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Page 48 of 1071954 · PDF PAGE 105
…k. Do not confuse with the Black Lodge, or the Black Brothers. The terminology is unfortunate, but it wasn't I that did it. Now then, to work! The Black School of Magick, which must by no means be confused with the School of Black Magick or Sorcery, which latter is a perversion of the White tradition, is distinguished fundamentally from the Yellow School in that it considers the Universe not as neutral, but as definitely a curse. Its primary theorem is the 'First Noble Truth' of the Buddha- "Everything is Sorrow." In the primitive classics of t…
1907 · PDF PAGE 20
…ssible because Rodin is the master and not the slave of his colossal technique. The difficulty of naming a masterpiece is perhaps harder work than producing it, and Rodin being a sculptor and not an illicit epigram distiller, is perfectly justified in picking up what he can from the witty and gifted people who throng his studio as much as he will let them. Let there be an end, then, not to the sordid and snarling jealousy which greatness must inevitably excite, not to the simian tooth-grindings which must always accompany the entrance of a man …
1910 · PDF PAGE 126
… drunken Mullah.” By this means will he become ashamed,5 and prate no more of beasts. 1. This ode is by most considered spurious, or the work of a pupil on a skeleton left by the mas- ter. But the very stigmata on which this view is based — the absence of the Takhallus, and of the word “ kun ” — seem to us to point the other way. No forger would have omitted so simple a precau- tion. It is possible that the ode is incomplete. More reasonable seems the suggestions that el Haji (1) disliked the introduction of his holy word [Persian text] and of …
1919 · PDF PAGE 452
… ciation. It is undoubtedly true that one may push spiritual experience to the point of complete attainment without ever undertaking the work of a Dhamma-Buddha, though it seems hard to believe that at no period during that progress will it have become clear that the Complete Path is down- wards as well as upwards. 97. Yea; on the Arya Path thou art no more Srotapatti, thou art a Bodhisattva. The stream is cross’d. ’Tis true thou hast a right to Dharmakéya vesture; but Sambhoga- kaya is greater than a Nirvéni, and greater still is a Nir- manaké…
1935 · PDF PAGE 5
… to write a careful record of the same for one year. Neophyte. — Has to acquire perfect control of the Astral Plane. Zelator. — His main work is to achieve complete success in Asana and Pranayama. He also begins to study the formula of the Rosy Cross. Practicus. — Is expected to complete his intellectual training, and in particular to study the Qabalah.
1912 · PDF PAGE 93
… rough side to every canvas, and Theodore Bugg had forgotten all about England, and what she is, and how he had made her. Or if the good work was going on, it was subconscious. He was standing by the gilded statue of Ieanne d‘Arc, his mouth wide open, his Baedeker limp in his perspiring hand. “ She's riding astride l " The molten madness throbbed in his brain. “ She‘s got man‘s clothes on ! " The shocking truth must out: Theodore Bugg had come to Paris for Pleasure! He had only been able to spare two days, the Sunday and Monday of Whitsuntide. …
1912 · PDF PAGE 93
… rough side to every canvas, and Theodore Bugg had forgotten all about England, and what she is, and how he had made her. Or if the good work was going on, it was subconscious. He was standing by the gilded statue of Ieanne d‘Arc, his mouth wide open, his Baedeker limp in his perspiring hand. “ She's riding astride l " The molten madness throbbed in his brain. “ She‘s got man‘s clothes on ! " The shocking truth must out: Theodore Bugg had come to Paris for Pleasure! He had only been able to spare two days, the Sunday and Monday of Whitsuntide. …
1919 · PDF PAGE 283
…ghten your minds and comfort your hearts and sustain your bodies. The LORD bring you to the accomplishment of your true Wills, the Great Work, the Summum Bonum, True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness. 269
1961 · PDF PAGE 156
…ange, Constancy is a point of thy Concentration and Adultery a Division in thy Will. But when thou hast the Summit and Perfection of any Work, of what Worth is it to continue herein? Hast thou two Stomachs, as has a Cow, to chew the Cud of a digested Love? Yet, o my Son, this Constancy is not of Necessity a Stagnation. Nay, behold the Body of our Lady Nuith, therein are found twin Suns, that revolve constantly about each other. So also it may be in Love, that two Souls, meeting, discover each in the other such Wealth and Richness of Light and L…
1904 · PDF PAGE 50
43 NOTES TO ASCENSION DAY AND PENTECOST “Blind Chesterton is sure to err, And scan my work in vain; I am my own interpreter, And I will make it plain.” NOTE TO INTRODUCTION 1 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AN APPRECIATION BY ALEISTER CROWLEY.* IT is a lamentable circumstance that so many colossal brains (W. H . Mallock, &c. ) have been hitherto thrown away in attacking what is after all a problem of mere academic interest, the authorship of the plays our fathers accepted as those of Shakespeare. To me it seems of immediate and vital importance to do for S…
1910 · PDF PAGE 28
AMBERGRIS 19 Follow thou him ! Work ever, if thy heart Be fervent with one hope, thy brain with art, Thy lips with song, thine arm with strength to smite : Achieve some act ; its name shall not depart. Christ laid Loves corner-stone, and Cæsar built The tower of glory ; Sapphos life was spilt From fervent lips the torch of song to ignite : Thou mayst add yet a stoneif but thou wilt. And yet the days stream by ; night shakes the day From his pale throne of purple, to allay The tremors of the earth ; day smiteth dark With the swift poignard di…
1912 · PDF PAGE 99
…hi. 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 the conditions, and it would have to be a very extraordinary set of circumstances that would…
1913 · PDF PAGE 354
THE EQUINOX All is not well, but all will be well one day. God begins His work, and He will finish it. Without progress, evil would be immutable like God. Progress explains ruins, and consoles the weeping of Jeremiah. Nations succeed each other like men; and nothing is stable, because everything is marching towards perfection. The great man who dies bequeathes to his country the fruit of his works; the great nation which becomes extin- guished upon earth transforms itself into a star to enlighten the obscurities of History. What it has written …
1913 · PDF PAGE 354
THE EQUINOX All is not well, but all will be well one day. God begins His work, and He will finish it. Without progress, evil would be immutable like God. Progress explains ruins, and consoles the weeping of Jeremiah. Nations succeed each other like men; and nothing is stable, because everything is marching towards perfection. The great man who dies bequeathes to his country the fruit of his works; the great nation which becomes extin- guished upon earth transforms itself into a star to enlighten the obscurities of History. What it has written …
1944 · PDF PAGE 248
…high help may show the moment of consultation. I may add that in material matters this method is extremely valuable. I have been able to work out the most complex problems in minute detail. O. M.).
1910 · PDF PAGE 89
… is the joy of thy lover, when he delights therein, from day to day dimi- nished or increased. This is the sigillum of perfection in any work. The perfect lover is calm and equable ; storms of thunder, quakings of the earth, losses of goods, punishment from great men, none of these things cause him to rise from his divan, or to remove the silken tube of the rose-perfumed huqqa from his mouth. I can even take pleasure with Laila, O no longer jealous one ! When thou wast away from me, I was unable to regard her or her companions (the thunder-smit…
1912 · PDF PAGE 26
…ry long we are almost certain to get impatient, and we shall find that we have to practice many other things in order to assist us in our work. New problems will constantly arise which must be faced, and solved. For instance, we shall most assuredly find that we fidget. We shall
1912 · PDF PAGE 123
…uivalent of the most expensive Weir-Mitchell treatment and rest-cures If fashionable doctors could afford to be honest, they would order work-cures for nine—tenths of their patients. Forty-eight years with an axe in the forest had turned Placide Gervez into a mixture of Stoic, Cynic, and Epicurean; he boasted the simplicity and fortitude of each in respect of pain, propriety, and pleasure. The droning hum ofthe forest, broken rarely by the birds—— magpie, crow, cuckoo, and nightingale—meant nothing to him in the summer; nor did the monotonous d…
1912 · PDF PAGE 123
…uivalent of the most expensive Weir-Mitchell treatment and rest-cures If fashionable doctors could afford to be honest, they would order work-cures for nine—tenths of their patients. Forty-eight years with an axe in the forest had turned Placide Gervez into a mixture of Stoic, Cynic, and Epicurean; he boasted the simplicity and fortitude of each in respect of pain, propriety, and pleasure. The droning hum ofthe forest, broken rarely by the birds—— magpie, crow, cuckoo, and nightingale—meant nothing to him in the summer; nor did the monotonous d…
1919 · PDF PAGE 214
… centre of population a hidden Retreat (Collegium ad Spiritum Sanctum) where members may conceal themselves in order to pursue the Great Work without hindrance. 200