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…upright souls, and thou knowest if ever I thought myself pure in thy sight! Like all men I have been the plaything of human passions. At last I conquered them, or rather thou hast conquered them in me; and thou hast given me for a rest the deep peace of those who have no goal and no ambition but Thyself. I love humanity, because men, as far as they are not insensate, are never wicked but through error or through weak- ness. Their natural disposition is to love good, and it is through that love that thou hast given them asa support in all their …
1906 · PDF PAGE 284
…cept. To return, I would have you note the paradox that unconsciousness must be reckoned as a-form of consciousness, since otherwise the last state of consciousness of a dying person is for him eternity. That this is not so is-shown by the phenomena of anzesthesia. Myst. Is it, though? Is the analogy so certain? Is there nothing in the attempt of all religions to secure that a man’s last thoughts should be of triumph, peace, joy, and their like ? Scept. I have been reading that somewhat mawkish book ‘‘The Soul of a People.” Disgusted as I was b…
1909 · PDF PAGE 250
…or, and the element of earth. Yesod to Theoricus and air. Hod to Practicus and water. And Netzach to Philosophus and fire. “Of these the last Three Grades alone communicate with the Second Order, though cut off from it by a veil which may 242
1909 · PDF PAGE 250
…or, and the element of earth. Yesod to Theoricus and air. Hod to Practicus and water. And Netzach to Philosophus and fire. “Of these the last Three Grades alone communicate with the Second Order, though cut off from it by a veil which may 242
1913 · PDF PAGE 364
…otion, the miracle of charity, the power of God in man, divine humanity, and human divinity, the highest and most sublime of Arcana, the last word of all initiations. But the Saviour knew that at first men would not under- stand him, and he said: “You will not be able to bear at present the full light of my doctrine; but, when the Spirit of Truth shall manifest himself, he will teach you all truth, and he will cause you to understand the sense of what I have said unto you.” : Now the Spirit of Truth is the spirit of science and intelli- gence, …
1913 · PDF PAGE 364
…otion, the miracle of charity, the power of God in man, divine humanity, and human divinity, the highest and most sublime of Arcana, the last word of all initiations. But the Saviour knew that at first men would not under- stand him, and he said: “You will not be able to bear at present the full light of my doctrine; but, when the Spirit of Truth shall manifest himself, he will teach you all truth, and he will cause you to understand the sense of what I have said unto you.” : Now the Spirit of Truth is the spirit of science and intelli- gence, …
1907 · PDF PAGE 89
…ss than I am. [DENYS determines to make a general advance. DENYS. [Zenderly.| Little fool ! [He waits. She struggles in herself ; and at last ruefuland pouting, gets up and stands before him downcast, rubbing her eyes. He takes full advantage of hts position. [ith mock severity.) Aren’t youashamed of yourself ? BLANCHE. [ Sobbia7¢.| After all you have heard? DENYS. [With double entendre.) 1 have heard nothing. [He opens his arms to her. She still stands about to sob again, breaks down, but this time flings herself on him and sobs on his breast.…
1907 · PDF PAGE 143
…sed , defiled , abominable .' Then Ulric enters , evidently now totally mad ; the fearful power of his Neronic lust has reft asunder the last thread of his sanity ; in his hand he carries a razor , first he slays Madeline , and then , at his mother's bidding , himself : A blood-gr vapour and a scorpion steam To poison the unrighteous life of God ! 2 Thus does this fearful tragedy end . Gruesome with lust and cruelty , Ulric , a horrible perversion , overcome by the violence of his desires , a second Amnon , a second de Sade . His ideal once at …
1907 · PDF PAGE 294
…pression in the most divine of symbols . Such adepts who arrive at so exalted a plane , keep silence , as Crowley says : “ the first and last ordeals and rewards of the Adept are comprised in the maxim ' Keep Silence '!” 1 Call “ homo sapiens ” him who thinks ; Talkers and doers - missing links !? In his essay “ Eleusis ," Crowley suggests that the world's history may roughly be divided into a con tinuous succession of periods , each embracing three distinct cycles — of Renaissance , Decadence , and Slime . In the first the Adepts rise as artis…
1909 · PDF PAGE 11
…pleasure and business, I am not really there, but stand behind, preparing the Event. Imagine me, therefore, if you will, in Paris on the last day of September. How surprised was I—though, had I thought, I should have remembered that it was so—to find all my necessary magical apparatus to my hand! Months before, for quite other reasons, I had moved most of my portable property to Paris; now I go to Paris, not thinking of a Retirement, for I now know enough to trust my destiny to bring all things to pass without anxious forethought on my part—and…
1913 · PDF PAGE 18
… than most boys of 16, He swallowed your yarns easily enough, didn't he? Mavuirs. He did Sconrio, KC. Now take the second part. “For the last ieen months or two years there has been nothing that the police could get at me for.” ‘That implies that previous to that date there was something? Marans. Undoubtedly. Sconrio, K.C, Let me read you this passage from Crowley's works Vol. I, p. 115, published in 1903 Sonnets...... To the author of the phrase “Lam not a gentleman, andI have no friends.” T need not continue. But I will read the footnote of M…
1904 · PDF PAGE 16
…me47 have lately tried) An epileptic mania, Citing some case, “where a dose Of Bromide duly given in time Drags a distemper so morose At last to visions less sublime ; Soft breezes stir the lyre Aeolian, No more the equinoctial gales ; The patient reefs his mental sails ; His Panic din that shocked the Tmolian48 Admits a softer run of scales— Seems no more God, but mere Napoleon Or possibly the Prince of Wales” :— Concluding such a half-cured case With the remark “where Bromide fails !— But Bromide people did not know Those 1900 years ago.” I t…
1911 · PDF PAGE 123
…se. For they that sit encamped upon the sea in the city of the Pyramids are indeed shut up. But they have given their blood, even to the last drop, to fill the cup of BABALON. These that thou seest are indeed the Black Brothers, for it is written: ‘ He shall laugh at their calamity and mock when their fear cometh.” And therefore hath he exalted them unto the plane of love. And yet again it is written: He desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness. Now, if one of these were to cast off his cloak he sho…
1912 · PDF PAGE 126
…e struck armour quite impenetrable to such assault, quickly followed by smiles first secret and then open, gestures at first subtle and at last unmistakable, finally by the unspeakable grimace of the tongue which she had learnt in her time at the red- shuttered convent in the Rue des Quatre Vents. Her triumph was that once the woodcutter struck aslant, and swore. 84
1912 · PDF PAGE 126
…e struck armour quite impenetrable to such assault, quickly followed by smiles first secret and then open, gestures at first subtle and at last unmistakable, finally by the unspeakable grimace of the tongue which she had learnt in her time at the red- shuttered convent in the Rue des Quatre Vents. Her triumph was that once the woodcutter struck aslant, and swore. 84
1906 · PDF PAGE 157
…have lately tried) | An epileptic maniac, Citing some cases, “ where a dose Of Bromide duly given in time Drags a distemper so morose At last to visions less sublime ; Soft breezes stir the lyre Aeolian, 280 No more the equinoctial gales ; The patient reefs his mental sails ; His Panic din that shocked the Tmolian * Admits a softer run of scales— Seems no more God, but mere Napoleon 285 Or possibly the Prince of Wales” :— Concluding such a half-cured case With the remark ‘“ where Bromide fails !— But Bromide people did not know Those 1900 years…
1906 · PDF PAGE 180
…elop reason. After long years, too, in thy season Bloom, Concentration’s midnight flower ! 405 After much practice to this end I gain at last the long sought power (Which you believe you have this hour, - But certainly have not, my friend !) Of keeping close the mind to one 410 Thing at a time — suppose, the Sun. I gain this (Reverence to Ganesh’ !) ® And at that instant comprehend (The past and future tenses vanish) What Fichte comprehends, Division, 415 Thought, wisdom, drop away. I see The absolute identity Of the beholder and the vision. So…
1907 · PDF PAGE 157
…f Such life as she had known : her mind conceives A God of Mercy , Happiness and Love ; Reverses life and fact : and so believes .' This last line practically contains the fundamental basis of all religion . Man finding that Nature was but 1 The Temple of the Holy Ghost , vol . i, p . 179 .
1909 · PDF PAGE 122
…e which interested me deeply, deeply,” he said. “TI called to see you; you had gone—none knew where. I am indeed glad to have met you at last. Perhaps you would be good enough to show me your pictures —you have other pictures of Paris? I am interested in Paris—in Paris itself—in the stones and bricks of it. Might I—if you have nothing better to do—come to your studio now, and see them ?” “Tm afraid the light——” began Roderic. It was now ten o'clock. “That is nothing,” returned the other. “I have my own criteria of excellence. A match-glimmer se…
1909 · PDF PAGE 122
…e which interested me deeply, deeply,” he said. “TI called to see you; you had gone—none knew where. I am indeed glad to have met you at last. Perhaps you would be good enough to show me your pictures —you have other pictures of Paris? I am interested in Paris—in Paris itself—in the stones and bricks of it. Might I—if you have nothing better to do—come to your studio now, and see them ?” “Tm afraid the light——” began Roderic. It was now ten o'clock. “That is nothing,” returned the other. “I have my own criteria of excellence. A match-glimmer se…