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Page 8 of 951903 · PDF PAGE 38
She lifts the eyelids amethyst, And looks from half-shut eyes, Gleaming with miracles of mist, Gray shadows on blue skies ; And on her whole face sunrise-kissed, Child-wonderment most wise. The whitest arms in all the earth Blush from the lilac bed. Like a young star even at its birth Shines out the golden head. Sad violets are the maiden girth, Pale flames night-canopied. O gentlest lady ! Lift those eyes, And curl those lips to kiss ! Melt my young boyhood in thy sighs, A subtler Salmacis ! Hide, in that peace, these ecstasies ; In that fair …
1913 · PDF PAGE 463
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES “You frightened him,” said Mme. A——. “Before your arrival, he was beginning to open his whole mind, but you spoke to him of conscience and of the laws of the Church, and he no longer dared to tell you what he wished.” “Bah! What did he wish then?” “To see the devil.” “Perhaps he thought I had him in my pocket ?” “No, but he knows that you give lessons in the Qabalah, and in magic, and so he hoped that you would help him in his enterprise. He told my daughter and myself that in his vicarage in the country, he had already…
1913 · PDF PAGE 463
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES “You frightened him,” said Mme. A——. “Before your arrival, he was beginning to open his whole mind, but you spoke to him of conscience and of the laws of the Church, and he no longer dared to tell you what he wished.” “Bah! What did he wish then?” “To see the devil.” “Perhaps he thought I had him in my pocket ?” “No, but he knows that you give lessons in the Qabalah, and in magic, and so he hoped that you would help him in his enterprise. He told my daughter and myself that in his vicarage in the country, he had already…
1929 · PDF PAGE 137
…gical commonplace: in Magick one must go much farther than this. One finds one’s analogy in electricity. If insulation is imperfect, the whole current goes back to earth. It is useless to plead that in ail those miles of wire there is only one-hundredth of an inch unprotected. It is no good building a ship if the water can enter, through however small a hole. The first task of the Magician in every ceremony is therefore to render his Circle absolutely impregnable. 1 If one littlest thought intrude upon the mind of the Mystic, his concentration …
1904 · PDF PAGE 27
THE SWORD OF SONG 20 At the whole fabric—nor the seas Filled with those innocent agonies Of Pagan Martyrs that once bled, Of Christian Martyrs damned and dead In inter-Christian bickerings Where hate exults and torture springs, A lion an anguished flesh and blood, A vulture on ill-omen wings, A cannibal74 on human food. Nor do I cry the scoffer’s cry That Christians live and look the lie Their faith has taught them : none of these Inspire my life, disturb my peace. I go beneath the outward faith Find it a devil or a wraith, Just as my mood or t…
1910 · PDF PAGE 106
THE EQUINOX drinking it he will fill his whole body with life, and “even though he is bitten by the serpent Takshaka, the poison does not spread throughout his body.”* Further the “Hatha Yoga Pradipika” informs us that: “When one has closed the hole at the root of the palate... his seminal fluid is not emitted even though he is embraced by a young and passionate woman.” Now this gives us the Key to the whole of this lunar symbolism, and we find that the Soma-juice of the Moon, dew, nectar, semen and vital force are but various names for one and…
1910 · PDF PAGE 106
THE EQUINOX drinking it he will fill his whole body with life, and “even though he is bitten by the serpent Takshaka, the poison does not spread throughout his body.”* Further the “Hatha Yoga Pradipika” informs us that: “When one has closed the hole at the root of the palate... his seminal fluid is not emitted even though he is embraced by a young and passionate woman.” Now this gives us the Key to the whole of this lunar symbolism, and we find that the Soma-juice of the Moon, dew, nectar, semen and vital force are but various names for one and…
1911 · PDF PAGE 122
…urse of that spark, there was, as it were, an explosion, and his head was blasted. And the ashes thereof were dis- persed throughout the whole of the roth Aethyr. And for this, all knowledge is piecemeal, and it is of no value unless it be co-ordinated by Understanding. And now the form of the Aethyr is the form of a mighty Eagle of ruddy brass. And the plumes are set alight, and are whirled round and round until the whole heaven is blackness with these flying sparks therein. Now it is all branching streams of golden fire tipped with scarlet at…
1954 · PDF PAGE 324
…tainty, of indecision. For one thing, you acquire also the habit of dishonourable failure; and you very soon convince yourself that "the whole thing is nonsense." Confidence comes from exercise, from taking risks, from picking yourself up after a purler; finding that the maddest gambles keep on coming off, you begin to suspect that there is more than Luck in it; you observe this closely, and there forms, in the dusk dimly, a Shape; very soon you see a Hand, and from its movements you divine a Brain behind the whole contrivance. "Good!" you say …
1910 · PDF PAGE 79
…ply means “ I will not beat thee ” i.e. with leather thongs. In all countries beating is jestingly spoken of as “ payment.” Besides, the whole ode concerns active punishment, not mere deprivation of plea- sure. (See note to XII. Ed.)
1899 · PDF PAGE 247
…The splendour of fathomless snows; So measure and meaning are shifted To fashion a rose.’ It is the very sound of Mr. Swinburne; and the whole book is full of it. But Mr. Crowley seems to have it by nature; his style would have been as it is supposing Mr. Swinburne had never written; at any rate, that is suggested by the ease and fluency of the measure.”—Mr. John Davidson in The Speaker. ‘In the epilogue to his ‘Songs of the Spirit’ Mr. Crowley tells us that ‘The garland I madein my SOrrow Was woven of infinite peace,’ and he prays that ‘for an…
1909 · PDF PAGE 58
…t. In the generally un- stable condition of the thought, such a critical glyph may be strong enough to become the dominant; and then the whole line of thought breaks down. Let me give an example: Thought, Criticisms and their glyphs. 1. Man. a man reaping—meaning “ Good—go on.” a horse = “ True—Mill’s definition.” 2, Featherless Biped. Three horses in a field = “Are there no other featherless bipeds ?” a stream = “ Stop—Stop—Stop.” 3. Was it Mill ? A tombstone on ahill = “ Was it Locke ?” 4. Locke? Locke? a battle. thousands of other violent gl…
1909 · PDF PAGE 58
…t. In the generally un- stable condition of the thought, such a critical glyph may be strong enough to become the dominant; and then the whole line of thought breaks down. Let me give an example: Thought, Criticisms and their glyphs. 1. Man. a man reaping—meaning “ Good—go on.” a horse = “ True—Mill’s definition.” 2, Featherless Biped. Three horses in a field = “Are there no other featherless bipeds ?” a stream = “ Stop—Stop—Stop.” 3. Was it Mill ? A tombstone on ahill = “ Was it Locke ?” 4. Locke? Locke? a battle. thousands of other violent gl…
1919 · PDF PAGE 447
…the rice had to destroy a lot of vermin too. One cannot escape responsibility in this vicarious way. It is peculiarly silly, because the whole point of Buddha’s position is that there is no escape. The Buddhist regulations are comparable to orders which might have been, but were not, because he was not mad, given by the Captain of the “Titanic” to caulk the planks after the ship had been cut in two. 83. Know, O Narjol, thou of the Secret Path, its pure fresh waters must be used to sweeter make the Ocean’s bitter waves—that mighty sea of sorrow …
1996 · PDF PAGE 285
The Comment Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. The study of this Book is forbidden. It is wise to destroy this copy after the first reading. Whosoever disregards this does so at his own risk and peril. These are most dire. Those who discuss the contents of this Book are to be shunned by all, as centres of pestilence. All questions of the Law are to be decided only by appeal to my writings, each for himself. There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt. Love is the law, love under will. The priest of the princes, 284
1911 · PDF PAGE 44
THE EQUINOX scope. And there cometh a peacock into the stone, filling the whole Aire. It is like the vision called the Universal Peacock, or, rather, like a representation of that vision. And now there are countless clouds of white angels filling the Aire as the peacock dissolves. Now behind the angels are archangels with trumpets. These cause all things to appear at once, so that there is a tremendous confusion of images. And nowI perceive that all these things are but veils of the wheel, for they all gather themselves into a wheel that spins …
1911 · PDF PAGE 72
…he Pyramid for servants. Now the exceeding light that was behind the Pyramid, and the Rosy Cross that is set thereon, hath fulfilled the whole Aire. The black Pyramid is like the back of a black diamond. Also the Rosy Cross is loosened, and the petals of the Rose are the mingled hues of sunset and of dawn; and the Cross is the Golden light of noon, and in the heart of the Rose there is the secret light that men call midnight. And a voice: ‘Glory to God and thanksgiving to God, and there is no God but God. And He is exalted; He is great; and in …
1930 · PDF PAGE 77
Ego. A <:Spell” of God is any form of conscious- ness, and a “Scourge” any form of action. The Charge, as a whole, demands for the Adept the control of every detail of the Universe which His Angel has created as a means of manifesting Himself to Himself. It covers command of the primary projection of the Possible in individuality, in the antithetical artifice which is the device of Mind, and in a balanced triplicity of modes or States of being whose combinations constitute the characteristics of Cosmos. It includes also a standard of structure,…
1907 · PDF PAGE 98
…’ADONIS DONIS dies. (Imagination hears The hoarse harsh breathing of the ill-nurtured boar) Venus bends low, half mother and half whore, Whole murderess of boy’s budhood. Fall, black fears! Ay! through her widowed, her unwedded tears, The foolish filial appeal, ‘“ Restore, | O Father Zeus, this tender life once more!” Falls the baulked hope of half a million years. She in her gloom and ignorance will go Forlorn to Paphos, wrapt in urgent woe, Her hair funereal swathing her fallen form, Its wind-swept horror holding him; his white Torn body blus…
1913 · PDF PAGE 332
…band Esau are again the two types of Cain and Abel; but here Abel avenges himself: the emancipated intelligence triumphs by cunning. The whole of the genius of the Jews is in the character of Jacob, the patient and laborious supplanter who yields to the wrath of Esau, becomes rich, and buys his brother’s forgiveness. One must never forget that, when the ancients want to philosophize, they tell a story. The history or legend of Joseph contains, in germ, the whole genius of the Gospel; and the Christ, misunderstood by His people, must often have …