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Page 70 of 1731912 · PDF PAGE 58
… for result. I think I had better begin to renounce idle things, save where politeness calls, and calls loud. ΙΗ take life too easy, the Great Retirement will be harder: on the other hand an asceticism to no instant purpose may exhaust me for the struggle when it comes. One of those rare cases where a “golden mean " looks well. 9. A at night good: considerable strain in ether. (It is here fitting to mention Fra, P.’s idea of performing this “ Preliminary Invocation " of the Goetia.) The preamble he makes a general concentra— tion of all his magi…
1912 · PDF PAGE 58
… for result. I think I had better begin to renounce idle things, save where politeness calls, and calls loud. ΙΗ take life too easy, the Great Retirement will be harder: on the other hand an asceticism to no instant purpose may exhaust me for the struggle when it comes. One of those rare cases where a “golden mean " looks well. 9. A at night good: considerable strain in ether. (It is here fitting to mention Fra, P.’s idea of performing this “ Preliminary Invocation " of the Goetia.) The preamble he makes a general concentra— tion of all his magi…
1913 · PDF PAGE 9
…ham, SE., County of Kent, was unanimously elected Sovereign Grand Master General of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Masonry in and for Great Britain and Ireland. The Most Illustrious Sovereign Grand Master General then took the chair and, after returning thanks for the election, closed this Special Convocation. Done in our Sanctuary in the Valley of London, this thirtieth day of June, Nineteen hundred and thirteen, Εν. ἩΕΝκγ MEYER, 33°, 90°, 96°, Sovereign Grand Master General. SAINT EDWARD ALEISTER CROWLEY, 33°, 90°, 96°, Patriarch Grand Adm…
1928 · PDF PAGE 38
…d food, carefully carved by a clever ser- vant. And all these little sighs which swell your perfumed breast, what can they mean for me, great strong coquette that you are? And all these affectations that you have learned from books, and this indefatigable melancholy, fit to inspire who looks upon it with quite another sentiment than pity? In truth I sometimes feel that I should like to teach you what real un- happiness is like. To see you thus, my beauti- ful invalid, your feet in the mire and your eyes turned dimly towards heaven, as if you w…
1929 · PDF PAGE 71
life which she expected to follow. But she could not know why the old mystic was at so great pains (as he afterwards proved) to make every syllable of his discourse intelligible; for she had not heard his conference with Cyril Grey at the moment when Sister Cybele had called her. "Brother Cyril!" the old mystic had said, "I shall go on — I shall even put more than the necessary care into the work — as if this were victory and not defeat. "I tell you that you will never do anything yourself, still less anything for others, so long as you rely on…
1961 · PDF PAGE 57
…hine whole Work, map out thy Mind, and extend its Powers from the essential outwards, from the near to the far, always with Firmness and great Thoroughness, making every Link in thy Chain equal and perfect. i
1910 · PDF PAGE 149
… in the garden of my heart Whence she is torn that flowers will bloom again. May those be flowers of weeping, flowers of art. Flowers of great tenderness and pain, Broad lilied meers Lying in a lonely leafless forest Silent and motionless beneath the moon. I feel my weakness, O thou soul that soarest Into a heaven beyond imagining On the unfaltering wing. Of the magic swan ! I know this tune Should swell to a strong note, a triumph note Blared through a trumpets throat To tell the world I am no coward, or else Sob in sweet minor, soft as Asmod…
1910 · PDF PAGE 192
…dds a good sort ! I think I must be going, sir. EUPHEMIA. I wish you would stay and help me with the letters, Mr. Carr. We shall have a great deal to do in the next day or two. CARR. Well, if you really wish it, I will try and be of what service I can. [CARR, with his back to audience, laughs with his hands, behind it. MRS. OSSORY. That is indeed kind of you, Professor ! [CARRS hand-laugh grows riotous. GRANDFATHER. Where is Nurse ? I want my whisky and milk. MRS. OSSORY. [Rings.] I shall go down to lunch, Alfred. Lunch when you like, please,…
1912 · PDF PAGE 160
…ven as the heart of man doth his thoughts Woel Woel Woel Woel Woel Woel Yea, Woe be to the Earth, for her iniquity is, was, and shall be great Come away] but not your mighty sounds] The Angle of A of V in the tablet of V. The Prince of the Chariot of the Waters. \ ν.Ι. “ Any echoing time between." 118
1912 · PDF PAGE 160
…ven as the heart of man doth his thoughts Woel Woel Woel Woel Woel Woel Yea, Woe be to the Earth, for her iniquity is, was, and shall be great Come away] but not your mighty sounds] The Angle of A of V in the tablet of V. The Prince of the Chariot of the Waters. \ ν.Ι. “ Any echoing time between." 118
1913 · PDF PAGE 568
…g to speak the last word of magic. CHAPTER I OF TRANSFORMATION—THE WAND OF CIRCE—THE BATH OF MEDEA—MAGIC OVERCOME BY ITS OWN WEAPONS—THE GREAT ARCANUM OF THE JESUITS AND THE SECRET OF THEIR POWER Tue Bible tells us that King Nebuchadnezzar, at the highest point of his power and his pride, was suddenly changed into a beast. He fled into savage places, began to eat grass, let his beard and hair grow, as well as his nails, and remained in this state for seven years. In our Dogme et rituel de la haute magie, we have said what we think of the myster…
1913 · PDF PAGE 568
…g to speak the last word of magic. CHAPTER I OF TRANSFORMATION—THE WAND OF CIRCE—THE BATH OF MEDEA—MAGIC OVERCOME BY ITS OWN WEAPONS—THE GREAT ARCANUM OF THE JESUITS AND THE SECRET OF THEIR POWER Tue Bible tells us that King Nebuchadnezzar, at the highest point of his power and his pride, was suddenly changed into a beast. He fled into savage places, began to eat grass, let his beard and hair grow, as well as his nails, and remained in this state for seven years. In our Dogme et rituel de la haute magie, we have said what we think of the myster…
1898 · PDF PAGE 19
… been so perfect: there was on the last passage of his work a hush, a silence almost as if the world—his world—awaited the voice of some great one. And now the silence is not broken. Perhaps men were not ready for those final chords. Perhaps to hear them would be to pass where he has passed! But oh! the pity! To leave his greatest task undone! To be stricken down in the last charge, a good soldier to the end! Would God he could come back only
1901 · PDF PAGE 55
…with dew, to call The spirit of the limitless air, made one In the amazing essence of all light Limitless, emanation of the might Of the great Light above all gods, the fire Of our supreme desire. So out of grievous labyrinths of the mind The soul’s desire may find Some passionate thread, the clear note of a bird, To make the dark ways of the gods as light, _ And bring forth music from slow chants unheard, And visions from the fathomless night. So is the spirit of the loftier man Made holy and most strong against his fate; So is the desolate vi…
1905 · PDF PAGE 105
…epetl’s steep. The chattering voices of the day depart. Earth folds her limbs and leans her loving breast Even to all her children : the great heart Beats solemnly the requiem of rest. The sea keeps tune ; the silent stars upstart Seeming to sentinel that sombre crest Where of old time burst out the vulture fire Cyclopean, that is dead, now, as a man’s desire. The drowsy cries of night birds, then the song Lovely and lovelorn in the listening vale, So wild and tender, swooping down in long Notes of despair, then lifting the low tale In golden n…
1909 · PDF PAGE 61
… are one ” is all, and allis naught; And this one “ one”, and “all”, and “naught " The whole content of our imagining, [shall throng The great arcanum in the adytum hid From men, and though we carve or kiss or sing, The Sphinx is dumb, and blind the Pyramid. ~~ Now our affairs are ordered perfectly. Give me your mouth, your mouth, and let us die! - — GQ) — “I
1913 · PDF PAGE 99
…gnificance —which it is impossible to go into at this moment, for we must turn to: — Ilumpty Dumpty sat on the wall; Humpty Dumpty got a great fall; All the king's horses And all the king's men Couldn't set up Humpty Dumpty again. This is so simple as hardly to require explanation. Humpty Dumpty is of course the Egg of Spirit, and the wall is the Abyss — his " fall " is therefore the descent of spirit into matter; and it is only too painfully familiar to us that all the king's horses and all his men cannot restore us to the height. Only The Kin…
1913 · PDF PAGE 112
… Pan with subtle laughter Shakes, how Bacchus and Ceres, leaping after, Link extravagant limbs of rose and gold ! [Zn silence, lastly, a great Beetle emerges from the pool, holding 72
1913 · PDF PAGE 112
… Pan with subtle laughter Shakes, how Bacchus and Ceres, leaping after, Link extravagant limbs of rose and gold ! [Zn silence, lastly, a great Beetle emerges from the pool, holding 72
1928 · PDF PAGE 94
…nything at all whose sole tendency was not towards pleasure, or towards wonder, which is one of the most delicate forms of pleasure. The great misfortune of this Prince was that he had never possessed a theatre vast enough for his genius. These are young Neros who are stifled within too narrow limits, and whose name and goodwill posterity will ignore; an un- foreseeing Providence had given to this Prince capacities larger than his dominions. Suddenly the rumour ran about that the Sovereign intended to pardon all the conspira- tors, and the orig…