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Page 34 of 2251905 · PDF PAGE 148
…hold thy god, Horus, lest anger take benignancy From his left hand and smite thee with his strength. Thou hearest? Nay, thou pitiful old man, For I have loved thee. Yet my godhead must Get worship. Anger not the god, but stoop, My faithful priest, and worship at my feet. AMENHATED, Tam most miserable. But truth must leap In this tremendous moment from my lips, Its long-shut barrier. For I pity thee With my old heart’s whole pity. Thou art young, And beautiful, and proud, and dear to me, Whom I have served thy life through. Now that love Demands…
1909 · PDF PAGE 20
…n the absence of the prophet Daniel, I shall let the matter slide. Pranayama. 13 cycles. Very tiring; I began to sweat. A mediocre performance. Breakfast. Hatha Yogi—a pear and two gau- frettes. Have been meditating :in Hanged Man position. Thought dull and wandering; yet once “ the concep- tion of the Glowing Fire" seen as a planet (perhaps Mars). Just enough to destroy the concentration ; then it went out, dammit! Have attended to correspondence and other business and drunk a citron pressé. The Voice of the Nadi began to resound. Have done ”B…
1909 · PDF PAGE 136
… why was I so anxious? How could I say? He was the servant of . . . “T did not know my sweet child’s name! * * * * * “So, while a living man, I made myselfa ghost. IV “Tt may have been one day some ten years later,” con- tinued the old nobleman, “when as I paced uselessly the Street of the Four Winds I was confronted by a stern, grey figure, short, stout, and bearded, but of an indescribable majesty and force. “He laid his hand unhesitatingly upon my shoulder. ‘Unhappy man!’ he cried, ‘thou art sacrificing thy life toa phantom. “Look not,” quot…
1909 · PDF PAGE 136
… why was I so anxious? How could I say? He was the servant of . . . “T did not know my sweet child’s name! * * * * * “So, while a living man, I made myselfa ghost. IV “Tt may have been one day some ten years later,” con- tinued the old nobleman, “when as I paced uselessly the Street of the Four Winds I was confronted by a stern, grey figure, short, stout, and bearded, but of an indescribable majesty and force. “He laid his hand unhesitatingly upon my shoulder. ‘Unhappy man!’ he cried, ‘thou art sacrificing thy life toa phantom. “Look not,” quot…
1961 · PDF PAGE 61
…hat lie within us undeveloped and unanalysed; and it is by the Method of Science that it must be made clear, and available to the Use of Man. Is not this a Gift beyond Price, the Fruit of a Tree not only of knowledge but of Life? For there is that in Man which is God, and there is that also which is Dust; and by our Magick we shall make these twain one Flesh, to the Obtaining of the Empery of the Universe. s
1913 · PDF PAGE 58
…t than a reciprocating engine ; and his counsel is only good for the beginner. Ultimately the Magical Will so identifies itself with the man's whole being that it becomes unconscious, and is as constant a force as gravitation. One may even be surprised at one's own acts, and have to reason out their connection. But let it be understood that when the Will has thus really raised itself to the height of Destiny, the man is no more hkely to do wrong than he is to float off into the air. One may be asked whether there is not a conflict between this …
1909 · PDF PAGE 49
…m which is ‘of brilliant gold or smoke colour and has sixteen petals correspond— ing to the sixteen vowel sounds,’ one might make a good mantra of the English vowel sounds, or the Hebrew. ”Curiouser and curiouser!” The Yogis identify the Varana (Ganges) with the Ida-Nadi, the Asi (?) with the Pingala—Nadi, and Benares with the space between them. Like my identification of my throat with the Gate of the cimetiere du Montparnasse. Well, it requires very considerable discrimination and a good sound foundation of knowledge, if one means to get any s…
1929 · PDF PAGE 38
…his the reader should study “The Temple of Solomon the King” in Equinox I, V, and Liber 418. This first triad is essentially unity, in a manner transcending reason. The compréhension of this Trinity is a matter of spiritual expérience. Ail true gods are attrîbuted to this Trinity. 2 3 An immeasurable abyss divides it from ail manifestations of Reason or the lower qualifies of man. In the ultimate analysis of Reason, we find ail reason identified with this abyss. Yet this abyss is the crown of the mind. Purely intellectual faculties ail obtain h…
1996 · PDF PAGE 26
Chapter I A Verses 3—4 27 circumference inwards. This is what is meant when we say that woman has no soul. It explains fully the difference between the sexes.1 1 [Surviving fragment from “The Book of the Great Auk.” See also The Book ofThoth, pp. 15-16, and Part III of Book 4, Parts I-IV, rev. ed., p. 248n.] 2 [The “Star-Sponge” Vision was usually characterized by Crowley as “Nothingness with Twinkles”; see p. 79.] 3 [A lake in Bristol, New Hampshire.] 4 [A lengthy technical commentary to this verse, omitted by Dr. Wilkin son, is given as Appe…
1919 · PDF PAGE 47
…ed of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way per- fect.” Take this carefully; it seems to imply a theory that if every man and every woman did his and her will—the true will—there would be no clashing. “Every man and every woman is a star,” and each star moves in an appointed path without interference. There is plenty of room for all; it is only disorder that creates confusion. From these considerations it should be clear that “Do what thou wilt” does not mean “Do what you like.” It is the apotheosis of Freedom; but it is also…
1928 · PDF PAGE 45
…e will of the wind, a shred of music, and gazing upon the sparkling throng within. It is always interesting, this reflection of the rich mans joy in the depth of the poor mans eye; but this day, among this populace clad in blouses and calico, I saw a being whose nobil- ity made a startling contrast with all the sur- rounding triviality. It was a tall and majestic woman, so noble in her whole bearing that I do not remember to have ever seen her equal in the galleries of the aristocratic beauties of the past. A perfume of haughty virtue emanate…
1930 · PDF PAGE 16
… of ail the experiencees passed through by the Master Therion in his attainment of this grade of Initiation, the highest possible to any manifested Man. Unpublished. Liber LXXVIIL A complété treatise on the Tarot giving the correct designs of the cards with their attributions and symbolic meanings on ail the planes. Part-published in Equinox VII, p. 143. Liber LXXXI. The Butterfly Net. An account of a magical operation, particularly concerning the planet Luna, written in the form of a novel. Published under the title “Moon-child” by the Man¬ dr…
1910 · PDF PAGE 253
MR. TODD I hate you! I hate you! Where is my nice man ? [ropp whispers in his ear. Oh, I see. It is when people get to be grown-ups that they don’t like you any more. But I like you, Mr. Todd. Carry me pick-a-back ! [ropp ¢akes CHARLIE on” his shoulder, and goes dancing Svom the voom, the boy crowing with delight. CURTAIN. 235
1910 · PDF PAGE 253
MR. TODD I hate you! I hate you! Where is my nice man ? [ropp whispers in his ear. Oh, I see. It is when people get to be grown-ups that they don’t like you any more. But I like you, Mr. Todd. Carry me pick-a-back ! [ropp ¢akes CHARLIE on” his shoulder, and goes dancing Svom the voom, the boy crowing with delight. CURTAIN. 235
1909 · PDF PAGE 119
THE DREAM CIRCEAN noble attempt to flagellate impurity—impurity of thought, line, colour, all we symbolise by womanhood. Hence the grotesque obscenity in nowise suggested Jewry; but gave a wholesome reaction of life and youth against artificiality and money-lust. As it chanced, there was nobody of importance in the “Lapin.” Frédéric, with his hearty voice and his virile roll, more of a dance than a walk, easily dominated the company. Yet there was at least one really remarkable figure in the pleasant gloom of the little cabaret. A man sat there…
1909 · PDF PAGE 119
THE DREAM CIRCEAN noble attempt to flagellate impurity—impurity of thought, line, colour, all we symbolise by womanhood. Hence the grotesque obscenity in nowise suggested Jewry; but gave a wholesome reaction of life and youth against artificiality and money-lust. As it chanced, there was nobody of importance in the “Lapin.” Frédéric, with his hearty voice and his virile roll, more of a dance than a walk, easily dominated the company. Yet there was at least one really remarkable figure in the pleasant gloom of the little cabaret. A man sat there…
1996 · PDF PAGE 182
…hat stifling and suffocating gas which is yet food for vegetable, as it is poison to animal, life. We have here a picture of the average man, of a fool. He has no will of his own, is all things to all men, is void, a repeater of words of whose sense he knows nought, a drifter, both idle and violent, compact partly of fierce passions that burn up both him self and the other, but mostly of inert and characterless nonentity, with a little heaviness, dullness, and stupefaction for his only positive qualities. Such are the “fools” whom we despise. …
1913 · PDF PAGE 207
ROSA IGNOTA Of flaming gold is flung back from thy throne! I stand unarmed before thee, and alone, Bearing the fallen mantle of a star; Rose of the world! Istar! Istar! Istar! XV THE BLUE CIRCLE For all the blue heart of the shifting summer, And all the grace of green, the fire of spring Grown olden in the world of space and time— Let the twin worlds rejoice! The sacrilege Of the mystery is unveiled ; there is no word Uttered within the bosom of the spring. But the hornéd satyrs under the beechen boughs Still linger, as the hour of triumph grow…
1913 · PDF PAGE 207
ROSA IGNOTA Of flaming gold is flung back from thy throne! I stand unarmed before thee, and alone, Bearing the fallen mantle of a star; Rose of the world! Istar! Istar! Istar! XV THE BLUE CIRCLE For all the blue heart of the shifting summer, And all the grace of green, the fire of spring Grown olden in the world of space and time— Let the twin worlds rejoice! The sacrilege Of the mystery is unveiled ; there is no word Uttered within the bosom of the spring. But the hornéd satyrs under the beechen boughs Still linger, as the hour of triumph grow…
1919 · PDF PAGE 61
…ibrium, giveth life. 2. In all systems of religion is to be found a system of Initiation, which may be defined as the process by which a man comes to learn that unknown Crown. 3. Though none can communicate either the knowledge or the power to achieve this, which we may call the Great Work, it is yet possible for initiates to guide others. 4. Every man must overcome his own obstacles, expose his own illusions. Yet others may assist him to do both, and they may enable him altogether to avoid many of the false paths, leading no whither, which tem…