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Page 62 of 941910 · PDF PAGE 154
…y the (empirical) reality;” and immediately afterwards this is explained as follows: “ The Prana (.e. the Atman) to wit is the immortal, name and form are the reality; by these the Prana is veiled.” Once again we are back at our starting-point. To become one with the Prana or Atman is to enter NibbAna, and as the means which lead to the former consisted of concentra- tion exercises such as Pranayama, etc.; so now shall we find almost identical exercises used to hasten the Aspirant into Nibbana. Frater P. by now was well acquainted with the Yoga…
1910 · PDF PAGE 154
…y the (empirical) reality;” and immediately afterwards this is explained as follows: “ The Prana (.e. the Atman) to wit is the immortal, name and form are the reality; by these the Prana is veiled.” Once again we are back at our starting-point. To become one with the Prana or Atman is to enter NibbAna, and as the means which lead to the former consisted of concentra- tion exercises such as Pranayama, etc.; so now shall we find almost identical exercises used to hasten the Aspirant into Nibbana. Frater P. by now was well acquainted with the Yoga…
1913 · PDF PAGE 303
… never be, either bad popes or bad priests. “Bad” and “ priest” form an oxymoron. We have mentioned Alexander VI, and we think that this name will be sufficient without other memories as justly execrated as his being brought up against us. Great criminals have been able to dishonour themselves doubly because of the sacred character with which they were invested, but they had not the power to dishonour that character, which remains always radiant and splendid above fallen humanity. We have said that there is no religion without mysteries; let us…
1913 · PDF PAGE 303
… never be, either bad popes or bad priests. “Bad” and “ priest” form an oxymoron. We have mentioned Alexander VI, and we think that this name will be sufficient without other memories as justly execrated as his being brought up against us. Great criminals have been able to dishonour themselves doubly because of the sacred character with which they were invested, but they had not the power to dishonour that character, which remains always radiant and splendid above fallen humanity. We have said that there is no religion without mysteries; let us…
1938 · PDF PAGE 12
…o all, for it is nothing but a Point of View. Now there bursts forth a Wave of Light and there falls forth in majesty of Thunder: 2. Thy Name, which is thy Word, is the substance of thy Will, whose mode of action constitutes Existence. Chance.
1909 · PDF PAGE 97
…that if it be inserted in the word ANI, “ I,” giveth ADNI, Adonai. Subtle art thou and deadly, O Dweller of the Thres- hold (P.S.-—~This name is a bad one. Dweller beside [he Pylon is a better term ; for he is not in the straight path, which is simple and easy and open. He is never “ overcome ” ; to meet him is the proof of having strayed. The Key fits the Door perfectly ; but he who is drunken on the bad wine of Sense and Thought fumbles thereat. And of course there is a great deal of door, and very little key-hole), who dost use my very love o…
1913 · PDF PAGE 255
…g the proofs he would put in some more hints about the Sanctuary he belonged to, the fact being that his only teacher was an ex- Cantab, named Humphreys, who had at one time been tolerated by Crowley in order to analyze the soul (if any) of the kind of man who fills his rooms with the portraits of “actresses” whom he has never seen, and boasts of their devotion to him. His only other guide appears to have been a solicitor of the kind that writes you terrible threatening letters, and on being told rudely to do what the Oldest Inhabitant of the N…
1913 · PDF PAGE 508
…r of God cried later. If he had replied to Satan, “I will not adore thee, and it is thou who wilt fall at my feet, for I bid thee in the name of intelligence and eternal reason,” he would not have consigned his holy and noble life to the most frightful of all tortures. The Satan of the mountain was indeed cruelly avenged! The ancients called practical magic the sacerdotal and royal art, and one remembers that the magi were the masters of primitive civilization, because they were the masters of all the science of their time. To know is to be abl…
1913 · PDF PAGE 255
…g the proofs he would put in some more hints about the Sanctuary he belonged to, the fact being that his only teacher was an ex- Cantab, named Humphreys, who had at one time been tolerated by Crowley in order to analyze the soul (if any) of the kind of man who fills his rooms with the portraits of “actresses” whom he has never seen, and boasts of their devotion to him. His only other guide appears to have been a solicitor of the kind that writes you terrible threatening letters, and on being told rudely to do what the Oldest Inhabitant of the N…
1913 · PDF PAGE 508
…r of God cried later. If he had replied to Satan, “I will not adore thee, and it is thou who wilt fall at my feet, for I bid thee in the name of intelligence and eternal reason,” he would not have consigned his holy and noble life to the most frightful of all tortures. The Satan of the mountain was indeed cruelly avenged! The ancients called practical magic the sacerdotal and royal art, and one remembers that the magi were the masters of primitive civilization, because they were the masters of all the science of their time. To know is to be abl…
1907 · PDF PAGE 87
…e need him not , neither his opinions . There is a great lesson embodied in this poem . The lesson that Love is only worthy its hallowed name , when free ; that it is only worth having when freely given , and worth keeping when freely held , without bond or writ . This freedom we find in the very first sonnet : Against the fiat of that God discrowned , Unseated by Man's Justice , and replaced By Law most bountiful and maiden - faced And Mother - minded : passing the low bound Of Man's poor law we leapt at last and found Passion ; and passing th…
1913 · PDF PAGE 582
…he frenzied desires of those who nourish them, and it is these which appear under the figures of demons to the wretched operators of the nameless works of black magic. These larvee fear the light, above all the light of the mind. A flash of intelligence is sufficient to destroy them as by a thunderbolt, and hurl them into that Dead Sea which one must not confuse with the sea in Palestine so-called. All that we reveal in this place belongs to the tradition of seers, and can only stand before science in the name of that exceptional philosophy, wh…
1913 · PDF PAGE 582
…he frenzied desires of those who nourish them, and it is these which appear under the figures of demons to the wretched operators of the nameless works of black magic. These larvee fear the light, above all the light of the mind. A flash of intelligence is sufficient to destroy them as by a thunderbolt, and hurl them into that Dead Sea which one must not confuse with the sea in Palestine so-called. All that we reveal in this place belongs to the tradition of seers, and can only stand before science in the name of that exceptional philosophy, wh…
1907 · PDF PAGE 43
…o, my dear (wh/?sfers) how proud you look ! Come when you will! CARRUTHERS. Sir Percy Percivale, I stand here in your dear dead father’s name. ANGELA. You stand here, Percy, for yourself—and me. CARRUTHERS. Come down; I am your guardian. Know this ! Without me you do nought, say nought, spend nought. Obey me ! Sir PERCY. Silence, sir, I am your master. Whatever powers my father may have given To you, there's one that I inherit from him ; Namely, to tame the insolent. ( Zverns to ANGELA. Dear wife ! I go, as a tooth torn from a jaw. Txpect I que…
1909 · PDF PAGE 240
…een the rotten cerement of a mummy. With quivering lip, and voice choked with indig- nation at the injustice of the world, he cursed the name of Christ and strode on to seek the gate of Hell and let loose the fiends of the pit, so that mankind might yet learn that com- passion was not dead. Nevertheless, the madness passes, like a dark cloud before the breath of awakening dawn; conscious of his own right- ness, of the manhood which was his, of his own strength, and the righteousness of his purpose, and filled with the over- flowing ambitions of…
1909 · PDF PAGE 240
…een the rotten cerement of a mummy. With quivering lip, and voice choked with indig- nation at the injustice of the world, he cursed the name of Christ and strode on to seek the gate of Hell and let loose the fiends of the pit, so that mankind might yet learn that com- passion was not dead. Nevertheless, the madness passes, like a dark cloud before the breath of awakening dawn; conscious of his own right- ness, of the manhood which was his, of his own strength, and the righteousness of his purpose, and filled with the over- flowing ambitions of…
1911 · PDF PAGE 97
…by the power of the Most High, know that I did indeed tempt thee, and it repenteth me. I bow myself humbly before the great and terrible names whereby thou hast conjured and constrained me. But thy name is mercy, and I cry aloud for pardon. Let me come and put my head beneath thy feet, that I may serve thee. For if thou commandest me to obedience in the Holy names, I cannot swerve therefrom, for their first whispering is greater than the noise of all my tempests. Bid me therefore come unto thee upon my hands and knees that I may adore thee, and…
1912 · PDF PAGE 17
…faned. For the Spirit had departed from them. For this reason the external organization of which we speak has resolved not to reveal its name or place to the vulgar. Furthermore, for the same reason, the names of the teachers and members of this society shall remain unknown, except to such as are intimately associated with them in their common work. If it is said that in this way the society will gain only few members, it may be answered that our society has a spiritual head, and that those who are worthy of being admitted will be guided to it …
1912 · PDF PAGE 17
…faned. For the Spirit had departed from them. For this reason the external organization of which we speak has resolved not to reveal its name or place to the vulgar. Furthermore, for the same reason, the names of the teachers and members of this society shall remain unknown, except to such as are intimately associated with them in their common work. If it is said that in this way the society will gain only few members, it may be answered that our society has a spiritual head, and that those who are worthy of being admitted will be guided to it …
1913 · PDF PAGE 11
…faned. For the Spirit had departed from them. For this reason the external organization of which we speak has resolved not to reveal its name or place to the vulgar. Furthermore, for the same reason, the names of the teachers and members of this society shall remain unknown, except to such as are intimately associated with them in their common work. If it is said that in this way the society will gain only few members, it may be answered that our society has a spiritual head, and that those who are worthy of being admitted will be guided to it …