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Page 24 of 831913 · PDF PAGE 158
…hich he works, the hiding of himself in the occult life of Magick and Meditation. This is the "going away into the wilderness " which we find in the lives of all men of the highest types of greatness. And it is also the withdrawing of one's self from life as such. In another sense it is the " Aura " of the Magician, that invisible egg or sheath which surrounds him. This " Aura " must be shining, elastic, impenetrable, even by the light, that is, by any partial light that comes from one side. The only light of the Magician is from the Lamp which…
1929 · PDF PAGE 95
…e solution of some enigma which is propounded by the Sphynx of our own unknown birth-city, Thebes. The complicated situation in which we find ourselves is composed of éléments \ and no element of it came out of nothing. Newton’s First Law applies to every plane of thought. The theory of évolution is omniform. There is a reason for one’s prédisposition to goût, or the shape of one’s ear, in the past. The symbolism may change ; the facts do not. In one form or another, everything that exists is derived from some previous manifestation. Hâve it, i…
1961 · PDF PAGE 155
…ineffable, and Recreation like unto Sleep among the Mountains. Yea, can I wish thee more than this, that, coming to mine Age, thou mayst find a Virgin like unto this to draw thee with her Simplicity, and her embroidered Silence? n
1954 · PDF PAGE 325
46 Selfishness Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Selfishness? I am glad to find you worrying that bone, for it has plenty of meat on it ; fine juicy meat, none of your Chilled Argentine or Canterbury lamb. It is a pelvis, what's more; for in a way the whole structure of the ethics of Thelema is founded upon it. There is some danger here; for the question is a booby trap for the noble , the generous, the high-minded . 'Selflessness', the great characteristic of the Master of the Temple, the very quintessence of his att…
1905 · PDF PAGE 121
…and shake the bluebell tips. Each flower of the deep glade Has whispered kisses for thy listening lips, While Eos blushes in the sky, to find A fairer, queenlier maiden, and as kind To man and maid, whose eyes are lit by the same mind. Thou hast, as Pallas hath, a polished shield, Whose Gorgon-head is Hatred, and asword Sharper than Love’s. ‘Thy wisdom is revealed To them who love, but thou hast aye ab- horred The children of revenge ; to them is sealed Thy book, so clear to me. Thy book where seven sins their sceptres wield, And seven sorrows …
1919 · PDF PAGE 316
…n teaching with regard to elementals. There is no space for detailed exposition of these points, but those familiar with the theory will find no difficulty at all in applying it to any particular case. This book is decidedly superior to True Ghost Stories; it is intended for read- ers of a somewhat higher type of intelligence. But Mr. Carrington’s way is not the way of those who become great. Herbert Spencer was contented to plug on year after year writing for readers barely mustering five score. Browning after 35 years of literary activity wri…
1907 · PDF PAGE 10
…he superscription on its cover is both froward and perverse , and contrary to the sum of human experience . This however I trust he will find is not the case , and , as Ianthe , will discover that after the mystic union has been consummated , the beautiful daughter of Ligdus and Telethusa was as acceptable a young husband as ever wooed nymph on the shaded slopes of Ida . Much has been written concerning stars , both terres trial and celestial , and not a little regarding that cap ricious star which gleamed over the humble manger bed of the Son …
1912 · PDF PAGE 77
…s he run mad ? A convent ! SOLDIER. Mad ! hes mad with lust And blood. Yet by his side he had the Archbishop. ORLANDO. Trust His wit to find a trick for that ! SOLDIER. So now we fight In the very court. ORLANDO. Ill hurl me at his throat to-night ! Come, sir, your sword in your left hand ! Strike one last blow ! SOLDIER. I am your servant to command. ORLANDO. [To MONICA.] Now pray ! MONICA. O no ! I will compel the Christ to hear ! My fierce demands Shall strike again the Romans spear in those pale hands ! Go, and God guard you ! ORLANDO. N…
1905 · PDF PAGE 68
…uffering, Glorious in trial : by His Holy Name, Jesus, the Godhead passing through the gates Of Hell, that even there the rescuers Might find the darkness, and proclaim the light ; For I invoke thee by the sacred rites And secret words of everlasting power : By the swift symbol of the Golden Dawn And all its promise, by the Cross of Fire, And by the Gleaming Symbol : by the Rose And Cross of Light and Life : the holy Ankh, The Rose of Ruby and the Cross of Gold. By these I say, Come forth ! My holy Spouse,
1913 · PDF PAGE 86
…e short note pertains to Class A. Crass “B” LiBer VI.—Liber O Vel Manus et Sagitte. The instructions given in this book are too loose to find place in the Class D publications. Instructions given for elementary study of the Qabalah, Assumption of God forms, Vibration of Divine Names, the 46
1913 · PDF PAGE 86
…e short note pertains to Class A. Crass “B” LiBer VI.—Liber O Vel Manus et Sagitte. The instructions given in this book are too loose to find place in the Class D publications. Instructions given for elementary study of the Qabalah, Assumption of God forms, Vibration of Divine Names, the 46
1930 · PDF PAGE 3
APPENDIX I. The reader will find excellent classical examples of rituals of Magick in The Equinox, Volume I, in the following places — Number I. — The supplément contains considérations for preparing a ritual of self-initiation. This supplément is also a perfect model of what a magical record should be, in respect of the form. 'Number IL — On pages 244-288 are given several rituals of Initiation. Pages 302-317 give an account of certain astral visions. Pages 326-332 give a formula for Rising on the Planes. Number III. — Pages 151-169 give detai…
1905 · PDF PAGE 186
…ts pangs abate No whit: the knife replaces the arm bare. Fear grows, and torment; and distracted pain Mist from sheer agony some respite find ; When some half-maddened miserable brain Projects a God in his detesting mind. A God who made him—to the core all evil, In his own image—and a God of Terror ; A vast foul nightmare, an impending devil ; Compact of darkness, infamy, and error. Some bestial woman, beaten by her mates, In utter fear broke down the bar reason 3 Shrieked, crawled to die ; delirium abates By some good chance her terror in its …
1907 · PDF PAGE 170
…eam : So, rising to the other bank, aglow With the bright motion and the stream’s young flow, She might discover the Elysian ground, And find me waiting, find me sad and slow Pacing the green flower-lighted turf, and leap Into my body’s kisses, into sleep :— Sweeter this latter bridal than we found The first, now lost in time’s eternal deep. It is not cruel if the ripe fruit fall— But never an elegy funereal Wept for untimely burial, but cried Aloud against the Fates, forebore to call In pity or passion on the Gods of peace ; But cursed, but wa…
1910 · PDF PAGE 147
… Ye fools, interweaving in passion The lyrical light of the mind ! Go on, in your drivelling fashion ! Ye shall surely seek long and not find. From without ye may see All the beauty of me, And my lips that their kisses are kind. For Eurydice once I lamented ; For Orpheus I do not lament : Her days were a span, and demented ; His days are for aye, and content. Mere love is as nought To the love that is Thought, And idea is more than event. O lovers ! O poets ! O masters Of me, ye may ravish my frown ! Aloof from my shocks and disasters ! Impatie…
1912 · PDF PAGE 38
… are lost. MONICA. Oh No ! we have gained time. Whose star was never crossed ? Success may crown the crime. First, theres the corpse to find. ORLANDO. What good is that to us ? MONICA. Theres something in my mindits idle to dis- cuss But something whispers we shall need it. ORLANDO. How ?
1928 · PDF PAGE 124
…of the will, sinuosity of the word; unity of end, variety of emotions. Om- nipotent and indivisible amalgam of genius, what analyst will find the hateful courage to dissect and separate you? Dear Liszt, across the fogs, beyond the riv- ers, above the towns whose musical instru- ments acclaim your glory, where the printers press interprets your wisdom, in whatever place you may be, in the splendours of the eternal city or among the folks of the dreamy countries which Gambrinus consoles, improvis-
1919 · PDF PAGE 175
…f realization rather than in any language. (Not at all bad. O.M.) Dec. 12. To-night, while walking, I thought that some time, when I can find the right person, it would be well to get him to record for me one of these experiences such as that of last night, during its occurrence; (1) providing I could speak without altering the state of consciousness; (2) providing I could find the neces- sary person. (No good. O.M.) Dec. 15th, 11.50 to 12.9 P.M. Astral Journey. On first trying to project astral it went rapidly off in a N.E. direction (Bad. O.M…
1929 · PDF PAGE 431
…sm, which revolts my scientific spirit and is repudiated, by my instinct as an initiate, for a foul blasphemy and profanation, or I must find some reason for supposing that a number of men reputed trustworthy observers are for some reason rendered suddenly incompetent. I have said a number of prominent men of science, but in point of fact very few of them have any sort of claim to rank in the first flight. However, such as they are, it is certainly curious that their first leaning towards spiritism becomes manifest on their reaching an age when…
1910 · PDF PAGE 12
…ht a shilling photograph of Queen Victoria and intend to publish it next March as ME When I Was CLEOPATRA. As if this was not enough, we find The Annals of Psychical Research publishing in all good faith as a serious account “The Apparition of Mrs. Veal to Mrs. Bargrave,” which was written by Daniel Defoe as a puff of some ass’s Meditations on Death!