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…ering Dewdrops flung in spray through air. I have lain and watched the night diminish, Fade and fall into the arms of day, Caring not if earth itself should finish, Caring only if my lover stay ; Listening to her breathing, Laughing, lover-weaving All the silken gold and glory of her head, Kissing as if time Forgot its steeps to climb, Made eternity’s, one with all the dead. Str. Y- CALLIOPE. Listen, then listen, O Thracian ! Oeager lay on the lea: I, from my heavenly station ; I, from my house of creation, Stooped, as a mortal to be Passionate…
1910 · PDF PAGE 84
… critically) remark a shade of lack of Equilibrium here. Why prefer the Near to the Far ? Browning (Abt Vogler, IV) is better with his “ Earth had at- tained to heaven ; there was no more near not far.” Yet even Browning in this passage discrimi- nates against Earth in favour of Heaven : I sup- pose we are none of us perfect.] 4. Roses etc. — the cheeks, teeth, and lips. 5. I I have heard the claim that the substance of porcelain can be so impregnated with scent that “ You may break, you may shatter — etc. ” But I
1947 · PDF PAGE 9
…neither men nor Fates, nor gods, nor anything. Money fear not, nor laughter of the folk folly, nor any other power in heaven or upon the earth or under the earth. But your holy place shall be untouched throughout the centuries : though with fire and sword it be burnt down and shattered, yet an invisible house there standeth, and shall stand until the fall of the Great Equinox. Now this mystery of the letters is done, and I want to go on to a holier place. Also for beautys sake and loves ! Despise also all cowards ; all fools despise ! But the…
1905 · PDF PAGE 36
…, Bursts me or brands me; Nor Heaven commands me, Nor Space, nor Time. Above, the Supernal ! Below, the infernal! Of all am I master. On Earth, the diurnal! In all things eternal! Life, love, or disaster! Abiding unshaken, I sleep and I waken On wonderful wings ; In depth and in height, In darkness and light, In weakness and might, In blindness and sight, In mercy and spite, In day and in night, Averse or aright, For dule or delight, I am master of things. ORPHEUS O mother, I fear me! The might of the lyre! 37
1898 · PDF PAGE 20
…re ; I might—so gross am I—take pleasure in These filthy holocausts, that burn to sin A damnéd incense in the hellish fire Of human lust—earth’s joys no heaven may win, Pain holds the prize In blood-stained hands; Love laughs, with anguish in His eyes. 2 0
1904 · PDF PAGE 59
… silent passes The chamois browse in peace : The distant roar of masses And city clamours cease. *Tis here we leave the sadness Of cruel earth behind ; This is the land of gladness Of every noble mind ! This is the summit regal Of boldly-sculptured form. ’Tis hence the audacious eagle Soars high to stem the storm. D 47
1911 · PDF PAGE 253
…of the foam. The sea’s flower folded, charioting me risen Where dawn‘s rose stole from its pearlvglimmering home, And heaven laughed, and earth: and mine old prison, The seas that lay beneath the mighty dome, Shone with my splendour. Light did first bedizen Earth with its clusters of fiery dew and spray, When I looked forth and cried, “ It is the day!” The stars are dewdrops on my bosom’s space; The sun and moon are glances through my lashes, Long, tender rays of night ; my subtle face Burns through the sky-dusk, lightens, fills, and flashes With so…
1911 · PDF PAGE 253
…of the foam. The sea’s flower folded, charioting me risen Where dawn‘s rose stole from its pearlvglimmering home, And heaven laughed, and earth: and mine old prison, The seas that lay beneath the mighty dome, Shone with my splendour. Light did first bedizen Earth with its clusters of fiery dew and spray, When I looked forth and cried, “ It is the day!” The stars are dewdrops on my bosom’s space; The sun and moon are glances through my lashes, Long, tender rays of night ; my subtle face Burns through the sky-dusk, lightens, fills, and flashes With so…
1913 · PDF PAGE 421
… anew into life, except by exciting violently all its affections and all its desires. When Jesus, the Saviour of the world, was upon the earth, the earth was more beautiful and more desirable than Heaven; and yet it was necessary for Jesus to cry aloud and apply a shock in order to awaken Jairus’s daughter. It was by dint of shudderings and tears that he called back his friend Lazarus from the tomb, so difficult is it to interrupt a tired soul who is sleeping his beauty-sleep ! At the same time, the countenance of death has not the same serenit…
1913 · PDF PAGE 451
…se of successive forms? This force, by its resistance, equilibrated the creative principle. It is thus that the Elohim gave birth to the earth. When, sub- sequently, men were placed upon the earth by the Lord, as intermediate spirits, in their enthusiasm, which led them to search Nature in its depths, they gave themselves over to the influence of that proud and powerful genius, and when they were softly ravished away over the precipice of death to find life, there it was that they began to exist in a real and natural manner, as is fit for all c…
1913 · PDF PAGE 421
… anew into life, except by exciting violently all its affections and all its desires. When Jesus, the Saviour of the world, was upon the earth, the earth was more beautiful and more desirable than Heaven; and yet it was necessary for Jesus to cry aloud and apply a shock in order to awaken Jairus’s daughter. It was by dint of shudderings and tears that he called back his friend Lazarus from the tomb, so difficult is it to interrupt a tired soul who is sleeping his beauty-sleep ! At the same time, the countenance of death has not the same serenit…
1913 · PDF PAGE 451
…se of successive forms? This force, by its resistance, equilibrated the creative principle. It is thus that the Elohim gave birth to the earth. When, sub- sequently, men were placed upon the earth by the Lord, as intermediate spirits, in their enthusiasm, which led them to search Nature in its depths, they gave themselves over to the influence of that proud and powerful genius, and when they were softly ravished away over the precipice of death to find life, there it was that they began to exist in a real and natural manner, as is fit for all c…
1907 · PDF PAGE 170
…g of thy pigritude , Incestuous wedlock with the Pharisees That hail the Christ a son of thee ! Our knees Bend not before thee , and our earth -bowed brows Shake off their worship , and reject thy spouse , The harlot of the world ! For , proud and free , We stand beyond thy hatred , even we : We broken in spirit beneath bitter years , Branded with the burnt-offering of tears , Spit out upon the lie , and in thy face Cast back the slimy falsehood ; to your place , Ye Gadarean swine , too foul to fling Into the waters that abound and spring ! Bac…
1913 · PDF PAGE 539
…first despised and rejected. Let contradiction, then, never discourage men of initiative! arth is necessary for the ploughshare, and the earth resists because it is in labour. It defends itself like all virgins; it conceives and brings forth slowly like all mothers. You, then, who wish to sow a new plant in the field of intelligence, understand and respect the modesties and reluctances of limited experience and slow- moving reason. When a new word comes into the world, it needs swaddling clothes and bandages; genius brought it forth, but it is …
1913 · PDF PAGE 539
…first despised and rejected. Let contradiction, then, never discourage men of initiative! arth is necessary for the ploughshare, and the earth resists because it is in labour. It defends itself like all virgins; it conceives and brings forth slowly like all mothers. You, then, who wish to sow a new plant in the field of intelligence, understand and respect the modesties and reluctances of limited experience and slow- moving reason. When a new word comes into the world, it needs swaddling clothes and bandages; genius brought it forth, but it is …
1898 · PDF PAGE 108
…an feast Revels at height ; the sacrament is come ; God wakes no lightning in the broken East ; His awful thunders listen and are dumb ; Earth gapes not for that sin ; the skies renew At break of day their vestiture of blue. 98
1910 · PDF PAGE 108
…and maidens dance About the shambles of slaughter ! III I know thee who thou art, The inmost fiend that curlest Thy vampire tongue about Earths corybantic heart, Hells warrior that whirlest The darts of horror and doubt !
1907 · PDF PAGE 210
…rink ! AGAVE. Run wild! Mountain and mountain let us leap upon Like tigers on their prey ! MANADS. Crush, crush the world ! AGAVE, Tread earth as ’twere a winepress ! AU TONOE, Drink its blood, The sweet red wine ! MANADS. Ay, drink the old earth dry! AGAVE. Squeeze the last drops out till the frame collapse Like an old wineskin ! AUTONOE. So the sooner sup Among the stars ! AGAVE. The swift, swift stars ! MAENADS. O night ! Night, night, fall deep and sure !
1907 · PDF PAGE 52
THE LOOKING - GLASS 45 Down to the loveless sea Where lay Persephone Violate , where the shade of earth is black , Crystalline out of space Flames the immortal face ! The glory of the comet -tailed track Blinds all black earth with tears. Silence awakes and hears The music of thy moving come over the starry spheres.' The song of “ The Hours,» 2 and “ Spring , also magnificent , as are the Invocation of Hecate ;' the three Judges ,' and the Furies ; the latter of which is one of the most musical lyrics Crowley has as yet written . The Song of Or…
1910 · PDF PAGE 163
…is own Guardian, he may administer to himself the holy sacrament of God in Truth and in Right, he has become Exempt from the shackles of Earth. He is the Supreme Man, one step more he enters the Sanctuary of God and becomes one with the Brotherhood of Light. Up to this stage progress has meant Work, work terrible and Titanic, one great striving after union which roughly may be compared to the five methods of Yoga. From this fifth stage work gives place to knowledge, Qabalistically the aspirant enters Daath. VI. Right Effort. Man is now Master o…