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Page 51 of 841954 · PDF PAGE 39
…ly all, begin by insisting that the aspirant should take a vow of poverty; a Buddhist Bhikku, for example, can own only nine objects-his three robes, begging bowl, a fan, toothbrush, and so on. The Hindu and Mohammedan Orders have similar regulations; and so do all the important Orders of monkhood in Christianity. Our own Order is the only exception of importance; and the reason for this is that it is much more difficult to retain one's purity if one is living in the world than if one simply cuts oneself off from it. It is far easier to achieve…
1954 · PDF PAGE 355
…nce of the situation was that the Secret Chiefs meant to hold me to my obligation. I understood that the disaster and misery of the last three years was due to my attempt to evade my duty . I surrendered unconditionally , as appears from the entry of July 1. lance more solemnly renounced all that I have or am. On departing (at midnight from the topmost paint of the hill which crowns my estate) instantly shone the moon, two days before her fullness, over the hills among the clouds. This record is couched in very general terms, but it was intende…
1907 · PDF PAGE 83
76 THE STAR IN THE WEST No thunderous note (so common in the poems of Crowley ) lies in the above three lines , to roll on into the stillness of Immensity ; it is but the song of the nightingale by the rill of life. Here as a vision we see a fair form embroidering the web of existence with the flowers that grow on the banks of life's flowing stream , collecting as she works the stray threads of philosophy , of science, of industry , of war , and of peace ; the sweat , the laughter , the tears of existence , to weave them into the great garment …
1910 · PDF PAGE 173
…s a singing rain of silver dew” is the am.a.m. Voice of Nada. A’sana is evidently a question of training. At one point there were two or three distinct sharp throbs in the third eye. (Ajna.) 9.15-9.55 Dharana on Ajna.* Tendency to become strained and am.a.m, rigid, with internal Kumbhaka, quite unconsciously. Exactly like a difficult stool, only the direction of force is upwards— very fatiguing. 10.24-10.28 Suddhi. Ida stopped up. am. am. Change of Nada-note to a dull sound. Extreme excite- ment of Chitta, sleep impossible. Concentrating on Ana…
1910 · PDF PAGE 173
…s a singing rain of silver dew” is the am.a.m. Voice of Nada. A’sana is evidently a question of training. At one point there were two or three distinct sharp throbs in the third eye. (Ajna.) 9.15-9.55 Dharana on Ajna.* Tendency to become strained and am.a.m, rigid, with internal Kumbhaka, quite unconsciously. Exactly like a difficult stool, only the direction of force is upwards— very fatiguing. 10.24-10.28 Suddhi. Ida stopped up. am. am. Change of Nada-note to a dull sound. Extreme excite- ment of Chitta, sleep impossible. Concentrating on Ana…
1919 · PDF PAGE 142
…experienced on August 29th. There is an entry on September 2nd, full of joy and gladness and wonder at his first Illumination; and then, three days later, he had evidently recognised that this alone was not enough, and this was evidently the reason for the next somewhat 134
1922 · PDF PAGE 231
…gone to sleep, for I’ve woken up frightfully hungry. Cockie’s awake too. He’s kneeling at the window with a shot gun. He aimed it two or three times, but didn’t fire. He came back to me after putting the gun in a corner. He said, ‘ It’s no good. They’ re too spry. The only chance to get them is at night.” He was hungry too. We rang for some food. Nobody answered the bell..
1944 · PDF PAGE 127
…eive the very elect. “For in the beginning the Father of All called for lying spirits that they might sift the creatures of the earth in three sieves, according to the three impure souls. And he chose the wolf for the lust of the flesh, and the raven for the lust of the mind; but me did lie choose above all to simulate the pure prompting of the soul. Them that are fallen a prey to the wolf and the raven I have not scathed; but them that have rejected me I have given over to the wrath of the raven and the wolf. And the jaws of the one have torn …
1913 · PDF PAGE 36
…s, has not been taking proper care of their education. The first boy has not picked up the rudiments of the English language in spite of three years of alleged tuition by English tutors. The plaintiff submits that he, XXXVi
1913 · PDF PAGE 36
…s, has not been taking proper care of their education. The first boy has not picked up the rudiments of the English language in spite of three years of alleged tuition by English tutors. The plaintiff submits that he, XXXVi
1922 · PDF PAGE 134
120 The Diary of a Drug Fiend strolling lovers, parties of peasants singing as they walked to the guitar, and two or three tired happy fishermen strolling home from the wine-shop. We found the motor-boat at the quay, and lay lapsed in delight. It seemed hardly a minute later when we found ourselves in Sorrento couched in a huge roadster. Without a word spoken, we were off at top speed. The beauty of the drive is notorious; and yet :— “We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea.” The world had been created afresh for our sakes. It wa…
1911 · PDF PAGE 54
THE EQUINOX there are three; the desire of light, the desire of life, the desire of love. (And the thorns are thoughts, and the whips are regrets, and the wine is ease, or perhaps unsteadiness, especially in ecstasy, and the spear is attachment.) And now there dawns the scene of the Crucifixion; but the Crucified One is an enormous bat, and for the two thieves are two little children. It is night, and the night is full of hideous things and howlings. And an angel cometh forth, and saith: Be wary, for if thou change so much as the style of a let…
1922 · PDF PAGE 229
…is very sensitive. It’s part of the spiritualising of my life, I suppose. I’m glad, though, that the new honeymoon didn’t last more than three or four days. It is irritating to one’s vanity. But that is merely a memory. How can vanity co-exist with the spiritual life? e I saw the Spirit of heroin to-day when I went up to the magic room. It is tremendously tall and thin, with tattered rags fluttering round it, and these turn into D.D.F. P
1954 · PDF PAGE 363
… the artist's dismal trade. I took occasion to call upon an old mistress of mine, Jane Cheron, concerning whom see The Equinox, Vol. I, "Three Poems." She has never had the slightest interest in occult
1929 · PDF PAGE 555
…e fully, which I did, after which he relapsed into silence. Directly he reached the abbey, he passed into a state of trance which lasted three whole days without a break. He then came to me looking like an incarnation of pure joy and told me what had happened. Without knowledge of his need I had unwittingly given him the key to the inmost treasury of his soul. One minute facet of truth unveiled from the matrix by the wheel of my word had let in the light. In three days he had achieved the critical initiation which had baffled him for nearly thi…
1909 · PDF PAGE 48
…ratan (Ram’s head), Butayn (Ram’s belly), and o°-ro° Suraya (the Pleiads). 15 9) 10°-30° Suraya, Dabaran (Aldeboran), and 0°-20° Hak’ah (three stars in head of Orion) . 16 II 20°-30° Hak’ah, Han’ah (stars in Orion’s shoulder), and Zira’a (two stars above I). 17 95 Nasrah (Lion’s nose), Tarf (Lion’s eye), and o°-10° Jabhah (Lion’s forehead) 18 SQ, 10°-30° Jabhah, Zubrah (Lion’s mane), and o°-20° Sarfah (Cor Leonis) . 19 TR 20°-30° Sarfah, "Awwa (the Dog, two stars in I), and Simak (Spica Virginis) . 20 == Ghafar (¢, 1, and « in foot of MQ), Zubs…
1910 · PDF PAGE 57
…LILL+ "* ii Esdras, viii, 52-54. + Lamp of Invisible Light. L.I.L. The title of the first AZthyr derived from the initial letters of the Three Mighty Names of God. In all there are thirty of 45
1910 · PDF PAGE 57
…LILL+ "* ii Esdras, viii, 52-54. + Lamp of Invisible Light. L.I.L. The title of the first AZthyr derived from the initial letters of the Three Mighty Names of God. In all there are thirty of 45
1911 · PDF PAGE 146
… a little laugh of pleased scorn of him. “ My good girl, perspective is an eccentricity, a symbol; no more. How can one ever represent a three—dimensional world in two dimensions? Only by symbolism. We have acquiesced in the method of the primitives—d0 you think men and women are really like Fra Angelicos pictures look to the eye of the untaught? We may one day acquiesce in all the noughts and crosses of Nadelmann ! It’s the same everywhere. I draw a curve and a circle and a waggle up and down; and everybody who can read English is perfectly sa…
1911 · PDF PAGE 146
… a little laugh of pleased scorn of him. “ My good girl, perspective is an eccentricity, a symbol; no more. How can one ever represent a three—dimensional world in two dimensions? Only by symbolism. We have acquiesced in the method of the primitives—d0 you think men and women are really like Fra Angelicos pictures look to the eye of the untaught? We may one day acquiesce in all the noughts and crosses of Nadelmann ! It’s the same everywhere. I draw a curve and a circle and a waggle up and down; and everybody who can read English is perfectly sa…