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Page 58 of 831910 · PDF PAGE 206
THE EQUINOX of the great mountain upon which he was standing the summit seemed but a furlong above him, it was in truth many a year’s weary march away, and ridge upon ridge lay con- cealed, and each as it was gained presented an increasing difficulty. This Silence or Equilibrium is described in the “ Shiva Sanhita” * as Samadhi: “When the mind of the Yogi is absorbed in the Great God,{ then the fulness of Samadhi t is attained, then the Yogi gets steadfastness.§ Though Frater P. had not attained to this Steadfastness, he had won a decisive vict…
1910 · PDF PAGE 206
THE EQUINOX of the great mountain upon which he was standing the summit seemed but a furlong above him, it was in truth many a year’s weary march away, and ridge upon ridge lay con- cealed, and each as it was gained presented an increasing difficulty. This Silence or Equilibrium is described in the “ Shiva Sanhita” * as Samadhi: “When the mind of the Yogi is absorbed in the Great God,{ then the fulness of Samadhi t is attained, then the Yogi gets steadfastness.§ Though Frater P. had not attained to this Steadfastness, he had won a decisive vict…
1922 · PDF PAGE 339
…oice between going mad or knowing himself. And when he was brought out into light and life, restored to love and liberty, he was in very truth a Neophyte, a man new-born. Big Lion puts us through it without our knowing what he’s doing. Though I’ve been through it myself, I didn’t know in this clear way what had really happened until I tried to explain it to you.” The sense of being enchanted came over me again very strongly. I looked across at Lou, and I could see in her eyes that she felt the same. But she was trembling with excitement and eag…
1930 · PDF PAGE 69
… ” Section Gg. The Attainment. 1. I am He! the Bornless Spirit! having sight in the feet: Strong, and the Immortal Fire! 2. I am He! the Truth! 3. I am He! Who hâte that evil should be wrought in the World! 4. I am He, that lighteneth and thundereth! 5. I am He, from whom is the Shower of the Life of Earth! 6. I am He, whose mouth ever flameth! 7. I am He, the Begetter and Manifester unto the Light! 8. I am He, The Grâce of the Worlds! 9. “The Heart Girt with a Serpent” is my name! Section H The 64Charge to the Spirit”. Corne thou forth, and fo…
1929 · PDF PAGE 458
…irst and their natural indignation at the second of these sections of my work, and to understand that my spiritual apprehension {725} of truth represents my real self, while my intellectual perceptions are necessarily coloured by my nationality, caste, education and personal predilection. I am not trying to shirk the responsibility for the harsh judgments which I promulgate. I should prefer to keep silent. I speak only in the hope that Americans may learn how shocking much of their morals and manners is to the educated European, and I insist up…
1907 · PDF PAGE 195
…sions shalt thou hurl beyond the confines of Space over the very rim of Time . Thou O seeker after Wisdom , and Virtue , and multiscient Truth , thou O wanderer in the groves of Eleusis , thou , even thou shalt drink of the wine of Iacchus , and thy cup shall be as a triple flame set with sapphire , and beryl, and amethyst ; for it is the cup of Adepts , and of Heroes , and of Gods . Then all the absinthial bitterness of thine heart shall vanish midst the chaunting of souls lost in the ocean of understanding for ever and everlasting . From the …
1904 · PDF PAGE 7
…re. But there is hardly any poet living or dead who so commands alike my personal affection a nd moral admiration. My desire to find the Truth will be my pardon with him, whose sole life was spent in admiration of the Truth, though he never turned its form idable engines against the Citadel of the Almighty. If I be appealed of blasphemy or irreve- rence in m y treatm ent of these subjects, I will take refuge in Browning’s own apology, from the very poem I am attacking : “I have done: and if any blames me, Thinking that merely to touch in brevit…
1906 · PDF PAGE 152
…ve cover. Shields? Be they paper, paint, lath? They shall cover Well as they may, the big heart of a lover! Swords? Let the lightning of Truth strike the fortress Frowning of God! _ I will sever one more tress Off the White Beard ” with his son’s blood besprinkled, Carve one more gash in the forehead * hate-wrinkled :— So, using little arms, earn one day better ones ; Cutting the small chains,*4 learn soon to unfetter one’s Limbs from the large ones, walk forth and be free '— So much for Browning ! and so much for me! Pray do not ask me where I…
1907 · PDF PAGE 295
… this period of darkness comes the swarm of materializing and secularizing worshippers , who perceive only the gross symbols and not the truth that lies behind them : “ The Church which begins to exteriorise ,” says Crowley , “ is already lost.” And he continues further on in the same essay : Now when Paganism became popular , organised , state regulated , it ceased to be individual : that is to say, it ceased to exist as a religion , and became a social institu tion little better than the Church which has replaced it . But initiates -men who h…
1911 · PDF PAGE 173
…and over their shoulders shall they cast the panther’s skin of courage. And they shall wear the nemyss of secrecy and the ateph crown of truth. And on their feet shall they put sandals made of the skin of beasts, that they may trample upon all they were, yet also that its tough- ness shall support them, and protect their feet, as they pass upon the mystical way that lieth through the pylons. And upon their breasts shall be the Rose and Cross of light and life, and in their hands the hermit’s staff and lamp. Thus shall they set out upon the neve…
1904 · PDF PAGE 27
…arl had him in the arm-pits, and Louis and Martin behind the ears. Laura had his tug-mutton to her own cheek, as the saying goes, for in truth her pox eaten twat en- gulfed it whole. His anus accommodated Norman, while Octavius, whose wimble, though vigorous, was minute, enjoyed his umbilicus. Peter and Quintus buggered his legs, and Robert and Samuel the bend of his knees. Maud, Nellie, Olga, Polly, Queenie and Rosie had the five toes and the heel of his left foot, while on his right were Sybil, Thais, Ursula, Vivien, Wilhelmina and Xanthippe …
1913 · PDF PAGE 440
…le to agree without wounding my conscience.”’ I will say to you, like John Huss, ‘Before there were a Church and its councils there were truth and reason.’” “Pardon me if I interrupt, my dear sir; you were a Catholic at one time, you are no longer so; consciences are free. I shall merely submit to you that the institution of the hierarchical infallibility in matters of dogma is reasonable in quite another sense, and far more incontestably true than all the miracles of the world. Besides, what sacrifices ought one not to make in order to preserv…
1913 · PDF PAGE 440
…le to agree without wounding my conscience.”’ I will say to you, like John Huss, ‘Before there were a Church and its councils there were truth and reason.’” “Pardon me if I interrupt, my dear sir; you were a Catholic at one time, you are no longer so; consciences are free. I shall merely submit to you that the institution of the hierarchical infallibility in matters of dogma is reasonable in quite another sense, and far more incontestably true than all the miracles of the world. Besides, what sacrifices ought one not to make in order to preserv…
1929 · PDF PAGE 247
…thor to play on my passions. I read a book with my soul, and only those books appeal to me whose authors speak sincerely and sanely such truth as has been given them. I utterly loathe the author who practises on popular psychology. The sentimentalism of Charles Dickens, the eroticism of D. H. Lawrence, the pornographic religiosity of Mrs. Humphry Ward1 seem to me to be appeals to the appetites of the unintelligent. They prostitute their scrap of art exactly as quacks do when they try to persuade people that a pain in the back always means Brigh…
1929 · PDF PAGE 434
…to allow her to work with him.) The editor wrote to my friend that he would like to publish the story, but required proof of its literal truth. I cannot comment upon such incidents. I have never been able to understand the psychology of such crass stupidity as I have found almost universal among editors and publishers. I can understand any man considering any piece of literature worthless, or thinking it a supreme masterpiece. Hume's remarks on the "unhappy barbarism" of Shakespeare, and Shelley's delusion that Leigh Hunt was a poet, are perfec…
1904 · PDF PAGE 11
…ONG 4 Shields ? Be they paper, paint, lath ? They shall cover Well as they may, the big heart of a lover ! Swords ? Let the lightning of Truth strike the fortress Frowning of God ! I will sever one more tress Off the White Beard22 with his son’s blood besprinkled, Carve one more gash in the forehead23 hate-wrinkled:— So, using little arms, earn one day better ones; Cutting the small chains,24 learn soon to unfetter one’s Limbs from the large ones, walk forth and be free!— So much for Browning ! and so much for me ! Pray do not ask me where I st…
1943 · PDF PAGE 7
….............. .25 A brief extract from Magick, outlining the structure and system of the great White Brotherhood. Little Essays Towards Truth ............................................................................. 4.00 Illuminated comments of the Oracles of Zoroaster. Creed of the Thelemites ..................................................................................... .05 Message of the Master Therion, pamphlet ...................................................... .25
1907 · PDF PAGE 252
… essay, ii. 256 To sea! Tosea! The ship is trim, iii. 5 Towards the mountains and the night, i. 89 To what God should he appeal? ii. 226 Truth, like old Gaul, is split in three, iii. 3 Turn back from safety: in my love ::bide, i. 133 ‘“‘ Truth, that’s the gold!” ii. 144 "Twas dark when church was out ! iii, 60 Twilight is over, i. 53 ULYSSES ’scaped the sorceries of that queen, 1, 121 Under the stars the die was cast to win, iii. 65 Under the summer leaves, ii. 7 Unity uttermost showed, iii, 209 Unto what likeness shall I liken thee, i. 114 Unw…
1929 · PDF PAGE 386
…s can never mean to other men as much as they do to me. I do not regret this. All I ask is that my results should convince seekers after truth that there is beyond doubt something worth while seeking, attainable by methods more or less like mine. I do not want to father a flock, to be the fetish of fools and fanatics, or the founder of a faith whose followers are content to echo my opinions. I want each man to cut his own way through the jungle. We walked steadily to Bou Saâda, invoking the Aethyrs one by one, at convenient times and places, or…
1907 · PDF PAGE 69
…ith in speech; in practice there is never any doubt or hesitation. What I say about Kether is of course not true; I cannot even know the truth unless I am actually in Kether. If I describe Samadhi, I fail. You understand enough (may be) to feel sure that I was there; but how is an outsider to judge? Bowley. True; Buddha, Christ, Mohammed, all try to describe it-_ how great is the contradiction of their teaching! E