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… me God I would exert That power to heal creation's hurt ; Not to divide my devotees From those who scorned me to the close : A worm , a fire , a thirst for these ; A harp - resounding heaven for those !4 Concerning the mother of the eternal God , Crowley has little to tell us , and the Blessed Virgin's affaire du cœur with the amiable Gabriel is but touched on for a moment : 21 The Sword of Song , Pentecost , vol . ii, p . 181 . Why Jesus Wept , vol . iii, p . 40 . 3 The Sword of Song , Ascension Day , vol . ii, p . 163 . * Ibid . vol . ii, p …
1907 · PDF PAGE 220
…psimal - Automorphism ; itself to blind in turn , and to scorch the chill hands of the night which were being extended round its welcome fire . The God - idea cling ing to Philosophy , similarly as the phlogiston - idea clung so long to the principles of chemistry . Now follows the philosophic fall . Seeking the Absolute in sense - perceptions , and listening to the chatter of the carnal snake , these wise men , these latter - day philo sophers , not finding eternal knowledge in the deific apple , ceased munching so wry a pippin , declaring the…
1930 · PDF PAGE 53
…t holy, source of light, source of life, source of love, source of liberty, be thou ever constant and mighty within us, force of energy, fire of motion; with diligence let us ever labour with thee, that we may remain in thine abundant joy. The PEOPLE. So mote it be. (THE MOON) The DEACON. Lady of night, that turning ever about us art now visible and now invisible in thy season, be thou favourable to hunters, and lovers, and to ail men that toil upon the earth, and to ail mariners upon the sea. The PEOPLE. So mote it be. (THE LADY) The DEACON. G…
1944 · PDF PAGE 85
… not to find them in the forest or on the mountain; but in beds of purple, caressed by magnificent beasts of women with large limbs, and fire and light in their eyes, and masses of flaming hair about them; there shall ye find them. Ye shall see them at rule, at victorious armies, at all the joy; and there shall be in them a joy a million times greater than this. Beware lest any force another, King against King! Love one another with burning hearts; on the low men trample in the fierce lust of your pride, in the day of your wrath.” “There is a l…
1907 · PDF PAGE 45
…g and sunbright lie whose name was France Arose against the sun of truth , whose glance Laughed large from the eyes of England fierce as fire Whence eyes wax blind that gaze in truth askance . 2 Rodin in Rime , vol . iii, p . 119 . 3 Ibid .
1907 · PDF PAGE 183
…dream is wrought a spider tapestry ” yet the soul stands on the blood - red field of Aceldama : II. whose red banners beat Their radiant fire Into my shrivelled head , to wither Love's desire ?? The picture becomes grander still , the child of life becomes old in thought : III . I was a child long years ago , it seems , Or months it may be - I am still a child ! They pictured me the stars as wheeling wild In a huge bowl of water ; but my dreams Built it of Titan oak , its sides were piled Of fearful wood Hewn from God's forests , paid with swea…
1930 · PDF PAGE 55
…THE EARTH) The DEACON. Mother of fertility on whose breast. lieth water, whose cheek is caressed by air, and in whose heart is the sun’s fire, womb of ail life, recurring grâce of seasons, answer favourably the prayer of labour, and to pastors and husbandmen be thou propitious. The PEOPLE. So mote it be. (THE PRINCIPLES) The DEACON. Mysterious energy triform, mysterious Matter, in fourfold and sevenfold division ; the interplay of which things weave the dance of the Veil of Life upon the Face of the Spirit, let there be harmony and beauty in yo…
1909 · PDF PAGE 38
…but should any difficulty arise, practice (again) will make the imagination fertile. For example, one may create in thought a chariot of fire with white horses, and command the charioteer to drive earthwards. It might be dangerous to go too far, or 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 have been travelling to coincide with the physical, tightening his…
1909 · PDF PAGE 38
…but should any difficulty arise, practice (again) will make the imagination fertile. For example, one may create in thought a chariot of fire with white horses, and command the charioteer to drive earthwards. It might be dangerous to go too far, or 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 have been travelling to coincide with the physical, tightening his…
1911 · PDF PAGE 70
…he interpretation of I.N.R.L, and the name OIT, RLU, LRL, OOE are other names of God, that contain magical formulae, the first to invoke fire; the second, water; the third, air; and the fourth, earth. And if the Table be read diagonally, every letter, and every combination of letters, is the name of a devil. And from these are drawn the formulae of evil magick. But the holy letter I above the triad LLL dominateth the Table, and preserveth the peace of the universe. And in the seven talismans about the central Table are contained the Mysteries o…
1944 · PDF PAGE 24
… of the marriage of the Father and the Mother; but this is only one interpretation. THE TAROT AND THE ELEMENTS The Ancients conceived of Fire; Water and Air as pure elements. They were connected with the three qualities of Being, Knowledge and Bliss, previously mentioned. They also cor‐ respond with what the Hindus called the Three Gunas—Sattvas, Rajas and Tamas, which may be translated roughly as “Calm”, “Activity”, and “Slothful Darkness”. The alchemists had three similar principles of energy, of which all existing phenomena are composed: Sul…
1907 · PDF PAGE 215
…len over the East for hundreds and thousands of years . There no sun shines , no moon , nor glimmering star , Nor yonder lightning , the fire of earth is quenched , From him , who alone shines , all else borrows its brightness , The whole world bursts into splendour at his shining . Kathaka Upanishad , v, 15 . The veil of Maya shrouds the true aspect of things ; it cuts off the outer from the inner world , rendering the former esoteric , and the latter exoteric . This idea of the All as the One , is magnificently described in 1 The Sword of Son…
1922 · PDF PAGE 142
…ore exhausted than ever. The commissario swung his chair around to our Saviour, and said something which evidently meant, “‘ Please open fire.”’ “‘ I’m the vice-consul here,” he said. ‘‘ I understand that you claim to be Sir Peter and Lady Pendragon.” “ That’s who we are,” I replied, with a pitiful attempt at jauntiness. ‘You'll excuse me, I’m sure,” he said, “if I say that—to the eyes of the average Italian official—you don’t precisely look the part. Have you your passports?” The mere presence of an English gentleman had a good effect in pulli…
1907 · PDF PAGE 90
…nsole her sad lover with the truth . The storm - clouds gather on the twenty - fifth day : Mouth unto mouth ! O fairest ! mutely lying , Fire lambent laid on water , -0 ! the pain ! Kiss me , O heart , as if we both were dying ! | Alice , an Adultery , vol . ii, p . 73 . 2 lbid .
1912 · PDF PAGE 280
…me Scald, Sublime Orphic Doctor, Pontiff of Cadmia, Sublime Magus, Prince Brahmin, Grand Pontiff of Ogygia, Sublime Guardian of Με Three Fires, Sublime Unknown Philosopher, Sublime Sage of Eleusis, Sublime Kan/i, Sage of Mythras, Grand Installator Guardian ofthe Sanctuary, Grand Consetrator Architect ofthe Mystie Cz'ty, Grand Eulogist Guardian ofthe lneflaéle Name, Patriarch of Truth, Knight of the Golden Branch of Eleusis, Patriarch of the Planispheres, Patriarch of the Sacred Vedas, Supreme Master of Wisdom, Doctor ofthe Saered Fire, Sublime M…
1912 · PDF PAGE 280
…me Scald, Sublime Orphic Doctor, Pontiff of Cadmia, Sublime Magus, Prince Brahmin, Grand Pontiff of Ogygia, Sublime Guardian of Με Three Fires, Sublime Unknown Philosopher, Sublime Sage of Eleusis, Sublime Kan/i, Sage of Mythras, Grand Installator Guardian ofthe Sanctuary, Grand Consetrator Architect ofthe Mystie Cz'ty, Grand Eulogist Guardian ofthe lneflaéle Name, Patriarch of Truth, Knight of the Golden Branch of Eleusis, Patriarch of the Planispheres, Patriarch of the Sacred Vedas, Supreme Master of Wisdom, Doctor ofthe Saered Fire, Sublime M…
1919 · PDF PAGE 422
… psychical im- potence. 35. The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet. The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire— the light of daring burning in the heart. The more one dares, the more he shall obtain. The more he fears, the more that light shall pale—and that alone can guide. For as the lingering sunbeam, that on the top of some tall moun- tain shines, is followed by black night when out it fades, so is 100
1961 · PDF PAGE 122
… invoke the God that giveth Wisdom, bearing the Word of the All-Father by his Caduceus. Then, suddenly, as I began (as it were a Gust of Fire whirled forth against that Idea) cam the Wit of mine utter Identity, so that I ceased, crying Mercurius Sum. Also instantly I knew in myself that here was a Mystery hidden, and translating into the Greek Tongue, exclaimed `ERMES 'EIMI, whose Numeration did I make in my Mind forthwith, and it is Four Hundred and Eighteen, like unto the Word of the Æon. So by this I knew that my Work was well wrought in Tru…
1961 · PDF PAGE 166
… seizing hem for their Prey. His letter is Teth, whose Implication is a Serpent, and the Number thereof Nine, whereof is Aub, the secret Fire of Obeah. Also Nine is of Jesod, uniting Change with Stability. But in the Book of Thoth, He is the Atu called Strength, whose Number is ELEVEN which is Aud, the Light Odic of Magick. And therein is figured the Lion, even THE BEAST, and Our Lady BABALON with Her Hands upon His Mouth, that She may master Him. Here I would have thee to mark well how these our Symbols are cognate, and flow forth the one into…
1907 · PDF PAGE 140
… woman whose magician power Is broken , and the balance of her mind Made one with the fool's bauble , and her wand That was of steel and fire , like a reed , snapped !3 Mysteries : Lyrical and Dramatic , vol . I, p . 104 . 2 The Fatal Force , vol . i, p . 143 . 3 Ibid .