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Page 53 of 841922 · PDF PAGE 193
…real cause of her death was heroin, though, as a matter of fact, septic pheumonia can happen to any one at any moment. I’ve known two or three people go off like that. As my Uncle John used to say, conscience makes cowards of us all. King Lamus was always saying that as long as one has any emotion about any thing, love or fear or any- thing else, one can’t observe things correctly. That’s why a doctor won't attend his own family, and I can see coldly and clearly like a drowning man that when- ever the idea of H. comes into my mind, I begin to t…
1909 · PDF PAGE 290
…utting by his folds Malkuth from the Sephiroth, and linking it to the Kingdom of the Shells. Seven lower Sephiroth were cut off from the Three Supernals in the Columns were unsupported, and Then arose the Great Dragon with seven The Daath, at the feet of Aima Elohim. And on the head of the Dragon are the names of the * See 777, col. viii, p. 2. 282
1909 · PDF PAGE 290
…utting by his folds Malkuth from the Sephiroth, and linking it to the Kingdom of the Shells. Seven lower Sephiroth were cut off from the Three Supernals in the Columns were unsupported, and Then arose the Great Dragon with seven The Daath, at the feet of Aima Elohim. And on the head of the Dragon are the names of the * See 777, col. viii, p. 2. 282
1907 · PDF PAGE 214
… all your righteousness is filthy rags Wherein ye strut, and hide the one base thought. To mask the truth, to worship, to forget ; These three are one. AGAVE. What art thou then? a man?
1907 · PDF PAGE 279
…ers , becoming rational , became absurd , when drawn out to its logical con clusions , as Crowley himself shows in “ Pansil ”1 and “ The Three Characteristics .” ? In the former he bares the fact that in the “ First Precept " Buddha himself , by speaking this commandment , violated it, and in a note very truly says : “ The argument that the ' animals are our brothers ' is merely intended to mis lead one who has never been in a Buddhist country . The average Buddhist would , of course , kill his brother for five rupees , or less .' 93 The mere f…
1910 · PDF PAGE 188
…one. Aum!” At Benares he visited the temples, and had a long conver- sation with Sri Swami Swayam Prakashananda Maithila; and then after three days’ sojourn there journeyed to Agra. “JT saw the Taj. A dream of beauty,” he writes, “ with appallingly evil things dwelling therein. I actually had to use H.P.K. formula! The building soon palls; the aura is apparent, and disgust succeeds. But the central hall is of strained aura, like a magic circle after the banishing.” At Agra P. met Astrologer and Geomancer Munshi Elihu Bux; who told him that by l…
1910 · PDF PAGE 188
…one. Aum!” At Benares he visited the temples, and had a long conver- sation with Sri Swami Swayam Prakashananda Maithila; and then after three days’ sojourn there journeyed to Agra. “JT saw the Taj. A dream of beauty,” he writes, “ with appallingly evil things dwelling therein. I actually had to use H.P.K. formula! The building soon palls; the aura is apparent, and disgust succeeds. But the central hall is of strained aura, like a magic circle after the banishing.” At Agra P. met Astrologer and Geomancer Munshi Elihu Bux; who told him that by l…
1910 · PDF PAGE 77
…ght bade me observe that in thy song, which thou sangest to the eunuchs, there was a note of pain. Is it because thou hast not eaten for three days that thou hast lost thy good spirits ? Or wast thou ashamed, shooting the peppercorns ?3 No, by Allah, for thou hast no shame. It may be because I have clothed the male ass of Abdullah the tailor in costly trappings and made him pass throughout the whole city in charge of the pimp Mohammed Shaib the Maghraby4 saying : “ I go to fetch Habib from the House of El Qahar as a beautiful bride to this my m…
1929 · PDF PAGE 46
…m with hell's own paint. I timed one thought: despite its myriad million de- tails, each one clear, vivid and prolonged, it occupied but three seconds of earthly time. I considered the incalculable array of the thoughts in his well-furnished mind; I saw that thousands of years would not exhaust them. But, perhaps, when the brain was destroyed beyond recognition of its component parts We have always casually assumed that conscious- ness depends upon a proper flow of blood in the vessels of the brain; we have never stopped to think whether the …
1907 · PDF PAGE 24
…ou, tcos Gdocww? Ha, you swerve Back to that subtler meaning! Few Can guess that miracle of reserve, That sacrament of mathematics, That threescore glee, that three times three, That added scream of hydrostatics ! Not I, for one! Be assured, to fail With me no arriére-pensée lends. Fall once the penny, head or tail, I care not—all the less my friends! Faultlessly faulty! Regular In ice or fire, ’tis nullness counts, So, spring of those Parnassian founts, A thousand garters heralded Thy flawless solitary star : A million garters shall bestead Th…
1929 · PDF PAGE 577
…m, though characteristically ridiculous, did not increase my indignation or contempt. There was no lack of much better material. I spent three days in Rome, observing the course of events. Everything passed off quietly, so I wandered on to Cefalu. My troubles began almost at once owing to the three men I had trusted breaking their word a above narrated. In all other ways, things were in fine shape. I settled down to dictate these memoirs with my usual energy. The Ape and Jane took turns to take down my story and to type it out. On November 26th…
1909 · PDF PAGE 189
…s six, the Seal of Creation, and their total numeric value is 2911. 2911 = 13 = Death, the Transformer *—the distinct formulation of the Three in One, uniting once more to produce the 4. Now Beth primarilysignifieth a House or Abode, and in Taro it is ¥, the Magus—the Vox Dei—and Thoth, the Recorder. Coalesce these two ideas and we get a. “ This is the Magical History.” 4 signifieth the Head or Beginning of Time and * Asit is written: “Thy youth shall be renewed as the Eagle’s.” Now the Eagle is 3, For further consideration of this 13, vide in …
1909 · PDF PAGE 189
…s six, the Seal of Creation, and their total numeric value is 2911. 2911 = 13 = Death, the Transformer *—the distinct formulation of the Three in One, uniting once more to produce the 4. Now Beth primarilysignifieth a House or Abode, and in Taro it is ¥, the Magus—the Vox Dei—and Thoth, the Recorder. Coalesce these two ideas and we get a. “ This is the Magical History.” 4 signifieth the Head or Beginning of Time and * Asit is written: “Thy youth shall be renewed as the Eagle’s.” Now the Eagle is 3, For further consideration of this 13, vide in …
1915 · PDF PAGE 6
…ndicapped by domestic unrest; he was isolated in Europe; England was increasing her navy at a pace he could never beat; France, with her three years' law, was proposing to in- crease her army by fifty per cent at a stroke; Russia was turning flank, pushing on through the Balkans subtly and surely. And the Kaiser answered, "I am the servant of God; I stand for peace. The Crown Prince is for war; I banish him from the Court. When I am dead let him be master; but while I live I am for peace. And let him that draws the sword perish by the sword!" A…
1954 · PDF PAGE 183
…n a fury, and dashed down to Colombo with the intention of painting the very air as red as the betel-spittle on the pavements! But after three days of futile search for satisfying debauchery I came back to my horses, and, sure enough, it was merely that I had gone stale; the relaxation soothed and steadied me; I resumed the discipline with redoubled energy, and Dhyana dawned before a week had elapsed. I mention this because it is the normal habit of the mind to organize these counter-attacks that makes their task so easy. What you need is a min…
1954 · PDF PAGE 293
… New York World, December, 1914.) We now proceed to Magick, page 112. 2. Note: This paragraph was written in the summer 1911, e.v., just three years before its fulfilment. Second innings '38 e.v., sqq.
1911 · PDF PAGE 69
…hat is above the altar is silence, but the echo thereof cometh back from the walls of the circus, and is speech. And this is the speech: Three and four are the days of a quarter of the moon, and on the seventh day is the sabbath, but thrice four is the Sabbath of the Adepts whereof the form is revealed in the Aethyr ZID; that is the eighth of the Aires. And the mysteries of the Table shall not be wholly revealed, nor shall they be revealed herein. But thou shalt gather of the sweat of thy brow a pool of clear water wherein this shall be reveale…
1954 · PDF PAGE 46
…ther, having the value of 831, contain the secret meanings Pyramis and Phallos, which is the same idea in different forms; thus you have three ways of expressing the creative form, in its geometrical aspect, its human aspect, and its divine aspect. I am making a point of this, because the working out of this motto should give you a very clear idea of the sort of way in which Qabalah should be used. I think it is rather useful to remember what the essence of the Qabalah is in principle; thus, in your correspondence for Malkuth, Yesod, and Hod yo…
1929 · PDF PAGE 73
…res are ten degrees and fifteen degrees. In 1902 Pfannl proposed to rush Chogo Ri from Askole. He thought he could get there and back in three days! In reality, it is fourteen days to the foot of the mountain, though unladen men might possibly do it in five. Mountain panic was without doubt partly accountable for the mental and moral breakdown in Guillarmod and Righi, which led them to mutiny on Kangchenjunga. A high degree of spiritual development, a romantic temperament and a profound knowledge based on experience of mountain conditions are t…
1907 · PDF PAGE 188
…, the stars be quenched in utter cloud, And the high sun eclipsed at very noon. So flash I back the glory calm and proud Irradiating the Three. So shall my lyre Sweep the vast courts with acclamation loud Of splashing music, of exulting fire That revels in its penetrating cover Of azure life that smites its flickering spire Of sworded splendour inwards, to discover Not justice, not discernment, not desire, Not passion, but the sheer will of a lover ! MINOS. Substantial, stern, and strong, Who lifts an alien lyre? Confounds our echoes dire With …