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Page 5 of 941930 · PDF PAGE 69
II Physical clairvoyance. 1. Take a pack of (78) Tarot playing cards. Shufïle; eut. Draw one card. Without looking at it, try to name it. Write down the card you name, and the actual card. Repeat, and tabulate results. 2. This experiment is probably easier with an old genuine pack of Tarot cards, preferably a pack used for divination by some one who really understood the matter. 3. Remember that one should expect to name the right card once in 78 times. Also be careful to exciude ail possibilities of obtaining the knowledge through the ordinary…
1930 · PDF PAGE 29
… times upon the Bell 333 - 55555 - 333 an^ places the Fire in the Thurible. I strike the Bell: I light the Flamej I utter the mysterious Name. ABRAHADABRA He strikes eleven times upon the Bell. Now I begin to pray: Th ou Child, Holy Thy name and undefiled ! Thy reign is corne ; Thy will is done. Here is the Bread; here is the Blood. Bring me through midnight to the Sun! Save me from Evil and from Good! That Thy one crown of ail the Ten Even now and here be mine. AMEN. He puts the first Cake on the Fire of the Thurible. I burn the Incense-cake, …
1898 · PDF PAGE 95
…fount of blood at my light bidding spilt ; And my desires, if aught thou wilt, are with thy mind, and thy account With God shall bear my name the more ; give me the knowledge, me the power For some new sin one little hour, and bankrupt God the creditor : Steal from his stock of suffering ; his tender mercies rob at will ; Destroy his graciousness, until he must avenge the name of king. Strange fascinations whirl and wind about my spirit lying coils ;
1929 · PDF PAGE 203
…th eyes whose flashes flood The veins of their own universe with blood; Absorbing all, each myriad mouth aflame To utter the unutterable Name That calls all souls, the greatest and the least, To the unimaginable marriage-feast; And, in the self-same sacrament, is stirred To recreate their essence with a Word; This All, this Sire and Lord of All, abides Behind the unbounded torrent of Its tides, [285] In silence of all deed, or word, or thought, So that we name It not, or name It Naught. This is the Truth behind the lie called God; This blots th…
1910 · PDF PAGE 133
…pours demon-wrought Fill the cold clear dome of thought. ALEXANDER Mother, I have brought him myrrh. Sorrow black and sinister Shall his name bring to the race. Wheresoever on the earth Shall be heard his hissing name Shall be madness and disgrace, Falsehood, barrenness, and shame For the folk of praise and worth. All the pure, the fair, the young Shall taste curses on his tongue ; But the old, the chill, the base, Shall find beauty in his face. Also, of Astarte’s fruit We have brought him orchis root. Cinquefoil, and musk, and fins Of the turt…
1903 · PDF PAGE 92
…f love’s modest eyes ! The secret knowledge of our secrecies Shone from their distance with a subtle flame, And gave to pudency a rosier name When the long lashes drooped, and saintlier sighs Took softer meanings, till my arteries Throbbed with the glad desire that went and came. “ I charge you in the very name of love.” Quoth she : “ We have all day to steal below And snatch short kisses out of danger’s throat. Why beg you night : is not the day enough ?” But I : “ The night is panting and aglow to feel our hair distraught and limbs afloat.” 7…
1910 · PDF PAGE 143
…r- ance (Avidy4) was the foundation of all Sorrow, and that all, possessing the essence of Change, was but illusion or Maya, a matter of name and form;* Buddha now pointed out that the true path of deliverance was through the Reason (Ruach) and not through the senses (Nephesh), as many of the Upanishads would give one to believe. Further, this was the path that Gotama had trod, and therefore, naturally he besought others to tread it. The Vedantist attempted to attain unity with the Atman (Kether) {+ by means of his Emotions (Nephesh) inter- min…
1910 · PDF PAGE 143
…r- ance (Avidy4) was the foundation of all Sorrow, and that all, possessing the essence of Change, was but illusion or Maya, a matter of name and form;* Buddha now pointed out that the true path of deliverance was through the Reason (Ruach) and not through the senses (Nephesh), as many of the Upanishads would give one to believe. Further, this was the path that Gotama had trod, and therefore, naturally he besought others to tread it. The Vedantist attempted to attain unity with the Atman (Kether) {+ by means of his Emotions (Nephesh) inter- min…
1905 · PDF PAGE 228
… ! The earth be unable to bear it, ‘Gape wide, for her motherly pain ! Shalt thou, O Columbia, share it, The shame and the stain? In the name of your Freedom I claim it, Your power in the cause of the free! In the name of our God as I name it, ! . 1 Kruger, however, fulfilled his threat to | AMEN! I demand it of ye, drive the English into the sea. Only Jews and | Man’s freedom! Arise and proclaim it, Chinamen have survived the struggle; as the The song of the sea! fox in the contest between the lion and the bear, recorded by Aesop.—A. . Time wi…
1906 · PDF PAGE 33
… yon star, true peace at last. (There approach an aged man, riding upon an ass, with a led ass, and a Nubian servant.) The Adept. In the name of God, the One, the Great, Merciful and compassionate, Acclaim the perfect period Of ordeal past ! The Neophyte. There is no God! A. Rise! in the name of obscure Fate, Ruthless and uncompassionate. 25
1905 · PDF PAGE 71
…es Uncalled and unheard, No song that rejoices Of beast or of bird, No sound of my children sublime, But the spirit of time. Fear is his name, Nor flickers nor dies His blackening flame. Beware, were thou wise! Not him shalt thou hail from the dusk with thy breath ; His name—it is Death! | My seasons and years, Shalt thou traffic with these? Art thou Fate? Are her shears Asleep or at ease? Though Time were no more than the shape of thy glass— Beware! let him pass! ORPHEUS Not these do I fear, O Earth, for their peace. I cry till they hear O’er …
1912 · PDF PAGE 148
THE EQUINOX [With air-dagger (or other suitable weapon) make the sign o( Aquarius] In the name of RPAL and in the Sign of the Man, Spirits of Air, adore your Creator! [Make the Cross] In the Names and Letters of the Great Eastern Quadrangle, Spirits of Air, adore your Creator! [Hold dagger aloft] In the Three great Secret Names of God, ORO IBAH AOZPI that are borne upon the Banners of the East, Spirits of Air, adore your Creatorl [Again elevate dagger] In the Name of ΒΑΤΑΙνΑΗ, great King of the East, Spirits of Air, adore your Creator] In the N…
1912 · PDF PAGE 148
THE EQUINOX [With air-dagger (or other suitable weapon) make the sign o( Aquarius] In the name of RPAL and in the Sign of the Man, Spirits of Air, adore your Creator! [Make the Cross] In the Names and Letters of the Great Eastern Quadrangle, Spirits of Air, adore your Creator! [Hold dagger aloft] In the Three great Secret Names of God, ORO IBAH AOZPI that are borne upon the Banners of the East, Spirits of Air, adore your Creatorl [Again elevate dagger] In the Name of ΒΑΤΑΙνΑΗ, great King of the East, Spirits of Air, adore your Creator] In the N…
1909 · PDF PAGE 27
LIBER O (1) Assumption of God-forms. (2) Vibration of Divine Names. (3) Rituals of “ Banishing” and “ Invoking.” These, at least, should be completely mastered before the dangerous Methods of Chapters V. and VI. are attempted. III 1. The Magical Images of the Gods of Egypt should be made thoroughly familiar. This can be done by studying them in any public museum, or in such books as may be accessible to the student. They should then be carefully painted by him, both from the model and from memory. 2. The student, seated in the “God” position or…
1909 · PDF PAGE 27
LIBER O (1) Assumption of God-forms. (2) Vibration of Divine Names. (3) Rituals of “ Banishing” and “ Invoking.” These, at least, should be completely mastered before the dangerous Methods of Chapters V. and VI. are attempted. III 1. The Magical Images of the Gods of Egypt should be made thoroughly familiar. This can be done by studying them in any public museum, or in such books as may be accessible to the student. They should then be carefully painted by him, both from the model and from memory. 2. The student, seated in the “God” position or…
1954 · PDF PAGE 116
…d communicate certain practical secrets of wisdom to, isolated men of science throughout Europe. This movement is generally known by the name of Rosicrucianism. The word arouses all sorts of regrettable correspondences; but the adepts of the Society have never worried themselves in the least about the abuse of their name for the purposes of charlatanism, or about the attacks directed against them by envious critics. Indeed, so wisely have they concealed their activities that some modem scholars of the shallower type have declared that no such m…
1898 · PDF PAGE 45
…ke ungratefully This first of favours from the Hand Divine. SOLDIERS. A noble vow: and God is glad thereat. PROPHET. I charge you in the name of God, go not ! ‘I see a mischief fallen on your souls Most bitter. Aye! an evil day is this If ye go forth with such a sacrifice, And vows most hideous in their consequence. SOLDIERS. It is the prophet of the Lord. JEPHTHAH. Possessed By Baal; scourge him hence; he lies, for God With powerful proof and many lightnings came Devouring up the offering at the altar. PROPHET. O Jephthah, it is thou on whom i…
1930 · PDF PAGE 78
…ienced. It is a matter for very great regret that no simple and certain tests of success in this practice exist. 3. The Vibration of God-names. As a further means of identifying the human consciousness with that pure portion of it which man calls by the name of some God, let him act thus : 4. (a) Stand with arms outstretched \ (See illustration, in Equinox No. 2, p. 13.) (b) Breathe in deeply through the nostrils, imagining the name of the God desired entering with the breath. (c) Let that name descend slowly from the lungs to the heart, the so…
1912 · PDF PAGE 144
… of the Closing of the Veil.? [Give these]? Make the Invoking Pentagrams 01 Spirit.? In the number 21, in the grand word ;`י1?ה`ה In the Name ,?הושהי111 the Pass Word I.N,R.I., O Spirits 011116 Tablet 01 Spirit, Ye, ye, I invoke! The sign 01 Osiris slain! The sign 01 the mourning 0115151 The sign of Apophis and Typhon I The sign 01 Osiris Risen! L. V. ΧἼLux. The Light 01 the Cross. [Give these] In the name 01 I HVH ALVH VDOTh, I declare that the Spirits 01 Spirit have been duly invoked. The Knock 1—44.44. 102
1912 · PDF PAGE 144
… of the Closing of the Veil.? [Give these]? Make the Invoking Pentagrams 01 Spirit.? In the number 21, in the grand word ;`י1?ה`ה In the Name ,?הושהי111 the Pass Word I.N,R.I., O Spirits 011116 Tablet 01 Spirit, Ye, ye, I invoke! The sign 01 Osiris slain! The sign 01 the mourning 0115151 The sign of Apophis and Typhon I The sign 01 Osiris Risen! L. V. ΧἼLux. The Light 01 the Cross. [Give these] In the name 01 I HVH ALVH VDOTh, I declare that the Spirits 01 Spirit have been duly invoked. The Knock 1—44.44. 102