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…r even divined by any other, whatever his grade. It is the Holy of Holies, whereof each man is his own High Priest, and none knoweth the Name of his brother’s God, or the Rite that invokes Him. The Masters of the A. A.. have therefore made no attempt to institute any regular ritual for this central Work of their Order,
…ghs : ‘¢T mind me of the day One? came from Death to me; His soul was weary of the day, His look was melancholy ; He bade me open in the Name that binds Eternity. ‘‘ Yet though He passed within And plunged within the deep, 1 The assumption of the form ofthe God of the Force whom one addresses is the Egyptian magical spell to subdue it. 2 Jeheshua, or ‘' Jesus.” The seven palaces of sin, And slept the lonely sleep, Yet came He out alone: but then I thought I heard Them weep. ‘* Fle passed alone, above, Out of the Gates of Night ; Angels of Purit…
…st, All germ of the future, nor joy nor knowledge alive at the last, It is vain, for the Silence is dowered with a nature, the seed of a name: Necessity, fearfully flowered with the blossom of possible Aim. I am Necessity? Scry Necessity mother of Fate! And Fate determines me I; and I have the Will to create. Vast is the sphere, but it turns on itself like the prettiest star, And I am the looby that learns that all things equally are. Inscrutable Nothing, the Gods, the cosmos of Fire and of Mist. Suns, atoms, the clouds and the clods inelucta…
…you at the very altar-steps. DENYS, Yours is a wonderful strong family for killing, little one. BLANCHE, Mademoiselle de Malétroit is my name. DENYS. For half-an-hour-—nay ! barely that. [BLANCHE stamps her foot and turns away ansry. Breaks down and kneels in chatr, crying. DENYS follows and stands above her. DENYS. O Blanche! Blanche! Do you not see how every tear is like a drop of poisonous
…fair and free. For on the vast expanses of the wold I hear the feet of gold, And over all the skies I see a flame That flickers with Thy Name. Therefore, because Thou hast hid Thy face, and yet Given me not to forget The foaming cloud that shaped itself a rose, Whose steady passion glows Within the secretest fortress of my heart, Because, my God, Thou Art, And I am chosen of Thee for this folk To break the foreign yoke, Therefore, Existence of Existence, hear ! Bend low ‘Thine holy ear, And make Thyself, unseen, most terrible To these fierce fe…
… Gracechurch St. IT is fitting that I, Ambrose, called I. A. O., should set down the life of our great Father (who now is not, yet whose name must never be spoken among men), in order that the Brethren may know what journeys he undertook in pursuit of that Knowledge whose attainment is their constant study. It was at his 119th year,! the Star Suaconch ? being” in the sign of the Lion, that our Father set out from his Castle of Ug? to attain the Quint- essence or Philosophical Tincture. The way being dark and the Golden Dawn at hand, he did call…
…few million generations; though the word may rankle if you call it a flying-fish, when swimming-bird is evidently a properer and politer name. She was permanently annoyed with Sister Clara; her motive for making excursions on that path had [287] been to get rid of the idea of Cyril and his magick; and he had not even come himself to welcome her, but set this woman to disguise herself and spy upon her thoughts! It was disgusting. Cyril had certainly done his best to put the matter in the proper light. He had even told her a story. "A charming la…
…lffulness, and have one friend, Self, and behold one God, and be, and look beyond the End. | VI. O Solitude ! how many have mistaken Thy name for Sorrow’s, or for Death's or Fear’s ! Only thy children lie at night and waken— How shouldst thou speak and say that no man hears? O Soul of Tears ! For never hath fallen as dew thy word, Nor is thy shape showed, nor as Wisdom’s heard 1 Via Lactea, the ‘‘ Milky Way,”
…le and slim She slides in vain. She loathes him—and doth yield. Shame, sorrow, these be sire and dam of song. Fatality, O Nature, is thy name. Along the accurséd river, stagnant shame, Eddying woe, from rape and godly wrong, Springs the immortal reed: the mortal’s cry Rises, an angry anthem, to the sky,_ 1 Written on a visit to the late W. E. Henley at Woking some three weeks before his death, The influence of the man has perhaps over- shadowed that of the bust of him by Rodin.
…night by falling into a barrel of boiling sulphuric acid. Sir HERPES Z. How so? SIR GRABSON J, It was her bath-night. Sir HERPES Z. Ah! enamel! But why did it hurt her? SIR GRABSON J. (Jmpressively.) It is the finger of God ! The Poet concludes. Now I have written four-and-twenty hours Without a decent rest by Kandy Lake. VOL. Ill. I invoke the urgent elemental powers To bring all to an end for Buddha’s sake. I must bid all ye matrons fond farewell, Knowing your inmost thoughts; that, had ye dared, Ye would be just as far e rouze for hell As An…
…el may whirl again, That some dull devil in my ear may show me: ‘‘For John the Baptist’s head—so danced Salome !” ? VIII. Then, in God’s name forbear! It does not matter. Life, death, strength, weakness, are but idle chatter. Nothing is lost or gained, we know too well. For heaven they balance us an equal hell. We discard both; an infinite Universe Remains; we sum it up—an infinite curse. So—amIaman? I lack my wife’s embrace. Am I outworn? I see the harlot’s face. Is the love better and the knowledge worse? Shall I seek knowledge and count love…
…anner dips: ‘* This is the folly of your youth, Achieving the exalted aim 3 Because you have gained a higher truth To call it by a lower name.” XIX. ROsE on the breast of the world of spring, I press my breast against thy bloom, My subtle life drawn out to thee: to thee its moods and meanings cling. I pass from change and thought to peace, woven on love’s incredible loom, Rose on the breast of the world of spring ! How shall the heart dissolved in joy take form and harmony and sing? How shall the ecstasy of light fall back to music’s magic gloo…
… frills, and a pretty ankle. But the remedies suggested are worse than the disease. Exalt the courtesan to her proper place, bracket her name with sweetheart, wife and mother, names which are rightly dear to us, and you will find a tender heart beneath the scarlet dress, and a charming lovable woman in spite of public opprobrium, Neglect this, and all other propositions of reform spell—Muck! A, QUILLER. I like the legislation proposed by the blackguards of “ vigilance”; who, never having met a gentleman, think that everybody is an avaricious sc…
… frills, and a pretty ankle. But the remedies suggested are worse than the disease. Exalt the courtesan to her proper place, bracket her name with sweetheart, wife and mother, names which are rightly dear to us, and you will find a tender heart beneath the scarlet dress, and a charming lovable woman in spite of public opprobrium, Neglect this, and all other propositions of reform spell—Muck! A, QUILLER. I like the legislation proposed by the blackguards of “ vigilance”; who, never having met a gentleman, think that everybody is an avaricious sc…
…nd-twentieth day They drew my life out, one exceeding stress, Volcanic anguish !—Here’s the strange €XCESS: I called, ere waking, on the name Eheteh ! Solve me the riddle of the dream who can ! That night I sought a new toy for a lure, And she would not: but knew how hard to endure | Is love like ours, the love of purity. So she: “ Dispute it like a man!” and I: “* But I must also feel it as a man!” Note. Eheieh is the Hebrew for ‘‘I] am that Iam.” Its numerical value is 21. I was not aware at the time that this was the 21st day.— AUTHOR.! THE …
….D. This man, who called himself the Count Macgregor of Glenlyon, was in reality a Hampshire man, of lowland Scottish extraction, of the name of Douglas. He had been well educated, became a good scholar, and developed an astounding taste and capacity for magic. For some time he had kept straight; then he had fallen, chosen the wrong road. His powers had increased at a bound; but they were solely used for base ends. He had established the Black Lodge far more firmly than ever before, jockeyed his seniors out of office by superior villainy, and p…
…shall forth In sackcloth to his feet, if haply so He spare their vagabond and worthless lives. ADULAH. Not so, my father. In my father’s name I promise unto all great happiness, And vengeance clean forgotten in the land ; ‘* Vengeance is mine, Jehovah will repay.” My father shall not frown on any man. JARED [aszde]. She is’ most gracious: I must speak and save. [Aloud.| Friends! [Aside.] Stay—Is this a tempter voice that soothes _ My conscience? Art thou that Leviathan, Thou lipless monster, gnashing at my soul Abominable teeth? Art thou the fi…
…nd I recognize the fact. I believe it to be the true Stone of the Wise which turns everything to gold. I call it Adonai when I give it a name at all. Most often the mind slips into that state without reason or argument. (Yes: it does appear that more time ought to be given to the Work. But the Progress is not bad for all that. However, I don’t quite like the complacent feeling. Nothing replaces hard work. Somebody I know (or don’t know) does more actual grind than he ever did. 24 full dress Magick ceremonies in the first 5 weeks of 1914, and ab…
…itions dim, Where Antony beheld, like lavers, rise The nude empurpled breasts that tempted him. Some, by the dying torch-light, call thy name, In the dumb hollow of old pagan fanes, To succour feverish shriekings of fierce flame, O Bacchus, soother of men’s ancient pains. Others, whose throat is thirsty for breast- blood, To hide a whip ’neath flowing robes are fain, Mingling in lonely night and darksome wood The foam of pleasure and the tears of pain. O virgins, demons, monsters, O martyrs ! Great souls contemptuous of reality ! Seekers fur th…
…he Closing then takes place. “Let us adore the Lord and King of Air!” says the Hierophant. The prayer of the Sylphs follows ; and in the Name of SHADDAI EL CHAI the Temple is closed in the 2°=9° Grade of Theoricus. The following month, February, P. passed through the next grade, that of 3° = 8°. RITUAL OF THE 3° = 8° GRADE OF PRACTICUS This Grade is particularly attributed to the element of Water, and especially refers to the planet Mercury and to the thirty-first and thirtieth paths of wand. It opens with the Adoration to the King of the Water…