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Page 39 of 841905 · PDF PAGE 64
…)— I could have simply turned my sovereign head, Had I not seen, ’mid their obscene herd led, Crime, that the sun has not yet brought to book, Queen of my spirit with the peerless look. And she laughed with them at my dark distress, And turned them oft some dirtiest caress. LE VIN DU SOLITAIRE THE strange look of a woman of the town, Who glides toward us like the rays that slake The wave-wrought moon within the trembling lake, Where she would dip her careless beauty down ;
1913 · PDF PAGE 10
…owing appointments: Brother Crowley—Patriarch Grand Administrator General. Brother Quilliam—Patriarch Grand Keeper General of the Golden Book. Bro. Frederick B. Gibson—Patriarch Grand Master General of Ceremonies. Brother Kennedy—Patriarch Grand Secretary General. He also expressed. his wish to confirm Brother Higham in his appointment as Grand Chancellor General, which he has so long and so illustriously filled. The Sovereign Grand Master General appointed 33 Avenue Studios, 76 Fulham Road, South KensingtOn, London, S.W., as the head-quarters of…
1913 · PDF PAGE 403
…hey pertain to science. Q. But will science preoccupy herself with it ? A. She already preoccupies herself with it. We have written this book, and you are reading it. Q. Give us some notions of this plastic medium. A. It is formed of astral or terrestrial light, and transmits 105 POPOPOP
1913 · PDF PAGE 403
…hey pertain to science. Q. But will science preoccupy herself with it ? A. She already preoccupies herself with it. We have written this book, and you are reading it. Q. Give us some notions of this plastic medium. A. It is formed of astral or terrestrial light, and transmits 105 POPOPOP
1961 · PDF PAGE 133
THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 121 Dp De Virgine Beata (Of the Blessèd Virgin) NDERSTAND then well this Mystery of Universal Godliness; for it is the naked Beauty of the Virgin of the World. Lo! Since the End is Perfection, as I have already shewn unto thee, and since also every Event is inexorably and ineluctably interwoven in the Web of that Fate, as it is certain that every Phenomenon is (as thou art sworn to understand) a particular Dealing of God with thy Soul. Yea, and more also, it is a necessary Rubric in this Ritual of Perfection. Turn …
1961 · PDF PAGE 139
THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 127 Df De Monstris (Of Monsters) AYST thou, o my Son, that not thus, but by forced Training, one cometh to Perfection. This indeed is sooth, that by artificial Selection and well watched Growth and Environment, one hath Dogs, Horses, Pigeons, and the like, which excel their Forebears in Strength, in Beauty, in Speed, as one will. Yet is this Work but a false Magical Artifice, temporary and of Illusion; for thy Masterpieces are but Monsters, not true Variations, and if thou leave them, they revert swiftly to their own…
1913 · PDF PAGE 374
…in these living creatures of to-day. And why should one recognize them, since the world is renewed, since St. Paul burned at Ephesus the books of the hierophants? Was then St. Paul a barbarian, and was he committing a crime against science? No, but he burned the winding-sheets of the resuscitated that they might forget death. Why, then, do we to-day recall the qabalistic origins of dogma? Why do we join again the figures of the Bible to the allegories of Hermes? Is it to condemn St. Paul, is it to bring doubt to believers? No, indeed, for belie…
1913 · PDF PAGE 374
…in these living creatures of to-day. And why should one recognize them, since the world is renewed, since St. Paul burned at Ephesus the books of the hierophants? Was then St. Paul a barbarian, and was he committing a crime against science? No, but he burned the winding-sheets of the resuscitated that they might forget death. Why, then, do we to-day recall the qabalistic origins of dogma? Why do we join again the figures of the Bible to the allegories of Hermes? Is it to condemn St. Paul, is it to bring doubt to believers? No, indeed, for belie…
1961 · PDF PAGE 111
THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 99 Gt De Corpore Umbra Hominis (Of the Body, Shadow of the Man) ONCERNING the Æon, o my Son, learn that the Sun and His Vicegerent are in all Æons, of Neces- sity, Father, Centre, Creator, each in His Sphere of Operation. But the Formula of the past Æon was of the Dying god, and was based upon Ignorance. For Men thought that the Sun died and was reborn alike in the Day and in the Year; and so also was the Mystery of Man. Now already are we well assured by Science how the Death of the Sun is in Truth but the Shifting …
1909 · PDF PAGE 12
He, my prophet, hath chosen, knowing the law of the fortress, and the great mystery of the House of God. All these old letters of my Book are aright ; but ï is not the Star. This also is secret; my prophet shall reveal it to the wise. 58. I give unimaginable joys on earth: cer- tainty, not faith, While in life, upon death; peace unalterable, rest, ecstasy; nor do I demand aught in sacrifice. 59. My incense is of resinous woods and gums; and there is no blood therein: because of my hair the trees of Eternity. 60. My number is II, as all their num…
1911 · PDF PAGE 113
…esefolh. All take their seats, chatting. The Bishop is enthronea’, in full canonicals. He is sugfiported by three acolytes, bearing bel/, book and candle. LAYLAH brought in and [Sound to stake. The Bishop rises at a signalfrom the King, andoegins a long declamation in Latin. The general confusiongradually subsides. URCHIN. Uncle Isaac, take me on thy stout shoulders I want to see the witch burnt. ISAAC. All in good time. The holy Bishop is still cursing, I think. BISHOP [concluding raises his voice to drown the general conversation]. In Saecula …
1911 · PDF PAGE 113
…esefolh. All take their seats, chatting. The Bishop is enthronea’, in full canonicals. He is sugfiported by three acolytes, bearing bel/, book and candle. LAYLAH brought in and [Sound to stake. The Bishop rises at a signalfrom the King, andoegins a long declamation in Latin. The general confusiongradually subsides. URCHIN. Uncle Isaac, take me on thy stout shoulders I want to see the witch burnt. ISAAC. All in good time. The holy Bishop is still cursing, I think. BISHOP [concluding raises his voice to drown the general conversation]. In Saecula …
1919 · PDF PAGE 263
…-altar, at whose top is the Stélé of Revealing in reproduction, with four candles on each side of it. Below the stélé is a place for the Book of the Law, with six candles on each side of it. Below this again is The Holy Graal, with roses on each side of it. There is room in front of the Cup for the Paten. On each side be- yond the roses, are two great candles. All this is enclosed within a great Veil. 249
1961 · PDF PAGE 58
… for it is the Foundation of the Honour of Man that he dareth greatly. What sayth Quintus Horatius Flaccus in the third Ode of his First Book? Die thou standing! y
1961 · PDF PAGE 117
THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 105 Da De Virtute Chirurgica (Of the Value of Surgery) NOW that the Cult of the Slave-Gods is a Device of those Black Brothers. All that stagnateth is thereof, and thence cometh not Stability, but Putrefaction. Endure not thou the static Standards either in Thought or in Action. Resist not even the Change that is the Rottenness of Choronzon, but rather speed it, so that the elements may combine by Love under Will. Since the Black Brothers and their Cults set hemselves against Change, do thou break them asunder. Yea, …
1961 · PDF PAGE 137
THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 125 Dt De Ordine Civitatum (Of the Ordering of States) O presently, O my son, this first Organisation among Men, by a Procedure parallel to that of the Differentiation of Protoplasm, made the State competent to explore and to control Nature; and every Profit of this sort released more Energy, and enlarged the Class of the Learned, until, as it is this Day, only a small Proportion of any mans Work must needs go to the satisfaction of first Will essential and common, the Provision of Shelter, Food, and Protection. Ver…
1909 · PDF PAGE 131
…ciation; the annual dinner at the Trocadero Restaurant; the regularity of subscriptions, the resurrection in a sixpenny edition, and the Book- stall everlasting AMEN. Arrived at Brenner’s studio, and went on with the “ moulage ” of my Asana. Left the Studio; walk with mantra. Mantra-march. Pranayama; quick time. Very brac- ing and fatiguing, both. At Döme to drink a Citron pressé. Reflections have been in my mind upon the grossness of the Theistic conception, as shewn even in such pictures as Raphael’s and Fra Angelico’s. 2 B 129
1913 · PDF PAGE 26
…owing appointments: Brother Crowley—Patriarch Grand Administrator General. Brother Quilliam—Patriarch Grand Keeper General of the Golden Book. Bro. Frederick B. Gibson—Patriarch Grand Master General of Ceremonies. Brother Kennedy—Patriarch Grand Secretary General. He also expressed his wish to confirm Brother Higham in his appointment as Grand Chancellor General, which he has so long and so illustriously filled. The Sovereign Grand Master General appointed 33 Avenue Studios, 76 Fulham Road, South Kensington, London, S.W., as the head-quarters o…
1913 · PDF PAGE 26
…owing appointments: Brother Crowley—Patriarch Grand Administrator General. Brother Quilliam—Patriarch Grand Keeper General of the Golden Book. Bro. Frederick B. Gibson—Patriarch Grand Master General of Ceremonies. Brother Kennedy—Patriarch Grand Secretary General. He also expressed his wish to confirm Brother Higham in his appointment as Grand Chancellor General, which he has so long and so illustriously filled. The Sovereign Grand Master General appointed 33 Avenue Studios, 76 Fulham Road, South Kensington, London, S.W., as the head-quarters o…
1926 · PDF PAGE 11
He, my prophet, hath chosen, knowing the law of the fortress, and the great mystery of the House of God. All these old letters of my Book are aright ; but ï is not the Star. This also is secret; my prophet shall reveal it to the wise. 58. I give unimaginable joys on earth: cer- tainty, not faith, While in life, upon death; peace unalterable, rest, ecstasy; nor do I demand aught in sacrifice. 59. My incense is of resinous woods and gums; and there is no blood therein: because of my hair the trees of Eternity. 60. My number is II, as all their num…