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Page 183 of 2251907 · PDF PAGE 84
…ngs. There shall be masters of the Synagogue, but they shall never seek to dominate. They shall most carefully abstain from inducing any man to seek the Tao by any other way than that of equilibrium. They shall develop individual genius without considering whether in their opinion its fruition will tend to the good or evil of their country or of the world; for who are they to interfere with a soul whose balance has been crowned by the most holy Tao? “ The masters shall be great men among men; but among great men they shall be friends. “ Since e…
1910 · PDF PAGE 61
…h Law; postulates that every cause has its effect; and, when his ship begins to sink, refuses to jettison his wretched cargo, or even to man the pumps of Doubt, because the final result is declared by his philosophy to be unknowable. If any one cause be unknowable, be it first or last, then all causes are unknowable. The will to create is denied, the will to annihilate is denied, and finally the will to act is denied. Propositions perhaps true to the Master, but certainly not so to the disciple. Because Titian was a great artist and Rodin is a …
1910 · PDF PAGE 61
…h Law; postulates that every cause has its effect; and, when his ship begins to sink, refuses to jettison his wretched cargo, or even to man the pumps of Doubt, because the final result is declared by his philosophy to be unknowable. If any one cause be unknowable, be it first or last, then all causes are unknowable. The will to create is denied, the will to annihilate is denied, and finally the will to act is denied. Propositions perhaps true to the Master, but certainly not so to the disciple. Because Titian was a great artist and Rodin is a …
1930 · PDF PAGE 77
…tive than the highly polished ones of other people. The general purpose of ail this préparation is as follows: 5. Since the student is a man surrounded by material objects, if it be his wish to master one particular idea, he must make every material object about him directly suggest that idea. Thus, in the ritual quoted, if his glance fail upon the lights, their number suggests Mercury j he smells the perfurnes, and again Mercury is brought to his mind. In other words the whole magical apparatus and ritual is a complex System of mnemonics. (The…
1954 · PDF PAGE 106
…histic religions may, in fact, be considered fairly faithful representatives of this philosophy. Where animism holds sway, the "medicine-man" personifies this universal evil, and seeks to propitiate it by human sacrifice. The early forms of Judaism, and that type of Christianity which we associate with the Salvation Army, Billy Sunday and the Fundamentalists of the back-blocks of America, are
1954 · PDF PAGE 503
…nto a siding away from the main line of argument. My most important point is to insist that even with the most familiar forms of energy, man has done no creative work so ever. He has discovered, examined, measured (rather clumsily) and used, but in no case has he understood, still less explained, the causes of phenomena. Sometimes he cannot even reconcile different "laws of Nature ." So we find l.W.N. Sullivan exclaiming "The scientific adventure may yet have to be abandoned," and to me personally he confessed "It may yet turn out that the math…
1954 · PDF PAGE 508
…ier, however shrewdly or cautiously wielded. The salute itself is more than enough ; he feels already the thrust to his vitals. To every man and woman that has not seen Sex as it is, faced it, mastered it- you will find elsewhere in these letters sufficient on this matter-it is his secret guilt. Imagine, then, how at any reference however remote , the "sinner' quails, his inmost mystery laid bare, his evil conscience holding up a tarnished mirror to his deformed and hideous face! Often enough , he does not mind gross jests which admit complicit…
1904 · PDF PAGE 113
…n is all very well; one girds up one’s loins to seek reality: but to prove reality unknowable is to shut all avenues to the truth-loving man, and open all to the sensualist. And, if we accept either of the above philosophies, it does not ma tter. That we feel it does m atter is sufficient refutation, for we must obey the sentence awarded on our own testimony, whether we like it or not. I am aware that this is a som ewhat cowardly way of dealing with the question; I prefer to insist that if we once adm it that the unknowable (by reason) to consc…
1906 · PDF PAGE 172
… my head. He taught me that, he taught me this, He spoke of knowledge, life, and bliss. He taught me this, he taught me that, He grew me mangoes in his hat.!8 I brought him corn: he made good grist of it :— And here, my Christian friend, ’s the gist of it ! First, here’s philosophy’s despair, The cynic scorn of self. I think At times the search is worth no worry, And hasten earthward in a hurry, Close spirit’s eyes, or bid them blink, Go back to Swinburne’s counsel rare, Kissing the universe its rod, As thus he sings “ For this 1s God ; Be man …
1910 · PDF PAGE 348
…enthralling; Morag is delicious as dream or death, enticing, elusive, exquisite. One of the subtlest and truest women in literature. Not many men have imagination so delicate and—dictame!—but Mr. Brodie- Innes writes “with authority, and not as the scribes.” Why he allows Mathers to go about saying that he is a Jesuit and a poisoner will be revealed at the Last Day. Perhaps, like us, he can’t catch him. Or perhaps it is that he is contented to be a great novelist—as he is, bar the weakness of his English and an occa- sional touch of Early Victo…
1910 · PDF PAGE 348
…enthralling; Morag is delicious as dream or death, enticing, elusive, exquisite. One of the subtlest and truest women in literature. Not many men have imagination so delicate and—dictame!—but Mr. Brodie- Innes writes “with authority, and not as the scribes.” Why he allows Mathers to go about saying that he is a Jesuit and a poisoner will be revealed at the Last Day. Perhaps, like us, he can’t catch him. Or perhaps it is that he is contented to be a great novelist—as he is, bar the weakness of his English and an occa- sional touch of Early Victo…
1912 · PDF PAGE 360
…; for 7 formeth 5, but | formeth “}: each =20. Thus is Abrahadabra a Key of the Pentagram, Also, by Aiq Bkr, it=22: and 418=19 x 22. 19= Manifestation; it therefore manifests the 22 Keys of R.O.T.A. The first meaning is ABRAH DBR, = The Voice of the Chief Seer. It resolves into Pentagram and Hexagram as follows : 1% method. A, RB AxxA forms 12 and 406, X17 DH B. R \aZ and FMN [406 = yn], where AThH = Microprosopus, and HVA = Macro- prosopus. The Arcanum is therefore that of the Great Work. 2° method. A B AA RwH HereBHR=207 KO p&p =N AID PS, etc…
1912 · PDF PAGE 360
…; for 7 formeth 5, but | formeth “}: each =20. Thus is Abrahadabra a Key of the Pentagram, Also, by Aiq Bkr, it=22: and 418=19 x 22. 19= Manifestation; it therefore manifests the 22 Keys of R.O.T.A. The first meaning is ABRAH DBR, = The Voice of the Chief Seer. It resolves into Pentagram and Hexagram as follows : 1% method. A, RB AxxA forms 12 and 406, X17 DH B. R \aZ and FMN [406 = yn], where AThH = Microprosopus, and HVA = Macro- prosopus. The Arcanum is therefore that of the Great Work. 2° method. A B AA RwH HereBHR=207 KO p&p =N AID PS, etc…
1922 · PDF PAGE 93
The Glitter on the Snow 79 any human being, and a string of kind inquiries and apologies on the tip of his tongue. He said he wouldn’t have bothered us by calling at all so soon after the case of indiscretion, only he felt sure he had left his cigarette case with us, and he valued it very much because it had been given him by his Aunt Sophronia. Well, you know, there it was, right on the table, or rather, under the table, because the table was on top of it. When we got the table on its legs again, we saw quite plainly that the cigarette case ha…
1922 · PDF PAGE 289
…cord of our disenchantment? The shreds of our souls were torn by filthy fish-hooks, and their shrieks were outside the gamut of merely human anguish. Was it still possible to return? Had we forfeited for ever our inheritance “ for a mess of beastlier pottage than ever Esau guzzled ? ” Lamus had been watching us intently while Maisie sang. lLou’s eyes were full of tears. They ran down her thin, worn face. She made no effort to wipe them away. I do not know whether she felt them. Heroin dulls all physical sensation, leaving only the dull in- tole…
1922 · PDF PAGE 321
…e party obviously represented undreamed-of possibilities of doing good business. But no one seemed to want to fulfil even that last of human ambitions: the acquiring of the good will of prosperous travellers. “Don’t be downhearted,” laughed Lamus. ‘“ Your trouble is that you are looking for permanence in the wrong place. Do you see those two men?” On the road below us were two goatherds, one driving his flock up from the town after having been milked, the other driving them down for that p , Lamus quoted two lines of Greek poetry. I did not rem…
1929 · PDF PAGE 106
…f the latter kind is the great Word StiBeTTChe- PhMeFSHiSS, which is a line drawn on the Tree of Life (Coptic attributions) in a certain manner.1 2 With ail such words it is of the utmost importance that they should never be spoken until the suprême moment, and even then they should burst from the magician almost despite himself — so great should be his réluctance 3 to utter them. In fact, they should be the utterance of the God in him at the first onset of the divine possession. So uttered, they cannot fail of effect, for they hâve become the …
1996 · PDF PAGE 35
…hou at all! They feel little; what is, is balanced by weak joys; but ye are my chosen ones. Commentary: All this talk about “suffering humanity” is principally drivel based on the error of transferring one’s own psychology to one’s neighbour. The Golden Rule is silly. If Lord Alfred Douglas (for example) did to others what he would like them to do to him, many would resent his action.1 1 [Lord Alfred Douglas (1870-1945), the English poet who was a lover of Oscar Wilde.] The development of the Adept is by Expansion—out to Nuit—in all directions …
1929 · PDF PAGE 30
…ground that his elder brother Jack, also a missionary, had led him astray, and asked my pardon. Once again I adopted the attitude of the man of the world, "Tut, tut, my dear fellow, don't mention it," which annoyed him very much, because he wanted to be taken seriously as the chief of sinners. One of the principal points about the sin stupidity is that it flatters the sinner. All insanity depends upon the exacerbation of the ego. The melancholic hugs the delusion that he has committed the unpardonable sin. Sins grow by repression and by broodin…
1929 · PDF PAGE 495
…or --- was Mr George Sylvester Viereck. At the outbreak of the war, he transformed the character of The International, introduced pro-German propaganda and thus ruined its reputation. It was now on the black list in Canada and refused admission by the postal authorities of the colony. Its best friends had withdrawn their support; its circulation had dwindled almost to nothing, and it staggered on mechanically from month to month without heart or hope. In eight months I pulled it up so {779} successfully that it became saleable. It was bought by…