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Page 74 of 1051954 · PDF PAGE 214
… desire of Spiritism, in Robert Browning's Mr. Sludge the Medium. You see that I write "Spiritism" not "Spiritualism." To use the latter word in this connection is vulgar ignorance ; it denotes a system of philosophy which flourished (more or less) in the Middle Ages-read your Erdmann if you want the gruesome details. But why should you? The model for Mr. Sludge was David Dunbar? (Douglas) Home, who was really quite a distinguished person in his way, and succeeded in pulling some remarkably instructed and blue-blooded legs. Personally, I believ…
1911 · PDF PAGE 65
…the ministers of the Beast shall catch me and tear out my tongue with pincers of red-hot iron, and they shall brand my forehead with the word of derision, and they shall shave my head, and pluck out my beard, and make a show of me. And the spirit of prophecy shall come upon me despite me ever and anon, as even now upon my heart and upon my throat; and upon my tongue seared with strong acid are the words: Vim patior. For so must I give glory to him that hath supplanted me, that hath cast me down into the dust. I have hated him, and with hate my …
1922 · PDF PAGE 58
…s funny old oblate spheroid. One is really very much more competent to deal with the affairs of life, that is, in a certain sense of the word. M. Coué is perfectly right, just as the Christian Scientists and all those people are perfectly right, in saying that half our troubles come from our conscious- ness of their existence, so that if we forget their exis- tence, they actually cease to exist ! Haven’t we got an old proverb to the effect that “what the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve over?” When one is on one’s cocaine honeymoon, on…
1922 · PDF PAGE 226
… want callers. County society is all rightin its way; but tigers don't hunt in packs, especially on the honeymoon. So we had to send the word around that the precarious state of my health made it impossible for us to receive. Rather an obvious lie, motoring the way we were. The ‘plane had come back from Deal, but we didn’t do any flying. Cockie gave various reasons; but they were un- convincing. We roared with laughter at their absurdity. The truth was that he was nervous. . It didn’t make us ashamed. After what he had done, he could rest on hi…
1929 · PDF PAGE 43
… or I could not read it. I had no reason to conjecture that any other thoughts could reach me. He must be alive in the true sense of the word; it was he and not another that
1907 · PDF PAGE 249
…limpses of the quiet moon, ili. 146 Mistress and maiden and mother, il. 29 Mistress, I pray thee, when the wind, i. 184 Moreover (just a word) this chance, iii. 18 Mortal distrust of mortal happiness, i. 182 Mortals are not for nectar all the time, ii. 80 Mortals never learn from stories, i. 156 My beauty in thy deep pure love, i, 108 My comedy has changed its blithe aspect, li. 74 My dreams are sweet, i. 14 My head is split. The crashing axe, ili. 85 My heavy hair upon my olive skin, i. 6 My home is set between two ivory towers, ii. 2 My littl…
1954 · PDF PAGE 494
…or from who knows what planet was puzzled. He chanced to have landed in England-to find a General Election in full blast. (The operative word is "blast.") They must be absolute imbeciles, was his first
1930 · PDF PAGE 85
…tained by its use to the Knowledge and Conversation of His Holy Guardian Angel, the which forsook him no more, but made Him a Magus, the Word of the Aeon of Horus ! For know this, that the Name IAF in its most secret and mighty sense declareth the Formula of the Magick of the BEAST whereby he wrought many wonders. And because he doth will that the whole world shall attain to this Art, He now hideth it herein so that the worthy may win to Elis Wisdom. Let I and F face ail j 2 yet ward their A from attack. The Hermit to himself, the Fool to foes,…
1911 · PDF PAGE 60
…ll attain to the knowledge and conversation of his Holy Guardian Angel shall be given unto thee in the proper place, and seeing that the word is deadlier than lightning, do thou meditate straitly thereupon, solitary, in a place where is no living thing visible, but only the light of the sun. And 58
1911 · PDF PAGE 116
…ce. And therefore in thee they manifest not. But they shall be mani- fest unto them unto whom thou dost deliver them, according unto the word which I spake unto thee in the Victorious City. For I am not only appointed to guard thee, but we are of the blood royal, the guardians of the Treasure-house of Wis- dom. Therefore am I called the Minister of Ra Hoor Khuit; and yet he is but the Viceroy of the unknown King. For my name is called Aiwass, that is eight and seventy. And Iam the influence of the Concealed One, and the wheel that hath eight an…
1913 · PDF PAGE 523
…, no more priesthood, no more Church, delirium set upon the throne of truth, oracles which write for the salvation of the human race the word attributed to Cambronne, great men who leave the serenity of their eternal destinies to make our furniture dance, and to hold with us conversations like those which Beroalde de Verville! makes them hold, in Le Moyen de Parvenir. All this is a great pity; and yet, in America, all this is 1 Born in 1538—died in 1612, Author of Le Moyen de Parvenir. The Bibliophile Jacob suggests that Verville stole his Woye…
1913 · PDF PAGE 523
…, no more priesthood, no more Church, delirium set upon the throne of truth, oracles which write for the salvation of the human race the word attributed to Cambronne, great men who leave the serenity of their eternal destinies to make our furniture dance, and to hold with us conversations like those which Beroalde de Verville! makes them hold, in Le Moyen de Parvenir. All this is a great pity; and yet, in America, all this is 1 Born in 1538—died in 1612, Author of Le Moyen de Parvenir. The Bibliophile Jacob suggests that Verville stole his Woye…
1922 · PDF PAGE 31
…'ve done a good day’s work, and you've earned a drink. Sit right down and I’ll get the waiter.” I looked at Lamus, who had not uttered a word since his original greeting. There was something appalling in his eyes; they didn’t focus on the foreground. was only an incident of utter insignificance in an illimit- able landscape. His eyes were parallel; they were looking at infinity. Nothing mattered to him. I hated the beast | , By this time the waiter had approached.
1930 · PDF PAGE 128
…for a record. Thou shalt Write down thy daily progress in these practices, until thou art perfecily vigilant at ail times over the least word that slippeth from thy tongue. Thus bind thyself, and thou shalt be for ever free. IL o. The Morse is Action. Man, rule thine Action. How else shalt thou master the Father, and answer the Fool at the Left Hand Gateway of the Crown ? 1. Here are practices. Each may last for a week, or more. (a) Avoiding lifting the left arm above the waist. (b) Avoid Crossing the legs. Of thine own ingenium devise others. …
1929 · PDF PAGE 256
…s an easy walk up to that col by a couloir of sorts which I called Jacob's Rake (a "portmanteau" of Jacob's ladder and Lord's rake). The word couloir does not quite describe it; the word "rake" does, but I can't define rake. Anyone who wants to know what I mean must go to Cumberland. {425}
1904 · PDF PAGE 16
…kisses and endearments rather embar- rassing for a third party and when her eyes opened and she saw his boyish face she had only one word It isnt true then ? Oh my God, it isnt true ? And fell to murmuring his name with every accent of infinite love and tenderness. At his house my astonishment was ten- fold. Ready and waiting for us were hot drinks of every kind, blankets toasting before a splendid fire, a bright open bed in the luxurious room in ten minutes he had her nude and dry and warm and happy. He dismissed me queerly : …
1996 · PDF PAGE 151
…r is established anew. It is obvious that “The length of thy longing” varies with the number of potentialities to be satisfied. In other words, the more complex the Khu of the Star, the greater the man, and the keener his sense of his own imperfections of the scope of his work, and of his need to achieve it. 75. Aye! listen to the numbers & the words: 76. 4638ABK24ALGMOR3YX24 89RPSTOV A L. What meaneth this, o prophet? Thou knowest not; nor shalt thou know ever. There cometh one to follow thee: he shall expound it. But remember, o chosen one, t…
1906 · PDF PAGE 207
…r atheist’s death, 3— Their stories are usually untrue; but let us follow our plan, and grant them all they ask. 709. A cannibal.?4—This word is inept, as it predicates humanity of Christian-hate- Christian. J’accuse the English language: anthropo- phagous must always remain a comic word. 731. The Flaming Star.—Or Pentagram, mystically referred to Jeheshua. 732. Zohar.*6— ‘*Splendour,” the Central Books of the Dogmatic Qabalah. 733. Pigeon.”—Says an old writer, whom I translate roughly : ‘‘ Thou to thy Lamb and Dove devoutly bow, But leave me, …
1929 · PDF PAGE 430
…rate pockets. I said that I could not possibly think of troubling him to that extent. I should be prefectly convinced if he would read a word of three letters already in my pocket. (I had put the word TIN inside the back of my watch.) He of course refused the test and I knew where I was. However to humour him, and incidentally to observe his method, I did as he asked. Some of my questions were such that he was unlikely to know the answer. Others concerned the Cabbala. In one case I did not know the answer myself; but if he was really in touch w…
1954 · PDF PAGE 15
…ese letters. Many short quotations from several writers are certainly to be found in this volume, but not one of such great length. In a word, Crowley is quoting from himself. One of Crowley's personal prejudices is highlighted in a curious way in one of these letters. It relates to color. In a quotation from "The Three Schools of Magick" he refers to the stupid attempt by Annie Besant and Bishop Leadbeater to set up Jiddu Krishnamurti as the World Teacher. Both of these Theosophical leaders had made all sorts of preparation for this event, inc…