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… of Scepticism descend upon all systems just as they descend upon all individuals, at no stated times, but as a reaction after much hard work; and usually they are forerunners of a new and higher realization of another un- known land to explore. Thus again and again do we find them rising and dissolving like some strange mist over the realms of the Vedanta. To disperse them we must consume them in that same fire which has consumed all we held dear; we must turn our engines of war about and destroy our sick and wounded, so that those who are str…
1910 · PDF PAGE 71
… of Scepticism descend upon all systems just as they descend upon all individuals, at no stated times, but as a reaction after much hard work; and usually they are forerunners of a new and higher realization of another un- known land to explore. Thus again and again do we find them rising and dissolving like some strange mist over the realms of the Vedanta. To disperse them we must consume them in that same fire which has consumed all we held dear; we must turn our engines of war about and destroy our sick and wounded, so that those who are str…
1913 · PDF PAGE 16
…ne names, the influences on which he relies to keep out hostile thoughts. Within the circle stands an Altar, the solid basis on which he works, the foundation of all. Upon the Altar are his Wand, Cup, Sword, and Pantacle, to represent his Will, his Under- standing, his Reason, and the lower parts of his being, respectively. On the Altar, too, is a phial of Oil, surrounded by a Scourge, a Dagger, and a Chain, while above the Altar hangs a La7?ip. The Magician wears a Crown, a single Robe, and a Lamen, and he bears a Book of Conjura- tions and a …
1919 · PDF PAGE 18
…919. The principal items of the new promulgation are as fol- lows: Lizer CCXX. THE Book or THE Law, which is the foundation of our whole work, and the commentary thereon by the Master through whom it was given to the world. Lizer LXI. A manuscript giving an account of the his- tory of the A.”. A... in recent times. This history contains no mythology; it is a statement of facts susceptible of rational proof. Lizer CL. Der Lect Lisettum. A short explanation of the Law, extolling its sublime virtue. By the Master Therion. Lizer LXV. THE Boox or TH…
1930 · PDF PAGE 78
…adiance. He goes to the North to invoke Earth; flowers of green flame flash from his weapon. As practice makes the Adept perfect in this Work, it becomes automatic to attach ail these complicated ideas and intentions to their correlated words and acts. When this is attained he may go deeper into the formula by amplifying its correspondences. Thus, he may invoke water in the manner of water, extending — 282 —
1903 · PDF PAGE 20
…heir hearts with devotion for the beloved Saviour, and this process is, in its ultimation, so similar to the earlier stages of the Great Work itself, that some confusion has, stupidly enough, arisen; but for all that the practice has been the means of bringing some devotees on to the true Path of the Wise, unpromising as such material must sound to intelligent ears. The esoteric Christian or Hindu adopts a middle path. Having projected the Absolute from his mind, he endeavours to unite his consciousness with that of his Absolute, and of course …
1961 · PDF PAGE 120
…y with ardent Affection; for therein lie many Mysteries of practical Wisdom in our Magick Art. And this is the Wonder and Beauty of this Work, that for every Man is his own Palace. Yea, this is Life, that the Secrets of our Order are not fixed and dead, as are the Formulae of the Outer. Know that in the many thousand Times that I have performed the Ritual of the Pentagram or the Invocation of the Heart girt with a Serpent, or the Mass of he Phoenix, or of the Holy Ghost, there has not been one Time wherein I did not win new Light, or Knowledge …
1905 · PDF PAGE 193
…case of any competitor requiring more time than that allowed, it is open to him to forward part of his MS. to the Secretary, when if his work shows promise of success, he will be accorded any reasonable time in addition to that above stated. 8. In the event of any essay being kept beyond the fifteen days, it should be taken that its chances are con- sidered worthy of more serious consideration : any essay so detained will in all events be awarded a small consola- tion prize. 9. The essay should extend to at least fifty pages of typed MS. I0. On…
1907 · PDF PAGE 115
…al, a white and wanton wolf of sin Who had an icy flame within the ulcer that she called her soul. Long years he bent him to the task; he worked his torture and his lust Out of the horror of the dust into the horror of the mask. The mewing lecherous devils crept out of the strongholds of the hills, And filled their blood with noisome thrills before the work of the adept. The ghuls that gloat on corpses cold would gather, glutted with their meat, And give it dead man’s chops to eat, and dead man’s bones to rub the gold; While stinking goats and ca…
1909 · PDF PAGE 72
…he Balance of Righteousness and Truth, that thou comfort and exalt my soul with Thy sweet perfume, that I may be utterly devoted to this Work of the Invocation of my Lord Adonai, that I may fully attain thereto, beholding Him face to face—as it is written “ Before there was Equilibrium, Countenance beheld not Countenance ”—yea, being utterly absorbed in His ineffable Glory—yea, being That of which there is no Image either in speech or thought. What a weary world we live in! No sooner am I betrayed into making a few flattering remarks about my bo…
1909 · PDF PAGE 93
…little spring. I am still one—pointed, at least in the lower sense that I have no desire or ambition but this of accomplishing the Great Work. Barren is this soul of mine, in these 3% years of drought (the 3% coils of the Kundalini are implied by this) and this Ekagrata is the little cloud like an hand (Yod, the Lingam of great Shiva). And, though I catch up my robe and run before the chariot of the King into Jezreel, it may be 9}
1913 · PDF PAGE 64
THE EQUINOX 66. Write, & find ecstasy in writing! Work, & be our bed in working! Thrill with the joy of life & death! Ah! thy death shall be lovely: whoso seeth it shall be glad. Thy death shall be the seal of the promise of our agelong love. Come! lift up thine heart & rejoice! We are one; we are none. 67. Hold! Hold! Bear up in thy rapture; fall not in swoon of the excellent kisses! 68. Harder! Hold up thyself! Lift thine head! breathe not so deep—die! 69. Ah! Ah! What do I feel? Is the word exhausted? 70. There is help & hope in other spells…
1913 · PDF PAGE 64
THE EQUINOX 66. Write, & find ecstasy in writing! Work, & be our bed in working! Thrill with the joy of life & death! Ah! thy death shall be lovely: whoso seeth it shall be glad. Thy death shall be the seal of the promise of our agelong love. Come! lift up thine heart & rejoice! We are one; we are none. 67. Hold! Hold! Bear up in thy rapture; fall not in swoon of the excellent kisses! 68. Harder! Hold up thyself! Lift thine head! breathe not so deep—die! 69. Ah! Ah! What do I feel? Is the word exhausted? 70. There is help & hope in other spells…
1907 · PDF PAGE 33
… would not have pleased Poe , who regarded him as the noblest poet that ever lived . Nevertheless we find traces of the great laureate's work in these poems , such as the idea contained in the following verse of “ De Profundis ”: I have dreamed life a circle or a line , Called God, and Fate , and Chance , and Man, divine . I know not all I say , but through it all Mark the dim hint of ultimate sunshine !? which is almost identical with that in Canto LIV of “ In Memoriam .” A poem written in the metre of Tenny Songs of the Spirit , vol . i, p . …
1909 · PDF PAGE 32
…ngry, though he’s had nothing to call a Meal since Thursday lunch. The Hatha-Yoga feeding game is certainly marvellous. I should like to work marching and breathing with this mantra as I did of old with Aum Tat Sat Aum. Perhaps two steps to a mantra, and 4—8—16 steps to a breath— cycle? This would mean 28 seconds for a breath— cycle; quite enough for a marching man. We might try 4—8—8 to start; or even 8—8—8 (for the Chariot, wherein the Geburah of me rises to Binah—Strength winningthe Wings ofUndertanding). [These symbols, allusions, and refer…
1909 · PDF PAGE 82
…ain which says “You ought to be willing Adonai ” sometimes acts. But I am willing Him! It is so active because all this week it has been working hard, and doesn’t realise that its work is done. Just as a retired grocer wakes up and thinks “ I must go and open the shop.” In Hindu phrase, the thought-stuff, painfully forced all these days into one channel, has acquired the habit [i.e., of flowing naturally in it.—BD.] I am Ekägrata— one-pointed. Just as if one arranges a siphon, one has to suck and suck for a while, and then when the balance in th…
1911 · PDF PAGE 40
…u adorest, as if thou didst unite with Him in the adoration of That which is beyond Him. 7. Thus shalt thou ever be mindful 01 the Great Work which thou hast undertaken to perform, and thus shalt thou be strengthened to pursue it unto the attainment 01 the Stone of the Wise, the Summum Bonum, True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness. 32
1911 · PDF PAGE 40
…u adorest, as if thou didst unite with Him in the adoration of That which is beyond Him. 7. Thus shalt thou ever be mindful 01 the Great Work which thou hast undertaken to perform, and thus shalt thou be strengthened to pursue it unto the attainment 01 the Stone of the Wise, the Summum Bonum, True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness. 32
1912 · PDF PAGE 96
…the terms of an ego-centric philosophy to explain the details of a psychology Whose principal doctrine is the denial of the ego, was the work of a mischievous idiot. Let us unhesitatingly reject these abominations, these nastinesses of the beggars dressed in rags that they have snatched from corpses, and follow the etymological signification of the word as given above! 2 Apparently. That is, the obvious results are different. Possibly the cause is only one, refracted through diverse media.
1961 · PDF PAGE 215
…ion, the Golden Rose, mystic and Joyous, the Lily of a Thousand Petals and One Petal, subtle and perverse, that thou mightest fulfil his Work of a Magus which I cam to accomplish, robing myself in Flesh of man, as was my Nature and the Will of my Nature, the Name of my Star that flameth in the Body of Nuith our Lady. m