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Page 68 of 1591912 · PDF PAGE 81
…ngsford, St, John, and all other writers with the possible exception of Lao Tze, describe nothing higher than Atmadarshanai For the first time in the known history of the world there had arisen the combination of the utmost attainmentwith the intelligence and literary ability to make it comparatively articulate. It is no wonder, then, that we hail Fra. P. as the greatest of all Teachers, This entire experience from the Passing of the Abyss to the Shivadarshana has been so wonderfully described in “Aha! " by Mr. Aleister Crowley, who was privileg…
1912 · PDF PAGE 81
…ngsford, St, John, and all other writers with the possible exception of Lao Tze, describe nothing higher than Atmadarshanai For the first time in the known history of the world there had arisen the combination of the utmost attainmentwith the intelligence and literary ability to make it comparatively articulate. It is no wonder, then, that we hail Fra. P. as the greatest of all Teachers, This entire experience from the Passing of the Abyss to the Shivadarshana has been so wonderfully described in “Aha! " by Mr. Aleister Crowley, who was privileg…
1913 · PDF PAGE 234
… heard on sunken seas, Some vision I have seen beyond the wall, Now sombrely I await the secret rime, Known of the poet—and the Ghost of Time! And so before the bloom has left the Rose, While life's strong youth is surging through me still, I end the songs here wrought; the loves and woes Of old dead lives and lovers and their ill— Because a poet’s curse I bear away, My payment for the vision of the day. Because my heart is as a ten-stringed lyre, I cannot still the music of my mouth ; Because my tongue is wrought of molten fire, I cannot quenc…
1913 · PDF PAGE 234
… heard on sunken seas, Some vision I have seen beyond the wall, Now sombrely I await the secret rime, Known of the poet—and the Ghost of Time! And so before the bloom has left the Rose, While life's strong youth is surging through me still, I end the songs here wrought; the loves and woes Of old dead lives and lovers and their ill— Because a poet’s curse I bear away, My payment for the vision of the day. Because my heart is as a ten-stringed lyre, I cannot still the music of my mouth ; Because my tongue is wrought of molten fire, I cannot quenc…
1928 · PDF PAGE 33
shakes in the same proportion, and that with- out taking the precaution of buying gloves. To kill time during a shower I ran up to the rooms of an acrobat who begged me to design for her a costume as Vénustre. I paid court to a thea- tre manager who said, on saying good-bye: You would do well perhaps to address yourself to Z.; he is the dullest, the most foolish and the most celebrated of all my authors; with him you might perhaps arrive at some ar- rangement. See him, and then we shall see. I bragged (Why?) of several dirty actions that I ha…
1906 · PDF PAGE 50
… mortal of a god deluded. So, the last wise word rejected, Pentheus Cries, ‘‘ dy’ ws rdxuora, To0 xpbvov dé co. POovar’” —“ Why waste we time in talking ? Let us now away unto the mountains !” So the wise, enlightened by compassion, Seeks that bliss for all the world of sorrow, Swears the bitter oath of Vajrapani: ‘‘ Ere the cycle rush to utter darkness Work I so that every living being Pass beyond this constant chain of causes. If I fail, may all my being shatter Into millions of far-whirling pieces !” Swears that oath, and works, and studies …
1907 · PDF PAGE 162
…vision laughterless! O shadowy tale! O brain that halts before its thought for- gotten! Once all ye knew me—ere the earth grew pale, And Time began, and all its fruit lay rotten, Once, when thou knewest me indeed, and fed At these strong breasts—Ah! but the days are dead ! Now, in the dusty corridors of Time, I am forgotten: Gaian 1! language falters IfI would teach thee half an hint sublime Shed of the rayless fire upon my altars. Vain are the light and laughter of man’s rime, Vain the large hymns, and soaring songs and psalters ! My face, my …
1912 · PDF PAGE 58
…indu, who would be thoroughly upset for weeks if any one gave him a coconut: but the average Euro— pean takes things as they come by the time that he has been put into long trousers.
1912 · PDF PAGE 63
…odily health imperfect still, yet great ח ;: 29, clarity of vision in the matter of the four quarters. Α.'. The same thing happens every time: the me- chanical part is kept easily, but I {all instantly into a dull reverie or even slumber. This has nothing pleasant or alluring; is curiously impersonal and bewildering. 30. A exactly the same as yesterday. Will repeat. (It has struck me—in connection with reading B1ake~that Aiwass, etc., “Force and Fire" is the very thing I lack. My“ conscience " is really an obstacle and a delusion, being a survi…
1912 · PDF PAGE 63
…odily health imperfect still, yet great ח ;: 29, clarity of vision in the matter of the four quarters. Α.'. The same thing happens every time: the me- chanical part is kept easily, but I {all instantly into a dull reverie or even slumber. This has nothing pleasant or alluring; is curiously impersonal and bewildering. 30. A exactly the same as yesterday. Will repeat. (It has struck me—in connection with reading B1ake~that Aiwass, etc., “Force and Fire" is the very thing I lack. My“ conscience " is really an obstacle and a delusion, being a survi…
1913 · PDF PAGE 60
… on his school knowledge is in danger of becoming a college professor. So the Guru of the water-walking Hindu only meant that it was now time to be dissatisfied with what he had done — and to employ his powers to some better end. And, incidentally, since the divine Will is one, it will be found that
1924 · PDF PAGE 8
…or November 26 reached Mr. Crowley in Sicily, he at once wrote to you himself. He pointed out that he was materially defenceless, at the time, against attacks in London, however false. He urged you, in your own interest no less than his, to insist on that measure of fair play which it was clearly in your power to give, and asked for an independent inquiry into the charges. The letter was forwarded to you by his pu- blishers, but neither acknowledgment nor reply was ever received by them or him. Instead on February 25 and March 4, the Sunday Exp…
1912 · PDF PAGE 85
…nd within. Hollo there, Governor ! Come out and wag a chin ! [THE GOVERNOR appears at the window. GOVERNOR. My witty Sandro ! Whats the time o day with you ? ALESSANDRO. Past prick o noon, I fear. And you ? GOVERNOR. The hour of dew. I never felt such heat. ALESSANDRO. A devilish hot day. Well, thank the Lord, the beach is not so far away. Come off with me and bathe. GOVERNOR. My God, you must be mad. I cant leave. If you knew the trouble I have had ! ALESSANDRO. What ! the Princess has tantrums ? GOVERNOR. No ; beyond belief Far worse. The…
1912 · PDF PAGE 325
…idday?בגב Ornament?הב Dread, terror?המיא He suffered?הנא Angel 014 C.?לאװה Day?םוי Beautiful?האנ Rim?]רבא Consuming?לכוא Wealth, an age, Time ; Night?ןוא Demon oi in Dec.?חן Formidable, terrible?םייא We?דכא A breaking down, subversion,?לוטיב destruction 55 56 57 Built?הנב χ. [Fish (pl.) ; vide 7]?םינד Angel of 8 Cr?הילוי Angel of5 C.?היוול Altar?חבזמ The layingeby, making secret?אןבהמ [Vide not 499]?םיבהא [VideK,D, Lox. p. 69,] An?ןזא ear Night Demon of is1 Dec. 1?!גאד יליה Love, kindness, grace; notarlqon l"? of Chokmah Nesethrah, the? Secret …
1912 · PDF PAGE 325
…idday?בגב Ornament?הב Dread, terror?המיא He suffered?הנא Angel 014 C.?לאװה Day?םוי Beautiful?האנ Rim?]רבא Consuming?לכוא Wealth, an age, Time ; Night?ןוא Demon oi in Dec.?חן Formidable, terrible?םייא We?דכא A breaking down, subversion,?לוטיב destruction 55 56 57 Built?הנב χ. [Fish (pl.) ; vide 7]?םינד Angel of 8 Cr?הילוי Angel of5 C.?היוול Altar?חבזמ The layingeby, making secret?אןבהמ [Vide not 499]?םיבהא [VideK,D, Lox. p. 69,] An?ןזא ear Night Demon of is1 Dec. 1?!גאד יליה Love, kindness, grace; notarlqon l"? of Chokmah Nesethrah, the? Secret …
1928 · PDF PAGE 106
tle more emotion than if I had dropped my vis- iting card in the course of a walk. For a long time we smoked cigars whose in- comparable flavour and aroma gave both homesickness and craving for joys yet undis- covered to the soul; and, intoxicated with all these delights, I had the audacity to cry, in an access of familiarity which did not seem to dis- please him, as I clutched a brimming cup,To your immortal health, old goat! We talked also of the Universe, of its crea- tion and its future destruction; of the great idea of this centuryI me…
1906 · PDF PAGE 225
… split in two, but he travelled on both at once: after two hundred and sixty, the sun drove away the rain, and the Star shone in the day-time, making it night. After the last day came his Mother, his Redeemer, and Himself; and joining together they were even as I am who write unto you. Seventeen they were, the three Fathers: with the three Mothers they were thirty-two, and sixfold therein, being as countenance and countenance. Yet, being seventeen, they were but one, and that one none, as before hath been showed. And this enumera- tion isa grea…
1911 · PDF PAGE 163
…t be a potent spell, whereby thou mayest lay bare the womb of thine understanding to the violence of CHAOS. Now, therefore, for the last time, let the veil of the Aethyr be torn. Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! A ka dua Tuf ur biu Bi a’a chefu Dudu ner af an nuteru. This Aethyr must be left unfinished then until the half moon. HAMMAM SALAHIN, December 18, 3.10-4.35 p.m. An olvah nu arenu olvah. Diraeseu adika va paretanu poliax poliax in vah rah ahum subre fifal. Lerthexanax. Mama ra-la hum fifala maha. All this is the melody of a flute, ver…
1906 · PDF PAGE 277
TIME 271 Scept, 1? soul, no! Myst. Then how do you know all. this about the earth? Goodness gracious bless my How few among us can reach the supreme sanity of Dr. Henry Maudsley in such a book ‘¢ Life in Mind and Conduct ”! ” Hence I regard Agnosticism as little more than a basis of new research into spiritual facts, to be conducted by the methods won for us by men of science. I would define myself as an agnostic with a future. But to the enthymeme itself. enough to expose it. Other things have been hated before and since Christ lived —if he li…
1909 · PDF PAGE 191
…e Particular Exordium (G.". D.. MSS. Z3): ‘At the ending of the NIGHT 3 At the Limits of the LIGHT Thoth stood before the Unborn Ones of Time. Then was formulated the Universe. 4 (Thea came forth the Gods thereof, The AZons of the Bornless Beyond. * x Then was the Voice Vibrated. tw Then was the Name declared. niAt the Threshold of Entrance, ” \Betwixt the Universe and the Infinite, In the Sign of the Enterer: Stood Thoth ‘las before Him the ons were proclaimed. The positions of the last two letters of the Word have been relatively changed, so …