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Page 69 of 841944 · PDF PAGE 95
…th the sulphates of either hydrogen, iron or copper, as might be supposed from modern usage. It represents a balanced combination of the three alchemical principles, Sul‐ phur, Mercury and Salt. These names have no connection with substances so named by the vulgar; they have already been described in Atu I. III and IV. The counsel to “visit the interior of the earth” is a recapitulation (on a higher plane) of the first formula of the Work which has been the so constant theme of these essays. The im‐ portant word in the injunction is the central…
1930 · PDF PAGE 33
… conquer in the power and in the name of the Beast that hath availed them, the Titan, the Magus, the Man whose number is six hundred and three score and six. III Ihe practice of Rising on the Planes is of such importance that spécial attention must be paid to it. It is part of the essential tech¬ nique of Magick. Instruction in this practice has been given with such conciseness in Liber O, that one cannot do better than quote Verbatim (the “previous experiment” referred to in the first sen¬ tence is the ordinary astral journey.) : “i. The previ…
1904 · PDF PAGE 32
… (23.) Aimw—The Twenty-third Spirit is Aim. He is a Great Strong Duke. He appeareth in the form of a very handsome Man in body, but with three Heads; the first, like a Serpent, the second like a Man having two Stars on his Forehead, the third like a Calf. He rideth on a Viper, carrying a Firebrand in his Hand, wherewith he setteth cities, castles, and great Places, on fire. He maketh thee witty in all manner of ways, and giveth true answers unto private matters. He governeth 26 Legions of Inferior Spirits ; and his Seal is this, which wear thou…
1904 · PDF PAGE 33
…une, or Brut.—The Twenty-sixth Spirit is Buné (or Bim), He is a Strong, Great and Mighty Duke. He appeareth in the form of a Dragon with three heads, one like a Dog, one like a Gryphon, and one like a Man. He speaketh with a high and comely Voice. Hechangeth the Place of the Dead, and causeth the Spirits which be under him to gather together upon your Sepulchres. He giveth Riches unto a Man, and maketh him Wise and Eloquent. He giveth true Answers unto Demands. And he governeth 30 Legions of Spirits. His Seal is this, unto the which he oweth Ob…
1907 · PDF PAGE 93
…brows Like to a Scythian bow are bent. The king accepted him to bear Ilis cup of wine, and was content. Let Al Qahar their praises sing: Three souls, one love, one element.! DANCE a measure Of tiniest whirls! Shake out your treasure Of cinnamon curls ! Tremble with pleasure, O wonder of girls! 1 This poem is very much taboo in Persia, as it iS supposed to be little better than a pamphlet in favour of Christianity. The later work of Al Qahar, and especially his master- piece, the Bagh-i-muattar, are, however, if not quite above suspicion, so ful…
1929 · PDF PAGE 68
…her toes for the tenth time the door behind her opened. Sister Cybele was standing there. "Come, Sister!" she cried, "it will be dawn in three minutes; first we must make the Adoration of the Sun, and then comes breakfast!" The horror of the night returned to Lisa in a flash. But somehow it had receeded into a deeper stratum of her being; when it came to a question of any possible action, she seemed remote. She had the horrible fancy that she had died in the night. She followed Sister Cybele as she would have followed her executioner to the blo…
1906 · PDF PAGE 21
… !) The agony increases fast. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) Each spasm is a holocaust. (O Holy Spirit, pity her !) There are three kings upon the road. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) She hath thrice cursed the name of God. (O Holy Spirit, pity her !) There stands her star above the sky. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) She hath thrice prayed that she may die. (O Holy Spirit, pity her !) Ifer bitter anguish hath sufficed. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) She is delivered of the Christ. (The angels come to…
1907 · PDF PAGE 37
…en my Prince said: “You wouldn’t think it, would you, sweetheart? But there are lots of people who stay here all their lives.” There are three ways into the Fourth House from below. The first Vin: v- Pusnus passage is a very curious place, all full of wheels and ever such strange creatures, like monkeys and sphinxes and jackals climbing about them and trying to get to the top. It was very silly, because there isn’t really any top to a wheel at all; the place you want to get to is the centre, if you want to be quiet. Then there was a really lovel…
1919 · PDF PAGE 312
…. . .” ‘With the monuments of Indian civilization actually intact, yet the oldest of them in ruins a thousand years, two thousand years, three thousand years, who knows, before the savages of England wore clothes, it is only natural that this poor blind, globe-trotting hag should fail to understand Caste. He utterly ignores the fact that it is the caste system which has preserved Indian civilization. Constantly conquered, India absorbs her conquerors. When the fool gets on to the spirituality, he is funnier than ever. On page 59, he gives a cur…
1917 · PDF PAGE 4
The times. A feast for the first night of the Prophet and his Bride! A Law of feast for the three days of the writing of the Book of the Law. A aberty. feast for Tahuti and the children of the Prophet—secret, O prophet! A feast for the Supreme Ritual, and a feast for the Equinox of the Gods. A feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death! A feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture! A feast every night unto Nu, and the pleasure of uttermost delight! Aye! Feast! Rejoice! There is no dread her…
1929 · PDF PAGE 182
…d that she was trying to make a fire. "But you haven't got any sticks." "We never use sticks to make a fire — in this country." The last three words were in sing-song. "Then what do you burn?" Anything round, and anything red, and anything ripe — in this country."
1905 · PDF PAGE 167
… of love— As mine, as mine! O bitter memories ! [4 pause. ULRIC. Tell me, dear friend ! anxiety and love Are like to kill me. Tell me in three words. Cora (slowly and deliberately). I am a dancer and a prostitute ! ULRIC smzles contemptuously. Why trick me with so pitiful a lie? Were you the vilest woman on the earth, Mere scum of filth shed off the city’s dregs— Were you the meanest and most treacher- ous-— Were you the sordid soul that most con- trasts With your true, noble, and unselfish self— Were you the synthesis of all I hate, In mind an…
1911 · PDF PAGE 175
… the development of the semi—miraculous powers of the Gnosis of Clement, Origen, and the early Christian Church, the birth of the divine three principles, the Crestos, in the human soul. The key to this “Unsealing” is the text itself, in which is found the Nos. 333, 444, 666, 777, 888, 999, ιοοο, as applied to the seven principal [ha/era: of the human body, as taught by Greek Yogis, Apart altogether from the possession of a reliable literal translation of the book, there are seventy-five pages upon the development ofthe Kundalz'nz', and each sub…
1911 · PDF PAGE 175
… the development of the semi—miraculous powers of the Gnosis of Clement, Origen, and the early Christian Church, the birth of the divine three principles, the Crestos, in the human soul. The key to this “Unsealing” is the text itself, in which is found the Nos. 333, 444, 666, 777, 888, 999, ιοοο, as applied to the seven principal [ha/era: of the human body, as taught by Greek Yogis, Apart altogether from the possession of a reliable literal translation of the book, there are seventy-five pages upon the development ofthe Kundalz'nz', and each sub…
1919 · PDF PAGE 155
…uld express myself better. On reading J. St. J. again I find that I can comprehend it ever so much better than when I first read it some three months after its publication. Then, it seemed like a dream of the far distant future; now, many parts seem like records of my own experiences, only ex- pressed infinitely better than I have been able to put them. Now, of what value are the experiences I have gained? Why is the state of Oneness with Adonai not lasting, or rather, is it possible to remain always conscious of that State? How is it when read…
1929 · PDF PAGE 98
…emons and elementals and intelligences were only fractions of true Entities, according to the theory; they were illusions, things merely three-dimensional, with no core of substance in themselves. In yet another figure, they were adjectives, and not nouns. But a human soul is a complete reality. "Every man and every woman is a star." To repel one such from its demand to issue into the world of matter was a serious difficulty — and, also, possibly involved no mean responsibility. However, Cyril's main hope was that any passing souls would be rea…
1929 · PDF PAGE 189
…lf alone, he could, if he knew the secret, press a hidden lever which caused the floor to descend bodily. Arrived below, a corridor with three right-angled turns — this could, incidentally, be flooded at need, in a few moments, — led to the last of the defences, a regular door such as is fitted to a strong room. There was an emergency exit to the cellar, equally ingenious; it was a sort of torpedo-tube opening beneath the water of the Seine. It was fitted with a compressed air- chamber. Any one wishing to escape had merely to introduce himself …
1905 · PDF PAGE 111
104 MYSTERIES: LYRICAL AND DRAMATIC Yet to the quivering brain three goodly oifts The cruelty of Pluto and his might In the abyss bestow’: Change, foresight, fear. The pageant whirls and boils3 Restricted not by space and time, my dream Tloresees the doom of Fate ; My spirit wrestles in the Dream-King’s toils Always in vain, and Ilope’s forerunners evleam Alway one step too late. Not as when sunlight strikes the counter- pane ; Half wakening, sleep rolls back her iron wave, And dawn brings blithesomeness ; Not as wher opiates lull the tortured …
1929 · PDF PAGE 327
… Shivadarshana itself, as we know from other sources. The "vision" (to use still the name become totally inadequate) appears to have had three main points in its Atmadarshana stage --- 1. The Universal Peacock. {532} 1. Captain Fuller's. 2. The Universe as Ego. "I who am all and made it all, abide its separate lord," i.e. the universe becomes a single and simple being, without quantity, quality or conditions. In this the "I" is immanent, yet the "I" made it, and the "I" is entirely apart from it. (This is the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, …
1929 · PDF PAGE 114
…e garrison. From his tower he had observed many pigeons upon the hillside, and he began to tame these, spreading corn upon the tower. In three days they were eating out of his hand. He then trained them to recognize him and follow him from place to place. A week later he found a moment when the garden was deserted save for a single patrol, and threw his grain over the wall. The pigeons flocked to it and fed. Now it so happened that the patrolling magician was unsuspicious. He was aware that the benign influence of the house made its gardens att…