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Page 64 of 831996 · PDF PAGE 289
…lishing and o.T.o., 1990. 7 ------------ . The Collected Works of Aleister Crowley. Foyers, UK: Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth, 3 vol., 1905-7.; rpt. Des Plaines, IL: Yogi Publication Society, [c. 1974]. “These works contain many mystical and magical secrets, both stated clearly in prose, and woven into the Robe of sublimest poesy.” 8 ------------ . The Commentaries of AL, ed. Marcelo Motta. New York: Weiser, 1976. 9 ------------ . (series editor, 1909-1944). The Equinox. “The stan dard Work of Reference in all occult matters. …
1929 · PDF PAGE 48
… and Death, alike of individuals and of races, which is characteristic of Nature. He has perhaps a tendency to perceive the ‘first noble truth’ uttered by Buddha, that Everything is sorrow. Nature, it seems, is a tragedy. He has perhaps even experienced the great trance called Sorrow. He should then consider whether there is not some Deity who expresses this Cycle, and yet whose nature is joy. He will find what he requires in Dionysus. There are three main methods of invoking any Deity. The First Method consists of dévotion to that Deity, and, …
1954 · PDF PAGE 323
… I shall do all that is possible to me by buying the house; I shall leave it to Them to do Their share when the time comes. This "Act of Truth" is already a Magical Formula of infallible puissance; the man who is capable of so thinking and acting is far more likely to get what he wanted from the Sacrifice-when at long last the Camel appears on the premises-than he who, having ample means to carry out the whole Operation without risk of failure, goes through the ceremony without ever having experienced a moment's anxiety about his ability to bri…
1996 · PDF PAGE 168
…ary: “the Indian”. The religion of Hindustan, metaphysically and mystically comprehensive enough to assure itself the possession of much truth, is in practice almost as
1930 · PDF PAGE 49
…s is “real” in its way, whether it be itself, or, distorted by one’s desires, or created by one’s personality. There is no touchstone of truth: the authentic Nakhiel is indistinguishable from the image of the Magician’s private idea of Nakhiel, so far as he is concerned. The stronger one is to create, the more readily the Astral Light responds, and coagulâtes créatures of this kind. Not that such création is necessarily an errorj but it is another branch of one’s Work. One cannot obtain outside help from inside sources. One must use précautions…
1996 · PDF PAGE 117
…eli said: Never ask anyone to dinner who has to be explained. All explanations are intended to cover up lies, injustices, or shames. The Truth is radiantly simple. 30. If Will stops and cries Why, invoking Because, then Will stops & does nought. Commentary: There is no “reason” why a Star should con tinue in its orbit. Let her rip! Every time the conscious acts, it interferes with the Subconscious, which is Hadit. It is the voice of man, and not of a God. Any man who “listens to reason” ceases to be revolutionary. The newspapers are Past Maste…
1910 · PDF PAGE 148
… have seen he could not prop up a fictitious beginning by the supposition of the former, and he dared not use Nibbana as such, though in truth the Beginning is just as incompre- hensible with or without an Atman. But, in spite of his having denied the latter, he had to account for Causality and the transmission of his Good and Evil (Karma) by some means or another. Now, according to Nagasena, the Blessed One refused to answer any such questions as “Is the universe everlasting?” “Is it not everlasting?” ‘‘Has it an end?” “Has it not an end?” “Is…
1910 · PDF PAGE 148
… have seen he could not prop up a fictitious beginning by the supposition of the former, and he dared not use Nibbana as such, though in truth the Beginning is just as incompre- hensible with or without an Atman. But, in spite of his having denied the latter, he had to account for Causality and the transmission of his Good and Evil (Karma) by some means or another. Now, according to Nagasena, the Blessed One refused to answer any such questions as “Is the universe everlasting?” “Is it not everlasting?” ‘‘Has it an end?” “Has it not an end?” “Is…
1996 · PDF PAGE 160
…e value of the “x” of the equation, that it is impossible to quibble. The law of probabilities excludes all theories but one. The simple Truth is what I have always asserted. There is a Being called Aiwaz, an intelligence discarnate, who wrote this Book of the Law, using my ears and hand. His mind is certainly superior to my own in knowledge and in power, for He has dominated me and taught me ever since. But that apart, the proof of any discarnate intelligence, even of the lowest order, has never before been established. And lack of that proof …
1906 · PDF PAGE 267
…ightfold Path. Let him aspire to knowledge, and the stone to success; every mistake is the key | Second Step is under his feet. to a new truth The rest lies with Research. Aum ! I take my refuge holy in the Light and Peace of Buddh. Aum! I take my refuge, slowly working out His Law of Good. Aum ! I take my refuge Jowly in His Pitying Brotherhood.
1907 · PDF PAGE 47
…I am ill— you cast me away! (7Zurns his face away.) Forgive me, I am very weak. ANGELA (goes to him and stands over him). You shall have truth, you blind little fool. I hate you. From the hour you kissed that village drab, I hated you. I wanted your youth, your strength, your life, your name on my list, your scalp at my girdle. Enough ! Do you understand? These friends will teach you. May I never see your pale pasty face again ! [She spits at him and goes. Sir Percy (Aadf rises and falls back). Oh! oh! It is impossible. Lord Mar- quis, you are …
1910 · PDF PAGE 345
…eet, Glasgow. If we are in any way to shadow forth the Ineffable, it must be by a degrada- tion. Every symbol is a blasphemy against the Truth that it indicates. A painter to remind us of the sunlight has no better material than dull ochre. So we need not be surprised if the Unity of Subject and Object in Con- sciousness which is Samadhi, the uniting of the Bride and the Lamb which is Heaven, the uniting of the Magus and the God which is Evocation, the uniting of the Man and his Holy Guardian Angel which is the seal upon the work of the Adeptus…
1910 · PDF PAGE 345
…eet, Glasgow. If we are in any way to shadow forth the Ineffable, it must be by a degrada- tion. Every symbol is a blasphemy against the Truth that it indicates. A painter to remind us of the sunlight has no better material than dull ochre. So we need not be surprised if the Unity of Subject and Object in Con- sciousness which is Samadhi, the uniting of the Bride and the Lamb which is Heaven, the uniting of the Magus and the God which is Evocation, the uniting of the Man and his Holy Guardian Angel which is the seal upon the work of the Adeptus…
1954 · PDF PAGE 193
…the situation of to-day is Transits. These I have found very reliable; but even with these I usually ignore aspects of minor importance. Truth to tell, conjunctions mean very much more than the rest put together. Thousands of books have been written on Astrology;
1922 · PDF PAGE 97
…f a blind man and a gimlet. ; “Look here, Feccles,” I said. “I wish you'd tell me a little more about this oil business. To tell you the truth, I’m not the rich man you seem to think——” “My dear fellow—” said Feccles.
1922 · PDF PAGE 216
… It was absolutely weakness on my part. The heroin was only my excuse. Oh, don’t make me feel so ashamed. But I simply must tell you the truth. The real motive was that—I wanted to see you. Now, let’s talk about something else. Will you let me have that heroin, and how much will it cost ?”’ “One doesn’t charge one’s friends for such slight services,” he answered loftily. “‘ The only doubt in my mind is whether it’s right for me to let you have it.” He took it out again and read the label. He rolled the bottle between his palms. “It’s terribly d…
1929 · PDF PAGE 79
…e general method of doing so has been I. Members of the IV° of the O. T. O . are well aware of a Magick Word whose analysis contains ail Truth, human and Divine, a Word indeed potent for any group which dares to use it. 43
1930 · PDF PAGE 62
…ll bec orne pnrified by fbe internai lustration of God; day by day bis mort ai frame, shedding its earihly éléments, will become in very truth the Temple of tbe Holy Gliost. Day by day matter is repîaeed by Spirit, tbe bmnau by the divine ; ulîimately the change will be complété; God manifest in flesh will be bis naine, This is the most important of ail magical secrets that ever were or are or can be. To a Magician thus renewed the attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel becomes an inévitable task; every force of…
1930 · PDF PAGE 76
…kel forging biological evidence; physicists ignorant of radioactivity disputing the conclusions of geology, and theologians impatient of truth struggling against the tide of thought; ail such must perish at the hands of their own error in making their minds, internally defective or externally deflected, the measure of the Universe. — 280 —
1996 · PDF PAGE 102
…nce, if one interprets the term sensibly. One can kindle flammam ceternce caritatis, for instance; one can experience a love which is in truth eternal. Such love must hâve no relation with phenomena whose condition is time. Similarly, one’s “immortal soul” is a different kind of thing alto gether from one’s mortal vesture. This Soul is a particular Star, with its own peculiar qualities, of course; but these qualities are all “eternal,” and part of the nature of the Soul. This Soul being a monistic consciousness, it is unable to appreciate itse…