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Page 41 of 871961 · PDF PAGE 214
… only by the Apprehension of their Images in mind through Sense; as, how is Colour Real or Material to a blind may or a Law mathematical true to a man that is imbecile or demented? All things therefore exist in one form or another; but the Reality of any, though in itself absolute, is in regard of its Relation with any other thing dependent upon the Intercourse and Language between them, conscious or unconscious. Consider Azote, that hath nigh Four Parts in Five of the Air, how it is not real to the Perception of any human Sense, but yet most r…
1910 · PDF PAGE 141
…even long years under the Bédhi tree Gotama opened his eyes and perceiving the world of Sam- sara* exclaimed: “Quod erat demonstrandum!” True, he had attained to the spotless eye of Truth and had become Buddha the Enlightened One; he had entered the Nothing- ness of Nibbdna,j and had become one with the Uncreated and the Indestructible. And now he stood once again on the shore line of existence and watched the waves of life roll landwards, curve, break and hiss up the beach only to surge back into the ocean from which they came. He did not deny…
1910 · PDF PAGE 141
…even long years under the Bédhi tree Gotama opened his eyes and perceiving the world of Sam- sara* exclaimed: “Quod erat demonstrandum!” True, he had attained to the spotless eye of Truth and had become Buddha the Enlightened One; he had entered the Nothing- ness of Nibbdna,j and had become one with the Uncreated and the Indestructible. And now he stood once again on the shore line of existence and watched the waves of life roll landwards, curve, break and hiss up the beach only to surge back into the ocean from which they came. He did not deny…
1911 · PDF PAGE 40
… undertaken to perform, and thus shalt thou be strengthened to pursue it unto the attainment 01 the Stone of the Wise, the Summum Bonum, True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness. 32
1911 · PDF PAGE 40
… undertaken to perform, and thus shalt thou be strengthened to pursue it unto the attainment 01 the Stone of the Wise, the Summum Bonum, True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness. 32
1916 · PDF PAGE 8
…osition 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 depopulated; every engine of oppression has been set in m…
1913 · PDF PAGE 393
…say, Catholic, if I understand you correctly. But what should I think of the different religions? FAITH. Judge them by their works. Seek true Charity, and when you have found her, ask her to which religion she belongs. SCIENCE. It is certainly not to that of the Inquisition, and of the authors of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. FAITH. It is to that of St. John the Almoner, of St. Fran- gois de Sales,’ of St. Vincent de Paul, of Fénelon, and so many more. 1 Levi was certainly never the dupe of this boudoir Theologian. He accepted him without pe…
1913 · PDF PAGE 393
…say, Catholic, if I understand you correctly. But what should I think of the different religions? FAITH. Judge them by their works. Seek true Charity, and when you have found her, ask her to which religion she belongs. SCIENCE. It is certainly not to that of the Inquisition, and of the authors of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. FAITH. It is to that of St. John the Almoner, of St. Fran- gois de Sales,’ of St. Vincent de Paul, of Fénelon, and so many more. 1 Levi was certainly never the dupe of this boudoir Theologian. He accepted him without pe…
1930 · PDF PAGE 56
hath fallen may there be granted the accomplishment of their true Willsj whether they will absorption in the Infinité, or to be United with their chosen and preferred, or to be in contemplation, or to be at peace, or to achieve the labour and heroism of incarnation on this planet or another, or in any Star, or aught else, unto them may there be granted the accomplishment of their Wills. ATMFN, ATM TN, ATMFN* {Ail sit.) {The DEACON and the children attend the PRIEST and PRIESTESS, ready to hold any appropriate weapon as may he necessary.) VI. Of…
1907 · PDF PAGE 125
118 THE STAR IN THE WEST embedded in a slight verse of four lines the nucleus of all true patriotism , greater than power , wealth , or dominion , and that is motherhood : Fiercer desires may cast away All things most good ; A people may forget to - day Their motherhood . 1 This is the condition of the England of to - day : “ O England ! England , mighty England falls !” because she no longer knows how to bear Englishmen . Wealth cries for luxury , and luxury sniffs at the hem of lust , and lust rises o’er us a vampire kite to drink dry the blo…
1907 · PDF PAGE 215
…borrows its brightness , The whole world bursts into splendour at his shining . Kathaka Upanishad , v, 15 . The veil of Maya shrouds the true aspect of things ; it cuts off the outer from the inner world , rendering the former esoteric , and the latter exoteric . This idea of the All as the One , is magnificently described in 1 The Sword of Song , Pentecost , vol . ii, p . 183 . The Argonauts , iv, vol . ii, p . 110 .
1907 · PDF PAGE 79
72 THE STAR IN THE WEST laws of the dead , but through the needs and wants of the living , on the solid foundation of the truest possible morality , based on Nature , and manifested to us through our divine powers of reason . And much of this new morality do we find in the love-gospel of Aleister Crowley . First turning to the love incarnate in motherhood , we find a touching case in the picture of Cora in “ The Mother's Tragedy." Cora Vavasour , late of the halls , yet as true and noble a woman as ever lived , a type of woman that , thank Heav…
1910 · PDF PAGE 15
…oy named Glascott, with insane taint, told Mr. Champney that he had visited me (12 years old) at my mother’s house during the holidays — true so far, he had — and found me “ lying drunk at the bottom of the stairs ”. My mother was never asked about this ; nor was I told of it. I was put into “ Coventry ” i.e. nor master nor boy might speak to me, or I to them. I was fed on bread and water ; during playhours I worked in the school- room ; during work-hours I walked solitary round and round the playground. I was expected to “ confess ” the crime …
1919 · PDF PAGE 225
…ounded by his asking; and if not, the door is opened to beggars and impostors, and all manner of arrant knaves and rogues such as are no true Brethren. But the Brother who is possessed of this world’s goods should make it his busi- ness to watch the necessity of all those Brethren with whom he may be personally acquainted, anticipating their wants in so wise and kindly and delicate a manner that it shall appear as if it were the payment of a debt. And what help is given shall be given with discretion, so that the relief may be permanent instead…
1919 · PDF PAGE 367
…nd anything which does not subserve your real purpose. It was, however, said in verse 11 that the “mind needs breadth,” and this also is true, but if all the facts known to the Thinker are properly co-ordinated and connected causally, and by necessity, the ideal mind will be attained, for although complex it will be unified. And if the summit of its pyramid be the Soul, the injunction in this verse 12 to the Beginner will be properly observed. 13. Shun ignorance and likewise shun illusion. Avert thy face from world deceptions: mistrust thy sens…
1954 · PDF PAGE 377
…ake use of the formulae of nature which have brought them to their present situation , are attempts to proceed further on the way of the True Will. It is particularly important to understand this at the present time when the Aeon of Horus is just getting under way. For the Aeon of Isis, that of the Mother, appears to have regarded the whole of Nature as a spontaneous growth of universal scope. In the aeon of Osiris, the restriction of Family appears for the first time. The world of sentient beings is separated into clusters, each family, clan, …
1903 · PDF PAGE 23
…wever, by what dissenters have replaced it! I take this to be an error, except in the case of the very advanced Yogi. For there exists a true magical cere- monial, vital and direct, whose purpose has, however, at any rate of recent times, been hopelessly misunderstood. Nobody any longer supposes that any means but that of meditation is of avail to grasp the immediate causes of our being; if some person retorts that he prefers to rely on a Glorified Redeemer, I simply answer that he is the very nobody to whomI now refer. Meditation is then the m…
1907 · PDF PAGE 102
…t cried , “ Behold I am the Lord !” 2 Such is the ultimate end of platonic love . That it has many noble forms , that it sprang from the true abhorrence of the vile , cannot be denied ; that 1 Tannhäuser , vol . i, p . 237 . 2 The Temple of the Holy Ghost , vol . i, p . 173 .
1909 · PDF PAGE 17
… opening of an operation; (b) that I had had two false starts. The final operation is'certainly most favourable; we shall see if it comes true. I can hardly believe it possible. Will now go for a stroll, get some milk, and settle down for the evening. I regret to have to announce that on going across to the Dome with this laudable intention, Nina brought up that red-headed bundle of mischief, Maryt Waska. This being in a way a “bandobast” (and so inviol- able), I took her to dinner, eating an omelette, and l5
1911 · PDF PAGE 145
…in laughter at the culminating impossibility. But Edgar Rolles only frowned. “ I am sorry for Ida," he said slowly. " If your story were true I should be glad; but she is only the painter with his palette mixing paints: she never gives her soul up to the canvas. Tigress ? yes : but not the Bodhi—sattva who let the tigress eat him. She always wins ; she cannot lose. As the proverb says : ’ Lucky at play, unlucky in love—and ‘ God is love.’ " " Listen ! he is saying the Black Mass again," cried Ninon, and springing on a table began the Dance of t…