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Page 66 of 1001929 · PDF PAGE 203
…nvolves such important principles. Schwob's version stands before a background of the history of literature. It would be easy to write a long and interesting essay on the factors of the problem. Occasionally he came to see Kelly in his studio. His conversation was full of the most intensely interesting, because impersonally intimate, details about men of letters. He told us at first hand the tragedy of Meredith's life, the mystery of his birth, and his father's attempts to establish a marriage with would have entitled him to a place in the peer…
1954 · PDF PAGE 290
…00, the letter of Spirit , with our key number 418 , looks promising . Only one more pie-crust! I kept attacking, off and on, for many a long year, got out all sorts of fantastic solutions, complex and confused; they simply shouted their derision at me. lt was one glorious night in Cefalu, too utterly superb to waste in sleep; 1 got up. I adored the Stars and the Moon; I revelled in the Universe. Yet there was something pulling at me. lt pulled eftsoons my body into my chair, and I found
1996 · PDF PAGE 45
…her shall say nay. Commentary: The general meaning of this verse is that so great is the power of asserting one’s right that it will not long be disputed. For by doing so one appeals to the Law. In practice it is found that people who are ready to fight for their rights are respected, and let alone. The slave-spirit invites oppression. 44. For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect. Commentary: This verse is best interpreted by defining “pure will” as the true expression of the Nature, the prop…
1906 · PDF PAGE 110
…DEA. “With us” I said. ‘* To Greece ’—I said not. CHORUS. What is this? Thou hintest at some dangerous destiny. MEDEA. Come love, to the long years of love with me ! JASON. Form, heroes, and in solemn order stride; The body-guardians of the Golden Fleece ! MEDEA. Guarding your king and queen on every side— CHORUS. We sail triumphant to the land of Greece. MEDEA, A woman’s love, a woman’s power be told Through ages, gainers of thé Fleece of Gold. EXPLICIT ACTUS ‘TERTIUS. ARGONAUTAE. ACTUS QUARTUS. SIRENAE. JASON, MEDEA, ORPHEUS, THESEUS, HER- AC…
1909 · PDF PAGE 305
…est,” pp. 273-284. * As opposed to “ free thinker.” + Not “There is not a God for us, because we have no experience of a God,” which, so long as they had no such experience, would be correct. 207
1909 · PDF PAGE 305
…est,” pp. 273-284. * As opposed to “ free thinker.” + Not “There is not a God for us, because we have no experience of a God,” which, so long as they had no such experience, would be correct. 207
1911 · PDF PAGE 19
…of a most cruel dragon, black and corrupted. I watch, and watch; and nothing happens. And now the dragon rises out of the cauldron, very long and slim (like Japanese Dragons, but infinitely more terrible), and he blots out the whole sphere of the stone. Then suddenly all is gone, and there is nothing in the stone save brilliant white light and flecks like sparks of golden fire; and there is a ringing, as if bells were being used for anvils. And there is a perfume which I cannot describe; it is like nothing that one can describe, but the suggest…
1922 · PDF PAGE 135
…posite wall. A bold, black-haired, short-skirted girl with a gaudy shawl and huge gold ear-rings was standing in the door. What with the long journey and the drugs and other things, we were a little drunk—just enough to realise that it was part of our policy to pretend to be a little more drunk than we were. We let our heads roll from side to side as we staggered to the door. We sat down at a little table and called for drink. They served us one of those foul Italian imitations of liqueurs that taste like hair-wash. But instead of nauseating us…
1954 · PDF PAGE 515
482 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS All the same, I am glad you wrote ; it is a text for a little sermon that I have had in mind for a long while on the conditions of progress. Number One is obviously Irregularity, Eccentricity, Disorder, the Revolutionary Spirit, Experiment. I have no patience whatever with Utopia-mongers. Biology simply shouts at us that the happy contented community, everyone with his own (often highly specialized) job, nobody in need , nobody in danger, is necessarily stagnant. Termites and other ants, bees, beavers; these and many an…
1922 · PDF PAGE 301
…was ludicrously feeble. A child could have seen that I was shaken, body and soul, by the feverish lust to get it into my system after so long an abstinence. Time had purged my system of the poison. It found the house “empty and swept and garnished”; and seven devils entered into me instead of the ejected one. My malaise passed like a cloud swept by the wind from the face of the sun. I became physically buoyant as I had not been for months. I was filled with superb self-confidence. My hesitation vanished. I played the ame with all the sublime in…
1954 · PDF PAGE 24
…ained about pharmacology was passed on to the disciple, Aleister Crowley, when he came under the tutelage of Allan. The result was that, long before he in turn developed asthma, he conducted experiments with a wide variety of drugs in order to determine whether by their means a door could be opened, or held open, to higher mystical states. But Crowley came to insist that these drugs be left severely alone until or unless you knew what you were doing. Experiment, yes-but with care. Again and again, this caution is insisted upon in no uncertain t…
1996 · PDF PAGE 171
…, (b) propagating their noble selves. 3. To maintain power over their slaves by their possession of Knowledge. 4. To keep them docile as long as possible by drawing out the debauching of their innocence. A sexually pleased woman is the best of willing helpers; one who is disap pointed or disillusioned a very psychical eczema. 5. In primitive communities, to serve as a guard against surprise and treachery. 6. To cover their secret shame in the matter of sex. Hence the pretence that a woman is “pure,” modest, delicate, aesthetically beautiful an…
1910 · PDF PAGE 117
…nd, freeing it from the thraldom of the senses. When we can do this we shall really possess a character; then alone we shall have made a long step towards freedom; before that we are mere machines.* The absorption of the mind in the ever-enlightened Brahman by resolving all objects into Atman, should be known as Pratyahara.t The mind in ordinary men is entirely the slave of their senses. Should there be a noise, man hears it; should there be an odour, man smells it; a taste, man tastes it; by means of his eyes he sees what is passing on around …
1910 · PDF PAGE 117
…nd, freeing it from the thraldom of the senses. When we can do this we shall really possess a character; then alone we shall have made a long step towards freedom; before that we are mere machines.* The absorption of the mind in the ever-enlightened Brahman by resolving all objects into Atman, should be known as Pratyahara.t The mind in ordinary men is entirely the slave of their senses. Should there be a noise, man hears it; should there be an odour, man smells it; a taste, man tastes it; by means of his eyes he sees what is passing on around …
1929 · PDF PAGE 364
… 28th left Madrid for Granada. I had kept the promise of "La Gitana" and the city kept its promise to me. But it is not safe to stay too long on the summit of happiness. Two days later we went on to Ronda, almost the only interesting thing about which is its physical geography, which twenty-four hours allows one to absorb easily. We went on the next day to Gibraltar. It did not take us long to find out that we had left freedom behind us. It was hot; the Levanter was blowing and taking all the marrow out of one's bones. I was utterly tired: I sa…
1929 · PDF PAGE 579
…sable to seduce a woman and leave her to shift for herself, while if one receives her as a permanent friend and cares for her well-being long after the liaison had lapsed one should be considered a scoundrel. The idea seems to be that it is immoral to prevent love resulting in every kind of ill-will and misfortune. O fools and blind, not content with inventing a sin, you insist on the fears and pains which haunt the nightmares of superstitious slaves. By this particular period, our conduct was so moral by the strictest standards that it would n…
1907 · PDF PAGE 17
…e critic writes , as he perused the “ Poems and Ballads , ” perhaps , yet we do not feel its need in the glowing works before us . Forty long years have passed , and the world moves . Crowley fairly puts his characters to bed , tucks them up , and does not blow the candle out with cryptic Morse - like dot and dash , leaving the imagination to wallow in the dark , intelligible to the baby - mind of sucklings , and we admire him all the more for not doing so ; his undraped virginity is delightful , and if his maidens lack vestments and his matron…
1910 · PDF PAGE 121
…an, O Arjuna, seeth identity in everything, whether pleasant or painful, he is considered a perfect Yogi.* Now that we have finished our long account of the Vedanta Philosophy and the theories of Yoga which directly evolved therefrom, we will leave theory alone and pass on to practical fact, and see how Frater P. turned the above knowledge to account, proving what at present he could only believe. The following is a condensed table of such of his medita- tion practices as have been recorded between January and April rgor. OBJECT MEDITATED UPON.…
1910 · PDF PAGE 121
…an, O Arjuna, seeth identity in everything, whether pleasant or painful, he is considered a perfect Yogi.* Now that we have finished our long account of the Vedanta Philosophy and the theories of Yoga which directly evolved therefrom, we will leave theory alone and pass on to practical fact, and see how Frater P. turned the above knowledge to account, proving what at present he could only believe. The following is a condensed table of such of his medita- tion practices as have been recorded between January and April rgor. OBJECT MEDITATED UPON.…
1929 · PDF PAGE 196
…antasms. Iliel impatiently awaited the moment of darkness, when she could meet the Old Lady and start for the Sabbath. She had noticed a long conference that day between Sister Clara and the two men; and she was sure that they were themselves arranging for their departure. The suspicion was confirmed when, one after the other, they came to wish her a good night. [277] She was more than ever determined to follow them to the Sabbath. By nine o'clock everything was still in the garden, save for the tread of Brother Onofrio's patrol, who paced the …