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Page 75 of 1731954 · PDF PAGE 77
… have some other, deeper explanation in reserve. After all, most of what I am seeking to learn from you has been familiar to many of the great minds of humanity for many centuries. Indeed, the Qabalah is a special language, and that is old enough; there is not much new material to fit into that structure. But why did they, in the first place, resort to this symbolic jargon? You put it very well, and when I think it over, I feel far from sure that the explanation which I am about to inflict 44
1954 · PDF PAGE 264
…on, an eminent writer upon , and teacher of, Yoga from the orthodox Shaivite standpoint, and Bhikkhu Ananda Metteya, (Allan Bennett) the great English Adept, who was one of my earliest instructors in Magick, and joined the Sangha in Burma in 1902, gave me my first groundings in mystical theory and practice. I spent some months of 1901 in Kandy, Ceylon with the latter, until success crowned my work. I also studied all varieties of Asiatic philosophy, especially with regard to the practical question of spiritual development, the Sufi doctrines, t…
1954 · PDF PAGE 367
…ithmetic. Of course, one must be of good family to do anything much that is worth doing; but what is one to say when the question of the Great Work is posed? Bless you, the whole strength of the family is based on the fact that it cares for the family only: therefore its magical formula thus concentrated is of necessity hostile to so exclusively individual an aim as Initiation . Its sentiments are reciprocated. In every Magical, or similar system, it is invariably the first condition which the Aspirant must fulfil: he must once and for all and …
1961 · PDF PAGE 131
…e Book of the Law: to make no Distinction between any one Thing and any other Thing. Learn well to apprehend this Mystery, for it is the Great Gate of the College of Understanding, whereby each and all of thy Senses become constant and perpetual Witnesses of the One Eucharist, whereunto also they are Ministers. So then to thee every Phenomenon soever is the Body of Nuith in her Passion; for it is an Event; that is, the Marriage of some one Point of view with some One Possibility. And this State of Mind is notably an Appurtenance of thy Grade of…
1911 · PDF PAGE 104
…ine sand, in the desert near Bou-Saada. The Aethyr was edited and revised on the following day.) After the conclusion of the Ceremony, a great fire was kindled to purify the place, and the Circle and Triangle were destroyed. NOTE BY SCRIBE. Almost from the beginning of the ceremony was the Scribe overshadowed, and he spoke as it were in spite of himself, remembering afterwards scarcely a word of his speeches, some of which were long and seemingly eloquent. All the time he had a sense of being protected from Choronzon, and this sense of security…
1912 · PDF PAGE 19
…le to apply for admission, further instructions will be given. Address all communications to The Registrar, M..M...M, c/o THE EgUINox, 3 Great James Street, Bedford Row, W.C. THE FOLLOWING DISCOURSE (Dum/alea? from the "igitut! French) Was lately pronounced at Brunswick (Lower Saxony) where PRINCE ........... is GRAND MASTER of M, by COUNT T., at the Initiation of his Son. “I congratulate you on your admission into the most ancient, and perhaps the most respectable, society in the universe. Το you the mysteries of M. are about to be revealed, a…
1912 · PDF PAGE 19
…le to apply for admission, further instructions will be given. Address all communications to The Registrar, M..M...M, c/o THE EgUINox, 3 Great James Street, Bedford Row, W.C. THE FOLLOWING DISCOURSE (Dum/alea? from the "igitut! French) Was lately pronounced at Brunswick (Lower Saxony) where PRINCE ........... is GRAND MASTER of M, by COUNT T., at the Initiation of his Son. “I congratulate you on your admission into the most ancient, and perhaps the most respectable, society in the universe. Το you the mysteries of M. are about to be revealed, a…
1913 · PDF PAGE 100
…who has put an end to his series of resurrections. That he is called Peter is a reference to the symbolizing of Arahats as stones in the great wall of the guardians of mankind. His wife is of course (by the usual symboHsm) his body, which he could not keep until he put her in a peanut shell, the yellow robe of a Bhikkhu.
1961 · PDF PAGE 109
…also that if one speak ill of another, the Fault is first of all in himself, for we know naught but that which is within us. Did not the great Witch-Finder end by confessing hat he also was a Sorcerer? We become that which obsesseth us, either through extreme Hate or Extreme Love. Knowest thou not how the one is a Symbol of the other? For this Reason, since Love is the Formula of Life, we are under Bond to assimilate (in the End) that which we fear or hate. So then we shall be wise to mould all Things within ourselves in Quietness and Modulatio…
1961 · PDF PAGE 115
…OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 103 Gy De aliquibus Modis Oraculi Petendi (Of some Modes of Seeking an Oracle) Y Son, in all Judgment and Decision is great Deli- cacy, but most in these Matters of the Will. For thou art Advocate as well as Judge, and unless thou have well organized thy Mind thou art Bondslave of Prejudice. For this Cause it is adjuvant to thy Wisdom to call Witnesses that are not of thine own Nature, and to ask Oracles whose Interpretation is bound by fixed rule. This is the Use of the Book TAROT, of the Divination by Earth, or by the other…
1909 · PDF PAGE 239
THE ACOLYTE BEFORE we enter upon the events of the Great Journey of Frater P., during which for six years he voyaged over the face of the globe in quest of the mystic knowledge of all nations, it will be necessary here to recount, briefly though it may be, the circumstances which led up to his entering into communi- cation with the Order of A.°. A.°. Born of an ancient family, but a few days after the fifty- sixth Equinox before the Equinox of the Gods, he was reared and educated in the faith of Christ as taught by one of the strictest sects of…
1909 · PDF PAGE 239
THE ACOLYTE BEFORE we enter upon the events of the Great Journey of Frater P., during which for six years he voyaged over the face of the globe in quest of the mystic knowledge of all nations, it will be necessary here to recount, briefly though it may be, the circumstances which led up to his entering into communi- cation with the Order of A.°. A.°. Born of an ancient family, but a few days after the fifty- sixth Equinox before the Equinox of the Gods, he was reared and educated in the faith of Christ as taught by one of the strictest sects of…
1912 · PDF PAGE 49
…um length, so far as the beginner is concerned. If the mantra is too long, one is apt to forget it, unless one practises very hard for a great length of time. On the other hand, mantras of a single syllable, such as Aumf are rather jerky; the rhythmical idea is lost. Here are a few useful mantras: ᾿See Part II. 2 However, in saying a mantra containing the word Azmz, one sometimes forgets the other words, and remains concentrated, repeating the ΑΜ]; at intervals; but this is the result of a practice already begun, not the beginning of a practice…
1913 · PDF PAGE 121
…beauty of the Buddhist 's heaven ." And then he spoke of strength , Of the keen sense of power in Rodin 's work Which furnished half the greatness of his art . And of the strength the mathematician had ; How with those subtle arms dx , dy He reached the hidden citadels of truth . And how he went exploring in his world Of space and number , groping in the dark , Finding the pathways blocked on every side , Till some great thought arising as a sun , Would drive the mists away and show in front The radiant living mountains of new truth . I know no…
1928 · PDF PAGE 37
…te. I mean of the woman. Come, a good whack to quiet her! for she darts eyes terrible with greed on the food that he has snatched away. Great God! the stick is not a fools bauble; did you not hear the flesh smack, despite the hide? And now too, her eyes jump out of her head; she howls more naturally than before. In her rage she sparkles all over, as when one beats hot iron.
1930 · PDF PAGE 65
“Thou, Gâte of the Great God ON! Thou Lady of the Understanding of the Ways ! ” ASAL-ON-AI “Hail Thou, the unstirred ! Hail, sister and bride of ON, of the God that is ail and is none, by the Power of Eleven ! ” APhEN-IAF aThou Treasure of IAO!” I “Thou Virgin twin-sexed! Thou Secret Seed! Thou inviolate Wisdom!” PhOTETh “Abode of the Light. ABRASAX “.of the Father, the Sun, of Hadith, of the spell of the Aeon of Horus !” AEOOU “Our Lady of the Western Gâte of Heaven !” ISChURE “Mighty art Thou !” Mighty and Bornless One! (Vide Supra) (The conc…
1944 · PDF PAGE 235
…irth. The disks are arranged in the form of the geomantic figure Popu‐ lus. These disks may be represented as the flowers or fruits of a great tree, its solid roots in fertile land. In the Yî King, Sol in Virgo is represented by the 33rd Hexagram, Thun, “Big Air”. It means “retiring”; and the commentary indicates how best to make use of that manoeuvre. This is congruous enough with the essence of Virgo, the secret withdrawing of Energy into the
1954 · PDF PAGE 34
…hole of the Law. I was very glad to gather from your conversation yesterday afternoon that you have a serious intention of taking up the Great Work in the proper spirit. Your criticisms of previous experience in the course of your adventures appeared to be singularly sane and just. As I promised I am writing this letter to cover a few practical points which we had not time to discuss and which in any case I think it better to arrange by correspondence . I. It is of the first importance that you should understand my personal position. It is not …
1907 · PDF PAGE 303
…in “ Pente cost " : Olympus in a nutshell ! I Have a superior faculty To reasoning , which makes absurd , Unthinkable and wicked too , A great deal that I know is true ! In short , the mind is capable , Besides mere ratiocination , Of twenty other things as well , The first of which is concentration ! Bloom , Concentration's midnight flower ! After much practice to this end I gain at last the long -sought power (Which you believe you have this hour, But certainly have not , my friend !), Of keeping close the mind to one Thing at a time - suppos…
1909 · PDF PAGE 68
…rimming measure. The moon is dead — all glory to the Sun! Now, now! Oh no! Oh no! I penetrate — I pierce. Enough. God! God! how Thou art great! —- TIE —