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Page 52 of 831910 · PDF PAGE 73
…n light. This passage occurs again and again in the same form, and in paraphrase, as we read through the Upanishads. In Kathaka 5. 15 we find: There no sun shines, no moon, nor glimmering star, Nor yonder lightning, the fire of earth is quenched; * Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, 4. 3-4. ++ These refer to the mystic lights in man. Compare this with the Diagram 2 “The Paths and Grades” in “The Neophyte.” After the Atman in the aspirant has been awakened by the trumpet of Israfel (The Angel) he proceeds by the path of w. The next path the Aspirant must…
1919 · PDF PAGE 330
…iling-instructions, but is not allowed to have the slightest idea of what port he is to make, still less given a chart of the Ocean. One finds oneself accordingly in a sort of “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came” atmosphere. That poem of Browning owes much of its haunting charm to this very circumstance, that the reader is never told who Childe Roland is, or why he wants to get to the Dark Tower, or what he expects to find when he does get there. There is a skilfully constructed atmosphere of Giants, and Ogres, and Hunchbacks, and the rest of…
1954 · PDF PAGE 26
…e Equinox. To the younger student of today, The Equinox may convey but little until he attempts to purchase one or more of them. He will find it all but impossible. Even if he succeeds in tracking some of them down, he will discover that the tag attached to them bears an exorbitant price. (I have heard· only recently of a set of the eleven volumes being sold for $500.) For this reason , Llewellyn Publications is
1996 · PDF PAGE 75
…3 T’s in “To me”. This injunction was most necessary, for had I been left to myself, I should have wanted to edit the Book ruthlessly. I find in it what I consider faults of style, and even of grammar; much of the matter was at the time of writing most antipathetic. But the Book proved itself greater than the scribe; again and again have the “mistakes” proved themselves to be devices for transmitting a Wisdom beyond the scope of ordinary language. 55. The child of thy bowels, he shall behold them. 56. Expect him not from the East, nor from the …
1929 · PDF PAGE 124
…new was that falling ashes were burning little holes in our clothes. We began to suspect that the ascent {217} 1. P.S. --- And in 1929 I find myself rather regretting those "spacious days"! might be troublesome. We settled the Nevado straight off. The climbing is of little interest and no difficulty. Then we camped on a spur for a week, and took turns, day and night, to watch the behaviour of the volcano. The inspection was disappointing; we could not discover any periodicity in the explosions; we could simply take our chance. We started accord…
1907 · PDF PAGE 98
…if food were not so ex pensive , women would not sell their bodies for offal . Vaughan says to him , pointing to a prostitute , “ Do you find beauty in her ? ” to which Percy answers : “ No , but I see in her history a poem , to which I trust that God will write an end !” And so the God , who is eternal Love , at present does — in the Lock Hospital or over Waterloo Bridge . Nevertheless there is a great truth hidden in this line . The truth that love shall triumph over mind , or rather that both shall agree . If the carnal act is foul , it is t…
1909 · PDF PAGE 391
…gs 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
…gs 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
1910 · PDF PAGE 70
…estroy this consciousness, and the Unknowable may become the Known, or at least the Unknown, in the sense of the un- discovered. Thus we find the old Vedantist presupposing an Atman and a ciuBorov of it, so that he might better transmute * Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, 2. 4. 12. + The illusion of thinking ourselves similar to the Unity and yet separated from It. 58
1910 · PDF PAGE 70
…estroy this consciousness, and the Unknowable may become the Known, or at least the Unknown, in the sense of the un- discovered. Thus we find the old Vedantist presupposing an Atman and a ciuBorov of it, so that he might better transmute * Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, 2. 4. 12. + The illusion of thinking ourselves similar to the Unity and yet separated from It. 58
1919 · PDF PAGE 122
…his, that (as it is written) they only are happy who have desired the unattain- able. It is then best, ultimately, if it be your Will to find alway your chiefest pleasure in Love, that is, in Conquest, and in Death, that is, in Surrender, as I have written to you already. Thus then you shall delight in these delights afore- said, but only as toys, holding your manhood firm and keen to pierce to deeper and holier ecstacies without arrest of Will. Furthermore, I would have you to know that in this prac- tice, pursued with ardour unquenchable, is …
1922 · PDF PAGE 135
… the plain man. | , One must oneself be divine to comprehend divinity. The converse proposition is equally true. The passions of the pit find outlet only in bestial noises. The automobile stopped at the end of the dirty little street where the Fauno Ebbrio lurks. The motorman pointed to the zig-zag streak of light that issued from it, and cast a sinister gleam on the opposite wall. A bold, black-haired, short-skirted girl with a gaudy shawl and huge gold ear-rings was standing in the door. What with the long journey and the drugs and other thin…
1954 · PDF PAGE 70
…ach 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 them. Every man that becomes a Magician helps others to do likewise. The more firmly and surely men move, and the more such action is accepted as the standard of morality, the less will conflict and confusion hamper humanity.) Well, here endeth the First Lesson. That seems to me to cover the ground fairly well; at least, that is what I have to say when serious analysis is on the…
1922 · PDF PAGE 301
…l Dope Act.” ‘“‘ Ignorance, pure ignorance, my dear Sir Peter,” he cried. ‘‘ We live and lear, we live and learn. Used in moderation, we find it to be positively wholesome. A stimulant no doubt, you will say. And all stimulants may undoubtedly be dangerous. But I’m afraid people will have them, and surely the wisest course is to see that what they have is as little deleterious as pos- sible.” While he spoke he kept on nervously jerking the bottle in my direction as if afraid to put it into my hands outright. And then I realised how very badly I…
1954 · PDF PAGE 102
…eed to take our ideas at second-hand. The Yellow School of Magick possesses one perfect classic, The Tao Teh King. 4 It is impossible to find any religion which adequately represents the thought of this masterpiece. Not only is religion as such repugnant to science and philosophy, but from the very nature of the tenets of the Yellow School, its adherents are not going to put themselves to any inconvenience for the enlightenment of a lot of people whom they consider to be hopeless fools. At the same time, the theory of religion, as such, being a…
1954 · PDF PAGE 477
…y class as such knows the futility of appealing to intelligence, indeed to any other qualities than those of brutes. And so, whenever we find one Man who has no fear like Ibsen's Doctor Stockmann or Mark Twain's Colonel Grainger that strolled out on his balcony with his shotgun to face the mob that had come to lynch him, he can get away with it. "An Enemy of the People" wrote Ibsen, "Ye are against the people, 0 my chosen!" says The Book of the Law. (AL, II: 25) Not only does it seem to me the only conceivable way of reconciling this and simila…
1954 · PDF PAGE 533
…ion from the '0' to the '2'; in other words it is complete extraversion . The aspiring Magician only analyses himself for the purpose of finding new worlds to conquer. His first objective is the astral plane; its discovery, the classification of its tenants, and their control. All his early practises therefore are devoted to exploring the worlds which surround (if you choose, or if you prefer-are contained in) the object of sense. If there is a tree in your garden, you want to find out whether that tree is occupied by a nymph or a nat, and if s…
1996 · PDF PAGE 50
…n of the sexual impulse on a priori grounds. We must recognize that the Lesbian leanings of idle and volup tuous women whose refinement finds the grossness of the average male repugnant, are as inexpugnably entrenched in Righteousness as the parallel pleasures of the English Aristocracy and Clergy whose aesthetics find women disgusting, and whose self-respect demands that love should transcend animal impulse, excite intel lectual intimacy, and inspire spirituality by directing it towards an object whose attainment cannot inflict the degradati…
1907 · PDF PAGE 17
… the other , neither can we gaze on a celestial Meru or Olympus ; but as we look , and here it is only the searcher who is rewarded , we find a little jewel , then another , and still another , till , as we grasp them , their very light is caught by their unfound fellows , and our path is lit as a fairy dell by a thousand wonders of light and of beauty . “ A little more clothing ,” the critic writes , as he perused the “ Poems and Ballads , ” perhaps , yet we do not feel its need in the glowing works before us . Forty long years have passed , a…
1954 · PDF PAGE 23
…hey become familiar with the tenets of these letters, to make them part and parcel of their own mental and spiritual equipment. They may find a variety of answers or suggestions which, if followed, could result in a transformation of their lives and those of succeeding generations. (1) For sloppiness and untidiness, Crowley had absolutely no use. Only when on expeditions of one kind or another, did he ever look grimy or untidy. Otherwise he was fastidious to a degree, and proud of it. Not that he was compulsive or an exponent of conforming to s…