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… valid for those who hâve not yet assimilated the point of view of the Law of Thelema. But see Appendix, Liber SAMEKH. Compare also “The Book of the Spirit of the Living Gods,” where there is a ritual given in extenso on slightly different lines: Equinox I, III, pages 269-272. — 30
…the Royal Art. So far as mysticism is concerned, the technique is extremely simple, and has been very simply described in Part I of this Book 4. It cannot be said too strongly that any amouni of mystical success whatever is 110 compensation for slackness with regard to the technique. There may corne a time when Samadhi itself is no part of the business of the mystic. But the character developed by the original training re¬ mains an asset. In other words, the person who has made himself a first-class brain capable of elasticity is competent to 1…
…Wilt slumber, dear? One last kiss, I be- seech ! Come to us, Death! My love and I are sleeping! EPILOGUE TO ‘‘GREEN ALPS.”? FAREWELL, my book, whose words I have not given One tithe of those fierce fires that in me dwell ! Now, after these long nights that I have striven, Farewell ! My spirit burns to know, but may not tell, Whether thy leaves, by autumn breezes driven, Fly far away beyond the immutable ; Whether thy soul shall find its home in heaven, Or dart far-flaming through the vaults of hell— To him that loveth much is much _for- given. …
…. 30. 9.30 p.m. Holiday; which was fatal folly! The full account of this wonderful realization of Dhyana is set forth by P. in this note book entitled “The Writings of Truth,” in which we find the following; “After some eight hours’ discipline by Pranayama arose ‘The Golden Dawn.’ “While meditating, suddenly I became conscious of a shoreless space of darkness and a glow of crimson athwart it. Deepening and brightening, scarred by dull bars of slate-blue cloud arose the Dawn of Dawns. In splendour not of earth and its mean sun, blood-red, rayles…
…. 30. 9.30 p.m. Holiday; which was fatal folly! The full account of this wonderful realization of Dhyana is set forth by P. in this note book entitled “The Writings of Truth,” in which we find the following; “After some eight hours’ discipline by Pranayama arose ‘The Golden Dawn.’ “While meditating, suddenly I became conscious of a shoreless space of darkness and a glow of crimson athwart it. Deepening and brightening, scarred by dull bars of slate-blue cloud arose the Dawn of Dawns. In splendour not of earth and its mean sun, blood-red, rayles…
…rcury, and salt. Some tradition has been preserved by societies of wise men, who, because of the persecutions, when to possess any other book than a missal might be construed as heresy, concealed themselves and whispered the old teaching one to another. The nineteenth century saw the overthrow of most of the old ecclesiastical tyranny, and in the beginning of the twentieth it was found once more possible to make public the knowledge. The wise men gathered together, discovered a student who was trustworthy and possessed of the requisite literary…
…tual. Such are Abrahadabra, the Word of the Aeon, which signifieth aThe Great Work accom- plished”; and Aumgn interpreted in Part III of Book 4 1-y and the name of THE BEAST, for that His number showeth forth this Union with the Angel, and His Work is no other than to make ail men partakers of this Mystery of the Mysteries of Magick. So then saying this Word or that, let the Adept wrestle with his Angel and withstand Him, that he may constrain Him to consent to continue in communion until the consciousness becomes capable of clear compréhension…
… was not widespread, and Vesquit need not have suffered; but he took alarm, and had the unlucky thought of employing Arthwait to write a book clearing him from all suspicion, by which it naturally was fixed on him for ever. The second trouble was his little quarrel with Douglas. Vesquit was Senior in the Black Lodge, and Douglas overthrew him by "carelessly" leaving, in a hansom cab, some documents belonging to the Lodge, with Vesquit's name and address attached to them, which made some exceedingly grim revelations of the necromantic practices …
…of Man, but He who made Gods of our race, knowing Good and Evil; He bade “Know Thyself!” and taught Initiation. He is “the Devil” of the Book of Thoth, and His emblem is Baphomet, the Androgyne who is the hieroglyph of arcane perfection. The number of His Atu is xv, which is Yod Hé, the Monogram of the Eternal, the Father one with the Mother, the Virgin Seed one with all-containing Space. He is therefore Life, and Love. But moreover his letter is Ayin, the Eye; he is Light, and his Zodiacal image is Capricornus, that leaping goat whose attribut…
…rating the progress of a soul from corporeal to celestial beatitude. Mr G. K. Chesterton writes a column and a quarter of praise of this book in the Daily News. Carmen Sæculare. 2s. 6d. This beautifully printed pamphlet contains lyrics of prophetic strain “ Few things in history are more pathetic than the fate of the Anglo-Gaelic writers who are compelled to denounce their hereditary enemy, the Saxon, in his own English. While the cry destruction upon him, they enrich his literature and breathe new life into his speech. To this school belongs t…
…We are here to call Upon that Wisdom by that mighty Name! ORPHEUS. Who calleth upon Wisdom is not wise. Is it not written in the Sibyl’s book ! That Wisdom crieth in the streets aloud And none regardeth her? Obey my. voice. JASON. O master of Apollo’s lyre and light ! We are not wise—and for that very cause We meet to-day to call on Wisdom. ORPHEUS, Well ! The altar stands, shadowing the Universe That with my fire of Knowledge I destroy— And there is Wisdom—but invoke Her not, Friends, Who is only when none other is, 1 Actually Proverbs i. 20.
…f the créative spirit. One 1. The letters Aleph and Lamed are infinitely important in this Aeon of Horus; they are indeed the Key of the Book of the Law. No more can be said in this place that that Aleph is Harpocrates, Bacchus Diphues, the Holy Ghost, the “Pure Fool” or Innocent Babe who is also the Wandering Singer who imprégnâtes the King’s Daughter with Himself as Her Child; Lamed is the King’s Daughter, satisfied by Him, holding His “Sword and Balances” in her lap. These weapons are the Judge, armed with power to execute His Will, and Two …
…is case evidently that of reveal ing; He was the intelligible medium between the Babe God—the New £on about to be born—and myself. This Book of the Law is the Voice of his Mother, His Father, and Himself. But on His appearing, He assumes the active form twin to Harpocrates, that of Ra-Hoor-Khuit. The Concealed Child becomes the Conquering Child, the armed Horus avenging his father Osiris. So also our own Silent Self, helpless and witless, hidden within us, will spring forth, if we have craft to loose him to the Light; spring lustily forward wi…
…ce of the voluptuous night-sky. Tome! Tome !” And with these words “ The Manifestation of Nuit is at an end.” In the next chapter of our Book is given the word of TI] Hadit, who is the complement of Nuit. He is eternal energy, the Infinite Motion of Things, the central core of all being. The manifested Universe comes from the marriage of Nuit and Hadit; without this could no thing be. This eternal, this perpetual marriage-feast is then the nature of things themselves; and therefore everything that is, is a crystallisation of divine ecstasy. Had…
…let there be gold inlaid with the motto “Excess.” The above indications are taken from a subsequent passage of the third chapter of this Book.1 1 [See Commentary to 111:55-56, pp. 170-181.] 2 [Yvette Guilbert (1868-1944) was a French popular singer.] The supreme and absolute injunction, the crux of your knightly oath, is that you lay your lance in rest to the glory of your Lady, the Queen of the Stars, Nuit. Your knighthood depends upon your refusal to fight in any lesser cause. That is what distinguishes you from the brigand and the bully. You…
… therefore suitable to ail types of operation. Secondly, it is the sacred number par excellence of the new Aeon. As it is written in the Book of the Law: “Eleven, as ail their numbers who are of us.” Thirdly, it is the number of the letters of the Word ABRAHADABRA, which is the Word of the Aeon. The structure of this Word is such that it expresses the Great Work, in every one of its aspects. Lastly> it is possible thereby to express ail possible spheres of operation, whatever their nature. This is effected by making an équation between the numb…
…t isn't my way," said the mystic, with a sudden inflection of solemnity. His voice rose in a low monotonous chant as he quoted from "The Book of the Heart girt with the Serpent." "I, and Me, and Mine were sitting with lutes in [65] the market-place of the great city, the city of the violets and the roses. "The night fell, and the music of the lutes was stilled. "The tempest arose, and the music of the lutes was stilled. The hour passed, and the music of the lutes was stilled. "But Thou art Eternity and Space; Thou art Matter and Motion; and Tho…
Ceremony of the Proclamation of Horus, the Crowned and Conquering Child, as Lord of the Aeon. 1 This whole matter is prophesied in the Book of the Law itself ; let the student take note, and enter the ranks of the Host of the Sun. II There is another sacrifice with regard to which the Adepts hâve always maintained the most profound secrecy. It is the suprême mystery of practical Magick. Its name is the Formula of the Rosy Cross. In this case the victim is always — in a certain sense — the Magician himself, and the sacrifice must coïncide with t…
…ast a very great expounder of Yoga doctrines. It is impossible here to convey to the reader a just estimate of the extreme value of this book. But we can say that this is the best work on the Bhakti-Yoga yet written. Union through devotion is Bhakti- Yoga, and union with Isvara or the Higher Self is the highest form this union can take—“ man will be seen no more as man, but only as God; the animal will be seen no more as an animal, but as God; even the tiger will no more be seen a tiger, but as a manifestation of God”... “love knows no bargaini…
…ast a very great expounder of Yoga doctrines. It is impossible here to convey to the reader a just estimate of the extreme value of this book. But we can say that this is the best work on the Bhakti-Yoga yet written. Union through devotion is Bhakti- Yoga, and union with Isvara or the Higher Self is the highest form this union can take—“ man will be seen no more as man, but only as God; the animal will be seen no more as an animal, but as God; even the tiger will no more be seen a tiger, but as a manifestation of God”... “love knows no bargaini…