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Page 53 of 901910 · PDF PAGE 297
… hideously with black. “My Remenu!” she said. “After so long!” He whispered in her ear. The light behind her flickered and went out. The spirit laid her violin and bow upon the ground. The music went on—a panting, hot melody like mad eagles in death struggle with mountain goats, like serpents caught in jungle fires, like scorpions tormented by Arab girls. And in the dark she sobbed and screamed in unison. She had not expected this: she had dreamt of love more pas- sionate, of lust more fierce-fantastic, than aught mortal. And this? This real lo…
1909 · PDF PAGE 179
…ain the Dualistic Power. (/Vote.— Woden, the Scandinavian Mercury, was the All-Father, as it is written in the Ritual of the Path of the Spirit of the Primal 169
1909 · PDF PAGE 179
…ain the Dualistic Power. (/Vote.— Woden, the Scandinavian Mercury, was the All-Father, as it is written in the Ritual of the Path of the Spirit of the Primal 169
1913 · PDF PAGE 194
…r that thou hast seduced me far From the olden way of the gods. O Rose! Rose! Rose Unknown, ah! wherefore hast thou done this thing? The spirit is dead within me, and the flesh Wearies of thee, whom never I have known: For thou art foul to me—a leprous worm Of sticky slime ; a clamorous courtezan With itching sores, thou bidd’st me scratch thee, ease Thine ill with the touches of love. Ah! slimy one, Rose of the world polluted, thou who holdest A boy’s dreams in derision, a man’s desires
1913 · PDF PAGE 194
…r that thou hast seduced me far From the olden way of the gods. O Rose! Rose! Rose Unknown, ah! wherefore hast thou done this thing? The spirit is dead within me, and the flesh Wearies of thee, whom never I have known: For thou art foul to me—a leprous worm Of sticky slime ; a clamorous courtezan With itching sores, thou bidd’st me scratch thee, ease Thine ill with the touches of love. Ah! slimy one, Rose of the world polluted, thou who holdest A boy’s dreams in derision, a man’s desires
1944 · PDF PAGE 111
Spirit represent a later accretion. Neither is to be found in the original twenty4wo Paths of the Sepher Yetzirah. The world of Assiah, the material world, does not appear except as a pendant to the Tree of Life. In the same way, the element of Spirit is attributed to the letter Shin, as an additional ornament, somewhat in the same way as Kether is said to be symbolized by the topmost point of the Yod of Tetragrammaton. It is constantly necessary to distinguish between the symbols of philosophical theory and those more elaborate symbols based u…
1910 · PDF PAGE 125
…ich prevents man be- ing burnt up in that glory, and the purifying influ- ence of calm upon the soul ; the smoke is the per- fume of the Spirit of God ; the tube is the Influence (Heb. Mezla) from on high ; the mouthpiece the love of one’s earthly teacher ; (This sounds as though Sufi confessors shared the predilections and privileges of Jesuit confessors) the inhalation is the enlightenment of the soul ; the exhalation the holy influence shed by the Sufi upon his fellow man — and so on. Mahbub was perfectly willing to explain every phrase in t…
1912 · PDF PAGE 136
THE EQUINOX “ That’s my little Muriel—«I call her the Spirit of Salt— ha! ha! ho!” ”A damn nice little bit of fluff—damn lucky boy! ” growled the Colonel, winking at a chorus girl (in two thousand pounds worth of furs) whose salary was thirty shillings a week. Suddenly the Professor paled. A last glance over his shoulder showed him that a bearded man had risen and was handing a flower to Muriel. And Muriel was blushing and trembling with some emotion too profound to estimate, but clear enough to the analyst. When a man has detected a thousandth o…
1912 · PDF PAGE 136
THE EQUINOX “ That’s my little Muriel—«I call her the Spirit of Salt— ha! ha! ho!” ”A damn nice little bit of fluff—damn lucky boy! ” growled the Colonel, winking at a chorus girl (in two thousand pounds worth of furs) whose salary was thirty shillings a week. Suddenly the Professor paled. A last glance over his shoulder showed him that a bearded man had risen and was handing a flower to Muriel. And Muriel was blushing and trembling with some emotion too profound to estimate, but clear enough to the analyst. When a man has detected a thousandth o…
1954 · PDF PAGE 168
… of Nu. These verses refer once more to the concomitants of the act; they indicate the adjutants to the technique; and they indicate the spirit in which it should be approached. The detached scientific attitude of enquiry and preparation is preliminary; the object is to foresee hindrances, to facilitate and to direct the current: but the impulse itself is Enthusiasm. There is a veil; that veil is black. It is the veil of the modest woman; it is the veil of sorrow & the pall of death: this is none of me. Tear down that lying spectre of the centu…
1961 · PDF PAGE 119
…Chokmah. So therefore the Formula of the Rosy Cross availeth no more in the Highest. Now then in the Pentagram are two Lines that invoke Spirit, though they lead not thereunto, and they are the Works of Hé with Hé, and of Yod with Vau. Of these twain the former is a Work Magical of the Nature of Music, and it draweth down the Fire of the HIGHER by Seduction or Bewitchment. And the latter is a Work opposite thereunto, whose Effect forumlateth itself by direct Creation in the Sphere of its Purpose and Intent. But there remain yet two of the Eight…
1904 · PDF PAGE 15
…low Herbert Spencer, they are at least evidence of some cause.’ Now, this fact is our base. What is the cause of my illusion of seeing a spirit in the triangle of Art? ‘ Introductory Essay. By Aleister Crowley. * This, incidentally, is perhaps the greatest argument we possess, pushed to its extreme, against the Advaitist theories.
1904 · PDF PAGE 28
…ON DAY 21 That worthy Yankee millionaire, And wealthy nephews, young and fair, The pleasing Crawfords ! Lost ! Lost ! Lost !78 “The Holy Spirit, friend ! beware !” Ah ! ten days yet to Pentecost ! Come that, I promise you—but stay ! At present ’tis Ascension Day ! At least your faith should be content. I quarrel not with this event. The supernatural element ? I deny nothing—at the term It is just Nothing I affirm. The fool (with whom is wisdom, deem The Scriptures—rightly !) in his heart Saith (silent, to himself, apart) This secret : “\yhla }y…
1907 · PDF PAGE 68
…ed , and freely given -- the sacrifice of a woman's honour to save her lover ; in fact to become a prosti tute in body , and a virgin in spirit . He , Zeus , is weary of women's old lascivious breed ,” and of “ the large luxurious lips of Ganymede .” No freshness , no restraint , no virgin breast, no lips “ without a taint of lewd imagining ,” all the nymphs of those green wooded slopes , all are as brazen and cold as the meretrices of a suburrian lupanar , the fire of love having burnt itself out to the ashen lassitude of satiety . At length t…
1922 · PDF PAGE 52
… It was one with the beat of the engine. I took the pure unsullied air into my lungs. It was an octave to cocaine; the same invigorating spiritual force expressed in other terms. , The magnificently melodious words of Sieveking sprang into my mind. I repeated them rapturously. It is the beat of the British engine. : “Deep lungfuls! Deep mouthfuls! Deep, deep mental mouthfuls ! ” The wind of our speed abolished all my familiar bodily sensations. The cocaine combined with it to anesthetise them. I was disembodied; an eternal spirit ; a Thing supr…
1910 · PDF PAGE 319
…iples exchanged a glance of amusement; one of them said: “ Has a lady entered?” They were all made merry by that exhibition of Neptunian spirit of apropos. But Elphénor Pistouillat, like the French Southerner he was, missed the courteous element in life, and began to curse the twelve young men. He was a bad-tempered man, and a very theatrical one. He rose and walked to him who had caused them all to laugh. “T know you, sir,” Elphénor said, purple in the face, “IT know you, unwholesome monkey. Your father was adealer in pork sausages and cooked …
1910 · PDF PAGE 319
…iples exchanged a glance of amusement; one of them said: “ Has a lady entered?” They were all made merry by that exhibition of Neptunian spirit of apropos. But Elphénor Pistouillat, like the French Southerner he was, missed the courteous element in life, and began to curse the twelve young men. He was a bad-tempered man, and a very theatrical one. He rose and walked to him who had caused them all to laugh. “T know you, sir,” Elphénor said, purple in the face, “IT know you, unwholesome monkey. Your father was adealer in pork sausages and cooked …
1911 · PDF PAGE 163
…ί epileptic mania; if such are really “united with " or ”absorbed in ” God, what of God? We are told in Galatians that the fruits of the Spirit are peace, love, joy, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance; and somewhere else, “ By their fruits ye shall know them.” Of these evil-doers then we must either think that they are dishonest, and have never attained at all, or that they have united themselves with a devil. Such are “Brethren of the Left Hand Path,“ described so thoroughly in Liber 418 (EgUINox, Νο. ν., Special…
1911 · PDF PAGE 163
…ί epileptic mania; if such are really “united with " or ”absorbed in ” God, what of God? We are told in Galatians that the fruits of the Spirit are peace, love, joy, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance; and somewhere else, “ By their fruits ye shall know them.” Of these evil-doers then we must either think that they are dishonest, and have never attained at all, or that they have united themselves with a devil. Such are “Brethren of the Left Hand Path,“ described so thoroughly in Liber 418 (EgUINox, Νο. ν., Special…
1911 · PDF PAGE 95
…this magic circle of Art with thoughts and words and deeds. I promise to threaten with the Dagger and command back into the triangle the spirit incontinent, if he should strive to escape from it; and to strike with a Dagger at anything that may seek to enter this Circle, were it in appearance the body of the Seer himself. And I will be exceeding wary, armed against force and cunning; and I will preserve with my life the inviolability of this Circle, Amen. And I summon mine Holy Guardian Angel to witness this mine oath, the which if I break, may…