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Page 49 of 1031907 · PDF PAGE 111
…AR IN THE WEST And sinuous sinewy glitter of serpenthood , That I may look once more into his face , And , kissing , kill him ! Thus to hold him fast , Drawing his human spirit into mine For strength , for life , for poison ! Ah , my God ! These pangs , these torments ! See ! the sleeper wakes ! I am triumphant ! For he reaches out The sleepy arms , and turns the drowsy head To catch the dew dissolving of my lip . Wake , lover , wake ! Thy Venus waits for thee ! Draw back , look , hunger ! —and thy mouth is mine !" The vision of Elizabeth , the…
1910 · PDF PAGE 45
…and gradually discovered that she had become a necessity to him. He lost pleasure in himself and found none in her; finally he played an old trick and caused a telegram to be sent, calling him away. He swore to return speedily—which he didn’t. He sailed back to Europe, found himself in London, where his first experience caused him to waver between eagerness and self-consciousness. At that time, he met with the adven- ture which I related. A young widow horse-whipped him. Lionel was still very far from his salvation. IX THE HERMIT HE went to see…
1910 · PDF PAGE 45
…and gradually discovered that she had become a necessity to him. He lost pleasure in himself and found none in her; finally he played an old trick and caused a telegram to be sent, calling him away. He swore to return speedily—which he didn’t. He sailed back to Europe, found himself in London, where his first experience caused him to waver between eagerness and self-consciousness. At that time, he met with the adven- ture which I related. A young widow horse-whipped him. Lionel was still very far from his salvation. IX THE HERMIT HE went to see…
1910 · PDF PAGE 206
…that. Butroyalty has its own etiquette. [Enter CHARLEY. Come along, Charley boy, and show me how the new engine works ! Never mind that old frump of a Duchess, Mrs. Ossory perhaps Mr. Todd may call. [Goes out with CHARLEY. MRS. OSSORY. I do hope he meant it. But hes such a terrible man for pulling legs, as they call it.I cant think where Euphemia picks up all her slang !If that plain, quiet man should really be a crowned King ! Oh ! how I would frown at her ! Ah ! ah ! Somebody coming. [Enter THOMAS. THOMAS. Mr. Todd. [Enter TODD. MRS. OS…
1919 · PDF PAGE 214
…of the Wise, of the Elixir of Immortality, and of the Universal Medicine. Moreover, it possesses a Secret capable of realizing the world-old dream of the Brotherhood of Man. It also possesses in every important 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
1954 · PDF PAGE 413
…the coward virtue abideth not." Listen, my child! I, even I, moi qui vous parle, need no information about fear. When I was twelve years old, it was discovered that I had defective kidneys; the opinion, nomine contradicente, of the Medical Profession was that I could certainly never live to be twenty-one. (Some people think that they were right!) But after a couple of years with tutors in the wildest parts of the country, I was found well enough to go to a Public School. They soon found me out! This kidney weakness causes depression and physica…
1912 · PDF PAGE 321
…ibuted to lj To remove, cast away?אולה Confession ‘l‘l’l Leah?האל Perhaps, possibly; would that!?ול Angel of 8 Ρ.??אבא GOD (Ch.)?אהלא Behold!?ולא Perished, grew old?הלב To grow great?לדג Banner?לגר Tenuity, breath, vanity; in vain;?לבה Abel. [I.Z.Q., “the Super- ual Breathers,”] Night Demon of 2"d Dec. $?לאו Profession?לד Jechidah, the Atma Of Hindu `|-?הריו philosophy בהל (e) Devotion or forse?ןל Flame '”37
1912 · PDF PAGE 321
…ibuted to lj To remove, cast away?אולה Confession ‘l‘l’l Leah?האל Perhaps, possibly; would that!?ול Angel of 8 Ρ.??אבא GOD (Ch.)?אהלא Behold!?ולא Perished, grew old?הלב To grow great?לדג Banner?לגר Tenuity, breath, vanity; in vain;?לבה Abel. [I.Z.Q., “the Super- ual Breathers,”] Night Demon of 2"d Dec. $?לאו Profession?לד Jechidah, the Atma Of Hindu `|-?הריו philosophy בהל (e) Devotion or forse?ןל Flame '”37
1906 · PDF PAGE 236
…n between one and the other. Hullo, what’s that? Why, there’s a holy man near that Bo-Tree. He'll tell me what it all means.’ Poor silly old Lord of the Universe! Had he carried his-memory back one more step he’d have known all about Jehjaour and the con- spiracy, and that he was a Srotapatti and had only one more birth; and might well have put in the 311,040,000,000,000 myriads of aeons which would elapse before lunch in rejoicing over his imminent annihilation. ‘““¢Venerable Sir!’ said Mahabrahma, who had assumed the guise of a cowherd, ‘I ki…
1907 · PDF PAGE 86
… own sake : and here , as we shall see in the end , sacri fices itself , so as not to tarnish the names of innocent children , which the old harridan Society would other wise have besmirched with her foul saliva . In “ Mes saline we however have , as the poet says “ leprous entanglements of sense " ; here is a magnificent pas sage heated with passion and not a little lust : Breast to great breast and thigh to thigh , We look , and strain , and laugh , and die . I see the head hovering above To swoop for cruelty or love ; I feel the swollen vein…
1909 · PDF PAGE 63
…ces of error, fallen foul of sense and science, dropped into oblivion and deserved contempt. I want to combine the methods, to check the old empirical mysticism by the precision of modern science. Hashish at least gives proof of a new order of conscious- ness, and (it seems to me) it is this Avimdéd facie case that mystics have always needed to make out, and never have made out. But to-day I claim the hashish-phenomena as mental phenomenaof thefirst importance; and I demand investigation. I assert—more or less ex cathedré—that meditation will r…
1909 · PDF PAGE 63
…ces of error, fallen foul of sense and science, dropped into oblivion and deserved contempt. I want to combine the methods, to check the old empirical mysticism by the precision of modern science. Hashish at least gives proof of a new order of conscious- ness, and (it seems to me) it is this Avimdéd facie case that mystics have always needed to make out, and never have made out. But to-day I claim the hashish-phenomena as mental phenomenaof thefirst importance; and I demand investigation. I assert—more or less ex cathedré—that meditation will r…
1911 · PDF PAGE 114
…URCHIN. 0, it’s jolly! ISAAC. Well then, you're a fool for your pains. This woman isn‘t a witch at all. But she was a better and braver soldier than any of their knights, so when they caught her at last—there you are! URCHIN. She’s a Saracen, isn’t she? ISAAC. Yes. If we only had a Jewess now-a—days like her! There was Deborah once, and Jael, and Judith. But the glory is departed, boy, the glory is departed. URCHIN. I’m a Saracen, you know ISAAC. You’re a heavy little old Man of the Sea ! URCHIN. The flames are creeping up her body now, Oh I I’m…
1911 · PDF PAGE 114
…URCHIN. 0, it’s jolly! ISAAC. Well then, you're a fool for your pains. This woman isn‘t a witch at all. But she was a better and braver soldier than any of their knights, so when they caught her at last—there you are! URCHIN. She’s a Saracen, isn’t she? ISAAC. Yes. If we only had a Jewess now-a—days like her! There was Deborah once, and Jael, and Judith. But the glory is departed, boy, the glory is departed. URCHIN. I’m a Saracen, you know ISAAC. You’re a heavy little old Man of the Sea ! URCHIN. The flames are creeping up her body now, Oh I I’m…
1954 · PDF PAGE 251
… not the sense of the word in your question. It may clear our minds, as has so often happened, if we examine it through the lens of dear old Skeat. Religion, he says, Latin: religio, piety. Collecting or paying attention to: religens as opposed to negligens, neglecting; the attitude of Gallio. But it also implies a binding together, i.e., of ideas; in fact, a "body of doctrine." Not a bad expression. A religion then, is a more or less coherent and consistent set of beliefs, with precepts and prohibitions therefrom deducible. But then there is t…
1996 · PDF PAGE 286
…eared in (9.g), later appearing (with the “short” 1-page Comment) as (1) and in (10); it first appeared with new photography in (4). The Old Commentary first appeared in (9.g), and appears with the New Commentary in (19), (15), and in an abridged form in (8). Works by Aleister Crowley Cited These books and papers are cited or quoted by Crowley in the text of the abridged Commentaries to The Book of the Law; see the General Index for page references. They are listed here alphabetically or by their number in the A.’.A.’. and O.T.O. canon. Except …
1913 · PDF PAGE 473
…tion. The man we saw, we shall never see again; the hand which you examined has become a bloody hand. We have heard speak of him, as he told us we should ; that pale priest, do you know what was his name?” “Oh, my God!” said Desbarolles, changing colour, “I am afraid to know it!” “Well, you know it: it was the wretch Louis Verger!” Some weeks after what we have just recorded, Eliphas Levi was talking with a bookseller whose speciality was to make a collection of old books concerning the occult sciences. They were talking of the gvimoive of Hono…
1913 · PDF PAGE 473
…tion. The man we saw, we shall never see again; the hand which you examined has become a bloody hand. We have heard speak of him, as he told us we should ; that pale priest, do you know what was his name?” “Oh, my God!” said Desbarolles, changing colour, “I am afraid to know it!” “Well, you know it: it was the wretch Louis Verger!” Some weeks after what we have just recorded, Eliphas Levi was talking with a bookseller whose speciality was to make a collection of old books concerning the occult sciences. They were talking of the gvimoive of Hono…
1919 · PDF PAGE 96
…rfection? 3. Yea, cried the Holy One, and from Thy spark will I the Lord kindle a great light; I will burn through the great city in the old and desolate land; I will cleanse it from its great impurity. 4. And thou, O prophet, shalt see these things, and thou shalt heed them not. 5. Now is the Pillar established in the Void; now is Asi fulfilled of Asar; now is Hoor let down into the Animal Soul of Things like a fiery star that falleth upon the darkness of the earth. 6. Through the midnight thou art dropt, O my child, my conqueror, my sword-gir…
1961 · PDF PAGE 180
…hought. Thus yet more Atrabilious and Sluggard was this Liver of thy Father, so that I fell into a Gloom night unto Weeping. Then she beholding me with Amazement cried upon me hus: Art thou not glad in Heart, o my Master? At this I gave a Sigh even as one night unto Death. And She: if this be so, then is no need anymore for me to give myself to Magick. Thereat, perceiving yet again the Just Universal of Our Lord Pan, was I swallowed up (like unto Jonah of the Old Fable) in the Belly of the Whale called Laughter, and it seemeth to me at this pre…