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Page 72 of 841919 · PDF PAGE 169
…ng for her, I put hands over eyes before rising, and saw a light so peculiar that it is worth mentioning. It had the appearance of being three distinct things at once. Dead black, a beautiful night-sky-blue, but at the same time the very essence of it was brilliant light. Quite indescribable in words. (Seems very good. O.M.) It may be remarked that Fra. V.I.O. had occupied himself with the contempla- tion of the Stélé of Revealing, completed therefrom a Pantacle of Nuit, and had obtained a sigil for same, during this day. (This peculiar light i…
1905 · PDF PAGE 30
…h petals that unclose When the sun seeks his way Through night and sleep and love to all the dreams of day. Love, sleep, and death ! The three that melt together, mingle so Man may not know The little change of breath (Caught sigh that love desires,) When love grows sleep, and sleep at last in death expires. © lamp of love! The hissing spray shall jet thee with desire And foaming fire, And fire from thee shall move Her spirit to devour, And fuse and mingle us in one transcendent hour. Godhead is less Than mortal love, the garland of the spheres…
1909 · PDF PAGE 262
…formulating about him the symbol of the Triad, before he be permitted to place his right hand in the centre of the White Triangle of the Three Supernals on the Altar. And he first kneeleth in adoration of that symbol, as if the natural man abnegated his will before that of the Divine Consciousness. The Hierophant now orders the Candidate to kneel (in the midst of the triad Arouerist, Horus and Themis), to place his left hand in that of the initiator, and his right hand upon the white triangle as symbolising his active aspiration towards his Hig…
1909 · PDF PAGE 278
…right hand the Pyramid of Flame, and follow your guide Axiokersa § the Kabir, who leads you through the path of fire. In this ritual the Three Cabiri are made to represent the triangle of fire, thus: Axieros, the first Kabir, says: “I am the apex of the Triangle of Flame: I am the Solar * See 777, cols, cxii,, cxiii,, p. 23. t+ See 777, col. xlix., p. 15. t See 777, col. xlix., p. 15 and note p. 41. § This introduction of the Samothracian mysteries is evidently a straining after effect. They were ofa much lower order than the Eleusinian, and a …
1909 · PDF PAGE 262
…formulating about him the symbol of the Triad, before he be permitted to place his right hand in the centre of the White Triangle of the Three Supernals on the Altar. And he first kneeleth in adoration of that symbol, as if the natural man abnegated his will before that of the Divine Consciousness. The Hierophant now orders the Candidate to kneel (in the midst of the triad Arouerist, Horus and Themis), to place his left hand in that of the initiator, and his right hand upon the white triangle as symbolising his active aspiration towards his Hig…
1909 · PDF PAGE 278
…right hand the Pyramid of Flame, and follow your guide Axiokersa § the Kabir, who leads you through the path of fire. In this ritual the Three Cabiri are made to represent the triangle of fire, thus: Axieros, the first Kabir, says: “I am the apex of the Triangle of Flame: I am the Solar * See 777, cols, cxii,, cxiii,, p. 23. t+ See 777, col. xlix., p. 15. t See 777, col. xlix., p. 15 and note p. 41. § This introduction of the Samothracian mysteries is evidently a straining after effect. They were ofa much lower order than the Eleusinian, and a …
1905 · PDF PAGE 108
…r : ‘God of thunder, god of battle, God of pillage and of war, ITear the King of Scotland dying On the Leny’s thundrous shore ! “ Thrice three hundred have I smitten With my single arm this day ; Now of life my soul is weary, Tam old, I pass away. ‘* Grant me this, immortal monarch, Such a tomb as ne'er before, Such atomb as never after Monarch thought or monarch saw.” Then he called his sons around him, And he spake again and cried : ** Seven times a clansman’s bowshot Lay me from the Leny’s side. ‘Where the plain to westward sinketh, Lay me i…
1919 · PDF PAGE 318
…pint pot of the language of Christian Mysticism. He has not seen the neces- sity of discarding this deuce and trey. He stands pat on his three aces instead of trying to catch the fourth or maybe a pair of kings in the draw. The language of Christianity, particularly Pauline Christianity, is hopelessly mired in the slough of the idea of original sin. Mr. Klein disavows this idea with noble boldness as freely as we ourselves of 304
1935 · PDF PAGE 13
…ing able to write a single line of good poetry, although the greatest poet in soul is unable to express himself without the aid of those three elements of literary composition. 1. This is not in contradiction with the absolute right of every person to do his own true Will. But any True Will is of necessity in harmony with the facts of Existence; and to refuse to accept the Book of the Law is to create a conflict within Nature, as if a physicist insisted on using an incorrect formula of mechanics as the basis of an experiment. 2. “Their Will”—no…
1905 · PDF PAGE 129
…ison. She sits as one long dead: infernal calm, Chill hatred,- wrap her in their poisonous cold. She careth not, but doth disdainly hold Three scourges for man’s soul, that know no balm. They know not any cure. The first is Life, A well of poison. Sowing dust and dung Over men’s hearts, the second scourge, abuve All shameful deeds, is Lying, from whose tongue Drops Envy, wed with Hatred, to sow Strife. These twain are bitter; but the last is Love. THE RAPE OF DEATH. ARGUMENT.—Sir Godfrey, a knight of Nor- mandy, leapeth into a light vessel of J…
1905 · PDF PAGE 144
…st agonising hour, And east and west have thundered with red war. We freed us from the slavery of Spain, And laid upon the main Our hand three centuries back—and ye have struck again.
1909 · PDF PAGE 259
…guarded. The Fratres and Sorores of the Order then give the sign of the Neophyte, after which the Hiereus explains that the names of the three chief officers commence with “the letter of breath” H. But that in the name Osiris, the H is silent, and concealed, as it were shrouded in O. In the name Horus it is manifested and violently aspirated ; while in the name Themis it is partly one and partly the other. The Hiereus having explained the meaning of the letter H, then recapitulates the stations and duties of the officers, thus occultly affirmin…
1909 · PDF PAGE 259
…guarded. The Fratres and Sorores of the Order then give the sign of the Neophyte, after which the Hiereus explains that the names of the three chief officers commence with “the letter of breath” H. But that in the name Osiris, the H is silent, and concealed, as it were shrouded in O. In the name Horus it is manifested and violently aspirated ; while in the name Themis it is partly one and partly the other. The Hiereus having explained the meaning of the letter H, then recapitulates the stations and duties of the officers, thus occultly affirmin…
1911 · PDF PAGE 171
…the lines laid down by Eliphaz Levi, “Dogma and Ritual,” Cap. XIII,, so that he may manifest more wholly. Then let him dictate to two or three segregated mediums a long passage, or a long set 01 meaningless figures, and get so high a degree of agreement that hardly any doubt remains Or 11 anybody wants a really high evidential proof, let him get the proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem, which Fermat died without revealing, and which the united efforts of mathematicians have hitherto failed to discoverl ALEISTER CROWLEY. ιἓξ 163
1911 · PDF PAGE 171
…the lines laid down by Eliphaz Levi, “Dogma and Ritual,” Cap. XIII,, so that he may manifest more wholly. Then let him dictate to two or three segregated mediums a long passage, or a long set 01 meaningless figures, and get so high a degree of agreement that hardly any doubt remains Or 11 anybody wants a really high evidential proof, let him get the proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem, which Fermat died without revealing, and which the united efforts of mathematicians have hitherto failed to discoverl ALEISTER CROWLEY. ιἓξ 163
1907 · PDF PAGE 187
…ude And grandeur of that irony of ire, That mockery of mercy: thus I brood Apart, alone, upon the cause of Things And wait those fearful Three. A lifeless mood Stirs my grey being: ay! no passion springs In flowerless halls as these: awhile the mind Wanders on void unprofitable wings No whither : gains new strength at last to find Custom breed sight and hearing: in the hal] The sounds grow clear, the black fires fail to blind. I see the mighty buttress of the wall Lost in its mighty measure: hear again The lyre’s low notes and light distinctly …
1905 · PDF PAGE 138
…His bastard blood Quailed, but his violent soul withstood. He blenched, and then with eyes of flame, ‘¢Who is on my side? Who?” he said. Three eunuchs, passionless, grown tame, Grinned from behind her laughing head. *“Throw down that woman!” breath Caught as they flung her out to death. And my I think I died that moment. Ile, Foaming for vengeance and blood-lust, Laughed his coarse laugh of hideous glee. Her sweet bad body in the dust Ile trampled. Royal from the womb A martyred murderess lacks a tomb ! A tigress woman, clad with sin, And shod …
1907 · PDF PAGE 76
…Cold !—the devil! Ah! but to-night— at last I shall touch my Blanche. May Blanche warm me well with a hearty kiss! The little white cat! Three months! And I’ve not so much as exchanged a word. There must bean end to all that. Faith, but she makes me think of Biondetta, that I knew in the Italian campaign. O my Blanche! One moment, and I am in thine arms! Blanche! Sweet, sweet Blanche. O little white-faced rose of France. A soldier’s heart is thine —a soldier’s arms shall be round thee in a moment! ’Tis a fine thing this love—the strong true abi…
1904 · PDF PAGE 93
APPENDIX II 86 Ain Elohim. The Chariot. Four hundred and eighteen. Five are one, and six are diverse, five in the m idst and three on each side. The Word of Power, double in the Voice of the Master. Ain Elohim. Four sounds of four force. O the Snake hath a long tail ! Amen. Ain Elohim. Sudden death: thick darkness: ho ! the ox ! One, and one, and one: Creater, Preserver, Destroy er, ho ! the Redeemer ! Thunder-stone: whirlpool: lotus-flower: ho ! for the gold of the sages ! Ain Elohim. And he was silent for a great while, and so departed our Fa…
1905 · PDF PAGE 121
… springs up divine at his waking, Slumbers awhile. So, my kissed snowdrop, you took its white blossom Tenderly into your hand, Kissed it three times, wear it yet in your bosom— I understand. ODE TO POESY. Unrro what likeness shall I liken thee, O moon-wrought maiden of my dewy sleep? For thou art Queen of Thoughts, and unto me Sister and Bride; the worn earth’s echoes leap Because thy holy name is Poesy. Whereto art thou most like? Thou art a Dian, crescent o’er the sea That beats sonorous on the craggy shore, Or shakes the frail earth-dyke. So…