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Page 57 of 821909 · PDF PAGE 363
…e pigeon goes, but trust the recipient will read this and send back the pigeon with a note giving news of England. Are Radicals still in power ? Shall send the letter by return of carrier. Please fill up tubes with films, Extraordinary adventures !!!” It was strange and it attracted me. I fed the bird, put a short answer of a few words—“ Courage. Send message; there areno Radicals”—and a supply of fresh films in the tubes, and, kissing its head, let it go with a sigh. Then my luck returned, and I forgot all about it until last week, when the pi…
1919 · PDF PAGE 250
…e supreme incentive; advancement in the Order depends almost entirely on the possession of such qualities, and is impossible without it. Power being the main desire of man, it is only necessary so to condition its possession that it be not abused. Wealth is of no account in the O.T.O. Above a certain grade all realisable property, with certain obvious excep- tions—things in daily use, and the like—must be vested in the O.T.O. Property may be enjoyed in accordance with the dignity of the adept of such grade, but he cannot leave it idle 236
1929 · PDF PAGE 163
…red George Nathaniel Curzon at the psychological moment when our pathetic cables to Lord George Hamilton at India Office had brought the power of Blighty to bear on the naughty nabobs. The "superior person" saved his face by authorizing Eckenstein to rejoin the party on guarantees for his good conduct subscribed by Knowles and myself! We never learnt, and I do not know to this day, the dessous des cartes. Eckenstein insistently professed himself in utter ignorance of the reasons which had induced the authorities to take their high-handed and fu…
1904 · PDF PAGE 9
…l.—ED. 2 It was owing to our Fra. receiving this $.V.A. as his Superior, and giving up the Arcana of our Fraternity into so unhallowed a power, that We decided no longer to leave Our dignity and authority in the hands of one who could be thus easily imposed upon. (For bya childish and easy magical trick did S.V.A. persuade D.D.C.F. of that lie.) Vv
1954 · PDF PAGE 66
… consciousness, not his body only, is affected by my act; although the dagger, as such, has no direct relation therewith. Similarly, the power of my thought may so work on the mind of another person as to produce far-reaching physical changes in him, or in others through him.) 17. A man may learn to use any force so as to serve any purpose, by taking advantage of the above theorems. (Illustration: A man may use a razor to make himself vigilant over his speech, by using it to cut himself whenever he unguardedly utters a chosen word. He may serve…
1907 · PDF PAGE 307
…g out , ” Ek-otaois , quasi -spasmodic , of a special tract of the brain as , if persisted in , involves the risk of a permanent loss of power , almost in the end a paralysis of the other tracts . Like other bad habits it grows by what it feeds on , and may put the fine and complex co-ordinated ma chinery quite out of gear . The ecstatic attains an illumi nation ( so-called ) at the expense of sober reason and solid judgement, Crowley's answer to this is : Mysticus would not , I think , wish to contest this view , but rather would argue that if…
1909 · PDF PAGE 289
…rayed circle and terminating in a triangle, It is the Tower of Babel. The flash exactly forms the Astronomical symbol of Mars. It is the Power of the Triad rushing down and destroying the Column of Darkness. ‘The men falling from the tower represent the fali of the kings of Edom. ‘On the right-hand side of the Tower is Light, and the representation of the Tree of Life by Ten Circles. On the left-hand side is Darkness, and Eleven Circles symbolically representing the Qliphoth.” Suibbew Reon [e) ey aD a) of bet QZ) fee a Wyte Ow [remote [Danccts …
1909 · PDF PAGE 289
…rayed circle and terminating in a triangle, It is the Tower of Babel. The flash exactly forms the Astronomical symbol of Mars. It is the Power of the Triad rushing down and destroying the Column of Darkness. ‘The men falling from the tower represent the fali of the kings of Edom. ‘On the right-hand side of the Tower is Light, and the representation of the Tree of Life by Ten Circles. On the left-hand side is Darkness, and Eleven Circles symbolically representing the Qliphoth.” Suibbew Reon [e) ey aD a) of bet QZ) fee a Wyte Ow [remote [Danccts …
1909 · PDF PAGE 180
…name as typical of the Father and the Mother, and so divided into m and m.{ Now if into the midst of this divided Name * 3, the Magus of Power in Taro = Will. + Ritual of the Path of the Daughter of the Firmament. t For it is written (Genesis v. 1, 2): : ONI Aap IAP INN Awy onbdx mata ox ody x3 “And the Elohim created Mankind: in the Likeness of the Elohim created they them: Male and Female created they them.” Now if ADAM be in the similitude of the Elohim: and are male and female, then must the Elohim 170
1909 · PDF PAGE 180
…name as typical of the Father and the Mother, and so divided into m and m.{ Now if into the midst of this divided Name * 3, the Magus of Power in Taro = Will. + Ritual of the Path of the Daughter of the Firmament. t For it is written (Genesis v. 1, 2): : ONI Aap IAP INN Awy onbdx mata ox ody x3 “And the Elohim created Mankind: in the Likeness of the Elohim created they them: Male and Female created they them.” Now if ADAM be in the similitude of the Elohim: and are male and female, then must the Elohim 170
1922 · PDF PAGE 103
The Ghiter on the Snow 89 this; that we seemed to be endowed with what I must call the power of telepathy, for want of a better word. We didn’t need to explain ourselves to each other. Our minds worked together like those of two first- class three-quarters who are accustomed to play together. Part of the enjoyment, moreover, came from the knowledge that we were infinitely superior to anything we might happen to meet. The mere fact that we had so much more time to think than other people assured us of this. We were like a leash of greyhounds, an…
1922 · PDF PAGE 382
…rough that ghoulish ghastliness. We had followed the devil through the dance of death, but there could be no doubt in our minds that the power of evil was permitted for a purpose. We obtained the ineffable assurance of the existence of a spiritual energy that worked its wondrous will in ways too strange for the heart of man to understand until the time should be ripe. The pestilence of the past had immunised us against its poison. The devil had defeated himself. We had attained a higher stage of evolution. And this under- standing of the past f…
1954 · PDF PAGE 21
…t of the Oedipus complex at some length, replete with innumerable case histories and paradigms, then Philip Wylie extended it with great power in order to reach the general public. But the most bitter and violent of all the attacks on mother love that I am familiar with has emanated from Crowley. His letter 53 has to be read slowly and closely to be fully appreciated. It is far more deadly and vitriolic than anything Freud ever wrote, and much more to the point than Wylie's work. No doubt it is predicated on the bad relationship he had with his…
1929 · PDF PAGE 35
… had long since known and loved it, clear, strong, resonant, measured: Get this down right; it is very important. I am passing into the power of the subconsciousness. I may not be able to speak to you again. But I am here; I am not to be touched by all that I may suffer; I can always think; you can always read my The voice broke off sharply to inquire, But will it ever end?" as if some one had spoken to it. And then I heard the laugh. The laugh that I had heard by Magda-
1910 · PDF PAGE 66
… there is but one Atman and not many Atmans. * Once the Unknown becomes known it becomes untrue, it loses its Virginity, that mysterious power of attraction the Unknown always possesses; it no longer represents our ideal, though it may form an excellent foundation for the next ideal; and so on until Knowledge and Nescience are out-stepped. General and popular Knowledge is like a common prostitute, the toy of any man. To main- tain this purity, this virginity, are the mysteries kept secret from the multitude. + And yet again this is a sheer dece…
1910 · PDF PAGE 66
… there is but one Atman and not many Atmans. * Once the Unknown becomes known it becomes untrue, it loses its Virginity, that mysterious power of attraction the Unknown always possesses; it no longer represents our ideal, though it may form an excellent foundation for the next ideal; and so on until Knowledge and Nescience are out-stepped. General and popular Knowledge is like a common prostitute, the toy of any man. To main- tain this purity, this virginity, are the mysteries kept secret from the multitude. + And yet again this is a sheer dece…
1954 · PDF PAGE 294
…There were doubt and repugnance in FRA TER PERDURABO's mind, and they hampered His work. He was halfhearted. Yet, even so, the intrinsic power of the truth of the Law and the impact of the publication were sufficient to shake the world so that a critical war broke out, and the minds of men were moved in a mysterious manner . The second blow was struck by the re-publication of the Book in September 1913, and this time the might of this Magick burst out and caused a catastrophe to civilization. A t this hour, the Master THERION is concealed, coll…
1919 · PDF PAGE 191
…, they will determine to emulate our joy. Note, pray thee, the whole implication of the chapter that sooner or later we are to break the power of the slaves of the slave-gods by actual fighting. Ultimately, Freedom must rely upon the sword. It is impossible to treat in this epistle of the vast problems involved in this question; and they must be decided in accordance with the Law by those in authority in the Order when the time comes. Thou wilt note that We have written unto thee more as a member of the O.T.O., than in thy capacity as of the A.…
1954 · PDF PAGE 365
…or = = is of course the Symbol of our Lady, and the God below Her in the Stele is == the Sun. All this is clear proof of the unspeakable power and wisdom of Those who have sent me to proclaim the Law. If these events be indeed the result of calculation and control on the part of the Secret Chiefs, it seems at first sight as if the people involved had been prepared to play their parts from the beginning. Our previous relations, the girl's to opium, my friendship with her lover, and his interest in my work ; omit any item and the whole plan fails…
1954 · PDF PAGE 494
…a man to do his True Will, they are admirable. It is when system is adored for its own sake, or as a means of endowing mediocrities with power as such, that the "critical temperature" is attained. It so happens that I write this on the eve of a General Election in England; and it seems to me that whichever wins, England loses. The Socialists openly proclaim that they mean to run the country on the lines of a convict prison; but the Tories , for all their fine talk , would be helpless against the Banks and the Trusts to whom they must look for s…