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Page 52 of 1121909 · PDF PAGE 50
…ly sure to happen! IV “The Mind of the Father said Into Three! and immediately all things were so divided.”—ZOROASTER. Let my readers be good enough to remember, then, that what follows concerns myself only. This must excuse the use of the first person, highly improper in a scientific essay, were it not that the personality of the experimenter is perhaps an essential. I cannot assert that my results would be achieved by another. Yet I have the strong conviction that I have eliminated many sources of error, and that my observations may possess a…
1909 · PDF PAGE 50
…ly sure to happen! IV “The Mind of the Father said Into Three! and immediately all things were so divided.”—ZOROASTER. Let my readers be good enough to remember, then, that what follows concerns myself only. This must excuse the use of the first person, highly improper in a scientific essay, were it not that the personality of the experimenter is perhaps an essential. I cannot assert that my results would be achieved by another. Yet I have the strong conviction that I have eliminated many sources of error, and that my observations may possess a…
1929 · PDF PAGE 17
“Prove ail things; hold fast that which is good”. St. Paul. “Also the mantras and spells; the obeah and the wanga; the work of the wand and the work of the sword: these he shall learn and teach. “He must teach ; but he may make severe the ordeals. “The word of the Law is 0EAHMA.” LIBER AL vel xxxi: The Book of the Law. This book is for ALL: for every man, woman, and child. My former work has been misunderstood, and its scope limited, by my use of technical terms. It has attracted only too many dilettanti and eccentrics, weaklings seeking in “Ma…
1904 · PDF PAGE 76
…s, like so many other (perhaps all) lines in these poems, is pregnant with a host of hidden meanings. Not only is it physical, of saying good-bye to a friend : but mental, of the dark- ness of metaphysics ; occult, of the mystical darkness of the Threshold of Initiation : and physiological, containing allusions to a whole group of phenomena, which those who have begun meditaiton will recognise. Similarly, a single word may be a mnemonic key to an entire line of philosophical argument. If the reader chooses, in short, he will find the entire mas…
1907 · PDF PAGE 43
…The following are a few : " Fleas kill us " with “ Aeschylus ” " Trough hock lees " " Sophocles " “ Globule us Aristobulus And here is a good example : Let me help Babu Chander Grish up ! As by a posset of Hunyadi Clear mind ! Was Soudan of the Mahdi Not cleared by Kitchener ? Ah , Tchhup ! Such nonsense for sound truth you dish up , Were I magician , no mere cadi , Not Samuel's ghost you'd make me wish up , Nor Saul's ( the mighty son of Kish ) up , But Ingersoll's or Bradlaugh's , pardie ! By spells and cauldron stews that squish up , Or puri…
1910 · PDF PAGE 56
… seem to thine El Qahar like Hatim Tai’s4 tunic to that Allah- forgotten hunchback5 Ali Bukhti.6 1. To break wind is the worst breach of good taste possible to a Musalman. Witness the famous story translated by Burton. 2. Qazi — magistrate. 3. It is exceedingly doubtful whether an actual Jew would be permitted to hold office, even if con- verted to Islam. The term is probably simple abuse. Ass-membered (khar-nafsar, [Persian text]) is, with most Persian writers, a compliment. El Haji had certainly never heard the English rime “ A
1912 · PDF PAGE 56
…my latest course is run. I have striven to save the State ; the State is saved to-day : Now I devote my life to what it cravedto pray ! Good Mother Abbess, lend your arm, my past is furled.
1912 · PDF PAGE 282
…mtly means “ Crowley said—what about tea? They all drank." With this reservation we prepare to fly to Ostend, but print it. Printer.) The good news ran through London like wildfire, doing every hundred yards in even time. Ralph Shirley, stirring uneasily in his office chair, stroked his pet rhinoceros, and murmured “ Piles 0’ money”; Leopold Rothschild asked if the zebra could indeed change his stripes; and although ninety and nine just persons that needed no repentance had that very minute been presented to the angels in heaven, the subject was c…
1912 · PDF PAGE 282
…mtly means “ Crowley said—what about tea? They all drank." With this reservation we prepare to fly to Ostend, but print it. Printer.) The good news ran through London like wildfire, doing every hundred yards in even time. Ralph Shirley, stirring uneasily in his office chair, stroked his pet rhinoceros, and murmured “ Piles 0’ money”; Leopold Rothschild asked if the zebra could indeed change his stripes; and although ninety and nine just persons that needed no repentance had that very minute been presented to the angels in heaven, the subject was c…
1913 · PDF PAGE 443
… charming vicarage, in order to share the troubled existence of a sectary.” “ Say ofa great prophet !” “Sir, I believe perfectly in your good faith. But you will permit me to examine a little the mission and the character of your prophet.” “Yes, sir; examination, full light, the microscope of science, that is all we ask. Come to London, sir, and you will see! The miracles are permanently established there.” “Would you be so kind, sir, as to give me, first of all, some exact and conscientious details with regard to the miracles?” “Oh, as many as…
1913 · PDF PAGE 443
… charming vicarage, in order to share the troubled existence of a sectary.” “ Say ofa great prophet !” “Sir, I believe perfectly in your good faith. But you will permit me to examine a little the mission and the character of your prophet.” “Yes, sir; examination, full light, the microscope of science, that is all we ask. Come to London, sir, and you will see! The miracles are permanently established there.” “Would you be so kind, sir, as to give me, first of all, some exact and conscientious details with regard to the miracles?” “Oh, as many as…
1954 · PDF PAGE 319
…t the whole course that is trodden, and examine the presage which that gives. If it be complete and without failure, there will be great good fortune." O.K.; Let's! I t is now well over a year since you came to me howling like a damned soul in torment-and so you should be!- and persuaded me to take you as my pupil. What have you done with that year? First, suppose we put down what you agreed to do: The essential preliminaries of the work of the A :. A :. -you are to be heartily congratulated upon your swift perception that the principles of tha…
1922 · PDF PAGE 115
…he date it was wanted, and let’s get out. We ought to economise, in any case, Let's get off to Italy as we said. The exchange is awfully good, and _living’s delightfully cheap. It’s silly ‘spending money when you've got Love and Cocaine.” My spirit leapt to meet hers. I scribbled a note of apology to Feccles, and left it at the hotel. We dashed round to the Italian consulate to have our passport viséd, got our sleeping cars from the hotel porter, and had the maid‘ pack our things while we had a last heavenly dinner.
1928 · PDF PAGE 114
…on. By and by she begged me to show her the place where her little boy had hanged himself. Oh no, I answered her; that will do you no good, and as, involuntarily, my eyes turned towards the fatal wardrobe, I saw, with disgust mingles with horror and anger, that the nail remained fixed in the wall with a long piece of rope still hanging to it. I darted forward rapidly to tear down these last traces of the catastrophe, and as I was going to throw them out of the open window the poor woman seized my arm and said to me in a voice too earnest to…
1954 · PDF PAGE 403
…i-climax. The negotiations went wrong; and the property was stolen from under his nose by one of the big alkali firms. However, it was a good mark for Geomancy. I am afraid that all this is a digression. As I indicated above, what you want to know is to be found in the official instruction on the subject in The Equinox . Now far be it from me to cast any doubt on any official instruction, but I cannot help saying that in this particular instance it does not give very full details, and I think you would be well advised to investigate the whole s…
1961 · PDF PAGE 107
…ment for it is proper to all Virtue, and as thou dost learn to us it in Perfection, thou wilt surpass all other Modes of Magick. Yea, in good Sooth, no Herb or Potion is like unto this, supreme in every Case, for it is the True Stone of Philosophers, and the Elixir and Medicine of all Things, the Universal Tincture or Menstruum of thine own Will. b
1961 · PDF PAGE 157
…Commodity may offend thee; but if thou art in Need of that Merchandise, thou wilt rejoice herein. Praise then or blame aught, as seemeth good unto thee; but with this Reflection, that thy Judgment is relative ro thine own Condition, and not absolute. This also is a point of Tolerance, whereby thy shalt avoid indeed those Things that are hateful or noxious to thee, unless thou canst (in our Mode) win them by Love, by withdrawing thine Attention from them; but thou shalt not destroy them, for that they are without doubt the Desire of another. m
1919 · PDF PAGE 233
…ll be charged upon it. That this privilege may not be abused, the Grand Tribunal will decide whether or no such appli- cation is made in good faith. THIRD HOUSE 46. Members of the Order will be permitted to use the Library in any of our Profess-Houses. 47. Circulating Libraries will presently be established. 48. Brethren who may be travelling have a right to the hospitality of the Master of the Lodge of the district for a period of three days. 219
1930 · PDF PAGE 4
…ommended for daily use and work. Orfheusy by Aleister Crowley, contains a large number of magical invocations in verse. There are also a good many others in other parts of his poetical Works. The following is a complété curriculum of reading officially approved by the A . '. A . •. 208 —
1909 · PDF PAGE 99
…t to the Reception. As it was, I broke down during the Passage of the Pylons, luckily not till I had reached that of Tahuti. But it is a good rule; when in doubt play Pranayama. For one can no longer worry about the Path: the Question is reduced to the simple problem: Am I, or am I not, going to burst? I got all the sweating and trembling of the body that heart could desire; but no “ jumping about like a frog” or levitation. A pity ! I shall read for a little in the Yoga-Shastra as a rest. Then for the end of the day and the Beginning of the Ni…