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Page 73 of 951913 · PDF PAGE 270
…may say that in spite of the soul-moving pathos of the subject and the naive brilliance of treatment, the most interesting aspect of the whole is the wonderful self-revelation of La Bellissima Contessa, as all those who know her call her to distinguish her from other countesses. She is indeed the antithesis of Oscar Wilde—a ‘ marvellous masculine soul in the feminine brain building,’ and in this little masterpiece it is the soul which speaks. Aum Mani Padmen Hum. SUPER SINISTRAM. 232
1913 · PDF PAGE 270
…may say that in spite of the soul-moving pathos of the subject and the naive brilliance of treatment, the most interesting aspect of the whole is the wonderful self-revelation of La Bellissima Contessa, as all those who know her call her to distinguish her from other countesses. She is indeed the antithesis of Oscar Wilde—a ‘ marvellous masculine soul in the feminine brain building,’ and in this little masterpiece it is the soul which speaks. Aum Mani Padmen Hum. SUPER SINISTRAM. 232
1919 · PDF PAGE 259
…r may seem an ornament even to the Stars that are in the Heavens at Night. In our rainbow-coloured texture we set forth the glory of the whole Universe—See thou to it, brother Magician, that thine own thread be strong, and pure, and of a colour brilliant in itself, yet ready to mingle in all beauty with those of thy brethren !”
1929 · PDF PAGE 132
…ubject. There is a Magical Operation of maximum importance: the Initiation of a New Aeon. When it becomes necessary to utter a Word, the whole Planet must be bathed in blood. Before man is ready to accept the Law of Thelema, the Great War must be fought. This Bloody Sacrifice is the critical point of the Worïd- he sacrifices is not the material blood, but his Creative power. ” This initiated interprétation of the texts was sent spontaneously by Soror I. W E., for the sake of the younger Brethren. 1. See Equinox (I, V. Supplément: Tenth Aethyr) …
1929 · PDF PAGE 154
that I desire her. Such a flaw is enough to bring the whole operation to naught, just as no effort of Will can make oil mix with water. I may work “naturally” by wooing, of course. But, magically, I may attack her astrally so that her aura becomes uneasy, respond- ing no longer to her lover. Unless they diagnose the cause, a quarrel may resuit, and the woman’s bewildered and hungry Body of Light may turn in its distress to that of the Magician who has mastered it. Take a third case of this class 2. I wish to recover my watch, snatched from me i…
1929 · PDF PAGE 78
… principle of new life, except tem- porarily, when it is given her. But here the formula implies much more even than this. For it is his whole life that the Magus offers to Our Lady. The Cross is both Death and Génération, and it is on the Cross that the Rose blooms. The full significance of these symbols is so lofty that it is hardly fitted for an elementary treatise of this type. One must be an Exempt Adept, and hâve become ready to pass on, before one can see the symbols even from the lower plane. Only a Master of the Temple can fully unders…
1930 · PDF PAGE 55
…cumstances is undeniable; but if we are resolutely determined to deny the possibility of the existence of Amalantrah, which explains the whole affair so simply, we hâve still one resource. It involves difficultés which The Master Therion cannot conceive as less than those which encumber the other, but it is, at least, 259
1930 · PDF PAGE 75
the Third as the Second, and thus to the end. Moreover, let the Adept fling forth his whole consciousness thither. Then at the final Word, let him bring rushing back his Will within himself, steadily streaming, and let him offer himself to its point, as Artémis to PAN, that this perfectly pure concentration of the Elément purge him tho- roughly, and possess him with its passion. In this Sacrament being wholly at one with that Elément, let the Adept utter the Charge “Hear me, and make”, etc. with strong sense that this unity with that quarter of…
1930 · PDF PAGE 119
day; a week, and so on. Difficultés vanish before him as he advancesj the extension from a day to the course of his whole life will not prove so difficult as the perfecting of the five minutes. 18. This practice should be repeated at least four times daily, and progress is shown firstly by the ever easier running of the brain, secondly by the added memories which arise. 19. It is useful to reflect during this practice, which in time becomes almost mechanical, upon the way in which effects spring from causes. This aids the mind to link its memor…
1996 · PDF PAGE 178
…olute freedom from obstacles, internal or external, to the idea of the “genius.” It is clear that a woman cannot love naturally, freely, whole somely, if she is bound to contaminate the purity of her impulse with thoughts of her social, economical, and spiritual status. When such things restrain her, Love may conquer, as often enough it does; but the Beauty engendered is usually stunted or wried, assuming a tragic or cynic mask. The history of the world is full of such stories; it is, one may almost say, the chief motive of Romance. Men and wo…
1929 · PDF PAGE 55
…from the base. When all were seated, Sister Cybele rose, struck a bell that stood at her hand, and said: "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. O Master of the Temple, what is thy will?" Simon Iff rose in his place. "It is my will to eat and drink," said he. "Why shouldst thou eat and drink?" "To sustain my body in strength." "Why is it thy will that thy body may be sustained in strength?" "That it may aid me in the accomplishment of the Great Work." At this word all rose, and chanted solemnly in chorus, "So mote it be." "Love is the…
1930 · PDF PAGE 31
…er 418 an example of perfection is given. The Adept who explored these Aethyrs did not hâve to pass through and beyond the Universe, the whole of which yet lies within even the inmost (30th) Aethyr. He was able to summon the Aethyrs he wanted, and His chief difficulty was that sometimes I. The Hon. Bertrand Russell’s Princifia Mathemcitica may be said to “lie beyond” Colenso’s School Arithmetic; but one can take the former book from one’s shelves — as every one should — and read it without first going ail through the latter again.
1930 · PDF PAGE 63
…ou abide for a space. 5. When ail this is perfectly and easily performed at will, let the aspirant figure to himself a struggle with the whole force of the Universe. In this he is only saved by his minuteness. But in the end he is overcome by Death, who covers him with a black cross. Let his body fall supine with arms outstretched. 6. So lying, let him aspire fervently unto the Holy Guardian Angel. 7. Now let him résumé his former posture. Two and twenty times shall he figure to himself that he is bitten by a serpent, feeling even in his body t…
1996 · PDF PAGE 92
Chapter II A Verses 5—7 93 Nor is this thought, here conveyed, more than one ray of my Orb; and even that whole Orb is but the garment of Me. The analogy is precise; therefore when one becomes “the knower”, it involves the “death” of all sense of the Ego. One perceives one’s personal ity precisely as I now do these printed letters; and they are forgot ten, just as, absorbed in my thought, the trained automatism of my mind and body expresses that thought in writing, without attention on my part, still less with identification of the extremes i…
1929 · PDF PAGE 138
…universal application. 2. In an Abbey of Thelema we say “Wïll” before a meal. The formula is as follows. “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the 102
1919 · PDF PAGE 144
…s rest, and the silent voices whispered “Welcome brother.” Then all was calm and Peace as before. The little ripple flowed on to let the whole world know, then, having delivered its message, all was still. Amen. Whatever the nature of this Illumination, probably a state of Dhyana, it left a very marked result on the consciousness of Frater V.1.O., and gave him the necessary energy to con- tinue his Work through many a dark and dismal period. He himself could not gauge its value at all at the time. He was alone in Vancouver and out of touch with…
1930 · PDF PAGE 37
…so. But a System of symbols suitable for divination must be a complété représentation of the Universe, so that each is absolute, and the whole insusceptible of increase or diminution. It is (in fact) tech- nically a pantacle in the fullest sense of the word. Let us consider some prominent examples of such System. We may observe that a common mode of divination is to inquire of books by placing the thumb at random within the leaves. The Books of the Sybil, the Works of Vergil, and the Bible hâve been used ’very frequently for this purpose. For t…
1930 · PDF PAGE 98
…e also of even the pride which rises from having resisted the temptations. But so many and so subtle are the wiles of Choronzon that the whole world could not contain their énumération. The answer to one and ail is the persistence in the literal fulfil- ment of the routine. Beware, then, last, of that devil who shall whisper in thine ear that the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life, and answer : Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground, and die, it abideth alone, but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. Yet shalt thou also beware …
1930 · PDF PAGE 46
…But having done this, lie should deîacli Iiis mind from wliat it lias just formulated, and proceed to concentrate it on tlie figure as a whole, aîmost as if it were tlie object of bis méditation. One need hardly repeat that in both these operations detachment from one’s personal partialities is as necessary as it was in the first part of the work. In setting up the figure, bias would beget a Freudian phantasm to replace the image of truth which the figure ought to be; and it is not too much to say that the entire subconscious machinery of the b…
1996 · PDF PAGE 14
Introduction 15 There is doubtless a further key to be found which will in the end elucidate the whole Book and make manifest the extremely elaborate nature of its pattern.1 1 [The source and authorship of this quotation is unknown.] 2 [Later termed the “Old Commentary”; published in The Equinox 1(7) (1912), pp. 387^00a.] 3 [Described by Crowley as the “New Commentary.”] The Book of the Law, however, is not only for mathematicians and mystics. In some one phrase or other of the Book there is a direct message for every human being. The best way …