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Page 28 of 921919 · PDF PAGE 163
…Next day. Chaos. Reason is quite inadequate to solve the problem. Here followeth a certain’ passage from Ezekiel. “Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shalt thy tears run down. Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. So I spake unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died: and I did in the morning as I was c…
1898 · PDF PAGE 6
2 JEZEBEL My body towards the city turns, My spirit seeks its fierier goal ; In wells of heaven to quench my thirst, And take Gods hand among the first. I conquered self ; I grew at last A prophet chosen of the Lord ; I blew the trumpets iron blast That called on Zimri Omris sword ; My voice inflamed the fiery steel That was to smite upon Jezreel. And now, I haste from yonder sands, With fervour filled, to say Gods doom To Ahab of the bloody hands, The spoiler of his fathers tomb, The slayer of the vineyard king. Gods judgment, and his fa…
1909 · PDF PAGE 26
…ding to the balance of Good and Evil, form your final judgment. Consider also always in money questions where the part of Fortune falls. Take, e.g., the figure on p. 144, and form a judgment for loss of money in business therefrom. Tables of Witnesses and Judge say: Moderate. In 2ndis :. Evil, showing obstacle, delay. Part of Fortune @ is in Asc. with %, showing loss through Querent’ s own blunders. = springs into no other House; . this does not affect the question. The figures x and of 2nd are 3, 3, 3, and 2, all good figures and friendly in n…
1905 · PDF PAGE 273
…ationalist explains this by Inspiration, the superstitious Man by Mathe- matics. I give an Example of the Way in which one works. Let us take IAO, one of the ‘‘ Barbarous Names of Evocation,” of which those who have wished to conceal their own Glory by adopting the Authority of Zarathustra have said that in the holy Ceremonies it has an ineffable Power. But what Kind of Power? By the Qabalah we can find out the Force of the Name IAQ. We can spell it in Hebrew 18° or YN’. The Qabalah will even tell us which is the true Way. Let us however suppos…
1907 · PDF PAGE 173
…hat he can or ought to think ? No ! the strong man and self -reliant Is the true spiritual giant . I blame no weaklings , but decline To take their maunderings for mine .? We will now end the poet's utter contempt for this worn-out old creed with the following : Vex My soul no more with mistranslations From Genesis to Revelations , But leave me with the Flaming Star Jeheshua (see thou Zohar !) And thus our formidable Pigeon Lamb -and -old -Gentleman religion Fizzles in smoke , and I am found Attacking nothing 2 1 Sword of Song, Ascension Day, v…
1909 · PDF PAGE 39
… age! So Regent’s Park may seem to hot desire; So the archangel gets a cabman's wage; So all the aeons that pass still leave one time To take one’s lunch at the appointed hour — This is the difference between prose and rime And this the great gulf fixed for leaf and flower. The British public grunts and growls and grovels, Swilling its hogwash of neurotic novels.
1898 · PDF PAGE 13
…he person of George Archi- bald Bishop. In a corner of Paris this young poet (for in his nature the flower of poesy did spring, did even take root and give some promise of a brighter bloom, till stricken and blasted in latter years by the lightning of his own sins) was steadily writing day after day, night after night, often working forty hours at a time, work which he destined to entrance the world. All England should ring with his praises ; bye-and-bye the whole world should know his name. Of these works none of the longer and more ambitious …
1907 · PDF PAGE 154
… prove but an incubus of sorrow and despair ? Firstly , because most men are fools ; secondly , because those who are not are knaves . I take no heed of trickery played By cunning mad Elijah's skill , When the great test of strength was made On Carmel's melancholy hill , And on the altar stone the liar Cried “ Water ," and poured forth Greek fire !' 1 Ahab , vol . ii, p . 123 .
1912 · PDF PAGE 59
…ast tend to excite his mind; but once he has for- mulated it, let him stick to it, avoiding opportunism ; and let him be very careful to take no credit for what he does or refrains from doing—— it is a purely practical code, of no value in itself. The cleanliness which assists the surgeon in his work would prevent the engineer from doing his at all. (Ethical questions are adequately dealt with in “Thien Tao” in “ Konx Om Pax," and should be there studied. Also see Liber XXX of the A. A. Also in Liber CCXX, the “Book of the Law,” it is said: “ D…
1922 · PDF PAGE 233
Towards Madness 219 I made him take two or three sniffs of snow. That put him right, and now he’s gone off to the inn. I’m very glad to be alone. I always felt those servants were spying. The house is delightfully quiet. As I write there are two beautiful people looking over my shoulder. They have been sent to watch over me and guide me, and prepare me for the great destiny which is in store for me. Here comes Peter with the waiter and a tray. I must hide this book. The secrets of the spiritual life must be kept from the profane. It’s all right…
1961 · PDF PAGE 69
…th that true Nature of thine and of all Things, and every Phenomenon is the Resultant of the Totality of Forces; Amen. Then thou needest take no Thought and make no Effort? Thou sast sooth; yet, art thou not compelled to Thought and Effort in the Way of Nature? Yea, I, thy Father, work for thee solicitously, and also I laugh at thy Perplexities; for so was it fore-ordained that I should do, by Me, from the Beginning. a
1961 · PDF PAGE 97
… Osiris was, as thou knowest, a Word of Death, that is, the Force lay long in Darkness, and by Putrefaction came to Resurrection. But we take living Things, and pour in Life and Nature of our own Will, so that instantly and without Corruption the Child (as it were the Word of that Will) is generated; and again immediately taketh up his Habitation among us to manifest in Force and Fire. This Mass of the Holy Ghost is then the true Formula of the Magick of the Æon of Horus, blessed by He in His Name Ra- Hoor-Khuit! And thou shalt bless also the N…
1899 · PDF PAGE 117
…ed: Arise! And then the pearl Budded with nautilus-wings, and upward now Soared. And our souls began to know the death That was about to take us. All our veins Boiled with tumultuous and bursting blood, 95 Our flesh broke bounds, and all our bones grew fierce, As if some poison ate us up. And lo! The air is peopled with a devil-tribe
1909 · PDF PAGE 170
…ding to the balance of Good and Evil, form your final judgment. Consider also always in money questions where the part of Fortune falls. Take, e.g., the figure on p. 144, and form a judgment for loss of money in business therefrom. Tables of Witnesses and Judge say: Moderate. In 2ndis :. Evil, showing obstacle, delay. Part of Fortune @ is in Asc. with %, showing loss through Querent’ s own blunders. = springs into no other House; . this does not affect the question. The figures x and of 2nd are 3, 3, 3, and 2, all good figures and friendly in n…
1909 · PDF PAGE 170
…ding to the balance of Good and Evil, form your final judgment. Consider also always in money questions where the part of Fortune falls. Take, e.g., the figure on p. 144, and form a judgment for loss of money in business therefrom. Tables of Witnesses and Judge say: Moderate. In 2ndis :. Evil, showing obstacle, delay. Part of Fortune @ is in Asc. with %, showing loss through Querent’ s own blunders. = springs into no other House; . this does not affect the question. The figures x and of 2nd are 3, 3, 3, and 2, all good figures and friendly in n…
1912 · PDF PAGE 67
…d only knows, The mob, the merchants MORTADELLO. Pah ! GABRIELE. My spies lean to suppose A third of us, by greed sharp spurred, would take the chance To treble their estates. A third could make us dance To a brick tune. MORTADELLO. The Jewsyou said ? You saw the dog ? GABRIELE. Ay, bearded the old addlehead in Synagogue. MORTADELLO. He furnishes the loan ? GABRIELE. My lord his jaw snapped hard Like an old sharks. I cant afford it : times are hard :
1939 · PDF PAGE 9
…he Palace of Wisdom leads one; Open a bottle for Wisdoms sake! And I am the boy that needs one. Its a long, long way, but its good to take Open a bottle for Mishter Blake! At the door of Burgess Fish Sauce Shop She stood, oh, how does it go, boys? Well, truly rural will do for the cop, If you say it quiet and slow, boys. Why the devil should anyone stop, When truly rural will do for the cop? I dknow f t struck you, i shtruck me Thwas somethin wrong with the pheasant. Say, how would a little drink, maybe Youknow, void anthing …
1907 · PDF PAGE 240
…ference is to The Merchant of Venice, Act III. Scene x. ‘‘ Bachelor” refers to the degree of ‘* B.A.,” which the Author was expecting to take at the time of writing the Dedication; but which in fact he did not take. Text, pp. 5-69; ‘‘A Note on Jephthah,” pp. 70-71. Headlines throughout. No imprint. Edition : 25 copies on machine-made paper. Issued in grey paper with an auto-lithograph in black ink, ‘‘ Aleister Crowley | Jephthah,” on cover, [THE MOTHER'S TRAGEDY: 1901] The Mother’s | Tragedy | and | Other. Poems. | by | Aleister Crowley | Priva…
1910 · PDF PAGE 238
…aughter of Shakespeare's country. I am sure the Bacon imbroglio was a consummate practical joke on somebody’s part. As I see the joke, I take no side in the controversy! But we should look on the bright side of things ! [Pompously.] Poor Uncle Henry, dead and turned to clay, May feed the Beans that keep the Bile away. Oh that whom all the world did once ignore Should purge a peer or ease an emperor! EUPHEMIA. But where is the bright side of our love? caRR. Why, our love! EUPHEMIA. Cannot you, cannot you understand? carr. Not unless you tell me!…
1910 · PDF PAGE 238
…aughter of Shakespeare's country. I am sure the Bacon imbroglio was a consummate practical joke on somebody’s part. As I see the joke, I take no side in the controversy! But we should look on the bright side of things ! [Pompously.] Poor Uncle Henry, dead and turned to clay, May feed the Beans that keep the Bile away. Oh that whom all the world did once ignore Should purge a peer or ease an emperor! EUPHEMIA. But where is the bright side of our love? caRR. Why, our love! EUPHEMIA. Cannot you, cannot you understand? carr. Not unless you tell me!…