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Page 39 of 951954 · PDF PAGE 497
76 The Gods How and Why They Overlap Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Your last letter. I am glad: it shows you have been putting in some genuine original work. Result! You make a very shrewd observation; you have noticed the curious fashion in which Gods seem to overlap. It is not the same (you point out) with Angels. In no other system do we find a parallel for the Living Creatures. Wheels, Wings, Fiery Serpents, with such quasi-human cohorts as the Beni Elohim who beget children on women , to whom the Qabalah has …
1911 · PDF PAGE 304
…. The entire volume is eminently recommendable.” —Jewish Chronicle. “A gorgeous rhapsody. Fortunately, there are the polige. . .. On the whole, we cannot help regretting that such splendid powers of imagination and expression are flung away in such literary rioting.” —Light. "Sometimes of much beauty of rhythm and phrase. . . .”—Times. “Poets who have any originality deserve to be judged by their own standard. . . . A Neo-mystic or semi-astrological pantheist. . . .”—Liverpool Echo. “Love-making appears to have an added halo in his eyes if it i…
1911 · PDF PAGE 304
…. The entire volume is eminently recommendable.” —Jewish Chronicle. “A gorgeous rhapsody. Fortunately, there are the polige. . .. On the whole, we cannot help regretting that such splendid powers of imagination and expression are flung away in such literary rioting.” —Light. "Sometimes of much beauty of rhythm and phrase. . . .”—Times. “Poets who have any originality deserve to be judged by their own standard. . . . A Neo-mystic or semi-astrological pantheist. . . .”—Liverpool Echo. “Love-making appears to have an added halo in his eyes if it i…
1907 · PDF PAGE 218
… these spiders , Crowley has himself twisted a subtle cord , on which he has suspended the universe , and swinging it round has sent the whole fickle world conception of these excogitating spiders into those realms which lie behind Time and beyond Space . He stands on the virgin rock of Pyrrhonic - Zoroastrianism , which unlike the Hindu world - conception , stands on neither Elephant nor Tortoise , but on the Absolute Zero of the meta physical Qabalists . The question now is , what is Crowleyanity or Pyrrhonic - Zoroastrianism ? and the answer…
1919 · PDF PAGE 53
…T IS A MAGUS 9°=2°, A.".A.". [The quotations in this essay are from Liber Legis—The Book of the Law.—Ep.] Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. I. Iam often asked why I begin my letters in this way. No matter whether I am writing to my lady or to my butcher, always I begin with these eleven words. Why, how else should I begin? What other greeting could be so glad? Look, brother, we are free! Rejoice with me, sister, there is no law beyond Do what thou wilt! II. I write this for those who have not read our Sacred Book, the Book of the…
1929 · PDF PAGE 54
… one modern writer thoroughly conversant with pessimism who is very opti- mistic. But the new facts which I here submit over- thrown the whole argument; they cast a sword of infi- nite weight on that petty trembling scale. 2. This is my general complaint, and that of all research students on the one hand and imaginative writers on the other. We can only express a new idea by combining two or more old ideas, or by the use of metaphor; just so any number can be formed from two others. James Hinton had undoubtedly a perfectly crisp, simple, and co…
1929 · PDF PAGE 432
…tween London and Paris. I wrote a few first-rate lyrics, a few more or less important essays, such as "Energized Enthusiasm", but on the whole, the virtue had gone out of me as far as big conceptions and elaborate executions were concerned. The campaign of 1911 had exhausted my heavy ammunition for the time being. None the less, I could point to one solid achievement on the large scale, as I must consider it, although it is composed of more or less disconnected elements. I refer to The Book of Lies. In this there are ninety-three chapters: we c…
1907 · PDF PAGE 185
…T Dividuality the curse of existence must vanish , and it can only vanish through the melting of the discord ant ego into the harmonious Whole. If we set our selves aside on a pillar of purity , we are but dualizing existence , the lees of the wine must be quaffed in the same cup as the wine itself , there is no other choice : XIV . Thou must breathe in all poisons ; for thy meat , Poison ; for drink , still poison ; for thy kiss , serpent's lips ! ... Then the verse continues , and we see if we may so ex press it, the great nuptials with the L…
1907 · PDF PAGE 188
… in their bridal kiss . Alone by trampling life's grapes do we gain the vintage of the Soul , the Medean draught of rejuvenescence . The whole of this wonderful philosophy the poet sums up in the following two verses of extraordinary and extravagant power : XXVIII . Aubrey attained in sleep when he dreamt this Wonderful dream of women , tender child And harlot , naked all , in thousands piled On one hot writhing heap , his shameful kiss To shudder through them , with lithe limbs defiled To wade , to dip Down through the mass , caressed by every…
1907 · PDF PAGE 244
…r peace . Neverthe less the arguments which they set forth , ideal or material , have in their frantic efforts to support it, forced the whole gigantic structure to the ground . o
1909 · PDF PAGE 61
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HASHISH antitheses (§ 51); and Hegel’s Logic, if properly understood, would have brought the whole thing into contempt. But unfortunately the “common sense” of mankind retorted that after all the interior angles of every triangle ave together equal to two right-angles ; and that a mental process which deduced this so accurately from a few simple axioms and definitions must be trustworthy; adding something uncomplimentary about Germans and Metaphysics. Both are right, and both are wrong. In the world of common sense, reason wor…
1909 · PDF PAGE 61
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HASHISH antitheses (§ 51); and Hegel’s Logic, if properly understood, would have brought the whole thing into contempt. But unfortunately the “common sense” of mankind retorted that after all the interior angles of every triangle ave together equal to two right-angles ; and that a mental process which deduced this so accurately from a few simple axioms and definitions must be trustworthy; adding something uncomplimentary about Germans and Metaphysics. Both are right, and both are wrong. In the world of common sense, reason wor…
1910 · PDF PAGE 71
… has consumed all we held dear; we must turn our engines of war about and destroy our sick and wounded, so that those who are strong and whole may press on the faster to victory. As early as the days of the Rig Veda, before the beginning was, there was “neither not-being nor yet being.” This thought again and again rumbles through the realms of philosophy, souring the milk of man’s understanding with its bitter scepticism. Not-being was this in the beginning, From it being arose. Self-fashioned indeed out of itself . . . The being and the beyon…
1910 · PDF PAGE 71
… has consumed all we held dear; we must turn our engines of war about and destroy our sick and wounded, so that those who are strong and whole may press on the faster to victory. As early as the days of the Rig Veda, before the beginning was, there was “neither not-being nor yet being.” This thought again and again rumbles through the realms of philosophy, souring the milk of man’s understanding with its bitter scepticism. Not-being was this in the beginning, From it being arose. Self-fashioned indeed out of itself . . . The being and the beyon…
1919 · PDF PAGE 18
…r of 1919. The principal items of the new promulgation are as fol- lows: Lizer CCXX. THE Book or THE Law, which is the foundation of our whole work, and the commentary thereon by the Master through whom it was given to the world. Lizer LXI. A manuscript giving an account of the his- tory of the A.”. A... in recent times. This history contains no mythology; it is a statement of facts susceptible of rational proof. Lizer CL. Der Lect Lisettum. A short explanation of the Law, extolling its sublime virtue. By the Master Therion. Lizer LXV. THE Boox…
1919 · PDF PAGE 234
…months. G.T. One month. S.G.C. Three months. P.R.S. Six weeks. VIII’. Six months. 52. Members of the IX°, who share among themselves the whole property of the Order according to the rules of that degree, may, of course, reside there permanently. In- deed, the house of every Brother of this grade is, ipso facto, a Profess-House of the Order. FIFTH HOUSE 53. All Brethren may expect the warmest co-operation in their pleasures and amusements from other members of the Order. The perfect freedom and security afforded by the Law allows the characters …
1930 · PDF PAGE 89
…Himself that a voice issues bidding him stay and be content, let him struggle on, ever on. 6. At last there must corne a moment when his whole being is swallowed up in fatigue, overwhelmed by its own inertia. 1 Let him sink (when no longer can he strive, though his tongue be bitten through with the effort and the blood gush from his nostrils) into the blackness of unconsciousness, and then, on coming to himself, let him Write down soberly and accurately a record of ail that hath occurred, yea a record of ail that hath occurred. EXPLICIT 1, This…
1954 · PDF PAGE 59
26 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS Letter I January 27,1944 Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. It is very good hearing that these letters do good, but rather sad to reflect that it is going to make you so unpopular. Your friends will notice at once that glib vacuities fail to impress, and hate you, and tell lies about you. It's worth it. Yes, your brain is quite all right; what is wanted is to acquire the habit of pinning things down instantly. (He says 're-incarnation' -now what exactly does he mean by that? He says "it is natur…
1954 · PDF PAGE 295
…epresentative of the "black" race was a dancing-girl. Indian was a non-English speaking Bengali Muslim, who seemed rather puzzled by the whole business. Book contains message dictated to Crowley at Cairo in 1904 "by Aiwass, a Being whose nature he does not fully understand but who described Himself as "The Minister of Hoor-Paar-Kraat' (the Lord of Silence). " Prospectus of book says it's been published three times before; adds, sinisterly, that first publication was nine months before outbreak of Balkan war, second, nine months before outbreak …
1954 · PDF PAGE 389
Cara Soror, 57 Beings I Have Seen with My Physical Eye Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Well do you know my lifelong rule never to make any assertion that cannot be verified, or at least supported by corroborative evidence, on any subject pertaining to Magick. When, therefore, you express curiosity as to how much of the normally super-sensible world has been revealed to my senses, and especially that of sight, you must take my answer as "without prejudice," "e. and o.e.," "under the rose," and "in a Pickwickian sense." If you ch…