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Page 72 of 1071910 · PDF PAGE 192
…house, for some time he turned over in his mind these strange happenings, and was not long in coming to the opinion that Mrs. M. was not working alone, and that behind her probably were forces far greater than she. She was but the puppet of others, the slave that would catch the kids and the lambs that were to be served upon her master’s table. Could P. prove this? could he discover who the masters were? The task was a difficult one; it either meant months of work, which P. could not afford to give, or the mere chance of a lucky stroke, which P…
1910 · PDF PAGE 192
…house, for some time he turned over in his mind these strange happenings, and was not long in coming to the opinion that Mrs. M. was not working alone, and that behind her probably were forces far greater than she. She was but the puppet of others, the slave that would catch the kids and the lambs that were to be served upon her master’s table. Could P. prove this? could he discover who the masters were? The task was a difficult one; it either meant months of work, which P. could not afford to give, or the mere chance of a lucky stroke, which P…
1912 · PDF PAGE 24
…are not fit. If you can be your own master in the matter of love, you may perhaps master The Great Magician in the end. But if your Great Work means so little to you that the first from-fro” unsettles you, and the xxrv
1912 · PDF PAGE 24
…are not fit. If you can be your own master in the matter of love, you may perhaps master The Great Magician in the end. But if your Great Work means so little to you that the first from-fro” unsettles you, and the xxrv
1947 · PDF PAGE 8
…ead hereafter. Dost thou fail ? Art thou sorry ? Is fear in thine heart ? Where I am these are not. Write, and find ecstasy in writing ! Work, and be our bed in working ! Thrill with the joy of life and death ! Ah ! thy
1954 · PDF PAGE 365
…o play their parts from the beginning. Our previous relations, the girl's to opium, my friendship with her lover, and his interest in my work ; omit any item and the whole plan fails. But this assumption is unnecessary. The actual preparation need not go back further than three years, when the Stele was embroidered. We may allow the Secret Chiefs considerable option, just as a chess player is not confined to one special combination for his attack. We may suppose that had these people not been available, the sign which I demanded might have been…
1954 · PDF PAGE 381
…ned a banker to whom I mentioned it; "in this country we reckon that money circulates 9 times as fast as in England. One dollar does the work of nine." Then, a year later at San Francisco, everything seemed very dear. Why? In S.F. one hardly ever saw a copper coin; the nickel (2Yzd) was the smallest in practical use. Going on to Honolulu, it was twice as bad; and there the dime (5d) was the smallest coin one ever saw. Somehow, it made for stickiness. When one hesitates to pay money out, one cannot expect other people to feel otherwise. So every…
1954 · PDF PAGE 397
…ou have in this fantastically artificial way succeeded in conveying your thought to my mind. Now, turn back to Magick; read there how we work to establish intelligible intercourse between ourselves and the "angels. " If you can find any difference between that method and this, it is more than I can. Finally, please remember as a general rule that all magical
1954 · PDF PAGE 494
…the initiation of the individual. 2. To maintain a form of social order in which the adventure of initiation is easy-to undertake! 3. To work out the Magical Formula of the New Aeon. "Ye-e-ss, I s-e-e." I doubt it. But what you are asking is how to decide upon your personal programme. The intelligent visitor from who knows what planet was puzzled. He chanced to have landed in England-to find a General Election in full blast. (The operative word is "blast.") They must be absolute imbeciles, was his first
1929 · PDF PAGE 543
…a well-known ambassador. She had married and given birth to a son. Her husband being killed in an accident, she had gone back to her old work, but sickened and wearied. So she had made up her mind to return to Europe. It struck me that the Ape ought to have a woman to look after her and I suggested her writing to this girl to join us. She brought her boy down from Paris. They gave me the shock of my life. The girl was bloodless, drooping like a thirsty flower, and she dragged her brat along listlessly, he as lifeless as she. His face was ghastl…
1930 · PDF PAGE 85
… now having written it down for the World, it shall be an ornament for the Adept who adopts it to cry Hail to His name at the end of his work. This shall moreover encourage him in Magick, to recall that indeed there was One who attained by its use to the Knowledge and Conversation of His Holy Guardian Angel, the which forsook him no more, but made Him a Magus, the Word of the Aeon of Horus ! For know this, that the Name IAF in its most secret and mighty sense declareth the Formula of the Magick of the BEAST whereby he wrought many wonders. And …
1935 · PDF PAGE 6
…e Order. Dominus Liminis. — Is expected to show mastery of Pratyahara and Dharana. Adeptus (without). — is expected to perform the Great Work and to attain the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. Adeptus (within). — Is admitted to the practice of the formula of the Rosy Cross on entering the College of the Holy Ghost. Adeptus (Major). — Obtains a general mastery of practical Magick, though without comprehension. Adeptus (Exemptus). — Completes in perfection all these matters. He then either (a) becomes a Brother of the Left H…
1929 · PDF PAGE 89
…ed them up and took them home in triumph. The weather made it impossible to do any serious climbing; but I learnt a great deal about the work of a camp at high altitudes, from the management of transport to cooking; in fact, my chief claim to fame is, perhaps, my "glacier curry". It was very amusing to see these strong men, inured to every danger and hardship, dash out of the tent after one mouthful and wallow in the snow, snapping at it like mad dogs. The admitted, however, that it was very good as curry and I should endeavour to introduce it …
1904 · PDF PAGE 77
…remonies : and at the cervix, to prevent any of the fertilizing fluid, or, as she loved to call it, tool- treacle, from doing its deadly work. The remaining space, bigger than the Caves of Kentucky, was de- voted to a cloak-room during the season, and to a universal shit-house for the wonderful collection of worms and other reptiles that she always loved to have about her. She had one tapeworm in particu- lar a fine fellow, I remember him well, he had an intellect like a Newton, and a tail like a tooth- pick whom she dearly loved. So that t…
1906 · PDF PAGE 125
…ce to revel— MEDEA. And the soft cushions of the moss-grown trees To royal pillows, and the moon’s young light To gaudy lamps of antique workmanship— JASON. And music of the birds to harps of gold Struck by unwilling fingers for gold coin. MEDEA. Come! lest the curse I call upon this house Eat us up also! May the red plague rot Their bones! I lift my voice and prophesy : The curse shall never leave this house of fear ; But one by treachery shall slay another, And vengeance shall smite one, and one lay bare oe Her breasts in vain for love: until…
1922 · PDF PAGE 31
…‘ what you need is a drink. I know you perfectly well; I’ve known you for years and years and years, and I know you've done a good day’s work, and you've earned a drink. Sit right down and I’ll get the waiter.” I looked at Lamus, who had not uttered a word since his original greeting. There was something appalling in his eyes; they didn’t focus on the foreground. was only an incident of utter insignificance in an illimit- able landscape. His eyes were parallel; they were looking at infinity. Nothing mattered to him. I hated the beast | , By thi…
1944 · PDF PAGE 247
…. 3. These four stacks represent I H V H, from right to left. 4. Find the Significator. If it be in the Yod pack, the question refers to work, business, etc.; if in the Hé pack, to love, marriage, or pleasure;, if in the Vau pack, to trouble, loss, scan‐ dal, quarrelling, etc.; if in the Hé final pack, to money, goods, and such purely material matters. 5. Tell the Querent what he has come for: if wrong, abandon the divinati6n. 6. If right, spread out the pack containing the Significator, face upwards. Count the cards from him, in the direction …
1954 · PDF PAGE 515
… that. But there are other kinds of Adventure. My imagination can set no limit to the possibilities of Science, or of Art: our own Great Work is evidence of that.
1909 · PDF PAGE 346
THE EQUINOX swindle, I suppose, a fake—and yet, after all, this Gingerbread showman in this Gingerbread City was not the first to work the merry cantrip. For wherever seals are common, be it in our own northern islands or in further foreign lands, there will these mermaid legends be wrought around them. Only in Orkney or the Hebrides they are most easily garnered, for the language is our own language. One of the most beautiful of them, when told in full, is the tale of the Mermaid Wife. On a moonlight night, as an Orkney fisherman strolled by t…
1909 · PDF PAGE 346
THE EQUINOX swindle, I suppose, a fake—and yet, after all, this Gingerbread showman in this Gingerbread City was not the first to work the merry cantrip. For wherever seals are common, be it in our own northern islands or in further foreign lands, there will these mermaid legends be wrought around them. Only in Orkney or the Hebrides they are most easily garnered, for the language is our own language. One of the most beautiful of them, when told in full, is the tale of the Mermaid Wife. On a moonlight night, as an Orkney fisherman strolled by t…