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Page 45 of 1211913 · PDF PAGE 174
…to impale thee On the spear of my song; my song Is thine, and thou dost not remain for long: Thou tarriest not at all, Thou guardest all men’s bale Within the web of the Mystery called Time. And so no rime Of beauty or of truth shall serve Thee, until thou shalt swerve And fall. Who shall undo the wrong? What hand shall set thee free? And who shall lend his light that it may bring An end to the light I sing? My song, my song Is blasphemy to thee, Who knowest naught, I know, of thee and me; But only the wild grace, Abandoned, but in silent harmo…
1930 · PDF PAGE 10
… 12 Thoth and Cynocephalus. Hanuman, Vishnu (as Parasa- Rama). 13 Ghomse. Chandra (as y). H Hathoor. Lalita (sexual aspect of Sakti). 15 Men Thu. Shiva. 16 Asar Ameshet Apis. Shiva (Sacred Bull). 17 Various twin deities, Rehkt Merti, etc. Various twin and hybrid Deities. 18 Khephra. 19 Ra-Hoor-Khuit, Pasht, Sekhet, Mau, Sekhmet. Vishnu (Nara-Singh Avatar). 310 —
1929 · PDF PAGE 336
336 Now this would be a remarkable achievement for a young gentleman who only left Cambridge quite a few years ago. It requires a certain amount of serious purpose to stir Public Opinion into active opposition, and the only question is, has Mr. Crowley a serious purpose? ... Such are some of the sensations described by Aleister Crowley in his quest for the discovery of his Relation with the Absolute. His power of expression is extraordinary; his kite flies, but he never fails to jerk it back to earth with some touch of ridicule or pathos which …
1904 · PDF PAGE 44
…ration. —The Seventy-first Spiritis Dantalion. He is a Duke Great and Mighty, appearing in the Form of a Man with many Countenances, all Men’s and Women’s Faces; and he hath a Book in his right hand. His Office is to teach all Arts and Sciences unto any; and to declare the Secret Counsels of any one ; for he knoweth the Thoughts of all Men and Women, and can change them at his Will. He can cause Love, and show the Similitude of any person, and show the same by a Vision, let them be in what part of the World they Will. He governeth 36 Legions of…
1907 · PDF PAGE 118
…tune, or hymn the light, Their vision of the world refined By mastery of superior sight : Honour their might! the gain have these Of all men’s woes and ecstasies ! High soul; no benediction seek From any spirit but our own ! Crown not the mighty with the weak! The Tower be a Tower, and not a Throne! In man-carved stone the endless coil Arise untopped, the Tower of Toil ! Deem not that prayer or sacrifice Will ever cause the work to end! Serene, sufficient, let it rise Alone ; it doth not ask a friend, Nor shall it bend a fatuous knee To a fanta…
1901 · PDF PAGE 59
…of profounder deity, And—suddenly—the cataract! My soul, Centered eternally upon itself, Comprehends hardly all this violence Of wayward men intemperate. I am calm, And contemplate, without a muscle moved
1903 · PDF PAGE 25
By pain would put an end to pain, And jumped,—and struggled against death, I doubt not. Ye courageous men That scorn to flee the world, ye slaves Of commerce, ye that ply the pen, - That dig, and fill, and loathe your graves | Ye counter-jumpers, clergy, Jews, All Paris, smug and good, that use To point the index scorn, deride The courage of that suicide— I ask you not to quit us quite, But—will you take a bath to-night? Money might make you. Well: but he, What was his wage, what was his fee? Fear fiercer than a mortal fear. Be silent, cowards,…
1910 · PDF PAGE 45
…s rude, “ Terminologic inexactitude ”. This from the masters of the winds and waves Whose cotton-mills are crammed with British slaves ! Men pass their nights with German-Jewish whores, Their days in keeping “ aliens ” from our shores. They turn their eyes up at a Gautier’s tale, And run a maisonette in Maida Vale.
1913 · PDF PAGE 23
…shed my wounds with the waters of evening , Tending them with touches as soft as the breath of the south wind . She healed them with ointments distilled from the She heavent of the stars.eturned to thebasic of her And in the morning I returned to the battle , Glorifying night with praises of the magic of her healing . Yesterday I was troubled with the words of men , For they had denied the beauty and the sanctity of all things . They had broken the faith with the universal spirit , Saying that nothing is save themselves only , that are unworthy…
1928 · PDF PAGE 90
…ard our two souls should be no more than one. A dream which has nothing original about it, after all, unless it be that, imagines by all men, it has been realized by none. In the evening you were a little tired, and wanted to sit down in front of a new café at the corner of a new boulevard; still full of rub- bish, and already proudly displaying its unfin- ished splendours. The café sparkled; the gas itself flamed with all the enthusiasm of a first night, and lighted up with all its power the walls blinding with whiteness, the glittering
1929 · PDF PAGE 28
…ersonality." Almost before he finished, she had slid off her chair on to the floor, where she uttered an intense and prolonged wail. The men removed the table, that her extrication might become more simple. They found her on her back, smiling and crowing, opening and closing her hands. When she saw the men she began to cry with fright. Then her first articulation was "Mum—Mum—Mum—Mum—Mum." "She wants her mother," explained Akbar. "I didn't know a lady was to be present; but as we are so happy, would you mind pretending to be her mother? It woul…
1929 · PDF PAGE 159
…as they came into the [224] glow of the cone. They took human shape, and she was amazed to see among them the faces of many of the great men of the race. There was one very curious feature about the space in which this vision took place: this, that innumerable beings could occupy it at once, yet each one remain distinct from all the rest as the attention happened to focus it. But it was no question of dissolving views; for each soul was present equally all the time. With most of the faces there was little attachment, scarce more than a vague wr…
1902 · PDF PAGE 112
…made mankind! Let her be known a little while, and then A little while a stranger. Dumb and blind, Deaf to the Light and Breath of Me be men ! She is become an harlot's bed, the home And dwelling of the fallen one ! Arise ! Ye heavens, ye lower serving skies ! Beneath My dome Serve ye the lofty ones. The Governors, Them shall ye govern. Cast the fallen down ! Bring forth with them that are Fertility's ! Destroy the rotten ! Let no shores Remain in any number ! Add and crown. Diminish and discrown, until the stars Be numbered ! Rise, ye adamanti…
1905 · PDF PAGE 84
…turn and look toward the end. Also, the Gods arisen from the living Lights of the sky, half hidden in the night, Vast shapes beholden of men unbelieving, Staggering the sense and reason with the sight. 85
1907 · PDF PAGE 19
…of the Stars, in this thy tortured hour When the wee lips that clung to thee are cold, To give the world a light of other gold From that men hoard, from that the suns afford In their implacable cars As they roll on impassive ; bid thy Lord (O Rose, Rose of the Stars !) And slave make known thy beauty and thy passion 14 O
1910 · PDF PAGE 83
…e lovely than a star. Thou art mine own ; I beat thee sore indeed : More than thy beauty do I love the scar. I mocked thee, shamed thee. Men despise thee now. Well, it is well ! they come no more to mar Our loves ; we’ll wing through universal space, Borne in the moon’s chryselephantine car. Nor shall the bounds of heaven nor the walls Of Allah’s house to love be bond or bar.2 Nor shall the Thee make mischief with the Me, The Near be interrupted by the Far.3 See, how the roses bloom ! How shine the pearls ! The tulip-buds, how beautiful they ar…
1913 · PDF PAGE 100
…e veil is heard a sixfold chime of bells. The warders spring to their feet. JuLian. Hail, Brother! Wake thy chorus of young voices, That men may know how innocence rejoices. JOVIAN. So mote it be. And thou in turn devise Response of slumberous antiphonies. 1st Semi-chorus. Night is nigh; the velvet veil Drawn on day the faery-frail ! Sleep, O sleep, our angel eyes Woo thy kiss with symphonies Hushed to lowlier lullabies| 2nd Semi-chorus. Brethren, was the battle long? All’s assuaged for evensong. Here the God is in his shrine: Here the golden B…
1913 · PDF PAGE 100
…e veil is heard a sixfold chime of bells. The warders spring to their feet. JuLian. Hail, Brother! Wake thy chorus of young voices, That men may know how innocence rejoices. JOVIAN. So mote it be. And thou in turn devise Response of slumberous antiphonies. 1st Semi-chorus. Night is nigh; the velvet veil Drawn on day the faery-frail ! Sleep, O sleep, our angel eyes Woo thy kiss with symphonies Hushed to lowlier lullabies| 2nd Semi-chorus. Brethren, was the battle long? All’s assuaged for evensong. Here the God is in his shrine: Here the golden B…
1907 · PDF PAGE 124
…unseen mother and the secret spouse Ever availing in the sorrow and dust That aye avenge the artist’s victory won, That cover up his monuments of fame, That twist his sight, once steadfast on the sun, To the fear folded in the robes of shame :— Lest he, to all the world plain victor, find Himself mere failure to his own white mind. LE PENSEUR. BLIND agony of thought! Who turns his pen Or brush or lyre to Art, shall see in this The symbol of his battle against men For men, the picture of the torturing bliss Of his necessity : sits clutched and c…
1913 · PDF PAGE 48
…hat creep Round twilight corners , half asleep . In Grantchester their skins are white ; They bathe by day , they bathe by night . The women there do all they ought ; The men observe the Rules of Thought . They love the Good ; they worship Truth ; They laugh uproariously in youth ; ( And when they get to feeling old , They up and shoot themselves , I'm told .) . . . Ah , God ! To see the branches stir Across the moon at Grantchester ! To smell the thrilling - sweet and rotten Unforgettable , unforgotten River - smell , and hear the breeze Sobbi…