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Page 62 of 841954 · PDF PAGE 261
…to familiarize you with the terminology; for not one of these scholars has the most nebulous idea of what Lao-tze was talking about. The Book of the Law states the doctrine of Tao very succinctly; "Thou hast no right but to do thy will. Do that and no other shall say nay. For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect." (AL, I: 42-44) "Thus also the Sage, seeking not any goal, attaineth all things; he does not interfere in the affairs of his body, and so that body acteth without friction . It is be…
1954 · PDF PAGE 417
…says Death briskly; "and he's galloping hither as fast as he can." At least, don't let the Gods have the laugh on you! Hello! Here's the Book of Lies again! What fun. The Smoking Dog Each act of man is the twist and double of an hare. Love and Death are the greyhounds that course him. God bred the hounds and taketh His pleasure in the sport. This is the Comedy of Pan, that man should think he hunteth, while those hounds hunt him. This is the Tragedy of Man, when facing Love and Death he turns to bay. He is no more hare, but boar. There are no o…
1904 · PDF PAGE 17
…rudence, and so on, even to ecstasy on the one hand, and death or madness on the other. But can any of the effects described in this our book Goetia be obtained, and if so, can you give a rational explanation of the circumstances? Say you so? I can, and will. The spirits of the Goetia are portions of the human brain. Their seals therefore represent (Mr. Spencer’s projected cube) methods of stimulating or regulating those particular spots (through the eye). The names of God are vibrations calculated to establish : (a) General control of the brai…
1911 · PDF PAGE 66
…d in his heart is Hadit, and between his feet is the great god Ra Hoor Khuit. And in his right hand is a flaming wand, and in his left a book. Yet is he silent; and that which is understood between him and me shall not be revealed in this place. And the mystery shall be revealed to whosoever shall say, with ecstasy of worship in his heart, with a clear mind, and a passionate body: It is the voice ofa god, and not of a man. And now all that glory hath withdrawn itself; and the old King lies prostrate, abject. And the virgin that rode upon the bu…
1919 · PDF PAGE 320
… unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the con- gregation of saints. Beuteve me, I had hardly hoped to live to see this day when a book of criticism like this comes into my hand. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. There are plenty of brains in America, and plenty of educated brains, but it is extremely rare to find these two combined in one being. Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. Mr. Mencken narrowly escapes the cleverne…
1910 · PDF PAGE 8
… regard him as a magician. But a small and select circle revere him as the hierophant of a new religion. This creed Captain Fuller, in a book on the subject extending to 327 pages, calls “ Crowleyanity.” I do not pretend to know what Captain Fuller means. He is deeply read in philosophy, and he takes Crowley very seriously. I do not quite see whither Crowley himself is driving ; but I imagine that the main idea in the brain of this remarkable poet is to plant Eastern Transcendentalism, which attains its ultimate end in Samadhi, in English soil …
1909 · PDF PAGE 400
…cecidisti! RAYS FROM THE REALMS OF GLORY. By Rev. SEPTIMUS HEBERT, M.A. Second edition. Samuel Bagster and Sons, Ltd., 2s. 6d. net. This book consists of theological discussions between two young men named Percy and Sidney! It must be a great help to a Master of Arts in attaining a Second Edition if he can pat his own musings on the back at psychological moments with such interpolations as “‘ Yes,’ said Percy, ‘1 like that thought !’” The clumps of quotations at the commencement of the various chapters read on occasion rather incongruously. For…
1909 · PDF PAGE 400
…cecidisti! RAYS FROM THE REALMS OF GLORY. By Rev. SEPTIMUS HEBERT, M.A. Second edition. Samuel Bagster and Sons, Ltd., 2s. 6d. net. This book consists of theological discussions between two young men named Percy and Sidney! It must be a great help to a Master of Arts in attaining a Second Edition if he can pat his own musings on the back at psychological moments with such interpolations as “‘ Yes,’ said Percy, ‘1 like that thought !’” The clumps of quotations at the commencement of the various chapters read on occasion rather incongruously. For…
1905 · PDF PAGE 188
…uld hide, Evil yet strong ; the scurril clan Exaggerate for its greed and pride, The scum of Israel ! At one look, I read my foe as in a book.
1919 · PDF PAGE 191
…t this Law officially, and its whole Ritual has been revised and re- constituted in accordance with this decision. Now then, leaving the Book of the Law, note, pray thee, the following additional suggestions for extending the Dominion of the Law of Thelema throughout the whole world. 1. All those who have accepted the Law should announce the same in daily intercourse. “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law” shall be the invariable form of greet- ing. These words, especially in the case of strangers, should be pronounced in a clear, fi…
1919 · PDF PAGE 396
…ust suppose, an attempt to put things into the kind of language that would be understood by be- ginners. Compare Chapter Thirteen of the Book of Lies, where it explains how one is induced to follow the Path by false pretences. Compare also the story of the Dolphin and the Prophet in Liber LXV. 37. Behold! the Abyss of the Great Deep. Therein is a mighty dolphin, lashing his sides with the force of the waves. 38. There is also an harper of gold, playing infinite tunes. 39. Then the dolphin delighted therein, and put off his body, and became a bi…
1930 · PDF PAGE 86
… HADIT ; and F is their Son the Sun who is Ra — Hoor — Khuit. So then let the Adept set his sigil upon ail the words he hath writ in the Book of the Works of his WilL i. There is an alternative spelling TzBA — F where the Root, “an Host,>, has the value of 93. The Practicus should revive this Ritual throughout in the Light of his personal researches in the Qabalah, and thus make it his own peculiar property. The spelling here suggested implies that he who utters the Word affirms his allegiance to the symbols 93 and 6; that he is a warrior in th…
1929 · PDF PAGE 556
…tin equivalent. He scratched his head and muttered, "Martin Luther!" After a moment's reflection he dispatched his chamberlain for bell, book and candle; and proceeded to the magical operation against this occasion made and provided. As in the case of the Jackdraw of Rheims, the effect of the curse was to ruffle the feathers of the audacious follower after the false god Hymen. A touch of rheumatism brought matters to a climax. He rang up Harrods and ordered a supply of sackcloth and ashes. Receiving, like Job, visits of condolence from various …
1929 · PDF PAGE 120
… major Magical Operations. This discovery was only one of many. Before Allan Bennett left for Ceylon, he gave me most of his magical notebooks. One of these contained the beginnings of a Cabbalistic dictionary in which various sacred words were entered, not alphabetically, but according to their numerical value. I must explain that the fundamental idea of the Cabbala is that the universe may be regarded as an elaboration of the numbers from 0 to 10, arranged in a certain geometrical design and connected by twenty-two "paths".1 The problem is to…
1954 · PDF PAGE 290
… count well its name , and it shall be to you as 718." (AL, III: 19) (The Stele is that whose discovery culminated in the writing of The Book of the Law.) Here the first part is still quite unintelligible to me; 1 have tried analysis of the original phrase in "Scripture," and nearly everything else: entirely in vain. One can see dimly how people, recognizing that Stele as the Talisman responsible for reducing half the cities of Europe to rubble, might very well make reference to those original prophecies. But , at the best, that's nothing to ca…
1996 · PDF PAGE 45
…he half: unite by thine art so that all disappear. 48. My prophet is a fool with his one, one, one; are not they the Ox, and none by the Book? 49. Abrogate are all rituals, all ordeals, all words and signs. Ra- Hoor-Khuit hath taken his seat in the East at the Equinox of the Gods; and let Asar be with Isa, who also are one. But
1929 · PDF PAGE 465
465 pledged word to me, and partly because my heart was broken by the perusal of the books which I had asked Leila Waddell to bring back from America to furnish me with material. They left me without a glimmer of hope. The trashiest piffle of England was Swinburne and Stevenson by comparison. The morality of American authors was too ghastly to contemplate. The artistic unity of the entire output consisted in its commonplace coarseness, behind which was the fixed determination to go for the dollars. There was neither ambition nor conscience anyw…
1909 · PDF PAGE 391
…e than once in one or another planet—even in our own little one—along the past centuries. Nothing, nothing will be left, perhaps ; not a book, even the Bible; not a statue, even “ Demeter” or “La Vénus”; not a piece of art of any kind, save, mayhap, the skull of a monkey floating upon a new and fathomless Ocean. Worse even!|—things may be preserved that would lead to serious blunders for our successors. Think of their extremity if the students of our times should find as the only documents a complete edition of the works of Miss Corelli or some…
1909 · PDF PAGE 391
…e than once in one or another planet—even in our own little one—along the past centuries. Nothing, nothing will be left, perhaps ; not a book, even the Bible; not a statue, even “ Demeter” or “La Vénus”; not a piece of art of any kind, save, mayhap, the skull of a monkey floating upon a new and fathomless Ocean. Worse even!|—things may be preserved that would lead to serious blunders for our successors. Think of their extremity if the students of our times should find as the only documents a complete edition of the works of Miss Corelli or some…
1911 · PDF PAGE 60
…e moved. And this is the fire of which it is written: “ Hear thou the voice of fire!” And the voice of fire is the second chapter of the Book of the Law, that is revealed unto him that is a score and half a score and three that are scores, and six, by Aiwass, that is his guardian, the mighty Angel that extendeth from the first unto the last, and maketh known the mysteries that are beyond. And the method and the form of invocation whereby aman shall attain to the knowledge and conversation of his Holy Guardian Angel shall be given unto thee in t…