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Page 67 of 1041912 · PDF PAGE 28
I4 your surroundings. You will say: “Good heavens! I must have been to sleep!” or else “What on earth was I meditating upon?” or even “What was I doing?” “Where am I?” “Who am I?” or a mere wordless bewilderment may daze you. This may alarm you, and your alarm will not be lessened when you come to full consciousness, and reflect that you have actually forgotten who you are and what you are doing! This is only one of many adventures that may come to you ; but it is one of the most typical. By this time your hours of meditation will fill most of th…
1930 · PDF PAGE 55
(THE EARTH) The DEACON. Mother of fertility on whose breast. lieth water, whose cheek is caressed by air, and in whose heart is the sun’s fire, womb of ail life, recurring grâce of seasons, answer favourably the prayer of labour, and to pastors and husbandmen be thou propitious. The PEOPLE. So mote it be. (THE PRINCIPLES) The DEACON. Mysterious energy triform, mysterious Matter, in fourfold and sevenfold division ; the interplay of which things weave the dance of the Veil of Life upon the Face of the Spirit, let there be harmony and beauty in y…
1911 · PDF PAGE 70
… OOE are other names of God, that contain magical formulae, the first to invoke fire; the second, water; the third, air; and the fourth, earth. And if the Table be read diagonally, every letter, and every combination of letters, is the name of a devil. And from these are drawn the formulae of evil magick. But the holy letter I above the triad LLL dominateth the Table, and preserveth the peace of the universe. And in the seven talismans about the central Table are contained the Mysteries of drawing forth the letters. And the letters of the circu…
1912 · PDF PAGE 47
…TADELLO, reveil and depart. MORTADELLO. [To the first.] I am glad your worth and wisdom are appreciated. [To the second.] Does the whole earth contain a wiser, holier head ? [To the third.] Greetings my lord. I was sure indeed you were of the Ten. [To the fourth.] Death, by my sword ! Ist you, most luck- less of all men ? Poor and exiled I thought youand I meet you here I am glad you smiledwhere we strike angels dumb with fear ! [To the fifth.] Why, body o God ! you died ten years ago, we thought. [To the sixth.] And you ? Am I odd ? Do ey…
1919 · PDF PAGE 75
…ut because it came not to his lips, therefore was he shamed and spake no more.) 50. Adonai spake yet again with V.V.V.V.V. and said: The earth is ripe for vintage; let us eat of her grapes, and be drunken thereon. 51. And V.V.V.V.V. answered and said: O my lord, my dove, my excellent one, how shall this word seem unto the children of men? 52. And He answered him: Not as thou canst see. It is certain that every letter of this cipher hath some value; but who shall determine the value? For it varieth ever, according to the subtlety of Him that mad…
1944 · PDF PAGE 96
…the Zodiac, Capricor‐ nus occupies the Zenith. It is the most exalted of the signs; it is the goat leaping with lust upon the summits of earth. The sign is ruled by Saturn, who makes for selfhood and perpetuity. In this sign, Mars is exalted, showing in its best form the fiery, material energy of creation. The card represents Pan Pangenetor, the All‐Begetter. It is the Tree of Life as seen against a back‐
1954 · PDF PAGE 282
WOMAN 249 ... the Law is for all. (34) I give unimaginable joys on earth: certainty, not faith, while in life, upon death; peace unutterable, rest, ecstasy, nor do I demand aught in sacrifice. My incense is of resinous woods & gums; & there is no blood therein: because of my hair the trees of Rternity. My number is 11 as all their numbers who are of us. The Five Pointed Star, with a Circle in the Middle, & the circle is Red. My color is black to the blind, but the blue & gold are seen of the seeing. Also I have a secret glory for them that love…
1944 · PDF PAGE 24
…ight or wrong about any matter whatsoever. 1Its magnetic virtue (similarly) is fiery, its conductivity airy, and its weight and hardness earthy. Yet, weight is but a function of the curvature of the “space‐time Continuum”: “Earth is the Throne of Spirit.” This is true, even in matters of the strictest science. The scientific description of an object is universally true; and yet it is not completely true for any single observer. The phenomenon called the Daughter is ambiguous. It has been explained above as the spiritual ingredient in the result…
1907 · PDF PAGE 215
… the East for hundreds and thousands of years . There no sun shines , no moon , nor glimmering star , Nor yonder lightning , the fire of earth is quenched , From him , who alone shines , all else borrows its brightness , The whole world bursts into splendour at his shining . Kathaka Upanishad , v, 15 . The veil of Maya shrouds the true aspect of things ; it cuts off the outer from the inner world , rendering the former esoteric , and the latter exoteric . This idea of the All as the One , is magnificently described in 1 The Sword of Song , Pent…
1910 · PDF PAGE 162
…el, but now he grows to be his equal, and in the flesh becomes a flame-shod Adept whose white feet are not soiled by the dust and mud of earth. He has gained perfect control over his body and his mind; and not only are his speech and actions right, but his very life is right, in fact his actions have become a Temple wherein he can at will 146
1910 · PDF PAGE 162
…el, but now he grows to be his equal, and in the flesh becomes a flame-shod Adept whose white feet are not soiled by the dust and mud of earth. He has gained perfect control over his body and his mind; and not only are his speech and actions right, but his very life is right, in fact his actions have become a Temple wherein he can at will 146
1919 · PDF PAGE 356
…ple, even before his aspiration is formulated in the latter. 72. Now here, now there, these rays illumine it, like sun- sparks light the earth through the thick foliage of jungle growth. But, O Disciple, unless the flesh is passive, head cool, the Soul as firm and pure as flaming diamond, the radi- ance will not reach the CHAMBER, its sunlight will not warm the heart, nor will the mystic sounds of Akashic heights reach the ear, however eager, at the initial stage. The uniting of the Disciple with his Angel depends upon the former. The Latter is…
1944 · PDF PAGE 108
…u V). At the begin‐ ning, then, of this new Aeon, it is fit to exhibit the message of that angel who brought the news of the new Aeon to earth. The new card is thus of necessity an adaptation of the Stélé of Re‐ vealing. Around the top of the card is the body of Nuith, the star‐goddess, who is the category of unlimited possibility; her mate is Hadit, the ubiquitous point‐of‐view, the only philosophi‐ cally tenable conception of Reality. He is represented by a globe of fire, representing eternal energy; winged, to show his power of Going. As a r…
1943 · PDF PAGE 2
… a wandering star. Ye shall pass in pleasure and peril Across the mystical bar That is set for wrath and weeping Against the children of earth; But ye in singing and sleeping Shall pass in measure and mirth! I lift my wand and wave you Through hill to hill of delight: My rosy rivers lave you In innermost lustral light. I lead you, lord of the maze, In the darkness free of the sun; In spite of the spite that is day's We are wed, we are wild, we are one! —Aleister Crowley
1961 · PDF PAGE 122
…ntrah that Name Olun, that is One Hundred and Fifty and Six even as that of our Lady BABALON; and then, being inspired, I wrote down Her Earth-name in Greek, MARIE, which is also that this Name (as I have learned) is in the Phnician Tongue, whôlon; which by Interpretation is That which is Infinite, and Space; so that all is consonant with NUITH Our Lady of the Stars. Thus, o my Son, is the Word of Truth echoed through-out all Worlds; and thus have the Wise mighty Assurance in their Way. See, o my Son, that thou work not without this Guard infl…
1912 · PDF PAGE 90
…here is a taste, a savour shed ; is honey sweet, Is moon-wort chaste ? Its flavour fed the Paraclete ! There is a grace and a perfume no earthly bower Showers from its space of lily-bloom and passion flower. There is a touch, sublime, caress beyond all kisses Kissed overmuch in loves distressthey are not as this is ! Ah, me unworthy of the love of God ! me stained With every sin, and bruised with every rod ! me drained Of all things, given up to the great King ! me brought By infinite mercy to his banqueting, me wrought Out of myself, out of …
1907 · PDF PAGE 114
…ght Shed from Her shoulders whom I dimly saw ; Crowned with twelve stars and hornéd as the moon ; Clothed with a sun to which the sun of earth Were tinsel ; and the moon was at Her feet A moon whose brilliance breaks the sword of song Into a million fragments ; so transcends Music, that starlight-sandalled majesty ! Then-shall I contemplate the face of Her ? 1 Tannhäuser, vol . I, p. 260. 2 Ibid . vol . i, p. 261.
1954 · PDF PAGE 296
…. . . the result will be incalculably effective. The event will establish the Kingdom of the Crowned and Conquering Child over the whole earth, and all men shall bow to the Law, which is love under will.
1944 · PDF PAGE 111
…the symbols of philosophical theory and those more elaborate symbols based upon them which are neces‐ sary in practical work. Saturn and Earth have certain qualities in common‐heaviness, coldness, dryness, im‐ mobility, dulness and the like. Yet Saturn appears in Binah in respect of its blackness in the Queen’s scale, which is the scale of Observed Nature; but always, as soon as the end of a proc‐ ess is reached, it returns automatically to the beginning. In Chemistry, it is the heaviest elements that are unable in terrestrial conditions to sup…
1906 · PDF PAGE 165
…ned and I was God! Ay! Let him rise and answer me. Ethical and That false creative Deity, eloquent de- Whence came his right to rack the Earth Christian Cos- With pangs of death,” disease, and birth : mogony. No joy unmarred by pain and grief: Insult on injury heaped high In that quack-doctor infamy The Panacea of—Belief ! Only the selfish soul of man Could ever have conceived a plan Man only of all life to embrace, One planet of all stars to place Alone before the Father’s face ; Forgetful of creation’s stain, Forgetful of creation’s pain, Not…