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Page 66 of 1141911 · PDF PAGE 66
…t. However, at last I had it perfect, and was about to set sail at dawn. But first the dark man my brother departed from us, and went his way. And then the old man of the tower took me aside and offered me a seat at the funeral feast of his master. And although I verily believe that this old man was a rogue, a very knavish fellow, and a sot, yet in that funeral I took great pleasure. For the gentlest perfume was 58
1911 · PDF PAGE 66
…t. However, at last I had it perfect, and was about to set sail at dawn. But first the dark man my brother departed from us, and went his way. And then the old man of the tower took me aside and offered me a seat at the funeral feast of his master. And although I verily believe that this old man was a rogue, a very knavish fellow, and a sot, yet in that funeral I took great pleasure. For the gentlest perfume was 58
1919 · PDF PAGE 186
…manifesting as thou hast done in the Sphere of Malkuth the material world, to do this same thing in an even more immediate and practical way than would naturally appeal to one whose manifestation is in the Heaven of Jupiter. So therefore We now answer Thy filial petition that asketh good counsel of Us as to the means to be taken to extend the Law of Thelema throughout the whole world. Direct therefore now most closely thine attention to the Book of the Law itself. In It we find an absolute rule of life, and clear instruction in every emergency …
1919 · PDF PAGE 430
…, is applied to a mob, because a mob has no Soul. A very great many elementals are to be found in human form to-day; they are nearly al- ways women, or such men as arenot men. Such beings are imitative, irresponsible, always being shocked, without any standard of truth, although often extremely logical; crim- inal without a sense of right and wrong, and as shameless as they are prudish. Truth of any kind frightens them. They are usually Christian Scientists, Spiritualists, Theos- ophists, or what not. They reflect the personality of a man with …
1922 · PDF PAGE 229
…he other end of the scale—Mr. W. S. Maugham, in ‘The Magictan,” does his malignant utmost to make the “ villain’’ objectionable in every way, an object of contempt, and a failure. Yet in the very moment when his enemies succeed in murdering him and destroying his life’s work, they are obliged to admit that he has ‘‘ Accomplished the Great Work’’—of creating Living Beings! “ Every man and every woman 1s a star.” —B. K. L. I don’t like that room. I said nothing about it to Peter ; but the old man was there walking about as large as life. You have…
1904 · PDF PAGE 46
…less rap- tures of the evening and the night ! O fuck- ing ! What fun you are ! Sweet, when the morn is grey ; Sweet, when they clear away Lunch, and at close of day Possibly sweetest. But I am forgetting. The passion of the wild Bedawi for his untiring steed is indeed a theme for the noblest of poets. Here he indicated the camel Hassan with an airy wave of the hand, at the same time with incomparable dexterity directing the vast battering-ram into, and engulfing it within, his pile-ridden and fistula-riddled bung- hole is a camel. See w…
1909 · PDF PAGE 372
… no sympathy in your heart by whimpering over myself. It is true that I am inclined to run riot in self-lamen- tations ; but great men always are. And I shall try henceforth not to give way to that unwholesome tendency. I have much already to be forgiven. In my cage, then, to resume, I was just passing from a state of dreadful mental agony to a more settled and hopeful disposition. For the second time the man-who-had-lost-his- cover left me alone; and I felt more relieved. He will never dare, thought I; and, after all, he does not look such a c…
1909 · PDF PAGE 372
… no sympathy in your heart by whimpering over myself. It is true that I am inclined to run riot in self-lamen- tations ; but great men always are. And I shall try henceforth not to give way to that unwholesome tendency. I have much already to be forgiven. In my cage, then, to resume, I was just passing from a state of dreadful mental agony to a more settled and hopeful disposition. For the second time the man-who-had-lost-his- cover left me alone; and I felt more relieved. He will never dare, thought I; and, after all, he does not look such a c…
1911 · PDF PAGE 37
THE VISION AND THE VOICE There is a voice in this Aethyr, but it cannot be spoken. The only way one can represent it is as a ceaseless thundering of the word Amen. It is not a repetition of Amen, because there is no time. It is one Amen continuous. Shall mine eye fade before thy glory? I am the eye. That is why the eye is seventy. You can never understand why, except in this vision. And now the table recedes from me. Far, far it goes, streaming with light. And there are two black angels bending over me, covering me with their wings, shutting me…
1911 · PDF PAGE 129
…he New (z.e., the Protestant) would be worse than the Old. But he understood not the purpose of his Master, and that was, to prepare the way for the overthrowing of the Aeon. There is a writing upon the Urn of which I can but read the (two) words: Stabat Crux juxta Lucem. Stabat Lux juxta Crucem. And there is writing in Greek above that. The word ‘nox’ written in Greek, and a circle with a cross in the centre of it, a St. Andrew’s cross. Then above that is a sigil(?), hidden by a hand. And a voice proceedeth from the Urn: From the ashes of the …
1919 · PDF PAGE 411
THE SEVEN PORTALS alike of the Beginning, the Way and the End. In this par- ticular passage it is however principally synonymous with Will, and Will has been so fully dealt with in Book 4, Part II, that it will save trouble if we assume that the reader is fa- miliar with that masterpiece. (Subsection VI.) This, too, has been carefully described in Book 4, Part I. There is a distinction between Buddhist ‘Jhana’ and San- skrit ‘Dhyana,’ though etymologically the former is a cor- ruption of the latter. The craze for classification which obsesses t…
1930 · PDF PAGE 82
… in every unconscious element that shares in that manifold uprush. This rapture is accompanied by a tempest of brilliant light, almost always, and also in many cases by an outburst of sound, stupendous and sublime in ail cases, though its character may vary within wide limits. 1 The spate of stars shoots from the head of the Will-Symbol, and is scattered over the sky in glit- tering galaxies. This dispersion destroys the con¬ centration of the adept, whose mind cannot master such multiplicity of majesty; as a rule, he simply sinks stunned into …
1954 · PDF PAGE 68
…ons . It is the Art of applying that understanding in action. (Illustration: A golf club is intended to move a special ball in a special way in special circumstances. A Niblick should rarely be used on the tee, or a Brassie under the bank of a bunker. But, also, the use of any club demands skill and experience.) 24. Every man has an indefeasible right to be what he is. (Illustration: To insist that anyone else shall comply with one's own standards is to outrage, not only him, but oneself, since both parties are equally born of necessity.) 25. E…
1954 · PDF PAGE 374
… Book of the Law enables us to take it in our stride. But there is another aspect of "mother-love" which is urgent, practical, and in no way dependent upon ideal considerations. What do we find in practice as the immediate consequence of this 'sublime', this 'holy' instinct? Quite a few species of animals habitually devour their offspring; but women "know a trick worth two of that." Next witness: Dr. Doughty, who looked after the health of Trinity College, Cambridge. A swift routine examination: then he tilted his chair backwards, thrust his ha…
1929 · PDF PAGE 258
…t of some of the most tenacious of animals, but the leech has cleared them out completely. A single leech will kill a pony. It works its way up into the nostril and the pony simply bleeds to death. Hence the Anglo-Indian proverb. "A jok's a jok [Hindustani for leech] but a jok up your nose is no jok." I witnessed a remarkable sight on the road to Chabanjong, which was here {427} a paka rasta (that is, a road made by engineers as opposed to kacha rasta, a track made by habit or at most by very primitive methods) wide enough for carts to pass. I …
1910 · PDF PAGE 147
…he end could not be far off, of both Sorrow and Joy; but, if they began to speculate on its illusiveness, this happy deliverance would always remain distant. His business upon Earth was entirely a practical and exoteric one, in no way mystical; it was rational not emotional, catholic and not secret. What then is the Cause of Sorrow? and the answer given by Gotama is: Karma or Action, which when once completed becomes latent and static, and according to how it was accom- plished, when once again it becomes dynamic, is its resultant effect. Thus …
1910 · PDF PAGE 147
…he end could not be far off, of both Sorrow and Joy; but, if they began to speculate on its illusiveness, this happy deliverance would always remain distant. His business upon Earth was entirely a practical and exoteric one, in no way mystical; it was rational not emotional, catholic and not secret. What then is the Cause of Sorrow? and the answer given by Gotama is: Karma or Action, which when once completed becomes latent and static, and according to how it was accom- plished, when once again it becomes dynamic, is its resultant effect. Thus …
1922 · PDF PAGE 292
…ing you can’t do without them. It’s not a real need, as you know. It’s a false and perverse appetite ; and as soon as you get out of the way of thinking that it’s vitally impor- tant, you'll begin to forget how much you depend on it.” Well, of course, I could see the sense of that ; and I was glad to see how gay and light-hearted Lou had become under the influence of the idea. Maisie called Lamus away to the piano to sing another song.
1922 · PDF PAGE 366
…e a pig ; my sandals slipped on the hard dry grass ; my bare legs were torn by brambles, gorse, and cactus. I kept on slipping; but he always turned the slip into a leap. We never checked our career till we pulled up at the door of the house on the headland. He let go of me suddenly. I flopped, and lay on my back panting for breath. He was absolutely cool ; he had not turned a hair. He stood watching me while he pulled out his pipe, filled it and lit it. “* Never waste time on the way to work,” he observed, in a tone which I can only describe a…
1954 · PDF PAGE 487
… has the new Word, Thelema,made upon the planet? What are we to expect as a result? And can we poor benighted outsiders help Them in any way? I know it's "cheek" to ask. Then turn the other cheek, and repeat the question! I will do my best to make it all clear. But do not forget that I am myself completely in the dark with regard to the special functions of most of my colleagues. To begin, then! Achtung! I am going to be hard-boiled; my first act is to enlist the Devil himself in our ranks, and take the Materialistic Interpretation of History f…