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Page 65 of 841919 · PDF PAGE 57
…ents and feasts of the times. A feast for the first night of the Prophet and his Bride! A feast for the three days of the writing of the Book of the Law. A feast for Tahuti and the children of the Prophet—secret, O Prophet! A feast for the Supreme Ritual and a feast for the Equinox of the Gods. A feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death! A feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture! A feast every night unto Nu, and the pleasure of uttermost delight! Aye! Feast! Rejoice! There is no dread …
1929 · PDF PAGE 143
…nish; and (b) “I am uplifted in thine heart; and the kisses of the stars rain hard upon thy body.” (CCXX, II, 62) to consecrate. For the Book of the Law contains the Suprême Spells. — 107
1930 · PDF PAGE 90
LIBER ASTARTE vel BERYLLI SUB FIGURA CLXXV. o. Fhis is the Book of Uniting Himself to a particular Deity by dévotion. 1. Considerattons before the Threshold:— First concermng the ch01 ce of a particular Deity. Fhis matter is of no import, sobeit that thou choose one suited to thine own highest nature. Howsoever, this method is not so suitable for gods austere as Saturn, or intellectual as Thoth. But for such deities as in them- selves partake in anywise of love ît is a perfect mode. 2. Concerning the frime method of this Magick Art : — Let the …
1996 · PDF PAGE 95
… Solomon the King,” The Equinox 1(7) (1912); this account was republished as Chapter 6 of “Genesis Libri AL” in The Equinox of the Gods (Book 4, Part ZV).] 3 [Apemantus is the gloomy prophet in Timon of Athens.] The nature of events must be “pure joy”; for, obviously, whatever occurs is the fulfilment of the will of its master. Sorrow thus appears as the result of any unsuccessful—therefore, ill- judged—struggle. Acquiescence in the order of Nature is the ultimate Wisdom. One must understand the Universe perfectly, and be utterly indifferent to…
1930 · PDF PAGE 97
…e account of these matters see The Equinox, Vol. I, “The Temple of Solomon the King”, Liber 418, Liber Aleph, John St John, The Urn, and Book 4, Part IV. 301 —
1944 · PDF PAGE 70
… most balanced form. The ruler of this sign is Venus; she is represented by the woman standing before the hierophant. Chapter III of the Book of the Law, verse xi, reads: “Let the woman be girt with a sword before me.” This woman represents Venus as she now is in this new aeon; no longer the mere vehicle of her male counterpart, but armed and militant. In this sign the Moon is “exalted”; her influence is represented not only by the woman, but by the nine nails. It is impossible at the present time to explain this card thoroughly, for only the c…
1954 · PDF PAGE 375
…e the death-like idea of "home ," where she can digest her victims in security and at leisure. Hence, as even Jung saw in his very first book , and wrote in stated terms, the first task of manhood - of the "hero"-is to escape from the mother. Now the son, with his male formula , his formula of life, his instinct to push out, to break down all that would restrain him, finds it perfectly natural to "bite the hand that fed him," as the complaint might piteously wail. But the daughter has no club to smash, no sword to cut ; all she can hope to do i…
1996 · PDF PAGE 123
… feasts of the times. 37. A feast for the first night of the Prophet and his Bride! 38. A feast for the three days of the writing of the Book of the Law. 39. A feast for Tahuti and the child of the Prophet—secret, O Prophet! 40. A feast for the Supreme Ritual, and a feast for the Equinox of the Gods. 41. A feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death! Commentary: The feasts of fire and water indicate rejoicings to be made at the puberty of boys and girls respectively. The feast for life is at a birth; and…
1910 · PDF PAGE 96
… is the correct one to adopt; but the head, neck and chest should always be held erect, the aspirant should in fact adopt what the drill-book calls “the first position of a soldier,” and never allow the body in any way to collapse. The “ Bhagavad-Gita” upon this point says: In a pure place, established in a fixed seat of his own, neither very much raised nor very low . . . in a secret place by himself... . There . . . he should practise Yoga for the purification of the self. Holding the body, head and neck erect, immovably steady, looking fixed…
1910 · PDF PAGE 96
… is the correct one to adopt; but the head, neck and chest should always be held erect, the aspirant should in fact adopt what the drill-book calls “the first position of a soldier,” and never allow the body in any way to collapse. The “ Bhagavad-Gita” upon this point says: In a pure place, established in a fixed seat of his own, neither very much raised nor very low . . . in a secret place by himself... . There . . . he should practise Yoga for the purification of the self. Holding the body, head and neck erect, immovably steady, looking fixed…
1944 · PDF PAGE 86
…e holds aloft the cup, the Holy Grail aflame with love and death. In this cup are mingled the elements of the sacrament of the Aeon. The Book of Lies devotes one chapter to this symbol. WaratahBlossom Seven are the veils of the dancing‐girl in the harem of IT. Seven are the names, and seven are the lamps beside Her bed. Seven eunuchs guard Her with drawn swords; No man may come nigh unto Her. In Her wine‐cup are seven streams of the blood of the Seven Spirits of God. Seven are the heads of THE BEAST whereon She rideth. The head of an Angel: th…
1954 · PDF PAGE 89
…y, it is natural, not merely natural, but inevitable, for anyone who has 3. I have discussed this and the following points very fully in Book 4, Part I, pp. 63-89.
1954 · PDF PAGE 237
…ek anything within but a point of view, for the simple reason that there is nothing else there! It is just like all those symbols in The Book of Thoth; as soon as you get to the "end" of anything, you suddenly find it is the "beginning."
1910 · PDF PAGE 95
…n wind or water through the nostrils and expelling it by the mouth, and vice versdé. Also see “ Gheranda Sanhita,” pp. 2-10. This little book should be read in conjunction with the “Hatha Yoga Pradipika.” * The “Gheranda Sanhita” gives thirty-two postures. + The “Shiva Sanhita,” pp. 25, 26. { The imaginary “ triangle of flesh” near the perinaeum. 83
1910 · PDF PAGE 95
…n wind or water through the nostrils and expelling it by the mouth, and vice versdé. Also see “ Gheranda Sanhita,” pp. 2-10. This little book should be read in conjunction with the “Hatha Yoga Pradipika.” * The “Gheranda Sanhita” gives thirty-two postures. + The “Shiva Sanhita,” pp. 25, 26. { The imaginary “ triangle of flesh” near the perinaeum. 83
1954 · PDF PAGE 166
…sponsible for the endless and intolerable agonies, the hideous and unmitigable disasters of the past. 1. This refers to Liber Legis, The Book of The Law, as do the preceding and following quotations in this Cllapter 15.
1954 · PDF PAGE 220
…disposal. Nearly midnight. At this moment we stopped dictating, and began to converse. Then Fra. P. said: "Oh, if I could only dictate a book like The Tao Teh King!" Then he closed his eyes as if meditating. Just before I had noticed a change in his face, most extraordinary, as if he were no longer the same person; in fact, in the ten minutes we were talking he seemed to be any number of different people. I especially noticed the pupils of his eyes were so enlarged that the entire eye seemed black. (I tremble so and have such a quaking feeling …
1954 · PDF PAGE 326
…; they insist on grovelling. That places them. They force you to treat them as the mongrel curs they are; and so everybody is happy! The Book of the Law is at pains to indicate the proper attitude of one "King" to another . When you fight him, "As brothers , fight ye!" Here we have the old chivalrous type of warfare, which the introduction of reason into the business has made at the moment impossible. Reason and Emotion;
1954 · PDF PAGE 521
…een old age!) Finally he did poison himself , by accident, when he had no intention whatever of doing anything of the sort. Where's that Book of Lies? Ah, here we are. "It is chance, and chance only, that rules the Universe; therefore , and therefore only, life is good." Then, is it mere fatuity and folly to make plans? Was not the IXth Atu, the Hermit, also at one time called "Prudence"? Of course . Abstract philosophy rarely coincides with common-sense. We should plan as carefully as we can; but we should always allow a margin for every conce…
1910 · PDF PAGE 208
…y good boy, if you ever intend becoming strong, the first thing you must do is to buy a pair of my four pound dumb-bells and my sixpenny book on physical culture.” * The Buddha (it is true) did not encourage bloodshed, in spite of his having died from an overfeed of pork, but as Mr. A. Crowley has said, many of his present-day followers are quite capable of killing their own brothers for five rupees. The Western theory that Buddhists are lambs and models of virtue is due to the fact that certain Western vices are not so congenial to the Asiatic…