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Page 47 of 1731961 · PDF PAGE 82
…Change. Thus, He, like Lao-Tze, based all upon a Movement, instead of a fixed Point. And His Way of Truth was Analysis, made possible by great Intention of the Mind toward itself, and that well fortified by certain tempered Rigour of Life. And He most thoroughly explored and Mapped out the Fastnesses of the Mind, and gave the Keys of its Fortresses into the Hand of Man. But of all this the Quintessence is in this one Word Anatta, because this is not only the foundation and the Result of his whole Doctrine, but the Way of its Work. w
1929 · PDF PAGE 227
…lleague in the Lodge, 'A.B.', is going to stir up trouble for the British in India. Her influence with certain classes of Hindus is very great. For your part, you may try discreetly to tamper with the Mussulman section of the French troops, the Africans. But be careful — there is more important work to your hand, no less than the destruction of the French armies in the field. Now let us see what you can do. I am going to send you to my little garden hermitage, where I occasionally appear in the character of a great ascetic; there is an old lady…
1903 · PDF PAGE 34
… That is their worship. Rupua. Whom then worship they? Criospa. Maurya ! [ Recalled to himself, he perceives the meaning a, this; with a great cry breaks forward and stands before the throne, raises himself up and says in triumph and knowledge 0) peace :| Then—I have lived ! [Reaches out his hand towards the enthroned mummy.| Maurya! — [With the last terrible cry he collapses, and falls ' dead with his head on Maurya’s knees.| Rupna. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. [She deliberately breaks her staff in…
1907 · PDF PAGE 39
…on Of high things ever holy; this the throe Of swiftly-comprehended motherhood Once taught her. Now the whisper of the child Bids her be great, who was supremely good. 23
1910 · PDF PAGE 75
…e Pentagram. 2. Abdullah — the unredeemed man ; Cf. Rev. III. 17. 3. A common medical practice in the East. 4. The worst of insults. The great excuse for the podex is its superior tightness — supposing that Persians thought an excuse necessary. 5. Laila — perhaps the Evil Jinn. Laila means “ night ” ; and Lilith is the chief of the succubi, much feared by good Muslim. It was reserved for Mr Thomas Lake Harris and his English dupe Ber- ridge to cultivate of set purpose this abominable and disgusting variety of masturbation.
1911 · PDF PAGE 22
I4 12. 13. 14.. 15. THE EQUINOX And this : There is a well before the Great White Throne That is choked up with rubbish from the ages; Rubble and clay and sediment and stone, Delight of lizards and despair of sages. Only the lightning from His hand that sits, And shall sit when the usurping tyrant falls, Can purge that wilderness of wills and wits, Let spring that fountain in eternal halls. And this: Sulphur, Salt, and Mercury: Which is master of the three? Salt is Lady of the Sea; Lord of Air is Mercury. Now by God’s grace here is salt Fixed b…
1911 · PDF PAGE 22
I4 12. 13. 14.. 15. THE EQUINOX And this : There is a well before the Great White Throne That is choked up with rubbish from the ages; Rubble and clay and sediment and stone, Delight of lizards and despair of sages. Only the lightning from His hand that sits, And shall sit when the usurping tyrant falls, Can purge that wilderness of wills and wits, Let spring that fountain in eternal halls. And this: Sulphur, Salt, and Mercury: Which is master of the three? Salt is Lady of the Sea; Lord of Air is Mercury. Now by God’s grace here is salt Fixed b…
1907 · PDF PAGE 101
IMAGES OF LIFE 95 EPILOGUE. PRAYER. Is fit for children. We are too well ware How vain is prayer, How nought is great, since all is immanent, The vast content Of all the universe unalterable. We know too well THE light streams stronger through the lamps How no one thing abides awhile at all, of sense. Intelligence Grows as we go. Alas: its icy glimmer Shows dimmer, dimmer The awful vaults we traverse. Were the sun Himself the one Glory of space, he would but illustrate The night of Fate. Are not the hosts of heaven in vain arrayed ? | Their lig…
1929 · PDF PAGE 90
…eunine Magical Memory; to mention a few sources of error, and to lay down critical mies for the vérification of one’s results. The first great danger arises from vanity. One should always beware of “remembering” that one was Cleopatra or Shakespeare. x4gain, superficial resemblances are usually misleading. One of the great tests of the genuineness of any recollection is that one remembers the really important things in one’s life, not those which mankind commonly classes as such. For instance, iUeister Crowley does not remember any of the décis…
1938 · PDF PAGE 22
…lden cross was engraved: CHRISTIAN ROSENCREUTZ (For so were the Brethren discreet to conceal his true name). After whom came three names Great and Terrible that I write not in this place. Lastly appeared this newly-writ hieroglyph of the Lion, and the Name of that Brother was hidden from me. Then was I shewn the Mystery of the Words: how in the first period of recorded history men thought that life came from Woman alone, and worked by the Formula of Isis, worshipping Nature chaste and kindly, not understanding Death, or the Arcanum of Love. So,…
1904 · PDF PAGE 59
…al curse which is called the Spirits’ Chain. Here followeth, therefore, the Invocation of the King :? THE INVOCATION OF THE KING. O THoU great, powerful, and mighty King Amarmon, who bearest rule by the power of the SupREME Gop Et over all spirits both superior and inferior of the Infernal Orders in the Dominion of the East; I do invocate and command thee by the especial and true name of Gop; and by that God that Thou Worshippest; and by the Seal of thy creation; and by the most mighty and powerful name of Gop, I—EHovAH TETRAGRAMMATON who cast …
1929 · PDF PAGE 121
…er of knocks will refer to the Sephira or other idea Qabalistically cognate with that number. Thus, 7 knocks will intimate Venus, 11 the Great Work, 17 the Trinity of Fathers, and 19 the Féminine Principle in its most general sense. Analyzing the matter a little further, we remark firstly that a battery of too many knocks is confusing, as well as liable to over- weight the other parts of the ritual. In practice, 11 is about the limit. It is usually not difficult to arrange to cover ail necessary ground with that number. Secondly, each is so ext…
1930 · PDF PAGE 25
There is some sort of vague and indeterminate relation between the Astrals and the Materials ; and it is possible, with great expérience, to deduce facts about material things from the astral aspect which they présent to the eyes of the Body of Light.1 This astral plane is so varied and so changeable that several clairvoyants looking at the same thing might give totally different accounts of what they saw; yet they might each make correct déductions. In looking at a man the first clairvoyant might say : “The lines of force are ail drooping”; th…
1901 · PDF PAGE 71
…fused. He did not spare Our fear—he spake not yet a little space. After a while he took the word again : “ Go thou then moonwards on the great salt plain ; So to a pillar. Adamant, alone, It stands. Around it see them overthrown, King, earl, and knight. There lie the questing slain, A thousand years forgotten—bone by bone. T
1904 · PDF PAGE 107
…ee doth make cowards of us all ! And thus the native need of urination Is sicklied oer with the pale cast of thought And enterprises of great piss and po, meant With this regard, their currents corkscrew turn And lose the name of pumpship. Soft you now ! The fair Ophelia ! Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins remembered. OPHELIA. Good my lord, How does your honour for this many a day ? HAM. I humbly thank you ! Well, well, well. OPH. My lord, I have remembrances of yours That I have longed to redeliver : I pray you now receive them. HAM. No, n…
1910 · PDF PAGE 293
…le sea That throbs with life’s bewitching agony, Too long to measure and too fierce to tame! An hurtful joy, a fascinating shame Is this great ache that grips the heart of me. Even as a cancer, so this passion gnaws Away my soul, and will not ease its jaws Till Iam dead. Then let me die! Who knows But that this corpse committed to the earth May be the occasion of some happier birth? Spring’s earliest snowdrop? Summer's latest rose? Il Thou knowest what asp hath fixed its lethal tooth In the white breast that trembled like a flower At thy name w…
1910 · PDF PAGE 293
…le sea That throbs with life’s bewitching agony, Too long to measure and too fierce to tame! An hurtful joy, a fascinating shame Is this great ache that grips the heart of me. Even as a cancer, so this passion gnaws Away my soul, and will not ease its jaws Till Iam dead. Then let me die! Who knows But that this corpse committed to the earth May be the occasion of some happier birth? Spring’s earliest snowdrop? Summer's latest rose? Il Thou knowest what asp hath fixed its lethal tooth In the white breast that trembled like a flower At thy name w…
1912 · PDF PAGE 41
…, no less true Because the gods have deigned to dwell with you! [The eagle bears GANYMEDE aloft. Crassus, Adela! these are mysteries too great For you and me to estimate. But, widowed both, come, seck domestic charms As we were wont, in one another's arms! ‘What perfect moss for you to lie upon! ADELA. am your wife, dear Crassus. (sotto voce) Oh, my swant CURTAIN, “4
1913 · PDF PAGE 536
THE EQUINOX Axiom XVII To suffer is to work. A great sorrow suffered is a pro- gress accomplished. Those who suffer much live more than those who do not suffer. Axiom XVIII Voluntary death from devotion is not suicide; it is the apotheosis of the will. Axiom XIX Fear is nothing but idleness of the will, and for that reason public opinion scourges cowards. Axiom XX Succeed in not fearing the lion, and the lion will fear you. Say to sorrow: “I will that you be a pleasure, more even than a pleasure, a happiness.” Axiom XXI A chain of iron is easie…
1913 · PDF PAGE 536
THE EQUINOX Axiom XVII To suffer is to work. A great sorrow suffered is a pro- gress accomplished. Those who suffer much live more than those who do not suffer. Axiom XVIII Voluntary death from devotion is not suicide; it is the apotheosis of the will. Axiom XIX Fear is nothing but idleness of the will, and for that reason public opinion scourges cowards. Axiom XX Succeed in not fearing the lion, and the lion will fear you. Say to sorrow: “I will that you be a pleasure, more even than a pleasure, a happiness.” Axiom XXI A chain of iron is easie…