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Page 73 of 921910 · PDF PAGE 207
… for the Eastern Jew if he is not actually doing something dirty, is sure to be thinking about it. + The reason for this is very simple, Take for example a glutton who lives for his palate and his stomach; he is always longing for tasty foods and spends his whole life seeking them, Let us now substitute the symbol of the Augo- eides or Atman for that of food and drink, let him every time he thinks of food and drink push the thought aside and in its place contemplate his Higher Self, and the result is a natural invocation of the Atman, Augoeides…
1910 · PDF PAGE 207
… for the Eastern Jew if he is not actually doing something dirty, is sure to be thinking about it. + The reason for this is very simple, Take for example a glutton who lives for his palate and his stomach; he is always longing for tasty foods and spends his whole life seeking them, Let us now substitute the symbol of the Augo- eides or Atman for that of food and drink, let him every time he thinks of food and drink push the thought aside and in its place contemplate his Higher Self, and the result is a natural invocation of the Atman, Augoeides…
1906 · PDF PAGE 85
…ned the ‘ mind? Or is it mere necessity to track The candid chequer cross-wise to the black, And love, not mutable, yet well inclined To take his pleasure in becoming blind After such sight mere day is wont to lack? _So we were angry with ourselves and said We would not kiss—two days, and we would part. And she prayed heaven that she might be dead, And I cursed heaven and my foolish head. I strove to turn towards old shapes of Art; She, to some phantom faded from her heart. THE THIRTY-SIXTH DAY. ‘«"Twas not their infirmity, It was married chast…
1904 · PDF PAGE 35
…of an Hart with a Fiery Tail. He never speaketh truth unless he be compelled, or brought up within a triangle, A. Being therein, he will take upon himself the Form of an Angel. Being bidden, he speaketh with a hoarse voice. Also he will wittingly urge Love between Man and Woman. He can raise Lightnings and Thunders, Blasts, and Great Tempestuous Storms. And he giveth True Answers both of Things Secret and Divine, if commanded. He ruleth over 26 Legions of Spirits. And his Seal is this, etc. : (35.) Marcuostas.—The Thirty-fifth Spirit is Marchos…
1905 · PDF PAGE 161
…f my idle hours? Lelieve, I seem to tremble at my inward thought ; My heart is full of wonder. When I go Nightward beneath the moon, and take my thoughts Past her pale beauty through some glowing skies * The justification of this play, both in subject and construction, is to be found in the Introduction to the ‘‘Ilon” of Euripides. [Verrall, Camb. Univ. Press, 1890.] The chief of its many morals is that sin must reap its harvest in spite of repentance, prayer, and the other dodges by which men seek to elude Fate. 154
1913 · PDF PAGE 8
…y of a third person, Allan Bennett no longer remembered, but Mathers never pulled the trigge It only after this interview, which did not take place till August 1901, that Aleister Crowley definitely decided against Mathers. Is this account accurate? MATHERS. “ My account is accurate.” Scorpio, K.C. You really ask his Lordship to believe this yarn about Abramelin demons ? Mavuers. Yes. Scorpio, K.C. With regard to Dr. Wynn Westcott, now: was he your colleague? Marners. Yes. Scorpio, K.C. Was his name printed on the MSS. of the Order of the Golde…
1929 · PDF PAGE 49
…y out of gear. She lay in a deep trance. [71] "A very fortunate circumstance!" remarked Simon, when he observed it. "This is the time to take her over to the Profess-House." Cyril wrapped her in her furs; between them they carried her to the boulevard, where Simon Iff's automobile was in waiting. The old mystic held up his left hand, with two of the fingers crossed. It was a signal to the chauffeur. In another moment they were running on easy speed up the Boulevard Arago. Lisa came to herself as the car, crossing the Seine, pointed at the heigh…
1930 · PDF PAGE 99
…without a rose before them. For such, is this Method of most use 5 yet let them know that there is this danger therein, that they may mistake the gross body of the symbol for the idea made concrète thereby. 32. Considérations of further danger to those not purged of material thought. — Let it be remembered that in the nature of the love itself is danger. The lust of the satyr for the nymph is indeed of the same nature as the affinity of quicklime for water en the one hand, and of love of Ab for Ama on the otherj so also is the triad Osiris, Isi…
1929 · PDF PAGE 68
…ing that he still loved me — he laughed — and he had me whipped. Oh come away!" "I can't," said Lisa, brokenly. "But you shall go. Here, take my dress; give me your robe. The chauffeur won't know the difference. Tell him to drive to the Grand Hotel; ask for Lavinia King; I'll get word to you to-morrow, and money if you need it. But - I - can't - go." The last words dripped out icily from the frozen waters of her soul. Quickly the girl dressed herself in Lisa's clothes: then she threw the white robe over her — La Giuffria never thought of the sy…
1905 · PDF PAGE 11
…Te moulds Infinity, The great within the small, one stainless unity! XVIII. I dare not to the greater sins aspire5 I might—so gross am I—take pleasure in These filthy holocausts, that burn to sin A damnéd incense in the hellish fire Of human lust—earth’s joys no heaven may win ; Pain holds the prize In blood-stained hands; Love laughs, with anguish in Ilis eyes. NIX. These little common sins may lead my lust To more deceitful vices, to the deeds At whose sweet name the side of Jesus bleeds In sympathy new-nurtured by the trust Of man’s forgiven…
1905 · PDF PAGE 223
…oam To the great Mother, deeper than the sea, And fairer than the foam. O Gateway of the admirable East! Hold fast thy Faith! Let no man take thy Crown ! Birds of Evil, feast, (Fools cried) but herald thy renewed re- nown. Mad Christians see in thee the Second Beast, But shall not shake thee down. The that were keen to
1907 · PDF PAGE 120
…wn’s in the bush and the bird’s on the wing | Adonis, awake! Adonis, awake! We are colour and song And form, we are Muses most tender to take Thy life up to Art that was lost over long. Adonis, awake! Adonis, awake! thou hast risen above The fear in the forest, the brute in the brake. Thou art sacred to shrines that are higher than Love ! Adonis, awake ! 1 Properly the sequel to Mort d’Adonis on p. 122,
1929 · PDF PAGE 139
…scure and antique oracle, so Simon Iff himself subsequently agreed, the secret of the Universe is revealed to those who are worthy to partake of it. Iliel could not understand a word of what was written, but she realized that it must be valuable, and, taking the tablet, she hid it in her robe and came out of the cave. Then she saw that the coast was changed: it was the familiar Posilippo which hung above her, and she could see Vesuvius away to the right. She turned to breast the steep slope between her and the road, when she found herself confr…
1939 · PDF PAGE 39
…le Name; it is alleged that when pronounced accurately its vibrations would destroy the universe; and this is indeed quite true, when we take the deeper interpretation. Tetragrammaton is so called from the four letters in the word: Yod, Hé, Vau, and Hé. This is compared with the relations of a familyYod, the Father, Hé, the Mother; Vau, the Son; and the final Hé, the Daughter. (In writing she is sometimes distinguished from her mother by inserting a small point in the letter.) This is also a reference to the elements, fire, water, air, earth. …
1905 · PDF PAGE 77
…er. Shall we rather flee? ELEAZAR. I stand here manly, and will die a man. CHORUS. For cowardice not pleases God, nor fear. Shall we not take up weapons? Or shall IIe Rather defend us with Ilis oly Arm, We not presuming in our arrogance To come with cunning, and defend ourselves ? IeLEAZAR. Nay, but God smites with sharpness of our swords. CIroRUs. The sword is made sharp in our hands, but the point IIe shall guide; We grasp the tough ash of the spear, but ITis hand is beside ; We drive in a cloud at the foe, chariots ride Before us to sunder t…
1929 · PDF PAGE 215
…l Cripps." "You will meet him, running hard, I expect, somewhere in France. It will be a fluke if Paris is saved. As you know, it always takes England three years to put her boots on. If we had listened to the men who knew — like 'Bobs' — and fixed up an army of three millions, there could have been no war — at least, not in this particular tangle of alliances. There would have been a Social Revolution, more likely, an ignoble business of greed against greed, which would have left men viler and more enslaved than ever. As it is, the masses on b…
1930 · PDF PAGE 56
…the seer, he should hâve given a wrong orthography. His doing so (if he knew the correct spelling) is only explicable by his wish not to take the edge off his plan for making the Assyrian’s letter a fulminating révélation of his existence, as would hâve happened if the secret had been prematurely disclosed. The case is here cited in order to illustrate the extreme care which ought to be taken in excluding ail alternative hypothèses before admitting the existence of disembodied intelligences. It may be mentioned, however, that in this particular…
1905 · PDF PAGE 159
…ods! Unite Streams of sacramental light In the soul, thrice purified, Consecrated thrice, Till Osiris justified In the supreme sacrifice Take his kingdom. Hear the ery That the wailing vultures make, Circling in the blackening sky Over the abysmal lake. Spirit, for our spirit’s sake Give the token of thy fire Trident in the lambent air, Till our spirits unaware Worship and aspire ! Hear, beyond all periods, Timeless, formless, multiform, Thou, supreme above the storm, Spirit of the Holy Ones, Spirit of the Gods ! Enter MESSENGER. MESSENGER. The…
1929 · PDF PAGE 192
…lood as a vehicle for the manifestation of the demons whom they wish to evoke. The matter is easy enough; for fiends are always eager to take hold on the sensory life. Occasionally, such beings find people ignorant and foolish
1939 · PDF PAGE 48
…w something about them, and this (on examination) always turned out not to be the case. 2. Knowledge itself is impossible, because if we take the simplest proposition of knowledge, S is P, we must attach some meaning to S and P, if our statement is to be intelligible. (I say nothing as to whether it is true!) And this involves definition. Now the original proposition of identity, A = A, tells us nothing at all, unless the second A gives us further information about the first A. We shall therefore say that A is BC. Instead of one unknown we have…