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Page 54 of 911913 · PDF PAGE 154
…17th he is balanced. In the 16th is the first dim dawn of the Great Ones of Liber Legis as Lords of the Initiation, and something of the nature of the ceremony is foreshadowed. In the 15th the Adept is examined, and permission is given to pass him fully to the grade of Magister Templi, but admission to any further grade refused. It will be noticed, further, that this all takes place in a Temple of the Rosy Cross. In the 14th A:thyr we get the initiation itself. Fra. P. and his Chela, who was acting as his scribe, were upon Da'leh Addin, a mount…
1913 · PDF PAGE 156
…last Initiation, this destruction of the opposition between One and the Many, he descended from the mountain, and awaited nightfall. The nature of the Initiation itself—its climax and comple- tion—can only be given in the sublime words of the Angel of the A&thyr itself. We therefore quote it in full— The Angel reappears. The blackness gathers about, so thick, so clinging, so penetrating, so oppressive, that all the other darkness that I have ever conceived would be like bright light beside it. His voice comes in a whisper: O thou that art maste…
1913 · PDF PAGE 498
…nished by a great deal the chances of prodigies, but there still remains a great number, since both the power of the imagination and the nature and power of magnetism are not yet known. The observation of universal analogies, moreover, has been neg- lected, and for that reason divination is no longer believed in. 1 This isno more an argument than to say that God “abandoned” Christ. Martyrdom is usually cited on the other side. Besides, the fate of Cagliostro is unknown—at least to the world at large—O. M. 200
1913 · PDF PAGE 154
…17th he is balanced. In the 16th is the first dim dawn of the Great Ones of Liber Legis as Lords of the Initiation, and something of the nature of the ceremony is foreshadowed. In the 15th the Adept is examined, and permission is given to pass him fully to the grade of Magister Templi, but admission to any further grade refused. It will be noticed, further, that this all takes place in a Temple of the Rosy Cross. In the 14th A:thyr we get the initiation itself. Fra. P. and his Chela, who was acting as his scribe, were upon Da'leh Addin, a mount…
1913 · PDF PAGE 156
…last Initiation, this destruction of the opposition between One and the Many, he descended from the mountain, and awaited nightfall. The nature of the Initiation itself—its climax and comple- tion—can only be given in the sublime words of the Angel of the A&thyr itself. We therefore quote it in full— The Angel reappears. The blackness gathers about, so thick, so clinging, so penetrating, so oppressive, that all the other darkness that I have ever conceived would be like bright light beside it. His voice comes in a whisper: O thou that art maste…
1913 · PDF PAGE 498
…nished by a great deal the chances of prodigies, but there still remains a great number, since both the power of the imagination and the nature and power of magnetism are not yet known. The observation of universal analogies, moreover, has been neg- lected, and for that reason divination is no longer believed in. 1 This isno more an argument than to say that God “abandoned” Christ. Martyrdom is usually cited on the other side. Besides, the fate of Cagliostro is unknown—at least to the world at large—O. M. 200
1919 · PDF PAGE 248
…re bound together by participation in certain mysteries, which lead to a synthetic climax in which a single secret is communicated whose nature is such as to set at rest for ever all division on those fertile causes of quarrel, sex and religion. The possession of this secret gives the members entitled to it such calm of authority that the perfect respect which is their due never fails them. Thus, then, you see brethren dwelling together in unity; and you wonder whether the lust of possession may not cause division. On the contrary, this matter …
1907 · PDF PAGE 134
… the soul . Amnon lusted after Tamar , he was a mental monster ; Ezekiel devoured dung , he was a spiritual abortion . That a passionate nature is necessarily a lustful one , is often no more the case than that a lustful one need necessarily be passionate ; that lust as well as passion often inhabit the same mind is true enough , and that its forms are monstrous must be apparent to all students of sexual psychology ; as the cold blooded lust of the lecher , who can only find stimula tion for his gross lecheries in the horrors of a de Sade , dev…
1910 · PDF PAGE 199
…e of the character of “reverie.” Very tempting and insidious. 4. Quaternary. Are closely connected with the control centre itself. Their nature is “How well I’m doing it,” or “Wouldn’t it be a good idea to. ..?” These are prob- ably emanations from the control, not messages to it. We might call them: “ Aberrations of control.” Of a similar depth are the reflections which discover a break, but these are healthy warnings, and assist. 5. Quinary, Neverrise intoconsciousness at all,being helddown by themost perfect control. Hence the blank of thoug…
1910 · PDF PAGE 267
…rm of a vision of intense sublimity has blown past the hasheesh-eater, his next vision is generally of a quiet, relaxing, and recreating nature. He comes down from his clouds or up from his abyss into a middle ground of gentle shadows, where he may rest his eyes from the splendour of the seraphim or the flames of fiends. There is a wise philosophy in this arrangement, for otherwise the soul would soon burn out in the excess of its own oxygen. Many atime, it seems to me, has my own thus been saved from extinction. When I woke it was morning—actu…
1910 · PDF PAGE 199
…e of the character of “reverie.” Very tempting and insidious. 4. Quaternary. Are closely connected with the control centre itself. Their nature is “How well I’m doing it,” or “Wouldn’t it be a good idea to. ..?” These are prob- ably emanations from the control, not messages to it. We might call them: “ Aberrations of control.” Of a similar depth are the reflections which discover a break, but these are healthy warnings, and assist. 5. Quinary, Neverrise intoconsciousness at all,being helddown by themost perfect control. Hence the blank of thoug…
1910 · PDF PAGE 267
…rm of a vision of intense sublimity has blown past the hasheesh-eater, his next vision is generally of a quiet, relaxing, and recreating nature. He comes down from his clouds or up from his abyss into a middle ground of gentle shadows, where he may rest his eyes from the splendour of the seraphim or the flames of fiends. There is a wise philosophy in this arrangement, for otherwise the soul would soon burn out in the excess of its own oxygen. Many atime, it seems to me, has my own thus been saved from extinction. When I woke it was morning—actu…
1913 · PDF PAGE 20
…tter is absolutely incapable of producing such a work. The plaintiff submits that this course of conduct is calculated to warp the moral nature of the boys and to make them moral degenerates. The defendant, beyond putting forward divine claims on behalf of the boys, has not been taking proper care of their education. The first boy has not picked up the rudiments of the English language in spite of three years of alleged tuition by English tutors. The plaintiff submits that he, 20
1996 · PDF PAGE 133
… directly. But it may be learnt by those who have attained the necessary degree of magical technique, suggested automatically to them by Nature herself, just as newly- hatched chickens pick up corn without instruction. 64. Oh! thou art overcome: we are upon thee; our delight is all over thee: hail! hail: prophet of Nu! prophet of Had! prophet of Ra-Hoor-Khu! Now rejoice! now come in our splendour & rapture! Come in our passionate peace, & write sweet words for the Kings! Commentary: “the Kings” are evidently those men who are capable of underst…
1929 · PDF PAGE 96
96 proper means, we can induce him to do for us those things which are consonant with his nature and powers. The whole question is, therefore, one of practice; and by this standard we find that there is no particular reason for quarrelling with the conventional nomenclature. At this time I had not worked out any such apology for the theories of transcendentalism. I took everything as it came and submitted it to the test of experience. As it happened, I had no reason at any time to doubt the reality of the magical universe. I began my practical …
1904 · PDF PAGE 111
…a peripheral anguish. Here we leave the dom ain of fact; but at leas t as far our knowledge extends, all or nearly all the operations of Nature are vanity and vexation of spirit. Consider food, the desire for which periodically arises in all conscious beings.1 The existence of thes e desires, or rather necessities, which I realise to be m ine, is unpleasant. It is this desire inherent in me for continued consciousness that is responsible for it all, and this leads us to the Third Noble Truth. (3) S ORROW’S CEASING.—The ces sation of desire is t…
1913 · PDF PAGE 159
…. Bou-saada, December 3, 1909. 9.50-11.15 pr. Comment on this cry can but profane it, yet it is necessary to emphasize the very peculiar nature of the attain- 119
1913 · PDF PAGE 505
…l. It is thus that they work marvels. They make themselves believed, they make them- selves followed, and when they say, “This is thus,” Nature changes (in a sense) to the eyes of the vulgar, and becomes what the great man wished. “This is my flesh and this is my blood,” said a Man who had made himself God by his virtues; and eighteen centuries, in the presence of a piece of bread and a little wine, have seen, touched, tasted and adored flesh and blood made divine by martyrdom! Say now, that the human will accomplishes no miracles ! 207
1913 · PDF PAGE 159
…. Bou-saada, December 3, 1909. 9.50-11.15 pr. Comment on this cry can but profane it, yet it is necessary to emphasize the very peculiar nature of the attain- 119
1913 · PDF PAGE 505
…l. It is thus that they work marvels. They make themselves believed, they make them- selves followed, and when they say, “This is thus,” Nature changes (in a sense) to the eyes of the vulgar, and becomes what the great man wished. “This is my flesh and this is my blood,” said a Man who had made himself God by his virtues; and eighteen centuries, in the presence of a piece of bread and a little wine, have seen, touched, tasted and adored flesh and blood made divine by martyrdom! Say now, that the human will accomplishes no miracles ! 207