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Page 18 of 1731905 · PDF PAGE 62
…ep, Songs caught in solar light, we are shed Even down beyond the valleys of the dead, And smiled upon in groves ruled by the holy head. Great Pan hath heard us, children of his wooing, Great Pan, that listens to the forest, suing Vainly His peace that dwells even in the desolate halls. The delicately-chiselled flowers nod, Look to the skies, and see thee for a God, O sightless lyre that wails, O viewless voice that calls! Thy sound is in our depth and in her womb, Far in Spring’s milky breast, in Autumn’s gloom, In Summer's feast and song, in …
1912 · PDF PAGE 22
… theories involving epilepsy and madness. As if organization could spring from disorganization! Even if epilepsy were the cause of these great movements which have caused civilization after civilization to arise from barbarism, it would merely form an argument for cultivating epilepsy. Of course great men will never conform with the standards. of little men, and he whose mission it is to overturn the world can hardly escape the title of revolutionary. The fads of a period always furnish terms of abuse. The fad of Caiaphas was Judaism, and the P…
1919 · PDF PAGE 61
…mes to learn that unknown Crown. 3. Though none can communicate either the knowledge or the power to achieve this, which we may call the Great Work, it is yet possible for initiates to guide others. 4. Every man must overcome his own obstacles, expose his own illusions. Yet others may assist him to do both, and they may enable him altogether to avoid many of the false paths, leading no whither, which tempt the weary feet of the uninitiated pilgrim. They can further insure that he is duly tried and tested, for there are many who think themselves…
1919 · PDF PAGE 341
…l is Wisdom, beyond which stretch the shoreless waters of AKSHARA, the indestruc- tible Fount of Omniscience. Akshara is the same as the Great Sea of the Qabalah. The reader must consult THE Equinox for a full study of this Great Sea. 26. If thou would’st cross the first Hall safely, let not thy mind mistake the fires of lust that burn therein for the sun- light of life. The metaphor is now somewhat changed. The Hall of Ignorance represents the physical life. Note carefully the phraseology, “Let not thy mind mistake the fires of lust.” It is le…
1954 · PDF PAGE 103
…ers. He moveth in a straight line, and tumeth not aside therefrom; he is brilliant, but doth not blind with his brightness. LXIII: 2: Do great things while they are yet small, hard things while they are yet easy; for all things, how great or hard soever, have a beginning when they are little and easy. So thus the wise man accomplisheth the greatest tasks without undertaking anything important . LXXVI: 2: So then rigidity and hardness are the stigmata of death; elasticity and adaptability of life. LXXVI: 3: He then who putteth forth strength is …
1912 · PDF PAGE 25
II This mental activity is so great, and seems so natural, that it is hard to understand how any one first got the idea that it was a weakness and a nuisance. Perhaps it was because in the more natural practice of “devotion,” people found that their thoughts interfered. In any case calm and self-controlare to be preferred to restlessness. Darwin in his study presents a marked contrast with a monkey in a cage. Generallyspeaking, the larger and stronger and more highly developed any animal is, the less does it move about, and such movements as it …
1913 · PDF PAGE 330
…hy murder ; only Thy mother weeps for Thee, even God abandons Thee! “Eli! Eli! lama sabachthani!” VII THE SEPTENARY Tue Septenary is the great biblical number. It is the key of the Creation in the books of Moses and the symbol of all religion. Moses left five books, and the Law is complete in two testaments. The Bible is not a history, it is a collection of poems, a book of allegories and images. Adam and Eve are only the primitive types of humanity; the tempter serpent is time which tests; the Tree of Know- ledge is ‘right’; the expiation by t…
1913 · PDF PAGE 330
…hy murder ; only Thy mother weeps for Thee, even God abandons Thee! “Eli! Eli! lama sabachthani!” VII THE SEPTENARY Tue Septenary is the great biblical number. It is the key of the Creation in the books of Moses and the symbol of all religion. Moses left five books, and the Law is complete in two testaments. The Bible is not a history, it is a collection of poems, a book of allegories and images. Adam and Eve are only the primitive types of humanity; the tempter serpent is time which tests; the Tree of Know- ledge is ‘right’; the expiation by t…
1944 · PDF PAGE 164
… her home, seem angry. The character of the Princess is stern and revengeful. Her logic is destructive. She is firm and aggressive, with great practical wisdom and subtlety in material things. She shews great cleverness and dexterity in the management of practical affairs, especially where they are of a controversial nature. She is very adroit in the settlement of controversies. If ill‐dignified, all these qualities are dispersed; she becomes incoherent, and all her gifts tend to combine to form a species of low cunning whose object is unworthy…
1961 · PDF PAGE 3
L I B E R A L E P H V E L C X I THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY in the Form of an Epistle of 666 THE GREAT WILD BEAST to his Son 777 BEING THE EQUINOX VOLUME III NO. VI. by THE MASTER THERION (Aleister Crowley) An LVII Sol In 0° 0. 0. Libra September 23, 1961 e.v. 6.19 a.m. Celephaïs Press Ulthar - Sarkomand - Inquanok - Leeds
1913 · PDF PAGE 147
…y master can give to any pupil is to destroy the Temple. Whatever yoi/ have and whate^^er you are are veils before that Light. Yet in so great a matter all advice is vain. There is no master so great that he can see clearly the whole character of any pupil. What helped him in the past may hinder another in the future. Yet since the Master is pledged to serve, he may take up that service on these simple lines. Since all thoughts are veils of this Light, he may advise the destruction of all thoughts, and to that end teach those practices which ar…
1929 · PDF PAGE 438
… was duly initiated, passed and raised. I was warmly welcomed by numerous English and American visitors to our Lodge; for Z--- is a very great city. I returned to England sometime later, after "passing the chair" in my Lodge, and wishing to join the Royal Arch, called on its venerable Secretary. I presented my credentials. "O Thou Great Architect of the Universe," the old man sobbed out in rage, "why dost Thou not wither this impudent impostor with Thy fire from heaven? Sir, begone! You are not a Mason at all! As all the world knows, the people…
1913 · PDF PAGE 371
…e true religion, that is to say, that which alone merits the name of religion in that it unites all the characters which agree with that great and universal aspiration of the human soul. One only thing, which is to all most evidently divine, is manifested in the world. It is charity. The work of true religion should be to produce, to preserve, and to spread abroad the spirit of charity. To arrive at this end she must herself possess all the characteristics of charity, in such a manner that one could define her satisfactorily, in naming her, “ O…
1913 · PDF PAGE 371
…e true religion, that is to say, that which alone merits the name of religion in that it unites all the characters which agree with that great and universal aspiration of the human soul. One only thing, which is to all most evidently divine, is manifested in the world. It is charity. The work of true religion should be to produce, to preserve, and to spread abroad the spirit of charity. To arrive at this end she must herself possess all the characteristics of charity, in such a manner that one could define her satisfactorily, in naming her, “ O…
1913 · PDF PAGE 134
…annot be de- clared either by silence or by speech. In this preliminary task of collecting materials, the idea of the Ego is not of such great moment; all impressions are phases of the non-ego, and the Ego serves merely as a receptacle. In fact, to the well regu- lated mind, there is no question but that the impressions are real, and that the mind, if not a tabula fasa, is only not so because of the "ten- dencies " or " innate ideas " which prevent some ideas from being received as readily as others.' These "tendencies" must be combated: distas…
1909 · PDF PAGE 271
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING Hegemon: And the great Angel Metatron (Angel of Good) answered and said: Iam the Angel of the Presence Divine. The Wise man gazeth upon the Material Universe and he beholdeth therein the luminous Image of the Creator. Not as yet canst thou bear the dazzling radiance of that Light! Return, for thou canst not pass by! Hierophant: Let the Neophyte now advance by the Straight and Narrow way which inclineth neither to the right hand nor to the left. Hiereus and Hegemon: Whence comest thou? Kerux (for Neophyte) : Iam co…
1909 · PDF PAGE 271
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING Hegemon: And the great Angel Metatron (Angel of Good) answered and said: Iam the Angel of the Presence Divine. The Wise man gazeth upon the Material Universe and he beholdeth therein the luminous Image of the Creator. Not as yet canst thou bear the dazzling radiance of that Light! Return, for thou canst not pass by! Hierophant: Let the Neophyte now advance by the Straight and Narrow way which inclineth neither to the right hand nor to the left. Hiereus and Hegemon: Whence comest thou? Kerux (for Neophyte) : Iam co…
1905 · PDF PAGE 152
…nlight, and the glow-worm eyes Of dusky women that were stars, And paler curves of the immutable bars That line the universe with light, Great eagle-flights of mystic moons That dip, while the dull midnight swoons About the skirts of Night : These bowed and shaped themselves and said : “* Tt shall be thus !” And the intolerable luminous Death that is god bent down his head And answered : ‘‘ Thus, immutably, Above all days and deeds, shall be!” And the great Light that is above all gods Lifted his calm brow, spake, and all the seas, And all the …
1912 · PDF PAGE 218
…. This is the Planet Mars, to which are allotted the last Decan of ?}, and the first of τ, because the long cold of the winter requires a great energy to overcome it, and initiate spring. And the beginning of the Decanates is from the royal Star of Leo, the great Star Cor Leonis: and therefore is the first Decan that of E in 25. Here follow the general meanings of the small cards of the suits, as classified under the nine Sephiroth below Kether. The Four Twos symbolize the Powers of the King?המבה and Queen just uniting and initiating the Force; bu…
1912 · PDF PAGE 218
…. This is the Planet Mars, to which are allotted the last Decan of ?}, and the first of τ, because the long cold of the winter requires a great energy to overcome it, and initiate spring. And the beginning of the Decanates is from the royal Star of Leo, the great Star Cor Leonis: and therefore is the first Decan that of E in 25. Here follow the general meanings of the small cards of the suits, as classified under the nine Sephiroth below Kether. The Four Twos symbolize the Powers of the King?המבה and Queen just uniting and initiating the Force; bu…