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Page 55 of 941929 · PDF PAGE 34
…e and the bedridden mother of one of the two, I forget which. Now as it is written "Wheresoever two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them", it was all very well: but two forms a quorum. Jesus will not come for less. This has never been disputed by any doctor of the Brethren. Wigram is clear on the point; if Darby had ever been clear on any point, it would have been on that. Kelly never denied it; even Stuart was sound in this matter, and Stoney himself (though reluctantly) gave his adhesion. To hold a meetin…
1907 · PDF PAGE 18
…do my part as a law-abiding citizen and take my boot to the offender, as a warning to him and all of his kidney. I shall not mention his name: that he would enjoy: that is perhaps what he hoped. I will merely state that he is one of those unwashen and oleaginous individuals who are a kind of Mérodack-Jauneau without the Mérodack, ie., without the gleam of intention in their work which to the lay mind redeems even the most grotesque imbecility of technique, and the most fatu@s ignorance of all subjects connected or unconnected with art. By philo…
1909 · PDF PAGE 134
…rkets were stirring; the weapons and my blood would arouse curiosity. Well, how to act? “The positive certitude that I had had about the name of the street was my bane. Had I doubted I could have more easily carried out the systematic search that I proposed. But as it was my organised patrol of the quarter was not scientific ; I was biased. I came back again and again to the street and searched it, as if the house might have been hidden in the gutter or vanished and reappeared by magic; as if my previous search might (by some incredible chance)…
1909 · PDF PAGE 134
…rkets were stirring; the weapons and my blood would arouse curiosity. Well, how to act? “The positive certitude that I had had about the name of the street was my bane. Had I doubted I could have more easily carried out the systematic search that I proposed. But as it was my organised patrol of the quarter was not scientific ; I was biased. I came back again and again to the street and searched it, as if the house might have been hidden in the gutter or vanished and reappeared by magic; as if my previous search might (by some incredible chance)…
1911 · PDF PAGE 99
…eared him not, and ordered the demon to proceed.) Thou canst tell me naught that I know not, for in me is all Knowledge: Knowledge is my name. Is not the head of the great Serpent arisen into Knowledge? (Here the Scribe again commanded Choronzon to continue with the call.) Know thou that there is no Cry in the tenth Aethyr like unto the other Cries, for Choronzon is Dispersion, and cannot fix his mind upon any one thing for any length of time. Thou canst master him in argument, O talkative one; thou wast commanded, wast thou not, to talk toChor…
1912 · PDF PAGE 80
… this is an account of the highest of the trances—of Shivadarshana itself, as we know from other sources. The “vision,” to use still the name become totally inadequate, appears to have had three main points in its Atmadarshana stage— I. The Universal Peacock. 2, The Universe as Ego. “I who am all and made it all abide its separate Lord," i.e. the Universe becomes a single and simple being, without quantity, quality, or conditions. In this the "I " is immanent, yet the “ I " made it, and the “ I ᾽᾽ is entirely apart from it, (This is the Christi…
1912 · PDF PAGE 80
… this is an account of the highest of the trances—of Shivadarshana itself, as we know from other sources. The “vision,” to use still the name become totally inadequate, appears to have had three main points in its Atmadarshana stage— I. The Universal Peacock. 2, The Universe as Ego. “I who am all and made it all abide its separate Lord," i.e. the Universe becomes a single and simple being, without quantity, quality, or conditions. In this the "I " is immanent, yet the “ I " made it, and the “ I ᾽᾽ is entirely apart from it, (This is the Christi…
1913 · PDF PAGE 79
…kle with the lustral water of the loud-resounding sea." It is the sea that purifies the world. And the " Great Sea " is in the Qabalah a name of Binah, " Understanding." stands in the Circle, and the spirit in the Triangle; so the Magician is in the Triangle with respect to his own God. ' An ugly form. A better is given in the illustration. ^ These " principles" are seen by the pupil when first he succeeds in stilling his mind. That one which happens to lie in course at the moment is the one seen by him. This is so mar%'ellous an experience, ev…
1913 · PDF PAGE 438
… what prodigies are you speaking ?” “Eh, what prodigies should they be but those of the great prophet Elias, returned to earth under the name of Pierre Michel ?” “Tunderstand; you mean Eugéne Vintras. I have heard his prophecies spoken of. But does he really perform miracles ?” [Here Mr. Madrolle jumps in his chair, raises his eyes and his hands to heaven, and finally smiles with a condescension which seems to sound the depths of pity.] 140
1913 · PDF PAGE 549
…nother when one wishes to take hold of that other and dominate him. The astral ascendant has been divined by other magi, who gave it the name of ¢ourdi/lon (vortex). It is, say they, a current of specialized light, representing always the same circle of images, and consequently determined and determining impressions. These vortices exist for men as for stars. ‘The stars,” said Paracelsus, “ breathe out their luminous soul, and attract each other's radiation. The soul of the earth, prisoner of the fatal laws of gravitation, frees itself by speci…
1913 · PDF PAGE 438
… what prodigies are you speaking ?” “Eh, what prodigies should they be but those of the great prophet Elias, returned to earth under the name of Pierre Michel ?” “Tunderstand; you mean Eugéne Vintras. I have heard his prophecies spoken of. But does he really perform miracles ?” [Here Mr. Madrolle jumps in his chair, raises his eyes and his hands to heaven, and finally smiles with a condescension which seems to sound the depths of pity.] 140
1913 · PDF PAGE 549
…nother when one wishes to take hold of that other and dominate him. The astral ascendant has been divined by other magi, who gave it the name of ¢ourdi/lon (vortex). It is, say they, a current of specialized light, representing always the same circle of images, and consequently determined and determining impressions. These vortices exist for men as for stars. ‘The stars,” said Paracelsus, “ breathe out their luminous soul, and attract each other's radiation. The soul of the earth, prisoner of the fatal laws of gravitation, frees itself by speci…
1919 · PDF PAGE 65
… all things by his arcane science and wisdom, choosing only those symbols which were common to all systems, and rigorously rejecting all names and words which might be supposed to imply any religious or metaphysical theory. To do this utterly was found impossible, since all lan- guage has a history, and the use (for example) of the word “spirit” implies the Scholastic Philosophy and the Hindu and Taoist theories concerning the breath of man. So was it difficult to avoid implication of some undesirable bias by using the words “order,” “circle,” …
1922 · PDF PAGE 17
…; but some it shoots far up the shore on to glistening golden sand out of the reach of any further freaks of fortune. Let me explain. My name is Peter Pendragon. My father was a second son; and he had quarrelled with my Uncle Mortimer when they were boys. He was a struggling general practitioner in Norfolk, and had not made things any better for himself by marrying. However, he scraped together enough to get me some sort of education, and at the outbreak of the war I was twenty-two years old and had just passed my Intermediate for M.D. in the U…
1996 · PDF PAGE 155
… Worship me with fire Sc blood; worship me with swords & with spears. Let the woman be girt with a sword before me: let blood flow to my name. Trample down the Heathen; be upon them, o warrior, I will give you of their flesh to eat! 12. Sacrifice cattle, little and big: after a child. 13. But not now. 14. Ye shall see that hour, o blessed Beast, and thou the Scarlet Concubine of his desire! 15. Ye shall be sad thereof. 16. Deem not too eagerly to catch the promises; fear not to undergo the curses. Ye, even ye, know not this meaning all.
1907 · PDF PAGE 238
… are synthetic . [ But is his dogmatism cor rect ? Crowley would disagree .] [(a.) Mathematics is analytic , because a parabola is but a name , and all its qualities are directly deducible from its definitions , etc. , etc. , and therefore contained therein , though not seen . ( 6) Mathematics is based on racial experience , and even on individual learning ; only a few highly developed brains can apprehend its propositions . It may be doubted whether any synthetic judgement exists at all ; for the moment it is made it becomes analytic . This is…
1911 · PDF PAGE 124
…h a sickle that shall reap every flower. Is not Saturn exalted in Libra? Daleth, Lamed, Tau. And therefore was he a fool who uttered her name in his heart, for the root of evil is the root of breath, and the speech in the silence was a lie. Thus is it seen from below by them that understand not. But from above he rejoiceth, for the joy of dissolution is ten thousand, and the pang of birth but a little. And now thou shalt go forth from the Aethyr, for the voice of the Aethyr is hidden and concealed from thee because thou hadst not the key of the…
1907 · PDF PAGE 131
…, child.” Continues the tale of his wooing—'‘' / caught the lavish lyre, and sate.” Eurydice’s song—‘' Who art thou, love, by what sweet name 1 quicken.” Continues the tale of his wooing—'" So dy sume spell divinely drawn.” Orpheus’ song—'‘' Voll, strong life-current of these very veins.” Concludes his lament—'' So sped my woving : now I surely think,” BOOK Ill Orpheus recounts his journey to Hades—'' As / pass in my flight,” Invokes the guardians—'' //ail to ye, wardens.” Continues his voyage—‘' The phantoms diminish,” Invokes Hecate—‘' O trip…
1913 · PDF PAGE 472
…so,” said Eliphas; ‘but if I come shall I ask the porter for Mlle. de la Merlitre?” “Do not do so,” said she; ‘I am not known under that name; ask for Mme. Dutruck.” “Dutruck, certainly, madam; I present my humble compliments.” And they separated. The trial of the assassin began, and Eliphas, reading in the newspapers that the man was a priest, that he had belonged to the clergy of St. Germain |’Auxerrois, that he had been a country vicar, and that he seemed exalted to the point of madness, recalled the pale priest who, a year earlier, had been…
1913 · PDF PAGE 472
…so,” said Eliphas; ‘but if I come shall I ask the porter for Mlle. de la Merlitre?” “Do not do so,” said she; ‘I am not known under that name; ask for Mme. Dutruck.” “Dutruck, certainly, madam; I present my humble compliments.” And they separated. The trial of the assassin began, and Eliphas, reading in the newspapers that the man was a priest, that he had belonged to the clergy of St. Germain |’Auxerrois, that he had been a country vicar, and that he seemed exalted to the point of madness, recalled the pale priest who, a year earlier, had been…