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Page 65 of 1081913 · PDF PAGE 511
…lle. Lenormand. This is a matter of little importance in this thesis. That magnetic light which causes the future to appear, also causes things at present existing, but hidden, to be guessed; as it is the universal life, it is also the agent of human sensibility, transmitting to some the sickness or the health of others, according to the fatal influence of contracts, or the laws of the will. It is that which explains the power of benedictions and of bewitchments so clearly recognized by the great adepts, and above all by the wonderful Paracelsu…
1919 · PDF PAGE 441
…f that, one has again become the receptacle of the Infinite, not that which penetrates.the Infinite. There are two formulz of making two things one. The active formula is that of the arrow piercing the rainbow, the Cross erected upon the Hill of Golgotha, and soon. But the _passive formula is that of the cup into which the wine is poured, that of the cloud which wraps itself around Ixion. It is very annoying to hear that the Narjol is safe. This is all GEdipus-Complex. Why not “Safe in the arms of Jesus”? Devil fly away with this ‘eternal rest’…
1904 · PDF PAGE 19
…We will conclude by condoling with the author of the Book of Chronicles. * Even apart from this, if Living Creatures are really existent things—which the name would suggest—the argument stands: The Rig-Veda, The Old Testament, The Insidecompletuar Britanniaware, The Sword of Song all refer to the Sun. *, there is a common source in literature. Mr. Waite’s fallacy is all very well, though, for people who have never kept Living Creatures, nor even made a fourth at Bridge. 5
1906 · PDF PAGE 120
…. Words must be aided by appalling deeds ! ALCESTIS. O! O! you frighten us. MEDEA. Be brave, my child ! I too passed through unutterable things ! ALCESTIS. Let me fetch father ! MEDEA. Nay, consider first. Would he consent? The process is severe ! DANAIDES. We know the sire is not exactly brave, Though very wise and good. MEDEA. Tis clear to me ; Without his knowledge we must do the deed. ALCKSTIS. What is this ‘‘ deed ” ? MEDEA. A caldron is prepared ; And, having hewn your father limb from limb, We seethe him in a broth of magic herbs. ALCEST…
1906 · PDF PAGE 163
… freed, penest And is not merely the result Of sex, environment, and cult, Habit and climate, health and mind, And twenty thousand other things! So many a metaphysic sings. (I wish they did indeed: I find Their prose the hardest of hard reading ! ) “ But if,” you cry, “the world’s designed If there is free As a mere mirage in the mind, will how can Un j fr Al. But all P leadiny there be pain p Jumps fee will. ut all 1m pleading or damnation? Is against pain and hell. Freewill not-Self being Then can damn man? No fearful mill an illusion. eae . …
1906 · PDF PAGE 166
…the less A cross, be sure! The worst man’s thought In hell itself, bereft of bliss, Were less unmerciful than this! 625 No! for material things, I hear, Will burn away, and cease to be— (Nibbana! Ah! Thou shoreless Sea !) Man, man alone, is doomed to fear, To suffer the eternal woe, 630 Or else, to meet man’s subtle foe, God—and oh! infamy of terror! Be like him—like him! And for ever! At least I make not such an error: My soul must utterly dissever — 635 Its very silliest thought, belief, From such a God as possible, Its vilest from his worshi…
1909 · PDF PAGE 11
…f my portable property to Paris; now I go to Paris, not thinking of a Retirement, for I now know enough to trust my destiny to bring all things to pass without anxious forethought on my part—and suddenly, therefore, here do I find myself—and nothing is lacking. I determined therefore to begin steadily and quietly, allow- ing the Magical Will to come slowly forth, daily stronger, in contrast to my old plan, desperation kindling a store of fuel dried by long neglect, deSpair inflaming a mad energy that would blaze with violence for a few hours and …
1909 · PDF PAGE 52
THE EQUINOX Vv “For this Paternal Intellect, which comprehendeth the Intelligibles and adorneth things ineffable, hath sowed symbols through the World.” “Comprehending that Intelligible with extended Mind; for the Intelligible is the flower of Mind.” “A similar fire flashingly extending through the rushings of air, or a Fire formless whence cometh the Image of a Voice, or even a flashing Light abounding, revolving, whirling forth, crying aloud. Also there is the vision of the fire-flashing Courser of Light, or also a Child, borne aloft on the s…
1909 · PDF PAGE 52
THE EQUINOX Vv “For this Paternal Intellect, which comprehendeth the Intelligibles and adorneth things ineffable, hath sowed symbols through the World.” “Comprehending that Intelligible with extended Mind; for the Intelligible is the flower of Mind.” “A similar fire flashingly extending through the rushings of air, or a Fire formless whence cometh the Image of a Voice, or even a flashing Light abounding, revolving, whirling forth, crying aloud. Also there is the vision of the fire-flashing Courser of Light, or also a Child, borne aloft on the s…
1910 · PDF PAGE 35
…first condition of its well-being, is so “ popular ” that of all the House of Commons, the majo- rity of whom see as plainly as I do how things stand, bare- ly 1 % are found to oppose it root and branch, and they from constituencies which the act will hardly touch, while the Lords — our bulwark, oh God ! and what a fortress is that whose semi-lunes are Lord Townshend and Lord Tanker- ville ! — pass the bill with scarce a protest. We are to be taxed beyond endurance, our defences neglected, our edu- cation left to sink or swim as it may, that ou…
1954 · PDF PAGE 128
…ass of unrealized possibilities. Thus they meet, firstly, the opposition of Inertia; secondly, the recoil, the reaction, the rebound. 3. Things theoretically feasible are practically impossible when (a) desirable though their accomplishment may be, it is not the one feat essential to the particular Work in hand at the moment; (b) the sum total of available energy being used up by that special task, there is none available for side-issues; (c) the opposition, passive or active, is too strong, temporarily, to overcome. More largely, one cannot ju…
1907 · PDF PAGE 204
…le into that abyss below , which is the world . Then in the end we shall find all these philosophies are but types of the One , that all things are a unity , that no con tradiction can or does exist , and that there is a universal harmony ; then , as that terrific night engulfs all and envelops us , O children of the Day ! Let us rise up with the whole dawn of our understanding , encircle and an nihilate this dismal unity , and conglobe all into a per fect nothingness , an ineffable bliss — attainment is ours . It matters little whether we With…
1907 · PDF PAGE 253
…, that is, and is not other ; For I am God and Nature and thy Mother . I am : the greatest and the least : the sole And separate life of things . The mighty stresses Of worlds are my nerves twitching . Branch and bole Of forests waving in deep wildernesses 1 Not only has Crowley succeeded in finding all the scattered pieces of Osiris which Isis discovered , but also his phallus which she could not find .
1907 · PDF PAGE 298
…ich is opposed to Reason comes to us from Reason . We have made the god of love blind because he has better eyes than we have , and sees things which we cannot perceive . now making the Sublime ridiculous , and like the Bhikkhu can no longer see the “ dainty lady ” but in her place “ a set of bones .” ? Not until we under stand ourselves , shall we understand the world of God , and not until we have replenished the lamp of our soul with love , will it burn up into a brilliant » 1 So are we 1 J. J. Rousseau , “ Emile ," 1, 4, ed . Garnier , p . …
1910 · PDF PAGE 322
…did his ears stand up. “What are ear-rings?” he asked of Ljubov, when he felt her tiny hand in his, a little later. “ They are beautiful things, Piotr,” she answered. “ They are beautiful to the eye.” “Hah!” he sighed—for that was the one thing he could not well realize. “They are stones with fire or water in them.” 304
1910 · PDF PAGE 322
…did his ears stand up. “What are ear-rings?” he asked of Ljubov, when he felt her tiny hand in his, a little later. “ They are beautiful things, Piotr,” she answered. “ They are beautiful to the eye.” “Hah!” he sighed—for that was the one thing he could not well realize. “They are stones with fire or water in them.” 304
1961 · PDF PAGE 181
…OLLY 169 #m De Formula Feminæ (Of the Formula of Woman) OW this is the right Power and Property of a Woman, to arrange and to adjust all Things that exist in their proper Sphere, but not to create or to transcend. Therefore in all practical Matters is she of Might and of Wit to produce an Effect consonant with her Mood. And her Symbol is Water, that seeketh the Level, whether for Wrath, eating away the Mountains (yet even in this making smooth the Plains) or for Love, in Fecundity of Earth. But it is the Fire of Man that hath heaved up those Mo…
1912 · PDF PAGE 125
…ot, let food be bad, let art be good. Then, since artists need food, good is based on bad, which is absurd. Agreed, then, that necessary things are good. Yes; but are 83
1912 · PDF PAGE 125
…ot, let food be bad, let art be good. Then, since artists need food, good is based on bad, which is absurd. Agreed, then, that necessary things are good. Yes; but are 83
1913 · PDF PAGE 447
…hell. To the right and left, the sacred numbers III and VII were relegated to the horizontal line which represents passive and secondary things. The meaning of the character was then this : Antagonism is eternal. 1 But if this were on a circular host, how could it be upside down ?—O. M. 149