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Page 31 of 951939 · PDF PAGE 3
LIBER LXXVII “the law of the strong: this is our law ° and the joy @ of the world” — at. 1. 21 “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law” — at.1. 4o “thou hast no right but to do thy will. Do that, and no other shall say nay? — ax.1. 42-3 “Every man and every woman is a star?” — aL. 1.3 There is no god but man. 1. Man has the right to live by his own law — to live in the way that he wills to do: to work as he will: to play as he will: to rest as he will: to die when and how he will. 2. Man has the right to eat what he will: to drink what…
1954 · PDF PAGE 528
Cara Soror, 82 Epistola Penultima The Two Ways to Reality Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. How very sensible of you, though I admit somewhat exacting! You write-Will you tell me exactly why I should devote so of my valuable time to subjects like Magick and Yoga. That is all very well. But you ask me to put it in syllogistic form. I have no doubt this can be done, though the task seems somewhat complicated. I think I will leave it to you to construct your series of syllogisms yourself from the arguments of this letter. In your ma…
1919 · PDF PAGE 317
THE TANK ried to a Canadian,” every one would say, “What a wholesome story!” The poi- son of puritanism has rotted through the whole of human thought. Conventional morality is the syphilis of the soul, and it is for the God Mercury, no one less, to oppose its action. Our trouble is rendered a thousand times more grievous because most of us do not recognize how foul is our disease. The words ‘marriage with a Canadian’ should be expunged from human language. People should be prose- cuted for printing so foul and obscene a phrase. Yet these things…
1910 · PDF PAGE 108
…the vigil overpast. Call me to thee at last, O Rose, O perfect miracle lover, Call me ! I hear thee though it be across The abyss of the whole universe, Though not a sigh escape, delicious loss ! Though hardly a wish rehearse The imperfection underlying ever The perfect happiness. Thou knowest that not in flesh Lies the fair fresh Delight of love ; not in mere lips and eyes The secret of these bridal ecstasies, Since thou art everywhere, Rose of the World, Rose of the Uttermost Abode of Glory, Rose of the High Host Of Heaven, mystic, rapturous …
1910 · PDF PAGE 13
…g that he could not serve a writ on a man with an address in the telephone directory, who was spending hundreds of pounds on letting the whole world know where to find him. It was perhaps unkind of me not to warn Mr. Cran that he was putting his foot in it. But if I had said a word, the case would have been thrown up; and then where would our advertisement have been? So, even now, I restrict my remarks; there may be some more fun coming. But at least there’s a prophet loose! Some anonymous person wrote Cran, Cran, McGregor’s man, Served a writ,…
1910 · PDF PAGE 13
…g that he could not serve a writ on a man with an address in the telephone directory, who was spending hundreds of pounds on letting the whole world know where to find him. It was perhaps unkind of me not to warn Mr. Cran that he was putting his foot in it. But if I had said a word, the case would have been thrown up; and then where would our advertisement have been? So, even now, I restrict my remarks; there may be some more fun coming. But at least there’s a prophet loose! Some anonymous person wrote Cran, Cran, McGregor’s man, Served a writ,…
1954 · PDF PAGE 312
Cara Soror, 43 The Holy Guardian Angel An Objective Individual Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. On going over some recent letters I see that you meant not only to inquire into the order of being to which angels belong, but as to whether they are liable to accident, misfortune, and the like. The answer is that it depends on the Angel-for the purposes of this letter I propose to use the word 'angel' to include all sorts of disembodied beings, from demons to gods-in all cases, they are objective; a subjective 'angel' is different f…
1954 · PDF PAGE 479
74 Obstacles on the Path Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Peccavi! And how! But my excuse is good, and I will try to make amends . First, a little counter-attack-your letter is so rambling and diffuse that at first I couldn't make out what you were getting at, and at last decided that it is much too random to reproduce, or even to deal with in detail. I shall simply formulate the case for the Prosecution, plead guilty, and appeal for clemency. The gravamen is that the Path of the Wise is gay with flowers, gilded with…
1913 · PDF PAGE 359
…f the temple. Let us say what the temple of the future will be! When the spirit of intelligence and love shall have revealed itself, the whole trinity will manifest itself in its truth and in its glory. Humanity, become a queen, and, as it were, risen from the dead, will have the grace of childhood in its poesy, the vigour of youth in its reason, and the wisdom of ripe age in its works. All those forms, which the divine thought has successively clothed, will be born again, immortal and perfect. All those features which the art of successive nat…
1913 · PDF PAGE 359
…f the temple. Let us say what the temple of the future will be! When the spirit of intelligence and love shall have revealed itself, the whole trinity will manifest itself in its truth and in its glory. Humanity, become a queen, and, as it were, risen from the dead, will have the grace of childhood in its poesy, the vigour of youth in its reason, and the wisdom of ripe age in its works. All those forms, which the divine thought has successively clothed, will be born again, immortal and perfect. All those features which the art of successive nat…
1954 · PDF PAGE 182
18 The Importance of our Conventional Greetings Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. From time to time I have exhorted you with mine accustomed matchless eloquence never to neglect the prescribed Greetings; but I think it just as well to collect the various considerations connected with their use-and in "Greetings" I include "saying Will" before set meals, the four daily adorations of the Sun (Liber CC vel Resh) and the salutation of Our Lady the Moon. I propose to deal with the general object of the combined rituals, no…
1909 · PDF PAGE 191
A NOTE ON GENESIS So the Whole Word reads: a This is the Magical History > Of the Dawning of the Light. x Begun are the Whirling Motions; w Formulated is the Primal Fire ; ’ Proclaimed is the Reign of the Gods of Light n At the Threshold of the Infinite Worlds! Now compare this with the Particular Exordium (G.". D.. MSS. Z3): ‘At the ending of the NIGHT 3 At the Limits of the LIGHT Thoth stood before the Unborn Ones of Time. Then was formulated the Universe. 4 (Thea came forth the Gods thereof, The AZons of the Bornless Beyond. * x Then was the…
1909 · PDF PAGE 191
A NOTE ON GENESIS So the Whole Word reads: a This is the Magical History > Of the Dawning of the Light. x Begun are the Whirling Motions; w Formulated is the Primal Fire ; ’ Proclaimed is the Reign of the Gods of Light n At the Threshold of the Infinite Worlds! Now compare this with the Particular Exordium (G.". D.. MSS. Z3): ‘At the ending of the NIGHT 3 At the Limits of the LIGHT Thoth stood before the Unborn Ones of Time. Then was formulated the Universe. 4 (Thea came forth the Gods thereof, The AZons of the Bornless Beyond. * x Then was the…
1903 · PDF PAGE 13
… mathematics, there was not truly absolute 0, for 0 is, as I have shown, dependent on the idea of categories. If these existed, then the whole question is merely thrown back; we must reach a state in which the 0 is absolute. Not only must we get rid of all subjects, but of all predicates. By 0 (in mathematics) we really mean 0°, where n is the final term ofa natural scale of dimensions, categories, or predicates. Our Cosmic Egg, then, from which the present universe arose, was Nothingness, extended in no categories, or, graphically, 0°. This ex…
1906 · PDF PAGE 217
…dark- ness of metaphysics; occult, of the mystical darkness of the Threshold of Initiation: and physiological, containing allusions to a whole group of phenomena, which those who have begun meditation will recognise. Similarly, a single word may be a mnemonic key to an entire line of philosophical argument. If the reader chooses, in short, he will find the entire mass of Initiated Wisdom between the covers of this unpretending volume.
1913 · PDF PAGE 312
…le? Now, to be able to doubt, is to doubt. Doubt is the force 1 This passage is typical of the sublime irony of Levi, and the key to the whole of his paradoxes.—TRANS. 14
1913 · PDF PAGE 312
…le? Now, to be able to doubt, is to doubt. Doubt is the force 1 This passage is typical of the sublime irony of Levi, and the key to the whole of his paradoxes.—TRANS. 14
1954 · PDF PAGE 85
5 The Universe: The 0=2 Equation Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Yes, I admit everything! It is all my fault. Looking over my past writings , I do see .that my only one-pointed attempt to set forth a sound ontology was my early fumbling little brochure Berashith. 1 Since then , I seem to have kept assuming that everybody knew all about it ; referring to it, quoting it, but never sitting down seriously to demonstrate the thesis, or even to state it in set terms. Chapter 0 of Magick in Theory and Practice skates gentl…
1954 · PDF PAGE 185
19 The Act of Truth Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. It seems that last Wednesday I so far forgot myself as to refer to the "Act of Truth" in conversation, and never mentioned what it is when it's at home, or why anyone should perform it, or what happens when one does perform it! All right, I will remedy that; luckily, it is a very simple matter; very important, perfectly paradoxical, and devastatingly effective. Analysed, it is to make the assumption that something which seems very wrong is actually all right, that …
1954 · PDF PAGE 436
67 Faith Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Dear me! dear me! this is very unexpected. I wrote you a long while ago about doubt, and now I suppose the seed fell in fertile ground! My chaste remarks have prompted a new question "arising out of the previous answer, Sir." You point out quite correctly that the doubt of which I wrote in passages of such burning eloquence is after all what used to be called "philosophic" doubt; and by "philosophic" people apparently meant something rather Ii ke "Pickwickians. " Not the genu…