must telephone at once to Fielding," when he met her. He did this, and she advanced toward Him with the same gesture, and said in the same breath, "Remind me that I have to telephone to Tom lones"-the name of a music-hall agent employed by her. Here comes anot…
1904 · PDF PAGE 9
…, and calling himself John, reports you to have wept. His tes- timony is now considered by the best authorities to be of a very doubtful order. But if you did weep, this (vide infra) is why. Of if not, surely it would have made you weep, had it met your eye. Excuse the rhyme ! You ask me (on dit) to believe you. I shall be willing to do so—merely as a gentleman—till you betray the trust ; but at present nobody worthy of serious consideration can give me any clear notion of what you actually assert. I labour under no such disadvantages. So have …
1906 · PDF PAGE 36
…the rest. The perfect master stands confessed. 4. Why! I supposed your wrath would burst ; My name and number stand accurst In the great Order of the West ! A. Nay: Buddha smiles; ’twas Jesus wept! Arise, O brother and adept! XN. Master! A. The torture-hours are past. V. The peace of pain is mine at last. 28
1954 · PDF PAGE 14
…ntroduction to some highly complex and controversial issues. After due reflection however, I have decided to leave them in their present order, and allow the reader to work out his own approach to their contents. It is suggested that the reader first browse through the book as a whole in order to become familiar with the general nature of the material presented. Do remember that there is a table of contents and an index. Later, the reader could take one letter at a time, dealing with a certain topic, study it, and meditate on whatever sections …
1954 · PDF PAGE 460
…nly invisible chiefs l of the A:. A: .... but also the Chiefs of the Golden Dawn .. . " The Golden Dawn is merely the name for the Outer Order: see Magick pp. 230-231. You have never been taught to read carefully. You write of Theoricus as the grade following Neophyte ; it isn't. Back to Magick pp. 230-231! You have never taken the trouble to go with me through the Rituals of O.T.O., or you would not ask such questions. The O.T.O. is a training of the Masonic type; there is no "astral" work in it at all, nor any Yoga. There is a certain amount …
1930 · PDF PAGE 32
…itiating and governing His proposed new Universe and the identification of himself with the impersonal idea of Love. Any néophyte of the Order (or, as some say, an y person soever) possesses the right to claim the Grade of Master of the Temple by taking the Oath of the Grade. It is hardly necessary to observe that to do so is the most sublime and awful responsibility which it is possible to assume, and an unworthy person who does so incurs the most terrifie penalties by his presumption. 7. The Order of the R. C. The Grade of the Babe of the Aby…
1909 · PDF PAGE 4
A.*.A.*. Publication in Class B. Issued by Order : DDS. 7° = 4° OSV. 6° = 5° NSF. 5° = 6° “ Direct not thy mind to the vast surfaces of the earth ; for the Plant of Truth grows not upon the ground. Nor measure the motions of the Sun, collecting rules, for he is carried by the Eternal Will of the Father, and not for your sake alone. Dismiss from your mind the impetuous course of the Moon, for she moveth always by the power of Necessity. The pro- gression of the Stars was not generated for your sake. The wide aerial flight of birds gives no true …
1929 · PDF PAGE 112
…ollowing year she was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude for outrages on young girls. She had in some way used the rituals of the Order which she had stolen from Mathers to entice them to their doom. My arrival in London as the envoy extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Mathers put the cat among the chickens. My identity was very soon discovered and a typhoon began to rage in the teacup. The rebels resorted to all sorts of lawless and violent acts, and spread the most stupidly scandalous stories, not only about me, but about the few othe…
1929 · PDF PAGE 59
…st step of this is the attainment of th^ Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel, which constitutes the Adept of the Inner Order. The re-entry of these twin spouses into the womb of the mother is that initiation described in Libe»* 418, which gives admission to the Inmost Order of the A.*. A.*. Of the last step we cannot speak. It will now be recognised that to devise a practical magical ceremony to correspond to Tetragrammaton in this exalted sense might be difficult if not impossible. In such a ceremony the Rituals of purificati…
1930 · PDF PAGE 94
As thus : eating. Let him say, aI eat this food in gratitude to my Deity that hath sent it to me, in order to gain strength for my dévotion to Him.” Or: sleeping. Let him say, “I lie down to sleep, giving thanks for this blessing from my Deity, in order that I may he refreshed for new dévotion to Him.” Or: reading. Let him say: “I read this book that I may study the nature of my Deity, that further knowledge of Him may inspire me with deeper dévotion to Him.” Or: working. Let him say: “I drive my spade into the earth that fresh flowers (fruit, …
1899 · PDF PAGE 150
…plain to westward sinketh, Lay me in my tartan plaid, All uncovered to the tempest, In my hand my trusty blade.” Hardly had he spake the order, When his spirit passed away ; And his sons their heads uncovered As they bore him o’er the brae. Seven times did Phail McAlpine Bend his mighty bow of yew ; Seven times with lightning swiftness West the wingéd arrow flew. Seven times a clansman’s bowshot From the Leny’s western shore, Laid they him where on to Achray Spread the plain of Ian Vohr. Hard by Teith’s tumultuous waters Camped his sons through…
1909 · PDF PAGE 148
A.*.A.*. Publication in Class B. Issued by Order : DDS. 7° = 4° OSV. 6° = 5° NSF. 5° = 6° “ Direct not thy mind to the vast surfaces of the earth ; for the Plant of Truth grows not upon the ground. Nor measure the motions of the Sun, collecting rules, for he is carried by the Eternal Will of the Father, and not for your sake alone. Dismiss from your mind the impetuous course of the Moon, for she moveth always by the power of Necessity. The pro- gression of the Stars was not generated for your sake. The wide aerial flight of birds gives no true …
1909 · PDF PAGE 148
A.*.A.*. Publication in Class B. Issued by Order : DDS. 7° = 4° OSV. 6° = 5° NSF. 5° = 6° “ Direct not thy mind to the vast surfaces of the earth ; for the Plant of Truth grows not upon the ground. Nor measure the motions of the Sun, collecting rules, for he is carried by the Eternal Will of the Father, and not for your sake alone. Dismiss from your mind the impetuous course of the Moon, for she moveth always by the power of Necessity. The pro- gression of the Stars was not generated for your sake. The wide aerial flight of birds gives no true …
1911 · PDF PAGE 142
…eakened alike by her new love and by the terrible ordeal that she had undergone, Her mind remembered nothing of it— such is the merciful order of things ; but her soul, beaten with rods, was sore. So Edgar Rolles went to England to his martyrdom, with a lock of her hair in his pocket-book; and he turned martyr— dom to battle, and battle to victory. Kingdoms have been won for an eyelash, before now. 134
1911 · PDF PAGE 142
…eakened alike by her new love and by the terrible ordeal that she had undergone, Her mind remembered nothing of it— such is the merciful order of things ; but her soul, beaten with rods, was sore. So Edgar Rolles went to England to his martyrdom, with a lock of her hair in his pocket-book; and he turned martyr— dom to battle, and battle to victory. Kingdoms have been won for an eyelash, before now. 134
1913 · PDF PAGE 131
…heir brains are bright and big Banquet the Great White Brotherhood. Among the fountains and the trees That fringed his garden’s glowing border, At sunset walked, and, in the breeze With his disciples, took his ease An Adept of the Holy Order. “My children,” said the holy man, “Once more I’m willing to unmask me. This is my birthday ; and my plan Is to bestow on you (I can) Whatever favour you may ask me.” Nor curiosity nor greed Brought these disciples to disaster ; For, being very wise indeed, The adolescents all agreed To ask His Secret of th…
1913 · PDF PAGE 131
…heir brains are bright and big Banquet the Great White Brotherhood. Among the fountains and the trees That fringed his garden’s glowing border, At sunset walked, and, in the breeze With his disciples, took his ease An Adept of the Holy Order. “My children,” said the holy man, “Once more I’m willing to unmask me. This is my birthday ; and my plan Is to bestow on you (I can) Whatever favour you may ask me.” Nor curiosity nor greed Brought these disciples to disaster ; For, being very wise indeed, The adolescents all agreed To ask His Secret of th…
1944 · PDF PAGE 215
…. There is an intense lurking passion to create, but its children are monsters. This may mean the supreme tran‐ scendence of the natural order. Secrecy is here, and Perversion. The symbol represents the great Sword of the Magician, point uppermost; it cuts the junction of two short curved swords. The impact has destroyed the rose. In the background, storm broods under implacable night.