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Page 33 of 2571941 · PDF PAGE 13
… December 22, 1937, e.v., nine months before the betrayal, which stripped Britain of the last rags of honour, prestige and security, and will break up civilization. To repeat: the event will establish the kingdom of the Crowned and Conquering Child over the whole earth, and all men shall bow to the Law, which is love under will. Magick, pp. 112-113, written in 1922, published 1929. THE DEAD RELIGION OF THE OLD AEON OF OSIRIS Days of National Prayer. No. 1 There followed: the colossal military disaster to the B.E.F. No. 2 There followed: t…
1912 · PDF PAGE 38
…re is that which is steady and easy.” And again, “any posture which is steady and easy is an Asana; there is no other rule.” Any posture will do. In a sense this is true, because any posture becomes uncomfortable sooner or later. The steadiness and easiness mark a definite attain- ment, as will be explained later on. Hindu books, such as the “Shiva Sanhita,” give countless postures; many, perhaps most of them, im- possible for the average adult European. Others insist that the head, neck, and spine should be kept vertical and straight, for reaso…
1913 · PDF PAGE 163
… his fellows in the Cup of BABALON. And in relation to his body and mind he is but a vehicle of the forces that are beyond the Abyss. He will therefore speak, but as a man among men, of that which he has seen and heard. But he will not claim authority. He will not proclaim dogma. For all that in him from which such things proceed is no more. He will remain in the darkness of the City of the Pyramids under the Night of Pan, sitting silent through 106 seasons, the name of every one of which is Death, ever seeking to make his understanding perfect…
1913 · PDF PAGE 163
… his fellows in the Cup of BABALON. And in relation to his body and mind he is but a vehicle of the forces that are beyond the Abyss. He will therefore speak, but as a man among men, of that which he has seen and heard. But he will not claim authority. He will not proclaim dogma. For all that in him from which such things proceed is no more. He will remain in the darkness of the City of the Pyramids under the Night of Pan, sitting silent through 106 seasons, the name of every one of which is Death, ever seeking to make his understanding perfect…
1930 · PDF PAGE 15
…t of the Karma of the Universe, as he has stated in his own Oath (See Cap. XVI. i), For if this be a delusion, success is impossible. It will then be best to go back to the beginning, and recapitulate with greater intensity and power of analysis the Oath and the Invocations. And this may be done thrice. But if this be satisfactorily accomplished, and the spirit be y et disobedient, the implication is thaï sonie hostile force is at work îo hinder the operation. It will then become advisable to discover the nature of that force, and to attack and…
1913 · PDF PAGE 60
…he wind - swept sands , Or where the autumn rain comes drumming down On huddled roofs in an enchanted town . But , O my sleepy soul , it will not roam , It is too happy and too warm at home ; With just the shadows leaping up the wall , The sparrows twittering ; and that is all . THE MOUNTAINS IN WINTER . I INUTTERABLY far , and still , and high , The mountains stand against the sunset sky , O little angry heart , against your will , You must grow quiet here , and wise , and still . 41
1903 · PDF PAGE 18
…he time !—cold, logical to a fault !—Ay ! and a crime, acrime at which the stars shake in the heaven ; men might think. Yet the stars, I will wager, are indifferent. True, the news has not reached them : true, that star I see is not a star; it was so six, ten, twenty thousand years ago— logical, I say !—and I will drink, for parenthetical is a poor substitute— [Drinks.] Why, how thou fir’st me! with that icy fire Of adamant thought. It well befits this hour If I recoil the chain whose last smooth link Slides o’er Time’s cogwheel. In the beginni…
1912 · PDF PAGE 8
…Α.“. A.". c/o ΤΗΕ ΕρυΙΝοΧ, 3 Great James Street, W.C. Telephone : CITY 8987, or to call at that address by appointment. A representative will be there to meet them. THE Chancellor of the A A considers it desirable to make a brief statement of the financial position, as the time has now arrived to make an effort to spread the knowledge to the ends of the earth. The expenses of the propaganda are roughly estimated as follows— Maintenance of Temple, and service . 4 £200 pa, Publications 4 . . 4 . 4 £200 pa Advertising, electrical expenses, etc. . .…
1912 · PDF PAGE 8
…Α.“. A.". c/o ΤΗΕ ΕρυΙΝοΧ, 3 Great James Street, W.C. Telephone : CITY 8987, or to call at that address by appointment. A representative will be there to meet them. THE Chancellor of the A A considers it desirable to make a brief statement of the financial position, as the time has now arrived to make an effort to spread the knowledge to the ends of the earth. The expenses of the propaganda are roughly estimated as follows— Maintenance of Temple, and service . 4 £200 pa, Publications 4 . . 4 . 4 £200 pa Advertising, electrical expenses, etc. . .…
1913 · PDF PAGE 78
…ich changed colour if poison was put into them; of such a glass must the student make his Cup. Very little experience on the mystic path will show him that of all the impressions he receives none is true. Either they are false in them- selves, or they are wrongly interpreted in his mind. There is one truth, and only one. All other thoughts are false. And as he advances in the knowledge of his mind he will come to understand that its whole structure is so faulty that it is quite incapable, even in its most exalted moods, of truth. He will recogn…
1910 · PDF PAGE 358
… Reason he would have had direct experience of this fact. On p. 126 Schopenhauer sets him right as follows: “The essence of the world is will... . The only way of salvation is by negation of the will, or by self-denial and renunciation. . . .” And again: “, .. life is the attainment of self-consciousness, in order that the will may acquire a right knowledge of its own nature. . . .” (p. 157). “Evil and pleasure are but different manifestations of the one will to live” (p. 177). “The tormentor and the tormented are one.” . . . “ Therefore what i…
1910 · PDF PAGE 358
… Reason he would have had direct experience of this fact. On p. 126 Schopenhauer sets him right as follows: “The essence of the world is will... . The only way of salvation is by negation of the will, or by self-denial and renunciation. . . .” And again: “, .. life is the attainment of self-consciousness, in order that the will may acquire a right knowledge of its own nature. . . .” (p. 157). “Evil and pleasure are but different manifestations of the one will to live” (p. 177). “The tormentor and the tormented are one.” . . . “ Therefore what i…
1939 · PDF PAGE 22
…; for all I know, you could sleep peacefully through an air-raid. That has nothing to do with it. As soon as you start the practices you will find, if you are doing them properly, that you are hearing sounds which you never heard before in your life. You become hypersensitive. And as you have five external batteries bombarding you, you get little repose. You feel the air on your skin with about the same intensity as you would previously have felt a fist in your face. 5. To some extent, no doubt, this fact will be familiar to all of you. Probabl…
1913 · PDF PAGE 46
…ld. This Oil cannot be prepared from crude myrrh, cinnamon, and galangal. The attempt to do so only gives a brown mud with which the oil will not mix. These substances must be themselves refined into pure oils before the final combination. This perfect Oil is most penetrating and subtle. Gradually it will spread itself, a glistening film, over every object in the Temple. Each of these objects will then flame in the light of the Lamp. This Oil is like that which was in the widow's cruse : it renews and multiplies itself miraculously; its perfume…
1907 · PDF PAGE 53
… Pie, and its Awful and Avenging Punitive Currants! But as I say, your alleged husband trains neither his child nor his moustache; and I will contend with him, I will fight and over come him; yea, I will inflict upon him my celebrated essay upon Truth—and he shall never rise againl It is written in the manner of Immanuel Kant? Ay, but of Immanuel Kant in bed with Bessie Bellwood. The hands are the hands of Schopenhauer, but the voice is the voice of Arthur Roberts. Listen to the Iataka, 0 child of wonder and the innocent eyes, and if you yell you…
1922 · PDF PAGE 283
…hing. However, what you should do is to replace it at night by these tablets, with a nice warm drink of whisky or rum and water, and you will find yourself asleep before you know it. Then in the morning, you awake much fresher than usual, and the heroin will have something more to catch hold of. The result of this will be that you will find quite a small quantity do you as much good as a big one did last week, and more.” - Well, all that seemed pretty sensible tome. We took his advice. We did not go to sleep at once. I felt my thoughts too vari…
1954 · PDF PAGE 186
THE ACT OF TRUTH 153 yourself: I am here to do this Work in accordance with my true Will. The Gods have got to see to it that I'm not baulked by any blinking messenger. (But take care They don't overhear you ; They might mistake it for Hybris, or presumption . Do it all in the Sign of Silence, under the aegis of Harpocrates, the "Lord of Defence and Protection"; be careful to assume his God-form, as standing on two crocodiles.) Then you increase your consumption, and at the same time put in a whole lot of extra Work. If you perform this "Act of…
1910 · PDF PAGE 191
…DY. Had never been. Yet to this keen Sight, to this sleuth-hound scent for subtle truth, The essential youth Of all things is corrupt. I will away Into the mystic palaces of Pan Hidden from day, Hidden from man, Awaiting there the coming of the Sphinx Whose genius drinks The poison of this pestilence, and saves The world from all its lords and slaves. Ho ! for his chariot-wheels that whirl afar ! His hawk’s eye flashing through the silver star ! Upon the heights his standard shall be plant Free, equal, passionate, pagan, dominant, Mystic, indom…
1909 · PDF PAGE 14
…ine of the Operation. It seems only necessary to cut off definitely dispersive things, aimless chatter and such; for the Operation itself will guide one, leading to disgust for too much food and so on. Ifthere be upon my limbs any chain that requires a definite effort to break it, perhaps sleep is that chain. But we shall see—so/m'lur ambulando. If any asceti- cism be desirable later on, true wariness will soon detect any danger, and devise a means to meet it and overcome it. Have finished bath and massage, during which I continued steadily but qu…
1954 · PDF PAGE 331
…hat extent. What is important is the Oath. One who is vowed to the A :. A:. 's Mission for Mankind, who takes it dead seriously, and who will be neither frightened nor bored from Its majestic purpose, may at any time bind himself by an Oath to reject the rewards of Devachan, and reincarnate immediately again and again. By "immediately" is meant about 6 months before the birth of the new Adept, about 3 months after his last death . It depends to some extent, no doubt, on whether he can find a suitable vehicle. Presumably, he will make some sort …