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Page 57 of 781929 · PDF PAGE 117
…olic meaning of its own; but in pure invocation a better example is given in Liber 831 2. In the construction of a ceremony an important thing to décidé is whether you will or will not make such movements. For every Circle has its natural symbolism, and even if no use is to be made of these facts, one must be careful not to let anything be inhar- monious with the natural attributions. 3 For the sensitive aura of the magician might be disturbed, and the value of the ceremony completely destroyed, by the embarassment caused by the discoverv of so…
1930 · PDF PAGE 64
…convention of mystery, in just the same way as their modem successors do in the matter of ail Occult sciences. But despite all.this, one thing is abundantly clear; ail serious writers, though they seem to speak of an infinity of different subjects, so much so that it has proved impossible for modem analytic research to ascertain the true nature of any single process, were agreed on the fundamental theory on which they based their practices. It appears at first sight as if hardly any two of them were in accord as to the nature of the “First Matt…
1954 · PDF PAGE 79
…r happened before, or can happen again! To discuss it at all we must invent a name, and this name (like all names) cannot possibly be anything more than a symbol. Even so, as so often pointed out , all we do is to "record the behaviour of our instruments ." Nor are we much better off when we've done it; for our symbol, referring as it does to a phenomenon unique in itself, and not to be apprehended by another, can mean nothing to one's neighbours. What happens, of course, is that similar, though not identical, Point-Events happen to many of us,…
1922 · PDF PAGE 106
…stice. However, we certainly didn’t have any time to have questions asked in Parliament. There was Lou almost in tears because she had nothing to wear ; practically no jewellery—the whole idea of being a knight is that when you see a wrong it is your duty to right it. Fortunately, there was no difficulty at the present moment. All we had to do was to drive down to the Rue de la Paix. I certainly almost fell down when I saw all those pearls on her neck. And that cabochon emerald! By George, it did go with her hair! These shop men in Paris are ce…
1930 · PDF PAGE 66
Once again, there is nothing in this exclusively FnagicaP. Rem¬ brandt Van Ryn used to take a number of ores and other crude objects. From these he banished the impurities, and consecrated them to his work, by the préparation of canvasses, brushes, and colours. This done, he compelled them to take the stamp of his soûl ; from those dull, valueless créatures of earth he created a vital and powerful being of truth and beauty. It would indeed be surprising to anybody who lias corne to a clear compréhension of nature if there were any différence in…
1907 · PDF PAGE 158
…th—shall he heed me or hear? shall he list to the lyre and arise? O thou who art seated, Invisible king, The never-defeated, The shadowy thing ! What mortal hath greeted Thy shrine, but shall sing Not earthly but tunes of thine own, in the vaults of Aornos that ring? Nor caring nor hearing For hearts that be bowed, Nor hating nor fearing Man’s crying aloud, Solemnly spearing The single, the crowd, Thou sittest remote and alone, unprofane, with due silence endowed ! I call thee by Nature, My mother and friend ! By every creature ! By life and it…
1922 · PDF PAGE 19
A Knight Out 5 Universe but you and the Boche you are trying to pot. There is something detached and god-like about it. And when I found myself put out on the streets by a grateful country, I became an entirely different animal. In fact, I’ve often thought that there isn’t any “1” at all; that we are simply the means of expression of something else; that when we think we are ourselves, we are simply the victims of a delusion. Well, bother that! The plain fact is that I had become a desperate wild animal. I was too hungry, so to speak, even to w…
1954 · PDF PAGE 36
INTRODUCfION 3 in the text are quite all right. The important thing is not to forget. I shall have to teach you the signs and gestures which go with the words. It is also desirable before beginning a formal meal to go through the following dialogue: Knock 3-5-3; say, "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law." The person at the other end of the table replies: "What is thy Will?" You: "It is my Will to eat and drink." He: "To what end?" You: "That my body may be fortified thereby." He: "To what end?" You: "That I may accomplish the Great …
1954 · PDF PAGE 83
…sty of me: but it has just struck me that it might be just as well if you made a Sepher Sephiroth of your own! What a positively beastly thing to suggest! However, I do suggest it. After all, it's simple enough. Every word you come across, add it up, stick it down against that number in a book kept for the purpose. That may seem tedious and silly; why should you do all over again the work that I have already done for you? Reason: simple. Doing it will teach you Qabalah as nothing else could. Besides, you won't be all cluttered up with words tha…
1954 · PDF PAGE 370
…ean to be scrupulously careful of your feelings, and I see no reason why my chosen career should damage our relations. There is only one thing to remember: IF I ever get the faintest suspicion that you are opposing me, or condemning my plans, or interfering in any way, even with the best intentions , THEN-with a single blow I sever our relations, and for ever. 'Well, that's really very nice of you, Holy One' you might say; but you are not the only one to be considered, what about the Masters? Do they ride us on the snaffle? Tradition says not s…
1929 · PDF PAGE 42
…nd walked home, utterly disgusted with the vanity which had endangered the party. Of course, there could only be one end to that sort of thing, and Jones ended by killing himself and three guides on the Zinal side of the Dent Blanche a few years later. {89} The imbecility of the accident is shown by the fact that the fifth member of the party, who was quite a beginner, found himself --- after the smash --- alone on the precipice. The guides had begged Jones not to attempt the pitch from which he fell, but he had persisted. The fifth man had hit…
1905 · PDF PAGE 247
…certain art thou? Let me go to her, Try, and come back ! VENUS. No doubt of that success ! A child is easy to degrade ! TANNHAUSER. Vile thing ! I will try otherwise—to raise myself: But if I fail, I will not drag her down ; I will return. VENUS. To lose thee for one hour Is my swift death—so desolate am I! I have not got one lover in the world, Save only Tannhiuser. And he will go.
1954 · PDF PAGE 41
…c way. My suggestion about the weekly letter was intended to exclude this question, as you would be getting full commercial value for anything paid. Your questions about the Spirit of the Sun, and so on, are to be answered by experience. Intellectual satisfaction is worthless. I have to bring you to a state of mind completely superior to the mechanism of the normal mind. A good deal of your letter is rather difficult to answer. You always seem to want to put the cart before the horse. Don't you see that , if I were trying to get you to do somet…
1954 · PDF PAGE 246
… would have to be a Master of the Temple to understand them; but it is really very necessary to have grasped firmly the doctrine that "a thing is only true insofar as it contains its contradiction in itself." (A good way to realize this is by keeping up a merry dance of paradoxes, such as infest Logic and Mathematics. The repeated butting of the head against a brick wall is bound in the long run to shake up the little grey cells [as Poirot might say] , teach you to distrust any train of argument , however apparently impeccable the syllogisms, a…
1996 · PDF PAGE 70
…ay “Especially women,” for women are nearly always conscious of an important part of their true Will; the bearing of children. To them nothing else is serious in comparison, and they dismiss questions which do not bear on this as trifles, adopting the habits required of them in the interest of the domestic harmony which they recognize as a condition favourable to reproduction. I have outlined ideal conditions. Rarely indeed can we realize even a third of our possibilities. Our Magical engine is mighty indeed when its efficiency reaches 50% of i…
1996 · PDF PAGE 91
…a particular “child” of the Play of Hadit and Nuit; one’s personality is then perceived as being a disguise. It is not only not a living thing, as one had thought; but a mere symbol without substance, incapable of life. It is the conventional form of a certain cluster of thoughts, themselves the partial and hieroglyphic symbols of an “ego.” The conscious and sensible “man” is to his Self just what the printed letters on this page are to me who have caused them to manifest in colour and form. They are arbitrary devices for conveying my thought; …
1996 · PDF PAGE 109
…on of hell. Therefore they fly to drink and drugs as to an ansesthetic in the surgical operation of introspection. The craving for these things is caused by the internal misery which their use reveals to the slave-souls. If you are really free, you can take cocaine as simply as salt-water taffy. There is no bet ter rough test of a soul than its attitude to drugs. If a man is sim ple, fearless, eager, he is all right; he will not become a slave. If he is afraid, he is already a slave. Let the whole world take opium, hashish, and the rest; thos…
1922 · PDF PAGE 379
Love Under Will 365 mean that things like heroin and alcohol may be and should be used for the purpose of worshipping, that is, entering into communion with, the ‘Snake that giveth Knowledge and Delight and bright glory’ which is the genius which lies ‘in the core of every star.’ And, ‘Every man and every woman is a star.’ The taking of a drug should be a carefully thought out and purposeful religious act. Experience alone can teach you the right conditions in which the act is legitimate, that is, when it assists you to do your will. If a billi…
1929 · PDF PAGE 125
…his aim may be effected. The first method is to build up an appropriate body from its éléments. This is, generally speaking, a very hard thing to do, because the physical constitution of any material being with much power is, or at least should be, the outcome of âges of évolution. However, there is a lawful method of producing an homunculus which is taught in a certain secret organization, perhaps known to some of those who may read this, which could very readily be adapted to some such purpose as we are now discussing. The second method sound…
1996 · PDF PAGE 110
…ween these two attitudes and those of the “once-born” and “twice-born” of William James.1 2 Thelemites are “thrice-born”; we accept everything for what it is, without “lust of result,” without insisting upon things conforming with a priori ideals, or regretting their failure to do so. We can therefore “enjoy all things of sense and rapture” according to their true nature. For example, the average man dreads tuberculosis. The “Christian Scientist” flees this fear by pretending that the disease is an illu sion in “mortal mind.” But the Thelemite…