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4 by doubting every statement. Let us find a way of sub- jecting every statement to the test of experiment. Is there any truth at all in the claims of various religions? Let us examine the question. Our original difficulty will be due to the enormous wealth of our material. To enter into a critical examination of all systems would be an unending task; the cloud of witnesses is too great. Now each religion is equally positive; and each demands faith. This we refuse in the absence of positive proof. But we may usefully inquire whether there is not …
1919 · PDF PAGE 61
…ther insure that he is duly tried and tested, for there are many who think themselves to be Masters who have not even begun to tread the Way of Service that leads thereto. 5. Now the Great Work is one, and the Initiation is one, and the Reward is one, however diverse are the symbols wherein the Unutterable is clothed. 6. Hear then the history of the system which this lec- tion gives you the opportunity of investigating. 55
1919 · PDF PAGE 328
… sailing gloriously through innumerable Gates of High Initiation, nevertheless keeps his original Point of View, like a Bourbon. He is always getting rid of Illusions, but, like the entourage of the Cardinal Lord Archbishop of Rheims after he cursed the thief, nobody seems one penny the worse—or the better. Probably the best way to take the whole treatise is to assume that it is written for the absolute tyro, with a good deal between the lines for the more advanced mystic. This will excuse, to the mahatma-snob, a good deal of apparent trivialit…
1961 · PDF PAGE 178
…wn Nature, even thine, to compose so sinister a Complex, thou shouldst not strive therewith, destroying it by Love, but continue in that Way? I deny not this hastily, nor affirm; nay, shall I even utter a Hint of that which I may foresee? For it is in mine own Nature to think that in this Matter the Sum of Wisdom is Silence. But this I say, and that boldly, that thou shalt not look upon this Horror with Fear, or with Hate, but accept all this as thou dost all else, as a Phenomenon of Change, that is, of Love. For in a swift Stream thou mayst be…
1909 · PDF PAGE 137
…heir play? Awoke from long sweet dreamless sleep, like a young eagle that soars to greet the dawn. After breakfast, have strolled, on my way to the studio, through the garden of the Luxembourgto my favourite fountain. It is useless to attempt to write of the dew and the flowers in the clear October sunlight. Yet the light which I behold is still more than sunlight. My eyes too are quite weak from the Vision ; I cannot bear the brilliance of things. The clock of the Senate strikes ; and my ears are ravished with its mysterious melody. It is the I…
1912 · PDF PAGE 85
… more intense forms of Dhyana is thus liberated. The Universe is thus destroyed for him, and he for it. His will can therefore go on its way unhampered. One may imagine that in the case of Mohammed he had cherished for years a tremendous ambition, and never done anything because those qualities which were subsequently manifested as statesmanship warned him that he was impotent. His vision in the cave gave him that confidence which was required, the faith that moves mountains. There are a lot of solid—seemingthings in this world which a child cou…
1912 · PDF PAGE 439
… 300 copies, Ios. net 50 copies on handmade paper, specially bound, £! Is. net CONTENTS ROSA Coeli—Abjad-i-al'ain—«The HermitfiThe Wizard Way-The Wings—‘The Garden of Janus—The Two Secrets—The Priestess of Panormita —The Hawk and the Babe «The DuelliSISv—Athor and Asar—After Judgment—The Five Adorations —Telepathy—The Swimmeerhe Muse—The God and the Girl—Rosemary—Au Bal; Disappointment—The Octopus—The Eyes of Dorothy—Bathyllus— The Mantra-Yogi—~The Poet and his Muse—Lilith~—Sport and Marriage—~The Twins—The Convert—The Sorceress—The Child— Clyti…
1912 · PDF PAGE 439
… 300 copies, Ios. net 50 copies on handmade paper, specially bound, £! Is. net CONTENTS ROSA Coeli—Abjad-i-al'ain—«The HermitfiThe Wizard Way-The Wings—‘The Garden of Janus—The Two Secrets—The Priestess of Panormita —The Hawk and the Babe «The DuelliSISv—Athor and Asar—After Judgment—The Five Adorations —Telepathy—The Swimmeerhe Muse—The God and the Girl—Rosemary—Au Bal; Disappointment—The Octopus—The Eyes of Dorothy—Bathyllus— The Mantra-Yogi—~The Poet and his Muse—Lilith~—Sport and Marriage—~The Twins—The Convert—The Sorceress—The Child— Clyti…
1913 · PDF PAGE 425
… breathes in and out the terrestrial atmosphere. Now, just as in certain places the air is impure and not fit for breathing, in the same way, certain unusual circumstances may make the astral light unwholesome, and not assimilable. The air of some places may be too bracing for some people, and suit others perfectly; it is exactly the same with the magnetic light. The plastic medium is like a metallic statue always in a state of fusion. If the mould is defective, it becomes deformed ; if the mould breaks, it runs out. The mould of the plastic me…
1913 · PDF PAGE 613
…” 300 copies, Ios. net 50 copies on handmade paper, specially bound, £1 Is. net CONTENTS Rosa Coeli—Abjad-i-al’ain—The Hermit—The Wizard Way—The Wings—The Garden of Janus—The Two Secrets—The Priestess of Panormita—The Hawk and the Babe —The Duellists— Athor and Asar— After Judgment—The Five Adorations —Telepathy —The Swimmer—The Muse—The God and the Girl—Rosemary—Au Bal— Disappointment—The Octopus—The Eyes of Dorothy—Bathyllus— The Mantra-Yogi— The Poet and his Muse — Lilith — Sport and Marriage—The Twins—The Convert—The Sorceress—The Child— Cl…
1913 · PDF PAGE 425
… breathes in and out the terrestrial atmosphere. Now, just as in certain places the air is impure and not fit for breathing, in the same way, certain unusual circumstances may make the astral light unwholesome, and not assimilable. The air of some places may be too bracing for some people, and suit others perfectly; it is exactly the same with the magnetic light. The plastic medium is like a metallic statue always in a state of fusion. If the mould is defective, it becomes deformed ; if the mould breaks, it runs out. The mould of the plastic me…
1913 · PDF PAGE 613
…” 300 copies, Ios. net 50 copies on handmade paper, specially bound, £1 Is. net CONTENTS Rosa Coeli—Abjad-i-al’ain—The Hermit—The Wizard Way—The Wings—The Garden of Janus—The Two Secrets—The Priestess of Panormita—The Hawk and the Babe —The Duellists— Athor and Asar— After Judgment—The Five Adorations —Telepathy —The Swimmer—The Muse—The God and the Girl—Rosemary—Au Bal— Disappointment—The Octopus—The Eyes of Dorothy—Bathyllus— The Mantra-Yogi— The Poet and his Muse — Lilith — Sport and Marriage—The Twins—The Convert—The Sorceress—The Child— Cl…
1924 · PDF PAGE 4
…of the nation you are under a clear obligation to ascertain the truth in this matter, and to compel your editor to publish it in such a way as to redress the wrong wrought by his foul lie. 4. His plea that, unless his statements had all been correct, Mr. Crowley would have sued the paper for libel immediately, is a base and cynical attempt to ignore the evident disabilities of every kind which beset the absentee, the poor 4
1961 · PDF PAGE 96
…whole Magical Self in her Mind. Thus then in Her, as in a Mirror, have I been able to interpret myself to myself. Thou also in thine own Way hast the Power to create such an Image; but be thou sure and alert, testing constantly the Persons in that Image by the Holy Qabalah and by the true Signs of Brotherhood. For each Person herein shall be a Part of thyself, made individual and perfect, able to instruct thee in thy Path. Yet often there shall be others, that are to aid thee in thy Working, or to oppose it. And in this Matter thou shalt read e…
1939 · PDF PAGE 50
only occur in one way instead of in three different ways. We compare two phenomena in time by the idea of sequence. 12. Now it will be perfectly clear to all of you that this is all nonsense. In order to conceive the simplest possible object, we have to keep on inventing ideas, which even in the proud moment of invention are seen to be unreal. How are we to get away from the world of phantasmagoria to the common universe of sense? We shall require quite a lot more acts of imagination. We have got to endow our mathematical conceptions with three…
1912 · PDF PAGE 75
…at is really happening is that you are waking up from the sleep which men call waking, the sleep Whose dreams are life. There is another way to test one’s progress in this practice, and that is by the character of the breaks. Breaks are classed as follows: E'rsz‘ly, physical sensations. These should have been overcome by Asana. Secondly, breaks that seem to be dictated by events immediately pre- ceding the meditation. Their activity becomes tremendous. Only by this practice does one understand how much is really observed by the senses without t…
1944 · PDF PAGE 253
…necup; drink, and make manifest the Virtue of that Pearl. Combination of forces, realization, action based on accurate calculation; the way of es‐ cape, success after elaborate manoeuvres. XV With thy right Eye create all for thyself, and with the left accept all that be created otherwise. Blind impulse, irresistibly strong and unscrupulous, ambition, temptation, obsession, secret plan about to be executed; hard work, obstinacy, rigidity, aching discontent, endurance.
1909 · PDF PAGE 81
…culptor who will one day be heard of. Very young yet, but I think the best man of his generation—of those whose work I have seen. By the way, I am suffering from a swollen finger, since yesterday morning or possibly earlier‘ I have given it little attention, but it is painful. I want to explain why I have so carefully recorded the somewhat banal details of all I have eaten and drunk. I. All food is a species of intoxicant; hence a fruitful source of error. Should I obtain any good result, Limight say “ You were starved " or “You were drunk." It …
1919 · PDF PAGE 276
…ealth and strength and divine pleasure according to the Law of Lib- erty; let each pursue his Will as a strong man that rejoiceth in his way, as the course of a Star that blazeth for ever among the joyous company of Heaven. THE PrEopLe. So mote it be. (BIRTH) Tue Deacon. Be the hour auspicious, and the gate of life open in peace and in well-being, so that she that beareth children may rejoice, and the babe catch life with both hands. Tue Peopte. So mote it be. (MARRIAGE) Tue Deacon. Uponall that this day unite with love under will let fall succ…
1961 · PDF PAGE 108
…erse appeareth of no Account. Do thou wean thy Babes from that Simplicity, and instil the Sense of true Proportion. For verily this is a Way of Madness, Love, unless it be under Will. And the Cure of his Madness is not so good as its Prevention, so that thou shouldst be beforehand with these Children, shewing them the right Importance of Love, how it should be a sacred Rite, exalted above Personality, and a Fire to enlighten and serve Man, not to devour him. i