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Page 40 of 1141961 · PDF PAGE 187
…more that this Path is of the Circle, and of the Eye of Horus that sleepeth not, but is vigilant. The Circle is all-perfect, equal every Way, but the Vesica hath bitter Need, and seeketh thy Medicine, that is of right compounded for High Purpose, to ease her Infirmity. Thus is thy Will frustrated, and thy Mind distracted, and thy Work lamed, if it be not brought to Naught. Also thy Puissance in thine Art is minished, by a full Moiety, as I do esteem it. But the Eye of Horus hath no Need, and is free in his Will, not seeking a Level, or requirin…
1909 · PDF PAGE 91
…r other, Pranayarna is quite easy. Concentrating on Adonai, Iwas in Kam- bhakham for a whole minute without distress. It is true, by the way. I was—and am—in some danger of looking on this Record as a Book; i.e., of emphasising things for their literary effect, and diminishing the importance of others which lend them- selves less obviously. But the answer to this, friend Satan] is that the Canon of Art is Truth, and the Canon of Magic is Truth; my true record will make a good book, and my true book will make a good record. 89
1919 · PDF PAGE 47
…ut to do thy will. Do that and no other shall say nay. For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way per- fect.” Take this carefully; it seems to imply a theory that if every man and every woman did his and her will—the true will—there would be no clashing. “Every man and every woman is a star,” and each star moves in an appointed path without interference. There is plenty of room for all; it is only disorder that creates confusion. From these considerations it should be clear that “Do what thou wilt” doe…
1919 · PDF PAGE 362
THE TWO PATHS [FRAGMENT 11] 1. And now, O Teacher of Compassion, point thou the way to other men. Behold all those who, knocking for ad- mission, await [s] in ignorance and darkness to see the gate of the Sweet Law flung open! This begins with the word “And,” rather as if it were a sequel to the “VOICE OF THE SILENCE.” It should not be assumed that this is the case. However, assuming that the first Fragment explains the Path as far as Master of the Temple, it is legitimate to regard this second Fragment, so called, as the further instruction; f…
1919 · PDF PAGE 399
… to in Fragment II, verse 88. One is inclined further to suspect that Madame Blavatsky sup- poses Mahayana and Hinayana to refer in some way or other to the two Paths previously discussed. They do not. Madame Blavatsky’s method of exegesis, in the absence of original information, was to take existing commentators and disagree with them, her standard being what the un- known originals ought, in her opinion, to have said. This method saves much of the labour of research, and with a little luck it ought to be possible to discover subsequently much…
1924 · PDF PAGE 7
…once for all. The whole event illustrates the absolute neces- sity for that right of reply which the law of France provides. In no other way can a private 7
1954 · PDF PAGE 142
…eally is a little bewildering; the signpost "Right-hand Path, " "Left-hand Path," seems rather indecipherable; and then, for such a long way, they look exactly alike. At what point do they diverge? Actually, the answers are fairly simple. As far as the achievement or attainment is concerned, the two Paths are in fact identical. In fact, one almost feels obliged to postulate some inmost falsity, completely impossible to detect, inherent at the very earliest stages. For the decision which determines the catastrophe confronts only the Adeptus Exem…
1954 · PDF PAGE 452
… modern slang, but it's correct . Interesting to study the usage of moeurs and manieres in French. 'Manner' from manus-hand : it is 'the way to handle things' . But the theological conception has steered a very wrong course, even for theology; brought in Divine Injunction, and Conscience, and a whole host of bogeys. (Candles in hollow turnips deceive nobody outside a churchyard!) But what you want to know is the difference between (a) common or area morality, (b) Yogin-or "holy man's" morality, and (c) the Magical Morality of the New Aeon of Th…
1961 · PDF PAGE 125
…agical Manner. Now therefore by the Practice of these mayst thou awaken thy Wisdom, that it may manifest in thy conscious Mind. And this Way is of Use even when the Ceremonies, as those of he Christians, are corrupt and deformed; but in such a Case hou shalt seek out the true ancient Significance thereof. For there is that within thee which remembereth Truth, and is ready to communicate the same unto thee when thou hast Wit to evoke it from the Aditum and Sanctuary of thy Being. And this is to be done by this Repetition of the Formula of that T…
1961 · PDF PAGE 177
…nction shall suffice it. Rid thyself therefore of this Thought of I apart from all, but, attaining to Consciousness of All by Our True Way, contemplate the Play of Illusion by thine Instrument of Mind and Sense, leaving it without Care to continue in its own Path of Change. i
1961 · PDF PAGE 188
…this concerning the Odds of the Formulæ of Male and Female, that mine Initiation was ordered as followeth. First, unto the Middle of the Way, the Attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel, were these Men appointed to mine Aid, Jerome Politt of Kendal, Cecil Jones of Basingstoke, Allan Bennett of the Border, and Oscar Eckenstein of the Mountain, with no Woman. But after that Attainment hath Word come to me only through Women, Ouarda the Seer, and Virakam, and in mine Initiation into the Degree of Magus, the Cat `ILA…
1929 · PDF PAGE 227
…east ... bristling with intolerable hair lying in front of one, and feel that one has done a good turn to Venus. One of my boars, by the way, gave me a lesson in literature. I came across his body two days after the battle and it hit me in the eye --- to say nothing of the nose --- with Baudelaire's "Charogne". Beside the path, an infamous foul carrion, ....Stones for its couch a fitting sheet. Its legs stretched in the air, like wanton whores ....Burning with lust, and reeking venom sweated, Laid open, carelessly and cynically, the doors ....O…
1929 · PDF PAGE 52
…in anything that I wanted; but one the other hand I was kept criminally short of pocket money lest I should spend it in some disgraceful way, such as buying books or tobacco, or spending it on even worse abominations such as theatres and women. (I was encouraged to keep a dog!) I had therefore no sense of responsibility in the matter of money. It {104} never occurred to me that it was possible to make it, and I was thus trained to be dependent to the point of mendicancy. The effect was, of course, disastrous. When I got to Cambridge I still had…
1903 · PDF PAGE 11
…e summed up as follows. “Whence, whither, why, we know not; but we do know that we are here, that we dislike being here, that there is a way out of the whole loathsome affair—let us make haste and take it!” I am not so retiring in disposition; I persist in my enquiries, and at last the appalling question is answered, and the past ceases to intrude its problems upon my mind. Here you are! Three shies a penny! Change all bad arguments! ] ASSERT THE ABSOLUTENESS OF THE Qanatistic Zino. ‘When we say that the Cosmos sprang from 0, what kind of0 do w…
1909 · PDF PAGE 128
…her and prunella. Don’t worry; work! I shall now make a pantacle to aid the said faculty of concentration. The Voice 01 the Nadi (by the way) is resoundingwell, and the Chittam is a little better under control. Have worked well on the Pantacle, thinking of Adonai. Of course we are now reduced to a “low anthropo- morphic conception ”—but what odds ? Once the Right Thought comes it will transcend any and all conceptions. The objection is as silly as the objection to illustrating Geometry by Diagrams, on the ground that printed lines are thick—and…
1910 · PDF PAGE 123
… the chance minute That life may shoot Some flower at least to blossom in the night, Since vital light Is sure to fail us on the hideous way. What ? Must we pray ? Verily, O thou littlest babe, too weak To stir or speak, Capable hardly of a thought, yet seed Of word and deed ? To thine assured fruition we may trust This weary dust. We who are old, and palsied, (and so wise !) Lift up our eyes To little children, as the storm-tossed bark Hails in the dark Some hardly visible harbour light ; we hold The hours of gold To our own breasts, whose hou…
1912 · PDF PAGE 60
… sleep in vision. (The result curious : Iwoke up several times, and though I cannot at all remember, I know it was thinking of A in some way.) A fair. After-results again vaguely magnificent —memory seems quite in vain. A in the presence οί my Soror F. (The results of this and the next invocation were most brilliant and important. They re— vealed the Brother ”?סנA A who communi— cated in Egypt as the Controller of all this work. Their importance belongs therefore rather to the history of those relations than of this simple invocation-method, and…
1912 · PDF PAGE 60
… sleep in vision. (The result curious : Iwoke up several times, and though I cannot at all remember, I know it was thinking of A in some way.) A fair. After-results again vaguely magnificent —memory seems quite in vain. A in the presence οί my Soror F. (The results of this and the next invocation were most brilliant and important. They re— vealed the Brother ”?סנA A who communi— cated in Egypt as the Controller of all this work. Their importance belongs therefore rather to the history of those relations than of this simple invocation-method, and…
1928 · PDF PAGE 105
…d me with a fraternal sympathy than with that fear which usually arises at the sight of the unknown. If I wished to try to define in any way their strange expression, I would say that never have I seen eyes that shone more forcefully with the horror of boredom and with the immortal desire to feel themselves alive. My host and myself were already by the time we sat down old and good friends. We ate, we drank outrageously every sort of ex- traordinary wine, and, a thing no less strange, it seemed to me after several hours that I was no more drunk…
1961 · PDF PAGE 173
…r Death of thine Ego in the Operation of its Organ, but also, in its Unity with thy Lion, the Truth of thy Self. Thus is thy Silence the Way of he Tao, and all Speech a deviation thereform. This Lion and Dragon are therefore of thy Self, and the Man and the Bull the Feminine Counterparts thereof, being the Grace of Our Lady BABALON that She bestoweth upon thee in thine Adultery with Her. They are then as a Vesture of Honour, and a Reward, that are won by the Intensity of thy Light and of thy Love. So perperly we esteem Men by the Measure of the…