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sition. Inch by inch he fought his way into her burning cave of harmony : and the lady between the extreme of rapture and agony came again and again. My own lusts were now to be considered. I de- cided upon a combination. One slave had his arse closely sewn up, and a dose of croton oil adminis- tered to him : another I smeared with sugar, and rolled in an ant-heap : a third I disembowelled and forced to feed upon his own steaming guts : a fourth and fifth man and wife I imprisoned, to be fed upon their own children, and after upon each othe…
1954 · PDF PAGE 365
… may suppose that had these people not been available, the sign which I demanded might have been given me in some other equally striking way. We are not obliged to make extravagant assumptions in order to maintain that the evidence of purpose is irresistibly strong. To dismiss this intricate concatenation of circumstances, culminating as they do in the showing forth of the exact sign which I had demanded, is simply to strain the theory of probabilities beyond the breaking point. Here then are two complicated episodes which go to prove that I am…
1954 · PDF PAGE 397
364 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS Ask yourself: "What do I know of Therion's mode of life? Whenever I see him, he's always on his best behaviour. I've hardly ever seen him eat; perhaps he does so only when I am there, so as not to embarrass me by a display of his holiness. His universe touches mine at only a very few points. The mere fact of his being a man, and I a woman, makes sympathetic understanding over a vast range of experience almost impossible, certainly imperfect. Then all his reading and his travels touch mine at very few points. And his ign…
1954 · PDF PAGE 494
…eover, of education and Good Manners, low as it is, is less low in Tory circles. As I think that totalitarian methods are already on the way to extinguish the last spark of manly independence-that is, in self-styled civilized countries-it seems to me that we all should regard with shrewd suspicion any plans for "perfecting" social conditions . The extreme horror is the formula of the gregarious type of insect. Inherent in the premises is the impossibility of advance. One may sum the policy of the A:. A:. as follows : I. To assist the initiation…
1929 · PDF PAGE 164
…s his servants unjustly! His lack of judgment show them a weak point of which they can take advantage to avenge themselves in a thousand ways. On the other hand, one is even more despised if one fails to visit intentional misbehaviour with the full penalty of the law. I was far from well. Various symptoms of malaria kept on cropping up and I was in constant pain with pityriasis versicolor, which is a form of the {281} so-called dhobi itch (a dhobi is a laundryman). One puts on clothes which seem spotlessly clean, but they contain the spores of …
1929 · PDF PAGE 543
543 {856} "Don't hate the Germans," I urged. "Love them. Keep cool in order to help them in the only way possible; by smashing them up to teach them how to behave." He only grew worse. I warned him at last that such virulent hatred would end in this going mad. And my words came true. His character changed completely; he began to intrigue against me secretly and even to rob me, or rather the Order, outright. I cannot say how far he was abetted by the solicitors of the Order but they, no less than he, evaded rendering any account of the property …
1907 · PDF PAGE 40
… being merely that of producing a characteristic display of what he considers the most attractive wares . It is not intended here in any way to assume immaculacy for our author , far from it, for faults are to be found here as in every other work , great or small , false rime and metre , half a step left out here and there , some times a whole one : but taking these poems as a whole , these lapses are remarkably few , and it must also be borne in mind that in nearly every case they are inten tional lapses from the orthodox rules of poetic caden…
1954 · PDF PAGE 277
…mpact of its new experiences of after-death conditions. It is therefore of the very first importance to train the mind in every possible way, and to bind it to the Higher Principles by steady, by constant, by flaming Aspiration, fortified by the sternest discipline, and by continuously reformulated Oaths. Such a man will be fully occupied after his death with the unremitting search for his new instrument; he will brush aside-as he has made a habit of doing during life-the innumerable lures of "Reward" and the like.
1996 · PDF PAGE 45
…nd let alone. The slave-spirit invites oppression. 44. For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect. Commentary: This verse is best interpreted by defining “pure will” as the true expression of the Nature, the proper or inherent motion of the matter, concerned. It is unnatural to aim at any goal. The student is referred to “Liber LXV,” Cap. II, v. 24, and to the Tao Te Ching.1 This becomes particularly important in high grades. One is not to do Yoga, etc., in order to get samadhi, like a schoolbo…
1929 · PDF PAGE 240
…ything springs with absolute logic from the singular principle, "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law." Or, to put it another way, "There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt." And, "thou hast no right but to do thy will." This formula itself springs ineluctably from the conception of the individual outlined in the preceding section. "The word of Sin is Restriction." "It is a lie, this folly against self." The theory is that every man and every woman has each definite attributes whose tendency, considered in due relation to environment…
1904 · PDF PAGE 77
…las monthlies did not last out the 1000, by the figures only 14 hrs, 57 min. The answer was that she was peculiarly constructed in this way. Her so-called monthlies occurred every four days, and lasted but twelve hours, never more. I was consequently biffed off every time about 925 or so. The wisdom of this provision of Nature was soon evident. The desirability of breeding another Leila had lent wings (to use a metaphor) to the reproductive mechanism of the lousy-notched barrack-hack. So that what follows will occasion no surprise in the t…
1906 · PDF PAGE 110
…hase, Our Argo is not battered by rough winds So far but what some fight were possible. MEDEA. [Leads forward ABSYRTUS.] I know a better way than that, my lord. This boy shall come with us. JASON. Ah, not to Greece ! Aea needs to-morrow’s king. MEDEA. “With us” I said. ‘* To Greece ’—I said not. CHORUS. What is this? Thou hintest at some dangerous destiny. MEDEA. Come love, to the long years of love with me ! JASON. Form, heroes, and in solemn order stride; The body-guardians of the Golden Fleece ! MEDEA. Guarding your king and queen on every s…
1910 · PDF PAGE 164
…ttained to the Great Deliverance. He IS; he IS NOT. He is one with Nibbana.+ * Tbid., p. 216. + Another and perhaps a more comprehensive way of attributing the Noble Eightfold Path to the Tree of Life is as follows: The first and second steps— Right Comprehension and Right Resolution, may from their purging nature fitly be compared to Yama and Niyama and also to the Earthy and Lunar natures of Malkuth and Yesod. The third and fourth—Right Speech and Right Action, in their yearning and striving are by nature as unbalanced as Hod and Netzach whic…
1910 · PDF PAGE 164
…ttained to the Great Deliverance. He IS; he IS NOT. He is one with Nibbana.+ * Tbid., p. 216. + Another and perhaps a more comprehensive way of attributing the Noble Eightfold Path to the Tree of Life is as follows: The first and second steps— Right Comprehension and Right Resolution, may from their purging nature fitly be compared to Yama and Niyama and also to the Earthy and Lunar natures of Malkuth and Yesod. The third and fourth—Right Speech and Right Action, in their yearning and striving are by nature as unbalanced as Hod and Netzach whic…
1922 · PDF PAGE 31
…ne. Lou had touched nothing at all. She prattled on like the innocent child she was, out of the sheer mirth of her heart. In an ordinary way, I suppose, I should have drunk a lot more than I did. And I didn’t eat much either. Of course, I know now what it was—that much-derided phenomenon, love at first sight. Suddenly we were interrupted. A tall man was shaking hands across the table with Owen. Instead of using any of the ordinary greetings, he said in a very low, clear voice, very clear and vibrant, as though tense with some inscrutable passio…
1922 · PDF PAGE 135
… ’65. The drink took effect on us with surprising alacrity. It seemed to let loose those swarming caravans of driver ants that eat their way
1954 · PDF PAGE 70
…trayed from its course. But as to each man that keeps his true course, the more firmly he acts, the less likely are others to get in his way. His example will help them to find their own paths and pursue them. Every man that becomes a Magician helps others to do likewise. The more firmly and surely men move, and the more such action is accepted as the standard of morality, the less will conflict and confusion hamper humanity.) Well, here endeth the First Lesson. That seems to me to cover the ground fairly well; at least, that is what I have to …
1954 · PDF PAGE 82
…the Earth , the Sea, Libra, and others. So also abstract ideas; dishonesty means "an afflicted Mercury," generosity a good, though not always strong, Jupiter ; and so on. The Tree of Life has got to be learnt by heart ; you must know it backwards , forwards, sideways, and upside down; it must become the automatic background of all your thinking. You must keep on hanging everything that comes your way upon its proper bough. At first, of course, all this is dreadfully confusing ; but persist, and a time will come when all the odd bits fit into th…
1954 · PDF PAGE 432
…ust putting forward a case for keeping an open mind on the subject of Vampires, even of the Clan Dracula. How then is the subject in any way important to you? Thus, that there are actually people running about allover the place, who actually possess, and exercise, faculties similar 1. For all that, they move without flapping them. As Swinburne says: "SWift without feet, and flying without wings."
1929 · PDF PAGE 467
…osition of the nature of the universe that I have not only sent him a copy of The Book of the Law in the hope that he may find in it the way out of his Buddhistic demonstration that "everything is sorrow" but followed it up by letter after letter urging him to use it, for his work cannot attain perfection until it culminates in a positive conclusion. For many years he toiled at his task almost neglected. It is hardly nice to reflect that he only became famous when the smut-smeller society succeeded in suppressing "Jurgen" as obscene. I must adm…