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…ned to think that the far greater part , if not all , of those difficulties which have hitherto amused philosophers , and blocked up the way to know ledge , are entirely owing to ourselves that we have first raised a dust , and then complained we cannot see ." 2 And naturally to expect , Berkeley himself , though an Adept of a very high order , starting up wards through the clear atmosphere of the sky , clutched the very fire from the altar of God , and then in his descent to the dusty plains of Earth , caused such a whirlwind to arise , that h…
1910 · PDF PAGE 145
136 AMBERGRIS Hail ! Hermes ! thou the wands of ill Hast touched with strength, and they are shivered ! The way is open unto will ! The pregnant Goddess is delivered ! Happy, yea, happy ! happy is he That hath looked forth upon the Bier That goeth to the House of Rest ! His heart is lit with melody ; Peace in his house is master of fear ; His holy Name is in the West When the sun sinks, the royal rays Of moonrise flash across the days ! I have risen ! I have risen ! as a mighty hawk of gold ! From the golden egg I gather, and my wings the worl…
1910 · PDF PAGE 12
… try to upset this ; for once I positively insist. No less than two for a Meeting ! I will brook no oppo- sition ; I mean to have my own way in the matter ; I am not to be played with. Two or more make a Meeting. There ; my foot is down, let’s hear no more senseless cavil about it ! Well, I need hardly say that Mr. and Mrs. Cameron took opposite sides of the controversy. When the glad wires flashed the message that Mr. Raven in the Meeting at Ealing had deliberately said with slow and weighty em- phasis : “ He that hath the Son hath eternal lif…
1913 · PDF PAGE 329
…he spur to toil. For the flock of men, suffering is like the shepherd dog, who bites the wool of the sheep to put them back in the right way. It is because of shadow that we are able to see light; because of cold that we feel heat; because of pain that we are sensible to pleasure. Evil is then for us the occasion and the beginning of good. But, in the dreams of our imperfect intelligence, we accuse the work of Providence, through failing to understand it. We resemble the ignorant person who judges the picture by the beginning of the sketch, and…
1913 · PDF PAGE 329
…he spur to toil. For the flock of men, suffering is like the shepherd dog, who bites the wool of the sheep to put them back in the right way. It is because of shadow that we are able to see light; because of cold that we feel heat; because of pain that we are sensible to pleasure. Evil is then for us the occasion and the beginning of good. But, in the dreams of our imperfect intelligence, we accuse the work of Providence, through failing to understand it. We resemble the ignorant person who judges the picture by the beginning of the sketch, and…
1961 · PDF PAGE 156
… degree and quality thrice fortunate. But to persist in Dulness, in Satiety, and in mutual Irritation and Abhorrence, is contrary to the Way of Nature. So therefore there is no Rule in any such Case, but the Law shall give Light to every one that hath it in his Heart, and by that Wisdom let him govern himself. t
1907 · PDF PAGE 236
…It may be a postulation of our egoity , but it therefore need not necessarily be so for all other personalities , as it cannot be in any way demonstrated as final . Kant did not have the necessary knowledge of taking into consideration the fact of inherited experiences , as Herbert Spencer was able to do , so worked at a dis advantage , postulating an à priori in place of organ iged intuitions . CROWLEYANITY AND THE PROLEGOMENA To illustrate the infolding of Crowleyanity , it will be necessary here to run through Kant's Prolegomena , reducing h…
1909 · PDF PAGE 134
…s eleventh day of my Retirement, and the thirty-third year of my life. Thirty and three years was this templein building. . . . It has always been my custom on this night to look back over the year, and to ask: What have I done? The answer is invariably “ Nothing.” Yet ofwhat men count deeds I have done no small share. I have travelled abit, written abit . , . I seem to have been hard at it all the time—and to have got nothing finished or successful. One Tragedy—one little comedy—two essays—a dozen poems or so—two or three short stories—odds and…
1922 · PDF PAGE 346
…knee and foot. We plodded painfully over very rough ground to the top of the rock. It was both exhilarating and disheartening to see the way the two boys scrambled from boulder _ to boulder. _ At last we reached the top. The two brethren who had carried up the provisions in knapsacks had already begun to spread them out on a level patch of grass.
1944 · PDF PAGE 172
…But in every case her attributes will be pure in themselves, and not necessarily connected with any other attributes which in the normal way one regards as symbolic. In one sense, then, her general reputation will be of
1954 · PDF PAGE 124
… :. is that one is sworn to identify one's own Great Work with that of raising mankind to higher levels, spiritually, and in every other way. Accordingly, it stands to reason that those charged with the conduct of the Order should be at least Masters of the Temple, or their judgment would be worthless; and at least Magi (though not that particular kind of Magus who brings the Word of a New Formula to the world every 2,000 years or so) or they would be unable to influence events on any scale cominensurate with the scope of the Work. 91
1954 · PDF PAGE 174
…ror, 17 Astral Journey- -How to Do It How to Verify Your Experiences Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law_ There is no better way to training the memory than the practice of the Holy Qabalah. The whole mechanism of memory depends on joining up independent data. You must go on adding a little to little, always joining the simple impressions by referring them to others which are more general; and so on until the whole of your universe is arranged like the brain and the nervous system. This system in fact, becomes the Universe. When you…
1909 · PDF PAGE 47
…their appreciation could only mean my vileness, not their redemption. Sorry if I seem pessimistic about them! A nasty one for me, by the way, if they suddenly started buying me ! I should have, in mere consistency, to cut my throat! Calm yourself, my friend! There is no danger. At home again and robed. Am both tired and oppressed, even in my peace ; for the day has been, and the evening is, close and hot, with a little fog; and, one may suspect, the air is overcharged with electricity. I will rest quietly with my mantra as Hanged Man, and perha…
1909 · PDF PAGE 78
…ll happen. For I lay down quite free of worry or anxiety (hugging myself, as it were), perfectly sure of Him in the simple non-assertive way that a child is sure of its mother, in a state of pleased expectancy, my thoughts quite suppressed in an intent listening, as it were for the noise of the wind of His chariot, as it were for the rustle of His wings. ᾽ For 10! through the heaven of Nu He rideth in His chariot—soon, soon He will be here! Into this state of listening come certain curious things ——-formless flittings, I know not What. Also, wha…
1910 · PDF PAGE 196
… my memory is excellent. EUPHEMIA. Of what you swore ? CARR. I swore at the granite for not being moss. EUPHEMIA. You swore to love me always. CARR. The champagne at the Mena House is not cham- pagne ; it isthe cork of it is labelled Good intentions. EUPHEMIA. Then you didnt mean it ? CARR. [kissing her]. Am I, or am I nota plain ques- tion as between man and manloving you now ? EUPHEMIA. Oh, I know ! But I am so worried that everything most sure seems all shaken in the storm of it ! I was gladglad, glad !when that Mr. Todd came in wit…
1912 · PDF PAGE 99
83 natural result of Dhyana, but he cannot call Dhyana in the same way the precursor of Samadhi. Perhaps he does not really know the con- ditions which induce Samadhi. He can produce Dhyana at will in the course of a few minutes’ work?,־and it often happens with apparent spontaneity: with Samadhi this is unfortunately not the case. He probably can get it at will, but could not say exactly how, or tell how long it might take him?,־and he could not be sure of getting it at all. One feels sure that one can walk a mile along a level road. One knows…
1913 · PDF PAGE 59
47 of great price, which when a man hath found he straightway selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that pearl. With many people custom and habit —of which ethics is but the social expression —are the things most difificult to give up: and it is a useful practice to break any habit just to get into the way of being free from that form of slavery. Hence we have prac- tices for breaking up sleep, for putting our bodies into strained and un- natural positions, for doing difficult exercises of breathing — all these, apart from any special merit they…
1913 · PDF PAGE 66
…liff it is very much better to do it than to give up the practice. And it is of the very greatest importance not to limit the vow in any way. You must buy the egg without haggling. In a certain Society the members were bound to do certain things, being assured that there was "nothing in the vow contrary to their civil, moral, or religious obligations." So when any one wanted to break his vow he had no difficulty in discovering a very good reason for it. The vow lost all its force. When Buddha took his seat under the blessed Bo-Tree, he took an …
1913 · PDF PAGE 379
…e theotokon of the Council of Ephesus, and the theotokon is a rigorous consequence of the Catholic dogma of the incarnation. In the same way the Catholic Church makes no excommu- nications, she declares them ; and she alone can declare them, because she alone is guardian of unity. Outside the vessel of Peter, there is nothing but the abyss. Protestants are like people who have thrawn themselves into the water in order to escape sea-sickness. It is of Catholicity, such as it is constituted in the Roman Church, that one must say what Voltaire so …
1913 · PDF PAGE 379
…e theotokon of the Council of Ephesus, and the theotokon is a rigorous consequence of the Catholic dogma of the incarnation. In the same way the Catholic Church makes no excommu- nications, she declares them ; and she alone can declare them, because she alone is guardian of unity. Outside the vessel of Peter, there is nothing but the abyss. Protestants are like people who have thrawn themselves into the water in order to escape sea-sickness. It is of Catholicity, such as it is constituted in the Roman Church, that one must say what Voltaire so …