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Page 4 of 951909 · PDF PAGE 61
…east upon our strange sad ecstasies. Make me the aching mouth parched-up with blisses The lips curled back, the breath desiring you, The whole face fragrant with your full free kisses, The soul thereof exhaling scented dew Born in the utmost world where we in truth Abide like Bacchus with a Bassarid Drunk with our art, love, beauty, force and youth ; But place that head upon a pyramid Of snaky lightnings, lest — but that shall be Alwaysa secret between you and mie. —_ y i Or, an you will, evoke me as the Sphinx With lion’s claws, bull’s breast,…
1898 · PDF PAGE 13
…ire’s brandied shrieks, and his First Series of Poems and Ballads was the legitimate echo of that not fierier note. But English Art as a whole was unmoved, at any rate not stirred to any depth, by this wave of debauchery. The great thinkers maintained the even keel, and the windy waters lay nor for their frailer barks to cross. There is one exception of note, till this day unsuspected, in the person of George Archi- bald Bishop. In a corner of Paris this young poet (for in his nature the flower of poesy did spring, did even take root and give s…
1912 · PDF PAGE 59
…e there studied. Also see Liber XXX of the A. A. Also in Liber CCXX, the “Book of the Law,” it is said: “ DO WHAT THOU WILT shall be the Whole ofthe Law.” Remember that for the purpose of this treatise the Whole object of Yama and Niyama is to live so that no emotion or passion disturbs the mind.)
1919 · PDF PAGE 43
…X. Lizer L Ver Lecis Sub Figura CCXX. as delivered by XCIII. unto DCLXVI. This book is the foun- dation of the New A£on, and thus of the whole of our Work. Liser XCV. THE WaKE Wortp (in Konx Om Pax). A poetical allegory of the relations of the soul and the Holy Guardian Angel. Liser DCCCLX. Joun St. Joun. A model of what a magical record should be, so far as accurate analysis and fullness of description are concerned. Lier VIII. See CCCCXVIII. Lizer XI. LiperNV. Aninstruction for attaining Nuit. Lizer DLV. Liser HAD. An instruction for attainin…
1919 · PDF PAGE 36
…f description of the contents of each book. This course of reading will furnish the Probationer with a thorough general 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 appoint…
1954 · PDF PAGE 60
1 What Is Magick? Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. What is Magick? Why should anyone study and practice it? Very natural; the obvious preliminary questions of any subject soever. We must certainly get all this crystal clear; fear not that I shall fail to set forth the whole business as concisely as possible yet as fully, as cogently yet as lucidly, as may prove within my power to do. At least I need not waste any time on telling you what Magick is not; or to go into the story of how the word came to be misapplied to …
1912 · PDF PAGE 54
38 Four hours is a better period, a golden mean; sixteen hours is too much for most peOple. On the Whole, the ambulatory practices are more generally useful to the health than the sedentary; for in this way walking and fresh air are assured. But some of the Sedentary practice should be done, and combined with meditation. Of course when actually “ racing ” to get results, walking is a distraction.
1944 · PDF PAGE 255
… mean delay, op‐ position, obstinacy, inertia, patience, perseverance, persistent stubbornness in difficulty. The crystallization of the whole matter involved.
1954 · PDF PAGE 141
…ody shovel! I shall break off this brief note at this point , so that you may have time to tell me if what I have so far said covers the whole ground of your enquiry. Love is the law, love under will. Fraternally, 666
1919 · PDF PAGE 33
CURRICULUM OF A..A.. COURSE II The basis of our whole work is the Book of the Law. It is essential for every Probationer to study this book and those which are directly connected with it, as commentaries: Liser CCXX. Liser L ver Lecis Sus Figura CCXX. as delivered by XCIII. unto DCLXVI. This book is the foundation of the New Zon, and thus of the whole of our Work. Liser I]. THe MEssacE oF THE Master THERION. It explains the essence of the New Law in a very simple manner. Lisrr DCCCXXXVII. THe Law or Lizerty. This is a further explanation of the…
1954 · PDF PAGE 130
10 The Scolex School Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. You actually want to know how to distinguish gold from copper pyrites- "fool's gold" they called it in '49 California-no! I wasn't there-or "absolute" alcohol and-Liqueur Whisky from "alki" (commercial alcohol-see Jack London's The Princess, a magnificent story-don't miss it!) and Wartime Scotch as sold in most British pubs in 1944, era vulgari. One pretty good plan is to take a masterpiece, pick out a page at random, translate it into French or German or whatever…
1928 · PDF PAGE 45
…eing whose nobil- ity made a startling contrast with all the sur- rounding triviality. It was a tall and majestic woman, so noble in her whole bearing that I do not remember to have ever seen her equal in the galleries of the aristocratic beauties of the past. A perfume of haughty virtue emanated from her whole per- son; her face, sad and thin, was perfectly in keeping with the full mourning in which she was dressed; she too, like the Plebs with which she had mingled, and which she did not see, she too gazed upon that glittering society with a …
1944 · PDF PAGE 106
… has for its purpose the complete emanci‐ pation of the human race. The rose represents the flowering of the solar influence. Around the whole picture we see the signs of the Zodiac in their normal position, Aries rising in the East, and so on. Free‐ dom brings sanity. The Zodiac is a kind of childish representation of the body of Nuith, a dif‐ ferentiation and classification, a chosen belt, one girdle of Our Lady of infinite space. Conven‐ ience of description excuses the device. The green mound represents the fertile earth, its shape, so to s…
1954 · PDF PAGE 367
52 Family: Public Enemy No.1 Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. In your last letter you mention "family pressure." Horrid word, family! Its very etymology accuses it of servility and stagnation. Latin, famulus, 'a servant'; Oscan, Faamat, 'he dwells'. Think what horrid images it evokes from the mind. Not only Victorian; wherever the family has been strong, it has always been an engine of tyranny. Weak members or weak neighbours: it is the mob spirit crushing genius, or overwhelming opposition by brute arithmetic. Of co…
1910 · PDF PAGE 31
XXVI PREFACE. mental and strong. The whole soul storms the height of heaven, exults, laughs, enjoys, falls exhausted. The thing is clean. It is the lady novelist that drags her snail-track across the desert of bad literature. Nothing so excites my loathing as to see these ghouls licking their chops over the adven- tures of some dirty slut of a Princess. They scent indecency in passion beyond the marriage-tie : they will not even allow a man to be in love with his own wife. Why shouldn’t he be ? He is now and then. I happen to know it. The long …
1961 · PDF PAGE 108
…e right Art of Conduct with them whom I shall give thee for Initiation. And the Rule thereof is one Rule; Do that thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. See thou constantly to it hat this be not broken; especially in the Section thereof (if I dare say so) which readeth Mind thine own Business. This is of Application equally to all, and the most dangerous Man (or Woman, as has occurred, or I err) is the Busy-body. Oh how ashamed are we, and moved to Indignation, seeing the Sins and Follies of our Neighbours! Of all the Occasions of this Grieva…
1913 · PDF PAGE 442
THE EQUINOX gnomy that of an extremely devout priest ; his whole air, in short, was entirely worthy of respect. This ecclesiastic was furnished with a letter of recommen- dation conceived in these terms : “‘DEAR MASTER, “This is to introduce to you an old savant, who wants to gabble Hebrew sorcery with you. Receive him like myself—I mean as I myself received him—by getting rid of him in the best way you can. “ Entirely yours, in the sacrosanct Qabalah, “ Ap. DESBARROLLES.” “ Reverend sir,” said Eliphas, smiling, after having read the letter, “I…
1913 · PDF PAGE 442
THE EQUINOX gnomy that of an extremely devout priest ; his whole air, in short, was entirely worthy of respect. This ecclesiastic was furnished with a letter of recommen- dation conceived in these terms : “‘DEAR MASTER, “This is to introduce to you an old savant, who wants to gabble Hebrew sorcery with you. Receive him like myself—I mean as I myself received him—by getting rid of him in the best way you can. “ Entirely yours, in the sacrosanct Qabalah, “ Ap. DESBARROLLES.” “ Reverend sir,” said Eliphas, smiling, after having read the letter, “I…
1954 · PDF PAGE 227
Cara Soror, 26 Mental Processes Two Only Are Possible Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. "Occult" science is the most difficult of them all. For one thing, its subject-matter includes the whole of philosophy, from ontology and metaphysics down to natural history. More, the most rarefied and recondite of these has a direct bearing upon the conduct of life in its most material details, and the simplest study of such apparently earthbound matters as botany and mineralogy leads to the most abstruse calculations of the imponderables . …
1954 · PDF PAGE 196
22 How to Learn the Practice of Astrology Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. "Up, Guards, and at 'em!" First, you must know your correspondences by heart backwards and upside down (air connu) . They are practically all in The Book of Thoth; but "if anyone anything lacks," look for it in 777. Then, get a book on Astrology, the older the better. Raphael's Shilling Handbook is probably enough for the present purpose. Get well into your head what the menu says about the natures of the planets, the influence of the aspects,…