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…ut facing the huge fact with serene dignity. The gesture of standing to meet Death was nobly impressive. “Term of all that liveth, whose name is inscrutable, be favourable unto us in thine hour.”
… and these again represent, on a higher plane, the seven lamps before the throne.” f * See 777, col. cxl., p. 27, “Twelve Banners of the Name,” and Revelations, xxi, 19, 20. T See 777, col. xxxvi., p. 11. 264
… and these again represent, on a higher plane, the seven lamps before the throne.” f * See 777, col. cxl., p. 27, “Twelve Banners of the Name,” and Revelations, xxi, 19, 20. T See 777, col. xxxvi., p. 11. 264
…life is not a sacrament. To him things are really common and unclean. He must, therefore, cut them out of his life, and hence to him the name of the Path is Renun- ciation. But to him who would be a Master of the Temple, the reverse applies. He wishes to remain perpetually in Samadhi, and it is therefore his renunciation to descend further and further into matter. He has volatilized the fixed: now he must fix the volatile. He has ascended from his par- ticular body to the Universal Soul. That Universal Soul 12 115
…life is not a sacrament. To him things are really common and unclean. He must, therefore, cut them out of his life, and hence to him the name of the Path is Renun- ciation. But to him who would be a Master of the Temple, the reverse applies. He wishes to remain perpetually in Samadhi, and it is therefore his renunciation to descend further and further into matter. He has volatilized the fixed: now he must fix the volatile. He has ascended from his par- ticular body to the Universal Soul. That Universal Soul 12 115
…eems extraordinary that one who has ever enjoyed His Knowledge and Conversation should afterwards fall away into that blind horror whose name is Choronzon. But such is the case. Some of the problems, or rather, mysteries, con- nected with this are too deep to enter upon in this place, but the main point to remember is this, that in the Outer Order, and in the College of Adepts itself, it is not certain to what end any one may come. The greatest and holiest of the Ex- empt Adepts may, in a single moment, become a Brother of the Left Hand Path. I…
32 The Diary of a Drug Fiend a joke to fill up on coke—or words to that effect, Sir Peter.”’ How in the devil’s name did he know what I had been taking ? “Men who know things have no right to go about the world,’’ something said irritably inside myself. But something else obscurely answered it. “That accounts for what the world has always done —made martyrs of its pioneers.”’ I felt a little ashamed, to tell the truth; but Lamus put me at my ease. He waved his hand towards a huge arm-chair covered with Persian tapestries. He gave me a cigarette…
PREFACE xv Leadbeater (though his name is more than hinted at), a follower who is not and never was a member of a lodge in good standing working under a Grand Lodge of Free and A c c e pte d Masons. The Sanctuary must be purged . ... He is not even a free man, but the hired tool of a woman. ... This woman-pollution to that pure word/-comes to us from the nauseous fraud by which she made herself the real if not the nominal mistress of the T.S. . .. This is the secret object of the attempt to hold the election of S. G.M. G. without due notice, to…
… 1+2+3+4+5+6+5 = 26 mn. Assiah ; Tetragrammaton as the Elemental Limitation, the Jealous God.—P. $~ Remember that the enumeration of the Name O7bN Mm is 300 = w. 174
… 1+2+3+4+5+6+5 = 26 mn. Assiah ; Tetragrammaton as the Elemental Limitation, the Jealous God.—P. $~ Remember that the enumeration of the Name O7bN Mm is 300 = w. 174
… attain but part of it, never the whole. Thou art the God of gods, and all thy creatures bear witness to it; and in honour of this great name they owe thee all their worship. Thou art God, and all created beings are thy servants and thy worshippers ; thy glory is not tarnished, although men worship other gods, because their intention is to address themselves to thee; they are like blind men, who wish to follow the straight road, but stray; one falls into a well, the other into a ditch; all think that they are come to their desire, yet they have…
… attain but part of it, never the whole. Thou art the God of gods, and all thy creatures bear witness to it; and in honour of this great name they owe thee all their worship. Thou art God, and all created beings are thy servants and thy worshippers ; thy glory is not tarnished, although men worship other gods, because their intention is to address themselves to thee; they are like blind men, who wish to follow the straight road, but stray; one falls into a well, the other into a ditch; all think that they are come to their desire, yet they have…
… brains in America, and plenty of educated brains, but it is extremely rare to find these two combined in one being. Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. Mr. Mencken narrowly escapes the cleverness which is the Hall-mark of the silver mind, but he does escape it. For the Lorp taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with sal- vation. Mr. Mencken’s perception may be gauged by just one piece of navigation, the Straits of Ibsen. In 1901 I said of Ibsen, “he is the Sophocle…
… had no sooner sat down to lunch than he burst into a torrent of maniacal ejaculations. All this was spouted by a whale answering to the name of "I want Sylvia back". When his breath failed, and he fell back panting like a mad dog, I remarked between mouthfuls, "Righto!" I'll have to get the cabin changed and take a few of Sylvia's things out of my trunk. I think there's nothing else, provided, of course, Sylvia wishes it." The poor man was flabbergasted and Sylvia flew into a royal rage. My contempt for him was one thing; my indifference to he…
4 Reprinted from THE SKETCH of 24th August 1910. A NEW RELIGION A CERTAIN number of literary people know the name of Aleister Crowley as a poet. A few regard him as a magician. But a small and select circle revere him as the hierophant of a new religion. This creed Captain Fuller, in a book on the subject extending to 327 pages, calls “ Crowleyanity.” I do not pretend to know what Captain Fuller means. He is deeply read in philosophy, and he takes Crowley very seriously. I do not quite see whither Crowley himself is driving ; but I imagine that…
…was but the excrement of the demon, and as that ex- crement he was flung filthily further into the abyss of blackness and of night whose name is death. I rose with ashen cheeks. I stammered: He is dead. The male nurse bent over the body. Yes! he echoed, he is dead. And it seemed as if the whole Uni- verse gathered itself into one ghastly laugh of hate and horror, Dead! V I resumed my seat. I felt that I must know that all was well, that death had ended all. Woe to humanity! The consciousness of Arthur was more alive than ever. It was th…
…e obviously Savile Row. I had not even taken the precaution to be sufficiently un-English to pay for them. I clutched at the straw of my name. From the myths of antiquity looms a phantom Crowley somewhere near Kilkenny where the cats come from, and though my particular Crowleys have been mercifully well-behaved in England since the bishop of that name who published his naughty epigrams in the time of Queen Elizabeth, there are lots of Crowleys in America who come direct from Ireland. I found Viereck very sympathetic about Irish independence and…
…hich is a perfectly proper expression of a perfectly observed fact, despite its intellectual self-contradiction. 2. This was the "mystic name" chosen for herself by the Cat. She had a smattering of theosophy and remembered this as being the name of some "Mahatma". magically that I would insist upon realizing my ideal (most people idealize the real --- which they dare not face) even though I knew it not to exist and was broken-hearted by the continual mockery of the deception. The word of a Magus is always a falsehood. For it is a creative word;…
…d we were packed and off for Paris. I did not remember anything in detail. All events were so many base metals fused into an alloy whose name was Excitement. During the whole time we only slept once, and then we slept well and woke fresh, without one trace of fatigue. We had called on Gretel and obtained a supply of cocaine. She wouldn’t accept any money from her dear Sir Peter, and she was so happy to see Lou Lady Pendragon, and wouldn’t we come and see her after the honeymoon ? That call is the one thing that sticks in my mind. I suppose I re…
…ies; Who knoweth it, he is adept of adepts, and Mighty among Magicians! Now this word SAB AF, being by number Three score and Ten,1 is a name of Ayin, the Eye, and the Devil our Lord, and the Goat of Mendes. He is the Lord of the Sabbath of the Adepts, and is Satan, therefore also the Sun, whose number of Magick is 666, the seal of His servant the BEAST. But again SA is 61, AIN, the Naught of Nuith; BA means go, for HADIT ; and F is their Son the Sun who is Ra — Hoor — Khuit. So then let the Adept set his sigil upon ail the words he hath writ i…