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… move. So men pray everywhere. What God there be, is real. By His might Begot the universe within the night; If He had prayed to His Own mind’s weak lies Think’st thou the heaven and earth had stood upright ?
…n them. As a spirit in a vision shows a countenance of fear, Laughs the looker to derision, only comes to dis- appear, Gods and mortals, mind and matter, in the glowing bud dissever : Vein from vein they rend and shatter, and are nothingness for ever. In the blessd, the enlightened, perfect eyes these visions pass, Pass and cease, poor shadows frightened, leave no stain upon the glass. One last stroke, O heart-free master, one last cer- tain calm of will, And the maker of Disaster shall be stricken and grow still. Burn thou to the core of matt…
LIBER CORDIS CINCTI SERPENTE I 1. Iam the Heart; and the Snake is entwined About the invisible core of the mind. Rise, O my snake! It is now is the hour Of the hooded and holy ineffable flower. Rise, O my snake, into brilliance of bloom On the corpse of Osiris afloat in the tomb! O heart of my mother, my sister, mine own, Thou art given to Nile, to the terror Typhon! Ah me! but the glory of ravening storm Enswathes thee and wraps thee in frenzy of form. Be still, O my soul! that the spell may dissolve As the wands are upraised, and the zeons re…
…ower of Thought, and its Confidence in itself, and its Interest in all Knowledge. But most of all beware against any Attempt to bias its Mind on any point that lieth without the Square of ascertained and undisputed Fact. Remember also, even when thou art most sure, that so were they sure who gave instruction to the young Copernicus. Pay Reverence also to the Unknown unto whom thou presumeth to impart the Knowledge; for he may be one greater than thou. n
… all the stars I meet. The dull familiar and the homely drear Are lost for ever. Being asleep, I fear. Wake ! Let me cut the cable of my mind ! My harbour lies before, and not behind. Dreams are all lies ; those jetty shadows lie When the full moon doth crown the midnight sky ; But shadows image truth, and dreams come true, For when I wake my arms are full of you.
… No, there is no use for pride ! The destruction of the Perceptions, either the grosser or the subtler, appears much easier, because the mind, not being moved, is free to remember its control. It is easy to be so absorbed in a book that one takes no notice of the most beautiful scenery. But if stung by a wasp the book is immediately forgotten.
….°. A.-. Liper XVI.—Liber Turris Vel Domus Det. An instruction for attainment by the direct destruction of thoughts as they arise in the mind. Liper XVII.—Liber J A O. Gives three methods of attainment through a willed series of thoughts. This book has not been published. It is the active form of Liber HH H. The article “ Energized Enthusiasm” is an adumbration of this book. LiBer XXV. This is the chapter called the “Star Ruby” in the Book of Lies. It is an improved form of the “lesser” ritual of the Pentagram. Lrser XXVIII.—Lider Septem Regum …
….°. A.-. Liper XVI.—Liber Turris Vel Domus Det. An instruction for attainment by the direct destruction of thoughts as they arise in the mind. Liper XVII.—Liber J A O. Gives three methods of attainment through a willed series of thoughts. This book has not been published. It is the active form of Liber HH H. The article “ Energized Enthusiasm” is an adumbration of this book. LiBer XXV. This is the chapter called the “Star Ruby” in the Book of Lies. It is an improved form of the “lesser” ritual of the Pentagram. Lrser XXVIII.—Lider Septem Regum …
…hings And wait those fearful Three. A lifeless mood Stirs my grey being: ay! no passion springs In flowerless halls as these: awhile the mind Wanders on void unprofitable wings No whither : gains new strength at last to find Custom breed sight and hearing: in the hal] The sounds grow clear, the black fires fail to blind. I see the mighty buttress of the wall Lost in its mighty measure: hear again The lyre’s low notes and light distinctly fall A gentle influence in the place of pain. Oh now the central glory of the place Falls splendid on the un…
… young and nameless author to be presented with a long sword by a cordial editor, with the injunction: “There, my lad, sweep away, never mind what you hit—I’ll stand the racket.” Whoosh! off we go. One, two, three—crash! What’s that? ‘“Aere perennius”? Or a perennial ass? Let us see—a very curious problem. A problem not to be solved by mere surface scraping. Well then? A thankless and invidious task it may seem to pierce deeper than the “wolf in Dr. Jaeger’s clothing” of our wittiest woman and most alluring morphinomane. That task is ours. For …
… young and nameless author to be presented with a long sword by a cordial editor, with the injunction: “There, my lad, sweep away, never mind what you hit—I’ll stand the racket.” Whoosh! off we go. One, two, three—crash! What’s that? ‘“Aere perennius”? Or a perennial ass? Let us see—a very curious problem. A problem not to be solved by mere surface scraping. Well then? A thankless and invidious task it may seem to pierce deeper than the “wolf in Dr. Jaeger’s clothing” of our wittiest woman and most alluring morphinomane. That task is ours. For …
…tal qualities. See 777, etc. Saliasrara Cakkra. "The Temple of Solomon the King-." See Equinox I\'. Sammasati. See " The Training of the Mind,'"' Equinox V, and " The Temple of Solomon,'' Equinox VIII. Also "Science and Buddhism,"' Crowley, Coll. Works, Vol. II. Saiikha-ra. See " Science and Buddhism." Sauna. See "Science and Buddhism." SepJiiroth. See " Temple of Solomon," Equinox W Shi?i. "A tooth." Hebrew letter = Sh, corresponds to Fire and Spirit. Shkui Sanliita. A Hindu treatise on physical training for spiritual ends. Skandhas. See " Sci…
…s of it; and, by God, no wonder| She even stole my own vile wage; she stole ‘What she had given me herself: she took The body, wants the mind, would take the soul If she knew any longer where to look. No, my good sow. You take what you have paid for; ‘The other matters you were never made for. ‘That is her curse. She feels and knows she has Nothing of any value, feels and knows She is cast out for ever, cannot pass From her own mire to my eternal snows. She could not, would not; yet is not exempt From feeling all my close-concealed contempt.
LIBER ALEPH VEL CXI 126 Du De Scientiæ Modo (Of the Method of Science) O the mind of the early Philosopher, therefore, any Variation in Type must appear as a disaster; yea, Intelligence itself must perforce prove its Value to the Brute, or he distrusteth it and destroyeth it. Yet as thou knowest, that Variation which is fitted to the Environment is the salvation of the Species. Only among Men, his Fellows turn ever upon the Saviour, and rend him, until those who follow him in secret, and it may be unconsciously, prove their Virtue and his Wisdo…
…uld rather comply than examine it. Sometimes it is hook-swinging or Sati; sometimes consubstantiation or supra-lapsarianism; they do not mind what they are brought up in, as long as they are well brought up. They do not want to be bothered about it. The Old School Tie wins through. They never suspect the meaning of the pattern on the tie: the Broad Arrow. You remember Dr. Alexandre Manette in A Tale of Two Cities. He had been imprisoned for many years in the Bastille, and to save himself from going mad had obtained permission to make shoes. Whe…
…64 MYSTERIES : Dawn’s finger shall be raised, its wrath shall cease, The sun shall rouse us whom the tempest lulled, And thy poor poet’s mind . For respite by its own deep anguish dulled Shall wake again to watch the cruel day Drift slowly on its chill and wasted way With but thy smile to inspire some sad melodious lay. From whose rude caverns sweep these gusty wings That shake the steeples as they mock at God ? Who reared the stallion wind? Whose foaling flings The billows starward? Whose the steeds fire-shod That sweep throughout the world? W…
… of the Holy Ones : Now, by that Light, come forth, I say, to me, My Lady of the Starlight and the Moon ! Come and be absolute within my mind, That I may take no dim remembrance back To drown this glory with earth’s quivering gloom. But, O abide within Me ! Every hour I need the lofty and the limpid stream Of that White Brilliance : Leave me not alone, O Holy Spirit ! Come to comfort me, To draw me, and to make me manifest, Osiris to the weeping world ; that I Be lifted up upon the Cross of Pain And Sacrifice, to draw all human kind And every g…
…G. R. (Great Retirement). In dream flew to me an Angel, bearing an Ankh, to comfort me. We may now transcribe the Diary. We find the great mind, the complex man, purged through and through of thought, stripped of all things human and divine, centred upon one single Aspiration, as simple as the love of achild for its father. Feb. 12. Continuing these Resolutions. ,, 13. Continuing these Resolutions. Read through Goetia, etc., etc. ,, 14. Thoughts of the Augoeides. 15. Again thoughts of Augoeides. Knowing the In— vocation (Preliminary Invocation in…
…child 0’ Satan! TONGS. The rantin’, roarin’ lion! GRAB. Ah] d'ye ken the noo wha the meenister meant by Sennacherib? ALL. Ah! GRAB. D’ye mind Sennacherib was King 0’ Babylon ? ALL. Ah! 220
…G. R. (Great Retirement). In dream flew to me an Angel, bearing an Ankh, to comfort me. We may now transcribe the Diary. We find the great mind, the complex man, purged through and through of thought, stripped of all things human and divine, centred upon one single Aspiration, as simple as the love of achild for its father. Feb. 12. Continuing these Resolutions. ,, 13. Continuing these Resolutions. Read through Goetia, etc., etc. ,, 14. Thoughts of the Augoeides. 15. Again thoughts of Augoeides. Knowing the In— vocation (Preliminary Invocation in…