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Page 68 of 781910 · PDF PAGE 167
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING seeing if it would interrupt P.’s meditation. The result on the first occasion was a bad break; second, two bad breaks; third to sixth, no breaks occurred. At the end of the experiment P. was able to repeat all MAitrananda had said except the last remark.* August gth. Practised Mental Muttering of the Mantra: “Namo Shivaya Namaha Aum.” I found that with Rechaka the voice sounds as if from the Con- fines of the Universe: but with Puraka as if from the third eye. Whilst doing this in the Saivite A’sanat I found the …
1910 · PDF PAGE 167
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING seeing if it would interrupt P.’s meditation. The result on the first occasion was a bad break; second, two bad breaks; third to sixth, no breaks occurred. At the end of the experiment P. was able to repeat all MAitrananda had said except the last remark.* August gth. Practised Mental Muttering of the Mantra: “Namo Shivaya Namaha Aum.” I found that with Rechaka the voice sounds as if from the Con- fines of the Universe: but with Puraka as if from the third eye. Whilst doing this in the Saivite A’sanat I found the …
1909 · PDF PAGE 279
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING Fire pouring forth its beams upon the lower world: Life-giving, Life-producing.” Then Axiokersos, the second Kabir, says: “I am the left-hand basal angle of the Triangle of Flame: I am Fire, Volcanic and Terrestrial, flashing and flaming through the deep abysses of Earth: Fire rending, fire penetrating, tearing asunder the curtains of Matter ; fire constrained ; fire tormenting ; raging and whirling in lurid storm!” And lastly, Axiokersa, the third Kabir, says: ft fri ft «I am the right-hand basal angle of the Tri…
1909 · PDF PAGE 285
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING “Terrible was the silence of an uncreated world. Immeasurable the depth of that Abyss. And the Countenances of Darkness half-formed arose. “They abode not; they hasted away; and in the vastness of vacancy the Spirit moved; and the light-bearers were for a space. “T have said: Darkness of the Dark- ness ; are not the Countenances of Dark- ness fallen with the kings that were? Do Ww nN » the Sons of the Night of Time endure for j ever? Not yet are they passed away. ob ES8 “ Before all things are the waters; and the …
1909 · PDF PAGE 279
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING Fire pouring forth its beams upon the lower world: Life-giving, Life-producing.” Then Axiokersos, the second Kabir, says: “I am the left-hand basal angle of the Triangle of Flame: I am Fire, Volcanic and Terrestrial, flashing and flaming through the deep abysses of Earth: Fire rending, fire penetrating, tearing asunder the curtains of Matter ; fire constrained ; fire tormenting ; raging and whirling in lurid storm!” And lastly, Axiokersa, the third Kabir, says: ft fri ft «I am the right-hand basal angle of the Tri…
1909 · PDF PAGE 285
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING “Terrible was the silence of an uncreated world. Immeasurable the depth of that Abyss. And the Countenances of Darkness half-formed arose. “They abode not; they hasted away; and in the vastness of vacancy the Spirit moved; and the light-bearers were for a space. “T have said: Darkness of the Dark- ness ; are not the Countenances of Dark- ness fallen with the kings that were? Do Ww nN » the Sons of the Night of Time endure for j ever? Not yet are they passed away. ob ES8 “ Before all things are the waters; and the …
1929 · PDF PAGE 66
… III. A cérémonial self-initiation may be constructed with advantage on this formula. The essence of it consists in robing yourself as a king, then stripping and slaying vourself, and rising from that death to the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel \ There is an etymological identitv between Tetragrammaton and I A 09 but the m agi cal formulæ are entirely different, as the descriptions here given hâve schewn. Professor William James, in his “Varieties of Religious Expérience”, has well classified religion as the <£once~born” …
1907 · PDF PAGE 174
…r, Sealing that sacramental troth With a long curl of hair, And the strange prayer’s reiterant growth Sent shining through the air. (Lavoking Aphrodite) Daughter of Glory, child Of Earth’s Dione mild By the I'ather of all, the A2gis-bearing King ! Spouse, daughter, mother of God, Queen of the blest abode In Cyprus’ splendour singly glittering. Sweet sister unto me, I cry aloud to thee! I laugh upon thee laughing, O dew caught up from sea! Drawn by sharp sparrow and dove And swan’s wide plumes of love, And all the swallow’s swifter vehemence, An…
1909 · PDF PAGE 275
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING Hiereus: “The Sphinx of Egypt spake and said: ‘I am the synthesis of the Elemental Forces: I am also the symbol of man: I am Life: and I am Death: I am the Child of the Night of Time.’” Hierophant : «The priest with the mask of Osiris spake and said: ‘Thou canst nN not pass the gate of the Eastern Heaven : except thou canst tell me my name.’” Tablet Kerux, for Zelator: “Thou art Nu: oes P The Goddess of the Firmament of Air, Thou love art Harmakhis, Lord of the Eastern Sun.” das Martecty Hierophant : “ In what sig…
1909 · PDF PAGE 275
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING Hiereus: “The Sphinx of Egypt spake and said: ‘I am the synthesis of the Elemental Forces: I am also the symbol of man: I am Life: and I am Death: I am the Child of the Night of Time.’” Hierophant : «The priest with the mask of Osiris spake and said: ‘Thou canst nN not pass the gate of the Eastern Heaven : except thou canst tell me my name.’” Tablet Kerux, for Zelator: “Thou art Nu: oes P The Goddess of the Firmament of Air, Thou love art Harmakhis, Lord of the Eastern Sun.” das Martecty Hierophant : “ In what sig…
1907 · PDF PAGE 36
16 KONX OM PAX swam de Via that when Fairy Princes were really and truly married they became Fairy Kings; and that l was quite wrong ever to be ashamed of being only a little girl and afraid of spoiling his prospects, because really, you see, he could never become King and have a son a Fairy Prince without me. But one can only do that by getting to the Third House, and it ’s a dreadful journey, I do most honestly assure you. There are two passages, one from the Eighth House and one from the Sixth; the first is all water, and the second is almost…
1954 · PDF PAGE 47
14 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS correspondences given in the books of reference without thinking out why they are so given. Thus, you find a camel in the number which refers to the Moon, but the Tarot card "the Moon" refers not to the letter Gimel which means camel, but to the letter Qoph , and the sign Pisces which means fish, while the letter itself refers to the back of the head; and you also find fish has the meaning of the letter Nun. You must not go on from this. and say that the back of your head is like a camel-the connection between them is si…
1906 · PDF PAGE 192
…cester was right, and that eclipses caused the fall of Lear ! Observe that before this Shakespeare has had a sly dig or two at magic. In King John, " My lord, they say five moons were seen to-night” _-but there is no eyewitness. So in Macbeth. In a host of spiritual suggestion there is always the rational sober explanation alongside to discredit the folly of the supernatural. Shakespeare is like his own Touchstone; he uses his folly as a stalking-horse, and under the presentation’of that he shoots his wit. Here, however, the mask is thrown off …
1904 · PDF PAGE 51
…nd when the seal is so made thou shalt perfume it with alum, raisins dried in the sun, dates, cedar, and lignum aloes. Also by this seal King Solomon did command all the aforesaid Spirits into the Vessel of Brass, and did seal it up with this same seal. He by it gained the love of all manner of persons, and overcame in battle, for neither weapons, nor fire, nor water could hurt him. And this privy seal was made to cover the vessel at the top withal, etc. Note: Figures 162 to 174 inclusive are interesting as showing a marked resemblance to the c…
1904 · PDF PAGE 53
… in their painful task of restraining, always with the utmost gentleness of word and demeanour, the headstrong passions of the miserable king. Lear, at first quiet in stating his fancied wrongs “Reg. ‘I am glad to see your highness.’ Lear. ‘Regan, I think you are ; I know what reason I have to think so : if thou shouldst not be glad, I would divorce me from thy mother’s tomb, Sepulchring an adult’ress. (To Kent). O ! are your free ? Some other time for that. B eloved R egan, Thy sister’s naught : O Regan ! she hath tied Sharp-tooth’d unkindness…
1904 · PDF PAGE 48
…n the Hebrew of Dr. Rudd are here shown. (See Figures 81 to 152 inclusive.) THE MAGICAL CIRCLE. Tus is the Form of the Magical Circle of King Solomon, the which he made that he might preserve himself therein from the malice of these Evil Spirits. (See Frontispiece, Figure 153.) This Magical Circle is to be made 9 feet across, and the Divine Names are to be written round it, beginning at EHYEH, and ending at LEVANAH, Luna. (Colours.—The space between the outer and inner circles, where the serpent is coiled, with the Hebrew names written along hi…
1907 · PDF PAGE 31
…O Devil! To mock With echo the roar Of a young boy’s spirit ! And yet (as before) I know I inherit The wit of the mage, The blood of the king, The age of the sage ! Ah! all these sting Through me—this rage Is the strength of my blood, The heat of my body, The birth of my wit. To hell with the flood Of words! Were I God, he Had made me as fit For all things as now, But added a brow Cool—O how cool ! Fool ! Fool! Fool! LWith a terrible laugh he springs out of sight down the crags. SCENE III. SIR PERCY PERCIVALE (zx the Hall), O the gloom of these…
1909 · PDF PAGE 293
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING In and by this word the Hierophant Inductor declares the Portal of the Vault of the Adepts duly opened. THE CEREMONY At the bidding of the Hierophant Inductor the Associate Adept places the Candidate in the West between the Banner and the Black Pillar, before the Elemental Tablets, but facing the West. After which he presents him to the Hierophant Inductor. ~ - ~ - > The Hierophant Inductor then ad- Dy Ty oD Iq 1> dresses the Philosophus and points out Koay ot tohim that if in the previous grades much ES | & infor…
1909 · PDF PAGE 293
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING In and by this word the Hierophant Inductor declares the Portal of the Vault of the Adepts duly opened. THE CEREMONY At the bidding of the Hierophant Inductor the Associate Adept places the Candidate in the West between the Banner and the Black Pillar, before the Elemental Tablets, but facing the West. After which he presents him to the Hierophant Inductor. ~ - ~ - > The Hierophant Inductor then ad- Dy Ty oD Iq 1> dresses the Philosophus and points out Koay ot tohim that if in the previous grades much ES | & infor…
1906 · PDF PAGE 83
… and became a bride. THE THIRTIETH DAY. ‘For God’s sake, lords, convey my tristful Queen, For tears do stop the floodgates of her eyes.” King Henry IV. BITTER reproaches passed between us twain, Hers real, mine with sneering logic sewn Proving my trespass hardly half her own, Its cause; I proved her how she made me fain And left me mad, and led through joy and pain To that unthinkable thing: I might atone No whit in this way: then that stubborn stone My heart grew tears: we were good friends again. Therefore at night I added nothing new: Only a…