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Page 76 of 1301907 · PDF PAGE 162
…id murder . The deed has thriven into a religion , and the victim into a god . As it was in the beginning , is now , and ever shall be : world without end .? mutters Rupha the hag of eternity , as Criosda falls dead before the mummy of the murdered girl , his sister Maurya : Murder a mode And love a mode of the unknown that is , That not thyself nor I can ever see.3 A fitting cry indeed to herald us into the pustulous domains of Jahveh and his murdered Son . In dealing with the Christian faith , Aleister Crowley by no means goes simply baldhead…
1919 · PDF PAGE 194
…ernally unto His Holy Name, the Fire of our Father the Sun. The inspiration is ours, and ours is the Law of The- lema that shall set the world ablaze. And We have many small dry sticks, that kindle quickly and burn through quickly, leaving the larger Wood unlit. And the great logs, the masses of humanity, are always with us. But our edged need is of those middle fagots that on the one hand are read- ily kindled by the small Wood, and on the other endure until the great logs blaze. (Behold how sad a thing it is, quoth the Ape of Thoth, for one t…
1944 · PDF PAGE 146
…lways sees both sides of every question. He is essentially just, but always feels that justice is not to be attained in the intellectual world. His character is intensely noble and generous. He may be an extravagant boaster, while slyly laughing both at
1961 · PDF PAGE 199
… the Slave- Gods, was wroth, and by his Authority prevailed upon the other, who was indeed not wholly perfected as an Instrument, or the World ready for that Sowing. Consider also how in this very Life I was the Enemy of mine own Law, and wrote down The Book of the Law contrary o my conscious Will by the Virtue of Obedience as a Scribe, and strove constantly to escape mine own Work, and the Utterance of my Word, until by Initiation I was made All-One. h
1904 · PDF PAGE 41
…All I held dear, and sit alone Still meditating, on my throne Of Kusha-grass,48 and count my beads, Murmer my mantra,49 till recedes The world of sense and thought—I sink 475 480 485 490 495 500 505 510 Fact replacing folklore, the Christian snig- gers. Let him beware. For I speak subtly. Results of prac- tice. The poet abandons all to find Truth.
1910 · PDF PAGE 40
…ght round the desolate shore. So to the mine of that crystalline ore Golden, the electric spark of man is drawn Deep in the bosom of the world, to soar New-fledged, an eagle to the dazzling dawn With lidless eyes undazzled, to arise, Song of the morning, to the Southern skies ; And fling its wild chant higher at the fall Of eve, and of bright Hyperion ; To mix its fire with dew, to call The spirit of the limitless air, made one In the amazing essence of all light Limitless, emanation of the might Of the great Light above all gods, the fire Of o…
1913 · PDF PAGE 79
…priest who governeth the works of fire must sprinkle with the lustral water of the loud-resounding sea." It is the sea that purifies the world. And the " Great Sea " is in the Qabalah a name of Binah, " Understanding." stands in the Circle, and the spirit in the Triangle; so the Magician is in the Triangle with respect to his own God. ' An ugly form. A better is given in the illustration. ^ These " principles" are seen by the pupil when first he succeeds in stilling his mind. That one which happens to lie in course at the moment is the one seen…
1913 · PDF PAGE 59
…. Compassion is the vice of kings: stamp down the wretched & the weak: this is the law of the strong: this is our law and the joy of the world. Think not, o king, upon that lie: That Thou Must Die: verily thou shalt not die, but live. Now let it be under- stood: If the body of the King dissolve, he shall remain in pure ecstacy for ever. Nuit! Hadit! Ra-Hoor-Khuit! The Sun, Strength & Sight, Light; these are for the servants of the Star & the Snake. 22. I am the Snake that giveth Knowledge & Delight and B2 19
1913 · PDF PAGE 552
…hose terror was equal to the whole treason of Judas. Thus, by paying the debts of fatality, hard-won liberty purchases the empire of the world; it is hers to bind and to unbind. God has put in her hands the keys of Heaven and of Hell. You men who abandon brutes to themselves wish them to devour you. The rabble, slaves of fatality, can only enjoy liberty by absolute obedience to the will of free men; they ought to work for those who are responsible for them. But when the brute governs brutes, when the blind leads the blind, when the leader is as…
1913 · PDF PAGE 59
…. Compassion is the vice of kings: stamp down the wretched & the weak: this is the law of the strong: this is our law and the joy of the world. Think not, o king, upon that lie: That Thou Must Die: verily thou shalt not die, but live. Now let it be under- stood: If the body of the King dissolve, he shall remain in pure ecstacy for ever. Nuit! Hadit! Ra-Hoor-Khuit! The Sun, Strength & Sight, Light; these are for the servants of the Star & the Snake. 22. I am the Snake that giveth Knowledge & Delight and B2 19
1913 · PDF PAGE 552
…hose terror was equal to the whole treason of Judas. Thus, by paying the debts of fatality, hard-won liberty purchases the empire of the world; it is hers to bind and to unbind. God has put in her hands the keys of Heaven and of Hell. You men who abandon brutes to themselves wish them to devour you. The rabble, slaves of fatality, can only enjoy liberty by absolute obedience to the will of free men; they ought to work for those who are responsible for them. But when the brute governs brutes, when the blind leads the blind, when the leader is as…
1996 · PDF PAGE 155
…blah for ever. It shall not fade, but miraculous colour shall come back to it day after day. Close it in locked glass for a proof to the world. 11. This shall be your only proof. I forbid argument. Conquer! That is enough. I will make easy to you the abstraction from the ill-ordered house in the Victorious City. Thou shalt thyself convey it with worship, o prophet, though thou likest it not. Thou shalt have danger Sc trouble. Ra-Hoor-Khu is with thee. Worship me with fire Sc blood; worship me with swords & with spears. Let the woman be girt wit…
1907 · PDF PAGE 334
… flowers upon your eyes , and a sword in your hearts , and ye also shall see God face to face . Thus shall we give back its youth to the world , for like tongues of triple flame we shall brood upon the Great Deep - Hail unto the Lords of the Groves of Eleusis !' That which was to be said hereon is spoken , Amen without lie , Amen and Amen of Amen . 1 Eleusis , vol . iii , pp . 229 , 230 .
1909 · PDF PAGE 53
… The Son. WN The Man. DIINIWY Spare Angels. Linz 9.—Jesod has this additional title :-— a sp? Th h th pow-ND’.p TY. The Righteous is the World. Lryz 10.— Malkuth has these titles (among others) :-— “YW The Gate (by Temurah, "WY? = ro). NYT The Gate (Chaldee), which has same number (671) as 995N. In full— speps-ndt.nbx
1910 · PDF PAGE 41
32 AMBERGRIS Fresh fountains of sweet water that endure Assume the crown of the wide world, and lend A star of many summits to his head That rules his fate and compasses his end, And seeks the holy mountain of the dead To draw dead fire, and breathe, and give it life ! But thou, be strong for strife, And, as a god, cry out, and let there be The mark of many footsteps on the sea Of angels hastening to fulfil Thy supreme, single will ! Alone, intense, unmoved, not made for change, Let thy one godhead rise To move like morning, and like day to ran…
1910 · PDF PAGE 315
…d miracles and the reported cases of healing were heard of some ten years after her death, when eye-witnesses had all departed from this world. Yet, of course, they were possible, quite possible, quite. Til “ALL of you, suckling babes, have read the Russian tale of the Man who bought souls—or heard of it. Men of a similar turn of mind exist in Russia, and I want you to concentrate your mind upon such a man, albeit his bargains cost him even less, and were of a more physical reality. From town to village he went, in search of treasures in the sh…
1910 · PDF PAGE 315
…d miracles and the reported cases of healing were heard of some ten years after her death, when eye-witnesses had all departed from this world. Yet, of course, they were possible, quite possible, quite. Til “ALL of you, suckling babes, have read the Russian tale of the Man who bought souls—or heard of it. Men of a similar turn of mind exist in Russia, and I want you to concentrate your mind upon such a man, albeit his bargains cost him even less, and were of a more physical reality. From town to village he went, in search of treasures in the sh…
1913 · PDF PAGE 127
…cloth rends my soul to wear, My self-denial is as dross. O, Shu, that holdest up the sky, Hold up thy servant, lest he die!’ ** That our world-worn men of art should believe for a moment that moral salvation is possible and supremely important is an unmixed benefit. If Mr. Crowley and the new mystics think for one moment that an Egyptian desert is more mystic than an English meadow, that a palm tree is more poetic than a Sussex beech, that a broken temple of Osiris is more supernatural than a Baptist Chapel in Brixton, then they are sectarians.…
1913 · PDF PAGE 434
…stic god ; it is the signature of Satan. “This first signature is hieratical, and bears reference to the occult characters of the divine world. “The second pertains to philosophical hieroglyphs, it represents the graduated extent of idea, and the progressive extension of form. “Tt is a triple tau upside down; it is human thought affirming the absolute in the three worlds; and that absolute ends here by a fork, that is to say, by the sign of doubt and antagonism. So that, if the first character means: ‘ There is no God,’ the rigorous significati…
1913 · PDF PAGE 434
…stic god ; it is the signature of Satan. “This first signature is hieratical, and bears reference to the occult characters of the divine world. “The second pertains to philosophical hieroglyphs, it represents the graduated extent of idea, and the progressive extension of form. “Tt is a triple tau upside down; it is human thought affirming the absolute in the three worlds; and that absolute ends here by a fork, that is to say, by the sign of doubt and antagonism. So that, if the first character means: ‘ There is no God,’ the rigorous significati…