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Page 45 of 711909 · PDF PAGE 185
…ose colour also is as the Red Fire, and which is the head of the Fiery Triplicity in the Zodiac. So also in the Grade of Neophyte in the Order of the Golden Dawn the Hierophant weareth a robe of flame-scarlet as symbolic of the Dawn. Note.—It may be objected to this enunciation of the colours that », the Father, is Fire; that 7, the Mother, is Water; that 1, the Son, is Air, and Yellow instead of Red. This also is true, but it relates to the governance of the Elemental King- doms, which are in the Astral Worlds, and whose monads are on the desc…
1913 · PDF PAGE 392
…ve you unless Reason consents. REASON. Be well ’ware of doing so! I am necessary to both of you. And I, what should I do without you? In order to be just, I need to know and to believe. But I must never confound what I know with what I believe. To know is to believe no longer; to believe is not to know as yet. The object of Science is the known; Faith does not occupy itself with that, and leaves it all to Science. The object of Faith is the unknown; Science may seek it, but not define it; she is then obliged, at least provisionally, to accept t…
1913 · PDF PAGE 392
…ve you unless Reason consents. REASON. Be well ’ware of doing so! I am necessary to both of you. And I, what should I do without you? In order to be just, I need to know and to believe. But I must never confound what I know with what I believe. To know is to believe no longer; to believe is not to know as yet. The object of Science is the known; Faith does not occupy itself with that, and leaves it all to Science. The object of Faith is the unknown; Science may seek it, but not define it; she is then obliged, at least provisionally, to accept t…
1909 · PDF PAGE 326
… say a bushman who had never wandered far from his native kraal, wonder and astonishment would be his as he watched the extraordinary disorder of the fast-flying view. At first he might be excused if he actually doubted his senses, so sud- denly do the apparently moving buildings come, change and vanish—now a roof, some chimneys—then a gap—a tree—a spire—a glimpse down a long street—it is gone; now a high bank—a cutting—a tunnel and darkness; and then once again the light and the continual whirling past of countless houses. Yet the city clerk d…
1909 · PDF PAGE 326
… say a bushman who had never wandered far from his native kraal, wonder and astonishment would be his as he watched the extraordinary disorder of the fast-flying view. At first he might be excused if he actually doubted his senses, so sud- denly do the apparently moving buildings come, change and vanish—now a roof, some chimneys—then a gap—a tree—a spire—a glimpse down a long street—it is gone; now a high bank—a cutting—a tunnel and darkness; and then once again the light and the continual whirling past of countless houses. Yet the city clerk d…
1954 · PDF PAGE 111
78 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS order to have the exuberant satisfaction of getting rid of it. Existence is thus a sacrament. Adepts of the White School regard their brethren of the Black very much as the aristocratic English Sahib (of the days when England was a nation) regarded the benighted Hindu. Nietzsche expresses the philosophy of this School to that extent with considerable accuracy and vigour. The man who denounces life merely defines himself as the man who is unequal to it. The brave man rejoices in giving and taking hard knocks, and the brav…
1954 · PDF PAGE 37
…very sorry to hear that you have been in affliction. About the delay, however, I think I ought to tell you that the original rule of the Order of A :. A :. was that the introducer read over a short lection to the applicant, then left him alone for a (.uarter of an hour, and on coming back received a "yes" or "no." If there was any hesitation about it the applicant was barred for life. The reason for the relaxation of the rule was that it was thought better to help people along in the early stages of the work, even if there was no hope of their …
1904 · PDF PAGE 36
…rom their suspender. The pressure of her lousy but expert weather-gig gave me excruciating agony : for it was impossible even to work in order to produce ejaculation, on which I naturally relied to gain my point. But not for nothing had I been trained in the School of Mines ! (I thought you were at this time but seven years old, I ven- tured. He seemed not to hear.) By pulling at her bubbies by their nipples, which were an excellent grip, I was able to start a swinging movement, whose aim the charming but unscientific girl did not suspect. In a…
1919 · PDF PAGE 250
…t risk further wearying you) I will not describe. Besides, they are secret. But beyond them is the supreme incentive; advancement in the Order depends almost entirely on the possession of such qualities, and is impossible without it. Power being the main desire of man, it is only necessary so to condition its possession that it be not abused. Wealth is of no account in the O.T.O. Above a certain grade all realisable property, with certain obvious excep- tions—things in daily use, and the like—must be vested in the O.T.O. Property may be enjoyed…
1954 · PDF PAGE 90
…id not expect; the above propositions are so familiar to me, they run so cleanly through my mind, that, until I came to set them down in order, I had no idea what a long and difficult business it all was. Still, it's a long lane, etc. We have seen that "Two" (or "Many") are unsatisfactory as origin, if only because they 4. "Vision" is a dreadfully bad word for it; "trance" is better, but idiots always mix it up with hypnotism. 5. Possibly almost identical with the Buddhist Neroda·Samapatti.
1954 · PDF PAGE 117
… expose, perhaps at too considerable a length, the main doctrines of the three Schools. The task, however tedious, has been necessary in order to explain with reasonable lucidity their connection with the world which their ideas direct; that is to say, the nature of their political activities. The Yellow School, in accordance with its doctrine of perfectly elastic reaction and non-interference, holds itself, generally speaking, entirely apart from all such questions. We can hardly imagine it sufficiently interested in any events soever to react…
1913 · PDF PAGE 444
…imself from his church of Mont-Louis, and he was perfectly certain that the sacred vase had neither secret ducts nor double bottom. “*Tn order to prove to you,’ said Vintras, ‘that it is God Himself who inspires me, He acquaints me that this chalice will fill itself with drops of His blood, under the appearance of wine, and you will all be able to taste the fruit of the vines of the future, the wine which we shall drink with the Saviour in the Kingdom of His Father. . .” “Overcome with astonishment and fear,” continued the Abbé Charvoz, “I go u…
1913 · PDF PAGE 444
…imself from his church of Mont-Louis, and he was perfectly certain that the sacred vase had neither secret ducts nor double bottom. “*Tn order to prove to you,’ said Vintras, ‘that it is God Himself who inspires me, He acquaints me that this chalice will fill itself with drops of His blood, under the appearance of wine, and you will all be able to taste the fruit of the vines of the future, the wine which we shall drink with the Saviour in the Kingdom of His Father. . .” “Overcome with astonishment and fear,” continued the Abbé Charvoz, “I go u…
1922 · PDF PAGE 143
…efore, that our courier had arranged to take us to see some of the shows in Naples that the ordinary tourist knows nothing about, and in order to avoid any possible annoyance, he had advised us to adopt this disguise —and so on for the rest of the story. The vice-consul smiled—indulgently, as I thought. “I admit we have some experience,” he said slowly, “of young people like yourselves getting into various kinds of trouble. One can’t expect every one to know all the tricks; and besides, if I understand correctly, you're on your honeymoon.” I ad…
1954 · PDF PAGE 484
…f great achievement , are tempted by Treason. They acquire a "Judas-complex," think how splendid it would be if they were to destroy the Order-or, at the very least, unhorse the Master. This is, of course , absurd in itself, because if they had crossed . the Abyss, they would understand why it is impossible. It would be like "destroying Electricity ," or
1996 · PDF PAGE 44
…rd-men. One would have thought that a mere glance at Nature would have sufficed to disclose Her scheme of Individuality made possible by Order.
1929 · PDF PAGE 212
…he read. "A code word, I suppose. But this is dated from Iona, from the Holy House where Himself is!" "Himself" was the word used in the Order to designate its Head. "Yes," said Cyril, softly, "I was fortunate enough to interest Himself in the Experiment; so Sister Cybele has been there, under the charge of the Mahathera Phang!" "You young devil!" It was the first time that Simple Simon had been startled in forty years. "So you arranged this little game to draw the enemy's fire?" "Naturally, the safety of Sister Cybele was the first considerati…
1996 · PDF PAGE 140
…se?” Each of us is Hadit, the core of our Khabs, our Star, one of the Company of Heaven; but this Khabs needs a Khu or Magical Image, in order to play its part in the Great Drama. This Khu, again, needs the proper costume, a suitable “body of flesh,” and this costume must be worthy of the Play. We therefore employ various magical means to increase the vigour of our bodies and the energy of our minds, to fortify and to sublime them. The result is that we of Thelema are capable of enormously more achievement than others, even in terrestrial matte…
1929 · PDF PAGE 241
…ence in Magick; it is the signal for me to drop it; in mysticism, and I lose my interest. Now, charged by the Secret Chiefs of the Third Order with a mission of such importance that the last event in the world's history of importance, even approaching it, was Mohammed's, I get cold feet, carry out my instructions as perfunctorily as possible, and even try to find excuses for postponing such work as I could not actually avoid. I made a certain number of studies of The Book of the Law; for even then I was bound to admit that Aiwass had shown a kn…
1913 · PDF PAGE 391
…ave never believed, for example, that a virgin could become a mother, without ceasing to be a virgin, in the physical, natural, positive order of things, in spite of all the laws of Nature; you do not affirm that a piece of bread is not only a God, but a real human body with its bones and its veins, its organs, its blood; such, in short, that you make of your children who eat this bread a little race of cannibals. FAITH. There is not a single Christian who would not be revolted by what you have just said. That sufficiently proves that they do n…