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…Garter | by Aleister | Crowley.”’ [THE ARGONAUTS: 1904] The Argonauts | by | Aleister Crowley | Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth | Boles- kine, Foyers, Inverness | 1904. Collation :—Crown 8vo, pp. 102, consisting of Half-title; ‘litle-page as above; sub-title, ‘‘ Jason,’ ! dedication on reverse; Text of ‘‘ Jason,” pp. 3-17; sub-title of ‘‘ Argo,” dedication on reverse; Text of ‘* Argo,” pp. 3-19; sub-title ‘‘ Medea,” dedication on reverse; Text of ‘‘ Medea,” pp. 3-19; sub-title ‘‘ Sirenze,” dedication on reverse; Text of ‘‘ Sirenz…
1939 · PDF PAGE 53
…d ever struck him that the final term in his sorites was 'Reason itself is the only reality.' On further examination, even this ultimate truth turns out to be meaningless. It is like the well known circular definition of an obscene book, which is: one that arouses certain ideas in the mind of the kind of person in whom such ideas are excited by that kind of book. 23. I notice that my excellent chairman is endeavouring to stifle a yawn and to convert it into a smile, and he will forgive me for saying that I find the effect somewhat sinister. But…
1907 · PDF PAGE 111
…d mutton, bread, and beans! They feed us well, like gentlemen, On chilis, seasoned with cayenne. Worse, one must finish every course. ’S truth, I had rather eat boiled horse ! IV. My first friend was an agéd monk. He fed on rice and water. Sunk His cheeks and cold his blood. You see The fool was a damned soul like me; 1 Smart restaurant in London.
1944 · PDF PAGE 119
easily and with Delight to the Perfection of Truth, it is no Odds from what Thought thou makest the first Leap in thy Meditation, so that thou mayst know how every Road endeth in Monsalvat and the Temple of the Sangraal. SEQUITUR DE HAC RE I believe generally, on Ground both of Theory and Experience, so little as I have, that a Man must first be Initiate, and established in Our Law, before he may use this Method. For in it is an Implication of our Secret Enlightenment, concerning the Universe, how its Nature is ut‐ terly Perfection. Now every T…
1907 · PDF PAGE 25
THE STAR AND THE GARTER 19 ‘See art: see truth as I who see, (Am wellnigh fallen in the fight !) Then the last lie, duality, May break before the victor sight. Then, and then only, That. Sweet hours Of trivial passion deep as death, Ye are past: I'face the solemn powers Of sex and soul, of brain and breath. For you I lift the veil: discover The actual, for I was your lover. What should such word imply? I showed Late, in the earlier dithyramb. But—in yon stone there lurks a toad !— The Quarter bleats no palinode ; Goat it may be, no woolly lamb.…
1907 · PDF PAGE 60
…a vesture The solemn unity of things 1 This poem was issued under the pseudonym ROSA MUNDI, AND OTHER LOVE-SONGS Beheld in the mirror of truth, The Rose indifferent to God's gesture, The Rose on moonlight wings That flies to the TTouse of Tire, The Rose of Honey-in-Youth ! Ah! No dim mystery of desire Kathoms this gulf! No light invades The mystical musical shades Of a faith in the future, a dream of the day When athwart the dim glades Of the forvst a ray Of suntivht shall flash and the dew die away f 15. Let there then be obscurity in this ! T…
1906 · PDF PAGE 228
…ds as a false and lying report, whereby much harm and ill-luck come to the Brethren. In this place, therefore, will I set down the exact truth of all that happened. In the year of the Great Passing Over were signs and wonders seen of all men, O my Brethren, as it is written, and well known unto this day. And the first sign was of dancing: for every woman that was under the moon began to dance and was mad, so that headlong and hot-mouthed she flung herself down, desirous. Whence the second sign, that of musical inventions; for in that year, and …
1929 · PDF PAGE 351
…on and on their experience of the results of illumination. I devoted a great deal of time to various essays demonstrative of the general truth above set forth1 and to this practical problem. I took all the mystical and magical practices of all religions all over the world, and those of the secret teachers and associations to which I had access. I have little hesitation in saying that I have not omitted any practice of importance. I stripped these methods of all their dogmatic top-hamper, all their racial and climatic limitations, and all the co…
1906 · PDF PAGE 262
…wledge, of practical training, that the Buddhasanana Samagama? appeals; it is time that Buddhism reformed itself from within; though its truths be held untarnished (and even this is not everywhere the case), its methods, its organisation, are sadly in need of repair; research must be done, men must be perfected, error must be fought. And if,in the West a great Buddhist society is built up of men of intellect, of the men in whose hands the future lies, there is then an awakening, a true redemption, of the weary and forgetful Empires of the East.…
1929 · PDF PAGE 423
…gives instruction in a method of summoning suitable persons to undertake the Great Work. It includes a powerful invocation of the god of Truth, Wisdom and Magick. LIBER LXVI. The Book of the Ruby Star describes an extremely powerful ritual of practical Magick; how to arouse the Magical Force within the operator and how to use it to create whatever may be required. LIBER XC. The Book of the Hermetic Fish-Hook summons mankind to undertake the Great Work. It describes the conditions of initiation and its results in language of great poetic power. …
1907 · PDF PAGE 131
…is now superseding Swinburne. WHAT ’8 ON says: This work is called "a critical essay on the writings of Aleister Crowley." Yet it is, in truth, far more than this, being a highly original study of morals and religion by a new writer, who is as entertaining as the average novelist is dull. Nowadays human thought has taken a higher place in the creation; our emo tions are weary of bad baronets and stolen wills; they are now only excited by spiritual crises, catastrophes of the reason, triumphs of the intelligence. In these 3
1929 · PDF PAGE 276
…shadowing my final solution of the problem of evil and sorrow, the interpretation of illusion by the initiate and its transmutation into truth. I saw as usual a good deal of Thornton. One morning, driving down the Maidan in his tum-tum, I said, "I cannot formulate a plan of action of any kind because there is no true continuity in phenomena." He turned on my quite simply, and said, "Quite so, but there is equally no continuity in yourself." That, of course, was no news to me. It was Hume's answer to Berkeley, for one thing. It was the essence o…
1929 · PDF PAGE 432
… are, so to speak, the thin end of the wedge and are explicable on hypotheses not fundamentally repugnant to the main body of scientific truth. 10. The critical attitude of their colleagues excites the usual reaction and rouses them to defend vigorously propositions originally put forward tentatively under every reserve. 11. Feeling their sand castle crumbling with each wave of the purifying salt water of criticism, they shovel fresh sand to the support of the threatened edifice. In their haste and eagerness they abandon all pretence of examini…
1904 · PDF PAGE 95
… as a false and ly ing report, whereby much harm and ill-luck com e to the Brethren. In this place, therefore, will I set down the exact truth of all that happened. In the year of the Great Passing Over were signs and wonders seen of all men, O m y Brethren, as it is written, and well known unto this day. And the first sign was of dancing: for every woman that was under the moon began to dance and was mad, so that headlong and hot-mouthed she flung herself down, desirous. Whence the second sign, that of musical inventions ; for in that year, an…
1929 · PDF PAGE 26
… there are some people in the world happy enough to think that I am lying, or at least exaggerating. But I pledge my word to the literal truth of all I have said, and there are plenty of witnesses alive to confirm me, or to refute me. I have given throughout the actual names, addresses and other details.
1929 · PDF PAGE 111
…ked man in authority and a scribe. These questions, etc. pass, after pledge of secrecy concerning interview. A. Are you convinced of the truth of the doctrines and knowledge received in the grade of 5° = 6ř? Yes or No? If yes (1) Then their origin can spring from a pure source only? If no (2) I degrade you to be a Lord of the Paths in the Portal in the Vault of the Adepts. B. If he reply "yes", the masked man continues: Are you satisfied with the logic of this statement? Do you solemnly promise to cease these unseemly disputes as to the headshi…
1909 · PDF PAGE 13
INTRODUCTION ix When a man comes to me and asks for the Truth, I go away and practise teaching the Differential Calculus toa Bushman ; and I answer the former only when I have succeeded with the latter. But to withhold the Alphabet of Mysticism from the learner is the device of a selfish charlatan. That which can be taught shall be taught, that that which cannot be taught may at last be learnt. ° 3. As a weary but victorious warrior delights to recall his battles—Forsitan haec olim meminisse juvabit—we would linger for a moment upon the difficu…
1904 · PDF PAGE 121
…ledge, of practical training, that the Buddhasanana Samagama 1 appeals; it is time that Buddhism reformed itself from within; though its truths be held untarnished (and even this is not every where the cas e), its methods, its organisation, are sadly in need of repair; research must be done, men must be perfected, error must be fought. And if in the West a great Buddhist society is built up of m en of intellect, of the men in whose hands the future lie s, there is then an awakening, a true redem ption, of the weary and forgetful Empires of the …
1906 · PDF PAGE 205
… J. Motley Napier Prescott Prescott Renan. . . . Robertson, E. W. Rosebery, Ld. . Shakespeare . Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth... Stevenson, R. L. Thornton, Ethel- red, Rev. . Waite, A. E. Wolseley, Ld. History of the Great Re- bellion. Chronicle. History of the British Colo- « nies in the W. Indies. Origins of English History. History of Philosophy. Vol. Il. History of England. History of Modern Europe. History of the Civil War in England. Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. A History of the English People. Histoire de la Civ…
1907 · PDF PAGE 29
…‘‘ Sir Percy !” he doth call To the young boy, and voweth service true. Whereat he started, spurning at the thrall ; But then the orphan truth he inward knew, And on the iron ground his sobbing body threw. It was a weary while before they raised hir Boy as he was, none dare disturb his grief. And for his grief was strong, they loved and praised him For son’s devotion to their dear dead chief. Long, long he wept, nor bought with tears relief. He knew the loss, the old head wise and grey Well to assoil him of his spirit’s grief, The twilight dang…