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Page 62 of 741954 · PDF PAGE 127
…le in my life is the whole Plan of Campaign concerning The Book of the Law. But is Aiwaz a man (presumably a Persian or Assyrian) and a "Secret Chief," or is He an 'angel' in the sense that Gabriel is an angel? Is Ab-ul-Diz an Adept who can project himself into the aura of some woman with whom I happen to be living, although she has no previous experience of the kind, or any interest in such matters at all? Or is He a being whose existence is altogether beyond this plane, only adopting human appearance and faculties in order to make Himself sen…
1996 · PDF PAGE 13
…crossed by a line slashed diago nally across the page in the original manuscript.) It will be noted that this figure begins with 31—the secret “Key of it all”—and ends with 93, the esoteric key of the whole Book.2 The squaring of the circle is an age-long tradi tional symbol of the accomplishment of the Great Work. It may be added that from this starting-point many other Qabalistic mysteries are to be found—so numerous and so significant that no human mind such as we know could pos sibly have woven the whole series into this Book, which was …
1929 · PDF PAGE 40
…ge, great as it has been, leaves us as ignorant of ultimate truth and reality as we were ten thousand years ago. The universe guards its secret: Isis can still boast that no man hath lifted her veil! "But, suppose our trouble were due to the fact that we only received our impressions in disconnected pieces. A very simple thing might seem the maddest jumble. Ready, Cyril?" "Quite ready." "I. A. A. I. U. I. A." "R. F. G. L. S. L." "What were we saying?" Lisa laughed rather excitedly. Her vivid mind told her that these instructions were going to t…
1930 · PDF PAGE 59
…he adulterous Lord of 1 hunder ravishing, brutally, his virginal victim ! Bacchus, babe hidden from hâte in the most holy of holies, the secret of thy sire, in the Channel of the Star-Spate, Whereof one Serpent is thy Soûl! Bacchus, twy-formed, man-woman, Bacchus, whose inno¬ cence tames the Figer, while yet thy horns drip blood upon thy mouth, and sharpen the merriment of wine to the madness of murder! Bacchus, Thy thyrsus oozes sap; thine ivy clings to it; thY Lion-skin slips from thy sleek shoulders, slips from thy lissome ioins; drunk on de…
1912 · PDF PAGE 297
…gone in making it quite clear to cowans and eavesdroppers exactly what happens in the Raising, and in publishing careful diagrams of the secret steps, etc., the only possibleambiguity, e.g. in the murder of H. A., being that 1 t—-— might stand for left testicle, we think it is better so. Since English Freemasonry has become soulless formalism, let us at least perform the ceremonies with decorum ! Your reviewer is personally a staunch Tory, and cannot help preferring the “ Emulation " working which long years have endeared to him. But never will…
1912 · PDF PAGE 297
…gone in making it quite clear to cowans and eavesdroppers exactly what happens in the Raising, and in publishing careful diagrams of the secret steps, etc., the only possibleambiguity, e.g. in the murder of H. A., being that 1 t—-— might stand for left testicle, we think it is better so. Since English Freemasonry has become soulless formalism, let us at least perform the ceremonies with decorum ! Your reviewer is personally a staunch Tory, and cannot help preferring the “ Emulation " working which long years have endeared to him. But never will…
1929 · PDF PAGE 219
…ilence, pondering methods of concealing dispatches or detecting spies. Investigation of spiritualism makes a capital training-ground for secret service work; one soon gets up to all the tricks. Presently Cyril Grey began to preach magick. "Germany is on a pretty good wicket," he said. "She is at war; we have only taken a holiday to go fighting. The first condition of success in magick is purity of purpose. One must let no other consideration interfere with the business in hand. But we are hypocrites in England; consequently, [308] we compromise…
1930 · PDF PAGE 41
…hy from the profane. Yet still she hopes that the mischief may not prove mortal, and begs that things may go on much as usual until that secret session décidé on some plan of action. It has always been fatal when somebody finds out too much too suddenly. If John Huss had cackled more like a hen, he might hâve survived Michaelmas, and been esteemed for his eggs. The last fifty years hâve laid the axe of analysis to the root of every axiomj they are triflers who content themselves with lopping the blossoming twigs of our beliefs, or the boughs of…
1996 · PDF PAGE 299
…Nu 24,87,124,125,134,152,157,167 Nuit 23-86,87-89,91,92,93.95.99.100, 101,102, 111, 114,116,124,126,127, 142,144,163.166,168,171,178,192 secret name of 37 Oannes 24,30 CEdipus 54 On 24,30 Onan 60,180 O’Neill, William, see Blake ontology 189 opium 84,110,146 ordeals 38,167,187 Ordo Templi Orientis 65 ix° 34 orgasm 67,72,151 orgies 85 Origen 60 Osiris 29,31,47,163,171.184 Othello 54,68 Ouarda the Seer (Rose Edith Crowley) 28,188 ovum 172 paederasty 53,55 Paganini, Niccold 141 paganism 55,169 Pan 152 Papuans 85 Parnell, Charles Stewart 55 Parsifal…
1904 · PDF PAGE 51
… at the top withal, etc. Note: Figures 162 to 174 inclusive are interesting as showing a marked resemblance to the central design of the Secret Seal. It will be observed that the evident desire is to represent hieroglyphically a person raising his or her hands in adoration. Nearly all are stone sepulchral steles, and the execution of them is rough and primitive in the extreme, Most are in the Musée du Louvre at Paris. Figures 162 and 163 are from the district of Constantine and show a figure raising its arms in adoration. In Figure 164, also fr…
1929 · PDF PAGE 127
It was early in the course of Dr. Vesquit's preliminaries that (what Arthwait called the "antilan-thanetical douleskeiarchy") the secret service which had been established reported to him a complete [181] change in the routine of the people of the Butterfly net. On the seventh of January Iliel reported that the first point of the work was in all probability attained; all that was now necessary was to concentrate upon the real crux of the case, the catching of the Butterfly. The household was reorganized accordingly; Cyril Grey withdrew himself …
1929 · PDF PAGE 223
…situation. He was personally triumphant; there was nothing in his private affairs to worry him. But in charge, as he was, of the Turkish Secret Service in Paris, he knew the political situation well enough. He knew that Turkey would throw in her lot with Germany, sooner or later; and he was doubtful as to the wisdom of returning to France. On the other hand, duty called him with clarion voice; and he wanted to have as many fingers as possible in the pie. After much consideration, he thought he would land at Barcelona, and get through with his A…
1929 · PDF PAGE 86
…and made off. At the Sign of the Tranquil Father, Akbar was awaiting him with his son Abdul Bey. The latter was in charge of the Turkish Secret Service in Paris,
1939 · PDF PAGE 7
…hy device to deceive Thy servants Thine image that hailed How none, being mortal, might learn Thy name, or behold Thee unveiled. For Thy secret is this, that immortals are crowned with the virtue to die; And I, oh Astarte, bear death in my bodyOf ye am I.
1906 · PDF PAGE 83
… otherwise might be. So I: ‘‘I will not ever pluck the flower ;”’ Yet strayed enchanted on the lawns forbid, And bathed enamoured in the secret sea, Both knowing our words were spoken— for an hour. THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY. ‘* Persever in that clear way thou goest, And the gods strengthen thee.” Pericles, LINKED in the tiny shelf upon the ship, My blind eyes burned into her mild ones: limbs Twined to each other while fine dew bedims Their quivering skins: lip fastened unto lip: Whole soul and body frenzied meet and clip; And the breath staggers, an…
1907 · PDF PAGE 29
…uld have nothing on, and as you looked at her she would crumble away like a biscuit. Then there was another passage which was really too secret Via r v. Hamus for anything; all I shall tell you is, there was the most beautiful God dess that ever was, and she was washing herself in a river of dew. If you ask what she is doing, she says: “ I’m making thunderbolts.” It was only starlight, and yet one could see quite clearly, so don’t think I’m making a mistake. The third path is a most terrible passage; it’s Via 9 v. Os all a great war, and there’…
1939 · PDF PAGE 10
…le. Do I trick myself now? Shall I rend once again this homologous Whole? I have stripped every garment from space; I have strangled the secret of Time, All being is fled from my face, with Motions inhibited rime. Stiller and stiller I sit, till even Infinity fades; Tis an idoltis weakness of wit that breeds, in inanity, shades! Yet the fullness of Naught I become, the deepest and steadiest Naught,
1904 · PDF PAGE 31
…nd tell all things Past, Present, and to Come. He can take a Body either Human or Aérial, and answereth truly of all Earthly things both Secret and * In some of the older Codices this word is left out, in others it is indistinct, but appears to be ‘‘horse,” so I have put the word horse within brackets above.-—TrRans. [The Quartos have ‘‘ass,”—ED.| 17
1929 · PDF PAGE 47
…he Thing might even have dispossessed his ego, and used his body as its own. That is the beginner's danger in magick." "And what is your secret?" "To have assimilated all things so perfectly that there is no longer any possibility of strungle. To have destroyed the idea of duality. To have achieved Love and Will so that there is no longer any object to Love, or any aim for Will. To have killed desire at the root; to be one with every thing and with Nothing. "Look!" he went on, with a change of tone, "why does a man die when he is struck by ligh…
1904 · PDF PAGE 28
…he form of a Great Lion, but afterwards, at the request of the Master, he putteth on Human Shape. He answereth truly of things Hidden or Secret. He causeth Diseases and cureth them. Again, he giveth great Wisdom and Knowledge in Mechanical Arts; and can change men into other shapes. He governeth 36 Legions of Spirits. And his Seal is this, which is to be worn as aforesaid. (6.) VaLEFor.—The Sixth Spirit is Valefor. He isa mighty Duke, and appeareth in the shape of a Lion with an Ass’s Head, bellowing. He is a good Familiar, but tempteth them he…