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…f God with my soul." In Liber CLXXV many practical devices for attaining this one- pointedness are given, and though the subject of that book is devotion to a particular Deity, its instructions may be easily generalized to suit the development of any form of will. This will is then the active form of understanding. The Master of
THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 155 Ey Altera de Leone (Futher concering the Lion) O! In the first of thine Initiations, when first the Hoodwink was uplifted from before thine Eyes, thou wast brought unto the Throne of Horus, the Lord of the Lion, and by Him enheartened against Fear. Moreover, in Minutum Mundum, the Map of the Universe, it is the Path of the Lion that bindeth he two Highest Faculties of thy Mind. Again, it is Mau, the Sun at Brightness of high Noon, that is called the Lion, very lordly, in our Holy Invocation. Sekhet our Lady is fi…
…tion, being deceived by this Play so that they deem it the Division of Hate, She can but speak in Simplicity by that Word written in The Book of the Law: To me! For until thou love, the Play of Love is but Emptiness; and its cruelty is Cruelty indeed, except thou know it to be but a Sauce to whet Appetite, and to give Emphasis of Contrast, as a Painter dimmeth the Light by Cunning of his Shadows. But all this Delight that thou mayst have of the Universe both in its Veils and in its Nakedness is a Reward of thine Attainment of Truth, and follo…
…ondi‐ tions of this enquiry. It is now proper to con‐ 1Consult especially pp. 61 to 119. The message of the Secret Chiefs is even in the Book of the Law which has been published privately for initiates, and publicly in The Equinox, Vol. I, No.7 and No.10; also, with full de‐ tails, in The Equinox of the Gods, pp. 13 to 38. In a pocket at the end of that volume is a photolithographic repro‐ duction of the manuscript. There is also a cheap pocket edition of the text of the Book by itself. There are also American Editions of the text. sider the pe…
… Malkuth to Kether. Here is the great value of the rationalistic Eastern systems. [P.S. Of course scientifically worked with pencil, note-book, and stop-watch. The Yogi is usually in practice just as vague a dreamer as the mystic] They keep one always balanced by common sense. One might go off on lines of pleasing illusion for years, until one was lost on the ”Astral Plane.” All this, observe, is very meaningless, very vague at the best. What is the Astral Plane? Is there such a thing? How do its phantoms differ from those of absinthe, reverie, …
…ssness, the consequences of his shyness and lack of sportsmanship. The first use he had to make of his freedom and of his fortune was to book a cabin on the first liner bound for New Zealand, where he was led to expect a total recovery. Il THE EMPRESS LiongEL lived on a large estate, rode, hunted, played games, was made love to; discovered the joys of Nature, the pleasures kept in reserve for man by Isis, and the superiority of the numbers two and three over the unity. He found, to his surprise, that women could take interest in him. His shynes…
…ssness, the consequences of his shyness and lack of sportsmanship. The first use he had to make of his freedom and of his fortune was to book a cabin on the first liner bound for New Zealand, where he was led to expect a total recovery. Il THE EMPRESS LiongEL lived on a large estate, rode, hunted, played games, was made love to; discovered the joys of Nature, the pleasures kept in reserve for man by Isis, and the superiority of the numbers two and three over the unity. He found, to his surprise, that women could take interest in him. His shynes…
…Ayou may call me Monkshood.” “ What—the Edgar Rolles ? ” “ As ever is." "Oh, they’ll hang you! They’ll certainly hang you! for that last book of yours. . . . But you shall hang here first.” Her long white fingers went to her neck, like a cuttle—fish feeling for its prey. Her eyes closed: her throat worked convulsively for a moment. Rolles too leaned back, pale with excitement. He drank the fresh air. Then, like a man shot, he lifted himself and fell forward, his head in the nest of her bosom. “ Please sit up and behave sensibly, Mr Rolles ! " was …
…Ayou may call me Monkshood.” “ What—the Edgar Rolles ? ” “ As ever is." "Oh, they’ll hang you! They’ll certainly hang you! for that last book of yours. . . . But you shall hang here first.” Her long white fingers went to her neck, like a cuttle—fish feeling for its prey. Her eyes closed: her throat worked convulsively for a moment. Rolles too leaned back, pale with excitement. He drank the fresh air. Then, like a man shot, he lifted himself and fell forward, his head in the nest of her bosom. “ Please sit up and behave sensibly, Mr Rolles ! " was …
…irakam.) (Nearly midnight. At this moment we stopped dictating, and began to converse. Then Fra. P. said: "Oh, if I could only dictate a book like the Tao Teh King!" Then he closed his eyes as if meditating. Just before I had noticed a change in his face, most extraordinary, as if he were no longer the same person; in fact in the ten minutes we were talking he seemed to be any number of different people. I especially noticed the pupils of his eyes were so enlarged that the entire eye seemed black. (I tremble so and have such a quaking feeling i…
THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 147 Ep De Formula Deorum Occisorum (Of the Formula of the Dying Gods) LAS, my Son! this hath been fatal constantly to many a Man of noble Aspiration, that these Words were hidden from his Understanding. For there is a Balance in all Things and the Body hath Charter to fulfil his Nature, even as the Mind hath. So to repress one Function is to destroy that Proportion which is wholesome, and wherein indeed all Health and Sanity have Consistency. Verily, it is the Art of Life to develop each Organ of Body and Mind, or, a…
…n Magick and Mysticism, is transcended in the Method of the New 2on. But to return to the effect upon Fra. P. of the Finding of the Lost Book. There is no longer any hesitation or dissipation ; as an Arrow from the Bow he flies to the mark of his high calling. We now find him, therefore, attempting to carry out the work, and finding it as difficult to do so as he had previously found it to avoid doing so; yet doing so successfully, since he was working in accordance with the Will of the Masters, and this Temple of Solomon the King was now inten…
…n Magick and Mysticism, is transcended in the Method of the New 2on. But to return to the effect upon Fra. P. of the Finding of the Lost Book. There is no longer any hesitation or dissipation ; as an Arrow from the Bow he flies to the mark of his high calling. We now find him, therefore, attempting to carry out the work, and finding it as difficult to do so as he had previously found it to avoid doing so; yet doing so successfully, since he was working in accordance with the Will of the Masters, and this Temple of Solomon the King was now inten…
…certain matter of Liber Legis, and written down under the figure LX VI. Lizer CLVI. Liser CHeTH VEL VALLuM ABIEGNI Sub Figura CLVI. This book is a perfect account of the task of the Exempt Adept, considered under the symbols of a particular plane, not the intellectual. Liser XLIV. Tue Mass or THE PHenix. A Ritual of the Law. Liper XLI. Turen Tao. An Essay on Attainment by the Way of Equilibrium. Liper DCCCLXVIII. Lrzer Viarum Viz. A graphic account of magical powers classified under the Tarot Trumps. Course VIII. publications are specially suit…
THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 179 #f De quodam Modo Meditationis (Of a Certain Means of Meditation) OW for the Chief of that which was granted unto me, it was the Apprehension of those willed Changes or Transmutations of the Mind which lead into Truth, being as Ladders unto Heaven, or so I called them at that Time, seeking for a Phrase to admonish the Scribe that attended on my Words, to grave a Balustre upon the Stele of of my Working. But I make Effort in vain, o my Son, to record this matter in Detail; for it is the quality of the Grass to qui…
…upiter, with the wish to heal others of their physical ills. This sort of thing is harmless,2 or almost so. It is not evil in 1. See the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. 2. There is nevertheless the general objection to the diversion of channels of Initiation to the Sea of Attainment, into ditches of irrigation for the fields of material advantage. It is bad business to pay good coin for perishable products; like marrying for money, or prostituting poetic genius to political purposes. The converse course, though equally — 190
…re, behind the phallic headdress, the rose of five petals is in blossom. The symbolism of the snake and dove refers to this verse of the Book of the Law—chap. I, verse 57: “there are love and love. There is the dove, and there is the serpent”. This symbol recurs in the trump numbered XVI.
THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 185 Zg Altera de sua Via (Further concerning his Way) HUS I was brought unto the Knowledge of myself in a certain secret Grace, and as a Poet, by Jerome Politt of Kendal; Oscar Eckenstein of the Mountain discovered Manhood in me, teaching me to endure Hardship, and to dare many Shapes of Death; also he nurtured me in Concentration, the Art of the Mystics, but without Lumber of Theology. Allan Bennett bestowed upon me the right Art of Magic, and Our Holy Qabalah, with a great Treasure of Learning in many Matters, but …
…ise and definite as a University course. During the five years of speech from the Equinox of Spring 1909 of the vulgar era, 65 different books were issued, nearly all of these being printed in the 10 numbers of Vol- ume I of THE Equinox. VotuME I. or THE Equinox is now very rare and ex- pensive. Only a few sets remain; and these are valued at $100 per set. When these have been sold, it is proposed to re-publish the Official Instructions referred to above in sep- arate form, for the benefit of those students who have been disappointed in obtaini…
…in Ercur Views.—Clearing the Approach. The Vision. Mysticism and Symbolism. Love in Action. The Physical Film. Space. e. Creation, “This book is of an importance which I think it would be hard to overrate. ‘The two main religious tendencies, are towards Science and Mysticism, Mr. Klein, writes the two, «> » i i onda fr. Klein undermines our naive belief in Time and ¢, and shows that to perfect knowledge there is only Here and Now. ‘The Universe is a single instantaneous phenomenon. ‘This conclusion is identical with that reached by the Mystic i…