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Page 39 of 921907 · PDF PAGE 284
… yelping pack of jackals , who prowl by night fearing the brightness of the day . Huxley aptly sums up the standpoint an Agnostic should take in the following : If a piece of lead vere to remain suspended of itself in the air , the occurrence would be a “ miracle " in the sense of a wonderful event , indeed ; but no one trained in the methods of science would imagine that any law of nature was really violated thereby . He would simply set to work to investigate the conditions under which so highly un 1 Gargoyles , vol . iii, p . 89 .
1907 · PDF PAGE 160
… in “ Jephthah ” most sensibly remarked , when he rushed with the news of the enemy's approach into the as sembly of Israel : My lords , take heed now , prayer is good to save While yet the foemen are far off ; but now They howl and clamour at our very gates . Which in other words simply means , as long as man does not see or understand he will pray ; when he does , he won't . Another juggle to elude fate is sacrifice . Sacrifice and prayer have ever run in harness together under the whistling of the priestly lash . “ I will brain you if you re…
1910 · PDF PAGE 15
X PREFACE. Naturally, one of several boys who might be involved in the same offence would take fright and save his skin by sneaking. The informer was always believed implicitly, as against probability, or even possibility, with complete dis- regard of the testimony of other and independent wit- nesses. For instance, a boy named Glascott, with insane taint, told Mr. Champney that he had visited me (12 years old) at my mother’s house during the holidays — true so far, he had — and found me “ lying drunk at the bottom of the stairs ”. My mother wa…
1910 · PDF PAGE 21
…very bully, and saved me from the attention of every budding Eulenburg. Sodomy was the rule at Malvern ; my study-companion used even to take money for it. I cunningly used my knowledge of the fact to get taken away from the school.
1913 · PDF PAGE 182
…e the loudest in proclaiming that they will be the only ones saved) seem to ^ " One would go mad if one took the Bible seriously; but to take it seriously one must be already mad." — Crowley.
1919 · PDF PAGE 225
…e relief may be permanent instead of temporary. 3. All Brethren shall be exceedingly punctual in the pay- ment of Lodge Dues. This is to take precedence of all other calls upon the purse. THIRD HOUSE 4. The Brethren shall be diligent in preaching the Law of Thelema. In all writings they shall be careful to use the pre- scribed greetings; likewise in speech, even with strangers. 2il
1903 · PDF PAGE 23
…onformists at home, have pra- tically abandoned ceremonial as idle. I have yet to learn, however, by what dissenters have replaced it! I take this to be an error, except in the case of the very advanced Yogi. For there exists a true magical cere- monial, vital and direct, whose purpose has, however, at any rate of recent times, been hopelessly misunderstood. Nobody any longer supposes that any means but that of meditation is of avail to grasp the immediate causes of our being; if some person retorts that he prefers to rely on a Glorified Redeem…
1907 · PDF PAGE 109
THE STONE OF THE PHILOSOPHERS 89 Our best. You want a tender gray, Prepare your palette half the day, Take brush, and find to your surprise The snout of scarlet stab your eyes. Bad art, my boy! I never cared To try the piece again. —We’ve aired Our dinner. By the way, though, here You are. That ’s it! How smooth and clear The moonlight runs from point to hilt! Steel in the end beats silver-gilt! Well, there’s an end of my cigar: The girls will wonder where we are. Strange! how this question of motive deceives historians—and others! said the scho…
1907 · PDF PAGE 217
…overed ; for which cause a marvellous being shall come after me , who as yet lives not , and who shall reveal many things. And I for one take it that the prophecy has now 1 Tannhäuser , vol . i, p. 256. 2 Paracelsus once assured the students of Avicenna and Galen that his shoe -ties knew more than these two physicians ; and that all the universities , and all the writers united were less instructed than the hairs of his beard . How much more now so Crowley ,
1909 · PDF PAGE 17
…ne, since I am now sufficiently sure of myself to attain something or other; but I cannot fore- tell exactly what form the attainment may take. Just so, if one goes to call upon a friend, he may be walking or riding or sleeping. Thus, then, is Adonai hidden from me. I know where He lives; I know I shall be welcome if I call; but I do not know whether He will invite me to a banquet or ask me to go out with Him for a long journey. It may be that the Rota. will give me some hint. [We have omitted the details of this divination—En] I am never very c…
1919 · PDF PAGE 365
THE TWO PATHS The Authoress of these treatises is a little exacting in the number of things that you have to do before you take your first step, most of them being things which more nearly re- semble the difficulties of the last step. But by learning to distinguish the “real from the false” is only meant a sort of elementary discernment between things that are worth hav- ing and those that are not worth having, and, of course, the perception will alter with advance in knowledge. By “Head- learning” is meant the contents of the Ruach (mind) or M…
1954 · PDF PAGE 133
…ept . He is not to flyaway too far. Some remarks on this course are given in the note to the nex t verse. The student is also advised to take note of the conditions of membership of the A :. A : . . (The Equinox, Vol. III, Supplement p. 57-59.) We come down to the average popular "teacher," the mere humbug. Read this: One day quite soon an entirely different kind of electricity will be discovered which will bring as many profound changes into human living as the first type did. This new electricity wlll move in a finer ether than does our famil…
1907 · PDF PAGE 114
…is sojourn in the Venusberg , and for telling the truth he is execrated by the Pope : So he Cried out upon me , “ Till this barren staff Take life , and bud , and blossom , and bear fruit , And shed sweet scent-so long God casteth thee Out from His Glory !”! When lo !-in the very moment of his supreme despair , his Genius mysteriously manifests , and “ darting long rugged fingers and deep eyes ” reaches to the sceptre with his word and will : Buds , roses , blossoms ! Lilies of the Light ! Bloom , bloom , the fragrance shed upon the air ! Out f…
1911 · PDF PAGE 72
THE EQUINOX Now at last the time being come, did I take my chamber in the House. And upon the secret things that were there shown to me I ponder yet; so that in this place I shall make no mention of them. But this treasure will I give out, that everything noble in that House seemeth vile to them that are swimming in the stream; and everything vile to them appeareth noble. Thus they endure not the delicate stuffs with rough and impure handling; and the rubbish they carry away with them, and devour. Thus wisely hath the master of the House ordain…
1911 · PDF PAGE 72
THE EQUINOX Now at last the time being come, did I take my chamber in the House. And upon the secret things that were there shown to me I ponder yet; so that in this place I shall make no mention of them. But this treasure will I give out, that everything noble in that House seemeth vile to them that are swimming in the stream; and everything vile to them appeareth noble. Thus they endure not the delicate stuffs with rough and impure handling; and the rubbish they carry away with them, and devour. Thus wisely hath the master of the House ordain…
1919 · PDF PAGE 392
…Open and the Secret. The first one leadeth to the goal, the second, to Self-Immola- tion. The obvious meaning of the verse is the one to take. However, I must again warn the reader against supposing that “Self-Immolation” has anything to do with Sir Philip Sidney, or the Sati of the Brahmin’s widow. 77. When to the Permanent is sacrificed the Mutable, the prize is thine: the drop returneth whence it came. The Open PATH leads to the changeless change—Nirvéna, the glori- ous state of Absoluteness, the Bliss past human thought. 78. Thus, the first…
1954 · PDF PAGE 539
…ly at infinity, and there is no doubt, at least to my mind, that the curve of Magick follows a more pleasant track than that of Yoga. To take one point alone: it is evidently more satisfactory to have one's malignant demons external to oneself. As I have written it has become clearer to me that this is the case, but I should not like you to arise from its perusal with any idea that I have been in some way derogating Yoga. I would not like to maintain that it is necessary to Magick because there have been many very great magicians who know nothi…
1907 · PDF PAGE 116
IIo RODIN IN RIME given to understand that something of the sort described above does sometimes take place in the naming of a statue (of the allegorical de- scription especially). But that is a question of felicity, of epigram ; never of subject. In ‘‘ La Main de Dieu,” for example, the meaning is obvious, and not to be wrested or distorted. What does it matter if we call it as at present, or (2) The Hand of Creation, (5) The First Lovers, (c) The Security of Love, (2) The invisible Guard —anything in reason? ‘These are only ways of looking at …
1906 · PDF PAGE 165
…m—provided they are passed Beyond all change and pain at last Out of this universe accurst. But otherwise! I lift my voice, Deliberately take my choice Promethean, eager to rejoice, In the grim protest’s joy to revel Betwixt Iscariot and the Devil, Throned in their midst! No pain to feel, Tossed on some burning bed of steel, But theirs: My soul of love should swell And, on those piteous floors they trod, Feel, and make God feel, out of Hell, Across the gulf impassable, That He was damned and I was God! Ay! Let him rise and answer me. Ethical an…
1909 · PDF PAGE 242
…hus and Dionysius were all devoured with the avidity and greed which youth alone pos- sesses; there was no halting here— “ «Now, master, take a little rest !’—not he ! (Caution redoubled, Step two abreast, the way winds narrowly !) Not a whit troubled Back to his studies, fresher than at first, Fierce as a dragon He (soul-hydroptic with a sacred thirst) Sucked at the flagon.” 234