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…hope you remember the sequence of "breaks." In case you don't, I summarize them .) 1. See Magick in Theory and Practice, pp. 427-429. 2. Book 4," Part I. 149
THE EQUINOX We shall now sketch out an explanation of the Bible by the aid of numbers, for the Bible is the book of the images of God. We shall ask numbers to give us the reason of the dogmas of eternal religion; numbers will always reply by reuniting themselves in the synthesis of unity. The following pages are simply outlines of qabalistic hypotheses; they stand apart from faith, and we indicate them only as curiosities of research. It is no part of our task to make innovations in dogma, and what we assert in our character as an initiate is e…
THE EQUINOX We shall now sketch out an explanation of the Bible by the aid of numbers, for the Bible is the book of the images of God. We shall ask numbers to give us the reason of the dogmas of eternal religion; numbers will always reply by reuniting themselves in the synthesis of unity. The following pages are simply outlines of qabalistic hypotheses; they stand apart from faith, and we indicate them only as curiosities of research. It is no part of our task to make innovations in dogma, and what we assert in our character as an initiate is e…
…is, or even to state it in set terms. Chapter 0 of Magick in Theory and Practice skates gently over it ; the "Naplbs Arrangement" in The Book of Thoth dodges it with really diabolical ingenuity. I ask myself why. It is exceedingly strange, because every time I think of the Equation, I am thrilled with a keen glow of satisfaction that this sempiternal Riddle of the Sphinx should have been answered at last. So then let me now give myself the delight , and you the comfort , of stating the problem from its beginning , and proving the soundness of t…
THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 43 Ap De Auro Rubeo (Of the Red Gold) WOULD have thee to consider, o my son, that Word of Publius Vergilius Maro, that was the greatest of all the Magicians of his time: in medio tutissimus ibis. Which Thing has also been said by many wise Men in other Lands; and the Holy Qabalah confirmeth the same, placing Tipheret, which is the Man, and the Beauty and Harmony of Things, and Gold in the Kingdom of the Metals, and the Sun among the Planets, in the Midst of the Tree of Life. For the Centre is the Point of Balance of …
…l be the whole of the Law.' What is this injunction? It is a generalisation of St. Augustine's 'Love, and do what thou wilt.' But in The Book of the Law, lest the hearer should be deluded into a spasm of antinomianism, there is a further explanation: 'Love is the law, love under will.' 8. However, the point is that it is no use discussing the results of Yoga, whether that Yoga be the type recommended by Lao-Tze, or Patanjali, or St. Ignatius Loyola, because for our first postulate we have: that these subjects are incapable of discussion. To arg…
…e man. Such were the insupportable refrains that came ever from that mouth from which surely only songs should have flown. Talking of a book, or a poem, or an opera, for which I happened to express my admiration, You think
…e of Magical Theory; for in one sense it is certainly true that every error without exception is due to exacerbation of the Ego. Yet The Book of the Law flings at us disdainfully: "It is a lie, this folly against self." How then? I fear there is nothing for it but to go thoroughly into the who I e matt e r of the 'self'. This may involve some recapitulation. 'Self' is one of the trickiest words afloat . Skeat gives merely the equivalents, all practically the same in sound, in various Nordic languages; he doesn't say where it comes from, or what…
THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 159 #g De Libra, in qua Quattuor Virtutes æquipollent (Of the Balance, in which the Four Powers are of equal power) Y Gnana Yoga cometh thy Man to Knowledge; by Karma Yoga thy Bull to Will; by Raja Yoga is thy Lion brought to his Light; and to make perfect thy Dragon, thou hast Bhakta Yoga for the Eagle therein, and Hatha Yoga for the Serpent. Yet mark thou well how all these interfuse, so that thou mayst accomplish no one of the Works separately. As to make Gold thou must have Gold (it is the Word of the Alchemists)…
…sting of Half-title, quotation on reverse from // Penseroso; Title-page as above, quotation on reverse from SAPPHO; Quo- tation from The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin the Mage ; on reverse ‘* The dedication | is to | Algernon Charles Swin- burne"; Dedication in verse, pp. vii-xil; Contents, pp. xiii-xiv; Prelude, xv—xxi; second Half-title, ‘‘Jephthah, | a tra- gedy,” on reverse quotation from Hamlet ; second Dedication, ‘‘To | Gerald -Kelly, | poet and painter, | I dedicate | this tragedy"; dated ‘‘ Cambridge, No- vember, 1898." Text, …
…intelligences. This little work can be cordially recommended to Catholic readers.” " Father Kent writes in “The Tablet""—“Among the many Books which benevolent publishers are preparing as appropriate Christmas presents we notice many new editions of favourite poetic classics. But few, we fancy, can be more appropriate for the purpose than a litte volume of original verses, entitled “Amphora,” which Mesets. Burns & ates are on the point of publishing. The following stanzas from a poem on the Nativity will surely be a better recommendation of the…
…intelligences. This little work can be cordially recommended to Catholic readers.” " Father Kent writes in “The Tablet""—“Among the many Books which benevolent publishers are preparing as appropriate Christmas presents we notice many new editions of favourite poetic classics. But few, we fancy, can be more appropriate for the purpose than a litte volume of original verses, entitled “Amphora,” which Mesets. Burns & ates are on the point of publishing. The following stanzas from a poem on the Nativity will surely be a better recommendation of the…
…e and torture — for both continued — that I remember practically nothing of the next two years. But at least I shall take care that this book comes into the hands of the Very Reverend Armitage Robinson Esq., M. A., D. D., Dean of Westminster ; for though I suppose
…arn- ing and satire. In light and quaint or graceful verse all philosophical systems are discussed and dismissed. The second part of the book, written in prose, deals with possible means of research, ye) that we may progress from the unsatisfactory state of the sceptic to a real knowledge, founded on I2I
THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 109 De De sua Femina Olun, et de Ecstasia præter Omnia Stubstantia (Of his Woman OLUN, and of the Ekstacy surpassing All) Y Son, I am enflamed with Love. I burn up eagerly in the Passion that thus mightily consumeth me. Yet in myself I know not at all That which con- straineth me, and enkindleth my Soul in Ekstacy. There is Silence in my Soul, and the Fear round about me, as I were Syrinx in the Night of the Forest. This is a great Mystery that I endure, a Mystery too great for the mortal Part of me. For but now, whe…
…therefore not trouble at all about what any Samadhi may or may not bring as far as its results in our lives are concerned. We began this book, it will be remembered, with considerations of death. Death has now lost all meaning. The idea of death depends on those of the ego, and of time; these ideas have been destroyed; and so “ Death is swallowed up in victory.” We shall now only be interested in what Samadhi is in itself, and in the conditions which cause it. Let us try a final definition. Dhyana resembles Samadhi in many respects. There is a un…
…rk, the nave {navis^ a ship) of the Church, and many other symbols of antiquity, whose symboUsm has been well worked out in an anonymous book called "The Canon," (Elkin Mathews), which should be studied carefully before constructing the Altar. For this Altar must embody the Magician's knowledge of the laws of Nature, which are the laws through which he works. He should endeavour to make geometrical constructions to symbolize cosmic measurements. For example, he may take the two diagonals as (say) the diameter of the sun. Then the side of the al…
…al records for the relevant dates). THE LIVING MAGICK OF THE NEW AEON OF HORUS Al vel Liber Legis as delivered by XCIII unto DCLXVI (The Book of the Law) THE FIRST PUBLICATION: Nine months before the outbreak of the Balkan War, which broke up the Near East. THE SECOND PUBLICATION: Nine months before the outbreak of the World War, which broke up the West. THE THIRD PUBLICATION: Nine months before the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, which is breaking up the Far East. THE FOURTH PUBLICATION: 6.22 a.m., December 22, 1937, e.v., nine months befor…
…you ought to read. Also, it condenses information and advice to "beginners," with due reference to the positive injunctions given in The Book of the Law. Still, for the purpose of these letters, I should like to put the whole matter in a nutshell . The Tree of Life, as usual, affords a convenient means of classification. 1. To the physical side of it physiological laws apply. "Don't monkey with the buzz-saw!" as John Wesley might have put it, though I doubt whether he did. 2. The 'moral' side. As in the case of the voltage of a 128
…n and my wife are all staying with me in my mother‘s house. My room the old room, with one page torn out—for I conceived it as part of a book, somehow! Oh such a lot of this dream! Most of it clearly due to obvious sources—I don’t see where Lord M y comes in. Very likely he is dead. I have had that happen now and again. [P.S.—This was not the case] The dream changed, too, to a liner; where Japanese stole my pipe in a series of adventures of an annoying type—every one acted as badly as he knew how, and as unexpectedly. Waking just now, and insta…