Thelema ScholarTHE ALEISTER CROWLEY COLLECTION
FOLLOW A WORD THROUGH THE COLLECTION

Search the corpus.

Phrase search ignores case and repeated whitespace. All-words search finds whole words anywhere on the same page. OCR errors can affect results.

3,449 matching pages

Page 61 of 173
1910 · PDF PAGE 122

The Scented Garden

…tion to Maker- Made. The absurdity is not so glaring in Persian, owing to the system of “ modes ” by which from each root is extracted a great number of deriva- tives, according to fixed rules. The Satire is of course against those who think that the difficulty of self-created matter is overcome by postulating a self-created God. Thus [Persian text] Jade might become [Persian text] a maker of Jade, were only Jade a verbal root. As [Persian text] slayer from the root [Persian text] to slay. 5. The Takhallus being absent from this Ghazal, it is e…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1912 · PDF PAGE 293

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

THE NEW EVELYN HOPE IV No, indeed I For God above Is great to grant, is mighty to make, But how about Tolstoy's “Thoughts on Love "? And Havelock Ellis for culture’s sake? Delayed we may be for more lives yet, Through worlds I shall traverse not a few ; E'en Η͵ Ρ. Blavatsky I shall forget Ere again I read Annie Besant with you. V But the time will come, at last it will, When, Evelyn Hope, what’s meant I shall say By the novels of Evelyn Underhill, And Tchekhof's and Wedekind’s dramas gray. Why you loved Bergson I shall divine ; The Lords of Kar…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1912 · PDF PAGE 293

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

THE NEW EVELYN HOPE IV No, indeed I For God above Is great to grant, is mighty to make, But how about Tolstoy's “Thoughts on Love "? And Havelock Ellis for culture’s sake? Delayed we may be for more lives yet, Through worlds I shall traverse not a few ; E'en Η͵ Ρ. Blavatsky I shall forget Ere again I read Annie Besant with you. V But the time will come, at last it will, When, Evelyn Hope, what’s meant I shall say By the novels of Evelyn Underhill, And Tchekhof's and Wedekind’s dramas gray. Why you loved Bergson I shall divine ; The Lords of Kar…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1913 · PDF PAGE 407

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES This substance is what Hermes Trismegistus calls the great Zelesma. When it produces splendour, it is called Light. It is this substance which God creates before everything else, when He says, “ Let there be light.” It is at once substance and movement. It is fluid, and a perpetual vibration. Its inherent force which sets it in motion is called magnetism. In the infinite, this unique substance is the ether, or the etheric light. In the stars which it magnetizes, it becomes astral light. In organized beings, light, or ma…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1913 · PDF PAGE 407

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES This substance is what Hermes Trismegistus calls the great Zelesma. When it produces splendour, it is called Light. It is this substance which God creates before everything else, when He says, “ Let there be light.” It is at once substance and movement. It is fluid, and a perpetual vibration. Its inherent force which sets it in motion is called magnetism. In the infinite, this unique substance is the ether, or the etheric light. In the stars which it magnetizes, it becomes astral light. In organized beings, light, or ma…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1911 · PDF PAGE 172

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

… the Apostle John, but we ought to mention that there is a long string of authorities against this view. Dionysius, who was surnamed the Great, of Alexandria, was a pupil of Origen, and he of Clement of Alexandria, all catechists of the Arcane Discipline which taught a Christianised version of the older Gnosis, which Clement and others had brought into the Church from the older secret, or occult, societies of which they were, or had been members. This Dionysius makes a certain John the Presbyter, as of note in Asia Minor in the ist century, and…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1911 · PDF PAGE 172

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

… the Apostle John, but we ought to mention that there is a long string of authorities against this view. Dionysius, who was surnamed the Great, of Alexandria, was a pupil of Origen, and he of Clement of Alexandria, all catechists of the Arcane Discipline which taught a Christianised version of the older Gnosis, which Clement and others had brought into the Church from the older secret, or occult, societies of which they were, or had been members. This Dionysius makes a certain John the Presbyter, as of note in Asia Minor in the ist century, and…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1903 · PDF PAGE 14

The God-Eater

12 [She begins to carry him to the great door, then notices his white robe.| This must come off : they must not see the holy robes. Criosda! my darling dear brother, do look at me! [She has removed the robes. Criospa is now seen to be dressed in a dark-green tartan kilt and quasi-milttary tunic with silver buttons. 4 dirk hangs at his side. Its hilt is of unusual shape, being surmounted by the circle and cross familiar to visitors to Iona.| Criosda! Ah yes, look up, look up ! How pale you are! There is no blood in your lips. CRIOSDA. [Starting …

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1912 · PDF PAGE 71

Book 4 (Part I)

…rase, “ revolving a thing in the mind ”; and as long as the subject is sufficiently complex, as long as thoughts pass freely, there is no great difficulty. So long as a gyroscope is in motion, it remains motionless relatively to its support, and even resists attempts to distract it; when it stops it falls from that position. If the earth ceased to spin round the sun, it would at once fall into the sun. The moment then that the student takes a simple subject—or rather a simple object—and imagines it or visualizes it, he will find that it is not so …

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1912 · PDF PAGE 212

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…. In one hand she bears a sceptre surmounted by a cube, and in the other an orb of gold. She is impetuous, kind; timid, rather charming; great- hearted; intelligent, melancholy; truthful, yet of many moods. If ill dignified she is undecided, capricious, changeable, foolish. She rules from zoa 1 to 20° "y. V of V The Queen of Gnomes. XIX THE PRINCE OF THE CHARIOT OF EARTH King of Pen/mks A WINGED Kingly Figure seated in a chariot drawn by a bull. He bears as a crest the symbol of the head of the winged bull. Beneath the chariot is land, with many…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1912 · PDF PAGE 212

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…. In one hand she bears a sceptre surmounted by a cube, and in the other an orb of gold. She is impetuous, kind; timid, rather charming; great- hearted; intelligent, melancholy; truthful, yet of many moods. If ill dignified she is undecided, capricious, changeable, foolish. She rules from zoa 1 to 20° "y. V of V The Queen of Gnomes. XIX THE PRINCE OF THE CHARIOT OF EARTH King of Pen/mks A WINGED Kingly Figure seated in a chariot drawn by a bull. He bears as a crest the symbol of the head of the winged bull. Beneath the chariot is land, with many…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1913 · PDF PAGE 130

Book 4 (Part II)

…- thing that lives is holy." All phenomena are sacraments. Every fact, and even every falsehood, must enter into the Pantacle; it is the great storehouse from which the Magician draws. " In the brown cakes of corn we shall taste the food of the world and be strong." ^ ^ We have avoided dealing with the Pantacle as the Paten of the Sacrament, though special instructions about it are given in Liber Legis. It is composed of meal, honey, wine, holy oil, and blood.

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1916 · PDF PAGE 4

The Message of the Master Therion

… identical will; then if thy will be God's wil, Dhow art hat, ‘There is but one other word to explain. “Elewhere itis writensrey for our great comfort— Love js the Law, Love under: Will This is to be taken as meaning that while Willis the Law, the nature of that Willis Love. But this Love it were a by-product of that Will ; it does not contradict or sede that Will and if apparent contradiction should criss it isthe Will that ill guide Love is easy counterfeited. Lo, while in the Book outa ire All the manly races of The Love of Liber Legis is th…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1899 · PDF PAGE 226

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…hey sit at feast, and, slaying the crew, seeketh the high seas with the Lady Thurla. He slayeth the swiftest pursuers, and escapeth in a great tempest; which on the second day abating, he maketh the inside of a bar, and must await the breeze. Jarl Hungard coming with his men and two dragons, is wrecked, but a knave shooting, slayeth the Lady Thurla. Sir Godfrey forthwith sinketh the other dragon, and saileth forth into the ocean, and is not heard of ever after. ALE vapours lie like phantoms on the sea, The tide swells slumberous beneath our kee…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1909 · PDF PAGE 43

777

…tnusionary Success . 3 in SUSvalour . . | 7 h in 4 § Abandoned Success . % in fT) swiftness | 8 U in }€ 2 Material Happiness . » in tf 2 Great Strength 9 6 in €3 Perfected Success hin $3 Oppression . 10 TABLE V CXL. | CXXXIX. CXXXVIIL* CXXXVII. Twelve Banners of ; Planets exalted in Planets rulin Signs of the e Name. Col. CKXXVII. Col. CXXXVII. odiac. at S) 3. | , 15 ora thy wy ? | |e Go ...! 16 any _ Powel, Oo... a mn ¥ wel. TG . 18 mT a Ov. Su. 19 4m g Qo. TM . 20 mn h Q me, 22 mn 3 Ma . 24 a1) a YY, f . 25 Tah d h. | 3. 26 mV wo h. Se, 28 ya…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1912 · PDF PAGE 197

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…tual Brightness, but reversed it is the Invocation of Demonic Force; and becomes a fearfully evil symbol, It represents, therefore, very great power for good or evil, but invoked ; and it also represents whirling Force, and strength through trouble, It is the affirmation of Justice upholding Divine Authority; and it may become the Sword of Wrath, Punishment, and Affliction. IV THE ROOT OF THE POWERS OF THE EARTH Ate vf Pentax/es A VVIII'J‘E Radiant Angelic Hand, holding a branch of a Rose Tree, whereon is a large Pentacle, formed of Five con— cen…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1912 · PDF PAGE 224

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ive. Chokmah of Vau. Quarrel made up, yet still some tension in relations: actions sometimes selfish, sometimes unselfish. Herein rule the Great Angels?לאלזיand 5mm. XXVIII THE LORD OF SORROW Three of Swords or Sþem's THREE White Radiating Angelic Hands, issuing from clouds, and holding three swords upright (as though the central sword had struck apart the two others, which were crossed in the preceding symbol): the central sword cuts asunder the rose of five petals, which in the previous symbol grew at the junction of the swords; its petals are f…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1912 · PDF PAGE 273

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…ccupied the position of classical master at several public schools, Whilst in London he met Aleister Crowley, whose poetical works had a great charm for him jenkins was a prolific writer, but unfortunately, little of his work was published before his death at the early age of thirty-three, He died in March 1911, mourned by a large circle of friends, Ε. W.] ΤΟ PERSIS Ι CHILD—forgive me if I call thee Child— The weight of my mortality in years, I reckon not, but tribulations wild, With stormy battle, stress of life and fears. I see thee once again…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1912 · PDF PAGE 197

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…tual Brightness, but reversed it is the Invocation of Demonic Force; and becomes a fearfully evil symbol, It represents, therefore, very great power for good or evil, but invoked ; and it also represents whirling Force, and strength through trouble, It is the affirmation of Justice upholding Divine Authority; and it may become the Sword of Wrath, Punishment, and Affliction. IV THE ROOT OF THE POWERS OF THE EARTH Ate vf Pentax/es A VVIII'J‘E Radiant Angelic Hand, holding a branch of a Rose Tree, whereon is a large Pentacle, formed of Five con— cen…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →
1912 · PDF PAGE 224

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…ive. Chokmah of Vau. Quarrel made up, yet still some tension in relations: actions sometimes selfish, sometimes unselfish. Herein rule the Great Angels?לאלזיand 5mm. XXVIII THE LORD OF SORROW Three of Swords or Sþem's THREE White Radiating Angelic Hands, issuing from clouds, and holding three swords upright (as though the central sword had struck apart the two others, which were crossed in the preceding symbol): the central sword cuts asunder the rose of five petals, which in the previous symbol grew at the junction of the swords; its petals are f…

original embedded textRead original & transcription →