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Page 42 of 811912 · PDF PAGE 77
…, a certain ritual of initiation. This was to combine the Eastern and the Western methods. The mind, exalted, fortified, initiated by the Holy Magick, was then in that very state of divine tension to concentrate itself on that Self-glittering One.) It is time to break off for a moment from the Diary to ask the reader to remark how extraordinarily full is this passage of P.'s life. The scene opens on the slopes of Kangchenjanga with the death of five men. It continues with a jungle inhabited by savages, naked, armed with bows and arrows, ignorant …
1913 · PDF PAGE 56
…me it misbehaved itself, not many would pass the stage of puppyhood. The best vow, and that of most universal application, is the vow of Holy Obedience; for not only does it lead to perfect freedom, but is a training in that surrender which is the last task. It has this great value, that it never gets rusty. If the superior to whom the vow is taken knows his business, he will quickly detect which things are really displeasing to his pupil, and familiarize him with them. Disobedience to the superior is a contest between these two wills in the in…
1954 · PDF PAGE 77
…ugh in any case- must you put on a mask to make it clear? I know you well enough by now to be sure that you will not fob me off with any Holy-Willie nonsense about the Ineffable, about human language being inadequate to reveal such Mysteries, about the necessity of constructing a new language to explain a new system of thought; of course I know that this had to be done in the case of chemistry, of higher mathematics, indeed of almost all technical subjects; but I feel that you have some other, deeper explanation in reserve. After all, most of w…
1909 · PDF PAGE 130
…eration is (among other things) an attempt to prove the proposition : Reward is the direct and immediate consequence of Work. Of all the holy illuminated Men of God of my acquaintance, I am the only one that holds this opinion. But I think that this Record, when I have time to go through it, and stand at some distance, to get the per— spective, will be proved a conclusive proof of my thesis. I think that every failure will be certainly traceable to my own dam foolishness; every little success to courage, skill, wit, tenacity. IfI had but a litt…
1912 · PDF PAGE 19
…steries of M. are about to be revealed, and so bright a sun never shed lustre on your eyes. In this awful moment, when prostrate at this holy altar, do you not shudder at every crime, and have you not confidence in every virtue? May this reflection inspire you with noble sentimEnts; may you be penetrated witha religious abhorrence of every vice that degrades human nature; and may you feel the elevation of soul which scorns a dishonour— able action, and ever invites to the practice of piety and virtue. “ These are the wishes of a father and a brot…
1912 · PDF PAGE 19
…steries of M. are about to be revealed, and so bright a sun never shed lustre on your eyes. In this awful moment, when prostrate at this holy altar, do you not shudder at every crime, and have you not confidence in every virtue? May this reflection inspire you with noble sentimEnts; may you be penetrated witha religious abhorrence of every vice that degrades human nature; and may you feel the elevation of soul which scorns a dishonour— able action, and ever invites to the practice of piety and virtue. “ These are the wishes of a father and a brot…
1913 · PDF PAGE 88
…d to no symbol. It abhors Hmitation, either in its intensity or its scope. And this is the dew of the stars of which it is spoken in the Holy Books, for NUIT the Lady of the Stars is called "the Continuous One of Heaven," and it is that Dew which bathes the body of the Adept " in a sweet-smelling perfume of sweat."' ^ In this cup, therefore, though all things are placed, by virtue of this ^ See Liber Legis. Equinox VIT.
1913 · PDF PAGE 365
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES revolution, it is the inauguration of the reign of the Holy Ghost upon the earth. XIX THE NUMBER NINETEEN Ir is the numberof light. It is the existence of God proved by the very idea of God. Either one must say that Being is the universal tomb where, by an automatic movement, stirs a form for ever dead and corpse-like, or one must admit the absolute principle of intelligence and of life. Is the universal light dead or alive? Is it vowed fatally to the work of destruction, or providentially directed to an immortal birth …
1913 · PDF PAGE 365
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES revolution, it is the inauguration of the reign of the Holy Ghost upon the earth. XIX THE NUMBER NINETEEN Ir is the numberof light. It is the existence of God proved by the very idea of God. Either one must say that Being is the universal tomb where, by an automatic movement, stirs a form for ever dead and corpse-like, or one must admit the absolute principle of intelligence and of life. Is the universal light dead or alive? Is it vowed fatally to the work of destruction, or providentially directed to an immortal birth …
1961 · PDF PAGE 115
… of their Wills. Nevertheless, as thou well knowest, the best Mode is the Creation of an Intelligible Image by Virtue of the Mass of the Holy Ghost, declaring the true Will unto thee in Terms of thy Qabalah! m
1912 · PDF PAGE 64
…he con- volutions of the sea-serpent. The attempt to repress has the effect of exciting. When the unsuspecting pupil first approaches his holy but Wily Guru, and demands magical powers, that Wise One replies that he will confer them, points outwith much caution and secrecy some particular spot on the pupil’s body which has never previously attracted his attention, and says: “ In order to obtain this magical power which you seek, all that is necessary is to wash seven times in the Ganges during Seven days, being particularly careful to avoid thin…
1913 · PDF PAGE 112
… Shnilia similibus curanttir, we find this Ruach also the symbol of the Spirit. RVCh ALHIM, the Spirit of God, is 300, the number of the holy letter Shin. As this is the breath, which by its nature is double, the two edges of the
1930 · PDF PAGE 29
…ll: I light the Flamej I utter the mysterious Name. ABRAHADABRA He strikes eleven times upon the Bell. Now I begin to pray: Th ou Child, Holy Thy name and undefiled ! Thy reign is corne ; Thy will is done. Here is the Bread; here is the Blood. Bring me through midnight to the Sun! Save me from Evil and from Good! That Thy one crown of ail the Ten Even now and here be mine. AMEN. He puts the first Cake on the Fire of the Thurible. I burn the Incense-cake, proclaim These adorations of Thy name. He makes them as in Fiber Le gis, and strikes again …
1929 · PDF PAGE 107
…on is was Eliphas Lévi. The Mother's Tragedy seems to have been influenced by Ibsen, with a touch of Bulwer Lytton. In The Temple of the Holy Ghost, however, the reader may trace the progress of my soul's development. A few of the poems in this book are comparatively normal. One can see the extent of my debt to various predecessors, especially Baudelaire. But while there is a certain delight in dalliance with demoniac Delilahs, there is a steady advance towards the utmost spiritual purity. In "The Athanor", the invocation of the Holy Guardian A…
1907 · PDF PAGE 46
…rse of “ The Palace of the World " the sudden dropping of a whole foot produces with it a sudden sense of finality : | The Temple of the Holy Ghost , vol . i, p . 183 . 2 Jezebel , vol . i, p . 131 . 3 Tannhäuser , vol . I, p . 251. ( The italics are mine .)
1909 · PDF PAGE 68
…less bliss On the eroded earth. These are your thoughts, Your living thoughts that throng my stagnant veins! Your jackals howl among the holy courts; Your monster brood of devils in my brains T.aughs; oh! they feast on my decaying blood; They gnaw the last sweet morsel from my bones. — As on the parched-up earth there flames the flood Of the monsoon, black dust and barren stones [.eap into green, so I whose epitaph Your passion writes, awake to live — to laugh! — 10 — Al Even to the end of all must I resist. New deaths, new births, each minute …
1913 · PDF PAGE 89
…ilosophies. An account of Buddhism. LIBER XCV.—7he Wake World (in Konx Om Pax). A poetical allegory of the relations of the soul and the Holy Guardian Angel. Liner CXLVIII.—TZhe Soldier and the Hunchback. An essay on the method of equilibrium on the intellectual plane. Liper CXCVII.—TZhe High History of Good Sir Pala- medes the Savacen Knight and of his following of the Questing Beast. A poetic account of the Great Work, and enumeration of many obstacles. Liser CCXLII.—4 x4 / An exposition in poetic language of several of the ways of attainment…
1913 · PDF PAGE 89
…ilosophies. An account of Buddhism. LIBER XCV.—7he Wake World (in Konx Om Pax). A poetical allegory of the relations of the soul and the Holy Guardian Angel. Liner CXLVIII.—TZhe Soldier and the Hunchback. An essay on the method of equilibrium on the intellectual plane. Liper CXCVII.—TZhe High History of Good Sir Pala- medes the Savacen Knight and of his following of the Questing Beast. A poetic account of the Great Work, and enumeration of many obstacles. Liser CCXLII.—4 x4 / An exposition in poetic language of several of the ways of attainment…
1901 · PDF PAGE 101
THE HOLY PLACE. 89 From Hesper to the break of rose and gold, Where Heaven’s petals in the East unfold The awful flower of morning : for the folk Bound in one single patient love, a yoke Too light for fairy fingers to have woven, Too strong for mere archangels to have cloven With adamantine blades from the armoury Of the amazing forges of the sea : The folk that follow with undaunted mein The utmost beauty that their eyes have seen— O patient sufferers ! yet your storm-scarred brows Burn with the star of majesty : your vows Have given you the w…
1910 · PDF PAGE 68
… ; thou admit- test every hog in Iran to thy sty ; beware, sayeth El Qahar, lest thou bring forth a litter of pigs !6 1. Ka’abah — the “ Holy Place ” at Mecca. See Burton’s Pilgrimage for a long description of this and of the black stone. 2. Hujjaj — plural of Haji, a pilgrim to Mecca. 3. Omar — See Burton’s Pilgrimage for facts about this caliph, highly honoured by the orthodox