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…y be Changeless to all eternity, But compounds ever fluctuate With time or space or various state. (Ask chemists else !) So I must claim Spirit and matter are the same37 Or else the prey of putrefaction. This matters to the present action Little or nothing. Here’s your theories ! Think if you like : I find it wearies ! It matters little whether we With Fichte and the Brahmins preach That Ego-Atman sole must be ; With Schelling and the Buddha own No-Ego-Skandhas are alone ; With Hegel and the—Christian ? teach That which compels, includes, absor…
1907 · PDF PAGE 105
… at the very threshold of his higher self . He hears echoing “ Gereth , I am thine !” And falling back on his purpose , the illusions of spirit and mind dissolve to the desolate cry of “ Unready . Haggard and worn , back to the court he wends his weary way , back to the King , back to his self's de sire ; and there , taunted by the husband of the mis 1 The Temple of the Holy Ghost , vol . i, p . 191 . 2 lbid .
1919 · PDF PAGE 351
…e treasures hid- den in the depths of her pure virgin bosom. Unsullied by the hand of matter, she shows her treasures only to the eye of spirit—the eye which never closes, the eye for which there is no veil in all her kingdoms. This verse reminds one of the writings of Alchemists; and it should be interpreted as the best of them would have inter- preted it. 59. Then will she show thee the means and way, the first gate and the second, the third, up to the very seventh. And 29
1907 · PDF PAGE 142
THE MOTHER 135 Your virginal sweet spirit cannot reach My fury .... Thus in the intoxication of his desire he raves , in her silence he sees her affection , and in the terror of her eyes her love . Cora is horror -stricken : “ you beast !” “ you fool !” “ I am defiled .” He stands dazed and wondering . Then in the following pages she tells him : “ I am the mother of thy bastard birth ” ; he prays , he threatens , and shrieking hurls insult on insult at her : Me , the sole pledge of your debaucheries , You keep - your love, the mere maternity Yo…
1907 · PDF PAGE 214
…ity , but envelops both . In such a conflict I stand neuter . But oh ! Mistake not gold for pewter ! The plain fact is: materialise What spiritual fact you choose , And all such turn to folly - lose The subtle splendour , and the wise Love and dear bliss of truth . Beware Lest your lewd laughter set a snare For any ! Thus and only thus Will I admit a difference ' Twixt spirit and the things of sense . What is the quarrel between us ? 1 The God - Eater , vol . ii, p . 138 . 2 Ibid . vol . ii, p . 134 . 3 The Principles of Human Knowledge , p . 3…
1913 · PDF PAGE 109
…ther parable. Peter, the Stone of the Philosophers, cuts off the ear of Malchus, the servant of the High Priest (the ear is the organ of Spirit). In analysis the spiritual part of Malkuth must be separated from it by the philosophical stone, and then Christus, the Anointed One, makes it whole once more. ''Solve et coagula!" It is noticeable that this takes place at the arrest of Christ, who is the son, the Ruach, immediately before his crucifixion. The Calvary Cross should be of six squares, an unfolded cube, which cube is this same philosophic…
1913 · PDF PAGE 326
THE EQUINOX The act of hope is prayer. Prayer is the flowering of the soul in eternal wisdom and in eternal love. It is the gaze of the spirit towards truth, and the sigh of the heart towards supreme beauty. It is the smile of the child upon its mother. It is the murmur of the lover, who reaches out towards the kisses of his mistress. It is the soft joy of a loving soul as it expands in an ocean of love. It is the sadness of the bride in the absence of the bridegroom. It is the sigh of the traveller who thinks of his fatherland. It is the thoug…
1913 · PDF PAGE 326
THE EQUINOX The act of hope is prayer. Prayer is the flowering of the soul in eternal wisdom and in eternal love. It is the gaze of the spirit towards truth, and the sigh of the heart towards supreme beauty. It is the smile of the child upon its mother. It is the murmur of the lover, who reaches out towards the kisses of his mistress. It is the soft joy of a loving soul as it expands in an ocean of love. It is the sadness of the bride in the absence of the bridegroom. It is the sigh of the traveller who thinks of his fatherland. It is the thoug…
1913 · PDF PAGE 114
…s oil which can eat into the steel, is further that which is written. Liber LXV, i, i6: "As an acid eats into steel ... so am I unto the Spirit of Man." Note how closely woven into itself is all this symbolism ! The centre of Ruach being the heart, it is seen that this Sword of the Ruach must be thrust by the Magician into his own heart. But there is a subsequent task, of which it is spoken —Liber VII, V, 47. " He shall await the sword of the Beloved and bare his throat for the stroke." In the throat is Daath —the throne of Ruach. Daath is Know…
1917 · PDF PAGE 3
…‘My courage did not falter: now I feel My heart beat wave-wise, and my throat catch breath Asif [choked; some horror creeps between ‘The spirit of my will and its desire, Some just reluctance to the Great Unseen ‘That coils its nameless terrors, and its dit Fear round my heart ; a devil cold as ice Breathes somewhere, for I feel his shudder take ‘My veins: some deadlier asp or cockatrice Slimes in my senses : T am half awake, ‘Half automatic, as I move along Wrappedin a cloud of blackness deep as hell, _ Hsing afar some halt-forgicen 005 s of d…
1917 · PDF PAGE 4
…on of the Blinding day Tiare ome oo rom ye that fearful ihe Was not the Sun: my life has been the death, ‘This death may be the life: my spirit sight Knows that at last, at least. My doubtful breath Is breathing in a nobler air; I know, Tinowit in my soul, despite of thi ‘The clinging darkness of the Long Ago, Cruel as death, and closer than a kis, ‘This horror of great darkness. Iam come Into this darkness to attain the light: ‘To gain my voice I make myself as dumb: ‘That I may see I close my outer sight: So, Lam here. My brows are bent in pr…
1910 · PDF PAGE 64
…Time, and the Great One, and the Nameless Name, Held in their grip the child, Eternity. Silence and Darkness in their womb withheld That spiritual fire, and brooded still : Nature and Time, their soleness undispelled, Ever awaiting the eternal Will. And Law was unbegotten : uttermost Night Dwelt, inaccessible to sound and sight Shielded from Voice, impervious to Light. Then grew within the barren womb of this The Breath of the Eternal and the Vast, Softer than dawn, and closer than a kiss And lo ! the chaos and the darkness passed ! At the cre…
1903 · PDF PAGE 78
…d wandered yet ere my eyes found out the star. Be silent, love, and abide; the wanton strings must go To the vain tumultuous tide of the spirit’s overflow. I sing and sing to the world; then silence soon Be about us clasped and furled in the light of the moon. Forget not, never forget the terrible song I have sung; How the eager fingers fret the lute, and loose the tongue Tinkles delicate things, faint thoughts of a futile past— We are past on eagle wings, and the silence is here at last. The last low wail of the lyre, be it soft with a tear 76
1919 · PDF PAGE 64
…. 16. He thereupon by his subtle wisdom destroyed both the Order and its chief. 17. Being himself no perfect adept, he was driven of the Spirit into the Wilderness, where he abode for six years, studying by the light of reason the sacred books and secret systems of initiation of all countries and ages. 18. Finally, there was given unto him a certain exalted grade whereby a man becomes master of knowledge and intelligence, and no more their slave. He perceived the inadequacy of science, philosophy, and religion; and ex- posed the self-contradict…
1919 · PDF PAGE 455
THE WORKS OF ALEISTER CROWLEY ACELDAMA + «+ $50.00 THE TALE OF ‘ARCHAIS woe) 2.50 Soncs oF THE SPIRIT . . . = 2.50 JEPHTHAH AND OTHER Mysteries : + + 2.50 Tue Moruer’s TRAGEDY +. 4.00 JEZEBEL oe 20.00 Tue Sout or Osis |. 4.00 Avice; AN ADULTERY . . 5.00 AN APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC. . + + §,00 Carmen SAECULARE. | |. 1.00 TANNHAUSER . . . . «4,00 Tue Gop-EaTerR. + 2,00 Tue Srar AND THE GARTER 0.25 Tue ARGONAUTS . . + 4.00 AHAB. . + + + 3.00 Tue Sworp or Sone 10.00 Wuy Jesus Wert . . . . 5.00 ORACLES OrPHEUS (Two VVolumes) : GARGOYLES Rosa …
1961 · PDF PAGE 120
… most Part a Detail of the Formula of the Rose and Cross. Already have I shewed unto thee how the Most Holy Trinity is the Yang; but the Spirit, and the Water (or Fluid) and the Blood, that bear Witness in the Inferior, are of the Yin. Thus the Operation of the Hexagram lieth wholly within the Order of our Plane, uniting indeed any soul with its Image, but not transcendentally, for its Effect is Cosmos, the Vau hat springeth from the Union of the Yod and the Hé. Thus is it but a Glyph of that first Formula, not of the others. But of all these T…
1907 · PDF PAGE 165
… He reconciled the world below With that above ; rolled eloquence Steel -tired o'er reason's “ why ? ” and “ whence ? ” . 1 Songs of the Spirit, vol . i, p. 30. 2 Ibid . vol . i, p. 40. Jephthah , vol . i, p. 64. 3 Ibid . vol. i, p. 43. 4
1909 · PDF PAGE 92
…cian—Mayan, the Maker of Illusion——the Lord of the Brethren of the Left—hand Path. I don’t “wear my iniquity as an aureole, deathless in Spiritual Evil," as Mr. Waite thinks; but it’s nearly as bad as that. There seems only one reply to this great question of the Hunchback (I like to symbolise the spirit of Questioning by “ב-"?? little crooked thing that asks questions) and that is to keep on affirming Adonai, and refusing to be obsessed by any images of discipline or magic. Ofcourse 1 but this is just the difficulty—as it was in the Beginning, i…
1944 · PDF PAGE 55
…order imposes it‐ self. No system truly Qabalistic makes air in the conventional sense the original element, though Akasha is the egg of spirit, the black or dark blue egg. This suggests a form of Harpo‐ crates. In that case, by “air” one really means “spirit”. However this may be, the actual symbol is perfectly clear, and should be applied to its proper place. Dionysus Zagreus. Bacchus Diphues. It is convenient to treat the two gods as one. Zagreus is only important to the present purpose because he possesses horns, and because (in the Eleusin…
1906 · PDF PAGE 169
…65 770 775 That worthy Yankee millionaire, And wealthy nephews, young and fair, The pleasing Crawfords ! Lost ! Lost! Lost ! % “The Holy Spirit, friend! beware !” Ah ! ten days yet to Pentecost ! The reader Come that, I promise you—-but stay ! may hope. At-present ’tis Ascension Day ! At least your faith should be content. Summary. I quarrel not with this event. Reader os: The supernatural element? chapel. ° I deny nothing—at the term It is just Nothing I affirm. The fool (with whom is wisdom, deem The Scriptures—rightly !) in his heart Saith (…