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Page 58 of 2031913 · PDF PAGE 357
…e kings fear it; the other has submitted to every despotism, and can be nothing but an instrument of slavery. The active church realizes God for men, and alone believes in the divinity of the human Word, as an interpreter of that of God. What after all is the infallibility of the Pope, but the auto- cracy of intelligence, confirmed by the universal vote of faith? In this case, one might say, the Pope ought to be the first genius of his century. Why? It is more proper, in reality, that he should be an average man. His supremacy is only more divi…
1913 · PDF PAGE 357
…e kings fear it; the other has submitted to every despotism, and can be nothing but an instrument of slavery. The active church realizes God for men, and alone believes in the divinity of the human Word, as an interpreter of that of God. What after all is the infallibility of the Pope, but the auto- cracy of intelligence, confirmed by the universal vote of faith? In this case, one might say, the Pope ought to be the first genius of his century. Why? It is more proper, in reality, that he should be an average man. His supremacy is only more divi…
1911 · PDF PAGE 256
…sen. ARIES. The sacrifice is accomplished. LEO. What is the sacrifice? ARIES. Man. LEO. Who is the priestess? ARIES. Woman. LEO. Unto what God ? ARIES. It is hidden from me. LEO. Let every man depart unto his house, ARIES. 1-333-1-1. LEO. 1-333-1-1. SCORPIO- APOPHIS. 1-1-333-1, * Romance: Saint Saens.
1911 · PDF PAGE 256
…sen. ARIES. The sacrifice is accomplished. LEO. What is the sacrifice? ARIES. Man. LEO. Who is the priestess? ARIES. Woman. LEO. Unto what God ? ARIES. It is hidden from me. LEO. Let every man depart unto his house, ARIES. 1-333-1-1. LEO. 1-333-1-1. SCORPIO- APOPHIS. 1-1-333-1, * Romance: Saint Saens.
1912 · PDF PAGE 102
86 MORTADELLO MORTADELLO. Ah, no ! by God Im glad ! You are a sor- ceress ! MONICA. And all the pains Ive had lead onward to success. MORTADELLO. Where shall I lead you now ? MONICA. To my own house, I pray. MORTADELLO. And will your love allow the word I have to say ? MONICA. Ah, my lord, your fool will whisper by and by. I am faint yetwe rule in Venice, you and I ! [They go toward the door, her hand upon his shoulder, her face, turned away from him, illumined with a sinister smile.
1906 · PDF PAGE 31
…nd. Where thou hast trodden, I have trod ; Thy folk have been my folk, and thine abode Mine, and thy life my life, and thou, who art thy God, my God. VII. Draw me with cords that are not; witch me chanted Spells never heard nor open to the ear, Woven of silence, moulded in the haunted Houses where dead men linger year by year. I have no fear To tread thy far irremeable way Beyond the paths and palaces of day, Beyond the night, beyond the skies, Beyond eternity’s Tremendous gate; beyond the immanent miracle.4 O secret self of things ! I have nor…
1907 · PDF PAGE 240
… NEW WINE 233 thoroughly entangled the sceptic , as he thinks , he launches out an “ apodictic certainty ," very similar to Berkeley's “ God -idea , " and defines “ Idealism " to “ consist in the assertion that there exist none but thinking entities.” [Crowley at once denies the “ cer tainty ," and demands an explanation of “ thinking . ” ] Then working through the Berkeleyan arguments backwards , he arrives at defining . [Thing as a (unknowable ) power to produce sense impressions , which is purely Berkeley or his antithesis according as the p…
1911 · PDF PAGE 28
… as shadows. 14.. They flee away, but my joy abideth even unto the end. 15. I have hidden myself beneath a mask: Iam a black and terrible God. 16. With courage conquering fear shall ye approach me: ye shall lay down your heads upon mine altar, expecting the sweep of the sword. 17. But the first kiss of love shall be radiant on your lips; and all my darkness and terror shall turn to light and joy. I8. Only those who fear shall fail. Those who have bent their backs to the yoke of slavery until they can no longer stand upright; them will I despise. …
1911 · PDF PAGE 28
… as shadows. 14.. They flee away, but my joy abideth even unto the end. 15. I have hidden myself beneath a mask: Iam a black and terrible God. 16. With courage conquering fear shall ye approach me: ye shall lay down your heads upon mine altar, expecting the sweep of the sword. 17. But the first kiss of love shall be radiant on your lips; and all my darkness and terror shall turn to light and joy. I8. Only those who fear shall fail. Those who have bent their backs to the yoke of slavery until they can no longer stand upright; them will I despise. …
1913 · PDF PAGE 361
…t will be the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth, and the body will be the temple of the soul, as the regenerated universe will be the body of God. And bodies and souls, and form and thought, and the whole universe, will be the light, the word, and the permanent and visible revelation of God. Amen. So be it. 1 It is amusing to remark that this very symbol is characteristic of the Greek Church which he has been attacking. Levi should have visited Moscow.— TRANS. 63
1913 · PDF PAGE 361
…t will be the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth, and the body will be the temple of the soul, as the regenerated universe will be the body of God. And bodies and souls, and form and thought, and the whole universe, will be the light, the word, and the permanent and visible revelation of God. Amen. So be it. 1 It is amusing to remark that this very symbol is characteristic of the Greek Church which he has been attacking. Levi should have visited Moscow.— TRANS. 63
1929 · PDF PAGE 108
…by the Automatic. (7) To conquer the temptations. (8) To banish the illusions. (9) To put my whole trust in the Only and Omnipotent Lord God: as it is written, "Blessed are they that put their trust in Him." (10) To uplift the Cross of Sacrifice and Suffering; and to cause my Light so to shine before men that they may glorify my Father which is in Heaven. Furthermore, I most solemnly promise and swear: to acquire this Holy Science in the manner prescribed in the Book of Abra-Melin, without omitting the least imaginable thing of its contents; no…
1907 · PDF PAGE 283
…the back of some aching and asinine deity . By postulating Unknowability , which if treated as an absolute term is also a positive one ( God ), Spencer the Transfigured Realist was hoisted by that very same petard he had himself intended to tie to the wagging tail of the Christian Deity . Thus by render ing all knowledge automorphological , in order to an nihilate the unity of thirty - nine articles without parts or passions , rearing himself up , he plunged down , creating in his fall , “ a footless stocking without a leg ” -Unknowability . In…
1913 · PDF PAGE 325
… vigil ; dost thou then believe that so thou wilt escape alone, or almost alone, from the enormous ruin of mankind—devoured by a jealous God? Thou art impious, and a hypocrite. Dost thou turn life into an orgie, and hope for the slumber of nothingness? Thou art sick, and insensate. Art thou ready to suffer as others and for others, and hope for the salvation of all? Thou art a wise and just man. To hope is to fear not. To be afraid of God, what blasphemy! 27
1913 · PDF PAGE 325
… vigil ; dost thou then believe that so thou wilt escape alone, or almost alone, from the enormous ruin of mankind—devoured by a jealous God? Thou art impious, and a hypocrite. Dost thou turn life into an orgie, and hope for the slumber of nothingness? Thou art sick, and insensate. Art thou ready to suffer as others and for others, and hope for the salvation of all? Thou art a wise and just man. To hope is to fear not. To be afraid of God, what blasphemy! 27
1907 · PDF PAGE 257
…oks .2 It is in this search that the soul unfurls its wings and sweeps into the infinite ether of existence , bending its course towards God in its own unutterable ideal . With burning eyes intent to penetrate The black circumference , and find out God . 3 In “ The Alchemist , ” or in that beautiful poem “ The Farewell of Paracelsus to Aprile .” “ Struggling in vain to what one hopes the best ." 4 We find this larger hope is here the keynote , as it is in so many of Crowley's poems ; to mention perhaps the most noted , we find this sacred flame…
1910 · PDF PAGE 24
…ut and stood by the sea. I was lost in reverie. Here were these hags of hell, the product of an unvarying diet of cold boiled Jesus ! By God ! could I not save somebody ? These had once been fresh healthy English girls, fit for life and laughter. C. B. J. had mummified them to what they were. I would be the Saviour of the future ! I must have wandered in my meditation ; for presently I found myself lying on the grass under the full moon and the stars, the sea’s low plash beneath my feet, the soft breeze blowing over me, a whisper — oh essence o…
1905 · PDF PAGE 156
…ns for the voice of life; mght waits dawn of wisdom: spring ! winter seeks the The RATOUM. ‘The music of all stars arisen; the breath Of God upon the valley of the dead ! CHORUS. The silence of the awaiting soul asleep ! RATOUM. The murmur of the fountain of my life! CHORUS. The whole dead universe awaits the Word. RATOUM. Now is the hour of life ; my voice leaps up In the dim halls of death, and kindling flame Roars like the tempest through forgetfulness. This is my son, whose father is my son, From my own womb complete and absolute, And in th…
1904 · PDF PAGE 41
…ture anyhow) What did the Sage mean when he wrote (I am the Devil when I quote) “The mere terrestrial-minded man Knows not the Things of God, nor can Their subtle meaning understand ?” A sage, I say, although he mentions Perhaps the best of his inventions, God. For at first this practice tends To holy thoughts (the holy deeds Precede success) and reverent gaze Upon the Ancient One of Days, Beyond which fancy lies the Truth. To find which I have left my youth, All I held dear, and sit alone Still meditating, on my throne Of Kusha-grass,48 and co…
1907 · PDF PAGE 172
…at they referred : Out ! out ! the ghastly torches of the feast ! Let darkness hide us and the night discover The shameless mysteries of God grown beast , The nameless blasphemy , the slimèd East Sin incarnated with a leprous lover !3 Whilst these are seeking the “ Monstrous desires of secret things ,”4 others are ranting about atheist death bed scenes . For these Crowley also has a word : “ Oh , very well !” I think you say , “ Wait only till your dying day ! See whether then you kiss the rod , And bow that proud soul down to God ! ” I perfect…