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Page 36 of 951954 · PDF PAGE 304
Cara Soror, 41 Are We Reincarnations of the Ancient Egyptians? Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. I do wish you would understand that all these speculations are not only idle and senseless because you cannot possibly verify their accuracy, but a deadly poison . You ask if we, meaning, I suppose, the English, are now reincarnating the Egyptians. When I was a boy it was the Romans, while the French undertook the same thankless office for the Greeks. I say "deadly poison"; because when you analyse you see at once that this is a devic…
1944 · PDF PAGE 33
…bdivided at will. as convenience may require. THE TREE OF LIFE 1. This figure must be studied very carefully, for it is the basis of the whole system on which the Tarot is based. It is quite impossible to give a complete explanation of this figure, because (for one thing) it is quite universal. Therefore it cannot mean the same to any one person as to any other. A’s universe is not B’s universe. If A and B are sitting opposite each other at table, A sees the right side of the lobster, and B the left. If they stand side by side and look at a sta…
1903 · PDF PAGE 16
…an we expect the entire universe to resolve itself back into the phase of 0°? Surely not. In the first place, there is no reason why the whole should do so; * is just as convertible as =. But worse, the category of causality hes been formed, and its inertia is sufficient to oppose a most serious stumbling-block to so gigantic a process. The task before us is consequently of a terrible nature. It is easy to let things slide, to grin and bear it in fact, until everything is merged in the ultimate
1912 · PDF PAGE 91
…ude all thoughts; for there is no connection between the object of meditation and the Dhyana. Why must we suppose a breaking down of the whole process, especially as the mind bears no subsequent traces of any interference, such as pain or fatigue? Surely this once, if never again, the Hindu image expressesthe simplest theory! That image is that of a lake into which five glaciers move. These glaciers are the senses. While ice (the impressions) is breaking off constantly into the lake, the waters are troubled. If the glaciers are stopped the surfa…
1913 · PDF PAGE 340
…bout things about which one is ignorant, When they feel that a little charity is worth more than much influence and domination, When the whole world respects what even God respects in the least of His creatures, the spontaneity of obedience and the liberty of duty, Then there will be no more than one religion in the world, the Christian and universal religion, the true Catholic religion, which will no longer deny itself by restrictions of place and of persons. “Woman,” said the Saviour to the woman of Samaria, 42
1913 · PDF PAGE 340
…bout things about which one is ignorant, When they feel that a little charity is worth more than much influence and domination, When the whole world respects what even God respects in the least of His creatures, the spontaneity of obedience and the liberty of duty, Then there will be no more than one religion in the world, the Christian and universal religion, the true Catholic religion, which will no longer deny itself by restrictions of place and of persons. “Woman,” said the Saviour to the woman of Samaria, 42
1954 · PDF PAGE 124
9 The Secret Ch iefs Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Very glad I am, since at one time I was obliged to be starkly stem about impertinent curiosity, to note that your wish to be informed about the Secret Chiefs of the A:. A :. is justified; it is most certainly of the first importance that you and I should be quite clear in our minds about Those under whose jurisdiction and tutelage we both work. You justly remind me that one of my earliest slogans was "Mystery is the enemy of Truth"; how then is it that I acquiesce…
1954 · PDF PAGE 200
23 Improvising a Temple Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. (This letter has been provoked by points discussed in your recent visit.) As some of your daily practices are ceremonial, it should not come amiss to vouchsafe a few hints of practical service. For in ritual Magick, it will of course be the first care to get everything balanced and tidy. If you propose to erect a regular Temple, the most precise instructions in every detail are given in Book 4, Part II. (But I haven't so much as seen a copy for years!) There is…
1954 · PDF PAGE 458
Cara Soror, 71 Morality (2) Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. The contents of your letter appalled me. I had hoped that you had left behind for ever all that quality of thinking . It is unclean. It is stuffy and flabby. You write of a matter about which you cannot possibly have information, and what you say is not even a good guess: it is simply contrary to fact. It shows also that you have failed to grasp the nature of the O.T.O. Its main raison d'etre, apart from social and political plans, is the teaching and use of a secret m…
1910 · PDF PAGE 137
…ged-Globe. 12m. Bad, sleepy. Triangle of Fire 15m. Very wandering. with Cross in centre, Abrahadabra 17m. Pretty good,though perhaps the whole pantacle. was hardly ever absolutely clear. Tried Physical Astral Projection twice. In the first one the person employed to watch—my beloved Soror F.— saw physical arm bent whilst my own was straight. I did the H.P.K. ritual at night to enter into the silence. I think the result was rather good. Nirvana.* 38m. If I was not asleep, result pretty good, White circle. 13m. Fair. [This day I got my first clea…
1910 · PDF PAGE 137
…ged-Globe. 12m. Bad, sleepy. Triangle of Fire 15m. Very wandering. with Cross in centre, Abrahadabra 17m. Pretty good,though perhaps the whole pantacle. was hardly ever absolutely clear. Tried Physical Astral Projection twice. In the first one the person employed to watch—my beloved Soror F.— saw physical arm bent whilst my own was straight. I did the H.P.K. ritual at night to enter into the silence. I think the result was rather good. Nirvana.* 38m. If I was not asleep, result pretty good, White circle. 13m. Fair. [This day I got my first clea…
1913 · PDF PAGE 338
…,1 our streets are full of prophets. I have met some of them in the prisons, I have seen others who were dying forgotten in garrets. The whole great city has seen one of them whose silent 1 This is the true clairvoyant Levi. The Levi who prophesied Universal Empire for Napoleon III was either the Magus trying to use him as a tool, or a Micaiah unadjured.—O. M. 40
1913 · PDF PAGE 347
…pinion. It needs a lofty degree of courage to keep conjugal faith; it isa pact of heroism of which only great souls can under- stand the whole extent. Marriages which break are not marriages: they are couplings. A woman who abandons her husband, what can she be- come? She is no more a wife, and she is not a widow; what is she then? She is an apostate from honour who is forced to be licentious because she is neither virgin nor free. A husband who abandons his wife prostitutes her, and deserves the infamous name that one applies to the lovers of …
1913 · PDF PAGE 338
…,1 our streets are full of prophets. I have met some of them in the prisons, I have seen others who were dying forgotten in garrets. The whole great city has seen one of them whose silent 1 This is the true clairvoyant Levi. The Levi who prophesied Universal Empire for Napoleon III was either the Magus trying to use him as a tool, or a Micaiah unadjured.—O. M. 40
1913 · PDF PAGE 347
…pinion. It needs a lofty degree of courage to keep conjugal faith; it isa pact of heroism of which only great souls can under- stand the whole extent. Marriages which break are not marriages: they are couplings. A woman who abandons her husband, what can she be- come? She is no more a wife, and she is not a widow; what is she then? She is an apostate from honour who is forced to be licentious because she is neither virgin nor free. A husband who abandons his wife prostitutes her, and deserves the infamous name that one applies to the lovers of …
1954 · PDF PAGE 513
… perhaps described it, once she slipped in the slime and came down with a thud; and at the end blood spurted from innumerable bites. The whole scene was too much for most of the men; they Ii terally howled like famished wolves, and shook the balustrade until it creaked and groaned. Presently one slipped over, let himself lightly to the floor and charged. Others followed . All had their heart's desire. I was reminded of Swinburne's Laus Veneris: I let mine eyes have all their will of thee I seal myself upon thee with my might. As for the women, …
1909 · PDF PAGE 64
…llers who have been with me admit to be quite exceptional. If I leave my tent or hut by a door facing, say, South- West, throughout that whole day, over all kinds of ground, through any imaginable jungle, in all kinds
1912 · PDF PAGE 89
…fuses to rest in a belief of the unreality of its own experiences. It may not be what it seems; but it must be something, and if (on the whole) ordinary life is something, how much more mus that be by whose light ordinary life seems nothing! The ordinary man sees the falsity and disconnectedness and purpose-
1919 · PDF PAGE 344
…e Heart is the Anahata lotus. The abode of the World’s Mother is the Muladhara lotus. But there is a more technical meaning yet—and this whole verse describes a particular method of meditation, a final method, which is far too difficult for the beginner. [See, however, THE Egurnox, on all these points.] 37. Then from the heart that Power shall rise into the sixth, the middle region, the place between thine eyes, when it becomes the breath of the ONE-SOUL, the voice which filleth all, thy Master’s voice. This verse teaches the concentration of t…
1930 · PDF PAGE 57
…STESS, who hisses it; he then touches her hetween the breasts and upon the body. He then flings out his arms upward as comprehending the whole shrine. ) Let this offering be borne upon the waves of Aethyr to our Lord and Father the Sun that travelleth over the Heavens in his name ON. (He closes his hands, hisses the PRIESTESS between the breasts and makes three great crosses over the Paten, the Cup and Himself. He strikes his breast. AU repeat this action.) Hear ye ail, saints of the true church of old time now essentially présent, that of ye w…