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Page 38 of 1061913 · PDF PAGE 205
ROSA IGNOTA Into his silence; from the earth where he Reigns in his silent, sunless dignity One hope still blossoms, one last flower still blows Upon the mystic earth, my Rose, my Rose, XIV THE BEGINNING Rose of the gardens of old Babylon, Red, scarlet Rose of fire in the breast of light :— I had a dream of thee, my Babylon ; Yea; all thy petals were crimson with delight: And under the soft stars, the silent night Grew deeper, deeper, till the heart o the world Lay bare before me, with no robe to don Save the lucent veil of spirit, argent-white…
1913 · PDF PAGE 260
…ve saved the dying saint, for no other ichor could have mingled freely with the liquor of his veins. Thrombonosis super- vened; with one last gasp of “Rabboni, that is to say, Master!” the dying saint clenched his moribund grasp on Crowley’s neck; the word “ periphrasticalism” burst rather than sobbed from his labia, and the thanatogenous hagio- cratist halated his ultimate. Neuburg, as one inspired, uttered his Morte d’Arthur. Poor old Waite is gone to hell. He will soon begin to smell : We must meddle with him, s¢atim. Let us not incinerate h…
1901 · PDF PAGE 109
… is thy purpose, Master of the Flame ? ” I made demand : through long appalling hours Stayed he to tempt and try my adamant Purpose : at last the legionary powers Behind him sank affrayed ; his visage lowers Less menacing : his head is turned aslant
1904 · PDF PAGE 93
I will accede. Be henceforth gifted With everlasting power to stand Without a maidens finger lifted Or touches from a harlots hand. No trusty tongue shall waste your money ; Nor sight of cunnie. The man rejoicing, went his way Exclaiming Thanks beyond expression He sought the Strand, and, sooth to say, Began to try his new possession. So, picking up a hoary harlot Who blushed quite scarlet At such immodest words addressed to her, Yet did not blush to ask five pounds, He took her home, and there confessed to her His admiration knew no b…
1913 · PDF PAGE 387
ARTICLE V SOLUTION OF THE LAST PROBLEM TO SEPARATE RELIGION FROM SUPERSTITION AND FANATICISM SUPERSTITION, from the Latin word suerstes, surviving, is the sign which survives the idea which it represents; it is the form preferred to the thing, the rite without reason, faith become insensate through isolating itself. It is in consequence the corpse of religion, the death of life, stupefaction substituted for inspiration. Fanaticism is superstition become passionate, its name comes from the word fanum, which signifies “temple,” it is the temple p…
1913 · PDF PAGE 387
ARTICLE V SOLUTION OF THE LAST PROBLEM TO SEPARATE RELIGION FROM SUPERSTITION AND FANATICISM SUPERSTITION, from the Latin word suerstes, surviving, is the sign which survives the idea which it represents; it is the form preferred to the thing, the rite without reason, faith become insensate through isolating itself. It is in consequence the corpse of religion, the death of life, stupefaction substituted for inspiration. Fanaticism is superstition become passionate, its name comes from the word fanum, which signifies “temple,” it is the temple p…
1928 · PDF PAGE 30
…, that the man was bound to find it rather difficult to make the ascent, and to catch in many a place the corners of his merchandise. At last he appeared. Having examined all his glasses with curiosity, I said to him: What, you have no coloured glasses?Rose glasses, red glasses, blue glasses, magic glasses, glasses of Paradise! You impudent fellow; you dare to walk about in the poor quarters of the town, and you have not even glasses which make life look beautiful! And I pushed him vigorously towards the staircase, where he stumbled and swor…
1961 · PDF PAGE 66
…nsmuted into Will. Thus thou mayst in many Ways impress any particular Will upon the proper Substance, so that by due Use thou comest at last to its Accomplishment. So general is this Formula, in Truth, that all conscious Actions may be included within its scope. There is also the Converse, as when external Objects create Appetite, whose Satisfaction again reacteth upon the physical Plane. Praise thou the wonder of the Mystery of Nature, rising and falling with every Breath, so that there is no Part which is not mystically Partaker of the Whole…
1907 · PDF PAGE 107
… in at the captured gate! Then o’er the field the maniac passed And closed the dead men’s eyes. ‘* They are sleeping close with death at last !” The wanton warrior cries. But he who saw the dead man’s jaw Grind at the last was aware That the harlot’s kiss was Paradise That the soldier tasted there. And beyond the magnificent joy of death Shears through the sky, as a flame Ripping the air, the lightning breath Of the nation’s resonant fame. Hail! to the Hachiman! deed well done ! To the virile strength of a man! To the stainless blaze of the Ris…
1909 · PDF PAGE 190
…s Taro Key is the Hermit and the Voice of Light, the Prophet of the Gods. Thus: “ Proclaimed is the Reign of the Gods of Light.” nis the last letter of the Alphabet, the fizis, the Omega, the Universe, Saturn, the outermost Planet, and it is also xynn, Throa, the Gate of the Universe; and by Qabalah of nine Chambers it is 3, the Gateway of Initiation. Hence: “ At the Threshold of the Universe.” * The Hand of God, always the Symbol of His Power. 180
1909 · PDF PAGE 190
…s Taro Key is the Hermit and the Voice of Light, the Prophet of the Gods. Thus: “ Proclaimed is the Reign of the Gods of Light.” nis the last letter of the Alphabet, the fizis, the Omega, the Universe, Saturn, the outermost Planet, and it is also xynn, Throa, the Gate of the Universe; and by Qabalah of nine Chambers it is 3, the Gateway of Initiation. Hence: “ At the Threshold of the Universe.” * The Hand of God, always the Symbol of His Power. 180
1909 · PDF PAGE 6
…n me, and my lord Hadit. 22. Now, therefore, I am known to ye by my name Nuit, and to him by a secret name which I will give him when at last he knoweth me. Since I am infinite space, and the infinite stars thereof do ye also thus. Bind nothing! Let there be no difference made among you between any one thing and any other thing; for thereby there cometh hurt. 23. But Whoso availeth in this, let him be the chief of all ! 24. I am Nuit, and my word is six and fifty. 25. Divide, add, multiply, and understand. 26. Then said the prophet and slave of th…
1905 · PDF PAGE 232
…in the story. Love being throughout the symbol of his method, as Beauty of its object, it is through Love, refined into Pity, that he at last attains the Supreme Know- ledge, or at least sufficient of it to put the last straw on the back of his corporeal camel, and bring the story to a fitting end. To pass to more mundane affairs. I may mention for the benefit of those who may not be read in certain classes of literature, and so think me original when I am hardly even paraphrasing, that Tannhduser’s songs in Act IV. are partly adapted from the …
1905 · PDF PAGE 208
…e, Master of the Flame ?” ‘Thou hast known I made demand: through long appalling hours Stayed he to tempt and try my adamant Purpose: at last the legionary powers Behind him sank affrayed ; his visage lowers Less menacing: his head is turned aslant In vain : I bid him kneel and swear : the earth Rocked with the terror of that deadlier birth. He swore: he vanished: the wide sky resounds With echoing -thunders: through the blinding night The stars resume their courses: at the bounds Of the four watch-towers cry the waking hounds : ‘‘The night is …
1910 · PDF PAGE 361
…and in their place she has cultivated the Unknowable and Andrew Lang! If the Utilitarian progress in the next few years as he has in the last, soon we shall have some socialistic fellah depriving the world of its last great monu- ments, and building labourers’ cottages out of the stones and bricks of the Pyramids, because they are so very much more useful. “Solve” is the cry to-day; the Sabbatic finger of the Goat points upwards, yet on the clouds of darkness does it scrawl a sigil of light. A new God stirs in the Womb of its Mother; we can see…
1910 · PDF PAGE 361
…and in their place she has cultivated the Unknowable and Andrew Lang! If the Utilitarian progress in the next few years as he has in the last, soon we shall have some socialistic fellah depriving the world of its last great monu- ments, and building labourers’ cottages out of the stones and bricks of the Pyramids, because they are so very much more useful. “Solve” is the cry to-day; the Sabbatic finger of the Goat points upwards, yet on the clouds of darkness does it scrawl a sigil of light. A new God stirs in the Womb of its Mother; we can see…
1901 · PDF PAGE 81
THE GATE OF THE SANCTUARY. 69 Seven days a corpse lay desolate—at last Back drew the spirit and the soul aghast To animate that clay—O horrible ! The resurrection pang is hardly past. Yet in awhile I stumbled to my feet To flee—no nightmare could be worse to meet. And, spite of that, I knew some deadlier trap Some worm more poisonous would set—mayhap ! I turned—the path ? My horror was complete— A flaming sword across the earthquake gap. I cried aloud to God in my despair. “ The quest of quests ! I seek it, for I dare ! Moonward ! on, moonward …
1903 · PDF PAGE 21
…erence to his art alone. But if our Editor’s conjecture as to the real cause of his death is right, the fire he played with burnt him at last, and he died of the love he had invoked in play. It is the old-story of the magician strangled by the devil. As to what became of Alice we have no idea, if, indeed, she be after all a real person. In my judgment our poet was perfectly capable of deify- ing an old woman of fifty with a false front and *The results of a lengthy correspondence with some who knew our author, go far to confirm this theory. Yet…
1905 · PDF PAGE 162
…im he must destroy the three vices, faith, hope, and charity. This he does easily, save the love of the figure of the Crucified ; but at last conquering this, he attains. These were never written.—R. P. L.]
1926 · PDF PAGE 5
…n me, and my lord Hadit. 22. Now, therefore, I am known to ye by my name Nuit, and to him by a secret name which I will give him when at last he knoweth me. Since I am infinite space, and the infinite stars thereof do ye also thus. Bind nothing! Let there be no difference made among you between any one thing and any other thing; for thereby there cometh hurt. 23. But Whoso availeth in this, let him be the chief of all ! 24. I am Nuit, and my word is six and fifty. 25. Divide, add, multiply, and understand. 26. Then said the prophet and slave of th…