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Page 42 of 831909 · PDF PAGE 73
JOHN ST. JOHN 10.55. evil in truth, because only that is evil (in one sense) which does not lead to Adonai. (In another sense, all is evil which is not Adonai.) And of course I had the insane idea that this ritual would serve to stimulatemy devotion. For the information of the Z.A.M., I may explain that this ritual pertained to Saturn in Libra; and, though right enough in its own plane, is a dog— faced demon in this operation. Is it, though? I am so blind that I can no longer decide the simplest problems. Else, I see so well, and am so balanced…
1910 · PDF PAGE 27
…to a Dilke, lamed by a kick from the British ass ; or to a Burton, swimming in the Sea of Glue — they must seem miracles of virility and truth. Natural love and love of Nature are poetry everywhere ; and (idleness !) I hope one day to be able to leave the English hypocrites to their own beastliness, and live in my own world. Until I am wanted ; in the hour of battle. One thing I must ask ; let this book be assiduously
1929 · PDF PAGE 130
…hing more than six months old is out-of-date. They do not know that this is only true of loud-shouted mushroom rubbish such as they call truth. [185] The fundamental difference between ancient and modern science is not at all in the field of theory. Sir William Thomson was just as metaphysical as Pythagoras or Raymond Lully, and Lucretius quite as materialistic as Ernst
1907 · PDF PAGE 214
…aterialise What spiritual fact you choose , And all such turn to folly - lose The subtle splendour , and the wise Love and dear bliss of truth . Beware Lest your lewd laughter set a snare For any ! Thus and only thus Will I admit a difference ' Twixt spirit and the things of sense . What is the quarrel between us ? 1 The God - Eater , vol . ii, p . 138 . 2 Ibid . vol . ii, p . 134 . 3 The Principles of Human Knowledge , p . 39. ( Religion of Science Library .)
1909 · PDF PAGE 74
…ther Gods but me" implies single-minded devotion (Ekagrata) to Adonai. So any mental or magical Image must necessarily fall short of the Truth. Consequently one has to will that which is formless ; and this is very difficult. Το con- centrate the mind upon a definite thing is hard enough ; yet at least there is something to grasp, and some means of checking one’s result. But in this case, the moment one’s will takes a magical shape—and the will simply revels in creating shapes—at that moment one knows that one has gone off the track.
1909 · PDF PAGE 87
…d: "Is there any Path or Attainment? Have you been fooled all along ? " But to-night‘s thought struck at my own integrity, at the inmost truth of the soul and of Adonai. As I said, there is no answer to it; and as these seven days have left me fairly master of the fortress, I caught him young, and assigned him promptly to the oubliette. I put down this—not as a “ pose "—but because the business is so gigantic. It encourages me immensely; for if my Dweller on the Threshold be that most formidable devil, how vast must be the Pylon that shelters h…
1909 · PDF PAGE 26
…“ Man has two sides; one to face the world with, One to show a woman when he loves her.” We must pardon Browning his bawdy jest; for his truth is ower true! But it is your own fault if you are the world instead of the beloved; and only see of me what Moses saw of God! It is disgusting to have to spend one’s life jetting dirt in the face of the British publicin the hope that in washing it they may wash off the acrid grease of their commercialism, the saline streaks of their hypocritical tears, the putrid perspi- ration of their morality, the dri…
1919 · PDF PAGE 437
…the lance shakes in the hand of the warrior, whatever the cause, the result is fumbling and failure. 64. And then, O thou pursuer of the Truth, thy Mind- Soul will become as a mad elephant, that rages in the jungle. Mistaking forest trees for living foes, he perishes in his attempts to kill the ever-shifting shadows dancing on the wall of sunlit rocks. This verse explains the state of the mind which has failed in the Abyss—the student becomes insane. 65. Beware, lest in the care of Self thy Soul should lose her foothold on the soil of Deva-know…
1909 · PDF PAGE 136
…riumphant over death. . . . There is no part of me that is not of the Gods. . . . The dead man Ankh-af-na-khonsu Saith with his voice of truth and calm : 0h Thou that hast a single arm ! Ο Thou that glitterest in the moon ! I weave Thee in the spinning charm ; 1 lure Thee with the billowy tune.
1913 · PDF PAGE 326
…e act of hope is prayer. Prayer is the flowering of the soul in eternal wisdom and in eternal love. It is the gaze of the spirit towards truth, and the sigh of the heart towards supreme beauty. It is the smile of the child upon its mother. It is the murmur of the lover, who reaches out towards the kisses of his mistress. It is the soft joy of a loving soul as it expands in an ocean of love. It is the sadness of the bride in the absence of the bridegroom. It is the sigh of the traveller who thinks of his fatherland. It is the thought of the poor…
1913 · PDF PAGE 326
…e act of hope is prayer. Prayer is the flowering of the soul in eternal wisdom and in eternal love. It is the gaze of the spirit towards truth, and the sigh of the heart towards supreme beauty. It is the smile of the child upon its mother. It is the murmur of the lover, who reaches out towards the kisses of his mistress. It is the soft joy of a loving soul as it expands in an ocean of love. It is the sadness of the bride in the absence of the bridegroom. It is the sigh of the traveller who thinks of his fatherland. It is the thought of the poor…
1919 · PDF PAGE 349
…in that caused it is removed. This is a counsel never to forget the original stimulus which has driven you to the Path, the ‘first noble truth.’ Everything is now “good.” This is why verse 53 says that these tears are the streams that irrigate the fields of charity immortal. (Tears, by the way. Think!) 53. These tears, O thou of heart most merciful, these are the streams that irrigate the fields of charity immortal. ’Tis on such soil that grows the midnight blossom of Buddha, more difficult to find, more rare to view, than is the flower of 27
1907 · PDF PAGE 269
…se take hold , Their heart of wonder throb to thine ! All things are matter and force and sense , No two alone . All's one : the gold Of truth is no reward divine Of faith , but wage of evidence. The clod , the God , the spar, the star , Mete in thy measure , as they are !! The sum total of the Vedantist Crowley sums up as follows : " I'am an illusion , externally . In reality , the true ' I'am the Infinite , and if the illusionary ‘ I ' could only realize Who I'really am , how very happy we should all be !” Here we have the great law of re - b…
1919 · PDF PAGE 16
… This may be briefly expressed by quoting Its motto: “The method of Science; the aim of Religion.” Every seeker is taught how to realise Truth for himself, by means accurate and well-tested. The O.T.O. is the first of the great religious Societies to accept the Law. It trains groups by way of progressive initiation. TuHE Egutnox publishes all instructions and pronounce- ments of the A..A.. and O.T.O. It also publishes such poetry, drama, fiction, and essays, as are sympathetic to this programme, so far as space permits. THE Equinox is so called…
1910 · PDF PAGE 71
…the known to the knower, get back to the Atman and Equilibrium—Zero. All knowledge he asserts to be Maya, and only by para- doxes is the Truth revealed. Only he who knows it not knows it, Who knows it, he knows it not; Unknown is it by the wise, But by the ignorant known.* These dark nights of Scepticism descend upon all systems just as they descend upon all individuals, at no stated times, but as a reaction after much hard work; and usually they are forerunners of a new and higher realization of another un- known land to explore. Thus again an…
1910 · PDF PAGE 71
…the known to the knower, get back to the Atman and Equilibrium—Zero. All knowledge he asserts to be Maya, and only by para- doxes is the Truth revealed. Only he who knows it not knows it, Who knows it, he knows it not; Unknown is it by the wise, But by the ignorant known.* These dark nights of Scepticism descend upon all systems just as they descend upon all individuals, at no stated times, but as a reaction after much hard work; and usually they are forerunners of a new and higher realization of another un- known land to explore. Thus again an…
1913 · PDF PAGE 594
…e advanced schools of Shaivism, | We cannot too highly praise the manner whereby the ordinary educated mind is led toa perception of the Truth through simple and incontrovertible intellectual methods.” view. "=A. E. Crowiey, in the English (Now Ready.) ANIMAL GHOSTS. By Etuorr O'Donnext. Author of “Byways of Ghostland,” ete, Crown 8vo, cloth. 3s. 6d. net. ‘The author brings forward many stories and instances in support of the contention that animals may reasonably be considered as participating in a future existence. THE VAMPIRE. An Occult Roma…
1913 · PDF PAGE 594
…e advanced schools of Shaivism, | We cannot too highly praise the manner whereby the ordinary educated mind is led toa perception of the Truth through simple and incontrovertible intellectual methods.” view. "=A. E. Crowiey, in the English (Now Ready.) ANIMAL GHOSTS. By Etuorr O'Donnext. Author of “Byways of Ghostland,” ete, Crown 8vo, cloth. 3s. 6d. net. ‘The author brings forward many stories and instances in support of the contention that animals may reasonably be considered as participating in a future existence. THE VAMPIRE. An Occult Roma…
1903 · PDF PAGE 20
…hat eternal life, and con- sequently eternal suffering, joy, and change of all kinds, will be their melancholy fate! Such persons are in truth their own real enemies. Many of them, however, believing erroneously that they are being “unselfish,” do fill their hearts with devotion for the beloved Saviour, and this process is, in its ultimation, so similar to the earlier stages of the Great Work itself, that some confusion has, stupidly enough, arisen; but for all that the practice has been the means of bringing some devotees on to the true Path o…
1907 · PDF PAGE 63
…and the druid casting-net qf the stars in one hand. Doe: his turn and exit. Boner. To continue—True! And saying “ true,” let us discuss “truth.” In the lower worlds, where are we? Take this frivolous Mrs. I. Why does she elude Mrs. 1.? From fear. Bowley. Fear is failure. Bones. More, G. H. Frater! It is the forerunner of failure. Bowley. I certainly recommend people to be without fear. Bones. The more so that in the heart of the coward virtue abideth not. Bowley. Pass thou on! Bones. 1 take in my hand page 39 of your able monograph and follow m…