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…nd off the stars from collision! A mystery of the fulness of things ; a mystery of the emptiness of things! Yet, as we go, there grows a sense, an instinct, a premonition—what shall I call it ?—that Being is One, and Thought is One, and Law is One—until we ask What is that One? Then again we spin words—words—words. And we have got no single question answered in any ultimate sense. What is the moon made of? Science replies ‘Green Cheese.” For our one moon we have now two ideas: Greenness, and Cheese. Greenness depends on the sunlight, and the ey…
1904 · PDF PAGE 16
…we can assimilate this fact to Realism; but we have no need to take so much trouble. This being true for the ordinary Universe, that all sense-impressions are dependent on changes in the brain,’ we must include illusions, which are after all sense-impressions as much as “realities” are, in the class of “ phe- nomena dependent on brain-changes.” Magical phenomena, however, come under a special sub-class, since they are willed, and their cause is the series of “real” phenomena called the operations of ceremonial Magic. These consist of (1) Sight.…
1919 · PDF PAGE 354
…eds. Emo- tions are objectionable, as they represent an invasion of the mental plane by sensory or moral impressions. 64. Merge into one sense thy senses, if thou would’st be secure against the foe. ’Tis by that sense alone which lies concealed within the hollow of thy brain, that the steep Path which leadeth to thy Master may be disclosed before thy Soul’s dim eyes. ’ This verse refers to a Meditation practice somewhat simi- lar to those described in Liber 831. (See THE Equinox.) 65. Long and weary is the way before thee, O Disciple. One singl…
1954 · PDF PAGE 234
…the desires of a gorilla, a crocodile, a rat, a devil-fish, or what have you! One is no longer capable of human thoughts in the ordinary sense of the word; such would be wholly unintelligible. I leave the rest to your imagination; doesn't it sound to you a little like some of the accounts of "The Dweller on the Threshold?" Love is the law, love under will. Fraternally, 666
1913 · PDF PAGE 137
…wn them. Karma does not act in this tit-for-tat way. An eye for an eye is a sort of savage justice, and the idea of justice in our human sense is quite foreign to the constitution of the Universe. Karma is the Law of Cause and Effect. There is no propor- tion in its operations. Once an accident occurs it is impossible to say what may happen ; and the Universe is a stupendous accident. We go out to tea a thousand times without mishap, and the thousand- and-first time we meet some one who changes radically the course of our lives for ever. There …
1954 · PDF PAGE 251
…ts a phrase, one starts to kick holes in it! Yet we both know perfectly well all the time what we do mean. But this is certainly not the sense of the word in your question. It may clear our minds, as has so often happened, if we examine it through the lens of dear old Skeat. Religion, he says, Latin: religio, piety. Collecting or paying attention to: religens as opposed to negligens, neglecting; the attitude of Gallio. But it also implies a binding together, i.e., of ideas; in fact, a "body of doctrine." Not a bad expression. A religion then, i…
1996 · PDF PAGE 22
…nifestation of Nuit. Commentary: The theogony of our Law is entirely scientific. Nuit is Matter, Hadit is Motion, in their full physical sense.1 They are the tao and te of Chinese Philosophy; or, to put it very simply, the Noun and Verb in grammar. Our central Truth—beyond other philosophies—is that these two infinities cannot exist apart. This extensive subject must be studied in our other writings, nota bly Berashith, my own Magical Diaries, especially those of 1919, 1920 and 1921,1 2 and The Book of Wisdom or Folly.3 See also “The Soldier a…
1903 · PDF PAGE 16
… Too strong to care which way may go The ensuing history of woe, Though I were jaw, and you were tooth ; So, more concerned with seeking sense Than worried over consequence, I'll speak, and you shall hear, the truth. 14
1909 · PDF PAGE 73
JOHN ST. JOHN 10.55. evil in truth, because only that is evil (in one sense) which does not lead to Adonai. (In another sense, all is evil which is not Adonai.) And of course I had the insane idea that this ritual would serve to stimulatemy devotion. For the information of the Z.A.M., I may explain that this ritual pertained to Saturn in Libra; and, though right enough in its own plane, is a dog— faced demon in this operation. Is it, though? I am so blind that I can no longer decide the simplest problems. Else, I see so well, and am so balanced…
1909 · PDF PAGE 111
…of him, worry about the Record and the Ritual and—- O! everything l—then, too, the thoughts which are closer yet to the great Enemy, the sense of separate- ness ; that sense itself at last—~50 O. M. withdrew from the conflict for a moment so that the duty of this Record done might leave him free for the fight. It may have been a snare—~may the Lord Adonai keep him in the Path. Adonai! Adonai! (P.S.—Add that the “ultra-violet” or “astral” light in the room was such that it seemed bright as daylight. He hath never seen the like, even in the ceremon…
1907 · PDF PAGE 214
…without the mind , corresponding to the ideas we have of bodies , yet how is it possible for us to know this ? Either we must know it by sense or by reason . He never denied the material existence of things , and was as much a phenomenalist as an idealist . Crowley , similarly accepting Egoity , does not however reject Non egoity , but envelops both . In such a conflict I stand neuter . But oh ! Mistake not gold for pewter ! The plain fact is: materialise What spiritual fact you choose , And all such turn to folly - lose The subtle splendour , …
1913 · PDF PAGE 58
… His creatures grew wise, Slow dawned its wonder On opening eyes . Men watched adoring His waters roll , Deep flowed His colours Through sense and soul . Moan of creation Rapture that stirs — Blindly they learned it, Years upon years . Till clearly one spirit Cried on His Name From all her lovely And earthly frame .
1902 · PDF PAGE 17
… I have received the utmost justice, kindness, and consideration : two or three only seem to take delight in deliberately perverting the sense of my remarks : and to them, for their own sake, I now address these words of elementary instruction. You are perfectly welcome to do with my work in its entirety what Laertes did with his allegiance and his vows : but do not pick out and gloat over a few isolated passages from the Venusberg scenes and call me a sensualist, nor from the Fourth Act and groan " Mysticism ! " ; do not quote " Two is by shap…
1916 · PDF PAGE 8
…e a philosopher, but he should also have in his composition not a little of the mystic. We do not use the word mystic in the specialized sense, in which it is too often employed today. The true mystic is one who sees all phenomena without bias, prejudice, self-interest, or obfuscation. In thinking of kingdoms, he thinks of spiritual kingdoms; and here again we must use the word spiritual in its oldest and widest sense. In such kingdoms faith is more than frontiers, language and literature more than markets. Ireland has been systematically depop…
1903 · PDF PAGE 31
…spear of clean Cold fire of dying Messaline. Swart tangles of devouring hair, The scorpion labyrinth and snare, Leprous entanglements of sense, The Imminence of the Immense. And in the deep hard breath I draw Kissed from her strangling mouth and maw, I feel the floating deaths that dwell 9
1910 · PDF PAGE 98
…e Gnanendriyams. 3. Viiifianamaydkos’a. The consciousness sheath, which con- sists of Anthakdrana in union with an organ of action or of sense—Gnan- and Karm-endriyam. 4. Pranamayakos’a. Consists of the five airs. Here we drop below Anthakarana. 5. Annamaydkos’a. Body of Nourishment. The faculty which feeds on the five Tatwas. Besides these there are three bodies or Shariras. 1. Karana Sharira. The Causal body, which almost equals the protoplast. 2. Sukshma Sharira. The Subtle body, which consists of the vital airs, etc. 3. Sthula Shirara. The …
1910 · PDF PAGE 98
…e Gnanendriyams. 3. Viiifianamaydkos’a. The consciousness sheath, which con- sists of Anthakdrana in union with an organ of action or of sense—Gnan- and Karm-endriyam. 4. Pranamayakos’a. Consists of the five airs. Here we drop below Anthakarana. 5. Annamaydkos’a. Body of Nourishment. The faculty which feeds on the five Tatwas. Besides these there are three bodies or Shariras. 1. Karana Sharira. The Causal body, which almost equals the protoplast. 2. Sukshma Sharira. The Subtle body, which consists of the vital airs, etc. 3. Sthula Shirara. The …
1928 · PDF PAGE 11
…ur sister, or your brother? I have neither father, nor mother, nor sister, nor brother. Your friends? There you employ a word whose sense I have never understood. Your country? I do not know its latitude. Beauty? I would love it willingly, Goddess and Immortal. Gold? I hate is as you hate God. Ah, what then do you love, strange man? I love the clouds . . . . the clouds that float . . . down there . . . the marvellous clouds.
1919 · PDF PAGE 392
… tempt to aid suffering, the consciousness of that suffering is lost. With regard to the Doctrine of Karma, argument is nugatory. In one sense Karma cannot be interfered with, even to the smallest extent, in any way, and therefore all action is not truly cause, but effect. In another sense Zoro- aster is right when he says “Theurgists fall not so low as to 7O
1909 · PDF PAGE 68
…s an optical sensation (Vedana) of red; an olfactory sensation of fragrance; and so on. Even its weight, its space, are modifications of sense; and the whole statement is transformed into “ Here is a pleasurable set of sensations which we group under the name of a rose.” In such a world lives the sensuous artist. Next, these modifications of sense are found to be but percepts; the pleasure or pain vanishes; and the sensations are observed coldly and clearly without allowing the mind to be affected. This perception (Saiifia) is the world of the …