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Page 42 of 671930 · PDF PAGE 136
…esent the Universe. Let his Dominus Liminis approve thereof. Let the Philosophus perform the same in such a way that the Baculum may be partaker therein. Let it when finished be consecrated as he hath skill to perform, and kept wrapped in silk of fiery scarlet. Let the Dominus Liminis take pure lead, tin, and quicksilver, with platinum, and, if need be, glass. Let him by his understanding and ingenium devise a Magick Lamp that shall burn without wick or oil, being fed by the Aethyr. This shall he accomplish secretly and apart, without asking th…
1961 · PDF PAGE 159
…a Man of noble Aspiration, that these Words were hidden from his Understanding. For there is a Balance in all Things and the Body hath Charter to fulfil his Nature, even as the Mind hath. So to repress one Function is to destroy that Proportion which is wholesome, and wherein indeed all Health and Sanity have Consistency. Verily, it is the Art of Life to develop each Organ of Body and Mind, or, as I may say, each Weapon of the Will to its Perfection, neither distorting any Use, nor suffering the Will of one Part to tyrannize over that of anothe…
1907 · PDF PAGE 131
…emselves on having more than a bowing acquaintance with modern letters. Mr. Crowley has over thirty volumes to his credit, and the sheer art of his verse should rank him high amongst modern singers. He has, however, deliberately preferred to write for the few, and the course he has mapped out for himself includes the consideration of questions which the majority are content to shuffle into the background. Captain Fuller writes with a generous enthusiasm that it is pleasant to find in these degenerate days, but one wonders if he was the best guide…
1911 · PDF PAGE 13
…ook upon. Now in front of him is a wheel, with many spokes, and many tyres; it is like a fence in front of him. And he cries: O man, who art thou that wouldst penetrate the Mystery? for it is hidden unto the End of Time. And I answer him: Time is not, save in the darkness of Her womb by whom evil came. And now the wheel breaks away, and I see him as he is. His garment is black beneath the opal veils, but it is lined with white, and he has the shining belly of a fish, and enor- mous wings of black and white feathers, and innumerable little legs …
1954 · PDF PAGE 72
…at you should add: "But why should I make a special study of, and devote my time and energy to acquiring proficiency in, the Science and Art of Magick?" Ah, well then, perhaps you have not understood my remarks at one of our earliest interviews as perfectly as you suppose! For the crucial point of my exposition was that Magick is not a matter extraneous to the main current of your life, as music, gardening, or collecting jade might be. No, every act of your life is a magical act; whenever from ignorance, carelessness, clumsiness, or what not, y…
1961 · PDF PAGE 149
THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 137 Ez De Arte Amoris et Deliciarum Mystici (Of the Art of Love and of the Pleasure of the Mystic) HE Path therefore unto this beatific Vision of Beauty, o my Son, is that Practice of Bhakti Yoga which is written in the Book called Eight Score and Fifteen, or Astarte, by this mine Hand when I was in Gaul the beloved, at Montigny that is hard by the Forest of the Blue Fountain, with Agatha my Concubine, the very Soul of Love and of Musick, that had ventured herself from beneath the Cross Austral that she might seek …
1909 · PDF PAGE 34
…rmothingfellow, 0. M.! Why not stick to that mantra? Have drunk two citrons presses and gone to my room to work a mighty spell of magick Art. Having got rid of Maryt (who, by the way, is Quite mad), and thereby (one might hope) of Apophis and Typhon, I perform the Great Ritual DCLXXI with good results magically; i.e., I formulated things very easily and forcibly; even at one time I got a hint of the Glory of Adonai. But I made the absurd mistake of going through the Ritual as if I was rehearsing it, instead of staying at the Reception of the Ca…
1909 · PDF PAGE 121
… extente cordiale ; to this man he dared not. Had not his brain perhaps stopped in the sixties ? Had the catastrophe of ’70 broken his heart? Roderic must walk warily. But the conversation did not take the expected turn. The old gentleman elegantly, wittily, almost gaily, chattered of art, of music, of the changed appearance of Paris. Here, at any rate, he was au courant des affaires. Yet as Roderic, puzzled and pleased, finished his absinthe he said more seriously than he had yet spoken: “I hear that monsieur is a great painter” (Roderic modes…
1909 · PDF PAGE 121
… extente cordiale ; to this man he dared not. Had not his brain perhaps stopped in the sixties ? Had the catastrophe of ’70 broken his heart? Roderic must walk warily. But the conversation did not take the expected turn. The old gentleman elegantly, wittily, almost gaily, chattered of art, of music, of the changed appearance of Paris. Here, at any rate, he was au courant des affaires. Yet as Roderic, puzzled and pleased, finished his absinthe he said more seriously than he had yet spoken: “I hear that monsieur is a great painter” (Roderic modes…
1919 · PDF PAGE 428
…e silent Thinker, the victim of thy lower Self. Thy Soul cannot be hurt but through thy erring body; con- trol and master both, and thou art safe when crossing to the nearing “Gate of Balance.” Here we have Alaya identified with Atma. The rest of the verse is mostly poetic nothing, and there is no guide to the meaning of the word “Soul.” It is a perfectly absurd theory to regard the body as capable of inflicting wounds upon the Soul, which is apparently the meaning here. The definition of Atma gives impassibility as almost its prime condition. …
1930 · PDF PAGE 70
CHAPTER XXI OF BLACK MAGIC OF THE MAIN TYPES OF THE OPERATIONS OF MAGICK ART AND OF THE POWERS OF THE SPHINX I As was said at the opening of the second chapter, the Single Suprême Ritual is the attainment of the Knowledge and Conver¬ sation of the Holy Guardian Angel. It is the raisin g of the complété man in a vertical straight line. Any déviation from tliis line tends to become black magic. Any otlier operation is black magic. In the True Operation the Exaltation is equilibrated by an expansion in the other three arms of the Cross. Hence the …
1909 · PDF PAGE 129
…y. A bee’s swarm is evil—inside one’s clothes. “Dirt is matter in the wrong place." It is dirt to connect sex with statuary, morals with art. Only Adonai, who is in a sense the True Meaning of everything, cannot defile any idea. This is a hard saying, though true, for nothing of course is dirtier than to try and use Adonai as a fig—leaf for one’s shame. To seduce women under pretence of religion is un- 127
1912 · PDF PAGE 96
…nlocked the door and cried “Venny!” II. Theodore Bugg, 3 year later, was paying the price of his fall. He had allowed Gertrude to attend Art Classes, although he knew it to be wrong. But he had grown to fear his daughter, and—on such a point especially—he was incapable of fighting her. For there were times when he tried to persuade himself that there was ”nothing wrong in it. ” A brother church- warden had looked a little askance when the news of Gertrude’s “advanced ideas " had come; but Theodore had 54
1912 · PDF PAGE 96
…nlocked the door and cried “Venny!” II. Theodore Bugg, 3 year later, was paying the price of his fall. He had allowed Gertrude to attend Art Classes, although he knew it to be wrong. But he had grown to fear his daughter, and—on such a point especially—he was incapable of fighting her. For there were times when he tried to persuade himself that there was ”nothing wrong in it. ” A brother church- warden had looked a little askance when the news of Gertrude’s “advanced ideas " had come; but Theodore had 54
1905 · PDF PAGE 190
…very hotel, every reading- room, in every English-speaking country in the world, with a copy of this marvelous volume. The Star and the Garter. Is. A popular edition of the greatest love-poem of modern times. The private edition of this wonderful poem sold out before publication, and there is not a single copy to be had at any price whatever. The Argonauts. 5s. This drama of Ancient Greece contains no controversial matter, unless the amusing attack on Rudyard Kipling in Act 2 be counted as such. It is just a masterpiece of ripe scholarship and …
1919 · PDF PAGE 81
…unto the land of Fairy Sleep. All my thoughts were clad in green; most beautiful were they. 52. All night they danced and sang; but Thou art the morning, O my darling, my serpent that twinest Thee about this heart. 53. I am the heart, and Thou the serpent. Wind Thy coils closer about me, so that no light nor bliss may pene- trate. 54. Crush out the blood of me, as a grape upon the tongue of a white Doric girl that languishes with her lover in the moonlight. 55. Then let the End awake. Long hast thou slept, O great God Terminus! Long ages hast t…
1961 · PDF PAGE 198
LIBER ALEPH VEL CXI 186 Zd De Prudentia Artis Docendi (Of Prudence in the Art of Teaching) EVERTHELESS, this one Affliction shall touch nigh all that come to thee, and that is this great Pox of Sin, that is our Bane inherited of the Æon of Slain Gods. Look then first of all, when any Postulant boweth before thee, whether there be not Conflict and Restriction in his Mind, and in his Will. If he deem Good and Evil to be absolute, instead of as relative to the Health of this Body, or the Weal of the Society of which he is a Member, or what not, as…
1905 · PDF PAGE 238
… Nay, tore Thy vesture from Thee, and behold ! Then only did I see what mystery, What ninefold forest, shade impassible, Surrounds Thy heart, as with a core of light Shut in the mystery of a dead world. Thou formless sense of gloom and terror! Thou Upas,! new tree of life—by sinister Cherubim with averted faces kept ! Nay! This one secret I suspect, and gloat Over the solemn purport of the dream With subtle shuddering of joy,—and that Keener delight, a sense of deadly fear ! This secret : Thou art darkness in Thyself, and evil wrapped in light,…
1944 · PDF PAGE 130
… Abominations, and this is the mystery of her adulteries1, for she hath yielded up herself to everything that liveth, and hath become a partaker in its mystery. And because she hath made herself the servant of each, therefore is she become the mistress of all. Not as yet canst thou comprehend her glory. “Beautiful art thou, O Babylon, and desirable, for thou hast given thyself to everything that liveth, and thy weakness hath subdued their strength. For in that union thou didst under stand. Therefore art thou called Understanding, O Babylon, La…
1922 · PDF PAGE 47
…rovocative glance in my direction. The studio suddenly filled with the reverberation of her chant :— ‘“O Thou naked virgin of love, that art caught in a net of wild roses! I adore Thee, Evoe! I adore Thee, I A O!” ‘‘ Quite so,” agreed King Lamus cheerfully. “ You'll excuse me, I know, if I ask whether you have any great experience of the effects of cocaine.” Lou glowered at him. I preferred to meet him frankly. I deliberately put a large dose on the back of my hand and sniffed it up. Before I had finished, the effect had occurred. I felt myself…