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Page 61 of 941919 · PDF PAGE 98
…. 16. For the Magistry of this Opus is a secret magistry; and the sign of the master thereof is a certain ring of lapis- lazuli with the name of my master, who am I, and the Eye in the Midst thereof. 17. Also He spake and said: This is a secret sign, and thou shalt not disclose it unto the profane, nor unto the neo- phyte, nor unto the zelator, nor unto the practicus, nor unto the philosophus, nor unto the lesser adept, nor unto the greater adept. 18. But unto the exempt adept thou shalt disclose thyself if thou have need of him for the lesser …
1919 · PDF PAGE 435
…usion, the Brother of the Left Hand, the Klingsor of “Parsifal.” 58. Make hard thy Soul against the snares of Self; de- serve for it the name of “Diamond-Soul.” Here is another muddle, for the words “Soul” and “Self” have previously been used in exactly the opposite meaning. If any meaning at all is to be attached to this verse and to verse 59, it is that the progress downwards, the progress of the Redeemer of the Sun as he descends from the Zenith, or passes from the Summer Solstice to his doom, must be a voluntary absorption of Death in order…
1907 · PDF PAGE 103
…ire Into my shrivelled head , to wither Love's desire ?! but that it must die on the field of its choice is also most certain . In “ The Nameless Quest ” and “ Tannhäuser ," we find represented this striving after a more spiritual and platonic ideal of love . In the former , questing for the ideal of his hopes , man falls tangled into the arms of the real ; in the latter , entangled , he strives to tear away the meshes of his passion , and at length suc ceeds in releasing himself from the magic threads . In “ The Nameless Quest ,” Gereth is in …
1912 · PDF PAGE 125
…s a summer’s afternoon; and the strange pair, encountering Placide Gervez as he chopped, accosted him. The philosopher, whose irrelevant name was Theophraste Goulet, drew out a cigarette and offered it to his intended victim. It is impossible in a polite nation to leave a man until you have finished the cigarette he gives you—a man, if he was a man, once gave me an Irish cigarette, but that story is a separate chequewand Placide could not have cut that knot save with his axe. However, in the first pause of the voluble ass for breath, he pointed t…
1912 · PDF PAGE 125
…s a summer’s afternoon; and the strange pair, encountering Placide Gervez as he chopped, accosted him. The philosopher, whose irrelevant name was Theophraste Goulet, drew out a cigarette and offered it to his intended victim. It is impossible in a polite nation to leave a man until you have finished the cigarette he gives you—a man, if he was a man, once gave me an Irish cigarette, but that story is a separate chequewand Placide could not have cut that knot save with his axe. However, in the first pause of the voluble ass for breath, he pointed t…
1913 · PDF PAGE 510
…test wrinkles bear witness to the habitual sensations of the organ. Each finger has, besides, a special function from which it takes its name. We have already spoken of the thumb; the index is the finger which points out, it is that of the word and of prophecy; the medius dominates the whole hand, it is that of destiny; the ring-finger is that of alliances and of honours: chiromancers have consecrated it to the sun; the little finger is insinuating and talkative, at least, so say simple folk and nursemaids, whose little finger tells them so muc…
1913 · PDF PAGE 510
…test wrinkles bear witness to the habitual sensations of the organ. Each finger has, besides, a special function from which it takes its name. We have already spoken of the thumb; the index is the finger which points out, it is that of the word and of prophecy; the medius dominates the whole hand, it is that of destiny; the ring-finger is that of alliances and of honours: chiromancers have consecrated it to the sun; the little finger is insinuating and talkative, at least, so say simple folk and nursemaids, whose little finger tells them so muc…
1906 · PDF PAGE 167
…er lay the end, Whence the beginning. All is black, Void of all cause, all aim ; unkenned, As if I had been dead indeed— All in Christ's name! And I look back, And then and long time after lack Courage or strength to hurl the creed Down to the heaven it sprang from! No! Not this inspires the indignant blow L Poem does not treat of Palz- ontology: nor of poet's youth : nor of Christian infamies. Poet forced tomystic position.
1912 · PDF PAGE 134
…hree o’clock one afternoon—was concentrated on Professor Zircon, torn away from a compound with half the Greek Alphabet dotted about its name by a white-haired little Colonel who 92
1912 · PDF PAGE 134
…hree o’clock one afternoon—was concentrated on Professor Zircon, torn away from a compound with half the Greek Alphabet dotted about its name by a white-haired little Colonel who 92
1913 · PDF PAGE 251
…r—people began to wonder what was the truth beneath the stories which West- cott was at such pains to deny. 1 Waite quotes the commonest name in all South India as if it were some- thing too fantastic for belief. 2 Please make paragraph read clearly.—Printer’s Reader. Heaven forgive you!—Ed. Can’t you see that I’m trying to write like Waite ?—A. Q. 213
1913 · PDF PAGE 251
…r—people began to wonder what was the truth beneath the stories which West- cott was at such pains to deny. 1 Waite quotes the commonest name in all South India as if it were some- thing too fantastic for belief. 2 Please make paragraph read clearly.—Printer’s Reader. Heaven forgive you!—Ed. Can’t you see that I’m trying to write like Waite ?—A. Q. 213
1930 · PDF PAGE 16
…n a century old, with which Jews had nothing to do. There was a poet laureateI am not quite sure what this species of animal isbut his name was Robert Southey, and he lived, if you can call it
1904 · PDF PAGE 12
…show teeth, claws of cat about it! With gentle words—fiat exordium; Exeat dolor, intret gaudium ! 1 It had a design of 666 and Crowley’s name in Hebrew (which, like most names, adds up to that figure) on the reverse. 110 115 120 125 130 135 140 Necessity of poem. Mysticism v. literal interpre tation. Former excused. Buddha re- bukes poet. Detailed scheme of modified poem.
1904 · PDF PAGE 26
…er lay the end, Whence the beginning. All is black, Void of all cause, all aim ; unkenned, As if I had been dead indeed— All in Christ’s name ! And I look back, And then and long time after lack Courage or strength to hurl the creed Down to the heaven it sprang from ! No ! Not this inspires the indignant blow 660 666 670 675 680 685 690 695 700 Poem does not treat of Palæ- ontology : nor of poet’s youth : nor of Christian infamies. Poet forced to mystic position.
1929 · PDF PAGE 176
… pugilist used to say. And now I must run away; there is a seance with a lady who materializes demon slugs. Do not forget to inscribe my name among the martyrs!"
1930 · PDF PAGE 48
Arise. In the name of our Lord + the Sun, and of our Lord + that thou mayst administer the virtues to the Brethren. She sheathes the Sword. The PRIEST, issuing jrom the Tomby holding the Tance erect with both handsy right over lejty against his breasty takes the first three regular steps. He then gives the Tance to the PRIESTESS and gives the three penal signs. He then kneels and vsorships the Tance with both hands. Penitential music. The PRIEST. I am a man among men. He takes again the Tance and lowers it. He rises. The PRIEST. How should I be…
1930 · PDF PAGE 12
…ll, the Pope too believed in preparedness, though he probably called it a programme of disarmament. When people scrap battleships in the name of peace on earth and goodwill to men, it means that they have found battleships useless and too expensive, and that they have found something cheaper and more deadly. So the Curia kept a weapon in reserve, in order to be sure of having a nice jolly pogrom whenever they gave the word. And what was the word to be ? Nice quiet peasant folk, or genial hard-working hunters and fighters, are not easy to arouse…
1909 · PDF PAGE 83
…HE PSYCHOLOGY OF HASHISH region of pure thought. In the case of the god Osiris, for example, he will no longer express his vision by the name Osiris or by the green face, by the white robes starred with the three active colours, by the crown and by the crook and scourge; nor will he chant wondrous hymns of the descent into Amennti, the death and resurrection of the God; but he will express all this by some pure symbol, such as the cross, the hexagram, or even the number 6. And those upon his plane will understand him. Here, too, we must class t…
1909 · PDF PAGE 83
…HE PSYCHOLOGY OF HASHISH region of pure thought. In the case of the god Osiris, for example, he will no longer express his vision by the name Osiris or by the green face, by the white robes starred with the three active colours, by the crown and by the crook and scourge; nor will he chant wondrous hymns of the descent into Amennti, the death and resurrection of the God; but he will express all this by some pure symbol, such as the cross, the hexagram, or even the number 6. And those upon his plane will understand him. Here, too, we must class t…