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Page 179 of 1971935 · PDF PAGE 13
… work by the Magical Formula of the Aeon. They must accept the Book of the Law as the Word and the Letter of Truth, and the sole Rule of Life." They must acknow- ledge the Authority of the Beast 666 and of the Scarlet Woman as in the book it is defined, and accept Their Will* as concentratin, the Will of our Whole Order. They must accept the Crowne and Conquering Child as the Lord of the Aeon, and exert them- selves to establish His reign upon Earth. They must acknowled; that “The word of the Law is @EAHMA” and that “Love is the law, love under…
1905 · PDF PAGE 129
…ous cold. She careth not, but doth disdainly hold Three scourges for man’s soul, that know no balm. They know not any cure. The first is Life, A well of poison. Sowing dust and dung Over men’s hearts, the second scourge, abuve All shameful deeds, is Lying, from whose tongue Drops Envy, wed with Hatred, to sow Strife. These twain are bitter; but the last is Love. THE RAPE OF DEATH. ARGUMENT.—Sir Godfrey, a knight of Nor- mandy, leapeth into a light vessel of Jarl Hungard, while they sit at feast, and, slay- ing the crew, seeketh the high seas wi…
1905 · PDF PAGE 154
…AFI. I have been a god so long, my thoughts run halt From many contemplations. Like the flow Of a slow river deep and beautiful, My even life moved onward to full scope, The ocean of profounder deity, And—suddenly—the cataract ! Centred eternally upon itself, Comprehends hardly all this violence Of wayward inen intemperate. Iam calm, And contemplate, without a muscle moved Or nerve set shrieking, all these ruinous deeds And dissolution of the royal house. I see this grey unnatural mother of mine Now, as she is, disrobed of deity, And like some …
1919 · PDF PAGE 314
…nct of self-preservation has apparently driven him to acquire a Ph.D. degree from some so-called university in Iowa. What a tragic farce life in America is for any one with the mustard seed of intelligence! Ah! the cock crows! Hamter R. Patience Wortu. By Casper S. Yost. Henry Holt & Co. I HAVE so deep a debt of gratitude in my personal ledger to Mrs. Emily Grant Hutchings, that I can but be prejudiced most favorably with regard to anything with which she may be connected. I consequently take especial pains to discount the obligation, and I may…
1905 · PDF PAGE 100
…e {tine With ringing hoofs across the fiery way. Your eyes betray Ilow eager is your heart, and yet--O dare To fashion fair A whole Jong life of love ! low! Leap high, laugh T dove Yotl=--so f— One kiss—and then to freedom! bay So far away, But not too far for love! hoof, And put to proof The skill of him that steeled thee ! Set As never yet Thy straining sides for freedom ! mare ! The frosty air Kindles the blood within us as we race. O love! Thy face Flames with the passion of our happy speed ! The noble steed Pashes the first gold limit of t…
1907 · PDF PAGE 219
…e zs torn to pieces. A faint voice—like his—is still heard, ever receding andfailing.) O night |! Fade, love! Fade, light! I pass beyond Life’s law. I melt as snow; as ice I thaw; As mist I dissipate: I am borne, I draw Through chasms in the mountains: stormy gusts Ofancient sorrows and forgotten lusts Bear me along : they touch me not: I waste The memory of long lives interlaced Fades in my fading. I disintegrate, Fall into black oblivion of Fate. My being divides : I have forgot my name. I am blown out as a thin subtle flame. I am no more. A …
1907 · PDF PAGE 149
…he bride-song of a married maiden Before the god-like vigour of the man Breaks the frail temple-doors of love asunder, And wakes the new life’s promise in pale wonder, Shattering the moulded glass, the shape Selenian. Fruits of the earth, our low song joins the crowd. We need not (to be heard) to thunder loud. Our hearts are lifted up, our heads with love low bowed. The tenderest light, the deepest hidden, is shed Up through dark earth—your home, O happy dead !— Crusted in darkness lie the secret lights. Formed in the agony of earth as tears, C…
1909 · PDF PAGE 259
…ss. In explaining his own station the Hierophant says: “« My place is on the throne of the East, which symbolises the rise of the Sun of Life and Light. My duty is to rule and govern this hall in accordance with the laws of the Order. The red colour of my robe symbolises Light: my insignia are the sceptre and the Banner of the East, which signify Power and Light, Mercy and Wisdom: and my office is that of the Expounder of the Mysteries.” Then follows the purification of the Hall and the members by water and by fire, after which the Hierophant o…
1909 · PDF PAGE 259
…ss. In explaining his own station the Hierophant says: “« My place is on the throne of the East, which symbolises the rise of the Sun of Life and Light. My duty is to rule and govern this hall in accordance with the laws of the Order. The red colour of my robe symbolises Light: my insignia are the sceptre and the Banner of the East, which signify Power and Light, Mercy and Wisdom: and my office is that of the Expounder of the Mysteries.” Then follows the purification of the Hall and the members by water and by fire, after which the Hierophant o…
1919 · PDF PAGE 256
…first and second series; but it is important, for in that grade a new pledge-form must be signed, and the new Knight vowed to devote his life to the Establish- ment of the Law of Thelema. “The members of the Fifth Degree are responsible for all that concerns the Social welfare of the Order. This grade is symbolically that of beauty and harmony; it is the natural stopping-place of the majority of men and women; for to proceed farther, as will appear, involves renunciation of the sternest kind. Here then all is joy, peace, well-being on all plane…
1929 · PDF PAGE 205
… and so dangerous! But as she could not live wholly on the heights of aspiration, so also she could not live on the safe plains of earth-life. The voices of the swamp and the cavern called to her continuously. And so the external reconciliation had no deep root. For a few weeks she was better and healthier in body and mind. Then she slipped back into her sulks, and went "fairy-tale-ing" as she called it, with a very determined mind to be on guard against the interference of Sister Clara. She had begun to familiarize herself with the laws of thi…
1907 · PDF PAGE 119
…inct—’tis a fiend that laughs eager and low: “* Shall beauty avail thee, Caryatid ?” Shall JEUNE MERE SURELY the secret whisper of sweet life Shakes in the shell-ear murmurous memories Of the old wonder of young ecstasies In the first hours when the white word of wife She won so hardly out of dark wild strife And mystery of peace ; thine utter ease, Abandoned rapture! Caught and cut by seas Of sudden wisdom, stinging as a knife Swift struck sets all the blood a-tingle. Woe! What wakes within? What holiest intima- tion Of intimate knowledge of t…
1906 · PDF PAGE 54
…e sword! Without a helper or a friend All means be righteous to the End! Look not for help to wordy strife ! This battle is for death or life. Melt mountains with a word—and then The colder hearts of Englishmen ! Look not to Europe in your need ! Columbia’s but a broken reed ! Your own good hearts, your own strong hand Win back at last the Irish land. Won by the strength of cold despair Our chance is near us—slay nor spare ! Open to fate the Saxons lie :— Up! Ireland! ere the good hour fly! Stand all our fortunes on one cast ! Arise ! the hour …
1907 · PDF PAGE 73
… of maculate man : Could I mingle the Alps and Hawaii; Strath Ness and A’pura?! and Baie; Kashmir and Japan : Could lilies attain to the life of the Gods: could a comet Attain to the calm of the moon: I would mingle them all in a kiss, and draw from it The soul of a sensitive tune. All lovers should hear it and know it: not needing the words of a poet In ebony hewn. Obeam of discovery under the eyelids awaking The sense of delight! O assent Slow dawning through cream into roses ! white bosom shaking The myrtles of magical scent In the groves of…
1907 · PDF PAGE 83
…ou shall be, and that to-night. [Zzrxs fo DENYS.] And you, Monsieur, will best serve her if you save her. What devil have I saddled your life with that you look at me so black? [ Zurns on his heel and exit, A short stlence of embarrassment. BLANCHE, [Zurns on DENYS with flashine eyes.) And what, sir, may be the meaning of all this? DENYS. God knows ; I ama prisoner in this house, which seems full of mad people. But I understand one thing, [doudbtfully] 1 think: that you are to be married to me, and that your wishes are to be consulted as little…
1905 · PDF PAGE 149
…he mother, have conceived Of my own loins, and made me no less god Than all your gods! Ye people and ye priests, Behold the burden of my life, and fear,
1929 · PDF PAGE 346
346 I did not see why I should be confined to one life. How can one hope to understand the world if one persists in regarding it from the conning tower of one's own personality? One can increase one's knowledge and nature by {559} travelling and reading; but that does not tell one how things look to other people. It is all very well to visit St. Peter's and the Vatican, but what would be really interesting would be to know how they look to the Pope. The greatness of a poet consists, to a considerable extent, in his ability to see the world thro…
1909 · PDF PAGE 267
…oddesses, Isis and Nephthys, in the places of the columns, stretched forth their wings over the form of Osiris to restore him again unto life, The Mystic Circumambulation then followeth in the Path of Light to represent the rising of the Light in the Candidate through the operation of self-sacrifice ; as he passeth the Throne of the East, the red Cavalry Cross is astrally formulated above the astral White Triangle of the Three upon his forehead ; so that so long as he belongeth unto the Order he may have that potent and sublime symbol as a link…
1909 · PDF PAGE 267
…oddesses, Isis and Nephthys, in the places of the columns, stretched forth their wings over the form of Osiris to restore him again unto life, The Mystic Circumambulation then followeth in the Path of Light to represent the rising of the Light in the Candidate through the operation of self-sacrifice ; as he passeth the Throne of the East, the red Cavalry Cross is astrally formulated above the astral White Triangle of the Three upon his forehead ; so that so long as he belongeth unto the Order he may have that potent and sublime symbol as a link…
1919 · PDF PAGE 170
…t. The unaccountable inner Joy which transforms everything and frees the soul from its shackles. All seems so good to-night; this simple life, the tent by the sea, the night air, the happy tired feeling after the day’s work, the presence of my two dear ones, and all the dear ones of which I am a part, the presence of Adonai within and without. It is good to have lived for this. (This is dreadful! You must not mistake ‘feeling good’ for a mystic state. O.M.) Aug. 9, 9.59 to 10.26 P.M. During this meditation a certain magical under- standing aros…