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Page 71 of 901907 · PDF PAGE 145
…or a boon, Sweet, kisses 'of showers, My soul is caught up In thy green-hearted waves. I drink at the cup Of thy sweet valley graves. My spirit may sup Slow tunes in thy caves. O hide me, thy child, in thy bosom, that the heart in me yearns to and craves. Most virginally sprung In the shadow of light, Eternally young, A magical sight, Wandering among Day, twilight, and night, As a bride in her chamber that dreams many visions of varied delight. O how shall my lyre Divide thee, dispart Thy water and fire, Thy soul and thy heart, Thy hills that s…
1905 · PDF PAGE 249
242 TANNHAUSER TANNHAUSER. This shakes my spirit as a winnower Whose fan is the eternal breath of God ; Yet on my forehead I perceive a Star That shames thy beauties and thy manifold Mind with Its tiny triple flame. I go! VENUS, Try not the impossible. Thou knowest my power. I shall renew the charm. TANNHAUSER. I see a Power Above thy mockery of witchcraft. Work Thy devilish lusts on me unfortunate ! There is no gateway to this fortalice? Thy fiends surround me? Hein! their pangs begin ! I have one word, one cry, one exorcism : Avé Maria ! VENU…
1910 · PDF PAGE 310
… from blackening his own memory in this way? We were content to give him his appointed niche in the temple, that of a delicate, forceful spirit, if rarely capable of cosmic expan- sion. We did not look for eagle-flights; we thought of him as a wild goose sweeping from Tibet upon the poppy-fields of Yunnan. But the prose of a poet reveals the man in him, as his poetry reveals the god; and Francis Thompson the man is a pitiful thing enough. ‘It is the wounded earthworm cursing the harrow; the snipe blaspheming the lark. Shelley was a fine, pure, …
1910 · PDF PAGE 310
… from blackening his own memory in this way? We were content to give him his appointed niche in the temple, that of a delicate, forceful spirit, if rarely capable of cosmic expan- sion. We did not look for eagle-flights; we thought of him as a wild goose sweeping from Tibet upon the poppy-fields of Yunnan. But the prose of a poet reveals the man in him, as his poetry reveals the god; and Francis Thompson the man is a pitiful thing enough. ‘It is the wounded earthworm cursing the harrow; the snipe blaspheming the lark. Shelley was a fine, pure, …
1930 · PDF PAGE 39
…cess being gauged by poising on his head a cup filled with water to the brim; if he spill one drop, he is rejected. He is tested in “the Spirit Vision” or “Astral Journeying” by giving him a symbol unknown and unintelligible to him, and he must interpret its nature by means of a vision as exactly as if he had read its name and description in the book when it was chosen. The power to make and “charge” talismans is tested as if they were scientific instruments of précision, as they are. In the Qabalah, the candidate must discover for himself, and…
1909 · PDF PAGE 268
…ewed. For I am Osiris Triumphant, even Osiris Onnophris the Justified, I am he who is clothed with the Body of Flesh: Yet in whom is the Spirit of the Mighty Gods. I am the Lord of Life triumphant over Death. He who partaketh with me shall rise with me. I am the manifester in Matter of those whose abode is in the Invisible. Iam purified ; I stand upon the Universe: I am the Reconciler with the Eternal Gods : I am the Perfecter of Matter: And without me the Universe is not !” 260
1909 · PDF PAGE 268
…ewed. For I am Osiris Triumphant, even Osiris Onnophris the Justified, I am he who is clothed with the Body of Flesh: Yet in whom is the Spirit of the Mighty Gods. I am the Lord of Life triumphant over Death. He who partaketh with me shall rise with me. I am the manifester in Matter of those whose abode is in the Invisible. Iam purified ; I stand upon the Universe: I am the Reconciler with the Eternal Gods : I am the Perfecter of Matter: And without me the Universe is not !” 260
1929 · PDF PAGE 151
…of the idea one wills to change is to cause it to do so. For instance, is it my will to become a famous physician? I banish ail “hostile spirits” such as laziness, alien interests, and conflicting pleasures, from my “circle” the hospital} J. consecrate my “weapons” (my various abilities) to the study of medicine} I invoke the “Gods” (medical authorities) by studying and obeying their laws in their books. I embody the “Formulae” (the ways in which causes and effects influence disease) in a “Ritual” (my Personal style of constraimng sickness to c…
1906 · PDF PAGE 11
…l turneth— ‘* Stay, ere thou fleest, stay ; Canst thou not find me twenty?” ‘‘ Nay” is the answer, ‘‘ nay.” ‘* Are there not ten, bright spirit, Hidden, nor quickly seen, Somewhere in Hell’s dark alleys, Somewhere in Walham Green? ‘‘ Speak, for I see thy forehead Sadden in dark denial, Is there not one that standeth Tempter and longsome trial? ‘*Is not a candle burning Somewhere amid the flame Scorching the smoke of London With its eternal shame? ‘* Ts there no gate so stubborn That shall not find a key, That with our Sovereign’s image Graven i…
1929 · PDF PAGE 51
…sciousness. In évocation, the magician, having become the macrocosm, créâtes a microcosm. You i/zvoke a God into the Circle. You evokt a Spirit into the Triangle. In the first method identity with the God is attained by J ove and by surrender, by giving up or suppressing ail irrelevant (and illusionary) parts of yourself. It is the weeding of a garden. In the second method identity is attained by paying spécial attention to the desired part of yourself: positive, as the first method is négative. It is the potting-out and watering of a particula…
1905 · PDF PAGE 166
…rrid ecstasy of madness. Ah! Ah God! I kiss you, kiss you! O you faint! Swectheart, my passion overwhelms your soul. Your virginal sweet spirit cannot reach My fury. You are silent. Yet you love! I read it in the terror of your eyes, The crimson of your burning face. I know you love me! me! O she will rough— My overmastering desire to you— My queen, my wife, this maddens me. I know, Cora, Cora, tell die! JI would not—I was CORA (recove: zig). You fool! You beast! I hate you for your stupid self ! Tamdefiled! Go! Touch menot! Speak not ! Tam acc…
1909 · PDF PAGE 11
…of late years the knowledge of the Order Rosae Rubeae et Aureae Crucis and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Unluckily, the leading spirit in these latter societies found that his prayer, “Give us this day our daily whisky, and just a wee drappie mair for luck !” was sternly answered, ‘‘ When you have given us this day our daily Knowledge-lecture.” Under these circumstances Daath got mixed with Dewar, and Beelzebub with Buchanan. But even the best of these systems is excessively bulky ; modern methods have enabled us to concentrate the sub…
1929 · PDF PAGE 55
…t a dummy (so the magus now appears to Himself) should be able to speak! The Egyptian Gods are so complété in their nature, so perfectly spiritual and yet so perfectly material, that this one invocation is sufficient. The God bethinks him that the spirit of Mercury should now appear to the magician; and it is so. This Egyptian formula is therefore to be preferred to the Hierarchical formula of the Hebrews with its tedious prayers, conjurations, and curses. It will be noted, however, that in this invocation of Thoth which we hâve summârized, the…
1929 · PDF PAGE 56
in two places at once,1 for example, though even the possibilité of so simple a feat (in the case of spirits) seems to be denied by certain passages in extant conjurations which tell the spint that if he happens to be in chains in a particular place in Hell, or if some other magician îs conjuring him so that he cannot comc, then let him send a spirit of simîlar nature, or otherwisé avoid the dif- ficulty. But of course so vulgar a conception would not occur to the student of the Qabalah. It is just possible that the magi wrote their conjuration…
1911 · PDF PAGE 316
…ys most striking mystical work. JEPHTHAH AND OTHER MYSTERIES, LYRICAL AND DRAMATIC. Demy 8vo, boards, pp. mung, 7;. or. nu, SONGS OF THE SPIRIT. Pp. x + 109. A new edition. 3:. δαί net. These two volumes breathe the pure semi-conscious aspiration o( the soul, and express the first glimmerings oi the light. THE SOUL OF OSIRIS. Medium 8vo, pp. ix+ 129, 55. net. A collection or lyrics, illustrating the progress or the soul 110111 corporeal to celestial beatitude. TANNHAUSER. Demy 4to, pp, 142, 155. net. The progress otthe soul in dramatic tonn. BER…
1911 · PDF PAGE 316
…ys most striking mystical work. JEPHTHAH AND OTHER MYSTERIES, LYRICAL AND DRAMATIC. Demy 8vo, boards, pp. mung, 7;. or. nu, SONGS OF THE SPIRIT. Pp. x + 109. A new edition. 3:. δαί net. These two volumes breathe the pure semi-conscious aspiration o( the soul, and express the first glimmerings oi the light. THE SOUL OF OSIRIS. Medium 8vo, pp. ix+ 129, 55. net. A collection or lyrics, illustrating the progress or the soul 110111 corporeal to celestial beatitude. TANNHAUSER. Demy 4to, pp, 142, 155. net. The progress otthe soul in dramatic tonn. BER…
1930 · PDF PAGE 7
…oecause to do so would be to affirm what He hath denied in those Oaths by whose virtue He is Ihat He is. This is the case, even when the spirit of such Orgia is fully consonant with His Will. Ihe literal sense of His original Oath insists that it shall be respected. The case offers two instances of this principle. Frater Perdurabo specifically swore that He would renounce His Personal possessions to the last penny5 also that He would allow no human affection to hinder Elim. Ihese ternis were accepted; He was granted infinitely more than He had …
1910 · PDF PAGE 503
…t striking mystical work. JEPHTHAH AND OTHER MYSTERIES, LYRICAL AND DRAMATIC. Demy 8vo, boards, pp. xxii-+223, 75. 6d. net. SONGS OF THE SPIRIT. Pp.x+109. A new edition. 3s. 6d. net. These two volumes breathe the pure semi-conscious aspiration of the soul, and express the first glimmerings ofthe light. THE SOUL OF OSIRIS. Medium 8vo, pp. ix+129, 5s. net. A collection of lyrics, illustrating the progress of the soul from corporeal to cefestial beatitude. TANNHAUSER. Demy 4to, pp. 142, 15s. net. ‘The progress of the soul in dramatic form. BERASHI…
1910 · PDF PAGE 503
…t striking mystical work. JEPHTHAH AND OTHER MYSTERIES, LYRICAL AND DRAMATIC. Demy 8vo, boards, pp. xxii-+223, 75. 6d. net. SONGS OF THE SPIRIT. Pp.x+109. A new edition. 3s. 6d. net. These two volumes breathe the pure semi-conscious aspiration of the soul, and express the first glimmerings ofthe light. THE SOUL OF OSIRIS. Medium 8vo, pp. ix+129, 5s. net. A collection of lyrics, illustrating the progress of the soul from corporeal to cefestial beatitude. TANNHAUSER. Demy 4to, pp. 142, 15s. net. ‘The progress of the soul in dramatic form. BERASHI…
1919 · PDF PAGE 153
…ally destroy it. Is it not written in Liber LXV “As an acid eats into steel, and as a cancer utterly corrupts the body, so am I unto the spirit of Man. I shall not rest until I have destroyed it utterly”? Sunday April 2nd (Fra V.1.0.’s 25th Birthday) During practice I had a dis- tinct consciousness of the ‘centre of consciousness’ being not ‘within’ as usual, but above head. April 3rd. I alternate between a state of ‘enjoying any task or position because it is the first that comes to hand and therefore the simplest and best course of action’, a…