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Page 193 of 2251929 · PDF PAGE 522
…ssed the bedevilment of New Orleans, I was sent to Titusville, Florida, to complete my contemplation of the unspeakable degradation of humanity which is constantly being wrought by Christianity and commerce. I saw my cousin Lawrence, as decent a lad as one could wish to see, spiritually stunted and corrupted in every way by savage superstition; his wife, hardly turned thirty, a wrinkled hag of sixty, with no idea of life beyond the gnawing fear for the hereafter and the horrible pleasures of venting her spite on her neighbours and thwarting and…
1929 · PDF PAGE 55
…ould answer, "and I am about to renew my tissues to the extent of a dozen of these excellent Cherbourg prawns — to begin with!" "My dear man," said Lord Antony, "prawns are much better at the end of a dinner — as you'd know if you had been to Armenia lately." When Morningside said something absurd, it merely meant that he was airing his fads; when Lord Antony did so, it meant a story. And all his stories were good ones. Simon Iff jumped at the opening. He turned immediately, and asked for the yarn. "It's rather long," said Bowling, a little dub…
1930 · PDF PAGE 31
…netrate the higher strata. It requires a great development of this body,and an intense infusion of the highest spiritual constituents of man, before he can pierce the veils. The constant practice of Magick is the best préparation possible. Even though the human consciousness fail to reach the goal, the consciousness of the fine body itself may do so, wherefore whoso travels in that body on a subséquent occasion may be found worthyj and its success will react favourably on the human consciousness, and increase its likelihood of success in its ne…
1930 · PDF PAGE 91
… Guardian Angel ; and (e) to attract the Angel by the vibration of the magical voice which invokes Him. The method of the Ritual is thus manifold. There is firstly an analysis of the Adept, which enables him to calculate his course of action. He can décidé what must be banished, what purified, what concentrated. He can then con¬ centrate his will upon its one essential element, over-coming its résistance — which is automatic, like a physiological reflex — by destroying inhibitions through his ego-overwhelming enthusiasm.1 The other half of the …
1930 · PDF PAGE 63
… now remain in the Pyramid or Cône of Light, as an Egg, but no more of blackness. 10. Then let his body be in the position of the Hanged Man, and let him aspire with ail his force unto the Holy Guardian Angel. 11. The grâce having been grantecl unto him, let him partake mystically of the Eucharist of the Five Eléments and let him proclaim Light in Extension j yea, let him proclaim Light in Extension. 363 —
1905 · PDF PAGE 185
5 and that the title-work is only one of many that the book contains. ‘ Jephthah ’ is, of course, a tragedy. ‘ The Five Kisses ’ comprises a series of lyrics of impassioned character, skilful technique, and real poetic frenzy, though they may, perhaps, ‘ prove nothing,’ and puzzle the mere utilitarian. ‘ A Sonnet of Blasphemy ’ may be given as an average specimen of our poet’s verse and sentiments:— ‘ Exalted over earth, from hell arisen, There sits a woman, ruddy with the flame Of men’s blood spilt, and her uncleanly shame, And the thrice-vene…
1929 · PDF PAGE 138
…, of his instru¬ ments, thirdly, of the place of working. Ancient Magicians recommended a preliminary purification of from three days to many months. Durîng this period of training they took the utmost pains with diet. They avoided animal food, lest the elemental spirit of the animal should get into their atmosphère. They practised sexual abstinence, lest they should be influenced in any way by the spirit of the wife. Even in regard to the excrements of the body they were equally carefulj in trimming the hair and nails, they ceremonially destro…
1929 · PDF PAGE 110
…he apartment which he had rented in the Galeria Vittoria. He would be clad in a frockcoat of City cut, for he affected the "professional man," and his air would be preoccupied. The arrival of his colleagues for consultation would apparently startle him from a profound speculation upon the weightier matters of the law. It would be only by an effort that he spoke in English; the least distraction would send him back into Latin, Greek, or Hebrew, none of which languages he understood. He was a peddler of words; his mind was a rag-and-bone shop of …
1930 · PDF PAGE 51
…es, not Thee do we adore, for that which adoreth is also Thou. Thou art That, and That am I. I am the flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star. I am Life, and the giver of Life, yet therefore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of death. I am alone; there is no God where I am. {The DEACON and ail rise to their feet with Hailing Sign.) The DEACON. But ye, O my people, rise up and awake. Let the rituals be rightly performed with joy and beauty! There are rituals of the éléments and feasts of the times. A feast for th…
1930 · PDF PAGE 93
… that above the particular Deity is One in whom ail is One. \ et also he may deliberately practise cruelties, where the particular Deity manifests His Love in that manner, as in the case of Kali, and of Pan. And therefore, before the beginning of his periods of dévotion, let him practise according to the rules of Liber Jugorum. 15. Further concerning the life of the devotee: — Now, as many are fully occupied with their affairs, let it be known that this method is adaptable to the necessities of ail. And We bear witness that this which followeth…
1929 · PDF PAGE 70
…nt1 when he has mastered her, so as to heal his father (Amfortas), avenge him (Osiris), or pacify him (Jéhovah). But in order to grow to manhood, he must cease to dépend on her, earning the Lance (Parzival), claiming his arms (Achilles), or making his club (Hercules) 2, and wander in the waterless wilderness like Krishna, Jésus, Oedipus, x. t. A. — until the hour when, as the “King’s Son” or knight-errant, he must win the Princess, and set himself upon a strange throne. Almost ail the legends of heroes imply this formula in strikingly similar s…
1954 · PDF PAGE 245
…g so, a truth which is "of all Truth" should mean any proposition which forms an essential part of this Khu-this 'Magical Identity' of a man. Now how curious it must appear at the first glance to note that the truths of this order should prove to be what we call Axioms-or even Platitudes . "The more certain I am of anything, the more certain it is that I am only asserting a limitation of my own mind." Very good, but what am I to do about it? Some at least of such certainties must surely be "of aU Truth." The test of admission to this class ough…
1929 · PDF PAGE 498
…ent a small crowd called and for the next half hour we rocked with laughter at the astounding imitation which Tony gave of me wooing a woman. I left a note for the girl --- Madeleine was her name --- at her hotel, asking her to drop in to lunch any day she felt like it. I didn't expect her to come and once more I was wrong. I went back to Oesopus the following day, supplied with several large cans of red paint. On both the east and west shores of the island are wide {784} steep cliffs of smooth rock, obviously provided by Providence for my conv…
1910 · PDF PAGE 150
THE EQUINOX is non-existent. Each man is, as it were, a thought in an universal brain, each thought jarring against the next and prolonging the dream. As each individual thought dies it enters Nibbana and ceases to be, and eventually when all thoughts die the dream passes and Nibbana wakes.* This bad dream seems to be caused by a separateness of Subject and Object which means Sorrow; when sleep vanishes this separateness vanishes with it, things assume their correct proportion and may be equated to a state of bliss or Non- Sorrow. Thus we find …
1910 · PDF PAGE 150
THE EQUINOX is non-existent. Each man is, as it were, a thought in an universal brain, each thought jarring against the next and prolonging the dream. As each individual thought dies it enters Nibbana and ceases to be, and eventually when all thoughts die the dream passes and Nibbana wakes.* This bad dream seems to be caused by a separateness of Subject and Object which means Sorrow; when sleep vanishes this separateness vanishes with it, things assume their correct proportion and may be equated to a state of bliss or Non- Sorrow. Thus we find …
1929 · PDF PAGE 42
almost entirely unrelated to his éxperience, and it would certainly not give him sight. A similar phenomenon is observed when a gentleman who has taken an “honours degree” in modem languages at Cambridge arrives in Paris, and is unable to order his dinner. To exclaim against the Master Therion is to act like a person who, observing this, should attack both the professors of French and the inhabitants of Paris, and perhaps go on to deny the existence of France. Let us say, once again, that the magical language is nothîng but a convenient System …
1930 · PDF PAGE 98
…st attain the False Union with the Démon himself. Beware also of even the pride which rises from having resisted the temptations. But so many and so subtle are the wiles of Choronzon that the whole world could not contain their énumération. The answer to one and ail is the persistence in the literal fulfil- ment of the routine. Beware, then, last, of that devil who shall whisper in thine ear that the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life, and answer : Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground, and die, it abideth alone, but if it die, it…
1929 · PDF PAGE 349
… are frequently not at all in question, instead of disputing with their opponents, assail them with the weapons of secret slander. "This man," they say, "wants to take a penny off the income tax. It is certain that he habitually breaks the Seventh Commandment." In this instance the Ciccu did not know or care what it was that I had read to the Pan society. They merely stated that I hypnotized the entire assembly and took a mean advantage of them. It did not matter to them that what I was supposed to have done is impossible in nature, at least to…
1906 · PDF PAGE 97
…his home Despair and Strife Lie in his bosom for a wife ! But oh, the glory of the quest, ' The gainless goodly prize ! The fairest form man e’er caressed, The word he heard most wise ;— All lures of life avoid and cease Before the winning of the Fleece ! O nameless splendour of the Gods, Begotten hardly of Heaven ! Unspoken treasure of the abodes Beyond the lightning levin ! No misery, no despair may pay * The joy to hold thee for a day ! JASON. Athena’s servant recks not much of Ares. PELIAS. Are thine eyes kindled at thought ? the golden JAS…
1906 · PDF PAGE 76
…ds fresh fuel to the amorous flame, Not quells it—Is not honour but a name? THE FIFTEENTH DAY. ‘* Were kisses all the joys in bed, One woman would another wed.” Sonnets to Sundry Notes of ALuste. ANOTHER day rose of unceasing fire: Kisses made monstrous for their sterile storm Maddening with sea-sounds, as of lute or shawm Fluting and clashing in extreme desire ; The silly ‘* Thus far and no farther,” nigher Each hour to break (poor arbitrary form !) As each kiss bade our bodies wed and warm Give love one chance before its wave retire. Not so: …