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Page 59 of 781922 · PDF PAGE 334
… forgive you,” cried Athena. ‘‘ One never has a minute one can call one’s own!” We laughed outright. “It’s easy to see you’re a pupil of King Lamus. You have acquired his talent for paradox in a very complete manner.” **I know what you mean,” she said, smiling. “ If you're a lazy person, this is the worst place in the world for getting bored, and the lazier you determine to be the more bored you get. We had two people last year, absolutely hopeless rotters. They called themselves writers, and imagined they were working if they retired solemnly …
1922 · PDF PAGE 368
… sun- light that came through the half-open doorway. It was dressed in a knickerbocker suit of black silk. It wore sandals and black stockings. I recognised Lou. “ Big Lion said you might want to begin work this afternoon, Sir Peter,” she said with dignity, ‘‘so I have been trying to put the place in some sort of order.” I stood absolutely aghast. It was Lou, but a Lou that I had never seen or known. I turned to King Lamus for an explanation, but he was not there. A ripple of laughter ran over her face; the sunlight blazed in her magnetic eyes.…
1929 · PDF PAGE 29
…ays addressed me, when necessity compelled them, with sanctimonious horror. The bread and water diet, and the punishment of perpetual walking round the playground during school hours, had broken down my constitution. I was taken to a doctor, who found that I was suffering severely from albuminuria, and predicted that I should never live to come of age. I was put on special diet and prescribed a course of country life with a tutor. During the next year or two I was constantly travelling round Wales and Scotland, climbing mountains and fishing fo…
1930 · PDF PAGE 54
…ght of the Gnosis to us their succès sors and their heirs; with Merlin, Arthur, Kamuret, Parzival, and many another, prophet, priest and king, that bore the Lance and Cup, the Sword and Disk, against the Heathen, and these alsoy Carolus Magnus and his paladins, with William of Schyren, Frederick of Hohenstaufen, Roger Bacon, Jacobus Burgundus Molensis the Martyr, Christian Rosen- creutZy Ulrich von Hutten, Paracelsus, Michael Maier, Roderic Borgia Pope Alexander the Sixthy Jacob Boehme, Francis Bacon Lord Verulam, Andrea, Robertus de Fluctibus,…
1910 · PDF PAGE 89
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING of Enjoyment, Religion and Knowledge are expounded at some considerable length. Above all the Yogi “should work like a master and not like a slave.” * HATHA YOGA. Union by Courage. It matters not what attainment the aspirant seeks to gain, or what goal he has in view, the one thing above all others which is necessary is a healthy body, and a body which is under control. It is hopeless to attempt to obtain stability of mind in one whose body is ever leaping from land to water like a frog; with such, any sudden infl…
1910 · PDF PAGE 89
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING of Enjoyment, Religion and Knowledge are expounded at some considerable length. Above all the Yogi “should work like a master and not like a slave.” * HATHA YOGA. Union by Courage. It matters not what attainment the aspirant seeks to gain, or what goal he has in view, the one thing above all others which is necessary is a healthy body, and a body which is under control. It is hopeless to attempt to obtain stability of mind in one whose body is ever leaping from land to water like a frog; with such, any sudden infl…
1922 · PDF PAGE 326
… not so much as the style of a letter,” he said. We began quite seriously to wonder whether we had not got into one of those fantastic waking dreams with which heroin had made us familiar. But this was a dream of a totally different quality. It had a strain of wholesomeness and actuality running through its incredible tissue of marvels. At last we sat up and drew a long breath. Hermes hastened to assist Lou to her feet, and the action, natural as it was, coming from such an extraordinary quarter, set us off laughing again. Dionysus was regardin…
1930 · PDF PAGE 29
…beyond ail compréhension of those of lower degrees. But of these last three Grades see some further account in The Temple of Solomon the King, Equinox I to X and elsewhere. It should be stated that these Grades are not necessarily attained fully, and in strict consecution, or manifested wholly on ail planes. The subject is very difficulté and entirely beyond the limits of this small treatise. We append a more detailed account. 3. The Order of the S. S. is composed of those who hâve crossed the Abyss; the implications of this expression may be s…
1909 · PDF PAGE 54
…neffable Name is shown by Koran xvii. rro. But monotheism is not true for the normal consciousness, but only for that of the adept. ell! king yesel he to whom one is faithful gill le fort fis innocent shal vain queur ens ‘ merciful edend | peace zl le cher gu creator jaa) \ pardoner yen! compassionate nya holy one terrible (Kall the proud picturer eo ball opener haw LI supporter Cd peel cherisher pea all-seer wiplel’| consoler solid reckoner | giver of life exl| advocate of all dol,!l sole pdtiiel| most mighty Js the rst ‘| Cor. V. (continued)—…
1910 · PDF PAGE 126
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING 3. The vast shadowy form was very satisfactory and promising.* On the following day P. records first: Meditation upon Winged-Globe to compose himself. He then imagined D. A. sitting forward with his arms around his knees and his hands clasped. Around the figure was an aura of heaving surfaces, and then a focussing movement which brought the surfaces very close together. “ The figure then started growing rapidly in all dimensions till it reached a vast form, and as it grew it left behind it tiny emaciated withered …
1910 · PDF PAGE 126
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING 3. The vast shadowy form was very satisfactory and promising.* On the following day P. records first: Meditation upon Winged-Globe to compose himself. He then imagined D. A. sitting forward with his arms around his knees and his hands clasped. Around the figure was an aura of heaving surfaces, and then a focussing movement which brought the surfaces very close together. “ The figure then started growing rapidly in all dimensions till it reached a vast form, and as it grew it left behind it tiny emaciated withered …
1912 · PDF PAGE 304
…ticisms of the methods of the Qabalah itself have been made and disposed of in the article on the subject in “ The Temple of Solomon the King " (Equinox V) and no further reference need be made to them in this place. It is only necessary to say that that article should be studied most thoroughly, and also the article “ A Note on Genesis ” in the second number of The Equinox. With these two weapons, and the Sword of the Spirit, the Practicus, fully armed, may adventure himself in the great battle wherein victory is Truth. PERDURABO.
1912 · PDF PAGE 304
…ticisms of the methods of the Qabalah itself have been made and disposed of in the article on the subject in “ The Temple of Solomon the King " (Equinox V) and no further reference need be made to them in this place. It is only necessary to say that that article should be studied most thoroughly, and also the article “ A Note on Genesis ” in the second number of The Equinox. With these two weapons, and the Sword of the Spirit, the Practicus, fully armed, may adventure himself in the great battle wherein victory is Truth. PERDURABO.
1910 · PDF PAGE 105
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING Sushumnéa goes to the left side of the Ajna lotus and pro- ceeding to the right nostril is called the Pingala, Jamuna or Asi. The space between these two, the Ida and Pingala, is called Varanasi (Benares), the holy city of Shiva. 111. He who secretly always contemplates on the Ajna lotus, at once destroys all the Karma of his past life, without any opposition. 112, Remaining in the place, when the Yogi meditates deeply, idols appear to him as mere things of imagination, z.¢., he perceives the absurdity of idolatry…
1910 · PDF PAGE 105
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING Sushumnéa goes to the left side of the Ajna lotus and pro- ceeding to the right nostril is called the Pingala, Jamuna or Asi. The space between these two, the Ida and Pingala, is called Varanasi (Benares), the holy city of Shiva. 111. He who secretly always contemplates on the Ajna lotus, at once destroys all the Karma of his past life, without any opposition. 112, Remaining in the place, when the Yogi meditates deeply, idols appear to him as mere things of imagination, z.¢., he perceives the absurdity of idolatry…
1904 · PDF PAGE 25
of every kind of perversion from her youth up, she at last finished by obtaining the sexual orgasm only by thinking of those people with whom she was not familiar. President R . . . . . . . t, E . . . . d VII, in spite of his impotence, the Czar, the Khe- dive, and other poxy potentates thus fell easy vic- tims to her lewd importunities. Malheur ! in her later days she caught the King of E . . . . . ds impo- tence, and was compelled to the end of her life for the disease proved intractable to solace her- self as best she could with the col…
1913 · PDF PAGE 17
…tch you'll be detiled.” Sconrio, K.C, Was Mr. Fenton in fact warned off the Tart? Maries. Yes. Sconrt0, K.C. You blame Crowley for not taking action ¢ Maruuns. Its very annoying. Sconrio, K.C. You're not very ready to take action yourself? Marites. "Tama man of peace. SconPI0, K.C. The* military bearing” is only for show? Maries. That's all. Seorri0, KC. Mr, Crowley has written books, which houses of the highest standing have published, in which you are openly called a common thief, an habitual swindler, a blackmailer, and accused of drunkennes…
1922 · PDF PAGE 317
…he studio. “I’m giving you myself, my Lord and lover ; body and soul to have and to hold. What do conditions matter to me?” “Well,” said King Lamus, “ it’s really only a small condition ; and to prove that I keep my promises, I must keep them all round. You see, I promised to cure Sir Peter, too, and so my condition is that he comes with us.”’ She sprang to her feet as if a cobra had struck her. Her long arms wrestled against the unresisting air. The humiliation was unspeakable. Lamus put his pipe away in his pocket, rose to his feet, and stret…
1909 · PDF PAGE 311
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING “On turning to the left I saw that near me was a rock door, and then for the first time I became aware that I was clothed in my robes of white.* Passing through the door, I found myself on the face of a high cliff that sank away into the abysms of space below me; and my foot slipping on the slippery stone, I stumbled forward, and would of a certainty have been dashed into that endless gulf, had not the shepherd caught me and held me back. “Then wings were given me, and diving off from that great rocky cliff like a…
1909 · PDF PAGE 311
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING “On turning to the left I saw that near me was a rock door, and then for the first time I became aware that I was clothed in my robes of white.* Passing through the door, I found myself on the face of a high cliff that sank away into the abysms of space below me; and my foot slipping on the slippery stone, I stumbled forward, and would of a certainty have been dashed into that endless gulf, had not the shepherd caught me and held me back. “Then wings were given me, and diving off from that great rocky cliff like a…