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Page 27 of 711913 · PDF PAGE 362
…lligence, accomplice of divine Prometheus, eldest daughter of Lucifer, hail unto thee in thine audacity! Thou didst wish to know, and in order to possess, thou didst brave all the thunders, and affronted every abyss! Intelligence, O Thou, whom we poor sinners have loved to madness, to scandal, to reprobation! Divine right of man, essence and soul of liberty, hail unto thee! For they have pursued thee, in trampling beneath their feet for thee the dearest dreams of their imagination, the best beloved phantoms of their heart ! For thee, they have …
1913 · PDF PAGE 362
…lligence, accomplice of divine Prometheus, eldest daughter of Lucifer, hail unto thee in thine audacity! Thou didst wish to know, and in order to possess, thou didst brave all the thunders, and affronted every abyss! Intelligence, O Thou, whom we poor sinners have loved to madness, to scandal, to reprobation! Divine right of man, essence and soul of liberty, hail unto thee! For they have pursued thee, in trampling beneath their feet for thee the dearest dreams of their imagination, the best beloved phantoms of their heart ! For thee, they have …
1912 · PDF PAGE 77
…ept. 21. Did a little Invocation. Inquiring how to invoke A got the instant reply “ Oflml”—and only saw later that this was the same old order as before. Which confirms it: discard methods, rituals, etc. (and their contradictions), but do it Often! 22. D. D. S. visits me. Celebration of the Autumnal Equinox. ,, 23. Celebration of the Autumnal Equinox. 24—30. (During this period Fra. P. was preparing, under the guidance of D. D. S., a certain ritual of initiation. This was to combine the Eastern and the Western methods. The mind, exalted, fortifie…
1912 · PDF PAGE 77
…ept. 21. Did a little Invocation. Inquiring how to invoke A got the instant reply “ Oflml”—and only saw later that this was the same old order as before. Which confirms it: discard methods, rituals, etc. (and their contradictions), but do it Often! 22. D. D. S. visits me. Celebration of the Autumnal Equinox. ,, 23. Celebration of the Autumnal Equinox. 24—30. (During this period Fra. P. was preparing, under the guidance of D. D. S., a certain ritual of initiation. This was to combine the Eastern and the Western methods. The mind, exalted, fortifie…
1913 · PDF PAGE 56
…o wills in the inferior. The will expressed in his vow, which is the will linked to his highest will by the fact that he has taken it in order to develop that highest will, contends with the temporary will, which is based only on temporary considerations.
1919 · PDF PAGE 328
…But that day is come since she wrote this Book; the New Zon is here, and its Word is Do what thou wilt. It is certainly time to give the order: “Chautauqua est delenda.” Love is the law, love under will.
1928 · PDF PAGE 112
…hen that was done, all was not done; the little monster had employed a very thin string, which had cut deeply into his flesh, and now in order to free
1928 · PDF PAGE 147
…d yours. And everyone admired her as much as I did. When we went into a restaurant, at the end of some minutes everyone forgot to eat in order to look at her. The waiters themselves, and the lady at the cash-desk, felt the contagious ec- stasy so strangely that they would forget their duties. In short, I lived for some time alone with a living phenomenon. She ate, chewed,
1961 · PDF PAGE 131
…w of thy Mind, is the first Stop toward the comprehension of the Arcanum of Change, which is the Root of the Work of a Magus of Our Holy Order. O my Son, bind this within thine Heart, for its Name is the Beatific Vision. m
1939 · PDF PAGE 50
…We compare two phenomena in time by the idea of sequence. 12. Now it will be perfectly clear to all of you that this is all nonsense. In order to conceive the simplest possible object, we have to keep on inventing ideas, which even in the proud moment of invention are seen to be unreal. How are we to get away from the world of phantasmagoria to the common universe of sense? We shall require quite a lot more acts of imagination. We have got to endow our mathematical conceptions with three ideas which Hindu philosophers call Sat, Chit and Ananda,…
1909 · PDF PAGE 239
…ill be necessary here to recount, briefly though it may be, the circumstances which led up to his entering into communi- cation with the Order of A.°. A.°. Born of an ancient family, but a few days after the fifty- sixth Equinox before the Equinox of the Gods, he was reared and educated in the faith of Christ as taught by one of the strictest sects of the many factions of the Christian Church, and scarcely had he learnt to lisp the simplest syllables of childhood than his martyrdom began. From infancy he struggled through the chill darkness of …
1909 · PDF PAGE 239
…ill be necessary here to recount, briefly though it may be, the circumstances which led up to his entering into communi- cation with the Order of A.°. A.°. Born of an ancient family, but a few days after the fifty- sixth Equinox before the Equinox of the Gods, he was reared and educated in the faith of Christ as taught by one of the strictest sects of the many factions of the Christian Church, and scarcely had he learnt to lisp the simplest syllables of childhood than his martyrdom began. From infancy he struggled through the chill darkness of …
1912 · PDF PAGE 64
…ith much caution and secrecy some particular spot on the pupil’s body which has never previously attracted his attention, and says: “ In order to obtain this magical power which you seek, all that is necessary is to wash seven times in the Ganges during Seven days, being particularly careful to avoid thinking of that one spot.” Of
1913 · PDF PAGE 416
…for us, relating to our double life. There exists a language of sleep; in the waking state it is impossible to understand it, or even to order its words. The language of slumber is that of nature, hieroglyphic in its character, and rhythmical in its sounds. Slumber may be either giddy or lucid. Madness is a permanent state of vertiginous somnambu- lism. A violent disturbance may wake madmen to sense, or kill them. Hallucinations, when they obtain the adhesion of the intelligence, are transitory attacks of madness. Every mental fatigue provokes …
1913 · PDF PAGE 416
…for us, relating to our double life. There exists a language of sleep; in the waking state it is impossible to understand it, or even to order its words. The language of slumber is that of nature, hieroglyphic in its character, and rhythmical in its sounds. Slumber may be either giddy or lucid. Madness is a permanent state of vertiginous somnambu- lism. A violent disturbance may wake madmen to sense, or kill them. Hallucinations, when they obtain the adhesion of the intelligence, are transitory attacks of madness. Every mental fatigue provokes …
1961 · PDF PAGE 213
…self, discriminating only in our Minds between Phenomena by Comparison with some convenient Standard, for the Purpose of maintaining the Order of our Conceptions in Respect of the Relation of any Being with its Environment. t
1907 · PDF PAGE 303
296 THE STAR IN THE WEST primary by order and degree , sometimes obviously , some times obscurely , perhaps even untraceably , so that we have no real right to predicate their connection . ' Dhâranâ is mentioned at some length in “ Pente cost " : Olympus in a nutshell ! I Have a superior faculty To reasoning , which makes absurd , Unthinkable and wicked too , A great deal that I know is true ! In short , the mind is capable , Besides mere ratiocination , Of twenty other things as well , The first of which is concentration ! Bloom , Concentratio…
1913 · PDF PAGE 147
…those practices which are clearly conducive to such destruction. These practices have now fortunately been set down in clear language by order of the A.-. A.-. . In these instructions the relativity and limitation of each practice is clearly taught, and all dogmatic interpretations are carefully avoided.
1913 · PDF PAGE 89
OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS OF A... A... An elementary suggestive account of the work of the Order in its relation to the average man. The preliminary paper of M ... M .*. M .*. may be classed with this. Liper XLI.—7hien Tao (in Konx Om Pax). An advanced study of Attainment by the method of equilibrium on the ethical plane. Liser LV.—The Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua. An account of the Magical and Mystic Path in the language of Alchemy. Liper LIX.—A4evoss the Gulf. A fantastic account of a previous incarnation. Its prin- cipal interest is tha…
1913 · PDF PAGE 89
OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS OF A... A... An elementary suggestive account of the work of the Order in its relation to the average man. The preliminary paper of M ... M .*. M .*. may be classed with this. Liper XLI.—7hien Tao (in Konx Om Pax). An advanced study of Attainment by the method of equilibrium on the ethical plane. Liser LV.—The Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua. An account of the Magical and Mystic Path in the language of Alchemy. Liper LIX.—A4evoss the Gulf. A fantastic account of a previous incarnation. Its prin- cipal interest is tha…