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Page 74 of 781904 · PDF PAGE 90
…ell their ways ? So our Father, having won the Serpent Crown, the Uræus of Antient Khem, did bind it upon his head, and rejoiced in that Kingdom for the space of two hundred and thirty and one days2 and nights, and turned him toward the Flaming Sword. 3 Now the Sword governeth ten mighty King- doms, and evil, and above them is the ninefold lotus, and a virgin came forth unto him in the hour of his rejoicing and propounded her riddle. The first riddle :4 The maiden is blind. Our Father : She shall be what she doth not. And a second virgin came f…
1905 · PDF PAGE 23
…ld him back. The land, Where rest is made eternal, slipped his clutch ; He wandered through the world and might not touch The sceptre of King Death. In vain he sought Those fierce embraces, nor availed him aught To numb the aching of his breast. The maid He loved, now freed from doom, no longer prayed For anything but to discover him, And her large eyes with weeping grew more dim Than are the mists of Autumn on the hills, She sought him far and near; the rocks and rills Could tell her nought; the murmur of the trees Told her their pity and no m…
1905 · PDF PAGE 276
…grouped in various Ways. There is a ‘Superior Triad or Trinity; a Hexad ; and Malkuth: the Crown, the Father, and the Mother; the Son or King ; and the Bride. Also, a Division into seven Palaces, seven Planes, three Pillars or Columns: and the like. The Flashing Sword follows the Course of the Numbers and the Serpent Nechushtan or of Wisdom crawls up the Paths which join them upon the Tree of Life, namely the Letters. It is important to explain the Position of Daath or Knowledge upon the Tree. It is called the Child of Chokmah and Binah, but it…
1907 · PDF PAGE 16
…ll she would, and something more. She was an honest little thing, Gave of her best, asked no response. What more could Heaven’s immortal king Censed with innumerous orisons? So, by that grace, I recognised A something somewhere to be prized Somewhat. What portress studies song? My worthy concierge was wrong. XXI. THEN let not memory shrink abashed, Once started on this giddy whirl ! Hath not a lightning image flashed Of my divine boot-button girl? She is a dainty acrobat, Tailor-made from tip to toe ; A tiniest coquettish hat, A laughing face a…
1929 · PDF PAGE 271
…E SONG O kissable Tarshitering! The wild bird calls its mate --- and I? Come to my tent this night of May, and cuddle close and crown me king! Drink, drink or fill of love at last -- a little while and we shall die, O kissable Tarshitering! Droop the long lashes; close the eyes with eyelids like beetle's wing! Light the slow smile, ephemeral as ever a painted butterfly, Certain to close into a kiss, certain to fasten on me and sting! Nay? Are you coy? hen I will catch your hips and hold you wild and shy Until your very struggles set your velvet…
1939 · PDF PAGE 43
…e Law. The word 'Adhi' in Sanskrit was usually translated 'Lord.' In the Syrian form we get it duplicated Hadad. You remember Ben Hadad, King of Syria. The Hebrew word for 'Lord' is Adon or Adonai. Adonai, my Lord, is constantly used in the Bible to replace the name Jehovah where that was too sacred to be mentioned, or for other reasons improper to write down. Adonai has also come to mean, through the Rosicrucian tradition, the Holy Guardian Angel, and thus the object of worship or concentration. It is the same thing; worship is worth-ship, mea…
1905 · PDF PAGE 105
…t like a little thing, And Truth and God were near us to with- draw The veil of Love’s unalterable law. We feared no fury of the jealous King, But, lest in honour love should find a flaw. 17 e. the wedding ring,
1904 · PDF PAGE 85
…ntended to appear as an appendix to the fir st volume of Crowley’s Collected Works. It is not in the 1970s r eprint fr om which I am wor king, and may not have been in the original. See 777 instead – T.S.] 6 The 22nd Key of the Tarot. The other Taro t symbols can be traced by any one who possesses, and to som e degree understands, a pack of the cards. The occult views of the nature of these symbols are in some cases Crowley’s own. Opus Prima Materia. A. O. Custodes.4 Sapiens dom- inatibur astris. S. S. D. D.
1944 · PDF PAGE 171
He is lacking almost entirely in emotion. He is somewhat in sensitive, and may appear dull, but he is not; it so appears because he makes no effort to understand ideas which are be‐ yond his scope. He may often appear stupid, and is inclined to be resentful of more spiritual types. He is slow to anger, but, if driven, becomes implacable. It is not very practicable to dis‐ tinguish between the good and evil dignities in this card; one can merely say that, in case of his being ill‐dignified, both the quality and quantity of his characteristics ar…
1905 · PDF PAGE 113
…its steep side, Rears as a springing tiger, flings its tide Tremendous on the barriers, smites the sand, And gluts its hunger on the breaking land ; Engulphing waters fall and overwhelm :— Christ, who stood dauntless at the shaken helm | On Galilee, who quelled the wrath of God, And rose triumphant over faith, and trod With calm victorious feet the icy way When springtide burgeoned, and the rosy day Leapt from beneath the splendours of the snow :— Christ, ultimate master of man’s hateful foe, And lord of his own soul and fate, strikes still Fro…
1905 · PDF PAGE 103
… shore we seek That slopes to yonder peak Snow-clad, bright-gleaming, as the silver ore Plucked? by pale fingers slow In balmy Mexico, A king on thunder throned, his diadem The ruby rocks that flash The sunlight like a lash When sunlight touches, and sweeps over them A crown of light! Behold! The white seas touch the gold, And flame like flowers of fire about the prow. It is the hour for sleep :— Lulled by the moveless deep To sleep, sweet wife, to sleep! Yes, kiss me now ! Vv. THE ULTIMATE VOYAGE? THE wandering waters move about the world, And…
1929 · PDF PAGE 234
…eard him. There was no cover. It seems incredible that my friend at least should not have seen him, for he must have only just missed walking over him, the man being slightly behind our line when the shot was fired. And he was so close to the gun that the shot had not begun to scatter when it stuck him. It had cut a clean narrow groove in the man's shaved scalp, not even laying bare the bone. I mention this incident, not only on account of its extraordinary features, but to compare it with the "horrors of Denshawai". The spirit of the natives w…
1929 · PDF PAGE 421
…nd, defending the old man, kills her husband. This last scene, by the way, fulfils my idea of true comedy; the dressing up of a man as a king or god, and inducing him to preside at a hunting of which he is in reality to be the quarry. I have shown in my essay "Good
1905 · PDF PAGE 72
… thine hammer beat, Of fire and steel and music, wrath god- worded, Consuming with immeasurable heat The sties and kennels of priest and king, that girded The loins of many peoples, till the seat Of Hell was shaken to its deep, and herded Hosts of the tyrant trembled, faltered, fled, When none pursued but curses of men dead :— See, from the Calvary of the Son of Man,} Where all the hopes of France were trodden under ; See, from the crucifixion of Sedan Thy thought the lightning, and thy word the thunder ! See her supreme, kingly, republican, Ne…
1929 · PDF PAGE 315
…oing to stay with him at the choung was to do it. I thought it could be done in three days! There must be a lot of silly young asses knocking about the world, but I think I can give most of them a couple of strokes a hole. The method of the meditation is described (1911) in Liber Thisharb, and I have outlined it in an earlier chapter. I quote from The Temple of Solomon the King (The Equinox, vol. I, No. VIII). ... he found his old comrade, I.A, now a member of the Buddhist Sangha, under the name of Bhikku Ananda Metteya.
1906 · PDF PAGE 231
1902 THE THREE CHARACTERISTICS ‘‘ LISTEN to the Jataka !” said the Buddha. And all they gave ear. ‘‘ Long ago, when King Brahmadatta reigned in Benares,! it came to pass that there lived under his admirable government a weaver named Suraj Ju? and his wife Chandi. And in the fulness of her time did she give birth to a man child, and they called him Perdu’ R Abu.4 Now the child grew, and the tears of the mother fell, and the wrath of the father waxed: for by no means would the boy strive in his trade of weaving. The loom went merrily, but to the …
1905 · PDF PAGE 114
…er to the moon. So, passionate and pure, the strong chant rolls, Queen of the mystic unity of souls ; So from eternity its glory springs King of the magical brotherhood of kings ; The absolute crown and kingdom of desire, Earth’s virgin chaplet, molten in the fire, Sealed in the sea, betokened by the wind : ‘¢ There is one God, the Spirit of Mankind !” tyranny and died in
1929 · PDF PAGE 373
…e south of France to get cured of the opium habit. In such cases insomnia is frequent. One night, however, he had gone to sleep and on waking in the morning found that she, wakeful, had drawn a copy of the stele on a great sheet of paper. It is very remarkable that so large a sheet of paper should have been at hand; also that they should have taken that special book on such a journey; but still more that she should have chosen that picture, nay, that she, who had never done anything of the sort before, should have done it at all. More yet, that…
1905 · PDF PAGE 200
THE GATE OF THE SANCTUARY 193 I am the king: you know it, friend! We wed. That is the tale of how my wooing sped. And oh! the quest : half won—incredible? I am so brave, and pure—folk love me well. But oh! my life, my being! That is dead, And my whole soul—a whirlwind out of hell ! THE REAPER. In middle music of Apollo’s corn - She stood, the reaper, challenging a kiss ; The lips of her were fresher than the morn, The perfume of her sxin was ambergris ; The sun had kissed her body into brown ; Ripe breasts thrown forward the summer breeze ; ) W…
1944 · PDF PAGE 140
…exercise definite functions. The Princes represent the Forces of the letter Vau in the Name. The Prince is the Son of the Queen (the old King’s daughter) by the Knight who has won her; he is therefore repre‐ sented as in a chariot, going forth to carry out the combined Energy of his parents. He is the active issue of their union, and its manifestation. He is the intellectual image of their union. His action is consequently more enduring than that of his forbears. In one respect, indeed, he ac quires a relative permanence, because he is the publ…