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Page 65 of 1051911 · PDF PAGE 73
…is the voice of the Aeon, is ended, and thou art absorbed into the lesser night, and caught in the web of the light of thy mother in the word ARBADAHARBA. And now the five and the six are divorced, and I am come again within my body. Bou-SAapa. December 3, 1909. 9.15 to 11.10 a.m. THE CRY OF THE 14TH AETHYR, WHICH IS CALLED UTI There come into the stone a white goat, a green dragon, and a tawny bull. But they pass away immediately. There is a veil of such darkness before the Aethyr that it seems impossible to pierce it. But there is a voice say…
1911 · PDF PAGE 160
THE EQUINOX But as he parted his voice broke out again: Nor canst thou win her with the Sword, for her eyes are fixed upon the eyes of Him in whose hand is the hilt of the Sword. Despair! Despair! And the echo of that cry was his word, which is identical, although it be diverse: Nor canst thou win her by the Serpent, for it was the Serpent that seduced her first. Despair! Despair! (Yet he cried thus as he fled:) Iam Leviathan, the great Lost Serpent of the Sea. I writhe eternally in torment, and I lash the ocean with my tail into a whirlpool of…
1913 · PDF PAGE 559
…e light illuminates neither things insensible nor closed eyes, or at least it only illuminates them for the profit of those who see. The word of Genesis, “ Let there be light!” 261
1913 · PDF PAGE 559
…e light illuminates neither things insensible nor closed eyes, or at least it only illuminates them for the profit of those who see. The word of Genesis, “ Let there be light!” 261
1919 · PDF PAGE 251
…vity, tact and dignity, high honour and good manners, those qualities (in short) which are, in the best minds, natural predicates of the word gentleman. The knowledge of this fact not only inspires confidence in the younger members, but induces them to emulate their seniors. In order to appreciate the actual working of the system, it is necessary to visit our Profess-Houses. (It is hoped that some will shortly be established in the United States of America.) Some are like the castles of medizeval barons, some are simple cottages; the same spiri…
1930 · PDF PAGE 57
… dépends on him alone. By this means one prevents the ceremony from becoming mechanical or hackneyed, and the element of surprise I. The Word is unwarrantably universal. It would not be impractic- able to adopt this method to such operations as Talismanic Magick. For example, one might consecrate and charge a Pantacle by the communication by AIWAZ to the Scribe of the BOOK :of the LAW, the Magician repre- senting the Angel, the Pantacle being the Book, and the person on whom the Pantacle is intended to act taking the part of the Scribe. in —
1904 · PDF PAGE 18
…wart the blue ? I say not, Which in hearts aright Are treasured ? but, What after ages Engrave on history’s iron pages ? This is the one word of “Our Lord” ; “I bring not peace ; I bring a sword.” In this the history of the West55 Bears him out well. How stands the test ? One-third a century’s life of pain— He lives, he dies, he lives again, And rises to eternal rest Of bliss with Saints—an endless reign ! Leaving the world to centuries torn By every agony and scorn, And every wickedness and shame Taking their refuge in his Name. No Yogi shot h…
1906 · PDF PAGE 162
156 THE SWORD OF - SONG Mysticism does not need Christ. Krishna will serve, or the Carpenter. The Sacred Walrus. God, some Vestments, and Lady Wim- borne. Fearful aspect of John ili, 16. Universalism. Will God get the bara* slam? Eternal life. Divergent views of its desirability. Buddhist idea. Dogma of Belief. - But if you drink your mystic fill * Great slam-—a term of Bridge-Whist. + John iii, 18, ‘‘ He that believeth not is condemned already.”’ Under the good tree Igdrasil © Where is at all your use for Christ? Hath Krishna not at all suffic…
1907 · PDF PAGE 263
…lace and destination , and the Holy One , blessed be It ! makes it concur to Its works ; not anything falls into the void , not even the words and the voice of man , but all has its place and its destination ." “ All things of which this world is composed , spirit as well as body , will again enter into the Principle , and into the root from which they went out .” Zohar , Part ii, fol . 218b . The Qabalist Abram ben Dior , says : “ When they ( the Qabalists ) affirm , that All Things have been drawn from No - Thing , they do not wish to speak o…
1910 · PDF PAGE 264
…e voice kept speaking. Now for the first time I experienced that vast change which hasheesh makes in all measurements of time. The first word of the reply occupied a period suffi- 246
1910 · PDF PAGE 365
…s was but a bed-ridden and toothless hag, mumbling the senile curses and jests which she could no longer articulate. True it is that the Word of Shaw is quick and powerful, sharper than a two-edged sword. Yet the habit of sword- swallowing is probably fatal to the suicidal intentions of a Brutus, and it has certainly grown on him until he can no longer slay either himself or another. A dweller in the glass houses of Fad, he has thrown stones at the fishy god. A Society Shimei, he has spat against the wind, and his beard is befouled. True, every…
1910 · PDF PAGE 264
…e voice kept speaking. Now for the first time I experienced that vast change which hasheesh makes in all measurements of time. The first word of the reply occupied a period suffi- 246
1910 · PDF PAGE 365
…s was but a bed-ridden and toothless hag, mumbling the senile curses and jests which she could no longer articulate. True it is that the Word of Shaw is quick and powerful, sharper than a two-edged sword. Yet the habit of sword- swallowing is probably fatal to the suicidal intentions of a Brutus, and it has certainly grown on him until he can no longer slay either himself or another. A dweller in the glass houses of Fad, he has thrown stones at the fishy god. A Society Shimei, he has spat against the wind, and his beard is befouled. True, every…
1911 · PDF PAGE 92
THE EQUINOX of the essence of all, and there is neither word nor thought wherein the image of its image is reflected. And whoso passeth into the outermost Abyss, except he be of them that understand, holdeth out his hands, and boweth his neck, unto the chains of Choronzon. And as a devil he walketh about the earth, immortal, and he blasteth the flowers of the earth, and he corrupteth the fresh air, and he maketh poisonous the water; and the fire that is the friend of man, and the pledge of his aspiration, seeing that it mounteth ever upward as …
1913 · PDF PAGE 162
… of BABALON, for that blood is his life?” In this supreme Initiation narrated in the 2nd Athyr the answer to this question is given. The word ‘“‘ Samadhi” is now deep down, “an old unhappy far-off thing.” By so much does this exceed that. In this supreme marriage of Infinite with Infinite comes the key to the Grade of Ipsissimus, which Grade is shadowed forth—but oh, how dimly !—in the 1st Aéthyr. It will be noticed by those who understand this A&thyr that when all is done there is a complete identification (on the very last page) of that highe…
1913 · PDF PAGE 302
…lish the discipline of worship, in concert this time with the civil authority, but not in obedience to its orders. It is necessary, in a-word, that faith should give to the religious need a real satisfaction,—a satisfaction entire, permanent and indubitable. To obtain that, it is necessary to have the absolute and invariable affirmation of a dogma preserved by an authorized hierarchy. It is necessary to have an efficacious cult, giving, with an absolute faith, a substantial realization of the symbols of belief. : Religion thus understood being …
1913 · PDF PAGE 502
…he members of the highest grades in the old hermetic masonry attributed to a bearded demon the accomplishment of the Great Work. At this word, the vulgar hastened to cross themselves, and to hide their eyes, but the initiates of the cult of Hermes-Pantheos understood the allegory, and were very careful not to explain it to the profane. Mr. de Mirville, in a book to-day almost forgotten, though it made some noise a few months ago, gives himself a great deal of trouble to compile an account of various sorceries, of the kind which fill the compila…
1913 · PDF PAGE 162
… of BABALON, for that blood is his life?” In this supreme Initiation narrated in the 2nd Athyr the answer to this question is given. The word ‘“‘ Samadhi” is now deep down, “an old unhappy far-off thing.” By so much does this exceed that. In this supreme marriage of Infinite with Infinite comes the key to the Grade of Ipsissimus, which Grade is shadowed forth—but oh, how dimly !—in the 1st Aéthyr. It will be noticed by those who understand this A&thyr that when all is done there is a complete identification (on the very last page) of that highe…
1913 · PDF PAGE 302
…lish the discipline of worship, in concert this time with the civil authority, but not in obedience to its orders. It is necessary, in a-word, that faith should give to the religious need a real satisfaction,—a satisfaction entire, permanent and indubitable. To obtain that, it is necessary to have the absolute and invariable affirmation of a dogma preserved by an authorized hierarchy. It is necessary to have an efficacious cult, giving, with an absolute faith, a substantial realization of the symbols of belief. : Religion thus understood being …
1913 · PDF PAGE 502
…he members of the highest grades in the old hermetic masonry attributed to a bearded demon the accomplishment of the Great Work. At this word, the vulgar hastened to cross themselves, and to hide their eyes, but the initiates of the cult of Hermes-Pantheos understood the allegory, and were very careful not to explain it to the profane. Mr. de Mirville, in a book to-day almost forgotten, though it made some noise a few months ago, gives himself a great deal of trouble to compile an account of various sorceries, of the kind which fill the compila…