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Page 48 of 841911 · PDF PAGE 17
…y of the stars. And I am the Bride of them that are vowed unto loneliness. And I am the mother of the Dog Cerberus. One person am I, and three gods. And thou who hast blasphemed me shalt suffer knowing me. For I am cold as thou art cold, and burn with thy fire. Oh, when shall the war of the Aires and the elements be accomplished ? Radiant are these falchions of my brothers, invisibly about me, but the might of the aethyrs beneath my feet beareth me 15
1922 · PDF PAGE 219
…lounces of my dress. I kept about half, and put it in an old envelope she had. That was to make my peace with Peter. But I needed two or three good goes on the spot. I had a fit of hysterical crying and trembling. I must have fainted for a bit. I found myself on the sofa with Maisie kneeling by me and holding a glass of champagne to my lips. She didn’t ask any questions. It wasn’t her business if my story was all lies. I felt a bit better after a while. She began to talk about King Lamus. She had fallen for him the first time she met him, about…
1929 · PDF PAGE 109
…ENTURES THAT CAME THEREBY TO THE BLACK LODGE THE ecclesiastic is a definite type of man. The Italian priest has changed his character in three thousand years as little as he has his costume. Brother Onofrio's father happened to be a free-thinking Anti-clerical, a pillar of Masonry; otherwise, his son would assuredly have been a bishop. The type is perfectly pagan, whatever the creed; it is robust and subtle, spiritual and sensual, adroit in manipulation of inferiors and superiors alike. It has the courage which vigorous health and the conscious…
1910 · PDF PAGE 285
… walks under a hemi- sphere flaming with demon lamps, and upon a ground paved with tiles of hell. Out of this awful domain there are but three ways. Thank God that over this alluring gateway is not written, “ Lasciate ogni speranza voi ch’ entrate !” The first of these exits is insanity, the second death, the third abandonment. The first is doubtless oftenest trodden, 267
1910 · PDF PAGE 285
… walks under a hemi- sphere flaming with demon lamps, and upon a ground paved with tiles of hell. Out of this awful domain there are but three ways. Thank God that over this alluring gateway is not written, “ Lasciate ogni speranza voi ch’ entrate !” The first of these exits is insanity, the second death, the third abandonment. The first is doubtless oftenest trodden, 267
1913 · PDF PAGE 9
…k , some cross the river , others down it; all seeking the noise in the depth of silence .' Dryden goes on to relate how in company with three gentlemen ' whom their wit and quality have made known to all the town '-- they were Lord Buckhurst , Sir Charles Sedley and Sir Robert Howard , in the Essay disguised under the borrowed names of Eugenius , Lisideius and Crites - he took barge down through the crowded shipping to Greenwich ; where the four listened in silence as the air broke about them in little indulations of sound ' like the noise of …
1913 · PDF PAGE 447
…f the Age.” “Oh, well, sir,” solemnly replied the Professor of Magic; “even before the end of the Age, I will explain them to you: these three qabalistic signs are the signature of the devil !” “It is impossible!” cried the old priest. “Tt is the case,” replied Eliphas, with determination. Now, the signs were these : 1°—The star of the micrososm, or the magic pentagram. It is the five-pointed star of occult masonry, the star with which Agrippa drew the human figure, the head in the upper point, the four limbs in the four others. The flaming sta…
1913 · PDF PAGE 447
…f the Age.” “Oh, well, sir,” solemnly replied the Professor of Magic; “even before the end of the Age, I will explain them to you: these three qabalistic signs are the signature of the devil !” “It is impossible!” cried the old priest. “Tt is the case,” replied Eliphas, with determination. Now, the signs were these : 1°—The star of the micrososm, or the magic pentagram. It is the five-pointed star of occult masonry, the star with which Agrippa drew the human figure, the head in the upper point, the four limbs in the four others. The flaming sta…
1919 · PDF PAGE 403
… about “Nirvanic bliss” is misleading when one reflects that this quality of bliss or Ananda arising with the first 1 See Crowley’s “The Three Characteristics” in his “Sword of Song” for an amusing but illuminated story on this state. 81
1907 · PDF PAGE 59
… love in youth depicted in the person of Sir Percy Percival , aged sixteen . The first effusion of puberty is described in the following three lines : what shall slake This terrible thirst , This torment accurst ? 3 1 Inscribed on the statue of the Goddess . 2 “ Perverted " I object to here , as it is but a synonym of ' converted ' from a different point of view. 3 Why Jesus Wept , vol . iii, p . 28 .
1910 · PDF PAGE 78
…the end the beginning. To show how extraordinarily closely allied are the methods of Yoga to those of Magic, we will quote the following three verses from the Bhagavad-Gita, which, with advantage, the reader may compare with the citations already made from the works of Abramelin and Eliphas Levi. When the mind, bewildered by the Scriptures (Shruti), shall stand immov- able, fixed in contemplation (Samadhi), then shalt thou attain to Yoga.t Whatsoever thou doest, whatsoever thou eatest, whatsoever thou offerest, * Besides these, there are severa…
1910 · PDF PAGE 78
…the end the beginning. To show how extraordinarily closely allied are the methods of Yoga to those of Magic, we will quote the following three verses from the Bhagavad-Gita, which, with advantage, the reader may compare with the citations already made from the works of Abramelin and Eliphas Levi. When the mind, bewildered by the Scriptures (Shruti), shall stand immov- able, fixed in contemplation (Samadhi), then shalt thou attain to Yoga.t Whatsoever thou doest, whatsoever thou eatest, whatsoever thou offerest, * Besides these, there are severa…
1930 · PDF PAGE 16
…lways a very prolonged operation. They thought nothing of exposing some unknown substance to the rays of the sun and moon for periods of three months at a time, in the hope that in some mysterious way the first stage of some dimly-visaged operation might be satisfactorily accomplished. And even if they sacrificed a child every day, it would have taken a matter of two and a half years to dispose of 800 children. Besides, it must have taken more than a few minutes to kidnap a child with the secrecy obviously required. Did the disappearance of the…
1913 · PDF PAGE 54
…said: the ordeals I write not: the rituals shall be half known and half concealed: the Law is for all. 35. This that thou writest is the threefold book of Law. 36. My scribe Ankh-af-na-khonsu, the priest of the princes, shall not in one letter change this book; but lest there be folly, he shall comment thereupon by the wisdom of Ra-Hoor- Khu-it. 37. Also the mantras and spells; the obeah and the wanga; the work of the wand and the work of the sword; these he shall learn and teach. 38. He must teach ; but he may make severe the ordeals. 39. The …
1913 · PDF PAGE 54
…said: the ordeals I write not: the rituals shall be half known and half concealed: the Law is for all. 35. This that thou writest is the threefold book of Law. 36. My scribe Ankh-af-na-khonsu, the priest of the princes, shall not in one letter change this book; but lest there be folly, he shall comment thereupon by the wisdom of Ra-Hoor- Khu-it. 37. Also the mantras and spells; the obeah and the wanga; the work of the wand and the work of the sword; these he shall learn and teach. 38. He must teach ; but he may make severe the ordeals. 39. The …
1907 · PDF PAGE 267
…uality begets trinity ; and trinity begets the ten thousand things .” — Lao - Tze . 2 The Principles of Human Knowledge , p . 69 . 3 The Three Dialogues , p . 45 .
1909 · PDF PAGE 83
…d Osiris, for example, he will no longer express his vision by the name Osiris or by the green face, by the white robes starred with the three active colours, by the crown and by the crook and scourge; nor will he chant wondrous hymns of the descent into Amennti, the death and resurrection of the God; but he will express all this by some pure symbol, such as the cross, the hexagram, or even the number 6. And those upon his plane will understand him. Here, too, we must class the revelations of the pure Qabalah, and the discovery of the relations…
1909 · PDF PAGE 83
…d Osiris, for example, he will no longer express his vision by the name Osiris or by the green face, by the white robes starred with the three active colours, by the crown and by the crook and scourge; nor will he chant wondrous hymns of the descent into Amennti, the death and resurrection of the God; but he will express all this by some pure symbol, such as the cross, the hexagram, or even the number 6. And those upon his plane will understand him. Here, too, we must class the revelations of the pure Qabalah, and the discovery of the relations…
1912 · PDF PAGE 48
… Yet even in this month’s wandering in the jungle we find little in the diary but the record of exercise of strange magic powers. We read three or four times that a certain adept 8
1912 · PDF PAGE 48
… Yet even in this month’s wandering in the jungle we find little in the diary but the record of exercise of strange magic powers. We read three or four times that a certain adept 8