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…but the safeguard is that you could not use it if you knew it, unless you were an advanced Adept ; and you would not be allowed to go so far unless we were satisfied that you were sincerely devoted to the Great Work. (See One Star in Sight.) True , the Black Brothers could use it ; but they would only destroy themselves. Love is the law, love under will. Fraternally, 666
…ly Guardian Angel, through the path of Gimel, the Moon, "The Priestess.") Neschamah, then, will not be influenced by Ruach, except in so far as it is explained or interpreted by Ruach. These "instincts" are implanted from on high, not from below; they would be imperative were one always sure of having received them pure, and interpreted them aright. People spoke to me, people whose experience and judgment in all matters of Sacrifice to Dionysus had my very fullest assent and admiration; they told me that of all drinks, the best was Beer. So I h…
… mistake!" Escape from what? Me no savvy; but such is the fact.) How to acquire that Memory? The development of the Magical Record is by far the most important of one's weapons. How to use the Record is not easy to explain; but there is a sort of knack which comes to one suddenly. And there are certain types of Samadhi during the exercise of which these memories appear spontaneously, without warning of any kind. There is comfort in the thought that the persistent practice of seeking out one's fears, analysing them and their causes, then deliber…
…avened by the many ; even in stark madness there is an underlying essential harmony. This is of course the case, but such harmony dwells far deeper than anything which we commonly intend by character. Such an expression of violences is found in the author of the following works. It is the custom to study, even if briefly, the life of a great writer from the biographical stand- point. In this case it is impossible to follow the usual course, for I have no wish to blast the useful public career of the most talented artist of our day, and there ca…
… ‘* Neither were his hopes frustrated : For having appeased them with the melodious sound of his voice and touch, prevailed at length so far, as that they granted him leave to take her away with him; but on this condition, that she should follow him, and he not to look back upon her, till he came to the light of the upper World; which he (impatient of, out of love and care, and thinking that he was in a manner past all danger) nevertheless violated, insomuch that the Covenant is broken, and she forthwith tumbles back again headlong into Hell."—…
…here is a little nest of them in my liver. It is very curious to hear them chirping when they want food. I don’t know what they’ll do so far away from their mother. | It is horrible not being able to sleep. That, too, must be a preparation for the new life. I wandered up all alone to the magic room, and sat with my hands on the table opposite the old man, trying to get him to talk. His lips move, but I can’t hear what he says. I was disturbed, of course. I always am being dis- turbed. I am so tired. Why won’t they let me alone ? This time it wa…
…eeing it. What he really believes is, perhaps, a mystery. That Browning, however, believes in universal salvation, though he nowhere (so far as I know) gives his reasons, save as they are summarised in the last lines of the below-quoted passage, is evident from the last stanza of ‘‘ Apparent Failure,” and from his final pronouncement of the Pope on Guido, represented in Browning’s master- piece as a Judas without the decency to hang himself. “So (ze, by suddenness of fate) may the truth be flashed out by one blow, And Guido see one instant and …
…hend it clearly at this time; but I unconsciously acted upon it as soon as I had discovered the worthlessness of the world. But I was so far from perceiving that every act is magical, whether one likes it or not, that I supposed the escape from matter to involve a definite invasion of the spiritual world. Indeed, I was so far from understanding that matter was in its nature secondary and symbolic, that my principal preoccupation was to obtain first-hand sensory evidence of spiritual beings. In other words, I wanted to evoke the denizens of the …
…ice of the various Intelligences whose nature it would be hard to define, but who are at the very least endowed with knowledge and power far beyond anything that we are accustomed to regard as proper to the human race. We must quote a passage from one of the most important of these documents. The doctrine is conveyed, as is customary among Initiates , in the form of a parable. Those who have attained even a mediocre degree of enlightenment are aware that the crude belief of the faithful , and the crude infidelity of the scoffer, with regard to …
…umed on a Disk, and the Greater Mysteries of Jesus, pierced with a Wand, and consumed in a Cup. All same Tarot! I am not at all sure how far it is wise to take this letter. To make it complete , we should need a Book about three times the size of The Book of Thoth , and I should want another half-century of research before I started to write it! As this seems for divers reasons a little awkward in practice , I am rather afraid that we must content ourselves with this very
…er in this wide universe was heroin. Her voice was monotonous. Lou told me later that it reminded her of a dirge droned by Tibetan monks far off across implacable snow. “It’s the only thing there is,” she said, in a tone of extraordinary ecstatic detachment. One could divine an infinite unholy joy derived from its own sadness. It was as if she took a morbid pleasure in being some- thing melancholy, something monstrous; there was, in fact, a kind of martyred majesty in her mood. “You mustn’t expect to get the result at once,” she went on. ‘“‘ Yo…
…" "Your Bishop took umbrage at some business activity which he judged incompatible with your vows?" "Like Kelly did." "Oh, Bishop Kelly. Far too severe a disciplinarian, in my judgment. But you are still a priest? Your orders are still valid? A baptism or a marriage performed by you would hold good?" "It's a cinch. The Hallelujah Guarantee and Trust Company, St. Paul. Offices in the James D. Athanasius Building." "Then, sir, I shall ask of you the favour to hold yourself in readiness to baptize two persons at nine of the evening precisely, the …
…tion; but let us look at the original case with another protagonist: let us say a young Thelemite, fanatically enthusiastic and not very far advanced in the Path of Initiation. Suppose he argues: "To hell with my integrity, to hell with my spiritual development: I don't give a hoot what happens to me: all I know is that I can help the Order, and I'm jolly well going to do it." Who is going to balance that entry in his Karmic account? Might not even his willingness to give up his prospects of advance justify his title to go forward? The curious,…
…mer, where Man knew himself Man, and Soma, the Divine Potion that giveth Men Enlightenment, and Scin, Light Astral, and Scire also, by a far Travelling. But especially is this Root hidden in Sus, that is of the Sow, Swine, because the Most Holy must needs take its Delight under the Omphalos of the Unclean. But this was hidden by Wisdom in Order that the Arcanum should not be profaned during the Æon of the Slain God. But now it has been given unto me to understand the Heart of Her Mystery, wherefore, o my Son, by Right of the Great Love that I b…
… en- gulfed in one great push, and, accustomed as he was to the Captains penis, he could hardly repress a cry of pain. The ravisher was far longer and thicker and cared a great deal less about any pain he [84]
…y create in thought a chariot of fire with white horses, and command the charioteer to drive earthwaras. It might be dangerous to go too far, or to stay too long; for fatigue must be avoided. The danger spoken of is that of fainting, or of obsession, or of loss of memory or other mental faculty. 12. Finally, let the student cause his imagined body in which he supposes himself to hâve been travelling to coincide with the physical, tightening his muscles, drawing in his breath, and putting his forefinger to his lips. Then let him “awake” by a wel…
… in your various adventures after each explosion: ambulance taking you to hospital, getting tools and digging out other people and so as far as your imagination takes you. After that comes yet another stage; your interest declines; you find yourself indifferent to the entire proceedings. After a few nights you can no longer distinguish between the real thing and your own private and peculiar Brock's Benefit. The fear will have vanished; familiarity breeds contempt. Finally, one is no longer even aware that the boys are out again on a lark. Inci…
…o what thou wilt, and there is no law beyond it. This subject is treated fully in Liber CXI Aleph, and the student should refer thereto. Far better, let him assume this Law to be the Universal Key to every problem of Life, and then apply it to one particular case after another. As he comes by degrees to understand it, he will be astounded at the simplification of the most obscure questions which it furnishes. Thus he will assimilate the Law, and make it the norm of his conscious being; this by itself will suffice to ini tiate him, to dissolve …
… | Over love and all delight; Grey desires invade the white, Love and life are but a span; Woeis me! and woe is man ! “In conclusion, as far as descriptive power and beauty of thought are concerned, we consider that the author of ‘ The Tale of Archais’ holds the first place among the latter-day poets. But there are passages in the book in our opinion quite unsuit- able for the perusal of the white maidens of England, to whom it is dedicated. We do not know whether the poet is an up- holder of ‘Art for Art’s sake,’ which means that it is better …
…miraculously well that even this very full day left us perfectly fresh, murmuring through half-closed lips the magic sentence :— “ Dolce far niente.” The majority of people seem to stumble through this world without any conception of the possibilities of enjoyment. It is, of course, a matter of temperament. But even the few who can appreciate the language of Shelley, Keats and Swinburne, look on those con- ceptions as Utopian. Most people acquiesce in the idea that the giddy exaltation of Prometheus Unbound, for example, is an imaginary feeling…