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Page 52 of 671996 · PDF PAGE 45
…ned. It is unnatural to aim at any goal. The student is referred to “Liber LXV,” Cap. II, v. 24, and to the Tao Te Ching.1 This becomes particularly important in high grades. One is not to do Yoga, etc., in order to get samadhi, like a schoolboy or a shopkeeper; but for its own sake, like an artist. 1 [For “Liber LXV” with Crowley’s commentary, and his translation of the Tao Te Ching, see Works Cited.] 2 [These are definitions of “assuaged,” not “unassuaged.”] “unassuaged” means “its edge taken off by” or “dulled by.”1 2 The pure student does n…
1909 · PDF PAGE 391
…turies. Nothing, nothing will be left, perhaps ; not a book, even the Bible; not a statue, even “ Demeter” or “La Vénus”; not a piece of art of any kind, save, mayhap, the skull of a monkey floating upon a new and fathomless Ocean. Worse even!|—things may be preserved that would lead to serious blunders for our successors. Think of their extremity if the students of our times should find as the only documents a complete edition of the works of Miss Corelli or some of the numerous Utopias that are poured on us at the 383
1909 · PDF PAGE 391
…turies. Nothing, nothing will be left, perhaps ; not a book, even the Bible; not a statue, even “ Demeter” or “La Vénus”; not a piece of art of any kind, save, mayhap, the skull of a monkey floating upon a new and fathomless Ocean. Worse even!|—things may be preserved that would lead to serious blunders for our successors. Think of their extremity if the students of our times should find as the only documents a complete edition of the works of Miss Corelli or some of the numerous Utopias that are poured on us at the 383
1954 · PDF PAGE 515
…ciety. Something in that. But there are other kinds of Adventure. My imagination can set no limit to the possibilities of Science, or of Art: our own Great Work is evidence of that.
1919 · PDF PAGE 117
…irst sketches for a Map: for Love is infinite in diversity even as are the Stars. For this cause do I leave Love himself master in the heart of every one of you: for he shall teach you rightly if you but serve him with diligence and devotion even to abandonment. Nor shall you take umbrage or surprise at the strange pranks that he shall play: for He is a wayward boy and wanton, wise in the Wiles of Aphrodite Our Lady His sweet Mother: and all His jests and cruelties are spices in a con- fection cunning as no art may match. Rejoice therefore in a…
1929 · PDF PAGE 19
II. Theodore Bugg, a year later, was paying the price of his fall. He had allowed Gertrude to attend Art Classes, although he knew it to be wrong. But he had grown to fear his daughter, andon such a point especiallyhe was incapable of fighting her. For there were times when he tried to persuade himself that there was nothing wrong in it. A brother church-warden had looked a little askance when the news of Gertrude's advanced ideas had come; but Theodore had stoutly and even a little sternly rebuked him with the original remark: To the pu…
1929 · PDF PAGE 330
…iew of life --- 'beats of a senseless drum --- all's filth'. To 'My tongue is palsied ... exquisite agony.' Astounding realism raised to art by perfect artistry." We went on living together, more or less; but her condition became rapidly worse and in the autumn of 1911 she had to be put in an asylum, suffering from alcoholic dementia. Another seed of the past began to bear fruit at this time. I had never attempted to transmit my occult knowledge as such. I had never attempted to write prose, as such, apart from short accounts of my climbs, with…
1929 · PDF PAGE 22
Chapter3 TELEKINESIS: BEING THE ART OF MOVING OBJECTS AT A DISTANCE THE Countess Mottich was far more famous than most Prime Ministers or Imperial Chancellors. For, to the great bewilderment of many alleged men of science, she had the power of small objects to move without apparent physical contact. Her first experiments had been with a purblind old person named Oudouwitz, who was in love with her in his senile way. Few people swallowed the published results of his experiiments with her. If convinced they would have been very much startled. For…
1930 · PDF PAGE 68
…mely, that the Eucharist, with which this chapter is properly preoccupied, must be conceived as one case — as the critical case — of the Art of the Alchemist. The reader will hâve observed, perhaps with surprise, that The Master Therion describes several types of Eucharist. The reason is that given above; there is no substance incompetent to I. Some alchemists may object to this statement. I prefer to express no final opinion on the matter. — 188
1954 · PDF PAGE 310
…soon develops into a maniacal exacerbation of the Ego; and if one persists in this involuted curve, one becomes a "Black Brother," or departs for the local loony-bin . Invocations of even the most positive Gods are dangerous, unless care can be taken to keep the personality of the God distinct from one's own. Athene is a superb deity ; but one does not want to be nothing but Athene, except in that supreme moment of Samadhi with Her which is the climax of the invocation. So, even in divine invocation, one should insist on definite communication …
1922 · PDF PAGE 44
30 The Diary of a Drug Fiend accord she writhed into my arms; her hands and mouth were heavy on my heart. There’s some more poetry—that’s the way it takes one—rhythm seems to come natural—everything is one grand harmony. It is impossible that anything should be out of tune. The voice of Lou seemed to come from an enormous distance, a deep, low, sombre chant :— “© Thou low moan of fainting maids, that art caught up in the strong sobs of Love! I adore Thee, Evoe! I adore Thee, I A O!” | That was it—her engine and my engine for the first time work…
1954 · PDF PAGE 472
…tippe, a shrew, a lady. X-rays is given in the plural only: ditto "Roentgen-rays," and they give "Roentgenogram." "You never can tell!" Participles, plurals and the like are not "words" unless printed as such in big black type. E.g. Nuttall's "Juttingly" is a word; "jutting" is not, being in smaller type. "Soaking" is in small type, but also in big type as a noun; so it is a word.) 3. The Dictionary is the sole and final arbiter. This produces blasphemy, but averts assassination. 4. The first player starts with the letter A. The second may put …
1996 · PDF PAGE 294
… the dying god 89 Aphrodite 84, 85 Apollo 52,63,84,85 oracle of 92 Aquarius 78 Archimedes 82 Ares 181 Armida 171 Arnold, Matthew 112,113 art 53.65,70,72,74,104,111-112.137, 141,179,180,184 artists 107-109,111 112 Asar 46,126 Astarte 53 astral plane 67,126 astral vision T7 astronomers 123 Atthis 63 Attis 30,47 Atum (Turn) 166,192 Augceides 163 Australia 43 Babaion 37,172 Bacchus 151 Bacchus Diphues 30 Bach, Johann Sebastian 66 Baphomet 30 baptism 30 Baudelaire, Charles 65 Beardsley, Aubrey 66 293
1954 · PDF PAGE 165
… not ever unto me; then expect the direful judgments of Ra Hoor Khuit! This shall regenerate the world, the little world my sister, my heart & my tongue, unto whom I send this kiss . .. . But ecstasy be thine and joy of earth: ever To me! To me! ... Ye shall gather goods and store of women and spices; ye shall wear rich jewels; ye shall exceed the nations of the earth in splendour & pride; but always in the love of me, and so shall ye come to my joy. There is a veil, that veil is black. It is th(, veil of the modest woman; it is the veil of sor…
1907 · PDF PAGE 76
…ime (what time? Here we are in trouble with the historian at once. But let me say that I will have no interference with my story on the part of all these dull sensible people. I am going straight on, and if the reviews are unfavourable, one has always the resource of suicide) dangerously unstable. The warrior aristocracy of the Upper House had been so diluted with suc cessful cheesemongers that adulteration had become a virtue as highly profitable as adultery. In the Lower House brains were still esteemed, but they had been interpreted as the kn…
1905 · PDF PAGE 240
TANNHAUSER 233 VENUS. Answer that call—and thou art lost indeed ! Wake thou thy spirit in this hateful sleep, Keeping the vision, rise, and spit on her! TANNHAUSER. Spit on Thy likeness? I who love Thee sor VENUS. Yes, yes: obey me! She will leave thee then. She hath assumed mine image ! [ Thunder. TANNHAUSER. What is that? VENUS. Mere thunder on the mountain top. Do this, And I will come in sleep, in sleep renew The carnal joys of day. TANNHAUSER. Hast Thou forgot? It is the fleshly I would flee ! VENUS. Forget ? But I strive fleshwards. Let o…
1929 · PDF PAGE 20
… of his acquaintance. Such thoughts went dully through his mind as he waited in the garden for his daughter to come in to tea from the Art Class. But when she arrived, portfolio in hand, her beauty and the splendour of her long easy swing determined him to be gracious. Under such circumstances conversation is apt to be artificial; but Gertrude was gay and garrulous, and the tea went very pleasantly until her father's eye unluckily fell on the portfolio. And what has my little fairy been doing lately? he asked with elephantine lightness. O…
1904 · PDF PAGE 63
created Heaven, and Earth, and Hell, and all that is in them contained, and because also thou hast obeyed. By that same power by the which I have called thee forth, I bind thee, that thou remain affably and visibly here before this Circle (or before this Circle and in this triangle) so constant and so long as I shall have occasion for thy presence; and not to depart without my licence until thou hast duly and faithfully performed my will without any falsity. THEN standing in the midst of the Circle, thou shalt stretch forth thine hand in a gest…
1904 · PDF PAGE 72
…ess, you dog ! She raved at him, and pressed her hot and amorous beauty-spot against the bruised belly-ruffian. At last not even all her art could raise the drooping head : it was practi- cally mashed into a pulp ; her dainty mouth ap- proached its bleeding tip, and with infinite lust she began to chew and swallow the entire intercrural pudding of the yelling black. She finished her meal by a savage bite at his hairy hangers, which she gulped down with every appearance of intense pleasure. Not content yet with the spectacle of an- guish she had…
1929 · PDF PAGE 124
…overplus phenomenize! (and) (appear) [177] Upon this skeleton, a fair example of his earlier manner, for no man attains the summit of an art in a day, he would build a superstructure by the deft introduction of parentheses, amplifying each word until the original coherence of the paragraph was diluted to such an extent that the true trail was undiscoverable. The effect upon his public was to impress them with the universality of his learning. Arthwait being thus well out of harm's way, Vesquit and Abdul set to work on the less arduous of the pr…