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Page 39 of 1141961 · PDF PAGE 144
…arifying, classifying, organizing, comparing, setting in Array, with Skill and Might and Energy that faileth never! Nay, my Son, in this way thou canst be pitiless with thy Mind, and it will not rebel against thee, or neglect thine Ordinance. But now consider him that worketh not with his Will, how his Mind is idle, not reaching out after Reality, but debating within itself of its own Affairs, like a Democracy, introspective. Then this Mind, not reacting equally and with Elasticity to the World, is lost in its own Anarchy and Civil War, so that…
1939 · PDF PAGE 40
usually considered a sort of consolidation of the three; but that is rather an unsatisfactory way of regarding it, because if we admit the reality of the universe at all we are in philosophical chaos. However, this does not concern us for the moment. 3. When we apply these symbols to Yoga, we find that fire represents the Yogi, and water the object of his meditation. ((You can, if you like, reverse these attributions. It makes no difference except to the metaphysician. And precious little to him!) The Yod and the He combine, the Father and Moth…
1904 · PDF PAGE 63
… fell upon each other silently And slew, and slew. As in the middle seas A mirage flashes out and passes, so The phantoms faded, and the way was clear.
1912 · PDF PAGE 67
OR, THE ANGEL OF VENICE 49 GABRIELE. Say what you will. I own you should have had your way. But tis too late. To try to call back yesterday ; for Fate is Fate. The morrow presses. MORTADELLO. How then went the proclamation ? GABRIELE. No murmur or of discontent or adulation. Absolute silence eloquent of sheer damnation. MORTADELLO. The nobles cried ? GABRIELE. At last they gave their loud assent. No echo answered back from wave or firmament. In the great heat the people stood, mute beasts, stock still. As for the thunder waits a wood, a hush, …
1924 · PDF PAGE 6
…ned a contract with his publishers for the writing and production of his autobiography. This was commenced in London, and was well under way, when at the end of October, Mr. Crowley left England for his home in Sicily. A fortnight later the Sunday Express commenced its campaign of lies by printing a biography 6
1939 · PDF PAGE 9
…id William Blake, To the Palace of Wisdom leads one; Open a bottle for Wisdoms sake! And I am the boy that needs one. Its a long, long way, but its good to take Open a bottle for Mishter Blake! At the door of Burgess Fish Sauce Shop She stood, oh, how does it go, boys? Well, truly rural will do for the cop, If you say it quiet and slow, boys. Why the devil should anyone stop, When truly rural will do for the cop? I dknow f t struck you, i shtruck me Thwas somethin wrong with the pheasant. Say, how would a little drink, maybe You…
1912 · PDF PAGE 47
…areless manifesto, calling upon the Universe to adore, and nothing particular coming of this, he lost interest. It is what he calls “The way of the Tao” to do everything by doing nothing. Take no trouble or care about a matter; it will come to pass. It seems to us a sort of happy fatalism; to him it is the highest of magical formulae. The upshot of all was that on the birth of a child he had completely put everything aside. He played at Yoga for about a week during the summer, and he took some little trouble to disperse the wreckage of the “ Ro…
1912 · PDF PAGE 243
…—lilies, from which two flowers rise on either side 01, and overhanging the top cup; pouring into it the white water. Flowers in the same way pour white water into the lower cups‘ All the cups overflow; the topmost into the two others, and these upon the lower part of the card Cups are arranged in an erect equilateral triangle, 3; and ra above and below. Abundance, plenty, success, pleasure, sensuality, passive 201
1912 · PDF PAGE 47
…areless manifesto, calling upon the Universe to adore, and nothing particular coming of this, he lost interest. It is what he calls “The way of the Tao” to do everything by doing nothing. Take no trouble or care about a matter; it will come to pass. It seems to us a sort of happy fatalism; to him it is the highest of magical formulae. The upshot of all was that on the birth of a child he had completely put everything aside. He played at Yoga for about a week during the summer, and he took some little trouble to disperse the wreckage of the “ Ro…
1912 · PDF PAGE 243
…—lilies, from which two flowers rise on either side 01, and overhanging the top cup; pouring into it the white water. Flowers in the same way pour white water into the lower cups‘ All the cups overflow; the topmost into the two others, and these upon the lower part of the card Cups are arranged in an erect equilateral triangle, 3; and ra above and below. Abundance, plenty, success, pleasure, sensuality, passive 201
1913 · PDF PAGE 14
…which it is easy to check one's progress. Every one knows the force of habit. Every one knows that if you keep on acting in a particular way, that action becomes easier, and at last absolutely natural. All religions have devised practices for this purpose. If you keep on praying with your lips long enough, you will one day find yourself pray- ing in your heart. The whole question has been threshed out and organized
1913 · PDF PAGE 223
…ll I bear the lilies under the moon, The blood-rimmed lilies under the harvest moon? But there are no more roses, no more roses, And the ways stretch out, unending; no god knows If thou shalt be reborn or late or soon. O poet of the world! the agony closes. Shall there be no more roses, no more roses Under the immortal moon? XX THE KEY THE sign of the lover is hidden in vain From the eyes of the mage, from the sight of the sun: The laughter of life and the pzean of pain, The chords of the lyre and the answer of one. The toil of the pilgrim shal…
1913 · PDF PAGE 223
…ll I bear the lilies under the moon, The blood-rimmed lilies under the harvest moon? But there are no more roses, no more roses, And the ways stretch out, unending; no god knows If thou shalt be reborn or late or soon. O poet of the world! the agony closes. Shall there be no more roses, no more roses Under the immortal moon? XX THE KEY THE sign of the lover is hidden in vain From the eyes of the mage, from the sight of the sun: The laughter of life and the pzean of pain, The chords of the lyre and the answer of one. The toil of the pilgrim shal…
1919 · PDF PAGE 36
…eneral knowledge of the whole system of At- tainment, and of the practices tending to this goal, so that he may choose freely as to what way he will take in his Beginning. For this is always left by the A... A.. to his Free Will; They only begin to advise and criticize him on the information supplied to Them by himself in the Magical Record which he prepares for Their Instruction. COURSE III The following books are officially appointed for the study of the Neophyte: Lrper CCXX. Liper L Vet Lecis Sub Figura CCXX. as delivered by XCIII. unto DCLX…
1912 · PDF PAGE 81
…utely worthless in‘ comparison. Good literature is principally a matter of clear observation and good judgment expressed in the simplest way. For this reason none of the great events of history (such as earthquakes and battles) have been well described by eye-witnesses, unless those eye-witnesses were out of F
1912 · PDF PAGE 107
… Kneel, and love God. Enough if you would fathom hell ! The Path is straight and rough. MORTADELLO. If only it end well. For me the easy way has always proved the best. MONICA. So it may seem to-day, but deaths a surer test. ALESSANDRO. O ! we are all oppressed by this dull haze that hangs. I laugh at gibe or jestand only show my fangs. If God would send an air to stir the slack lagoon, We should be flinging care, a bubble, to the moon. MORTADELLO. Maybe ; for still the scroll of heavens anger lowers. MONICA. [To LUCREZIA.] Come, sweetheart,…
1961 · PDF PAGE 112
…ion, according to the Tao. For we that are Magicians work without Fear or Haste, being omnipotent in Eternity, and each Star must go his Way; and who am I that should save this People? Wilt thou smite me as thou smotest the Egyptian yesterday? Yes, although mine were the Might to save these Ten, I reached not forth mine Arm against Iniquity, I spake and I was silent; and that which was appointed came to pass. As it is written, the Pregnant Goddess hath let down Her Burden upon the Earth. c
1910 · PDF PAGE 13
…ord’s supper ! ! ! It was there fore absolutely necessary for both of them to assure them- selves that the bedridden mother was of their way of thin- king, or neither could hold the “ Morning Meeting ” ; though I suppose either could preach the Gospel — morose vulptas ! Unhappily, that excellent lady was a hard case. She was quite deaf and very nearly blind ; while mentally she had never been remarkable for anything beyond a not una- miable imbecility. However, there was but one thing to be done, to argue her into conviction. They agreed to tak…
1913 · PDF PAGE 85
…uch that wherever men had built a great city. He had placed a river to assist them in conveying merchandise. But the truth is that in no way can we imagine the Universe as devised. If horses were made for men to ride, were not men made for worms to eat?
1913 · PDF PAGE 140
…omes to make the Pantacle! Everyone has the material, one man 's pretty well as good as his brothers; but for that Pantacle to be in any way fashioned to a willed end, or even to an intelligible end, or even to a known end: "Hoc opus, Hie labor est." It is indeed the toil of ascending from Avernus, and escaping to the upper air. In order to do it, it is most necessary to understand our tendencies, and to will the development of one, the destruction of another. And though all elements in the Pantacle must ultimately be destroyed, yet some will h…