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Page 74 of 831929 · PDF PAGE 94
…gination. But people wrongly use the word "imagination" to mean abstraction of ideas from concrete facts. And this is the reverse of the truth. Imagination makes ideas visible, clothes Being in form. It is, in short, very much like the "faith" of which Paul speaks. When true imagination makes true images of the Unseen, we have true love, and all true gods; when false imagination makes false images — then come the idols, Moloch, Jahveh, Jaganath, and their kindred, attended by all shapes of vice, of crime, of misery. Lisa was thinking, as she cl…
1905 · PDF PAGE 91
…er, gnashing at my soul Abominable teeth? Art thou the fiend Whom I have seen in sleep, and waking served ? O horrible distortion of all truth That I must serve thee still! Yet—dare I speak, Those eyes upon me, torturing my soul And threatening revenge? Those fingers gross, Purple, and horrible, to blister me With infamous tearing at my throat. O Hell! - Vomit thy monsters forth in myriads To putrefy this fair green earth with blood, But make not me the devilish minister Of such a deed as this! No respite ?— Must ? Irrevocable? I dare not call …
1919 · PDF PAGE 169
…on. Mind cleared and became calm. It perhaps ap- pears that little progress is made, and some slackness exists as regards exercises. The truth is, I more and more use the true essence. If a little worry occurs, automatically, I turn to That within which dissolves it at once and restores the balance. It is that NOTHING with which I come into closest contact during meditation, but It is ever present, and I recognize the fact. I believe it to be the true Stone of the Wise which turns everything to gold. I call it Adonai when I give it a name at al…
1939 · PDF PAGE 9
…ome obscure. A perfectly simple problem has been complicated by the most abject ethical and superstitious nonsense. Yet all the time the truth is patent in the word itself. (7) Yoga means Union. We may now consider what Yoga really is. Let us go for a moment into the nature of consciousness with the tail of an eye on such sciences as mathematics, biology, and chemistry. In mathematics the expression a plus b plus c is a triviality. Write a plus b plus c equals 0, and you obtain an equation from which the most glorious truths may be developed. I…
1909 · PDF PAGE 14
…eive humane treatment and a liberal allowance of rubber-cores in our old age. 4. The Tree of Life is the skeleton on which this ‘body of truth is built.- The juxtaposition and proportion of its parts should be fully studied. Practice alone will enable the student to determine how far an analogy may be followed out. Again, some analogies may escape a superficial study. The Beetle is only con- nected with the sign Pisces through the Tarot Trump “The Moon.” The Camel is only connected with the High Priestess through the letter 3. Since all things …
1919 · PDF PAGE 309
THE TANK spiritual does not destroy their reality and the truth of their mutual relation, but rather confirms it. Shallow thinkers always seem to be obsessed by the stupidity that if anything is a shadow, dream, illusion, it ceases to exist. The rules of dreams are just as rigid as the rules of mathematics. You cannot do anything you like with a surd merely because it is an ‘impossible’ or ‘imaginary’ quantity. It is such booby traps that catch such asses in lion’s skins as Mr. Bragdon. O. M. Oertviz’s AstrotocicAL Birtupay Boox. By Leo Bernarr…
1935 · PDF PAGE 13
…st all Members of the A. A-. work by the Magical Formula of the Aeon. They must accept the Book of the Law as the Word and the Letter of Truth, and the sole Rule of Life." They must acknow- ledge the Authority of the Beast 666 and of the Scarlet Woman as in the book it is defined, and accept Their Will* as concentratin, the Will of our Whole Order. They must accept the Crowne and Conquering Child as the Lord of the Aeon, and exert them- selves to establish His reign upon Earth. They must acknowled; that “The word of the Law is @EAHMA” and that …
1944 · PDF PAGE 173
…rt and mind, inflaming the inmost of His Being, that he also, having explored each recess of the Universe, may therein find the Light of Truth, so come to the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel, and accomplish the Great Work, attain the Summum Bonum, true Wisdom and perfect Happiness!
1929 · PDF PAGE 210
… is half the secret of playing most games of importance. To do right for its own sake is Righteousness, though if you apply this obvious truth to Art the Philistine calls you names, and your morals in question. Cremers was a genuine artist in malice. She was not even glad when she had harmed a friend and benefactor, however irreparably; nothing could ever make her glad — but she was contented with herself on such occasions. She felt a sort of sense of duty done. She denied herself every possible pleasure, she hated happiness in the abstract in …
1905 · PDF PAGE 79
…fancy And the strong urgement of a tune dis- cover. Be thou our judge, as Joshua long ago. JEPHTHAH. Swear by the Name unspoken that the truth Flashes between the lips that tremble thus ! Ye love me not; ye fear me; ye might thrust Some petty obstacle before my hands When I would grasp your promise, and betray Your faith for fear of me. I read thy thoughts, Old man; I trust no word of thine; but these Full-hearted mourners, them will I believe Upon their oath most solemn and secure. But take thou warning now! I shall not spare Grey hairs or fal…
1909 · PDF PAGE 259
…ction. This is the Order of the Circumambulation; first cometh Anubis, the watcher of the Gods ; next Themis, the Goddess of the Hall of Truth ; then Horus ; then the remaining members in order of precedence ; and lastly, the Goddesses of the Scales of the Balance, as though a vast wheel were revolving, as it is said : “One wheel upon the Earth beside the Kerub.” And also note the Rashish ha-Gilgalim.* Of this wheel the ascending side commenceth from below the pillar of Nephthys, and the descending side from below the pillar of Isis, but in the…
1909 · PDF PAGE 259
…ction. This is the Order of the Circumambulation; first cometh Anubis, the watcher of the Gods ; next Themis, the Goddess of the Hall of Truth ; then Horus ; then the remaining members in order of precedence ; and lastly, the Goddesses of the Scales of the Balance, as though a vast wheel were revolving, as it is said : “One wheel upon the Earth beside the Kerub.” And also note the Rashish ha-Gilgalim.* Of this wheel the ascending side commenceth from below the pillar of Nephthys, and the descending side from below the pillar of Isis, but in the…
1905 · PDF PAGE 263
…Death ! Death! TANNHAUSER. Leap out, Sword of my fathers! You have heard my harp! Its music stings your vile hypocrisy Into mere hatred. Truth is terrible ! You, cousin, taken in adultery ! You, Wolfram, lover of the kitchen maids ! You, Jerome—yes, I know your secret deeds !
1919 · PDF PAGE 321
…imself, is a blustering and wordy weakling, who is entirely the slave of the morality which he condemns. Sanine actually lives up to the truth which he sees, and it makes him free, and it makes free those who follow him. This is a great book to shed light upon the greybeard slobbering of Shaw. Violet’s baby is only tolerable because Violet is Mrs. Malone. Shaw has not the strength of character to avow (even in a ficti- tious work) that a woman can assert what is evidently her first right without undergoing phantastic penalties, although there a…
1905 · PDF PAGE 272
…ces appro- priate: I go there: if the Objects which then appear to my spiritual Vision are harmonious therewith, it is one Test of their Truth. So also, to construct a Talisman, or to invoke a Spirit. The methods of discovering Dogma from sacred Words are also numerous and important : I may mention :— (a) The Doctrine of Sympathies: drawn from the total Numeration of a Word, 265
1944 · PDF PAGE 10
…ediaeval packs are hopelessly corrupt, compiled by partisans of existing political systems, or otherwise far from presenting the Ancient Truth of the Book in a coherent system, or a shape of lucid beauty. It had from the beginning of his study been his fervent wish to construct a worthy Text. Eliphaz Levi had himself wished to execute a similar task, but succeeded only in leav‐ ing us two of the Atu, “The Chariot” and “The Devil”. Many others have attempted the work, but without even the knowledge of the true Attributions. Their attempts have b…
1907 · PDF PAGE 12
…nce. I devise A motto for your miseries: ‘¢ There an embroidered garter lies, And here words—they lie too?”’ I see Your intuition of the truth Is still in its—most charming—youth. You need that physiology! XII. I LOVE you. That seems simple? No! Hear what the physiologist Says on the subject. Zo and fro ‘The motor axts of the brain 1 In view of the strange uproar which this harmless section created, one person supposing it to testify Crowley’s ignorance, another that it was a correct physiological description of the action of the erector penis …
1938 · PDF PAGE 25
…s increased, because of the straightening of my nature. And as I thought thus, mine instructor, perceiving it, smiled upon me saying: In truth, O Khaled Khan, O child of the dawn of the Aeon, thou hast divined aright and profited in thy being by the Law of Thelema. For the Law is a just Law; it demandeth not the crooked knee of slavery, and the bowed head of shame. Nay, shouldst thou speak even to the God of gods, stand thou erect, that thou mayest be one with Him by Love, as He most surely willeth.
1905 · PDF PAGE 206
…of Kings ! To me a sinner, me, Lowest of all that be, Be merciful, O Master Soul of things ! Show me thy face of ruth, And in thy way of truth Guide my weak youth, That stumbles while it walks, makes discord when it sings ! So, Mighty Mother! Pure, Eternal Spouse, Isis, thou Star, thou Moon, thou Mightiest, Lead my weak steps to thine Eternal House ! Rest my vain head on thine Eternal Breast ! Spread wide the wings divine Over this shadowy shrine, Where in my heart their hovering lendeth Light ! Bend down the amazing Face Of sorrow and of grace…
1905 · PDF PAGE 208
… of night ! return Into thy shadowy world! My symbols burn cgainst thee, shade of terror! Go!” It spoke: “Yea! Tam human. Know my actual truth: I am that ghost, the father of thy youth !” ‘* Poor wandering phantom !”—the exultant yell And wolfish howling of all damnéd souls Peals from the ravening jaws and gulfs of hell: Leaps that foul horror through the terrible Extinguished circle of the burning bowls. Then I remember, fling the gleaming rod Against him: “ Liar, back ! For I am God !” Back flung the baffled corpse. the air Looms the more sta…