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Page 51 of 831954 · PDF PAGE 21
…r love that I am familiar with has emanated from Crowley. His letter 53 has to be read slowly and closely to be fully appreciated. It is far more deadly and vitriolic than anything Freud ever wrote, and much more to the point than Wylie's work. No doubt it is predicated on the bad relationship he had with his own mother, of whom he has written at length in The Confessions of Aleister Crowley (New York: Hill and Wang, 1970). I have elaborated upon this in a rather different direction and with other details in The Eye in the Triangle (St. Paul: L…
1954 · PDF PAGE 94
… Map, but a History of the Order of Nature. It is pure enthusiastic delight in the Harmony and Beauty of the System that has led me thus far afield; my one essential purpose is to show how the Universe was derived by these Wise Men from Nothing. When you have assimilated these two sets of Equations, when you have understood how 0=2 is the unique, the simple, and the necessary solution of the Riddle of the Universe, there will be, in a sense, little more for you to learn about the Theory of Magick. You should, however, remember most constantly t…
1904 · PDF PAGE 73
…uts : a fourth and fifth man and wife I imprisoned, to be fed upon their own children, and after upon each other, mutilating them as far as possible without de- stroying life. For my satisfaction, for the giving of these las- civious orders had all but turned my brain, I be- headed others, and plugged their windpipes with my rutilant ramrod, while the rest buggered me in turn. Not until night fell did I desist from the de- lightful sport, when my father exclaimed with a huge guffaw : By Gods bollocks, Galahad, but there is nobody to cook t…
1910 · PDF PAGE 192
…range happenings, and was not long in coming to the opinion that Mrs. M. was not working alone, and that behind her probably were forces far greater than she. She was but the puppet of others, the slave that would catch the kids and the lambs that were to be served upon her master’s table. Could P. prove this? could he discover who the masters were? The task was a difficult one; it either meant months of work, which P. could not afford to give, or the mere chance of a lucky stroke, which P. set aside as unworthy the attempt. That evening whilst…
1910 · PDF PAGE 192
…range happenings, and was not long in coming to the opinion that Mrs. M. was not working alone, and that behind her probably were forces far greater than she. She was but the puppet of others, the slave that would catch the kids and the lambs that were to be served upon her master’s table. Could P. prove this? could he discover who the masters were? The task was a difficult one; it either meant months of work, which P. could not afford to give, or the mere chance of a lucky stroke, which P. set aside as unworthy the attempt. That evening whilst…
1919 · PDF PAGE 396
…e harper also laid down his Pan-pipe, and with the human voice sang his infinite tunes. . 43. Then the faun was enraptured, and followed far; at last the harper was silent, and the faun became Pan in the midst of the primal forest of Eternity. 44. Thou canst not charm the dolphin with silence, O my Prophet! 85. Thou hast the knowledge concerning the two Ways. Thy time will come for choice, O thou eager Soul, when thou hast reached the end and passed the seven Portals. Thy mind is clear. No more art thou entangled in delusive thoughts, for thou …
1954 · PDF PAGE 397
…ng-hardly ever the same for you as for me-to them, made combinations of these too according to a set of quite arbitrary rules, agreed-so far as agreement is possible, or even thinkable-to label a thought with some such arrangement: and there we are! You have in this fantastically artificial way succeeded in conveying your thought to my mind. Now, turn back to Magick; read there how we work to establish intelligible intercourse between ourselves and the "angels. " If you can find any difference between that method and this, it is more than I can…
1907 · PDF PAGE 62
…y with the One that is None, or destroy them—these are the two aspects of the supreme Ritual, and these two are one, which is None. Thus far the authentic voice of O. M. [Respectful silence. The Chairman. Now, Mr. Bones, with the accent on the Now, we shall be glad to hear any remarks you may have to make. Mr. Bones. We have all listened, I am sure, with great attention to Mr. Bowley’s valuable paper. At this late hour, however, it would ill become me [No] No ./]—it would little accord with the disposition of this meeting were I to [A voice: “ …
1907 · PDF PAGE 40
…ristic display of what he considers the most attractive wares . It is not intended here in any way to assume immaculacy for our author , far from it, for faults are to be found here as in every other work , great or small , false rime and metre , half a step left out here and there , some times a whole one : but taking these poems as a whole , these lapses are remarkably few , and it must also be borne in mind that in nearly every case they are inten tional lapses from the orthodox rules of poetic cadence and metre . One command Crowley alone o…
1919 · PDF PAGE 330
…re are any Iddhi at all, low or high. However, one who has been assiduous with Book 4, by Frater Perdurabo, should have no difficulty so far as a general comprehension of the subject-matter of the Book is concerned. Too ruddy a cheerfulness on the part of the assiduous one will however be premature, to say the least. For the fact is that this treatise does not contain an intelligible and coherent cos- mogony. The unfortunate Lanoo is in the position of a sea- captain who is furnished with the most elaborate and detailed sailing-instructions, bu…
1954 · PDF PAGE 238
…leafy avenues of thought upon the good green turf of Indifference; when you can do it without conscious effort, so that up-down, in-out, far-near, black-white (and so on for everything) appears quite automatically, you are already as near an Initiate as makes no matter. 3. 'Self' . For a full discussion of this see Letter 42. 4. 'God.' This is really too bad of you! Of all the hopelessly mangled words in the language, you settle with unerring Sadism on the most brutally butchered. Crippen 2 was an amateur . Skeat hardly helps us at all, except …
1954 · PDF PAGE 290
PROPHECY 257 5. The verification must be simple, natural, unique and unmistakable. Forced and far-fetched explanations, distortions of Qabalistic or other mathematical reasoning, are barred. 6. The prophecy itself must possess the complement of this precision. It must be so perfectly unintelligible at the time that the elucidation of the answer makes it certain that the prophet knew precisely the whole riddle. I feel that this condition is itself expressed in a somewhat oracular form; I will try to clarify by citing what I consider a perfect ex…
1929 · PDF PAGE 17
…is impregnated from top to bottom with this spirit. The supreme satisfaction is to be able to despise one's neighbour and this fact goes far to account for religious intolerance. It is evidently consoling to reflect that the people next door are headed for hell. Practically all boys are born with the aristocratic spirit4. In most cases they are broken down, partly by bullying, partly by experience. In the case of Alick, he was the only son of a father who was naturally a leader of men. In him, therefore, this spirit grew unchecked. He knew no s…
1906 · PDF PAGE 110
…S. Let us go! Methinks that under cover of the night I may escape Aeetes. JASON. If he chase, Our Argo is not battered by rough winds So far but what some fight were possible. MEDEA. [Leads forward ABSYRTUS.] I know a better way than that, my lord. This boy shall come with us. JASON. Ah, not to Greece ! Aea needs to-morrow’s king. MEDEA. “With us” I said. ‘* To Greece ’—I said not. CHORUS. What is this? Thou hintest at some dangerous destiny. MEDEA. Come love, to the long years of love with me ! JASON. Form, heroes, and in solemn order stride; …
1910 · PDF PAGE 17
… themselves hold that there are Guardians who know how to guard : without pandering to any such superstitious beliefs, I may say that as far as results go, I believe them to be right. I should observe that the translation itself, as well as many of the notes, is due in the very great- est degree to the earnest help of my munshi, and of a certain dealer in furs, with whom I travelled through L... h, A... r, and G... t, as well as in the C... s country, during two successive summers. Some two months after the completion of trans- lation, I fell i…
1910 · PDF PAGE 78
… but small and without an hand, how will thou escape if thou dost fall ? And in fact the ass fell, and perished misera- bly. [I think it far more likely that it refers to another fable, the following, told by Persians against Omar and Ayeshah who as the daughter of Abu Bekr is supposed by the Shiahs to have influ- enced Mohammed’s conduct for evil. There are numerous scandals regarding her. Yet the more decent Persian tells the story of Zuleikah (Poti- phar’s wife) and of Joseph. A certain dog meeting an ass, greeted him cheer- fully. “ Why thi…
1911 · PDF PAGE 19
…il of olive and silver is drawn over the stone, only I hear the voice of the angel receding, very sweet and faint and sorrowful, saying: Far off and lonely in the secret stone is the unknown, and interpenetrated is the knowledge with the will and the understanding. Iam alone. I am lost, because I am all and in all; and my veil is woven of the green earth and the web of stars. I love; and I am denied, forI have denied myself. Give me those hands, put them against my heart. Is it not cold? Sink, sink, the abyss of time remains. It is not possible…
1922 · PDF PAGE 120
…heir souls spinning till they became giddy with glory. Even the names of the places that we were passing in the train excited me just as far as they were un- familiar and sonorous. _ I became increasingly excited by the sight of the Italian words, “‘ E pericoloso sporgersi.” That wouldn’t mean much, no doubt, to any one who spoke Italian. To me, it was a master-key of magic. I connected it somehow with my love for Lou. Everything was a symbol of my love for Lou except when that idiotic nuisance, knowledge, declared the contrary. We were whirlin…
1954 · PDF PAGE 70
…or exercising his rights. To oppose him would be an error. Anyone so doing would have made a mistake as to his own destiny, except in so far as it might be necessary for him to learn the lessons of defeat. The sun moves in space without interference. The order of Nature provides an orbit for each star. A clash proves that one or the other has strayed from its course. But as to each man that keeps his true course, the more firmly he acts, the less likely are others to get in his way. His example will help them to find their own paths and pursue …
1922 · PDF PAGE 139
…d before; and I realised for the first time the dreadful sinking of heart that comes from privation. It was only a hint of the horror so far. I had enough of the stuff in me to carry me through for a bit. But, even as things were, it was bad enough. I had a feeling of utter helplessness. I began to repent having repulsed the advances of my fellow prisoners. I approached them and explained that I was a “ Stsgnor Inglese”’ with “ molto danaro” ; and if any one could oblige me with a sniff of cocaine, as I explained by gesture, I should be practic…