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…nment, make this our nobler work possible, and it is the gravest possible mistake to sneer at these humble but faithful followers of the great minds of the world. What, then, are the best, easiest, directest_ methods to attain our result? And how shall we, in mortal language, convey to the minds of others the nature of a result so beyond language, baffling even imagination cagle-pinioned? It may help us if we endeavour to outline the distinction between the Hindu and Buddhist methods and aims of the Great Work.
1907 · PDF PAGE 213
…membered that the Infinite need not necessarily mean the boundless ; for there is the infinitely small , just as there is the infinitely great , as Crowley states in Aceldama : The inmost is the home of God . He moulds Infinity , The great within the small , one stainless unity !! The power of the small is grandly described in the following : Yet ants may move the mountain ; none is small But he who stretches out no arm at all ; Toadstools have wrecked fair cities in a night , One poet's song may bid a kingdom fall .? And that which is below is…
1909 · PDF PAGE 8
… harder task; were it permitted me to ask a recompense, I would ask none but that of His divine blessing upon my fellow-labourers in His great field. The Manuscript
1910 · PDF PAGE 71
…e part of an atheist ” — and so on. 3. Again Habib represents Allah ; the constant interchange is very confusing, and to Western minds a great blemish on the poem. But the chil- dish subtlety of the Eastern mind regards this as a “ veil ”, preventing the unbeliever from penetrating the allegory. 4. Q’uran CXII. Cf. Browning (Ring and Book, The Pope) for these 3 qualities. 5. Affirms the subjective value of Devotion.
1913 · PDF PAGE 213
ROSA IGNOTA Come to me here in the great, slow silences, In the radiant dimness of the after-glow Of the passionate ache of the world : Iam Pan no more, But on my brow is set Diana’s tiar! Diana, O Diana of the woods! Lie thou with me, for I am Pan no more, But the Virgin of the Star-drift of the world ! Here in the silence, in the great green woods, Lie thou with me! Slumber with me to-night Under the stars, and the yellow, drifting moon. We will love no more as Syrinx and Pan: Diana! Come unto me, and I will grant the thing Thou cravest! Oh! …
1913 · PDF PAGE 338
… when the predictions come true, they say, “It is these people who have brought us misfortune.” Now, as is always the case on the eve of great disasters,1 our streets are full of prophets. I have met some of them in the prisons, I have seen others who were dying forgotten in garrets. The whole great city has seen one of them whose silent 1 This is the true clairvoyant Levi. The Levi who prophesied Universal Empire for Napoleon III was either the Magus trying to use him as a tool, or a Micaiah unadjured.—O. M. 40
1913 · PDF PAGE 213
ROSA IGNOTA Come to me here in the great, slow silences, In the radiant dimness of the after-glow Of the passionate ache of the world : Iam Pan no more, But on my brow is set Diana’s tiar! Diana, O Diana of the woods! Lie thou with me, for I am Pan no more, But the Virgin of the Star-drift of the world ! Here in the silence, in the great green woods, Lie thou with me! Slumber with me to-night Under the stars, and the yellow, drifting moon. We will love no more as Syrinx and Pan: Diana! Come unto me, and I will grant the thing Thou cravest! Oh! …
1913 · PDF PAGE 338
… when the predictions come true, they say, “It is these people who have brought us misfortune.” Now, as is always the case on the eve of great disasters,1 our streets are full of prophets. I have met some of them in the prisons, I have seen others who were dying forgotten in garrets. The whole great city has seen one of them whose silent 1 This is the true clairvoyant Levi. The Levi who prophesied Universal Empire for Napoleon III was either the Magus trying to use him as a tool, or a Micaiah unadjured.—O. M. 40
1919 · PDF PAGE 364
…er meaning than isapparent. The key should again be sought in Alchemy. 5. Alas, alas, that all men should possess Alaya, be one with the Great Soul, and that, possessing it, Alaya should so little avail them! 6. Behold how like the moon, reflected in the tranquil waves, Alaya is reflected by the small and by the great, is mirrored in the tiniest atoms, yet fails to reach the heart of all. Alas, that so few men should profit by the gift, the price- less boon of learning truth, the right perception of existing things, the knowledge of the non-exi…
1913 · PDF PAGE 354
… weeping of Jeremiah. Nations succeed each other like men; and nothing is stable, because everything is marching towards perfection. The great man who dies bequeathes to his country the fruit of his works; the great nation which becomes extin- guished upon earth transforms itself into a star to enlighten the obscurities of History. What it has written by its actions remains graven in the eternal book; it has added a page to the Bible of the human race. Do not say that civilization is bad; for it resembles the damp heat which ripens the harvest,…
1913 · PDF PAGE 354
… weeping of Jeremiah. Nations succeed each other like men; and nothing is stable, because everything is marching towards perfection. The great man who dies bequeathes to his country the fruit of his works; the great nation which becomes extin- guished upon earth transforms itself into a star to enlighten the obscurities of History. What it has written by its actions remains graven in the eternal book; it has added a page to the Bible of the human race. Do not say that civilization is bad; for it resembles the damp heat which ripens the harvest,…
1908 · PDF PAGE 73
AMPHORA III Pro Gente Anglicana I N great cathedral cities, In cloisters old and dim, Wherever worth or wit is, We raise the choral hymn. To GOD’S eternal Mother We lift our hearts of flame ; We join with one another To bless Her holy name. II O hear us, blessed Mary ! Thy graces send as dew, As kisses fond and faery Our spirits to renew ! O bid our sinful nation, The broken from the rod, By Thine initiation Soar subtly up to GOD ! I 66
1919 · PDF PAGE 214
… Gnana Yoga, Raja Yoga, Bhakta Yoga and Hatha Yoga, and all other branches of the secret Wisdom of the Ancients. In its bosom repose the Great Mysteries; its brain has re- solved all the problems of philosophy and of life. It possesses the secret of the Stone of the Wise, of the Elixir of Immortality, and of the Universal Medicine. Moreover, it possesses a Secret capable of realizing the world-old dream of the Brotherhood of Man. It also possesses in every important centre of population a hidden Retreat (Collegium ad Spiritum Sanctum) where mem…
1919 · PDF PAGE 327
…r what grade is this Book meant? To give one simple concrete example, it is stated in the third part of this treatise that Change is the great enemy. This is all very well as meaning that one ought to stick to one’s job. But in another sense Change is the Great Friend. As it is marvelous well shewed forth by The Beast Himself in Liber Aleph, Love is the law, and Love is Change, by definition. Short of writing a sepa- rate interpretation suited for every grade, therefore, the commentator is in a bog of quandary which makes Flanders Mud seem like…
1919 · PDF PAGE 445
THE SEVEN PORTALS is symbolised as a swift and powerful stream, and the great mystery is revealed that the Path itself is the Goal. “Were the world understood Ye would see it was good, A dance to a delicate measure.” This is also the doctrine indicated in all the works of Fra Perdurabo. You can see it in Liber 418, where, as soon as a certain stage is reached, the great curse turns into an inef- fable blessing. In the Book of Lies, too, the same idea is stated again and again, with repetition only unwearying because of the beauty and variety of…
1909 · PDF PAGE 238
… upon you; filled with crafts, and subtleties, and guiles, ever eager to lead you astray, ever ready to guide you back. And presently so great grows the loneliness of the Mountain that his very companionship becomes as a temptation to you, you feel a friendliness in resisting him, a burning hope that he will continue to tempt you, that his temptations and his mocking words are better than no words at all. This only happens far far up the mountain slope, some say not so far from the summit; but take heed! for at this stage there is a great preci…
1909 · PDF PAGE 238
… upon you; filled with crafts, and subtleties, and guiles, ever eager to lead you astray, ever ready to guide you back. And presently so great grows the loneliness of the Mountain that his very companionship becomes as a temptation to you, you feel a friendliness in resisting him, a burning hope that he will continue to tempt you, that his temptations and his mocking words are better than no words at all. This only happens far far up the mountain slope, some say not so far from the summit; but take heed! for at this stage there is a great preci…
1919 · PDF PAGE 237
…S 68. Special Profess-Houses will be established for their convenience, should they wish to take advantage of them. 69. The Order offers great social advantages to its mem- bers, bringing them as it does into constant association with men and women of high rank. 70. The Order offers extraordinary opportunities to its members in their trades, businesses, or professions, aiding them by co-operation, and securing them clients or cus- tomers. ELEVENTH HOUSE 71. The Order offers friendship to its members, bringing together men and women of similar c…
1911 · PDF PAGE 73
AMPHORA III Pro Gente Anglicana I N great cathedral cities, In cloisters old and dim, Wherever worth or wit is, We raise the choral hymn. To GOD’S eternal Mother We lift our hearts of flame ; We join with one another To bless Her holy name. II O hear us, blessed Mary ! Thy graces send as dew, As kisses fond and faery Our spirits to renew ! O bid our sinful nation, The broken from the rod, By Thine initiation Soar subtly up to GOD ! I 66
1911 · PDF PAGE 311
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