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Page 56 of 761919 · PDF PAGE 152
…one, and had had no news to speak of, and this he attributed to his own failure to carry out his task in detail. In this he was no doubt right to a great extent, for unless any Pro- bationer does what he is instructed, he can expect no further help, which would only mean that the Master concurred in his laziness or weakness, March 6th., 1911. Up to this time, although he had done the exercises regularly no particular result had occurred, and we find this note: “I do not really look for any results now, or expect any, since control of ‘self’ is …
1929 · PDF PAGE 525
…lso in putting over a large amount of what was on the surface quite ordinary literature, but implying the Law of Thelema as the basis of right thought and conduct. In this way I managed to insinuate my message perhaps more effectively than could possibly have been done by any amount of visible argument and persuasion. The Scrutinies of Simon Iff are perfectly good detective stories, yet they not only show a master of the Law as competent to solve the subtlest problems by considerations based upon the Law, but the way in which crime and unhappin…
1919 · PDF PAGE 382
… if the “Secret Path” is unattainable this “day,” it is within thy reach “To-morrow.” Learn that no efforts, not the smallest—whether in right or wrong direction—can vanish from the world of causes. E’en wasted smoke re- mains not traceless. “A harsh word uttered in past lives is not destroyed, but ever comes again.” The pepper plant will not give birth to roses, nor the sweet jessamine’s silver star to thorn or thistle turn. Behold what is written for a Parable in the “Great Law”: Let not the failure and the pain turn aside the worshippers. Th…
1922 · PDF PAGE 201
…That hateful tall thin girl was out of the way. Basil received me with his usual greeting. It stung me to the quick like an insult. What right had he to reproach me? And why should “Do what thou wilt ’’ sound like a reproach? As a rule he added something to the phrase. He slid into ordinary conversation with a kind of sinuous grace. There was always something feline about him. He reminded me of a beautiful, terrible tiger winding his way through thick jungle. But to-day, he stopped short with dour decision. It was as if he had fired a shot, and…
1929 · PDF PAGE 156
… the manner following. First, what are the éléments necessary for his storms ? He .must hâve certain stores of electrical force, and the right kind of clouds to contain it. He must see that the force does not leak away to earth quietly and slyly. He must arrange a stress so severe as to become at last so intolér¬ able that it will disrupt explosively. Now he, as a man, cannot pray to God to cause them, for the Gods are but names for the forces of Nature themselves* But, as a Mystic, he knows that ail things are phantoms of One Thing, and that t…
1930 · PDF PAGE 20
…er must be thus assimilated. Samadhi is, by définition, that very process. But, from the point of view of the young magician, there is a right wav — strait and difficult •— of performing ail this. One cannot too frequently repeat that what is lawful and proper to one Path is alien to another. Immediately after the License to Départ, and the general closing up of the work,it is necessary that the Magician should sit down and write up his magical record. However much he may hâve been tired 1 by the ceremony, he ought to force himself to do this u…
1996 · PDF PAGE 18
…breed war makers and war. They and their cousins german, malevolent inter ference with individual freedom of thought and man’s natural right to all the pleasures of life, breed also social discontents and social ills. In the strictest sense, such persecuting manias are anti social. The true will of humanity is against them and against their offspring. That will is not for wars, it is not for the “moral” filth of sexual frustration or for the frustration of anything that is needed for the creative fulfilment of individual life. Until the old …
1929 · PDF PAGE 25
… (22) Every individual is essentially sufficient to himself. But he is unsatisfactory to himself until he has established himself in his right relation with the Universe. (Illustration: A microscope, however perfect, is useless in the i. It is no objection that the hypocrite is himself part of Nature. He is an “endothermie” product, divided against himself, with a tendency to break up. He will see his own qualities everywhere, and thus obtain a radical misconception of phenomena. Most religions of the past hâve failed by expecting Nature to con…
1929 · PDF PAGE 105
…voice in which they should be recited. This spécial voice was a natural gift of the Master Therion; but it can be easily taught — to the right people. Various considérations impelled Him to attempt conjurations in the English language. There already existed one example, the charm of the witches in Macbeth ; although this was perhaps not meant seriously, its effect is indubitable. * 1 He has found iambic tetrameters enriched with many rimec both internai and external very useful. “The Wizard Way” (Equinox 1,1) gives a good idea of the sort of th…
1930 · PDF PAGE 76
… 6. Works of destruction, which may be done in many different ways. One may fascinate and bend to one’s will a person who has of his own right the power to destroy. One may employ spirits or talismans. The more powerful magicians of the last few centuries hâve employed books. In private matters these Works are very easy, if they be neces- sary. An adept known to The Master Therion once found it necessary to slay a Circe who was bewitching brethren. He merely walked to the door of her room, and drew an Astral T (“tradi- tore”, and the symbol of …
1954 · PDF PAGE 359
…o Rome, though he refused to name the exact spot. We were to take a villa and there write Book 4. I asked him how we might recognize the right Villa. I forget what answer he gave through her, but for the first time he flashed a message directly into my own consciousness. "You will recognize it beyond the possibility of doubt or error ," he told me. With this a picture came into my mind of a hillside on which were a house and garden marked by two tall Persian Nuts. The next day we went on to Rome. Owing to my own Ananias-like attempt to "keep ba…
1922 · PDF PAGE 187
…t is a little fretful at times. It’s certainly great, Peter Pan having medical knowledge. He went out and got some strychnine and put me right. Champagne helps H. quite a lot. Youmustn’t drink it off. The thing to do is to sip it very slowly. It helps one to move one’s hands.
1922 · PDF PAGE 192
…natural, with this eternal insomnia and sleeping at the wrong time. I hated Peter (and K.L.) the more because I knew all the time he was right. If K.L. is a Devil, it’s up to us to get the last laugh. I tore the beastly letter into shreds. Peter has gone out—I hope he has gone to kill him. I want to be thrilled—just once more— if I had to be hanged for it myself. Our watches have run down. It doesn’t matter. I can call on Mabel any time I like. I may as well go now. I’ll drink a small bottle and go along.... It is night. Cockie has not returned…
1930 · PDF PAGE 41
…f apoplexy. But, even suppose we are safe from deceit, how can we know that the question has really been put to another mind, understood rightly, and answered from knowledge ? It is obviously possible to check one’s operations by clairvoyance, but this is rather like buying a safe to keep a brick in. Expérience is the only teacher. One acquires what one may almost calî a new sense. One feels in one’s self whether one is right or not. The diviner must develop this sense. It resembles the exquisite sensibility of touch which is found in the great…
1996 · PDF PAGE 93
… of gravity of the cube no two rays are identical except in mere length. They differ as to their point of contact with the circle, their right ascension, and their relation with the other points of the cube. 1 [Sir Arthur] Eddington, [Space, Time and Gravitation: An Outline of the General Relativity Theory. See Works Cited.] 2 Eddington, op. cit., p. 158. 3 [Grk., lit. “comb,” meaning “vulva.”] Why is Nuit restricted to two dimensions? We usually think of 1=28 space as a sphere. “None” — “and two”: extension and potenti ality are Her only proj…
1909 · PDF PAGE 258
…the Earth. Thmaist of dual form as{ THE GRADE OF NEOPHYTE THE OPENING The Officers and members being assembled the Kerux proceeds to the right of the Hierophant and facing West raises his wand, as a symbol of the ray of Divine Light from the white Triangle of the Three Supernals, and cries : “HEKAS, HEKAS, ESTE, BEBELOI!”|| * More fiery. S.R.M.D. says Thmais contains the letters of wmnx, and probably is the origin of the Greek Quis, the Justice-Goddess. t More fluidic, t Or Caduceus. See Diagram 24. § Or Fylfat. See Diagram 14. || The same as ‘…
1909 · PDF PAGE 287
… Astris, the Path now open to you is the Twenty-eighth, leading from the 2° = 9° of Theoricus tothe 4° = 7° of Philosophus. Take in your right hand the Solid pyramid of the Elements and follow your guide through the Path.” D vy Then, as before, the Hierophant raises his red lamp, and cries : mae] “The Priestess with the Mask of Isis Frorsu] Lemp cheeee frtsivat| spake and said: ‘Iam the rain of Heaven Proven CH bution descending upon the Earth, bearing with it the fructifying and germinating power. fas I am the plenteous yielder of Harvest; I S…
1909 · PDF PAGE 258
…the Earth. Thmaist of dual form as{ THE GRADE OF NEOPHYTE THE OPENING The Officers and members being assembled the Kerux proceeds to the right of the Hierophant and facing West raises his wand, as a symbol of the ray of Divine Light from the white Triangle of the Three Supernals, and cries : “HEKAS, HEKAS, ESTE, BEBELOI!”|| * More fiery. S.R.M.D. says Thmais contains the letters of wmnx, and probably is the origin of the Greek Quis, the Justice-Goddess. t More fluidic, t Or Caduceus. See Diagram 24. § Or Fylfat. See Diagram 14. || The same as ‘…
1909 · PDF PAGE 287
… Astris, the Path now open to you is the Twenty-eighth, leading from the 2° = 9° of Theoricus tothe 4° = 7° of Philosophus. Take in your right hand the Solid pyramid of the Elements and follow your guide through the Path.” D vy Then, as before, the Hierophant raises his red lamp, and cries : mae] “The Priestess with the Mask of Isis Frorsu] Lemp cheeee frtsivat| spake and said: ‘Iam the rain of Heaven Proven CH bution descending upon the Earth, bearing with it the fructifying and germinating power. fas I am the plenteous yielder of Harvest; I S…
1910 · PDF PAGE 179
…ntal Muttering. “Aum Shivayavashi” Fifteen minutes, at rate when Ajna throbs. (N.B. Of late my many years’ habit of sleeping only on the right side has vanished. I now sleep always on my left side.) Pranayama. 10. 20. 30. Pranayama. Four minutes: 10. 20. 30. Mantra: “ Aum Shivayavashi” Twenty minutes. I feel on the brink of something every time—Aid me, Lord Self! His Holiness the Guru Swami says: “It is not well, O child, that thou contemplatest the external objects about thee. Let rather thy Chakkras be on-meditated. Aum!” Dharana on Ajna eigh…