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Page 19 of 911929 · PDF PAGE 152
…Exorcist and the Démon are already connected, consciously or subconsciously, by an excellent System of symbols. The Will is furnished by Nature with an apparatus adequately equipped to convey and execute its orders. It is only necessary to inflame the Will to the proper pitch and to issue its commands; they are instantly obeyed, unless — as in the case of organic disease — the apparatus is damaged beyond the art of Nature to repair. It may be necessary in such a case to assist the internai “spirits” by the “purification” of medicines, the “bani…
1930 · PDF PAGE 14
…ods are beyond most material conditions. It is necessarv to hll the heart and mïnd with the proper basis for manuestauon. The higher the nature of the God, the more true tins is. The Holy Guardian Angel has always the necessary hasis. His manifestation dépends solely on the readiness oî tue Aspirant, and ail magical ceremonies used in that invocation are merely intended to préparé that Aspirant; not in any way to attract or influence Him. It is His constant and et ornai "W ill to hecome one with the Aspirant, and the moment the coiiditions of t…
1954 · PDF PAGE 136
…plus twice their multiple-(a + b)2 = a2 + 2ab + b2 -you have got a fact which covers every possible case, and exhibits one aspect of the nature of numbers themselves. The importance of a word increases as its rank, from the particular and concrete to the general and abstract. (It is curious that the highest values of all, the "Laws of Nature, " are never exactly 'true' for any two persons, for one person can never observe the identical phenomena sensible to another, since two people cannot be in exactly the same place at exactly the same time: …
1930 · PDF PAGE 54
…ts that, if fountain pens undoubtedly work now and then, their doing so is mer ely coincidence. The fact of the case is that the laws of nature are incomparably more subtle than even science suspects. The phenomena of every plane are intimately interwoven. The arguments of Aristotle were dépendent on the atmospheric pressure which prevented his blood from boiling away. Tliere is notiiing in the universe wliicli does not influence every otlier thing in one way or another. There is no reason in Nature why the apparently chance combinations of hal…
1930 · PDF PAGE 58
…or human action, the self-evident Code of Righteousness, the identification of Fate with Freewill, and the end of the Civil War in Man’s nature by appointing the Canon of Truth, the conformity of things with themselves, to détermine his every act. “Do what thou wilt” is to bid Stars to shine, Vines to bear grapes, Water to seek its levelj man is the only being in Nature that has striven to set himself at odds with himself. (e) His power to interpret the Spirit of the New Aeon, the relapse into ruthless savagery of the most civilised races, at a…
1911 · PDF PAGE 56
… Hey diddle diddle! the cat and the fiddle ! The cow jumped over the moon‘” I LAID mine ear against your heart, Jeanne I A masterpiece of nature turned A masterpiece of art, With your blanched Egyptian beauty foiled By the hungry eyes, and the red mouth soiled By the honey of mine that your greed has spoiled, Jeanne The body a corpse and the soul inurned ! Against your heart I laid mine ear, Jeanne! And the clock went ticking, ticking. How could I choose but hear, Jeanne ? Ah me I what thoughts came pricking Like spurs in the flanks of a weary ho…
1911 · PDF PAGE 56
… Hey diddle diddle! the cat and the fiddle ! The cow jumped over the moon‘” I LAID mine ear against your heart, Jeanne I A masterpiece of nature turned A masterpiece of art, With your blanched Egyptian beauty foiled By the hungry eyes, and the red mouth soiled By the honey of mine that your greed has spoiled, Jeanne The body a corpse and the soul inurned ! Against your heart I laid mine ear, Jeanne! And the clock went ticking, ticking. How could I choose but hear, Jeanne ? Ah me I what thoughts came pricking Like spurs in the flanks of a weary ho…
1930 · PDF PAGE 92
…— The Wand and Cup are to be chosen for this Art 3 never the Sword or Dagger, never the Pantacle, unless that Pantacle chance to be of a nature harmonious. But even so it is best to keep to the Wand and the Cup, and if one must choose, the Cup. For the'Robes, that of a Philosophus, or that of an Adept Within is most suitable3 or the robe best fitted for the service of the particular Deity, as a bassara for Bacchus, a white robe for Vesta. So also for Vesta, one might use for instrument the Lampj or the sickle, for Chronos. 10. Concernlng the In…
1930 · PDF PAGE 117
…ses him ato appear in the Heaven of Jupiter as a morning star or as an evening star” 1 In other words he should discover what may be the nature of his work. Thus Mohammed was a Brother reflected into Netzach, Buddha a Brother reflected into Hod, or, as some say, Daath. The présent manifestation of Frater P. to the outer is in Tiphereth, to the inner in the path of Léo. IL First Method. Let the Exempt Adept first train himself to think backwards by external means, as set forth here following.— (a) Let him learn to write backwards, with either ha…
1930 · PDF PAGE 69
…ord. The Elixir of Life will similarly consist of a living organism capable of growth, at the expense of its environment ; and of such a nature that its “true Will75 is to cause that environment to serve it as its means of expression in the physical world of human life. The Universal Medicine will be a menstruum of such subtlety as to be able to penetrate ail matter and transmute it in the sense of its own tendency, while of such impartial purity as to accept perfectly the impression of the Will of the Alchemist. This substance, properly prepar…
1996 · PDF PAGE 63
…, being a star, to travel in his own orbit, composed of his own elements, to shine with his own light, with the colour proper to his own nature, to revolve and to rush with his own inherent motion, and to maintain his own relation with his own galaxy in its own place in the Universe. His existence is his sole and sufficient justification for his own matter and manner. 2. His only possible error is to withdraw himself from this consciousness of himself as both unique in himself and necessary to the norm of nature. To bring down this doctrine to …
1905 · PDF PAGE 111
Stir once, move once, rise once, Eurydice! Be good to me! Rise once.—O sleep not! Listen! Is not all Nature my thrall ? Once only: be not dead, Eurydice ! Be good to me! I love you—be not dead !—rise up and say “TI feigned, I lay Thus so you kissed me”—O Eurydice, Be good to me! There is not one sweet sigh of all the old sighs— Open your eyes! Not one warm breath of the young breast: no sleep Could be so deep. The last pale lotus opens to the skies. Open your eyes ! Lift the blue eyelids under the deep lashes Till one light flashes! Wake with o…
1910 · PDF PAGE 96
…incalculable blue And years enwreathed in one close crown, And glimmering laughters echoing you From reverend shades of bards renown : Nature alive and glad to hymn Your beauty, my delight : her God Weary, his old eyes sad and dim In his intolerable abode. All things that are, unknown and known, Bending in homage to your eyes ; We wander wondering, lift alone The worlds grey load of agonies. Make me a roseleaf with your mouth, That all the savour steal afar Unto the sad awaiting South, Where sits enthroned the answering Star.
1912 · PDF PAGE 248
…to the cards next to it on either side. Cards of the same suit on either side strengthen it greatly, for good or evil according to their nature Cards of opposite natures on either side weaken it greatly, for either good or evil. Swords are inimical to Pentacles. Wands are inimical to Cups. Swords are friendly with Cups and Wands Wands are friendly with Swords and Pentacles, If a card fall between two others which are mutually contrary, it is not much affected by either. 206
1912 · PDF PAGE 248
…to the cards next to it on either side. Cards of the same suit on either side strengthen it greatly, for good or evil according to their nature Cards of opposite natures on either side weaken it greatly, for either good or evil. Swords are inimical to Pentacles. Wands are inimical to Cups. Swords are friendly with Cups and Wands Wands are friendly with Swords and Pentacles, If a card fall between two others which are mutually contrary, it is not much affected by either. 206
1954 · PDF PAGE 138
…gel appears and tells us that his name is MALIEL (MLlAL) which adds to Ill, the third of the numbers of the Sun. Do we conclude that his nature is solar? In this case, yes, perhaps, because, (on the theory) he took that name for the very reason that it chimed with his nature . But a man may reside at 81 Silver Street without being a lunatic, or be born at five o'clock on the 5th of May, 1905, and make a very poor soldier. I think you already understand the main point: you must structuralise your thinking. You must learn how to differentiate and…
1929 · PDF PAGE 132
…f Abramelin may be burnt in large quantities. Dittany of Crete is also a valuable medium. Both these incenses are very catholic in their nature, and suitable for almost any materialization. But the bloody sacrifice, though more dangerous, is more efficacious; and for nearly ail purposes human sacrifice is the best. The truly great Magician will be able to use his own blood, or possibly that of a disciple, and that without sacrificing the physical life irrevocably. 2 An example of this sacrifice is given in Chapter 44 of Liber 333. This Mass may…
1930 · PDF PAGE 65
…an to the final product or products. Yet beneath this diversity, we may perceive an obscure identity. They ail begin with a substance in nature which is described as existing almost everywhere, and as universally esteemed of no value. The alchemist is in ail cases to take this substance, and subject it to a sériés of operations. By so doing, he obtains his product, This product, however named or described, is always a substance which represents the truth or perfection of the original “First Matter”; and its qualities are invariably such as pert…
1907 · PDF PAGE 31
… tasks These arduous phantoms have achieved! The growth of mind to mortals asks A power not swift to be believed. What bosoms heaved ere Nature's age From monkey-man deduced the sage! So be thy spiral tower the type Of higher convolutions drawn From hunger’s woe and murder’s gripe And lust’s revulsion to the dawn Of days that spawn on holier soil Thy loftier sons, O Tower of Toil. 17
1912 · PDF PAGE 59
…s and soars Into the starless, stormy skies. Well! well! this lesson will he learn, How music’s mellowing artifice May bid the breast of nature burn And call the gods from star and shrine. So now his sounding courses turn To find an instrument divine Whereon he may pursue his quest. How glitter green his gleeful eyne 53