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Page 52 of 821904 · PDF PAGE 105
…cluse is roughly as follows. He must plunge every particle of his being into one idea : right views, aspirations, word, deed, life, will-power, medi- tation, rapture, s uch are the s tages of his liberation, which resolves itself into a struggle against the laws of causality . He cannot prevent past causes taking effect, but he can prevent pres ent caus es from having any future results. The exoteric Christian and Hindu rather rely on another person to do this for them, and are further blinded by the thirst for life and individual existence, th…
1910 · PDF PAGE 320
…in at the door, clear ye out of my visual path.” They were all trembling with excitement and a mixed feel- ing of anger and desire for a power equal to his. Elphénor blew on the charcoal and incense, turned out the lamp over the three crystal globes, so that they were now almost in utter darkness, and took up the thread of his narrative. “The Lady who now comes before the footlights fell short 302
1910 · PDF PAGE 320
…in at the door, clear ye out of my visual path.” They were all trembling with excitement and a mixed feel- ing of anger and desire for a power equal to his. Elphénor blew on the charcoal and incense, turned out the lamp over the three crystal globes, so that they were now almost in utter darkness, and took up the thread of his narrative. “The Lady who now comes before the footlights fell short 302
1911 · PDF PAGE 178
…s held in the Temple of Solomon. Mention is also made ofthe preparations made by the ancient alchemists which were thought to have magic power. Short biographical sketches ofsome of the old masters of pharmacy appear, but after Liebig we have no special mention of the pharmacists of the last century. A interesting chapter on Poisons in History, introducing the stories of poisoners and the drugs employed, furnishes material for the budding novelist, to whom in fact the whole of this excellent work may be recommended. To the occult reader the con…
1911 · PDF PAGE 178
…s held in the Temple of Solomon. Mention is also made ofthe preparations made by the ancient alchemists which were thought to have magic power. Short biographical sketches ofsome of the old masters of pharmacy appear, but after Liebig we have no special mention of the pharmacists of the last century. A interesting chapter on Poisons in History, introducing the stories of poisoners and the drugs employed, furnishes material for the budding novelist, to whom in fact the whole of this excellent work may be recommended. To the occult reader the con…
1911 · PDF PAGE 16
…s games with symbols thou shalt never understand. Thou hast the signs; thou hast the words; but there are many things that are not in my power, who am but the warden of the 28th Aethyr. Now my name thou shalt obtain in this wise. Of the three angels of the Aethyr, thou shalt write the names from right to left and from left to right and from right to left, and these are the holy letters: The first 1, the fifth 2, the sixth 3, the eleventh 4, the seventh 5, the twelfth 6, the seventeenth 7. Thus hast thou my name who am above these three, but the…
1913 · PDF PAGE 556
…right, and will never disappear from human laws. The stain of murder would be indelible if God did not justify the scaffold ; the divine power, abdicated by society and usurped by criminals, would belong to them without dispute. Assassination would then become a virtue when it exercised the reprisals of outraged nature. Private vengeance would protest against the absence of public expiation, and from the splinters of the broken sword of justice anarchy would forge its daggers. “Tf God did away with Hell, men would make another in order to defy …
1913 · PDF PAGE 556
…right, and will never disappear from human laws. The stain of murder would be indelible if God did not justify the scaffold ; the divine power, abdicated by society and usurped by criminals, would belong to them without dispute. Assassination would then become a virtue when it exercised the reprisals of outraged nature. Private vengeance would protest against the absence of public expiation, and from the splinters of the broken sword of justice anarchy would forge its daggers. “Tf God did away with Hell, men would make another in order to defy …
1907 · PDF PAGE 193
…87 RHADAMANTHUS. For righteous thought and deed Apportioning its meed ; For evil act and mind Rewarding in its kind ; So sit we: but our power Apportions not an hour To light the dying lamp, revive the faded flower. MINOS. But thou, be strong to sing! . ALACUS. Loose arrows from the string ! RHADAMANTHUS. Bid the wild word take wing ! MINOS. Hades hath evil fame To suppliants—bitter shame !— Inexorable. AE ACUS. Aim Yet the swift prayer, abide His word whate’er betide. What worse? RHADAMANTHUS, The Gods thy guide! Go and assail him ! MINOS. Sta…
1907 · PDF PAGE 147
… only the amorous music -hall artiste , but even the incestuous queen of Egypt . And though “ Jezebel " did not love as they loved , her power of loving many exonerated her want of love for one or a few . She like the Circe of old who turned the followers of Ulysses into swine , herself fell a victim entangled in those same meshes she had spun wherein to entrap her unwary fellows . “ A woman who is without love, " writes Lévi , “ ab sorbs and degrades all who come near her ; she who loves , on the other hand , diffuses enthusiasm , nobility , a…
1907 · PDF PAGE 291
… before sun or moon or stars were created . We rank the great adepts with the madmen of God , whose miracles are mere imitations , whose powers are mere preten sions , and whose illumination is mere reflection ; but what is it then these great beings imitate , pretend to , or reflect ? Here lies the dark question which no denial can disprove , no assertion comprehend , and which work alone through the alembic of our hearts can reveal and accomplish . THE ADEPTS It is this something , this light which every Adept sets out to discover ; for, whet…
1909 · PDF PAGE 65
…quire the habit but the destined drug-slave ; and he may just as well have the hashish habit as any other ; he is sure to fall under the power of some enchantress. All these alarmist reports, however, are really worthless, worthless at the best as the omue ignotum pro terribili fear 55
1909 · PDF PAGE 315
…ssed myself. And as I wondered, the angel said to me: ‘They have been given thee’ ; therefore again I knelt, and was endued with a great power. “ And as the great strength coursed through me I stood up and the angel gave me a white wand, placing it in my right hand; then fiery rain fell upon me, bursting into little flames as it touched me. “Taller and taller did I grow, striving up and upwards to reach the face of the great figure. And as I strove, I emerged from the centre of the crown of mine own head like a white bird; and so great had been…
1909 · PDF PAGE 65
…quire the habit but the destined drug-slave ; and he may just as well have the hashish habit as any other ; he is sure to fall under the power of some enchantress. All these alarmist reports, however, are really worthless, worthless at the best as the omue ignotum pro terribili fear 55
1909 · PDF PAGE 315
…ssed myself. And as I wondered, the angel said to me: ‘They have been given thee’ ; therefore again I knelt, and was endued with a great power. “ And as the great strength coursed through me I stood up and the angel gave me a white wand, placing it in my right hand; then fiery rain fell upon me, bursting into little flames as it touched me. “Taller and taller did I grow, striving up and upwards to reach the face of the great figure. And as I strove, I emerged from the centre of the crown of mine own head like a white bird; and so great had been…
1910 · PDF PAGE 87
…er chapters in an hour or so, while the acquirement of a dozen stray words would last me the whole day. 5. This attempt to reconcile all-Power and all- Benevolence is formally identical with that of the veriest Evangelical, and is none the less shameless casuistry for its Oriental phraseology. 6. This is a common practical joke among friends. The recalcitrant pathic is treated more severely by sharp taps on the coccyx with the knuckle, dagger-hilt, or tent-peg. Genuine obsti- nacy would lead to the slitting of the muscle, and
1919 · PDF PAGE 231
…inciples of the Law and of the Order, and in searching out the key to its great and manifold mysteries. 36. He should also do all in his power to spread the Law, especially taking long journeys, when possible, to remote places, there to sow the seed of the Law. TENTH HOUSE 37. All pregnant women are especially sacred to members of the Order, and no effort should be spared to bring them to acceptance of the Law of Freedom, so that the unborn may benefit by that impression. They should be induced to be- come members of the Order, so that the chil…
1919 · PDF PAGE 393
…xplained in Liber CDXVIIL., and undergoes quite normal mental experiences, yet they are no longer taken seriously, for they have not the power to delude. There is no question of Sages daring to still the fruit of Karma. I do not quite know how one would set about still- ing a fruit, by the way. But the more sage one is, the less one wants to interfere with law. There is a special comment upon this point in Liber Aleph. Most of the pleasures in life, and most of the education in life, are given by superable obstacles. Sport, including love, depe…
1911 · PDF PAGE 87
… moon. And they bind themselves together with an oath, and with a great curse. And of their malice they conspire together, and they have power, and mastery, and in their cauldrons do they brew the harsh wine of delusion, mingled with the poison of their selfishness. Thus they make war upon the Holy One, sending forth their delusion upon men, and upon everything that liveth. So that their false compassion is called compassion, and their 85
1913 · PDF PAGE 71
…! Let her be covered with jewels, and rich garments, and let her be shame- less before all men! 45. Then will I lift her to pinnacles of power: then will I breed from her a child mightier than all the kings of the earth. I will fill her with joy: with my force shall she see & strike at the worship of Nu: she shall achieve Hadit. 46. I am the warrior Lord of the Forties: the Eighties cower before me, & are abased. I will bring you to victory & joy: I will be at your arms in battle & ye shall delight to slay. Success is your proof; courage is you…