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Page 50 of 831912 · PDF PAGE 51
…rouble gives that hideous despair which is only tolerable because in the past it has ever been the Darkness of the Threshold But this is far worse than ever before; for it is not a despair of the Substance, but of the Form. I wish to go from A to B ; and I am not only a cripple, but there is no such thing as space. I have to keep an appointment at midnight; and not only is my watch stopped, but there is no such thing as time. I wish to make a cannon; and not only have I no cue, but there is no such thing as causality. “This I explain to my wife…
1919 · PDF PAGE 128
… these consid- erations, and a full understanding of the mysteries of the Numbers 666 and 418, you will be armed mightily in this Way of far flight. But you should also consider all numbers in their scales. For there is no means of resolution better than this of pure mathematics, since already therein are gross ideas made fine, and all is ordered and ready for the Alchemy of the Great Work. Thave already written to you of how, in the Will of Love, Light ariseth as the secret part of Life. And in the first, the little, Loves, the attained Life i…
1922 · PDF PAGE 40
…think I have explained with sufficient emphasis the mental state to which I had been reduced by the appearance of Lou. She had become so far beyond my dreams—the unattainable. Leaving out of account the effect of the alcohol, this had left me with an intolerable depression. There was something brutish, something of the baffled rat, in my consciousness. “OQ Thou vampire Queen of the Flesh, wound as a snake around the throats of men! I adore Thee, Evoe! I adore Thee, I A O!” Was she thinking of Gretel or of herself? Her beauty had choked me, stra…
1922 · PDF PAGE 285
First Aid 271 contrasted so strikingly with the deadly illness of our appearance | However, we could see the daylight afar off, and we sat down to lunch with a certain pleasure. Our appetites had not returned, of course, and we ate very little of the light and exquisite food we had ordered. But at least the idea of food did not disgust us, as had been too long the case. Lamus came in in time to join us at coffee. It was easy to see that he was pleased at the result so far obtained. Lala was not with him. Instead, he had brought Maisie Jacobs. I…
1929 · PDF PAGE 333
…free from the degrading doctrine of atonement and the glorification of the slave virtues. The Moslem's attitude to Allah only errs in so far as it involves the childish idea of personifying the powers of the universe. It is right that we should reverence the majesty of nature and obey her laws; but he fought with me, hand to hand, week after week, about the question of Magick. He had originally intended his essay to conclude with the sixth chapter, and he had scrupulously avoided any reference to the magical and mystical side of my work; nay, e…
1909 · PDF PAGE 297
… not a symptom of sense tohim. As the Rituals pro- ceed it might be expected that these difficulties would gradually lessen, but this is far from being the case; for, as we have seen, the complexities already involved by the introduction of Ancient Egyptian deities, concerning whom it is probable the candidate has but little knowledge, are further heightened by a general intrusion on the part of Hebrew, Christian, Mace- donian and Phrygian gods, angels and demons, and a profuse scattering of symbols; which, unitedly, are apt either so to bewild…
1909 · PDF PAGE 297
… not a symptom of sense tohim. As the Rituals pro- ceed it might be expected that these difficulties would gradually lessen, but this is far from being the case; for, as we have seen, the complexities already involved by the introduction of Ancient Egyptian deities, concerning whom it is probable the candidate has but little knowledge, are further heightened by a general intrusion on the part of Hebrew, Christian, Mace- donian and Phrygian gods, angels and demons, and a profuse scattering of symbols; which, unitedly, are apt either so to bewild…
1944 · PDF PAGE 11
…nds” all over the place, producing a grotesque effect; and she also observed that his teaching, in the course of his ex‐ planations went far higher and deeper than any‐thing in any accessible models. She accord‐ ingly forced him—the laziest man in three continents!—to undertake what is to all intent an original work, including the latest discoveries in modern science, mathematics, philosophy, and anthropology; in a word, to reproduce the whole of his Magical Mind pictorially on the skeleton of the ancient Qabalistic tradition. He accepted this …
1954 · PDF PAGE 27
…oney available. By students of occultism, these volumes were regarded as a veritable gold mine of occult lore. Most who bought them were far less interested in the wide literary assortment offered. Yoga and Magick were what these books stood for, and this is where The Equinox excelled. There was simply nothing like them elsewhere. In these instructions about the occult arts, Crowley used superb prose, and clarified the subject matter by eliminating all the superstition, dross and fantasy that had been attached to these topics. They were masterp…
1929 · PDF PAGE 208
…r the long torture of my patient silent struggle against the tyrants of my boyhood case-hardened me against the world. I do not know how far the habit of concentration and the peculiar selective action of my memory has deadened my sensibilities, for I am as indifferent to most impressions as the holiest hermit could desire. I have become almost incapable of registering conscious impressions unless they pass the censor as having legitimate business with me. Of course a not dissimilar state of abstractedness is common enough in men whose lives ar…
1910 · PDF PAGE 20
…ce to the question of the infidel. Perhaps owing to some curious trick of my brain, I found myself (one fine day) in the state which, as far as I can gather, Hindu writers call Samadhi. (Compare the experiences of Burton in the Bombay Presidency, as hinted by Lady Sisted in her admirable sketch of his Life.) Hindus claim that advanced Yogis can always recognize at sight those who have attained this condition, just as the Freemasonry of Paederasts makes the formality of introduction superfluous among free companions of the Craft. I must say that…
1911 · PDF PAGE 30
…g sparks of gold go on, and they are like blue sky, with a lot of rather thin white clouds in it, outside. And nowI see mountains round, far blue mountains, purple mountains. And in the midst is a little green dell of moss, which is all sparkling with dew that drips from the rose. And I am lying on that moss with my face upwards, drinking, drinking, drinking, drinking, drinking of the dew. I cannot describe to you the joy and the exhaustion of everything that was, and the energy of everything that is, for it is only a corpse that is lying on th…
1922 · PDF PAGE 150
…ity. Courier till attend to busines details.”’ It suddenly dawned on my mind that there was one scrap of fact imbedded in this fantastic farrago. The courier had attended to business details with an efficiency worthy of the best traditions of the profession. The thing seemed to sink into Lou’s mind like a person seeing his way through a chess problem. Her face was absolutely white with cold and concentrated rage. ‘He must have watched us in Paris,’ she said. “He must have known that we had spent the money we were going to put into his swindle, …
1922 · PDF PAGE 382
… the serrated ridge that rises from the first screes of self-consciousness to a summit so sublime that we did not even dare to dream how far it soared above us. Our business was to climb from crag to crag, with caution and courage, day after day, life after life. Not ours to speculate about the goal of our Going. Enough for us to Go. We knew our way, having found our will, and for the means, had we not love? ‘“‘ Love is the law, love under will.” The words were neither on our lips nor in our hearts. They were implicit in every idea, and in ever…
1954 · PDF PAGE 69
…nt action. A golfer may lose a few yards on his drive, a few more with his second and third, he may lie on the green six bare inches too far from the hole; but the net result of these trifling mishaps is the difference of a whole stroke, and so probably between halving and losing the hole.) 26. Every man has a right, the right of self-preservation, to fulfill himself to the utmost. 6 (Illustration: A function imperfectly performed injures, not only itself, but associated with it. If the heart is afraid to beat for fear of disturbing the liver, …
1954 · PDF PAGE 109
…nder the standard of the nearest religion, the one which will bother them least in their quest of nothingness , who carry the sorites so far. The documents of the Black School of Magick have already been indicated. They are, for the most part, tedious to the last degree and repulsive to every wholesome-minded man; yet it can hardly be denied that such books as The Dhammapada and Ecclesiastes are masterpieces of literature . They represent the agony of human despair at its utmost degree of intensity, and the melancholy contemplation which is ind…
1954 · PDF PAGE 308
…s what it can from this dump, and labels it "I." Well, then, what is this "Higher Self' that you roll out upon me? Actually, we are very far from being out of the wood. This Ut, of Udgitha, who looms so large in the Upanishads; the
1954 · PDF PAGE 417
384 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS asali fardh salat al maghrab Allahu akbar slowly and mournfully, when hardly halfway from the mosque to his house who should he meet but Death! "Peace be with thee!" says Death. "And peace with thee," replied the sage. "But I did not expect to see thee here to-night; I thought you were to meet my friend Isaak, and he's in Baghdad." "It wants an hour yet of the time," says Death briskly; "and he's galloping hither as fast as he can." At least, don't let the Gods have the laugh on you! Hello! Here's the Book of Lies again…
1904 · PDF PAGE 17
…ual. Herein then consists the reality of the operations and effects of cere- monial magic,’ and I conceive that the apology is ample, so far as the “effects” refer only to those phenomena which appear to the magician himself, the appearance of the spirit, his conversation, possible shocks from imprudence, and so on, even to ecstasy on the one hand, and death or madness on the other. But can any of the effects described in this our book Goetia be obtained, and if so, can you give a rational explanation of the circumstances? Say you so? I can, an…
1919 · PDF PAGE 405
…ant the strict observance of all the rules laid down by the Buddha for the Bhikkhu. He continued that the Buddha had apparently attached far more importance to virtue than to any degree of spiritual attainment, placing the well-behaved Bhikkhu not only above the gods, but above the greatest Yogis. (It is obvious, to the Buddhist, that Hindu Yogis, however emi- nent, are not Arhats.) He said that the rules laid down for Bhikkhus created the conditions necessary. A good Bhik- khu, with no spiritual experience, had at least some chance, whereas th…