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Page 48 of 2571996 · PDF PAGE 106
… that it has power to understand itself and its Father, with all that such heirship implies. Suppose further that it be come to puberty, will it not be impelled to assert itself as its Father’s son? Will it not shake itself free from the Form that bore and nourished and trained it, and turn from its brothers and sis ters and playmates? Will it not glow and ache with the impulse to be utterly itself, and find a Form fit to impress with its image, even as did its Father aforetime? If such a Soul be indeed its Father’s son, he will not fear to sh…
1913 · PDF PAGE 46
…eep whispers through the grass all night ; And spectral dance , before the dawn , A hundred Vicars down the lawn ; Curates , long dust , will come and go, On lissom , clerical , printless toe ; And oft betwixt the boughs is seen The sly shade of a Rural Dean . . . Till , at a shiver in the skies , Vanishing with Satanic cries , The prim ecclesiastic rout Leaves but a startled sleeper - out , Grey heavens , the first bird 's drowsy calls , The falling house that never falls . God ! I will pack , and take a train , And get me to England once agai…
1961 · PDF PAGE 88
…ge to his Son) ERE I reach forth mine Hands against thee in the Sign of the Enterer, o son of my Bowels, for with all my Magical Might I will that thou fight manfully and labour with Diligence (with Sword and Trowel; say I) in this Work. For this is the first and last of all, that thou bid every Man do What he will, in accord with his own true Nature. Therefore also blast thou that Lie that Man is of a fallen and evil Nature. For the Word of Sin is Restriction, the Doubt of his own Godhead, the Suppression of, which is the Blasphemy against, hi…
1919 · PDF PAGE 411
THE SEVEN PORTALS alike of the Beginning, the Way and the End. In this par- ticular passage it is however principally synonymous with Will, and Will has been so fully dealt with in Book 4, Part II, that it will save trouble if we assume that the reader is fa- miliar with that masterpiece. (Subsection VI.) This, too, has been carefully described in Book 4, Part I. There is a distinction between Buddhist ‘Jhana’ and San- skrit ‘Dhyana,’ though etymologically the former is a cor- ruption of the latter. The craze for classification which obsesses t…
1910 · PDF PAGE 6
… equal mastery of verse. But he is still a young man, and so only known to a select circle. It is certain that one of these days Crowley will be considered to rank with Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, and Swin- burne. In many of his poems he strikes the highest note. Crowley is not only a poet, he is also a philosopher. He studies mankind from outside. He earnestly desires to help humanity. He believes that he has a mission in the world. He is so much in earnest that he has already a large following amongst those who, whilst essentially religious, h…
1907 · PDF PAGE 87
THE SIRE DE MALETROIT’S DOOR SI marry you. I do not love you, or you me. [Astde.] Half a lie is better than no truth. [Aloud.] I will not ruin your life—and I can commit suicide by merest idleness, a talent I am master of, and one most agree- able to my nature. BLANCHE, Oh! Monsieur Denys, but I love you. [Comes and clings to hts knees.) I dot I do! I will not kill myself, but I will make you love me—— DENYS. A harder task than you think, little one. BLANCHE. Or tolerate me at least. [ Crees. DENYS. O bother ! I shall cry too in a minute. BLANC…
1898 · PDF PAGE 62
58 JEPHTHAH. And we too, changing these funereal vestments Will clothe in moonlike splendour, candid robes Of priestly purity, our joyous selves. O fortunate day! O measured steps of noon, Quicken, if once ye stayed for Joshua, To keep sweet music to our hearts. Away! [Exeunt all but Jared. JARED. I will await, and hide myself away Behind yon bushes, to behold the plot Bud to fulfilment. Then, Leviathan, I am thy master. Mockery of a God That seest this thing prosper—Ha! thine altar! Let me give thanks, Jehovah! O thou God That rulest Israel as…
1909 · PDF PAGE 375
…rise that, however unpleasant they may be froma personal point of view, the most wondrous and striking experiences which I am undergoing will doubtless be of no little help to the dond-fide thinkers of our present day. Dean Swift and Samuel Butler stand, no one will deny it, as the greatest benefactors of humanity. If my sufferings could prove of any utility, in their turn, I should feel myself proud and most happy to describe at length the life I am now leading with three sailors, a dog, a musician, a box whose value I am learning every day to…
1909 · PDF PAGE 375
…rise that, however unpleasant they may be froma personal point of view, the most wondrous and striking experiences which I am undergoing will doubtless be of no little help to the dond-fide thinkers of our present day. Dean Swift and Samuel Butler stand, no one will deny it, as the greatest benefactors of humanity. If my sufferings could prove of any utility, in their turn, I should feel myself proud and most happy to describe at length the life I am now leading with three sailors, a dog, a musician, a box whose value I am learning every day to…
1910 · PDF PAGE 36
…hat etherial dances ? By what eternal streams ? ” shall I find you, sweet acolyte of Salmacis or of Terpsichore, of Bacchus or Sabrina ? Will it be you on yonder bank of yellow moss by the sunspangled rivulet that tumbles noisily from the throne of God ? Will it be you with your fine golden hair like spiders’ webs in the sun, changed to an aureole, and your seductive face still as ever the incarna- tion of one single never-ending scarlet kiss ? Will yours be the long pale hands to mould my body to your liking ; and yours the faithful, the unfai…
1919 · PDF PAGE 54
…e ye goodly therefore: dress ye all in fine apparel; eat rich foods and drink sweet wines, and wines that foam! Also, take your fill and will of love as ye will, when, where, and with whom ye will! But always unto me.” This is the only point to bear in mind, that every act must be a ritual, an act of worship, a sacrament. Live as the kings and princes, crowned and uncrowned, of this world, have always lived, as masters always live; but let it not be self- indulgence; make your self-indulgence your religion. When you drink and dance and take del…
1930 · PDF PAGE 71
…g the breath for 30 seconds. When this has become perfectly easy to you, you may be admit- ted for examination, and should you pass, you will be instructed in more complex and difficult practices. 6. You will find that the presence of food in the stomach, even in small quantifies, makes the practices very difficult. 7. Be very careful never to overstrain your powers; especially never get so short of breath that you are compelled to breathe out jerkily or rapidly. 8. Strive after depth, fullness, and regularity of breathing. 9. Various remarkabl…
1903 · PDF PAGE 25
…ws, All Paris, smug and good, that use To point the index scorn, deride The courage of that suicide— I ask you not to quit us quite, But—will you take a bath to-night? Money might make you. Well: but he, What was his wage, what was his fee? Fear fiercer than a mortal fear. Be silent, cowards, leave him here Dead in the Morgue, so waxen pale! He failed : shall ye not also fail ? Ah! love! the strings are little; The cords are over strong ; The chain of life ts brittle ; And keen the sword of song. Will you not seize in one firm grip Now, as I ho…
1906 · PDF PAGE 238
…you would seek in the fourth the Way, the Noble Eightfold Path. ‘‘T know, O Arahats, that you do not need this instruction: but my words will not stay here: they will go forth and illuminate the whole system of ten thousand worlds, where Arahats do not grow on every tree. Little brothers, the night is fallen: it were well to sleep.”’
1910 · PDF PAGE 16
…troduction It is the sort of order that acquits a man of the charge of doing nothing for posterity, for assuredly nobody who knows India will try to raise false hopes in me that I may live long enough to see it. I would warn scholars that, unless they are in some way definitely mystics and truly acknowl- edged as such, they will do better to hunt for the lost books of Livy than for the Bagh-i- muattar. There is no copy in any public library here or in the East : not surprising, when one hears Platt in 1874 complain that of so famous a classic a…
1911 · PDF PAGE 38
THE EQUINOX not suffer death. Bind up your girdles of gold! Wreathe yourselves with garlands of my unfading flowers! In the nights we will dance together, and in the morning we will go forth to war; for, as my Father liveth that was dead, so do I live and shall never die. And now the table comes rushing back. It covers the whole stone, but this time it pushes me before it, and a terrible voice cries: Begone! Thou hast profaned the mystery; thou hast eaten of the shew-bread; thou hast spilt the consecrated wine! Begone! For the Voice is accompli…
1954 · PDF PAGE 78
HIEROGLYPHICS 45 upon you will satisfy you, or even whether it will hold water! In the last resort, I shall have to maintain that we are justified by experience, by the empirical success in communicating thought which has attended, and continues to attend, our endeavors. But to give a complete answer, I shall have to go back to the beginning, and restate the original problem; and I beg that you will not suppose that I am evading the question, or adopting the Irish method of answering it by another, though I know it may sound as if I were. Let m…
1906 · PDF PAGE 263
…heir sequential three Characteristics. He who has attained Sammaditthi has at least entered upon the Holy Way, and, if he but try, there will come to him the power to overcome the other fetters that restrict his progress. But first: of all he must abandon all those false hopes and beliefs; and one who has done this is called a Buddhist. And this holding of Right Views, in Pali Sammaditthi, is the first step upon the Noble Eightfold Path. The second stage is Right Aspiration— Sammasankappo. MHaving realised the woe and transitoriness and soulles…
1907 · PDF PAGE 139
…ce of events led to an open feeling of disgust , for Nature never permits man to borrow without paying back , the general settlement day will always sooner or later arrive , and then a new epoch of time will be heralded in . Secret vice is the very worst form of vice ; like a hidden gin we fall betwixt its jaws unawares . The crass and studied silence that mothers and fathers maintain over their children as regards all subjects of sex is probably responsible for fifty per cent : and more of all the sexual crimes and sexual ills of the present d…
1919 · PDF PAGE 242
…nt slave to prove his mastery by fighting his oppressors, even as now; but he has this additional chance in our system, that his conduct will be watched with kindly eye by our authori- ties, and his prowess rewarded by admission to the ranks of the master-class. Also, he will be given fair play. You may now ask how such arrangements are possible. There is only one solution to this great problem. It has always been admitted that the ideal form of government is that of a “benevolent despot,” and despotisms have only fallen because it is impossibl…